Android going desktop: Google to merge mobile platform with Chrome OS

Android is the world’s most widely used operating system, active on more than one billion devices. As Chrome OS accounts for roughly three percent of personal computers, the unification of these systems could help Google take on Windows PCs and laptops, as well as provide a better experience when moving between mobile and desktop systems.   The Wall Street Journal also suggests that the new OS will give desktop and laptop users full access to the Play Store.  This ...

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Apple's iPad Pro may go on sale November 11th

With Apple's iPad business continuing to slow down, the upcoming iPad Pro is one of the more important products in the company's pipeline. Apple introduced it in early September but declined to give a release date, only saying it would arrive sometime in November. For Apple, that usually means the end of the month, but it seems that's not the case this time. According to the well-connected Mark Gurman at 9to5Mac, Apple's 12.9-inch iPad should go on sale on Wednesday, ...

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Amazon to deliver 'Call of Duty' at midnight on release day in 20 cities

Going the physical route on day one videogame releases has always meant either braving an in-store midnight event or waiting for a package to be delivered. In the case of Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, Amazon has an alternative: midnight delivery straight to your door, at no extra charge. In 20 metropolitan areas (Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Manhattan, Miami, Minneapolis, Orange County, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, San Antonio, ...

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Snapseed for Android can read and edit RAW images

Snapseed has made it easier to post high-quality pictures taken using your Android phone's sweet camera online. The Google-owned photo-editing app's latest update gives you the ability to process RAW images -- even those taken by DSLRs -- particularly those saved as DNGs, a type of lossless file format. If you recall, the company introduced the choice to shoot in RAW via Android Lollipop back in 2014. Ever since then, mobile photographers could capture minimally ...

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The OnePlus X Released TODAY on 29

The OnePlus X is many things. It’s a 5-inch phone that feels like it should be $500, but costs only $249. It’s a device with the aesthetic quality you might expect from an established tech brand, but it’s made by a Chinese startup less than two years old. It’s also a shameless tribute to the design of older iPhones you can only buy with an invitation.  One thing it’s not, insists OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei, is a mid-range smartphone. "We still don’t have a good way of categorizing this ...

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Samsung's price cuts for high-end phones worked, but hurt profits

Accordingly, Samsung is apparently focusing on "maintaining" these results more than getting back to its previous high. Also, it's planning to buy back some $10 billion of its own stock over the next year. In 2016, it figures the growth rate for phone sales will continue to slow down, so expect to see fewer models released as it streamlines the lineup. Of course, as always, it's planning on pumping up TV sales with bigger and better models, and pushing new wearables to go with its ...

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CNN Tries To Break The Motorola DROID Turbo 2's Shatterproof Screen—Phone Walks Away With A Few Dents, But No Cracks

Verizon and Motorola assert that the new DROID Turbo 2's screen is shatterproof. According to a video from CNN, there might be something to that claim. In the clip, the phone suffers numerous falls from varying heights against different surfaces, gets run over by a bicycle, and meets the underside of a horse's hoof. And sure enough, it doesn't shatter. That said, the phone doesn't walk out in mint condition either. The screen suffers from a number of dents. But if you have ever put ...

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HTC One A9 Review:

At a wedding reception this past Saturday, I finally had a chance to put the HTC One A9 side-by-side with an iPhone 6. “It looks just like an iPhone. Even the little camera bump looks similar,” remarked the person whose iDevice I had temporarily pilfered for this little visual experiment. I was forced to agree. Flip them over, of course, and the story changes. HTC’s phone, with its elongated speaker grille, HTC logo, and Samsung-pill-style capacitive home key and fingerprint scanner ...

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