According to a new report from Localystics, the iPhone 6s was four times more popular than the iPhone 6s Plus in the first week of commercial availability. The report claims that the iPhone 6s now accounts for about 1.5% of all active iPhones, while the iPhone 6s Plus is listed…
Better late than never: TENAA releases images of the HTC One M9e one day before unveiling
Tomorrow, HTC will introduce two new handsets. Conspicuous by its absence will be the HTC One A9, which is not expected to be introduced until next month. The two handsets to be unwrapped by the beleaguered manufacturer tomorrow are rumored to be a China-bound version of the HTC Butterfly 3,…
Warning: Selfies kill more people than sharks do
According to a report by Condé Nast Traveler, you are more likely to be killed by taking a selfie than from an encounter with a Great White Shark. A Wikipedia page is devoted to those who paid the ultimate price for merely shooting a self-portrait, using the front-facing camera on…
Xiaomi Mi 4c and its box leak less than 24 hours before the phone is to be unveiled
The Xiaomi Mi 4c is scheduled to be unveiled tomorrow. But what would you do if you were booked into the same hotel where the event is going to be held, and you happened to find the exact room where the Mi 4c will be revealed in less than 24…
BlackBerry users keep their smartphones longer than owners of other brands
Interesting data from Kantar WorldPanel reveals that the average U.S. smartphone owner will hold on to his device for 22 months before upgrading to a new model. It almost seems like American smartphone users are still brainwashed to trade in their phone every two years, the length of the typical…
Windows Phone is now more popular than Apple’s iOS in Brazil, Android still dominates
According to a recent report from market research firm Kantar Worldpanel, Windows Phone is now more popular than Apple’s iOS in Brazil. In the month of July 2015, Kantar believes that Windows Phone had jumped to a market share of 5.9% in the country, up from 3.6% in September 2014….
Moto 360 biggest benefit: better screen-to-body ratio than all the rest
With so many leaks and rumors, the second generation of one of the most popular Android Wear smartwatches – the Moto 360 – seems to be right around the corner. We’ve seen leaked images of the devices in two sizes, and even a ruggedized sport version in the plans, and…
Spotlight: Vurb lets you coordinate a night out using just one app, rather than nine
Is Vurb the one app to rule them all? Check this out — Vurb connects your apps to bring your favorite people, places, and things in one central hub. The idea here is to put an end to hopping between different apps. According to surveys taken by developers, planning a…
10 phones with equal or larger batteries than the Samsung Galaxy Note 5, but worse battery life
Many were disappointed when it became clear that Samsung has put a 3,000mAh battery at the back of the Galaxy Note5, which is 220mAh smaller than the one its predecessor employed. And frankly said, who wouldn’t – downgrading such a vital spec is not something we want to see. We…
IRS admits taxpayer hacking is much worse than previously announced
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Last May, when the Internal Revenue Service announced that hackers had managed to successfully breach their network security and steal the confidential data of unwitting taxpayers, the IRS said that “approximately 100,000 tax accounts” were affected. But today the agency admitted that number is much larger,…