Huawei's smartphones shipments rise on international sales

From PC World: Huawei Technologies shipped 62 percent more smartphones in the first half of 2014 than the same period last year, with shipments to some countries outside its home market of China doubling or even tripling.

It shipped smartphone 34.3 million units, boosted by sales of flagship phones...

Verizon Wireless to Receive Exclusive HTC One (M8) for Windows Smartphone

From DailyTech: If you’re looking for a bit of variety in Windows Phone offerings, there are plenty to choose from — if you don’t mind most of them being from Nokia. While Nokia does provide a full range of Windows Phone 8.x-based smartphones that run from the budget-minded to the high-end, it would...

Motorola may be making a gigantic Nexus 6

From GreenBot: The next Nexus phone could be a whale of a device. According to leaked information provided to Android Police, Motorola is reportedly building a 5.9-inch Nexus phone. This would place it squarely in phablet territory, though that screen size would be appropriate for what may become...

Amazon reportedly taking on Square with credit card reader

From CNET: It looks like Amazon is about enter the competitive mobile payments space by introducing its own credit card reader.

That's the assumption being made by 9to5Mac, which has obtained internal Staples documents that seem to show an "Amazon Card Reader" will go on sale in the near future for...

Sony's Xperia Z3 Gets Detailed in Leaked Photos

From DailyTech: In the last two weeks a number of images have trickled out of an upcoming Sony Corp. (TYO:6758) smartphone with what appears to be a 5.2-inch screen. The Z2 has been on the market for mere months so it's a bit surprising to see a potential successor this soon. Some have suggested...

OCZ RevoDrive 350 480GB Review (Page 1 of 10)

Ask any automotive enthusiast what is the most ridiculous road legal sports car ever created, do not be surprised to hear the name "Bugatti Veyron" more than a handful of times as an answer. When the Volkswagen Auto Group launched the car back in 2005, it simply redefined the entire hypercar category; bar none. Equipped with an 8.0L W16 quad turbocharged engine that delivers 987 hp at the crank, the Bugatti Veyron can reach 100 km/h from a dead...

Google reportedly seals deal to gobble up Twitch for $1 billion

From PC World: It's been nearly two months since Variety and The Wall Street Journal reported Google was "in talks" to purchase popular games streaming site Twitch.tv for a billion dollars. According to VentureBeat, we can now upgrade the status from "in talks" to "sealed deal."

The report is...

Amazon shares take a beating

From CNET: Investors could finally be losing their patience with Amazon.

Amazon's stock tumbled 11 percent in early trading Friday to about $318 a share, after the company reported a wider-than-expected second-quarter loss. As of Thursday's close, the stock was already down 10 percent so far this...

Sony Finally Adds 3D Blu-ray Support to PS4

From DailyTech: Sony Corp.'s (TYO:6758) PlayStation 4 (PS4) at long last will be receiving a patch to allow it to playback 3D Blu-ray movies. The patch will end months of growing grumblings about Sony's failure to support the technology it once coveted.

Graphically and architecturally speaking...

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