From DailyTech: It's a good time to be a phonemaker in the world's largest smartphone market -- China. Just ask Xiaomi, the world's third largest phonemaker (and top phonemaker in China), who was just valued at $45B USD -- making it one of the most valuable companies in the China (and on of the...

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From PC World: The stars finally seem to be aligning for the launch of AMD’s FreeSync monitor technology, which forces the refresh rate of your graphics card and your display to synchronize, eliminating ugly screen tearing and reducing stuttering issues. After months of teasing the tech, AMD rolled...

From CNET: Huawei Technologies continues to be an up-and-comer in the smartphone world.

In 2014, smartphone revenue for the Chinese telecommunications company rose by nearly one-third to $11.8 billion, according to both Reuters and The Wall Street Journal, each citing an internal staff memo.

The...

From DailyTech: The Mozilla Foundation's Firefox OS mobile phone project has yet to pick up anything in the way of significant market share, but it continues to attract attention, thanks in part to a quirky (albeit, small) lineup. Mozilla writes that the lineup now features 16 devices sold in 29...

From DailyTech: One of the major pitfalls of Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd.'s (KRX:005930) (KRX:005935) "Galaxy Alpha" aluminum body smartphone was the decision to make it an AT&T Inc. (T) exclusive in the U.S. and price it at a relatively steep entry fee ($599 USD).

Samsung appears to have...

From PC World: Advanced Micro Devices wants its chips in more laptops, and is devising a new strategy to reverse a free fall it has endured in the PC market over the last few years.

The chip maker is reshaping the way it supplies chips and components with the hope that more PC makers will use its...

From CNET: Gmail is starting to see life again in China.

Google's e-mail service has seen a slight uptick in traffic going into the country, according to the company's Transparency Report. The Financial Times (subscription required) was the first to notice that access had returned.

The increase...

From DailyTech: LG Electronics, Inc. (KRX:066570)(KRX:066575) will reportedly be borrowing a page from domestic rival Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (KRX:005930) (KRX:005935) with the release of its next G Series smartphone. Asian leaks site ITHome is claiming to have [translated] inside info...