Samsung turns Google Play Music into phones' default player

From CNET: Samsung is making Google the go-to source for music on its new phones, and it's throwing in some free perks for new buyers.

With the launch of the Samsung's Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus Friday, Google's streaming-tunes service Play Music will be the default player and service on new Samsung...

Main squeeze: HTC sets May date for squeezable U phone

From CNET: HTC wants U in May. The Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer is set to reveal a new phone with what looks like an intriguing new way of controlling it.

HTC today sent an invitation for 16 May that will span Taipei, New York and London. The tagline reads "Squeeze for the Brilliant U", and an...

Amazon Lex, coming to just about anything near you

From CNET: Using our hands and fingers can be so tiresome. Wouldn't it be great to just, you know, tell everything around us to do our bidding?

That's what Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and even Samsung hope Siri, Alexa, Assistant, Cortana and Bixby (in that order) will ultimately achieve. It's...

Samsung ready to make chips faster than the ones in the Galaxy S8

From PC World: Samsung is now ready to produce faster and even more power-efficient chips than the ones it uses the latest Galaxy S8 smartphones.

In the fourth quarter, Samsung will start producing chips on the 10-nanometer LPP (low-power plus) process. These chips are faster than existing chips...

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