From InfoWorld: Today, a robust, VR-capable smartphone could cost you more than $500. But a new GPU from ARM could make VR a default feature in low-cost handsets by 2018.
ARM's Mali-G51 GPU is targeted toward budget smartphones and has the horsepower to handle VR applications. It can bring VR to...
From CNET: The company is testing out using the "Reader" mode found on Apple iOS's Safari browser whenever you click on a link on the Twitter mobile app, according to The Guardian. Instead of going to the regular mobile web, you would see the streamlined Reader version, which strips out graphics and...
From PC World: Rumors and hopes for a category-defining Surface phone were not satisfied at Microsoft's press event last Wednesday. The company didn’t even mention Windows 10 Mobile. With the collective market share of Windows phones stagnant at about 1 percent, customers and partners have to wonder...
From CNET: Samsung, sore from the disastrous Galaxy Note 7 debacle, is betting big on chips.
The company plans to invest more than $1 billion by the end of June 2017 to increase the production of system chips in its Austin, Texas, facilities, according to Reuters.
While Samsung is best known for...
From InfoWorld: European Union privacy watchdogs have warned WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum to stop sharing users' data with parent company Facebook until they investigated whether the transfers comply with EU data protection law. They also want Yahoo's Marissa Mayer to come clean about recent leaks and...
From CNET: Sony announced the sale of its battery business on Monday and at the same time reduced its profit estimate for 2016.
The Japanese tech titan had hoped sales of the PS4 and the release of PlayStation VR, its virtual reality headset, would result in a healthy financial year for the company...
From PC World: CenturyLink plans to acquire internet backbone company Level 3 Communications in a US$34 billion cash and stock deal that aims to consolidate the networks and customers of the two companies.
The combined company, operating in more than 60 countries, will be able to offer CenturyLink...
From CNET: Microsoft's Windows 10 event in New York last week was jam-packed full of new hardware and software unveilings, including the introduction of a range of VR headsets.
Microsoft was more than happy to detail its vision for VR and how it fitted in with existing tech including Windows 10 and...
If there is one thing I often find a bit eerie, it is looking back at old or dated items. For example, black and white photos sometimes gives me a spine-tingling feel. When I was younger, I used to think the world was monochromatic, with only modern technology bringing color to the rest of the world. I now know color actually came after the Great Depression, which is obviously what got people out of the depression, haha. This is also why I do not...
"If I ran this website," I explained to my colleague Aaron Lai. "I would just focus on storage reviews and call it a day." At that point, Aaron simply laughed and said, "You do run this website. And you do focus on storage reviews." Well, I think that closes the case. If you have been following APH Networks for a while, you will realize each editor tends to focus on a particular category of products to cover. The reason is probably because when...
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