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The components used in Samsung’s latest smartphone, the Galaxy S7, cost a combined $255, a teardown analysis by the research firm IHS has found. That is about as much as it cost to build a Galaxy S5 two years ago. Complete article: Samsung`s Galaxy S7 costs $255 to build

  Spotify is dropping support for its Windows Phone app. The company updated its Windows Phone app back in February 2015, and they won’t be releasing any further updates for their Windows Phone app. Of course, users can continue to use the app but it will lack probably lack quite a lot of features which […]

Google has released an update to its Google Photos iOS app that adds support for Live Photos, the camera feature available to iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus owners that captures sound and motion just before and after the moment a still photo is shot. Complete article: Google Photos for iOS Adds Live Photos

Google, today, marks the International Women’s Day with its special doodle. The doodle features a short video where women are seen sharing their aspirations, “One day I will…” Complete article: Google doodle celebrates International Women´s Day

Samsung is reportedly planning to shut down Milk music service. However, the company has denied reports that it is planning to buy Jay Z’s Tidal service. Complete article: Is Samsung planning to shut down Milk Music service?

Samsung has announced that it is now shipping its PM1633a SSD. That’s a boringly mundane name for a drive that’s anything but: the PM1633a isn’t just the biggest SSD around, it’s straight-up the biggest drive around. At 15.36TB, it dwarfs other SSDs and surpasses the capacity even of the very latest magnetic spinning disks. Remarkably, […]

WhatsApp is rolling out a much-anticipated feature to its apps on iOS and Android devices: document sharing. But only for PDFs at launch. Complete article: WhatsApp adds support for document sharing

Google has updated its iOS Maps app with the ability to  add extra stops to a specified route without changing the final destination. Complete article: Google Maps iOS: add detours to journeys

The Tesla Model 3 may very well be the most highly anticipated vehicle the car industry has seen in years. Set to be unveiled on March 31 with mass production and deliveries slated to begin in late 2017, the Model 3 represents the culmination of Elon Musk’s big bet on electric vehicles leaping into the mainstream. […]

Facebook has introduced five new Like buttons rather than just the one that everyone wanted — to stop people being mean to each other. The site has rolled out Reactions, which allow users to react in five new ways including “Sad” and “Angry”. But it did so as a way of satisfying the years-long desire for […]

Apple Pencil has been a huge hit with iPad Pro users, who love it for drawing, annotating and taking notes. We believe a finger will always be the primary way users navigate on an iPad, but we understand that some customers like to use Apple Pencil for this as well and we’ve been working on […]

The tech industry has been generally supportive of Apple in its fight against the FBI’s demand to unlock an iPhone linked to the San Bernardino shootings, but one big name is on the FBI’s side: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who seems unswayed by fears of compromised security and a potential legal precedent. Complete article: Bill Gates says […]