The National Advertising Division, a watchdog group for the telecom industry, recommended T-Mobile stop claiming it has the US' fastest LTE network. Despite that recommendation, the carrier isn't backing away from its claim and it'll continue saying it has the fastest network.
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Microsoft Closing Groove Music Pass, Sending People To Spotify
Microsoft has decided it's no longer worth attempting to compete with Spotify and Apple Music in the music streaming industry. It's shutting down its Groove Music Pass service and has partnered with Spotify to direct people towards that service instead.
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Samsung, ADT Partner On Smart Home Security Product
Samsung has a new partnership with home security company ADT. They've come out with a smart home product that's powered by Samsung's SmartThings platform and is connected to ADT's home monitoring services. Their home security kit comes with a few items for $549.
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Facebook Bringing In 1,000 People To Police Ads
Facebook is hiring 1,000 people to improve its policing of ads, the social network has announced. It's also going to "invest more" in machine learning capabilities that'll automate the ad flagging process. Human reviewers are needed to catch certain policy violations.
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Facebook Messenger Lite Reaches US, Canada, UK, Ireland
The less data-intensive version of Facebook Messenger is now available in some of the social network's largest markets: the US, Canada, the UK, and Ireland. With Facebook Messenger Lite, you can reduce your data usage while retaining access to the service's core functionality.
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Deutsche Bank Believes GM Could Release An Autonomous Vehicle 'Within Quarters'
GM may only be months, not years, from introducing an autonomous vehicle. According to Deutsche Bank analyst Rod Lache, the company's autonomous vehicles will be ready for deployment "much sooner than is widely expected." He's expecting an arrival in "quarters."
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KGI Says Apple Is 2.5 Years Ahead Of Competition With TrueDepth Camera
It'll take Apple's competitors 2.5 years to catch up to the camera technology found in its iPhone X, says KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Previously, he suggested it'd take 1-2 years for Android phone makers to offer the same functionality. He's updated his estimate.
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ZeroLemon_Announces Battery Case For Galaxy Note 8
Smartphones have drastically improved over years in terms of raw performance and design in general, but one thing has remained the same - battery life. If we compare it to devices a few years ago, we can say things got even worse, but those devices were lacking many features.
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Xiaomi Claims It Has Sold 10 Million Phones In September
Although Xiaomi struggled a little bit earlier this year and last year, the company has managed to regroup and its CEO Lei Jun has now announced that they have achieved an important milestone - the company shipped over 10 million phones in September.
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Sony Also Announces The PlayStation Credit Card
Aside from announcing new virtual reality headset, or should we say an updated version of the PlayStation VR, Sony has also announced something for the PlayStation gamers. If you often purchase new things from the PlayStation Store, then you are probably interested in some
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Sony Unveils Updated PlayStation VR Headset
The VR headset market is improving each day, but there are still only a few products available on the market and they are rather expensive. To improve experience, Sony has now announced that its virtual reality headset received upgrades and improvements, and will be launched
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HTC Bundling Fallout 4 VR With Vive
HTC has announced a new Vive bundle that'll see the virtual reality headset paired with Bethesda's Fallout 4 VR. Consumers who purchase the bundle now will receive a redemption code for the game when it becomes available later this year. It'll be available for free.
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Uber's Northern Europe Leader Exits Shortly After London Ban Announcement
Jo Betram, Uber's lead executive for its Northern Europe operations, is leaving the company. She's exiting within weeks of the announcement of an impending ban against the service in London, though her departure doesn't appear connected to that situation.
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Roku Unveils Its 4K Streaming Stick, Other New Devices
A new 4K streaming product from Roku is now official. The company has introduced a streaming stick that offers 4K and HDR support for $70. The Streaming Stick+ also has up to four times the wireless range of its predecessor. Some other products have also been unveiled.
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Greece Trying To Make Uber Hire Full-Time Taxi Drivers
Greece is moving towards the implementation of new rules that'll treat services like Uber and Taxibeat like regular taxi companies. One of the rules would mandate Uber sign 3-year contracts with licensed taxi drivers, basically making them regular full-time employees.
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Google Ending 'First Click Free' Policy, Won't Penalize Paywalled Articles
Google is looking to improve its relationship with news publishers by getting rid of its First Click Free policy, which effectively forced publishers to give people three free articles per day. Now, publishers can paywall all of their content and not be penalized in Search.
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Razer Starts Shipping Updated Blade Pro Gaming Laptop
The new version of Razer Blade Pro has now started shipping to its owners. The updated model was announced a few weeks ago, but the company decided to lower the price tag and is selling it for $100 less than what was initially promised. However, it is still very expensive
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Huawei Mate 10 To Have Samsung Dex-Like Dock
Huawei won't be the first company to offer an accessory with which you can connect your smartphone and use it as a PC, but it will be something new for them as they have never released such accessory. New reports suggest that the Chinese company is working on an
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Leaked Renders Show Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 In Full Glory
Xiaomi is looking to refresh its Redmi lineup with a new handset - Redmi Note 5, which has now been revealed in a set of leaked renders. A fresh set of renders leaked by 91mobiles reveals that there are not many changes in terms of general design, aside from thinner bezels.
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Gionee S11 Will Also Have Display With 18:9 Aspect Ratio
The bezel-less trend is taking its full swing and more companies are now preparing new smartphones with bezel-less displays. Gionee is also one of them, who has recently unveiled the M7 and M7 Power and is now working on another smartphone that would have a display with
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