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ARM has announced a new mid-range core that’s supposed to be the successor of Cortex A12, called Cortex A17. The naming is a little confusing, because it implies it will be better than Cortex A15, ...
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Author Archives: Lucian Armasu
Why 2014 really is like 1984
In 1984, Steve Jobs launched the Macintosh along with a now iconic ad called “1984”, which was meant to show that Apple stands up to “Big Brother” of the computing industry, which was IBM back ...
Read More »Why Google sold Motorola
A lot of people seem to be confused about why Google would sell Motorola now that it’s already starting to do so well with the Moto X and especially the Moto G. The $50 Motorola ... Read More »
Nintendo has “no plans” to build mini-games for Android and iOS
Nintendo thinks “it’s not giving up” by not building Android and iOS games of their own. But they would be mistaken to believe that. They’re just giving up, just in a different, slower way. “Nikkei’s ... Read More »
Sony Xperia Z1 Compact Priced at €520 in Europe
The Sony Xperia Z1 Compact is the little brother of the Xperia Z1, that comes with much of the same specs, and also it seems much of the same price, too. A new leak points ... Read More »
New mid-range HTC Desire to embrace fun colors and octo-core chips
For so long Android OEMs stuck with the “black” color for their smartphones, and most of them only started embracing white after Apple announced a white iPhone. But that trend quickly faded, and I wanted ... Read More »
Will we have solar cells embedded in our smartphone touchscreens next?
Analyst Matt Margolis thinks Apple will embed solar cells in the sapphire screen of the next iPhone 6 (actually the 8th iPhone, but who’s properly counting?), to increase its battery life. Are we finally going ... Read More »
Analysis of Nintendo’s rumored specs for its next-gen consoles
With the admitted failure of the Nintendo Wii U console, it seems Nintendo is already looking to upgrade both their handheld and their home console in the near future. Some specs for them have leaked ... Read More »
AMD posted solid Q413 results, but it needs to focus on HSA to keep the momentum going
AMD may have just been saved by the success of the PS4 and Xbox One consoles, if their Q4 2013 results are any indication. Before this, the situation was looking increasingly more dire, and many ... Read More »
Google is choosing Intel Atom for Nexus 8 for political reasons, and they should be ashamed of it
Every single time Google has chosen Intel’s chips for political reasons, rather than technical ones, it has failed. According to a recent rumor, this year’s Nexus 8 (moving up from 7″, it seems) will be ... Read More »
