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BlackBerry used to rule the smartphone space, but then the iPhone came out. BlackBerry execs deemed the iPhone a “toy” and a “fad,” but that fad eventually drove the company to revamp its product lineup. It was too late, though. BlackBerry will probably never regain the throne, but it’s not done …

Android co-founder Andy Rubin has is trying to get back into smartphones with his startup, known as Essential. The company made waves with the announcement of its nearly bezel-free smartphone earlier this year, but a new report suggests this experiment may be a flop. According to third-party data, Essential may …

Google is expected to unveil the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL on October 4 at an event it has started advertising quite heavily on billboards and even on the Chrome start page. However, there’s little doubt now what these phones will look like — another leak has dropped official …

A new malware attack, dubbed BlueBorne, is spreading in the wild, thanks to a combination of eight different vulnerabilities affecting Android, iOS, IoT devices, Windows, and Linux. The security research firm Armis writes: BlueBorne allows attackers to take control of devices, access corporate data and networks, penetrate secure “air-gapped” networks, …

Google launched the Pixel and Pixel XL last year on October 4th, and exactly one year later we’re probably getting a look at the Pixel 2. Google has debuted an ad campaign for an event on October 4th, where it promises to unveil a smarter smartphone. That couldn’t get any …

  Most of us know RED as the maker of high-end digital video cameras, but the company is looking to get into mobile. It announced the RED Hydrogen One a few months ago, and in true RED fashion, the price was one of the few things we knew about it. …

  Every year, without fail, both Apple and Google declare that the latest version of their operating system contains additional improvements that will save battery life and improve performance. In reality, these gains tend to be application or task-specific, which is to say that some users, in some cases, can …

The Chinese corporation TCL has announced that it plans to launch Palm-branded devices in 2018. TCL bought the rights to the Palm brand from HP back in 2014 and initially planned to relaunch the company, but there’s been little action on the Palm front since that purchase. Now the company …

Andy Rubin made his bones in the mobile industry by co-founding Danger (maker of the Sidekick) and Android, which was acquired by Google and turned into the largest mobile platform on Earth. It’s an impressive pedigree, so everyone was interested when Rubin announced his new hardware startup was going to …

Samsung has spent the last 10 months without any Galaxy Note devices to sell following the cancellation of the Note 7. Now, there’s a new Note about to hit shelves. Samsung has made the Galaxy Note 8 official at its Unpacked event, and there aren’t a lot of surprises here …