“Samsung’s Galaxy phones lost some major points in the Consumer Reports’ book last year, but things have changed. On Tuesday, the organization released its take on the new Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, and unlike their predecessor, scored top marks.”
Streaming Has Officially Taken Over the Music Business
“America has a new favorite way to pay for music. For the first time ever, retail revenue from streaming services eclipsed revenue for digital downloads in 2015, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.”
Samsung wants you to stop checking your phone while on your motorbike
“While almost everyone is focusing on keeping drivers’ hands off the wheel in autonomous cars, Samsung has turned its attention to keeping drivers’ hands firmly on the handlebars when it comes to motorcycles.”
Facebook and WhatsApp to discontinue support for BlackBerry
“Now it seems, Facebook is deciding to follow in the footsteps of its subsidiary and pull all its services from BlackBerry’s ailing platform. In a post on their blog, BlackBerry said that, “We are extremely disappointed in their decision as we know so many users love these apps.”
Apple’s iMessage Has a Security Hole That Can Allow Photo Theft
“That’s according to researchers from Johns Hopkins University, whose findings have been reported in the Washington Post. The attack they formulated will work on iMessage running off iPhones and iPads that haven’t been updated to the latest version of the iOS operating system, version 9.3.”
Early Samsung Galaxy S7 sales exceed expectations
“The Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge have been on sale in global markets for a little while now, giving analysts just enough time to make some early predictions about how they expect the handsets to perform.”
Do not touch this one Android setting and most malware will leave you alone, mostly
“If you love to traverse the web and install random apps from weird and shady parts of the internet, of course you’re going to have a bad time. This is accepted wisdom in the Windows world, and so it should be in the mobile world, too.”
NTT to buy Dell’s services division for $3.05 billion
“You may know Dell as a computer and server maker, but Dell also operates a substantial IT services division — at least it did until today. NTT Data, the IT services company of NTT, is acquiring Dell Systems for $3.05 billion.”
OLED iPhone sparks battle between Samsung, LG, and others
“News out of Korea today is that Apple and Samsung Display have signed a contract for the supply of as many as 60,000 flexible OLED panels per month, according to ET News.”
Windows Phone sales have almost ground to a halt
“Gartner has released its smartphone stats for Q4 2015 and the news is especially bad for Microsoft. In Q4 2014, the software giant owned 2.8 percent of the smartphone market — not great, but still good enough for around 10 million units sold.”
