Japan Looks Set to Dominate ‘Newspace’ in Asia; India, China in Play

There is a lot of excitement about the concept of “newspace,” loosely meaning cutting-edge frontiers in commercial space development. Newer, smaller, and potentially transformative businesses from Blue Origin to Terra Bella are today bringing forth what can best be described as a revolution in space affairs (RSA). The Space Angels Network, which helps to discover, select, and invest in startups, projects that the global space economy will grow from over $300 billion today to $600 billion by 2030.

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LeEco’s ‘Smart Car’ Wants Your Eyes Off The Road And On Its Videos

Chinese billionaire Jia Yueting gained a lot of attention last week when he launched LeSEE, a concept electric car with autonomous driving functions that is also showing at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition this week. Jia, founder of a Netflix-like video site Letv (now called LeEco), is talking about making a vehicle that would eventually surpass Tesla’s premium models through its own technology research. But details have been scant.

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HTC-made Nexus 9 no longer available from Google Store

The HTC-made Nexus 9 tablet from the year 2014 is now no longer available for purchase from the Google Store. In fact, the device has completely disappeared from the online store, with its listing page now being redirected to the store’s home page and no trace of it in search results as well.

Currently, Google’s own Pixel C is the only tablet available on the company’s online store. However, if you were planning to purchase a Nexus 9, you aren’t completely out of luck as third party retailers like Amazon still have it in stock. Plus, you can purchase it directly from HTC as…

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Another rumor claims HTC working on next-gen Nexus devices

Back in January this year, there were rumors that like 2015, there will be two Nexus phones in 2016 as well, and both will be manufactured by HTC. Now, another rumor has cropped up that not only adds weight to the previous one, but also reveals some new information.

The latest rumor comes from the usually reliable leakster @evleaks, who also revealed that the two Android N-powered Nexus devices that HTC is manufacturing are internally being called as the M1 and S1.

HTC is building a pair of Android N devices for Google internally dubbed M1 and S1 #nexus— Evan Blass (@evleaks) April…

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