If you recall, late last month, we told you about a couple of upcoming Android-powered BlackBerry devices – codenamed Hamburg and Rome. Well, the former has now been spotted on GFXBench, revealing some of its key specifications.

As per the listing, the device is powered by Snapdragon 615, and sports a 5.2-inch full HD display. It comes with 3GB RAM and 16GB internal memory, and features a 12MP rear camera and 8MP front shooter.

The handset carries a model number of STH100-x, and runs Android 6.0.1 out of the box. There is currently no information on exactly when the device will be…

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Google has announced that a total of over 50 million VR apps for its Cardboard platform have been downloaded from the Play Store so far. The announcement was made by the company’s head of VR Clay Bavor at the ongoing I/O 2016 conference.

The figure stood at 25 million back in January this year, meaning the number of Cardboard app downloads has doubled in the past four months. “We think that’s pretty good for what is, after all, just a piece of cardboard,” Bavor said.

Although Bavor didn’t reveal the exact number of Cardboard units that have been shipped globally until now, he did…

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Netflix wants you to keep tabs on how fast your internet connection is. That’s why it trademarked and launched a data speed test site that launches instantly as soon as you enter the website http://www.fast.com. This is likely to help customers who are having trouble with their internet connections to identify the issues fast.

While we still have speedtest.net, there are still many people who cannot understand what the speed test is actually measuring or how to even start a speed test using Speed Test’s interface. Netflix has so much internet traffic already but believes it’s still up to the task…

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Micromax subsidiary YU Televentures has postponed the unveiling of its upcoming Yunicorn flagship smartphone. The device, which was earlier scheduled to be made official on May 19 (today), will now be announced on May 31.

Apparently, the reason behind the delay is lack of media coverage – May 19 has been chosen as “vote counting day” by the Election Commission of India (several states in the country went for elections recently), so obviously the media will be focusing there.

Coming back to Yunicorn, YU is marketing it as “the phone that will redefine flagships.” Not much is known…

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