Scarred by the Snapdragon 810’s overheating issues? You’re not the only one — but it’s not something we’ll have to worry about with the Snapdragon 820, thanks to Samsung. The South Korean company has today confirmed that it will manufacture Qualcomm’s latest flagship using its cutting-edge 14-nanometer manufacturing process — the same process used to

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Google has rolled out a Now Launcher update for Android that adds auto-rotate and a nifty icon resizing feature that makes your app drawer and home screens look a whole lot neater. With auto-rotate, you can now use your home screen in landscape mode if you prefer. This is a feature already offered by many

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If you’re dreaming about being a software engineer at either Google or Apple, you should brace yourself for an ordeal. A new report comparing the difficulty, experiences, and lengths of interview processes from a variety of tech companies says that a Google interview is the hardest one you can undertake. Apple did slightly better in

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As it stands now, self-driving cars may be more accident report than Minority Report. In a disclosure to the California Department of Motor Vehicles, the search-engine giant outlined specifics of its driverless-car testing from November 2014 to December 2015. Demo vehicles reportedly logged about 423,000 miles over that period. During that time, testers recorded over

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Surfing the Web on a public Wi-Fi connection can be dangerous business. Steer clear of hackers with protection from ZenVPN. You’ll be free to access any of their servers located in 32 locations around the world, and can rest easy knowing your activity and data is fully encrypted. Plus, by virtually traveling across borders, you’ll

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Google has permanently slashed $30 off its new Nexus 5X, reducing its starting price to just $349 only four months after the handset made its official debut. The move makes it even easier for Android fans to get their hands on Google’s latest OS — without third-party tweaks. The Nexus 5X may not be the

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Fresh leaks suggest Samsung will launch this year’s Galaxy S7 edge+ alongside the smaller Galaxy S7 and S7 edge. If all three devices go on sale in March as expected, then last year’s Galaxy S6 edge+ will be outdated just 7 months after making its debut. It makes a lot of sense to launch the S7

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Apple’s latest iPhones are proof that mobile devices don’t need octa-core processors and bags of RAM when they have the right software. Despite lagging behind their rivals on paper, iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus were the most powerful smartphones of 2015 — by a mile! That’s according to the 2015 Performance Ranking Report from benchmark experts AnTuTu.

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Motorola has dismissed claims that it is ditching the Moto G and Moto E, and insists that recent comments made by a Lenovo executive were misunderstood. Motorola will be “streamlining” its smartphone portfolio going forward, it says, so we’ll see fewer Moto devices — but its most successful handsets are going nowhere. Lenovo’s plans for

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In celebration of the 10th anniversary of its free video calls, Skype is giving everyone a present: group video calls on mobile devices. It was only six years ago that Skype video calling premiered on mobile phones, setting one-to-one video calls free from the laptop or desktop. Now, you’ll be able to group video chat

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