Lenovo subsidiary ZUK unveiled the Z2 Pro last month, and the official announcement of the non-Pro Z2 is scheduled for May 31. ZUK has been outing a teaser here and there for the past few days, trying to build hype for the device.

And now the Z2 has been certified for sale in China by TENAA, the country’s FCC equivalent. As usual, this means we get to see what the phone looks like, but also the exact hardware it’s packing.

The Z2 will come with a 5-inch 1080p touchscreen with 2.5D curved glass on top, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 chipset, 3 or 4GB of RAM, 32 or 64GB of non-expandable…

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With power banks, fitness trackers, action cameras and even a smart air purifier under its name, Xiaomi is definitely not afraid to span out into various markets and try new things. The Chinese giant’s latest announcement is a perfect testament to that. The Mi Drone hardly comes as a surprise and has been discussed and teased for some time now, but, frankly, that doesn’t make it any less exciting.

As promised, Xiaomi’s first forray into the fast-growing UAV business was officially unveiled today and with video capture capabilities at up to 4K resolution, it definitely looks promising….

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Huawei Honor V8 went official two weeks ago and it’s one of the most interesting devices the company has outed lately.

The V8 is an all-metal smartphone with a 5.7″ IPS display, powered by the latest Kirin chipset, and featuring a dual 12MP camera setup on its back – one monochrome and one color sensor. Sounds familiar?

The difference with the P9, besides the screen estate, is that you can get the V8 with a 1080p display, or for the first time ever in a Huawei phone – with a Quad HD screen. Depending on the resolution Kirin 950 with 32GB storage or Kirin 955 with 64GB storage will be…

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Samsung has been investing heftily in its local India research and development divisions lately and consequently, more and more interesting offers and innovations, tailor-made for the fast-growing market have started to appear. The latest such device is the newly announced Samsung Galaxy Tab Iris, which as its name suggests, is equipped with specialized iris-recognition technology.

The model is meant to be used with certain biometric-based services within the government, like Aadhaar – a centralized biometric and demographic database, operated by the Unique Identification…

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In case it wasn’t abundantly clear already, new cases for the iPhone 7 show that the new phone will not bring a new design. These cases were photographed at an event in London by Pocket Lint. They are built by accessory maker Cygnett for the 7 (based on specs available to the company), but the cases themselves are demoed with an iPhone 6s inside (note the antenna lines).

The official unveiling of the iPhone 7 is still a long way off and these could possibly be decoys. However, leaked dimensions show the new phone will be the same size as its predecessor and Apple’s security in…

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The Raspberry Pi computers have some Android support already, but the main focus is on Linux. This may change as Google seems to have opened an official Android code repository for the Pi 3.

What could this mean? The Nexus Player is gone and probably not coming (not even in Raspberry form), but a Chromecast alternative (at similar price) is within reach.

Education is a big focus for the Pi Foundation and Linux is the right tool for that job. For multimedia (another popular use for Pis), Android offers a more user-friendly UI and many multimedia apps, including Kodi, Netflix and Hulu…

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Samsung’s new “C” line of devices has been an almost constant presence in the rumor mill lately and the Galaxy C5 is shaping up as its first ambassador. After quite a few hands-on leaks and a quick visit to TENAA, there is hardly any mystery left surrounding the device, expected to officially arrive in the next few days.

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Samsung Galaxy C5 pink gold

This is even more true after today’s abundant batch of leaked high-res renders of the device in all four colors – gold, pink gold, gray and silver. Every possible angle is…

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Just days after a Fast Company report claimed that Samsung’s association with Google’s Android Wear platform is over, the South Korean tech giant has issued a formal statement refuting the claim.

“We disagree with Fast Company’s interpretation,” the company said. “Samsung has not made any announcement concerning Android Wear and we have not changed our commitment to any of our platforms.”

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While the statement does clear the air (for the time being at-least) on the issue, any reports/rumors of Samsung’s break-up with the wearable platform cannot be just dismiss as hot air…

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Nokia-backed HMD global Oy may not have much trouble hiring as there’s trouble brewing in Espoo. As of yet unconfirmed reports indicate that Microsoft is transporting workers from Tampere to the Espoo headquarters and many of them will return without a job.

Microsoft just announced that 1,850 jobs will be cut – 1,350 of those in Finland (Microsoft Mobile Oy) and 500 around the world. Employees at Microsoft Oy, a separate sales subsidiary will not be affected.

Microsoft already closed down the R & D center in Salo after cutting 2,300 jobs in Salo, Tampere and Espoo last year (this is…

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Ever since day one, Twitter always counted everything within the text box in its 140 character limit. This meant that if you were replying to someone their user names would eat up part of your 140 characters. Similarly, if you included a URL or uploaded a picture, the link will also take up part of the 140 characters.

This is going to change in the coming months. Twitter has announced four changes that should let you get the most out of the 140 characters.

First, usernames within a reply tweet won’t count towards the characters. This means even if you’re replying to one or multiple…

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