Microsoft is testing a new service called Outlook Premium. Currently, you can only get it if you receive an invite (if you want one, you can request it here).

Outlook Premium gives you five personalized email addresses (using a custom domain of your choosing), an ad-free inbox, and improved calendar sharing. For those who have invites, it’s free for the first year. Following that, Outlook Premium is priced at $3.99 per month.

This may also be launched as a free add-on for Office 365 subscribers at some point in the future, after the testing phase has concluded. Yet if you’re…

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The latest HTC 10 teaser is here, ladies and gentlemen. And like one of those from last month, this is all about audio. However, this time around we’re thankfully treated to more than just a cryptic image.

It’s a full video teaser, this, and it expands upon the “we’re obsessed” theme that we saw in the company’s first ever video teaser for the HTC 10. Though obviously this obsession has everything to do with “bright, fat, crisp” sound now.

Not all music is created equal. Hi-res audio so every note is crystal clear. You’ll hear it. 4/12 #powerof10https://t.co/uSFPDg4t6o— HTC (@htc) April…

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As rumored last week, BlackBerry has today started taking applications for a new Beta Program for the Priv’s Marshmallow update. Essentially this means that you can sign up to beta test the Android 6.0 Marshmallow software for the Priv before it goes out to everyone who owns the Canadian smartphone maker’s first Android device. You’ll then receive an over-the-air update with the beta build.

The sign-up page is here. People will be accepted into the program in batches, and it looks like the first one has already been filled. You can however put yourself on the waiting list, and when a new…

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Apple analyst from KGI Ming-Chi Kuo, who has definitely proven a trustworthy source of information and predictions, forecasts year-on-year iPhone shipments will continue to fall in 2016. The total iPhone shipments for the year will likely fall below 200 million units ending up missing market expectations.

Furthermore, Ming-Chi Kuo predicts that Apple won’t be able to recover from its peak iPhone times and as a result the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will see lower sales than its predecessors. The decline in sales for the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus is a result of the rise of replacement…

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It would appear Samsung has done its sales magic yet again. Despite a pronounced slowdown in the high-end market, its Galaxy S7 duo has managed to exceed sales expectations.

The figures are far from final, but according to Jay Yoo, industry analyst at Korea Investment & Securities, Samsung has already exceeded the initial 7 million unit estimate and has managed to ship around 9.5 million S7 phones. This has mandated some major forecast recalculations, which has naturally attributed for a raise in share value – 2.4% on Wednesday in an 18-week high.

It appears that the…

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The time for the iPad Pro 9.7 teardown is upon us, thanks to the professional disassemblers at iFixit. What everyone expected to be an iteration of the iPad Air 2, turned out to be a scaled down version of the 12.9″ iPad Pro and as such every millimeter inside the alloy body is put to good use.

The iPad Pro 9.7″ is hard to open and requires a lot of patience and heating, but once open you can see just how cramped the inside is. The largest component, naturally, is the battery. In this iPad Pro it has a rating of 27.91 Whr (7,306mAh), which is slightly better than the iPad Air 2’s 27.62…

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The Meizu Pro 6 has really been getting a lot of publicity lately. The whole iPhone 7 resemblance was more or less an attention-grabber, but even beyond that the handset has had its fair share of leaks.

The latest batch of leaked photos offers a glimpse at both the front and the back of the phone and once again reaffirms the significant design similarities between the Pro 6 and its predecessor – the Pro 5. The shots in question seem to come from a shoot we already caught a glimpse of a few days back, making it quite a bit more believable.

Overall, the images don’t really…

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Meizu definitely has a solid midrange smartphone lin-up and the upcoming m3 note will add even more substance to it. A recent leaked teaser image shows that Meizu plans to price the m3 note at just $170 (CNY 1,099).

If this turns out to be true, then the company will not only be highly competitive against the likes of rivals in the Xiaomi, Lenovo and LeTV camp, but also it’s very own Meizu Metal line-up. The Metal rocks a similar price in China and the upcoming metal 2 is believed to follow suite.

The m3 note should offer an all-new alloy body instead of a plastic one and a 5.5″…

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Asus struck gold with the ZenFone 2, which despite its naming disaster and veritable model chaos managed to deliver big in the value department with powerful hardware and an affordable price point. Naturally, fans have been waiting anxiously for the Taiwanese giant’s next step since and by all accounts, it should come in the shape of the ZenFone 3.

We have already heard quite a bit about the handset, including some TENAA listings, talk of a fingerprint reader and a suggested May or June release frame. However, the Zenfone 3 is still quite illusive and we’re not even sure whether it will…

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Walmart is running a nice promotion at its brick-and-mortar stores in the US. The chain is offering a couple of discounts for potential Samsung and Apple smartphone buyers.

If you go with either the Samsung Galaxy S6 or the Galaxy S7 (the Galaxy S7 edge isn’t specified to be eligible), then Walmart will give you $150 discount on your next bill. If Apple’s smartphones are more to your liking, going for an iPhone 6S, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus or an iPhone SE will grant you $100 off your next bill.

The promotion is applicable for AT&T, Verizon and Sprint customers (maybe next time,…

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