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  1. Android News

    Worldwide tablet shipments have reportedly declined 8.5% in a year

    IDC has just published a new report that says shipments of tablets are still on the decline. This would be the 10th straight quarterly decline, with Q1 showing a drop of 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year.
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    Xiaomi reportedly won't be launching the Mi 6 in India

    A new report claims that Xiaomi won't be releasing its latest flagship, the Mi 6, in India. However, Xiaomi has plans to bring another "high-end phone to the Indian market".
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    Report says Huawei overtakes Oppo as the biggest smartphone OEM in China

    Huawei had previously been the most popular smartphone OEM in China, but was then beat out by Oppo. However, a new report from Canalys says Huawei shipped close to 21 million units to secure an 18% market share during Q1 2017 in China.
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    The refurbished Galaxy Note 7 will launch in Korea sometime in June

    A new report claims the refurbished Galaxy Note 7 will launch in Korea in June and will be called the Galaxy Note 7R while being priced at about 700,000 won (~$620).
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    A report claims we are at least 4 years away from truly secure facial recognition

    With Samsung implementing facial recognition security on the Galaxy S8, this has raised a question of how secure it truly is. A new report claims that truly secure facial recognition on our mobile devices is at least 4 years away.
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    Spotify could be looking to launch its own wearable

    A new rumor claims that Spotify is looking into creating its own hardware with the device likely to be a wearable.
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    The Galaxy S8 Plus is expected to be the more popular S8 device

    A new report claims that Samsung is expecting the Galaxy S8 Plus to outperform the standard Galaxy S8 when it comes to how much each device will be sold.
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    Analyst says Samsung will start to produce 7th gen OLED panels soon

    Some industry analysts have released a report saying they believe Samsung will start producing their 7th generation OLED panels soon. They feel Samsung’s new A4 production line that will start production as early as Q2 of next year, and is likely to be manufacturing these new OLED panels.
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    Samsung begins ramping up production of the Galaxy S8 Plus

    Demand for the Galaxy S8 Plus has left Samsung looking to reportedly ramp up production ahead of the official release.
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    LeEco’s acquisition of Vizio is reportedly stalled due to tighter currency restrictions

    LeEco still hasn't been able to bounce back from their financial issues and a new report talks about how they're putting a delay on paying their US employees. Not only that, but the deal to acquire Vizio is also being held up because of tighter currency restrictions inside China and LeEco’s...
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    Twitter is reportedly looking to get into the paid TV streaming business

    Twitter has been dabbling in streaming video market for a bit no with some political and sports streams, but a new report suggests they are in talks with some pay-TV broadcasters too.
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    Google is working on a new social app for photographers

    Sources close to TechCrunch say that Google is working on a new social application that would let small groups of photographers to edit photos together. Google confirmed the project exists, but it is in its early stages right now and might not ever see the light of day.
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    Qualcomm reportedly blocked Samsung from selling their Exynos SoC to most OEMs

    A new report talks about how Qualcomm was able to prevent Samsung from selling their Exynos SoC to most smartphone OEMs out there. The report claims Qualcomm abused the "standard essential patent" license to prevent Samsung from selling its modems and integrated chipsets for about 25 years.
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    Samsung is preparing to use OLED more in future devices

    A new report claims that Samsung will be using OLED for future products, moving away from using LCD display panels.
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    Samsung could give Galaxy S8 buyers a full refund option

    A new report claims that Samsung will be offering a full refund option to those who purchase the Galaxy S8 or S8 Plus. The option will be available for up to 3 months after purchasing.
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    Report says Huawei is in talks with AT&T to get their smartphones in stores in the US

    It was previously reported that Huawei teaming with Google for the Nexus 6P was their way of getting their foot in the door of US homes. This didn't pan out the way they wanted it, but now a new report says that both Huawei and AT&T are in talks to sell Huawei smartphones in stores around the...
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    LeEco is reportedly forced to sell their Silicon Valley property due to recent financial issues

    LeEco expanded their company very quickly and ended up having to cut back due to a lack of cash. Now, it's being reported that LeEco will be forced to sell their 49-acre U.S. Silicon Valley property less than a year after buying it from Yahoo.
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    Google Fiber reportedly canceling installations in Kansas City

    A new report claims that Google fiber is cancelling installations across Kansas City. Unfortunately at this time, there's no mention as to why the cancellations are occurring.
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    The Galaxy S8 lineup is expected to outsell the Galaxy S7 lineup

    A new report claims that analysts are expecting the Galaxy S8 lineup to outsell its predecessor despite being priced higher.
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    Google and Reliance Jio are reportedly working on an affordable smartphone

    Reliance Jio is incredibly popular over in India with the company recently surpassing 100 million subscribers. A new report today claims that these two companies are secretly working on an affordable smartphone that would tightly integrate both Google and Reliance Jio's services together.
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    Some feel that Google missed their chance to become a major smartphone maker

    LA Times has a piece up that talks about Google missing their chance to become a big smartphone brand. The piece cites an analyst who says Google sold less than 600,000 units in 2016 and when compared to the likes of Apple and Samsung, the ship has already sailed to be a big smartphone brand.
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    Samsung is reportedly still the king of the global NAND flash memory market

    According to data from DRAMeXchange, Samsung accounted for $14.151 billion in NAND flash memory sales for 2016. To give perspective on how this compares to the competition, Toshiba came in 2nd place with $7.898 billion in sales.
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    Amazon reportedly wants Alexa to answer customer service calls

    A new report talks about a suite of AWS products for businesses to take advantage of. One of these products would actually have Amazon Alexa accepting phone calls for a company's customer support phone number.
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    Samsung is reportedly considering investing $1 billion into artificial intelligence

    Personal assistants, and just AI in general, is becoming a very big technology these days and Samsung is aware of it. To that end, a report which cites an "unnamed Samsung Electronics official" says the company is deciding whether or not they should invest $1 billion to acquire companies and...
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    Report says ransomware targeting Android users have increased by over 50%

    ESET just released a report that talks about ransomware activity on Android devices. According to their data, attacks targeting Android users have gone up by 50% compared to last year.