Some see them as unnecessary, while others think they are the only innovative phones on the market right now – foldables are not ready to take over the market yet, but they are quickly growing in popularity as can be seen in last week’s poll. Price and durability are still the main concerns and most […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has addressed concerns about the future of the Halo franchise and its developer, 343 Industries, in a new interview. Spencer says that he believes 343 delivered “a great Halo game” with Halo Infinite, acknowledging that there were “missteps we made as a team.” He also […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Activision-Blizzard is a megapublisher behind Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Candy Crush. A veteran Blizzard developer and key architect for World of Warcraft has resigned in protest of Activision’s stack-ranking practices, which sees developers assigned a low-ranking based on a quota system. Microsoft used to use stack-ranking, but […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Activision-Blizzard is a megapublisher behind Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Candy Crush. A veteran Blizzard developer and key architect for World of Warcraft has resigned in protest of Activision’s stack-ranking practices, which sees developers assigned a low-ranking based on a quota system. Microsoft used to use stack-ranking, but […]
Read MoreSamsung has remained the second-largest CMOS image sensor provider on the market after Sony, but the gap between the two companies appears to widen at Samsung’s expense. In terms of market share in the third quarter of 2022, Sony and Samsung were followed by Omnivision, Onsemi, and GalaxyCore. According to a market report by research […]
Read MoreSamsung Electronics has reportedly hired another high-profile executive. According to reports, the former chief executive of Yogiyo, Kang Shin-bong, has joined Samsung Electronics and will be leading the company’s online sales and marketing. The new vice president, who is now at the helm of the Direct-to-Consumer Center under Samsung’s Global Marketing division, will aim to […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know The FTC is currently suing to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision on the basis of protecting competition in new markets such as game subscription services. Despite this, a new report suggests that Sony’s Jim Ryan, chief complainant against the deal, doesn’t regard Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass service as competition. Microsoft […]
Read MoreTwo people involved in a serious accident that occurred yesterday afternoon were rescued and located through new features available on the latest iPhone 14 models, including Emergency SOS via Satellite and Crash Detection. The incident took place on the Angeles Forest Highway in the Angeles National Forest in California, with a vehicle careening over the […]
Read MoreDemand for smartphones in Europe appears to be declining, but Samsung maintained the lead in Q3 2022 despite considerable losses. The European smartphone market shrunk by 16% year-on-year, with market watchers saying that shipments were just a little over 40 million units due to economic challenges. Xiaomi capitalized on the Russian market to rise to […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer recently appeared on WSJ Live to discuss the Xbox business. Spencer conceded that, while it hadn’t yet raised prices, it may have no choice in the near future. Energy market disruption has seen Microsoft’s cloud overheads soar in Europe to the tune of $800 million […]
Read MoreApple’s vice president of industrial design Evans Hankey plans to leave the company next year, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. Apple confirmed that Hankeys will be departing the company in a statement, but her successor has not been named yet. Apple’s hardware design lead Evans Hankey (left) and software design lead Alan Dye (right) “Apple’s […]
Read MoreThe iPhone 14 series first became available six weeks ago and the analysts at JP Morgan have been tracking the lead times for all four models during that time (publishing the data on the Apple Product Availability Tracker). The lead times are how long it takes between placing an order and receiving the phone. For […]
Read MoreDuring Google’s latest launch event, the company made multiple references to Apple and the iPhone 14, iOS 16, and Apple’s reluctance to adopt support for RCS messaging. Google yesterday held an event where it announced the Pixel Watch, Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, and offered new details on the Pixel Tablet. During the event, […]
Read MoreWednesday September 28, 2022 10:22 am PDT by Juli Clover Apple has seen high demand for the 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Pro Max, which could lead the company to further differentiate the next-generation iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Apple could add exclusive features to the iPhone 15 Pro Max […]
Read MoreIndustry and Microsoft veteran Bonnie Ross is announcing her retirement today, with an intent to focus on family as 343 Industries moves to restructure its leadership roles. Bonnie Ross worked within Microsoft’s games business for the best part of three decades, working on franchises like Gears of War, Alan Wake, and even third-party publishing deals […]
Read MoreA former Lamborghini executive has joined Apple to work on the company’s long-rumored electric vehicle, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. Apple’s next-generation CarPlay experience previewed at WWDC 2022 The report notes that Apple hired Luigi Taraborrelli, a 20-year veteran of Lamborghini, to help lead the design of the vehicle. Taraborrelli oversaw chassis and vehicle dynamics […]
Read MoreSource: Xbox Game Studios While many fans have been hoping that 343 Industries would remaster fan-favorite classic maps like Halo: Combat Evolved’s Blood Gulch or Halo 3’s Valhalla for Halo Infinite, the chances of this happening have generally been considered to be pretty low. This is because the developers announced that Halo Infinite likely wouldn’t […]
Read MoreMicrosoft announced a deal worth potentially $22 billion with the U.S. Army to produce HoloLens-like headsets for the military. Since that announcement, the deal has ran into several issues, including delays and reported disarray in Microsoft’s augmented reality team. Now, it turns out that soldiers may not even want to use the Integrated Audio Visual […]
Read MoreThe global supply constraints hit India in Q1 2022, Canalys revealed in its latest smartphone market report. Expectations were the market to record double-digit growth as pandemic recovery continues, but supply chain issues prevented companies like Xiaomi and vivo from securing enough components to manufacture their best-selling low-end models. Xiaomi recorded a yearly decline for […]
Read MoreSamsung LSI has been under fire of late due to abysmally low yields for its 4 nm process, which resulted in it losing a major customer in Qualcomm. However, Samsung Electronics still managed to output the most semiconductor wafers per month in 2021, according to a new report from Business Korea. Of the 12 million 200 […]
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