'Super Mario Run' heads the Top Grossing category in the App Store already

Mere hours after its unveiling, Nintendo's Super Mario Run blockbuster climbed up the ladder to reach the top spot in the Top Grossing category of the App Store.  Needless to say, it also tops the Free section chart, as it is free to play until 20 seconds...

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Gene Munster says goodbye with a final call for Apple to sell 170 million iPhones in fiscal 2018

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has been quoted in many of our stories over the years. He is taking his analytical skills to a different part of the financial industry as he starts a Venture Capital firm. In his final note to Piper's institutional traders, Munster gave...

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Microsoft plans to open Cortana to third-party developers to compete with Amazon Echo and Google Home

In line with recent rumors that Microsoft is going to harness the ubiquity of Windows and the smarts of Cortana to compete with Google and Amazon in the smart home niche, the tech giant has now opened its AI assistant to third-party developers and device makers. This...

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Galaxy S8: fingerprint sensor on the back and a Note 7-like iris scanner

The next flagship Samsung Galaxy will surely be one of the most significant smartphone releases of 2017 and after the demise of the Galaxy Note 7, there's added onus on the so-called Galaxy S8 and S8 edgeto deliver the goods. We've heard...

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Carriers start testing Android Nougat update for the Galaxy S7/S7 edge

Samsung's Android Nougat update for the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge might be in the final stages of testing, as some carriers have already been given final builds they can test. Australian carrier Vodafone has just refreshed its software update weekly wrap...

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Scooch, Echo: creepy US-bound assistant traps a virtual girlfriend in a $2600 Gatebox

While voice-controlled virtual assistants like Siri, Cortana or Google Now never took off as the Silicon Valley giants hoped, Amazon struck a surprising gold with its household one, the Echo. It turned out that nobody wants to chat in public with their phone, but there...

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Google updates Snapseed with many improvements on Android and iOS

Snapseed, the application developed by Google that should provide users with a complete and professional photo editor features, has just received the last update before the holidays. According to Google, the new update includes many improvements for both the Android and...

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