Sometimes, people are just too eager to get the ball rolling, especially on a good thing. Sometimes that leads to accidentally published specs, but, this time, some UK retailers have taken the excitement even further. One of them have actually put up pre-order pages for models of the new not-5 Surface Pro 2-in-1s with built-in cellular connectivity, complete with specs. … Continue reading
HTC phones are dead. Long live Google phones, or something to that effect. As has been speculated, and perhaps even wished for, Google has acquired HTC, or rather only a part of it. It has purchased HTC’s smartphone operations only, but is still giving the Taiwanese company some wiggle room for its own smartphones. And the price Google paid the … Continue reading
Google, HTC sign $1.1B USD cooperation agreement to boost Google’s hardware game
Posted in: Today's Chili Google and HTC have entered into an agreement where certain HTC employees will join Google. As part of the transaction, HTC will receive $1.1B USD in cash from Google. Google will also receive non-exclusive license for HTC’s intellectual property. HTC says many of the employees worked with Google to develop the Pixel smartphones.
This is seemingly part of the search giant’s new… Read More
After weeks (months, and years) of speculation, HTC has announced that its “Powered by HTC” R&D division — the team behind Google’s Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones — will be purchased by Google with $1.1 billion in cash. According to HTC’s CFO P…
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Iceland’s ‘Pirate’ Politician Won’t Run After Government Pedophilia Scandal
Posted in: Today's ChiliBirgitta Jónsdóttir became Iceland’s most famous parliamentarian after challenging the U.S. with WikiLeaks in 2010.
Sanders will give a major speech Thursday. Here’s a sneak peek.
Basically The Entire Health Care System Hates The New Obamacare Repeal Bill
Posted in: Today's ChiliGroups representing doctors, hospitals, nursing homes, insurance companies and more are lined up against the GOP bill.
Here comes another budget-friendly 4G LTE-enabled Android 7.0 smartphone ‘Bharat 3 (Q437)’ from Micromax. Specs-wise, this entry-level smartphone has a 4.5-inch 854 x 480 FWVGA display, a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6737M 64-bit processor, a Mali-T720 GPU, a 1GB RAM and an 8GB of expandable internal storage (up to 32GB).
Featuring dual SIM card slots, the handset packs a 5MP front-facing camera with LED flash, a 5MP rear-facing camera with LED flash, an FM radio, a 3.5mm audio jack and a 2000mAh battery.
Running on Android 7.0 Nougat OS, the Bharat 3 (Q437) provides 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS for connectivity. The Micromax Bharat 3 (Q437) is available now for just Rs. 4,499 (about $70). [FoneArena]
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Synology has introduced a new 4-bay NAS server ‘DiskStation DS418’ to its range. Designed for home and office users, this 4-bay NAS server is configured with a 1.4GHz Realtek RTD1296 64-bit quad-core processor, a 2GB DDR4 RAM and four 2.5-/3.5-inch SATA HDD/SDD bays (up to 40TB).
Corresponding to real-time 10-bit 4K H.265 video transcoding, the DiskStation DS418 comes with a Kensington Security slot, 2x USB 3.0 ports (front & back), 2x 1GbE RJ-45 ports and 2x built-in 92mm fans.
Running on DiskStation Manager (DSM) 6.1 OS, the DiskStation DS418 supports for multiple RAID setups including Synology Hybrid RAID, Basic, JBOD & RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10. Unfortunately, there’s no word on pricing yet. [Product Page]
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