Jide’s Slick Remix OS Tweaks Android For PC-Style Productivity

 A startup comprised of a trio of ex-Google engineers is doing something Google has roundly failed to do: make Android compelling on larger screen devices like tablets and even PCs. Read More

Lenovo Connect Lets You Get Low-Priced Data Plans All Around The World

 Lenovo is best known for its computers and smartphones like dozens of other OEMs. But the company is launching a new service that should differentiate its devices from the competition. With Lenovo Connect, you can connect around the world with a low-priced global roaming plan. Read More

Nokia Growth Partners Announces $350M Fund Focused On IoT

 What do you finance if you’re in the network business and need to encourage your customers to upgrade faster to the next generation of cellular tech (aka 5G)? Why the Internet of Things of course… Read More

Nokia: We’re In No Rush To Get Our Brand Back On Phones

 After exiting the smartphone market dramatically by selling its mobile making division to Microsoft for $7.2 billion back in 2013, Nokia has hinted it is looking to return to the smartphone business by a different route — taking advantage of a clause in its sale agreement that allows it to use the Nokia brand on handsets again starting from this year. Read More

VR And AR Will Be Mobile’s Demand Driver, Not Its Replacement

 With each of the six biggest global consumer technology companies now deeply invested and feverishly in development, VR/AR has become too big to fail. Facebook Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR (powered by Oculus), Google Cardboard and its Magic Leap investment (and perhaps even Google Glass’ second coming), Sony PlayStation VR and Microsoft HoloLens are public. And the eventual entry of Apple… Read More

U.S. Government Says Hoverboards Are Verboten

 The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has deemed hoverboards “unsafe” and, in a letter released by the organization, all hoverboard manufacturers to gain UL certification before selling more boards. #hoverboards Makers, importers and retailers put on notice https://t.co/UEvHCBxSf5 pic.twitter.com/jfG9kIiovC — U.S. CPSC (@USCPSC) February 19, 2016 “Consumers… Read More

Watch Xiaomi’s MWC 2016 Press Conference Right Here

 Xiaomi is set to unveil… something at Mobile World Congress 2016 and you can watch all the action right here. If the title of the stream is any indication, there’s a good chance that Xiaomi is taking the Mi 5 global but the Chinese giant could have other things waiting in the wings. The event is supposed to start at 9:00 CET/3:00 EDT. Read More