HTC has announced a new mid-range smartphone in the Desire range. The HTC Desire 600 packs a quad-core processor, an 8 megapixel camera and the same Sense 5 UI found on HTC One. The phone will be available in Russia, Ukraine and MEA from early June 2013.

While Apple's Retina displays were dominating the market, its time is coming to an end. After Samsung announces that is working on a 13.3-inch screen with 3,200 x 1,800 pixels resolution, HP has something similar to offer with the Envy TouchSmart 14 Ultrabook.

Intel confirmed 4th generation Intel Core processors at the press conference at CES. Like every new processor architecture, manufacturers are working hard to lower power consumption. Allegedly Intel's new architecture should boost battery life by 50%.

Right after Samsung Galaxy S 4 Google Edition was confirmed, another company is working on a Google Edition smartphone. Allegedly HTC is working on a HTC One Google Edition smartphone that should bring a stock Android operating system, meaning no Sense UI.

PlayStation 4 and Xbox One have a lot in common with the chips that drive them, co-developed by the only company that has a footing in x86 CPU and modern GPU architectures, AMD. There still exist some less than subtle differences between the two chips.

VIZIO rolled out the S4251w, its first 5.1-channel soundbar set to complement your 42-inch telly. The bar features a combination of 2.5-inch and 3-inch drivers, and streams audio to the 6-inch sub-woofer over Bluetooth. The company isn't asking much.

Samsung bought itself a 10 percent stake in Korea's third biggest mobile vendor, Pantech. The stake was purchased at 53 billion KRW ($48 million), yet it doesn't put Samsung on the company's board, or any of its vital operations. Samsung is its component supplier.

If you are seeking an UltraHD set, then Sharp has something for you. The company has announced two new models to its Aquos UD1 range of LCD TVs. The LCD TVs will be available in Japan on June 15th for 70-inch model while the 60-inch unit will arrive on August 10th.

Back at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, LG unveiled Optimus L Series smartphone lineup. At the moment, only the Optimus F5 and F7 were shown. Thanks to @evleaks, the newest Sprint smartphone member is pictured and should be available pretty soon.

Thanks to SamMobile, Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 has been leaked and is available for download. The update will bring usual Android 4.2 features, but Samsung has also added some Galaxy S 4 features. Samsung is expected to start rolling out the update in June.

Logitech announced a pair of wired keyboards for the iPad, which cement the tablet's credentials as the next student companion, replacing notebooks, and 'notebooks.' In addition to a basic QWERTY keyset, it offers shortcut buttons for most common apps and tasks.

After disappointed sales of Wii U consoles, Nintendo got another thing to worry about. One of the biggest developer and distributor of video games, Electronic Arts, has announced that FIFA 14 is skipping Wii U because of "disappointing" FIFA 13 sales.

Goldgenie is a company known for its treatment of gold plating conventional smartphones. After iPhone 5 and BlackBerry Q10, the company added another high-end smartphone to its lineup. The Gold Samsung Galaxy S4 is available from 23rd May, with £1,700 price tag.

While smartphones and tablets already have much higher resolution than current notebooks and monitors, that will change very soon. After Apple introduced Retina display, its biggest competitor Samsung is working on a 13.3-inch screen with 3200 x 1800 pixels resolution.

Microsoft biggest announcement of the year has been made. The company announced Xbox One, its next-generation entertainment system we've come to know as "Durango." Running hardware not much unlike the PlayStation 4, the console balances entertainment and gaming.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 series was never going to close with just a 7-inch model, with the company planning models targeting nearly every size imaginable. Its next one could be an 8-incher, featuring a 16:10 screen aspect ratio, which is otherwise similar to the original.

The battle for the best gaming console is heating up as we're starting to get more info. Ahead of Microsoft's Xbox event, Sony has released PS4 teaser video in order to obtain gamers' attention. The video contains a lot of close up shots of the actual PS4 hardware.

Allegedly, HTC is planning on releasing an update to its newly released flagship smartphone. According to a tweet from an HTC Developer, the HTC One could get the Android 4.2 update along with upgraded Sense. The update could be rolled out in 2-3 weeks.

Samsung launched its new flagship smartphone a few weeks ago, but the company is not done yet. While the Galaxy S 4 Active and S 4 Zoom have been in the rumor mill for quite some time, we had no real info or pictures, which is now changed thanks to leaked pictures.

Spring's past, it's time to take out the seeds and shovels. PopCap Games announced <em>Plants vs. Zombies Adventures</em>, the next episode in the smash-hit "flower-defense" game, with a social twist. It is launched on Facebook, and lets you team up with friends.

Sony launched the "slimmest and lightest" tablet in the 10.1-inch category, the Xperia Tablet Z. Featuring the same sharp and flat features as the Xperia Z, with a thickness of just 6.9 mm, and weighing in at just 495 g, this is one really smart tile.

Sony may have launched the Xperia A in partnership with Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo, but still thinks its design has room for improvements. The company launched the similar-looking Xperia UL, which features faster processor and 15-frame burst photography.

Android and iOS relegated Windows Phone, BlackBerry, Symbian, Bada, to the fringes, jointly making up 92.3 percent of the smartphone operating system market, according to the latest data by market analyst IDC. Microsoft has a long way to go, but has reason to cheer.

After 15 years since the first Gran Turismo, Sony today announced that Gran Turismo 6 is on its way. The sixth edition of a best-selling car racing game will be released in August, but it is unknown if the game will be available only on PS3, or we could see it on PS4.

ASUS has quietly launched a new Zenbook Ultrabook that comes with a very competitive display. While there are an increasing number of 1080p Ultrabooks on the market, ASUS has launched a 15.6-inch Zenbook with Retina class display that boasts a 2880 x 1620 pixel display.

HTC First was the first device that comes with the Facebook Home interface for Android. Although it was presented only five weeks ago, AT&amp;T first lowered the price and now plans to discontinue the phone and return every unsold inventory to the company.

NEC innovated the first liquid cooling for smartphone SoCs, its first implementation is the Medias X, which uses a tiny coolant channel to keep a Snapdragon 600 chip cool. Liquid cooling could be the way forward for designers striving for slim, lightweight devices.

Speaking at the JP Morgan Technology, Media &amp; Telecom Conference, Microsoft product manager for Windows Tami Reller made some big announcements about her company's next major operating system we've come to know as "Windows Blue." First preview coming this June.

The biggest takeaway from BlackBerry's Orlando media event this afternoon wasn't the BlackBerry Q5, which takes BlackBerry 10 platform to the masses; rather the company's announcement of taking BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) to them, by announcing free Android and iOS apps.

NVIDIA announced that its Shield handheld gaming console will be up for pre-order on the 20th of this month, and that the first orders should begin shipping out in June. NVIDIA set price competitive with other consoles, and is betting heavily on Tegra 4 and Android.

BlackBerry Q5 is the company's latest, and most affordable device based on its BlackBerry 10 platform, unveiled today at an event in Orlando. It covers the non-enterprise essentials of the platform, while keeping the Q10's DNA, and targeting the youthful masses.

Thanks to Xperia Blog, we have a chance to see a new Xperia family member joining the battle. The smartphone was internally known as S39h, but there are no leaked specifications, just images. Judging by the model number, it could sit just above the 4.3-inch Xperia L.

While most of us are either anxious to see new iPhone or are already bored with what to expect from the Apple's new flagship smartphone. One way or another, the iPhone 6 has appeared in Vodafone UK database which means the smartphone is near its launch.

At its media event in London, Nokia announced the Lumia 925, its newest flagship smartphone, targeting bigger global markets than the Lumia 928. Its chops? Being the first Windows-driven smartphone with a sleek silvery aluminum chassis that makes it super-light.

While we had a chance to see leaked photos of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S 4 Mini, now we have further information about the phone's specifications. There won't be a quad-core processor due to the size of the phone. Instead, Samsung plans to use a dual-core Exynos 5210

Back in March, the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced that the first camera modules are in production with expected sales sometime in April. According to some videos and photos, some of the users already have the camera, while the UK users can preorder it as of today.

After BlackBerry announced its first major operating system upgrade, we also got a new app with it. A while ago, we could see Skype's BlackBerry Z10 version leaked which now is officially available. The application can be downloaded from the BlackBerry World.

When we think about waterproof camcorder, it is usually the GoPro and similar small camcorders. Sony's new waterproof HDR-GW66VE camcorder is undoubtedly a worthy opponent, which can withstand being submerged to a depth of about 10 meters for up to an hour.

With summer around the corner for most parts of the world, Samsung is wooing buyers with a new color option for its Galaxy S 4 flagship, <em>Arctic Blue</em>, which joins the <em>Frost White</em> and <em>Black Mist</em> color options the 5-incher launched with. A Japan-exclusive, for now.

Even though Windows 8 is out for more than six months now, there is no iTunes Metro application available. While Microsoft did invited Apple to produce a Windows 8 iTunes app, the Cupertino company seems not too interested in building a Windows 8 iTunes app.

We have known for quite some time that Google is preparing a service for online gaming on smartphones and tablets. Thanks to a new leak, now we have a little bit more about it. Until it is officially unveiled, check out what we can expect from the service.

Sony's new Xperia ZR is ready to go with you on your summer vacation that includes getting your feet wet. The IP55 and IP58-compliant 4.6-incher can go underwater with you, letting you capture 1080p video, or 13-megapixel images. Innards identical to the Xperia Z.

Nokia's new DC-18 portable charger gels with your colorful Lumia or Asha handset, and comes in four glossy color options. The compact-sized battery packs enough juice to fully charge most mainstream Nokia handsets; or partly charge some of the larger ones.

A new report reveals that the upcoming Motorola phone is not quite a top-of-the-line device. Once again, AnTuTu benchmark has been used to show us what we can expect from the phone and judging from the results Motorola will not have a rumoured state-of-the-art handset.

Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie has been under development for quite some time now and is in the final stages. According to previous rumours, the new Android version will come with notebook optimizations and the first manufacturer to get on that wagon will be Samsung.

Upon the expected launch of Samsung Galaxy S 4 Mini, new pictures have appeared on the internet. The release date of the upcoming mini version of the Samsung's flagship smartphone is expected by the end of the month, and judging from the photos it sure looks appealing.

Among many manufacturers who are struggling lately, the latest to that list is Sharp. To remain competitive and regain profitability, the company has decided to do some radical changes. The bad thing on that list is that about 5,000 Sharp employees will lose their job.

A new series of Motorola X Phone rumors is hitting the web. Some of them are saying that Motorola is also working on a mid-range X Phone series smartphones, but there are rumours about the cancellation of the complete X Phone lineup due to lack of innovation.

If you love BlackBerry Q10, but the traditional black or white color options doesn't fit you, there is finally a solution for it. Thanks to Goldgenie, now you can buy a gold BlackBerry Q10. However, the luxury of having a gold smartphone comes at a steep price.

Even though most of you haven't heard of Oppo, the company launched its latest flagship smartphone back in December last year. Rumors are floating around that the successor of Find 5 smartphone is just around the corner and is going to come with some high-end stuff.

Nokia announced its flagship smartphone for the season, the Lumia 928. The 4.5-incher, with its unusually broad screen, and charming Windows Phone 8 interface, packs some mighty imaging features, backed by PureView DNA, which could place it in the high-end segment.

As the Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo is preparing for the announcement on May 15, one of the long rumoured smartphones is finally reaching its destination. It is believed that the mentioned carrier will unveil Sony's Xperia A which has just gone through the FCC approval.

According to market analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the next-generation Google Nexus 7 tablet could be revealed at the upcoming Google I/O conference. The analyst also tipped at the possible Nexus 7 specifications. With five days to go, check out possible specifications.

Nokia teased the video recording capabilities of its Lumia 928 flagship, due for May 10. The company posted the first clear back-shot of the device, confirming PureView sensor, Carl Zeiss optics, and a xenon flash. Three videos demoing its video chops were posted.

In a bid to get Firefox OS in the hands of even more app developers, Mozilla launched a developer program that gets them access to free handsets, SDK, and source-code, if they can convince Mozilla of what they plan to build with it, or if they plan to port their app.

Toshiba has announced the launch of WT310 tablet. The company designed the tablet exclusively for business users, which comes with a wide range of features. The WT310 tablet is running Windows 8 operating system and will be available from the second quarter of 2013.

To prevent further operating losses, Electronic Arts confirms workforce reduction. During the company's most recent earnings call, about 900 people were laid due to organizational restructuring. By doing that, EA lost about $16 million due to severance costs.

Nokia rolled out the Asha 501, its first device based on the new Asha operating system, retiring the Symbian S40, which drives other Asha devices. The company also rolled out an SDK for the operating system, for developers to get coding. Asha 501 is priced under $100.

Nike is rumoured to release its next-generation Nike+ FuelBand device that comes enhanced with several new features. To improve its battery life and connectivity, the enhanced Nike+ FuelBand will come with the addition of Bluetooth 4.0 and a heart rate monitor.

As the May 14th event in London is approaching, we are learning more about the devices that should be announced. According to rumours, Nokia is readying at least three new devices. Besides the long anticipated Lumia 928 and Lumia 925, we could see a 4.7-inch Lumia 625.

Acer has unveiled its new laptop range for 2013 at the event held in New York. The 15.6-inch Aspire R7 notebook sports a new feature called "Ezel Hinge", which provides a different view of a portable display while the 11.6-inch Aspire P3 can be used in as a tablet.

It has been a while since we last heard about NVIDIA Tegra 4 and its Project Shield. The main reason to that is the Qualcomm, and its newest SoCs. A portable device equipped with Tegra 4 SoC has appeared in AnTuTu benchmark and got an outstanding score.

Samsung's idea of an imaging-focused high-end smartphone may be skewed, but not Sony's. The company is working on Xperia i1, which augments the entire Xperia Z feature-set with some awesome imaging, and likely some secret sauce from the Cyber-shot division.

It's not just the design of Galaxy S IV, that Samsung is using as a template for dozens of other (cheaper) devices; it's also the name. The company is reportedly working on one called Galaxy S IV Zoom, with a focus (mind the pun) on the imaging department.

As we reported a while ago, BlackBerry is working on a first major update for its BlackBerry 10 operating system. The Canadian company started seeding the long anticipated update for their smartphones, which comes with several bug fixes and a dozen new features.

Viber is a well-known instant messaging VoIP application for smartphones and tablets. To compete with Skype, the company has decided to introduce a new desktop app for Mac and Windows PCs. The new app lets you make free video calls along with several other features.

More photos of the world's slimmest smartphone have surfaced the web. The Huawei P6-U06 a new contender in the world's slimmest smartphone, being only 6.18 mm thick. Regardless of the thickness, the rest of its hardware specifications don't look bad either.

In the 20th year of Wolfenstein 3D, franchise owner Bethesda unveiled the latest addition, <em>Wolfenstein: The New Order</em>. The retro-futuristic game, in which you fight WWII-victor Nazi Germany from an alternate timeline, sees you wear the boots the oldest FPS hero.

HTC doesn't share Acer's pessimism with Windows RT, with the company is working on 7-inch and 12-inch tablets based on the ARM-wrestling software. Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800 quad-core SoC could be a front-runner for the chip that drives these devices.

Nokia began print and web previews of its Lumia 928 flagship device, due for May 14. The ads reveal a focus by the company on imaging features, hinting at a lot of PureView technologies being deployed on a Lumia device, running modern Windows Phone 8 software.

Microsoft announced sale of its 100 millionth Windows 8 license, six months into the operating system's launch. One way of looking at it is that apart from the 60 million it sold last Holiday with heavily discounted prices, it only sold 10 million a month then on.

With already introduced BlackBerry Z10 and Q10, the Canadian company is preparing a cheaper version of its QWERTY model. Like a big brother Q10, the R10 kept similar design, but the inside was changed. Looking at the spec, it looks like the R10 is aiming a little lower.

The Korean tech giant is working hard on the Optimus G successor, which was released six months ago. The Optimus G2 was first seen during the press conference at MWC 2013, but now we have more information as the device was spotted in AnTuTu benchmark scores.

Another week, another Galaxy, this one named Galaxy Core (I8260). The 4.3-inch smartphone comes with mainstream features, studded with glimmers of its high-end cousins, including Touchwiz-enhanced Android 4.1, Smart Stay, S Voice, Smart Alert, and Motion UI.

YouTube could be tweaking its revenue stream by introducing a new paid channel-subscription model that makes the medium viable to two distinct classes of content providers. You could find yourself paying as little as $2 a month to stay subscribed to your favorite cat.

Valve released the first public beta of the smash hit online shooter, <em>Left 4 Dead 2</em>, for Linux. The game had been the posterboy of Valve's efforts to port its Steam platform to the operating system, being some of the earliest games to be successfully ported.

As the first Galaxy S4 smartphones started reaching customers, we have first complaints from users. According to numerous reports, Samsung Galaxy S4 with Exynos 5 Octa SoC is overheating badly. Along with the overheating problems, we have new benchmarks.

We have been hearing about Motorola's new X Phone lineup for a quite some time now. Thanks to @evleaks, we have new photos of a smartphone that is believed to be part of the upcoming lineup. However, it is unknown if the pictured phone is the company's flagship device.

By the end of April, Nokia sent out invites for a media event held in London. There is a long list of possible devices that Nokia plans to launch, from Lumia 928, to the company's first phablet. Thanks to new rumours, we have potential specs for the 6-inch phablet.

South Korean manufacturer LG is reportedly working on the next generation Nexus 5 smartphone. The Nexus 4 was built by Google and has achieved massive popularity. Thanks to that, LG decided to continue trusting Google and gave him task to build the Nexus 5.

Plenty of devices are getting latest Android upgrades as the new version is on its way. Despite all the rumours about Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie, it seems that it won't be announced at this Google I/O conference. However, we could see a new Android 4.3 Jelly Bean.

Semiconductor company MediaTek announces a chip for entry-level smartphones. The latest SoC is called MT6572, and the heart of the chip is a 1.2 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 processor. It comes with integrated HSPA+ 3G, Wi-Fi, FM-radio, GPS and Bluetooth.

At some point, HTC M4 was rumoured to be Facebook smartphone. Since HTC's flagship phone has stunning design featuring aluminum body, the company decided to keep the design for its new mid-range smartphone. The HTC One "Mini" will have lower specs and a lower price tag.

Earlier this week, Samsung launched the Galaxy Tab 3, an alternative to Nexus 7. The 7-inch tablet is a successor to the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, which was released in April 2012. Along with thinner bezel, new model also proved to be much faster than its predecessor.

Acer's perfect alternative to the iPad mini, which bears more in common with its 9.7-inch ancestor, the Iconia A1, was officially launched. It features most elements borrowed from the two iPad flavors, and mates them with the latest Android 4.2 software.

With Nook apps on countless Android devices 3-thru-12 inches in size; it's only natural that Barnes &amp; Noble return the favor, bringing Google's app and content marketplace, Google Play, to some of its devices. Google Play is now available for Nook HD+ and Nook HD.

Apple's next mobile operating system, the iOS 7, could bring some major changes to design elements the past six generations of the software retained, such as 3D-effects on its icons, buttons, menus, etc. Analysts predict long term Apple users could find it "unsettling."

On-beat pro photographers find Photoshop Touch better for little more than touching up family pics, and can't be satisfied with anything less than the Photoshop Lightroom. Adobe plans an iOS version that slips into the iPad mini, and offer RAW processing on the cloud.

First-generation Surface may have sold only 1.5 million units, half of expectations, but that isn't keeping Microsoft from preparing a second-generation 7-incher for late June. According to <em>DigiTimes</em> report, the tablet, on paper, appears like shrunk down Surface Pro

Toshiba unveiled a Windows 8 Pro equipped variant of its WT310 11.6-inch business tablet. Based on an Intel platform with enterprise security and management features, the tablet includes a digitizer pen, and most common PC connectivity options, on top of 4G LTE.

While Galaxy S 4 hasn't really owned the scene after its grand launch last month; Samsung doesn't want to take changes with its next big thing, the Galaxy Note III, slated for this fall. A few of its specifications of the category-defining device are trickling in.

It's masks off, for first reveal trailer of Call of Duty: Ghosts. The cinematic trailer doesn't show visuals from the game itself, but touches upon its premise. The trailer even signs off on an explosive note, that the game could be made for next-generation Xbox.

The Pirate Bay founders are now officially "pirates of the Caribbean," after they purchased a new ".sx" domain name from the island nation of Sint Maarten, some 166 nautical miles east of Puerto Rico; as their exodus from Sweden and Iceland looms large.

Samsung's latest mirrorless camera sees the company fusing the feature-sets of its NX1000 and NX300 cameras, including higher ISO modes, better burst photography, a 20.3-megapixel APS-C sensor, a touchscreen UI, WiFi, and NFC, at a rather attractive price.

Samsung rolled out a dual-SIM variant of its mid-range Galaxy Win handset, the Win Duos; and the new Galaxy Fame entry-level 3.5-incher. Both feature Android 4.1, an acceptable imaging department, and support for 3G HSDPA, pulling the entry-level masses.

As the official release date is around the corner, Sony started taking order for its latest flagship tablet. The Sony Xperia Tablet Z was firstly scheduled for this month, but due to some problems the company had to push the release date back till May.

PayPal has a universal-login button of its own. Unlike Facebook's sociable button that insta-logs you into sites, PayPal's button reduces the hassle of filling up forms with online merchants, and of exposing your card/bank, down to 3 clicks and a single credential.

Nokia just revealed an investment into firms that make the key components that go into making array cameras, ones that consist of multiple tiny lenses that replace a single large one, letting smartphone designers achieve lower phone thickness without affecting camera.

Wacom refreshed its popular Cintiq 22HD display. The new 21.5-incher features multi-touch, and 16 physical macro buttons lacing its bezel, letting you switch tools and brushes without lifting the Cintiq Pen. The refreshed pen-display will replace its predecessor in May.

Kingston's new MobileLite Wireless lets you wirelessly sync stuff between your Android or iOS device, and an installed SD card, supporting up to three simultaneous connections. It also lets your device soak up an 'emergency' recharge from its 1,800 mAh battery.