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The preorders for the latest LG G6 smartphone have reached 40,000 in just four days. The early pre-sale figures for the LG G5’s successor are encouraging and could help the company turn the tide in its favor. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Gerald Lynch Here’s a quick test for you. Try to hum the main theme to a few recent triple AAA games. How does the main theme to Grand Theft Auto V go? How about any of the Assassin’s Creed games, or Mass Effect? As a gamer, there’s a good chance you’ve played one of…

By James Peckham Last week I kicked a dinosaur in the face. Two years after HTC Vive was initially shown to a select amount of journalists at Mobile World Congress, I’ve now tested out the next big advancement coming to the best virtual reality headset on the market. CloudGate Studio and HTC have been showing…

By John Biggs While all-in-one soundbars are popular with folks who have their TVs mounted to the wall, what about the few and the brave who have their TVs standing on a table? These people have been this far out of luck when it came to Sonos but, I’m pleased to report, their luck just…

The LG G6 has been launched and the Samsung Galaxy S8 is about to be launched soon. There may be a lot of confusion among potential buyers regarding which of these devices would suit them better. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Harry Domanski In a series of tweets, New York Times reporter Nick Wingfield has divulged some impressive stats on the Nintendo Switch, saying that the new console’s two-day sales have beaten out all previous Nintendo console releases in the Americas. The information comes to us via Wingfield’s interview with Nintendo America president, Reggie Fils-Aimé.…

Samsung is betting big on its forthcoming Galaxy S8 flagship, reportedly allocating 12 million units just to be ready for launch. It remains to be seen, however, whether consumers will come running back to the brand after the Note 7. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Devin Coldewey Roboticists at Disney Research are investigating how to improve the quality of human-robot interactions by studying how speech patterns affect engagement with a creepy anthropomorphic bot that imitates its playmates’ speech. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

LG Stylo Plus 2 has been spotted on Geekbench with the Android 7.0 Nougat running on it. Though, previously T-Mobile was seen featuring the Nougat update the company later removed all references of the update from software update page. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Nick Pino Turns out the Nintendo Switch might be a more functional system than we thought and while we’re still decades away from legitimate PC-to-Nintendo console cross-play, several sources are reporting that the Joy-Con controllers can be used to play games on both PC and Mac. There’s a very easy-to-explain reason behind this feature…

By Gabe Carey It’s been a busy week for Microsoft. After revealing a game subscription program designed to rival PlayStation Now called Xbox Games Pass. The company also confirmed that Xbox One is getting mixed reality headset support and – more immediately enticing – Project Scorpio may very well show its face ahead of E3.…

By Natasha Lomas Connected homes aren’t yet sparking interest beyond the early adopter crowd, according to survey of nearly 10,000 consumers in the U.S., the U.K. and Australia conducted by analyst Gartner. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Jon Porter If ever there was a console that was under-appreciated at the time of its release it was Nintendo’s GameCube. The console didn’t have the massive library of Sony’s PlayStation 2, and nor did it have the online capabilities of the original Xbox. But the GameCube had a library of releases that have…

Windows Phone could soon be wiped out of the market predicts IDC. The market share is going to fall to 0.0 percent by 2021 per the estimations by IDC. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

The Galaxy S7 smartphone belonging to a student caught fire while she was asleep. The device started emitting smoke and was charred, but the victim escaped without any injuries. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones