Technology Info Crunch

There is some news about a smartphone called Xiaomi Mi Max 2. Yeah, we think you’ve already guessed that this is a new successor to the gorgeous Xiaomi Mi Max last year. According to what we’ve heard so far, Xiaomi Mi Max 2 launch date can be some time in May, 2017 and the device will come with a large 6.44-inch display (maybe this is the only thing it will inherit from its predecessor), a Snapdragon 660 chip, 6GB RAM, 128GB of internal memory, and a massive 5,000mAh batt with fast charge support. Though, no words for confirmation have been made for those Xiaomi Mi Max 2 specs, so please take it with a pinch of salt and wait for new pieces of information.

HTC Ocean. Recently, a new report has suggested that a new HTC flagship phone is on the way and it will feature something called “Edge Sense”. This is said to be capable of enabling “the frame of the phone’s display to perform certain actions or tasks when touched.”  Sounds a lot like Samsung’s edge function, rite?! As for HTC Ocean specs, it will probably sport a Snapdragon 835 chipset and a 5.5-inch display. Let’s wait and see!

Review  Finally, Huawei Honor V9 has been released officially. This is definitely a high-end premium handset and you’re gonna be stunned by what it has under the hood. First, you can see that this phone is pretty big due to owning a 5.7-inch LTPS IPS LCD 2K screen with 515 PPI on the front surface. Above that, there is an 8MP f/2.0 sensor in charge of taking beautiful selfies for you. Moreover, on the back is a dual 12MP f/2.2 camera setup to help you capture everything. For the rest of Huawei Honor V9 specs, there are DTS sound tech, Emotion UI 5 based on Android 7.0 Nougat OS, a HiSilicon Kirin 960 processor, 64/128GB of expandable ROM paired with 4/6GB of RAM, and a 4,000mAh battery on board to help run the whole machine. Huawei Honor V9 price is 2,599 Yuan (or $377) for the 4GB + 64GB version, 2,999 Yuan ($436) for the 6GB + 64GB, and 3,499 Yuan ($508) for the 6GB + 128GB.

 OPPO Find 9. So far, it has been mentioned as the next incredible flagship of OPPO and is going to debut some time in the H1 of 2017. About OPPO Find 9 specs, there will be a 5.5-inch Quad HD screen, Color OS UI based on Android 7.0 Nougat OS out of the box, a Snapdragon 835 chip, a 4,100mAh batt with fast charging tech, and a set of 21MP primary + 16MP secondary shooter snapper getting on board. Additionally, you’re gonna be offered 2 choices over its ROM (expandable) and RAM capacity: 64GB + 4GB and 128GB + 6GB. OPPO Find 9 price is expected to be around $580. Reasonable or not?

Third Party Contents By Angela Moscaritolo April 3, 2017 10:28am EST Android eked out a win against Windows for global OS market share, according to StatCounter According to new data from web traffic analytics firm StatCounter, Google's Android is the most popular operating system worldwide, beating out Microsoft's Windows for the first time. Android is now the top OS in terms of total internet usage across desktop, laptop, tablet, and mobile combined, according to StatCounter with 37.93 percent of the worldwide OS market, just ahead of Windows, which has 37.91 percent. In a statement, StatCounter CE In a statement, StatCounter CEO Aodhan Cullen called this a "milestone in technology history." O Aodhan Cullen called this a "milestone in technology history." "It marks the end of Microsoft's leadership worldwide of the OS market, which it has held since the 1980s," he said. "It also represents a major br...

Thrid Party Content By PC Mag ME Team   March 5, 2017, 6 p.m. Researchers encoded six files into DNA: a full computer OS, a movie, a $50 Amazon gift card, a computer virus, a Pioneer plaque, and a 1948 study by information theorist Claude Shannon. Proving that everything old is new again, researchers are now storing data on the oldest information storage solution there is: DNA. A pair of researchers at Columbia University and the New York Genome Center (NYGC) have come up with a technique to store massive amounts of data on DNA. The result, according to study coauthor is the "highest-density data-storage device ever created." The researchers say DNA is the perfect storage medium: it's ultra-compact and can last hundreds of thousands of years if kept cool and dry, according to a news release from Columbia. "DNA won't degrade over time like cassette tapes and...