By Greg Roumeliotis and Liana B. Baker (Reuters) – U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc is making preparations to reject rival Broadcom Ltd’s $103 billion bid as early as this week, four people familiar with the matter said on Sunday, setting the stage for one of the biggest-ever takeover battles. Qualcomm’s board of directors could meet as […]
Nintendo’s (NTDOY) Super Mario is finally ready for his next big adventure Thursday with the launch of “Super Mario Odyssey.” Available for the Switch, “Super Mario Odyssey” is both a leap forward for the franchise and a love letter to its storied past. After bringing Mario and crew back to its side-scrolling inspired roots in “Super Mario 3D World,” Nintendo […]
Razer is getting into the smartphone business with its Razer Phone, and handset designed specifically for mobile gamers. Razer is best known for making some incredibly slick gaming accessories and, more recently, impressive laptops like the Razer Blade Stealth and Blade Pro. But now the company is getting into the smartphone market. Yes, Razer is building a gaming phone. […]
Microsoft’s Xbox One X is a beast of a console. It’s 30% faster and its graphics chip is 4.6 times more powerful than its predecessor, the original Xbox One. And Microsoft (MSFT) is also pretty keen on boasting about all of that firepower. But what’s the point of all of it all? To push 4K, high-dynamic range-capable games at […]
Back in late 2014, I was highly skeptical when Amazon (AMZN) introduced its Amazon Echo and Alexa voice assistant. After all, who would want a speaker in their homes they could talk to? It turns out a lot of people. Enough, in fact, for Amazon to launch five more smart speakers since then, including the all-new Echo. Available now […]
There’s a new coin on the block. Come December, startup Bloq’s new cryptocurrency, Metronome (MTN), will compete for trader and investor attention among more than 1,000 other, similar tokens. However, Metronome promises to be different in that it is a cross-chain cryptocurrency. This means it can be converted to other cryptocurrencies without incurring transaction fees […]
The Pixel 2 XL is the best representation of Google’s Android you can buy. When Google (GOOG, GOOGL) launched its Pixel and Pixel XL last year, the search giant proved that it could create hardware that was every bit as good as Samsung’s and Apple’s offerings. A year later, Google is back with the appropriately named Pixel 2 ($649) […]
Samsung (SSNLF) wants you to talk to your phone more. Not in the traditional sense of calling someone, but rather by chatting directly with your handset via its Bixby voice assistant. Launched on the company’s Galaxy S8, Bixby got off to a rough start. It lacked voice recognition out of the box and wouldn’t gain the feature until months […]
When I was a kid, I had a 13-inch TV with old-school rabbit ear antennae sticking out the back. When my family finally got cable, my brother and I promptly broke the antennae off and used them to hit each other. More than 20 years later, I’m ordering an HDTV antenna on Amazon to connect […]
By Liana B. Baker and Anjali Athavaley (Reuters) – T-Mobile U.S. Inc and Sprint Corp plan to announce a merger agreement without any immediate asset sales, as they seek to preserve as much of their spectrum holdings and cost synergies as they can before regulators ask for concessions, according to people familiar with the matter. […]
Facebook’s (FB) virtual reality arm Oculus, announced its new Oculus Go at its Oculus Connect 4 conference on Wednesday. The headset, which will ship next year for $199 is aimed squarely at taking virtual reality more mainstream. “It’s hands-down the easiest way to get into VR,” Facebook vice president of VR Hugo Barra told the audience during […]
The latest quarterly update for the Global Games Market Report forecasts that the global games business will grow to $108.9 billion this year, with mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) generating a lion’s share of the revenue. Newzoo called mobile the “most lucrative segment” while noting that it should grow 19% year-on-year to $46.1 billion, which would represent […]
