After a particularly difficult year, Korean smartphone manufacturer Pantech has put the company up for sale. A deadline of early October has been set for bids, and those rumored to be interested include SK Telecom, Lenovo, and Micromax.
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Sony will hold an event in New York on October 9, where it may reveal when the new Xperia Z3 smartphone will go on sale in America. If we're lucky, the Xperia Z3 Compact, Z3 Compact Tablet, and SmartWatch 3 will join it.
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The lengthy wait for a cancer diagnosis can be one of the most stressful periods of the illness. But what if you could diagnose yourself, without the need for a doctor, in an instant, with a smartphone camera? That's what researchers at the University of Queensland in Australia are hoping to make possible, with the mantis shrimp acting as the team's unlikely inspiration.
Microsoft has around 100 retail stores operating across the US and Canada, but its upcoming Fifth Avenue location will "serve as the centerpiece of our Microsoft Stores experience," its retail chief said.
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SoftBank may be on the verge of acquiring DreamWorks Animation in a deal that could see the Japan-based wireless carrier bring exclusive movie content to Sprint customers at the same time as helping the animation company expand its presence in Asia.
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As pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong escalate, the Chinese authorities have blocked access to Instagram on the mainland. With many social media services already blocked there, protesters turned to the Facebook-owned site to post images of the unrest.
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Microsoft has announced that it's opening its first Manhattan flagship store, and it will be on Fifth Avenue—just a few blocks from Apple's iconic glass cube.
