Samsung Could’ve Bought Android in 2004, Here’s the Story While Apple’s iOS might have its closed ecosystem to boast about, Android is the most popular mobile operating system across the globe. It holds a massive over 80 percent market share, although highly fragmented, and Google currently reaps the perks of its widespread success. But, did you know that Samsung once had the chance to invest in Android? Yeah, no kidding....

Samsung Expects Profit to Plunge 56% Due to Struggling Chip Business Reports from earlier this week suggested that Samsung’s profits could slide by more than half, and well, the South Korean giant has now officially confirmed that it’s indeed the case. It is warning investors that an appalling 56% decline in profit figures, which it expects to sit at KRW 6.5 trillion ($5.56 billion) as compared to a year ago....

Xiaomi Mi A3 Passes FCC Certification; Expected to Be a Rebranded Mi CC9 Just recently, Xiaomi launched its newest Mi CC9 lineup in China. This includesa trio of smartphones, Mi CC9e, Mi CC9, and Mi CC9 Meitu Edition. Ever since the Mi CC9 lineup came into the picture, everyone has been questioning whether this could be the much-awaited Mi A3 we’ve been waiting for. Well, an international variant of the Mi CC9e has passed through FCC certification and it’s possible that the Mi A3 Lite and Mi A3 (Mi CC9 rebrand) is coming soon....

Xiaomi ‘Mistakenly’ Advertises Mimoji With Apple’s Memoji Video Xiaomi launched theMi CC9 seriesin China earlier this week with its own take on Apple’s Memoji feature, calling it Mimoji (Mi as in Xiaomi. You get it, right?) and the resemblance sure is uncanny. The company has been dousing fires on the Internet since it announced the feature, asking everyone tonot comparetheir implementation with Apple’s. Well, the Chinese giant has made a significant error on its part that calls for more criticism....

Asus ROG Phone 2 Officially Confirmed to Launch July 23 in China Asus has confirmed that its upcoming ROG Phone 2 will be unveiled July 23 in China. In a post on Chinese micro-blogging site, Weibo, on Thursday, the company said that the device will be announced alongside the X570 motherboard series and the 30th anniversary PRIME X299 Edition 30 motherboard. There’s no word, however, on when it will be launched in India or other global markets....

Finance Minister Proposes New TV Program to Promote Startups As part of her first budget speech on Friday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to launch a television program for promoting startups in India. The program will featurediscussions on challenges faced by startupsin terms of logistics, human resources, fund-raising, access to venture capital funds and tax planning, she said. “We propose to start a television program within the DD bouquet of channels exclusively for start-ups”....

India Among Top 5 Countries Who Tweet Most About Bitcoin India is among the top five countries that tweet the most about Bitcoin and Facebook’s upcoming “Libra” cryptocurrency. The US leads in the volume of tweets referencing Bitcoin and “Libra” digital coin that is expected to come in 2020, revealed crypto-trading platform The TIE in a series of tweets. The study found that 38.9 per cent of Bitcoin posts on Twitter were in the US, while 10....