Qualcomm Expected to Unveil Next-Gen Wearable Chipsets on September 10

Qualcomm Expected to Unveil Next-Gen Wearable Chipsets on September 10 Qualcommyesterday started sending out invites for an event it will host in San Francisco on September 10. The invite contains the image of a smartwatch, and tells you‘It’s Time (to)set your watches’. While Qualcomm didn’t specify what exactly will be in store for the attendees on that day, the image below seems to suggest that the company will finally unveil the much-awaited successor to the aging Snapdragon Wear 2100 SoC that was introduced back in 2016, and can be found in most smartwatches in the market today....

August 8, 2018 · 2 min · 309 words · Michelle Cook

Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon 670 SoC With Improved AI Processing, Graphics

Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon 670 SoC With Improved AI Processing, Graphics Despite facing competition from Huawei’s Kirin, Samsung’s Exynos, and MediaTek processors, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon still remains the most preferred option out there for SoCs in smartphones. The company had previously launched their flagship processor, the Snapdragon 845, and then also launchedthe Snapdragon 710, which manages to bridge the gap between the 6xx and the 8xx series. Now, Qualcomm has another new SoC up their sleeves....

August 8, 2018 · 3 min · 478 words · Theresa Russell

Saudi Prince Invests $250 Million in Snapchat Even as Company Reports Massive Loss

Saudi Prince Invests $250 Million in Snapchat Even as Company Reports Massive Loss Snapchat may have a huge user base, butlike WhatsApp, the company has thus far failed to turn that popularity into profitability. Snap Inc. lost a whopping $353 million during the last quarter, but that apparently isn’t scaring investors away. The company is now believed to have secured an investment of $250 million from Saudi Arabia’s Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal in exchange for a 2....

August 8, 2018 · 2 min · 340 words · Whitney Anderson

Slack Reportedly Raising Over $400M at an Impressive $7B Valuation

Slack Reportedly Raising Over $400M at an Impressive $7B Valuation One of the most popular cloud-based team collaboration tool and service, Slack, is reportedly planning to raiseover $400 millionin an upcoming round of funding at apost-money valuation of $7 billion or more. According to aTechCrunchreport, the app has been growing exponentially over the last couple of years and the company is now planning to capitalize on its 8 million strong user base with big funding....

August 8, 2018 · 2 min · 301 words · Jordan Schmidt

Snapchat Lost 3 Million Users in Q2 2018, Even As Revenue Climbed

Snapchat Lost 3 Million Users in Q2 2018, Even As Revenue Climbed Snapchat has revealed the company’s quarterly earnings report for Q2 2018, and the numbers sure sound promising, as the company beat analysts’ expectations and recorded $262.3 million in revenue. Also, the company recorded a much lower loss per share, which stood at just $0.14, contrary to Wall Street estimates which projected Snapchat’s shares to fall by $0.17 at the end of 2018’s second quarter....

August 8, 2018 · 2 min · 426 words · Mrs. Cynthia Hebert

The Most Insane and Incredible PC Builds at ChinaJoy 2018

The Most Insane and Incredible PC Builds at ChinaJoy 2018 ChinaJoy 2018 is not an event a lot of you may have heard of. It is, however, one of the largest gaming events in Asia, and is held annually in China. This year, I had the opportunity to pay the event a visit and check out the hype for myself. However, apart from the massive (and incredibly exciting) showcases from Qualcomm, Samsung, HyperX, HP, Asus, Epic Games… you know, the usual suspects, one thing that caught my eye was that ChinaJoy had quite a number of incredible looking PC builds on display....

August 8, 2018 · 6 min · 1178 words · Amanda Wagner

Top 7 Newton Mail Alternatives You Can Use

Top 7 Newton Mail Alternatives You Can Use Newton Mail has been one of the best email clients out there. Sadly, it’s shutting down. Yes, the company was not able to generate enough revenue to keep the email client going as it just informed its users that it will be shutting down its email subscription service on September 25, 2018. That is a very sad news for all the Newton email users out there, however, there’s nothing that we can do about it....

August 8, 2018 · 9 min · 1743 words · Stephanie Boone
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