Seasoned leakster OnLeaks has outed a couple of schemanics, which show that Samsung has made subtle changes to the back design of the Galaxy S7 compared to the Galaxy Note5. Both phones have slightly curved backs, but whereas the Galaxy Note5 sports curves only on the left and right sides, the Galaxy S7 will sport them from each side on every edge of the back. Additionally, another schematics snapshot shows that the Galaxy S7 will have a camera bump, but not the same as the Galaxy S6. Samsung has tried to reduce the bump on the back and for the…
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Toyota in Thailand has updated its 2016 Vios saloon and the new version will cost between 599,000 and 749,000 baht (Rs 11.38 lakh to Rs 14.23 lakh). The car will debut at this month’s Bangkok Motor Show. Toyota’s updated Vios will have access to an E85 compatible engine (85 per cent ethanol, 15 per cent gasoline). In addition to this, a CVT auto ‘box will take care of transmission duties. The new engine is a four cylinder 1.5-litre petrol engine that’s code-named by Toyota as the 2NR-FBE motor. It comes with dual variable valve timing control and generates an output…
Formatting is easily one of the biggest annoyances when copying text from the web into a local document. That’s not a problem if you’re using a plain text editor like Sublime Text, but it becomes a big hassle in programs like Microsoft Word. Here are several ways you can make sure you get plain text and not words in bold, italics, or a different font every time you paste text. Word 2013 and 2016 If you’re running a newer version of Word, Microsoft offers a built-in solution to strip text of its original formatting. When you right-click to add text…
House flipping is always hottest when home prices are nearing a peak. That is not the case right now nationally, and so flipping has remained pretty stable overall … with two very glaring exceptions. Las Vegas and Miami. Sound familiar? They should. These two markets may well have been the poster children for the flip trade during the last housing boom, and they both paid dearly for it, with homes losing more than half their value when the markets inevitably crashed. House flipping is generally defined as buying and selling a home within the same calendar year. During the mid-2000s…
The Microsoft Lumia 850 starred in a few 3D renders late last year, but now there are photos of the actual device. There was a lot of uncertainty about the screen size, but the latest info points to 5.4″ in size. Above it is a front-facing flash and what is probably an iris scanner for Windows Hello. Microsoft Lumia 850 (allegedly) Interestingly, the microUSB 2.0 port (and it does look like 2.0 rather than the new Type-C) is on top, while the 3.5mm audio jack is on the bottom. Things usually go the other way around. Anyway, the Microsoft Lumia…
The SteamVR-powered HTC Vive virtual reality headset is officially up for preorder on February 29 , and Valve wants to help make sure your PC is ready for it. Valve recently published a free program on Steam called the SteamVR Performance Test that will automatically check your system specs to see if they make the grade for Steam’s virtual reality platform. Oculus VR published a similar tool for the Rift in January. Valve’s tool analyzes your PC by having it run a two-minute sequence from Valve’s Aperture Robot Repair VR demo. The test is specifically looking at your system’s ability…
While many on Wall Street expect the U.S. dollar to rally even more in 2016, one strategist believes the opposite will occur and drive multinational stocks to outperform. “The notion that the U.S. dollar (USD) will continue to appreciate is a widely held consensus view, based on sound economic theory — interest rate differentials suggest higher rate currency appreciates,” Fundstrat’s Thomas Lee wrote in a note to clients Friday. He added, “However, there are several reasons to believe this is not enough to sustain USD gains and the USD could be flatter than market expectations in 2016 (and even outright…
The worldwide market for wearable computing devices saw a huge expansion in the last quarter of 2015 and solid growth should continue, although not at the same blistering pace. Wearable vendors, led by Fitbit and Apple, shipped 27.4 million devices in the fourth quarter of 2015, up a whopping 126.9 percent from the last quarter of 2014, according to research group IDC. For the whole year, worldwide wearable shipments amounted to 78.1 million devices, up 171.6 percent from 2014. The triple-digit growth shows that “wearables are not just for the technophiles and early adopters,” Ramon Llamas, research manager for IDC’s…
Apollo Education on Monday said it has agreed to be taken private by a group a investors in a deal valued at about $1.1 billion. The investors include The Vistria Group, funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, and Najafi Cos. for $9.50 per share in cash for both Class A and B shares. The offer price is a 36.7 percent premium to Apollo Education’s Friday’s close. The deal is expected to be complete by August 2016. CNBC.com staff [“source -cncb”]
High-flying growth stocks were crushed on Friday, which is why Jim Cramer decided to highlight the high-growth company Under Armour. Under Armour is the innovative apparel company that reported a strong quarter last week. This was good news for the stock, as it had been slammed, along with the rest of the retail cohort for the past few months. The news of the quarter sent the stock flying to $84 from $68 in a single session, though it pulled back to $76 on Friday. “I think you need to view this decline as an opportunity to buy a high-quality stock…