It appears the Samsung foldable phone plot is thickening yet again. Another interesting patent has surfaced online, showing a brand new design concept for a foldable handset, with bendable displays and what appears to be a detachable camera module. Samsung foldable phone This comes as yet another piece in a puzzle that has coming together for over three years now. The Korean giant appeared to be close to a market-ready design back in 2014, but it was during the last few months that we really saw an influx of patents and concept renders. All things considered, Samsung might very well…
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Samsung has started pushing out a new Nougat beta update to eligible Galaxy S7 and S7 edge units, making it the third build that the South Korean company has rolled out as part of the beta program. Weighing in at around 530MB, the update brings along Android security patch for the month of December. Several other changes are included as well, including addition of Samsung Pass and the Samsung Note app, as well as an auto brightness button in Quick Panel. The position of the Close All button has also been changed. Aside from this, the update also features some…
Huawei’s sub-brand Honor yesterday released a teaser about a Magic smartphone, purported as a Mi Mix competitor. We were promised more information on December 7 and indeed Honor gave us a few more info bits. Honor is now officially inviting the press for a special event on December 16. The star of the show will be the Magic smartphone, a concept-like smartphone to demonstrate company’s latest innovations. There is nothing official but the name, though there are quite a few rumors on the Magic. Honor’s new fast charging tech (0-50% in just 5 minutes) should be premiering with the phone,…
8 SHARES Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nelson Peltz Billionaire investor Nelson Peltz has opened a new position in a stock, and he says he has more to buy. But he’s not tipping his hand. “We’ve started buying about two weeks ago,” he said Monday on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.” Peltz is chief executive officer and a founding partner of Trian Fund Management, which has proposed new strategies for many firms including Wendy’s and Mondelez. The activist investor would not disclose the name of the firm’s new holding, but said, “we bought quite a bit of…
For how tumultuous of a year it’s been for business and politics, it’s somehow fitting that 2016 should end with Americans banks sitting pretty as an oasis of stability. After an explosive move higher during November, U.S. banks got another boost Monday from the “no” vote in the weekend’s Italian referendum. One of the net effects of the vote was that a bank bailout for the nation’s big institutions looks less likely, as populist sentiment continues to grow. Another is a further reminder that a U.S. banking sector that for years held pariah standing is suddenly a darling. “Clearly, this…
Cashin: People pre-hedged the Italian referendum 19 Hours Ago | 03:33 A year of global tumult ahead will make U.S. stocks attractive compared to their counterparts, according to experts at Charles Schwab. The firm on Monday raised its view on domestic equities to overweight, an upgrade from the neutral position Schwab has held since 2015. The designation means that Schwab is telling clients to hold more than the usual allocation to stocks. Interestingly, the move came as markets digested the latest upheaval in Europe, in which Italian voters cast a collective “no” vote on a referendum that would have centralized more…
Getty Images Donald Trump looks on during the Presidential Debate at Hofstra University on September 26, 2016 in Hempstead, New York. The policies outlined by President-elect Donald Trump could boost the U.S. economy if they improve productivity, St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said on Monday. Bullard said properly designed and executed policies to boost infrastructure, modify regulations for some industries, and overhaul the tax code “may have some impact … if they are directed towards improving medium-term U.S. productivity growth.” Bullard views the U.S. economy as stuck in a low-growth rut, and feels that the central bank only…
The Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay) organised a workshop on ‘Ancient Indian Knowledge Systems’. Amidst protests, IIT switch Veda ‘workshop’ to lectures RELATED STORIES J Jayalalithaa passes away: Schools, colleges shut down in Tamil Nadu CAT 2016: How candidates reacted post exam 17 SSA employees suspended by Arunachal Pradesh govt due to long absence 1.34 per cent of GDP spent on Education in 2013-14: Prakash Javadekar School principals reprimanded for poor results: Madhya Pradesh In order to educate students on the four Vedas that were “acquired from God,” a workshop on ‘Ancient Indian Knowledge Systems’ was held at the Indian…
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras postponed the ongoing campus placements to December 8, following the death of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. IIT Madras postpones campus placements to December 8 RELATED STORIES J Jayalalithaa passes away: Schools, colleges shut down in Tamil Nadu CAT 2016: How candidates reacted post exam 17 SSA employees suspended by Arunachal Pradesh govt due to long absence 1.34 per cent of GDP spent on Education in 2013-14: Prakash Javadekar School principals reprimanded for poor results: Madhya Pradesh The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras postponed the ongoing campus placements to December 8,…
Time to add SSDs to your hoarding list. Citing a transition in technology and increased demand, NAND prices are expected to begin heading north next year, analysts say. NAND chips revenue had already increased by 19.6 percent due to increased demand in the third quarter of this year and will be even tighter as we close the year out, wrote Sean Yang, research director of DRAMeXchange. Part of the tight supply is attributed to an industry transition from older, less dense 2D NAND to 3D NAND. That’s reduced supply at a time when consumption continues to go up to feed smartphones,…