Xiaomi shipped a record 46.6 million phones in Q3

Xiaomi’s latest financial report indicates a milestone with 46.6 million smartphone shipments and CNY 47.6 billion ($7.2 billion) in smartphone revenues during the July 1-September 30 period. The number of shipped phones is 45.3% greater than the same period of last year and based on Canalys’ global smartphone shipments report, Xiaomi is now the … Read more

Flashback: Nokia N97 was an “iPhone killer” that helped kill Nokia instead

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic was the first Symbian S60 phone with a touchscreen released by the Finnish company. It wasn’t a great phone by any means, but an aggressive price and a generous retail package pushed it along to 8 million sales in its first year, a decent success. But if the 5800 wasn’t … Read more

“Dystopia: Contest of Heroes” is launching on the Huawei AppGallery first

Beetroot Lab has partnered with Huawei for the launch of its latest game, Dystopia: Contest of Heroes, which will be available first on the Huawei AppGallery. The game is set in the year 2065 and centers around fully customisable heroes that battle for control of districts of a dystopian New York, conduct raids on … Read more

Google Maps now shows COVID guidelines and restrictions, lets you order food

Google Maps has gained new features to help you navigate a world affected by the pandemic. The COVID-19 Info layer has been enhanced with additional info (total confirmed cases and deaths) and handy information about local guidelines and restriction, plus testing sites if you’re not feeling well. If you’re using public transport, you can … Read more

Week 46 in review: Apple M1 and new MacBooks are here, Google Photos free backups axed

Welcome to another week’s recap. The biggest story came late in the week and it’s likely that you learned about it from your Google Photos app. Google will end the free tier of unlimited photo uploads after June 1, 2021. After that anything you upload will count against your free 15GB of storage. Naturally … Read more