Return to the industry

The bloke credited with inventing Android is about to get back into the mobile industry with a smartphone company of his own.

Microsoft should be happy

Beancounters at IDC claim that the decline of tablets will harm Android but prop up the windows operating system

Quietly commenting on the side lines

The shy and retired former Microsoft CEO Steve “there is a kind of hush” Ballmer has suggested that his former company has called for Redmond to make its windows software run android apps.

Creator Ci40 for smart home hubs, robots and other connected devices

Imagination Technologies close to releasing its new development board to help hardware designers connect smart devices to the Internet.

Drops 32GB version to US $200, 64GB to US $260

Amazon.com currently sell Google's previous flagship Motorola-made Nexus 6 smartphone for a rather incredible US $200 for the 32GB and US $260 for the 64GB version.

Not to spec

OnePlus has admitted to designing a dodgy USB Type-C cable in what might be the first high-profile case.

Happily selling at Google Store in select countries

Although it went on sale back in October, Huawei-made Nexus 6P has just become available at Google Play Store in select European countries.

What do you get when you cross a Xeon with Altera’s programmable chips?

Chipzilla has said that it will release the first fruits of its Altera buyout in early 2016.

Computer for $85

The Google Asus Chromebit computer stick is officially in the shops with an $85 price tag.

Revolution

Russia's biggest search site Yandex has asked the European Commission to investigate Google's Android practices in the European Union.