Alphabet, the new parent company of Google, saw its Class C stock go from $651 per share to an after hours high of $725.90 when the company released their impressive financial report for the third quarter of 2015. Another attribution to the rise was an announcement made by Alphabet regarding buying back a little over $5 billion worth Class C stock.
iFixit has just released their official teardown of the smaller 2015 Nexus smartphone. They gave it a score of 7 out of 10 and praised the modularity of many components inside it. However, they weren’t a fan of the battery placement as it wasn’t immediately accessible to the user but even this didn’t prove to be too challenging to replace.
In this exceptional opening keynote for the Big Android BBQ, Colt McAnlis discusses why Performance matters with Android. Keep checking back at the portal to see the latest and best talks from the event!
Sony has acknowledged that a “limited number” of white Xperia Z5 Compact customers are having trouble with the touchscreen of their device. It was previously speculated that this was from heat generation but Sony believes a software fix will help to iron things out. A community manager just announced an update is scheduled to fix this and it should be available around October 26th.
Nextbit announced its cloud-focused smartphone, the Robin, on Kickstarter recently, and after a strong campaign, the startup has begun accepting pre-orders for the device. Priced at $399, the handset is available in mint and midnight color options, and is expected to begin shipping by February next year.
Sony’s new factory in Thailand will be the first one the company has built since they constructed the one they have in Beijing in 1995. The new smartphone plant will handle chip mounting all the way through to the assembly of the device.
Chrome v47 in the beta channel has now added splash screens for web apps, desktop notification management, auto dismissing notifications and co-operative multitasking, along with other features and improvements.
