Android 7.0 to be released next week
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Coming first to Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P


Google is set to officially release its forthcoming Android 7.0 mobile operating system for its flagship Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P devices early next week, according to a report from 9to5Google.

Galaxy Note 7 is pants to repair
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iFixit teardown spills the glue

Samsung's newest flagship fablet will be a bugger to repair and will need to be sent back to the manufacturer most of the time if anything goes wrong.

iPhone users are revolting
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90 percent will not buy the iPhone 7

Fruity cargo cult Apple might be in serious trouble as most Apple fanboys say they will not upgrade to the iPhone 7.

Encryption fault in Apple's imessage
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Flaws in the method

Cryptography researchers at John Hopkins University have found another flaw in the encryption used by Apple’s iMessage and while Jobs' Mob might have fixed it, the researchers say that the company's encryption methodology is borked.

Chinese vendors shipped 145.9 million last quarter
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More than 44 per cent of the world's total

Beancounters working for Digitimes Research have added up some numbers and divided by their shoe size and worked out that chinese vendors shipped 145.9 million smartphones globally in total during the second quarter of 2016.