John Nieves

ASUS Rolling Out Marshmallow Update For Zenfone 2, Other Phones Q2 This Year

Here’s the list of ASUS phones to get Marshmallow later this year If you’ve been waiting for confirmation as to what ASUS device will receive a Marshmallow update, you’re in luck. The company has released a list of devices that will get the sweet taste of smores, and predictably it includes the majority of the […]

Windows Phone App Makers Earn More Than Android, iOS

Whaaaaat? If you’re a code monkey trying to earn a living making mobile apps, logic dictates you’d be better served making apps for either Android or iOS rather than the other, lesser known operating systems, right? Well, not exactly. According to InMobi’s State of Mobile App Developers 2016 report, developers for the now niche Windows […]

General Mobile’s GM5 Plus Is A High-end, Android One Phone

An oxymoron, for sure Google’s Android One initiative is well known to many pinoys – an attempt to bring the purest version of Android to the masses via affordable handsets, kind of like the Nexus program for penny pinchers. Imagine our surprise then, to find out a phone from General Mobile, dubbed the GM 5 […]

Always Take Care When You Buy Hard Drives Online

Some things are just too good to be true While buying stuff online is pretty convenient, there are people out there that want nothing more than to scam you out of your hard earned money. Just take a look at redditor kingruudz, who thought he was buying a 1TB HDD from China. While it did […]

First Shots: Samsung Galaxy S7

Check out the low-light performance of the Galaxy S7! We’re elbow deep into our full review of Samsung’s newest flagship, the Galaxy S7, and while we’re not quite done yet, today we’re sharing some shots direct from the camera taken in very challenging low light. Samsung’s quite proud of the new, Dual Pixel camera in […]

Xiaomi’s Mi 5 Might Come To The PH

Emphasis on might One thing that Xiaomi fans have to contend with in the PH is unauthorized resellers. Since Mi Philippines have stopped responding to questions (seriously, their last Facebook post was in freaking November) and the last new product that was introduced in the official online store was the (now aging) Mi 4i. Xiaomi […]

YouTube Now Allows You To Blur Your Videos After You’ve Uploaded Them

No more re-uploading after the fact Just uploaded an awesome video log but forgot to blur that menacing looking dude behind you? Don’t worry, you no longer have to blur your video in Adobe Premier and re-upload it – YouTube has announced that they’re making blurring tools available to all content creators after you’ve uploaded […]

Samsung Introduces Ultra-fast 256GB Memory Module For Phones

Your next flagship may well have 256GB of storage in it Not content with 128GB of storage on your phone? Well Korean juggernaut Samsung will be taking care of that real soon – the firm has just announced that they’ve started production of the world’s first 256GB embedded memory module for phones. The new module […]

Gionee Elife S Plus Review: Another Solid And Pretty Mid-range Smartphone

We review Gionee’s Elife S Plus! If you haven’t heard, Gionee’s back in full force in the Philippines, with a brand new trading partner in the form of Cloudfone’s parent company, CellPrime. As part of their re-launch of sorts, the company released a number of new smartphones locally, including the phone we’re reviewing today, the […]

Huawei and Leica Team Up For Better Mobile Photography

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei has teamed up with legendary camera brand Leica to bolster the former’s imaging chops. Today Huawei Consumer Business Group (BG) and Leica Camera AG are delighted to announce the start of a strategic partnership, a co-operation with shared premium ambitions and spirit, which will see both technology and photography brands combining […]