Donald Trump wants Apple to build its products in the United States rather than China. If Apple does listen to Trump's request, products like the iPhone could increase greatly in price.
"Star Wars" mania isn't quite over, and it's even gaining traction in the gaming world. Not only is the new "Star Wars Battlefront" cruising, but three "Star Wars" titles will be making the jump from PlayStation 2 to the current generation console PlayStation 4 including "Star Wars: Racer Revenge," "Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter" and "Star Wars: Bounty Hunter."
The virtual reality market is expected to make serious waves in 2016, but it still depends a lot in the features, price range and such. Sony's offer in this new industry is called the PlayStation VR, the price of which has been leaked online recently, taking the players one step closer to a new world in gaming lifestyle.
Many fans are waiting for the release of "Pokémon Go," an augmented reality mobile game for Android and iPhone that is being developed by Niantic. The official release date of the game has not been announced but a recent Ingress report in September 2015 said that the game will be released sometime in early 2016.
Since October of 2015, Android users have been wondering if their smartphones will be upgradeable to Android M, now known as Android 6.0 Marshmallow. It's been a few months now, and in 2016 there are a lot of handsets -- including from Samsung, HTC, LG, Sony, Moto, OnePlus, and more -- that will be getting and OTA update for to the latest Android firmware.
Netflix was excited earlier this month to announce that its content is now available almost anywhere in the world. However, China, however, continues to lock out the streaming site.
Electronic Arts is trying to show off the benefits of its subscription program called EA Access by offering a free trial this week. All Xbox Live Gold subscribers who have an Xbox One are eligible for a free trial to EA Access from Tuesday until Sunday.
This weekend Apple released the company's latest diversity report, showing progress in its U.S. workforce -- but only by tiny margins. Meanwhile, the company's board of directors has rejected one Latino shareholder's proposal to accelerate change in the upper ranks of Apple, Inc.
HTC has proven a track record with Google so it is not surprising to learn that the company has been called upon to come up with two possible Nexus smartphones that will be released this year.