Google I/O 2017 is a developer conference. It began yesterday and continues through tomorrow in San Francisco. So, why should the everyday smartphone/tech user care? Think about where all the cool, new tech comes from. Yes, Google drives it with all the ground-breaking projects that they originate, but who brings them to us, the consuming […]
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EU vs American tech giants – just warming up
In the past couple of years, I written a number of stories on Bane Tech detailing the multiple legal battles between Google and the European Union. Now, it seems that these bureaucratic confrontations may have just been the beginning of the EU’s desire to punish American tech success, while grabbing a chunk of the profits generated […]
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Phones we’re still looking for – 2nd half of 2017
Continuing last week’s theme, here are some of the phones we’re expecting in the second half of the year. The Honor 9, successor to last year’s Honor 8, is expected to be released in July. Huawei seems to have a good thing going, having split off the Honor line in 2016 with a lot of […]
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Phones we’re still looking for -1st half of 2017
We’re now past the reveal of one of the most anticipated releases of the year – the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus. There are plenty of written reviews and videos for anyone considering buying or just looking to educate themselves about the Samsung flagship. I passed on the Galaxy, since it was just too hefty […]
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LeEco – a story fast becoming a sad saga
Last week, I reported some of the consequences of LeEco’s overreach in their ongoing bid to open the US market to their tech products (Previous story). And, sadly, the story continues to look worse for the China-based smartphone and electronics firm. The latest bad news involves their EcoPass video streaming service. EcoPass was announced […]
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LeEco – how bad will it get?
Back in October 2016, LeEco, the China-based smartphone and electronics firm, officially began business in the United States with a bang. LeEco began in 2004 as LeTV and rebranded as LeEco last year, the same year that they decied to buy Vizio (the TV maker) for 2 billion dollars. They had hyped their US launch […]
