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Samsung announced one of its biggest smartphones ever this week, the six-inch Galaxy A9. The smartphone is a mid-range phone at a considerable scale, which could be a winning combination for price-conscious consumers.
Apple is planning to start streaming high-resolution audio in Apple Music next year, according to sources from Japan’s Portable Audio Festival. Reports suggest that we’ll see 96kHz / 24-bit music streaming, which will spur the production of higher-quality audio peripherals.
“Excuse me, while I kiss this guy!”
These aren’t the real lyrics to Jimi Hendrix’s Purple Haze, but that hasn’t stopped the phrase from entering the popular consciousness. If everyone was running the new version of Genius for Android though, things would be different. The app is now capable of showing lyrics for any song playing on your device, regardless of what app is actually producing the music.
The genius co-founders of Skype and Kazaa have recently turned their attention to a new project: autonomous, six-wheeled delivery robots. The electric-powered ‘bots will be used for testing on the streets of London in 2016, clad in the livery of their new company Starship Technologies.
If you’re considering a new smartphone, you may want to hold fire for now as there are some pretty exciting launches planned for 2016. Here’s what you can expect to see next year.