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Solar plane lands in New York City

A solar-powered airplane finished crossing the United States on Saturday, landing in New York City after flying over the Statue of Liberty during its historic bid to circle the globe, the project team said.  The spindly, single-seat experimental aircraft, dubbed Solar Impulse 2, arrived at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport at about 4 a.m. local time after it took off about five hours beforehand at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Pennsylvania, the team reported on the airplane's website.  Such a pleasure to land in New York! For the 14th time we celebrate sustainability," said the project's co-founder Andre Borschberg on Twitter after flying over the city and the Statue of Liberty during the 14th leg of the trip around the globe. The Swiss team flying the aircraft in a campaign to build support for clean energy technologies hopes eventually to complete its circumnavigation in Abu Dhabi, where the journey began in March 2015. The solar cr...

Huawei is suing its tech rival Samsung over claims that its patents have been infringed

The Chinese firm aforementioned it had been following its South Korean rival in 2 courts - one in Golden State, the opposite in Shenzhen.  According to Huawei, many of its cellular communications and code inventions had been utilized in Samsung's phones while not its permission.  Samsung told it might defend its business interests.  The specific patents concerned haven't been disclosed.  However, Huawei has aforementioned a minimum of a number of them area unit classed as Frand - Associate in Nursing signifier concerning "fair, affordable and non-discriminatory". This means the Chinese company has committed itself to providing anyone a licence see you later as they comply with a non-excessive compensation.  This kind of agreement is common within the school sector because it makes it potential for various companies' merchandise to speak and share information formats with one another.  Huawei's property chief indicated it had been seeking permissi...

Samsung Galaxy S7 restores expandable storage

The Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge both accept MicroSD cards, allowing their storage to be expanded, and can also be submerged underwater.  In addition, they feature new gaming tech and a rear camera that should cope better in low-light conditions.  Their overall design, however, is similar to the Galaxy S6 line-up.  Some experts suggested that could pose a challenge."Although there are significant improvements under the bonnet with the camera, the chipset, the removable storage and the water resistance, Samsung will have to make sure that's visible to consumers," commented Ian Fogg from the IHS Technology consultancy.  "Because at a glance they look to be the same as last year's model." Samsung does not disclose smartphone sales numbers. However its share of the market dropped by 2% in 2015, according to research firm IDC, at a time when Apple, Huawei and Xiaomi made gains.  Even so, IDC's data still indicates the South Korean firm remains the be...

Samsung Galaxy S7 To Offer 17 Hours Of Video Playback

The latest Samsung Galaxy S7 rumor is relating to the battery on Samsung’s new flagship, according to Eldar Murtazin, the new S7 will offer up to 17 hour of video playback.  This would mean that the handset would come with a large battery which would allow for the considerably longer video playback than the current Galaxy S6. The Samsung Galaxy S7 will come with two different processors depending on the region, one will be Samsung’s own Exynos 8990 processor and the other a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, the handset will also come with 4GB of RAM.  Other rumored specifications on the handset include a 5.1 inch display with a Quad HD resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels, the device is also said to come with either 32GB or 64GB of storage and a microSD card slot. The Galaxy S7 will come with Android Marshmallow and will feature dual cameras, the front camera will be a 5 megapixel camera and the rear camera will be the new Samsung BRITECELL 12 megapixel camera....

Google uncover 11 security flaws in Samsung's flagship Android handset, the Galaxy S6 Edge

Galaxy S6 Edge The vulnerabilities include a loophole that could have been used by hackers to gain control of a victim's phone.  Most of the issues were fixed after Google notified Samsung, but some have yet to be addressed.  One independent expert said the bugs "significantly weakened the security" of Google's operating system.  "There is definitely a tension between Google and the handset manufacturers because Google wants to protect its Android brand, and when it comes to security, Android has been quite tarnished," added Dr Steven Murdoch, a security researcher at University College London.  "Some of that is down to the extra software that handset manufacturers add." A statement from Samsung said the three remaining bugs would be  fixed via a security update later this month.  "Maintaining the trust of our customers is a top priority", said the company.Details of the bugs were disclosed by Google's Project Zero team, wh...

Apple wins appeal over smartphone patents

Samsung could be forced to stop selling some phones after Apple won an appeal in a US court.  The decision comes after a lawsuit first filed in 2012 in which Apple claimed Samsung was using some of its technology without proper permission.  That case was decided in May 2014 when Apple was awarded $120m (£76m) damages.  Apple appealed, saying Samsung should stop selling phones using the disputed features. Judges disagreed but this latest ruling overturns that decision. Apple's bid to stop Samsung selling some handsets was initially  denied because the judges overseeing the case said the company had not demonstrated it had suffered significant harm from the infringement.  Now, two of the three judges reviewing the case have said Apple deserves an injunction to stop Samsung selling some phones.  However, this does not mean that Samsung will be forced to stop selling phones that use the disputed technology. The ruling means the case returns to the ...

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 suffers from a design flaw

Some early adopters of a new Samsung phone have said the device's stylus suffers from a design flaw. The S-Pen stylus for Galaxy Note 5 models can be stored within the body of the phone, but when inserted upside down it appears to snag on an internal mechanism.  Users have reported that when the stylus is then forcibly removed it can damage the S-Pen, the Note 5, or both.  Samsung said users should follow the instruction manual.  The stylus should be inserted by the pointed end first and is designed to fit snugly into the Note 5 handset via a spring-loaded mechanism. However, it can also be inserted upside down but can jam when in this position.  Tech news website Android Police has reported that removal of the wrongly inserted stylus caused a detection feature for the S-Pen to stop working permanently. Some Reddit users have also noticed the problem.  "A firm pull freed the stylus but popped off the click mechanism on the end, leaving the cap de...