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• Flexible smartphones the future?

  Flexible and folding formats framed the future of smartphones this week as manufacturers focused on new forms in an effort to jolt the market out of uniformity and re-invigorate sales.

• IBM tops US patent list for 26th year running

  ​IBM was granted the most patents in the US in 2018, the company’s twenty-sixth consecutive year at the top of the ranking.

• Water-resistant Galaxy S7 Edge makes unofficial debut

  Meanwhile, LG today officially announced a 5.7-in. display G4 Stylus 2 smartphone running Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), with a thinner pen tip on its stylus for notetaking and drawing.

• ​Smartwatch sales slow: Telsyte

  Only 205,000 smartwatches were sold in Australia in the first half of 2015, despite heavy promotions around the devices.
  

• Ten scary hacks I saw at Black Hat and DEF CON

  Security researchers and hackers gathered in Las Vegas over the past week to show off and learn about the latest vulnerabilities that affect devices and software that the world relies on every day. Black Hat and DEF CON, the world's top security conferences, did not disappoint.

• Android device makers to release monthly security fixes

  Google, Samsung and LG will start to issue monthly security patches for Android devices, taking a cue from the PC industry after critical vulnerabilities put hundreds of millions of smartphone users at risk.

• How good is the LG G4 camera? A real-world evaluation

  It's been a long time coming, but top-notch photography is finally making its way to Android phones.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, April 29

  What to expect at Microsoft Build...Oracle faces antitrust probe in South Korea...IBM makes quantum computing progress...and more tech news.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, April 28

  Apple chalks up another record quarter...LG's new flagship phone coming Tuesday...Facebook Messenger gets free video calling...and more tech news.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Monday, March 2

  Samsung jumps into payments... NXP buys Freescale to build a bigger chip company ... Iran "ready to work with Google"... and more tech news.

• Firefox OS coming to US, developed markets in 2016

  Firefox OS, the smartphone operating system from Mozilla targeted at low-cost smartphones in emerging markets, is coming to more developed markets.

• The year TVs got much too complicated

  CES 2015 might go down as the moment when TVs became more complicated than they should be.

• In battle for sub-$200 smartphones, consumers will be the winners

  If you plan to buy a cheap smartphone next year expect to get LTE, an HD screen and a good-looking device, as competing manufacturers and chip vendors lower prices.

• Google and LG strike broad patent licensing deal

  Google and LG have entered into a patent cross-licensing deal, the latest partnership seeking to reduce the threat of lawsuits between major tech companies.

• IFA's gimmick of the year: Bendable TVs

  When you're competing for the attention of almost a quarter of a million visitors, it helps to have a gimmick or two. The big names of the consumer electronics industry know this and each year at Germany's IFA electronics show, they try to outdo each other with the latest and greatest technology they have.