Apple also had its biggest App Store sales day ever on January 1, with a record-smashing $144 million spent in a single day, trumping the previous record set on Christmas Day 2015.
The security-focused smartphone contained vulnerabilities which allow hackers to control the device's modem and call functions.
[UPDATED] You sometimes have to wonder who came up with these gadgets.
Three months on from the availability of the Marshmallow-powered Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P smartphones, adoption of the new platform still hasn't broken the 1 percent mark.
LG's new "augmented reality" vac pulls double duty as a robotic rent-a-cop. Are we ready for autonomous home security?
Want serious network-attached storage that's smaller than a USB stick? Fasetto's Link may be your answer.
Can 18-carat gold, platinum and Swarovski Zirconia make us finally fall in love with smartwatches?
The country makes inroads in information sharing with citizens, according to report by Open Knowledge International
Certainly, there are select trends dominating conversations at the annual International CES this week. But most of them, from self-driving cars to smart cities, aren't possible without the Internet of Things.
Samsung introduces new 13-inch and 15-inch Notebook 9 laptops and this year has opted for just an 11.6-inch Chromebook 3 variant, skipping the 13-inch model.
Cisco is once again updating its Internet of Things strategy with a specific focus on courting broadcasters and media companies at CES.
The firm says the new chip is quicker, less power consumptive and is more accurate thanks to GNSS satellites.
Twenty20 cricket team Melbourne Stars has signed Optus as its principal partner for the remainder of the 2015-2016 season and for a further two years.
IDC expects that within the next five years, approximately 440,000 3D printers will be shipped in the Chinese market alone.
Huawei shipped more than 100 million smartphones in 2015, exceeding revenues of $20 billion in the process.
