Along with record results for the third quarter, Samsung Electronics announced the appointment of three executive directors who will lead the company's key divisions after CEO Kwon O Hun's resignation. The current leaders of consumer electronics and mobile business - Bu Kun Yun and Jong-Kyung Shin - are also leaving their posts.

More than two years ago, Xiaomi introduced the "clever" lamp Yeelight Bedside Lamp. As already mentioned in the review, the device was much lacking the ability to manage via the Internet. Only now the company decided to fix this flaw by releasing an updated model with support for Wi-Fi.

The Alphabet investment fund, CapitalG (formerly Google Capital), invested $ 1 billion in a Lyft taxi call service. For the first time the deal was started in September, and now the market capitalization of Uber's main competitor in the US is estimated at $ 11 billion.

The version of the Telegram messenger for iOS and Android has been updated with the number 4.4. The update added new languages, a media player and fresh live locations to the application.

The first Vivo smartphone with an almost frameless screen was the Indian Vivo V7 +, and in the home market the company introduced two other devices - the Vivo X20 and its larger version of the X20 Plus.

A team of engineers from Switzerland has taken on the task of converting the Komatsu HD 605-7 diesel mining truck into the largest electric vehicle in the world. It will transport goods quickly and, most importantly, environmentally friendly.

This year, the iPhone celebrated 10 years, and therefore the first presentation of Apple in the new headquarters of the company was particularly special. The main intrigue of the September event was the frameless iPhone X (this is the "iPhone", not the "ex"), presented in the company of two more mass models of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. All trio received protection from water and dust.

The popular messenger has added the ability to bypass locks, as well as support for Android Pay

After a little dialogue between Alexander Zharov and Pavel Durov, a popular messenger was added to the register of Roskomnadzor

Roskomnadzor caused partial blocking of Telegram

Over the past two weeks, the vocabulary of Ukrainians has been enriched with previously unfamiliar words: proxy server and VPN. If earlier these words were used by system administrators, programmers or advanced users, now you hear only in the street, on public transport, in offices and cafes about the need to download and install a VPN. What is the reason for such a keen interest in VPN and proxy servers? And the reason is very simple - to bypass the blocking of banned social networks and services. All Ukraine already knows about decree 133/2017 President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko "On application personal special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions)". This decree really stirred everyone up. According to the decree, social networks such as VKontakte and Odnoklassniki were banned, as well as all services of Yandex and Mail.ru. Let's find out everything about proxy servers and VPN technology, how they work and what benefits they bring? Is it safe to use free VPN services and proxy servers?

After the presentation of the flagship smartphone Xiaomi Mi 6, which did not have room for a 3.5-mm audio jack, the Chinese company immediately began to extol the digital sound. With all its advantages, Xiaomi did not have headphones with USB Type-C, and it's time to correct this omission. The headset with the new connector already appeared in the company store on the Tmall marketplace.

The desire of manufacturers to catch up with the popularity of the iPhone is commendable, but usually these attempts end in failure. UMIDIGI did not repeat the mistakes of its predecessors, choosing a rather unconventional approach. The company has released a "budget version" of iPhone 7 on Android - UMIDIGI G.

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Developers Google has long been testing the new design of the YouTube site in the style of Material Design, and now it can be appreciated by all comers. The service team removed unnecessary elements, distracting users from the content, making the interface as simple and convenient as possible, and the transition to the Polymer framework will speed up the introduction of new features. One of them was a night mode with a dark design.

Three years ago Sony released an unusual Digital Paper System (DPT-S1) tablet in electronic ink, close to A4 size sheet. The other day in Japan, the announcement of the second generation of the gadget - Sony DPT-RP1 with a clearer display and other improvements.