Chinese smartphone producer Meizu is going through hard times. The company has already fired 30% of its employees, and will let go more in the near future – the marketing division is rumoured to go next. Meizu has also closed many of its stores; the exact number is unknown but is rumoured to be the grand majority of company’s overall shops in China. If that was not enough, Li Nan, one of the founding fathers of Meizu, has recently left the firm in search of greener pastures. Ouch…Meizu was never a large company, and the smartphone market nowadays belongs mostly to the big ...

The Australian Commonwealth Bank has recently announced that every train, light rail or ferry passenger paying with credit card, debit card or mobile phone will have access to the same travel caps, transfer discounts and travel rewards as Opal card users. This means that non-Opal that heavily rely on public transport will now pay less, since they cannot be charged more than $16.10 – after reaching this threshold you are basically traveling for free. The change is active across the NSW transport network starting today. It will be extended over Sydney bus network ”in the coming ...

When entering Apple Accessories online page, one will notice a new banner at the bottom of the page. Said banner informs that Apple Music is now offering only a month of free trial instead of the three months that it used to. There is no official word about whether this is a mistake or a sudden change in Apple Music policy – there were no rumours concerning such a change. ...

Asus’ gaming smartphone is now available for pre-ordering in China, which means that its price has finally become officially known. ROG Phone 2’s price in the land of great walls and soulless regimes is 3,499 yuan for the 8GB RAM + 128GB ROM variant and 5,999 yuan for the 12GB RAM + 128GB ROM one. This is the price of the Tencent-affiliated model, the one that will probably be released globally; China-exclusive variants are more costly (5999 and 7,999 yuan). When translated into western currency, Tencent version of the device will cost between 509 and 873 dollars. Sadly, we do ...

The update has been released alongside the MIUI 10.4.1.0 one. It weights 1.6 gigabyte, so better make sure your smartphone is powered up before you download it. If the update isn’t available on your smartphone yet, do not worry: it should reach your country any moment now. ...