First impression: Samsung Galaxy S6

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The overall result of the design, engineering and UI overhaul makes the Samsung Galaxy S6 feel like a more mature and elegant smartphone and one worthy of taking its place among today's most desireable flagship handsets.

Another year, another Samsung Galaxy S flagship, right? While other smartphone manufacturers are getting slammed for new models that resemble last year's models too much and are too iterative, Samsung has amped up their whole design and materials language and the result is a welcome and refreshing change to an already impressive flagship smartphone.

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Apple Watch to get Tangerine's mobile app

The first wave of apps coming to Apple Watch are starting to break ground. Tangerine announced that its mobile banking app will be one of the first apps available on Apple Watch. The Tangerine Mobile Banking Apple Watch app will provide users with quick and easy access to their personal banking information from their wrist, including account balances, recent transactions and transaction details.

“We’re excited to be one of the first apps available on Apple Watch as we continue to deliver simple and innovative solutions that allow our clients to bank on their own terms,” said Peter Aceto, President and CEO of Tangerine. “This continuous innovation is what reinforces Tangerine’s position as a forward thinking bank and sets us apart when it comes delivering the future of banking to Canadians.”

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HTC’s lead designer resigns from post less than a year after predecessor

There seems to be a pattern when it comes to HTC these days. Shortly after the M9 release, HTC’s Vice President of Industrial Design Jonah Becker steps down from his post. Last year after the release of M8, Scott Croyle, the former lead designer, also resigned from the position. Becker and Croyle were part of One & Co., a company HTC purchased in 2008. Becker will be replaced by another former colleague of his in One & Co., Daniel Hundt. Let’s hope he sticks around.

Source: Android Police

Vine videos go HD… finally

Image source: Brittlestar’s Vine

It took a while but Vine is close to leaving eye-searing 480p video behind. The company announced that 720p quality video will finally be showing up on the service on both Android and iOS (not sure if it’s going to hit Windows Phone though). It’s already rolling out slowly and according to Engadget, some have been spotted embedded around the web.

You don’t really have to do anything to your Vines to upload them in 720p but this is currently just available on iPhone users. Android users will have to wait a bit for their Vines to be uploaded in HD, too.

Source: Vine | Via: Engadget