Christmas is upcoming. There are promotions for electronic products from the tech companies. Google announced that it will offer promotions for Chromecast and Chromecast Audio. The Chromecast will only cost at $10 for promoted price.

According to the report of CNET, Google announced the promotion tactics on Monday. It will reduce the prices of Chromecast and Chromecast Audio to $30 each. What’s more, the consumers who purchase each of its product will obtain a $20 Google Play cash coupon. They can use the coupon to buy movie tickets, music or games. In a word, the prices for such streaming media devices are only $10.

If the consumers purchase both Chromecast and Chromecast Audio at the same time, Google will deduct another $5. They use obtain the cash coupon from Google Play as well.

It is worth noting that consumers can rent a free movie from Google Play if they purchase the Chromecast according to its old policy. It amounts to $3-$6 privilege.

Google offers great promotion for its consumers. The consumers also enjoy the same promotion tactics if they purchase the Chromecast and Chromecast Audio on Best Buy or Walmart.

The network video and IPTV become popular in recent year and the competition between STB and TV Dongle becomes heater. Google focuses on promoting its TV Dongle which is able to connect with TV HDMI port. It only charges $35.It upgraded the second generation of TV Dongle this autumn. It is smaller and brief.

It is reported that Google Chromecast obtains 23% market share, exceeding Apple STB. Amazon obtains about 30% market share.

Consumers can use smartphone to control Chromecast and Chromecast Audio. Many video websites are compatible with Chromecast while playing on TV.

Apple fans have different tastes on tone quality. Each time it posted Beats headphone news, there were comments from the professionals. If you pay close attention to tone quality, what do you think of Devialet Phantom?

To many people, Devialet Phantom is a strange name. However, it caused great sensation when it was released.

Now Devialet Phantom takes on App Store. Its price is not so cheap. It is reported that there are over 10 App Stores selling Devialet Phantom in America. It has two versions: 99db and 104db. They are selling respectively at $1990 and $2390. Users are unable to find the Devialet Phantom on Apple-Chinese website yet.

Devialet Phantom caused a sensation when it was initially released due to its fashion design. It looks like a oval dust cleaner. Its shape is different existing  sqaured and strip-type loudspeaker boxes in the market. Devialet Phantom only has one Power button. Its brief style matches with Apple’s. Because of it applies the wireless connection, it is worth to note its tone quality.

According to the statement of manufacturer, Devialet Phantom sync the management of 16Hz bass and 25KHz hight pitch. It is set with ADH smart sound system which offers stimulation and digital power AMP.

Users can now experience its tone quality at the App Stores there.

Several media presses reported that Apple designed a newer Lightning connector for iPad Pro. This new connector does not apply in old iPad series.

The Lightning connector of iPad Pro supports the connected speed of USB3.0. The public assume that this new Lightning connector would enhance the competitiveness of iPad Pro to battle with MacBook Pro.

However, Apple does not announce this news concerns the newer Lightning connector. It just acknowledged this faster connected function to its third-party cooperators.

iPad Pro is designed for the enterprises and professional users. Thus, there are two versions for options. Those users will experience the faster speed on iPad Pro that benefits from Lightning connector.

For instance, the photographer can transfer the photos from Digital Single Lens Reflex to iPad Pro with ease and quicker by using this new technology. It is more convenience than its predecessor.

USB2.0 port was launched in 2000 and it could maximum support the speed of 480Mbps. The USB 3.0 was released early this year and it is able to support the transmission speed at maximum 5Gbps.

It is reported that Apple’s default connecting line does not support USB3.0 speed. However, Apple would carry out some effective solutions to solve such problem. It designed a newer and faster connecting line for iPad Pro so that it could make full advantage of Lightning connector.

The Apple fans were upset when they found the its rear logo doesn’t shine after Apple released the 12-inch MacBook.

Are you will to buy those suites for iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus if they could shine their rear logo? You might have watched the video tutorial online by some smart guys.

Now there is a foreign website that sells the customized suite the iPhone 6 /iPhone 6 Plus shells to make its rear logo shine. Will you miss this chance?

This site that specializes in cellphone encryption is called The Unlockr. It is selling the turning suite that make the Phone 6/6Plus rear logo shines as the MacBook does. In the meanwhile, this website offers the video tutorial for reference to those who wish to buy the suites.

To make the rear logo shine, the users need to disassemble iPhone and remove the original logo, then install the components to make it shine. It is worth noting that users are in risk of losing the product warranty. What’s more, the installation for shinning logo requires a rather strong practical ability.
Each suite to make iPhone 6 rear logo shine is selling at $34.99, while the ones for iPhone 6 Plus is $37.99. The Unlockr claimed that the suites for iPhone 6S will come soon. If you wish to make a new experience for your iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus, please visit the Unlockr website.

NOKIA announced on Thursday that it will finish the sales of HERE map business today. According to its initial plan, this deal woule be complished in the first quarter of 2016.

Base on the initial agreements they made, BMW, Audi Daimler will hold the equally share of HERE after the deal is done.

BMW, Audi and Daimler announced to acquire NOKIA HERE digital mapping business at about $ 2.7 billion on August 3rd. They aimed to battle with Baidu and Uber by obtaining the dominant right of this world-classic car navigation maping business.

BMW, Audi and Daimler once teamed up with each other in the components and parts field. However, such scale of cooperated acquisition is unprecedented.

This acquisition means that the German vehicle manufacturers hope to independently develop the self-driving technology. The technology giant Google is also studying in self-driving technology in this field.

As is known, 80% of the American and European vehicle navigation are using HERE map data at present. This acquisition might a lot for those three giants to improve their competitiveness.

NOKIA will focus on the business of cell phone network equipment. NOKIA acquired Navteq at the expense of $8.1 billion in 2008. The Navteq became the most important element of HERE map department then.

It was reported that the general meeting of stockholder that hold in Helsinki today. It predicted that the Nokia stockholders
will approve the plan for acquiring Alcatel﹒Lucent at $16.6 billion.

Nokia announced in April that it would acquire Alcatel ﹒Lucent at the price of $16.6 billion last month. This request of
acquisition was approved by global Antitrust agencies, including American, Chinese and French antitrust branches.

After that, Nokia sent the official offer of acquisition to acquire Alcatel ﹒Lucent by means of stock swap on November 18 in
accordance with the memorandum of understanding they made before. Each Alcatel ﹒Lucent share is equal to 0.55 Nokia new issued
share.

If there are enough Alcatel ﹒ Lucent stockholders accept the offer, the acquisition will come to a deal on the condition that
more Nokia stockholders agree with. Their stockholders will support the acquisition deal if there is no unexpected incidents.

Nokia is aiming to build its firm to be the one-stop supplier for telecommunications company and internet services. If so, it
would rival with the burgeoning Huawei and traditional Ericsson.

When the consolidation of Nokia and Alcatel ﹒ Lucent is completed, the yearly revenue of new firm will reach $26.5 billion. There will be more related news concerns its acquisition reporting via the media presses.

It was rumored that Apple is testing iPhone 7 with different version. The latest rumor indicates that Apple might launch iPhone 6c next February.

The report listed the the sources of news, including the confirmation from Foxconn employees that they have been manufacturing iPhone 6c. It is apparently that the 4-inch iPhone 6c is being produced. It will be equipped wtih Touch ID.

This new handset belongs to C series, so it won’t be equipped with excellent performance. It might not apply 3D Touch feature on iPhone 6c. What is more, there will be several color options for iPhone 6c just like iPhone 5c. The difference is that it will apply the metal material.

The price for iPhone 6c will be cheaper than iPhone 6s. The report indicated that it will be sold from $ 400 to $500. This estimated price is almost equal to the prices of iPhone 6 and iPhone 5c.

Apple will stop manufacturing iPhone 5c when the iPhone 6c is being launched. But it will continue to sell the iPhone 4s for the green. It might use iPhone 6c to replace iPhone 5s concerns the price.

If the rumor comes true, we will access to iPhone 6c next February. More and more people may concern the iPhone 6s with the time flies.

According to Adobe statistics, American online sales volume for 2015 Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday reached $4.47 billion, increased by 18% on year-on-year basis. On Thanksgiving Day, the online sales volume was $1.73 billion and $2.74 billion on Black Friday, reported VentureBeat.

Adobe collected the online sales details from 4,500 online retail stores with the help of Adobe Marketing Cloud, including 80% of transaction data Top 100 Amercian retail stores.

Adobe suggested that 33.2% of 2015 online sales volume were from mobile devices while it was 27% in 2014. There was no doubt that the sales volume of iOS devices were higher than Android devices during the Thanksgiving season.

On Thanksgiving Day, the total sales volume for moblie devices reached $639 million, iOS devices accounting for 71% while Android accounting for 28%.

On Black Friday, the total sales volume for mobile deviced were $905 million, iOS was $670 million (74%), and Android was $230 million( 25%).

To specify, iPhone platform reached $368 million, Android platform reached $180 million, iPad platform was $302 million, while Android iPad was $50 million. iOS takes up more market share than Android’s in United States. iOS users spent much more than Android users.

Adobe also reported some details concerned Black Friday’s promotion. The average discount was 24%,email promotion increased by 25% on year-on-year basis. Door Buster sales accounted for 40% of the total sales volume.

The social media propagation force increased by 25%, the mentions reached 4 million times. Amazon social media offered half of a million mentions, ranking as 1st.

The most popular electronic products on Black Friday were Samsung 4K TV, Apple iPadAir 2, Microsoft Xbox One, Apple iPad Mini and Sony PlayStation 4.

Adobe also found that many items were out of stock on Black Friday, especially the tools of Star War.

Thanksgiving Day is coming. American citizens are on holiday for Thanksgiving. It is apparent that shopping is one of the important thing for their life during this holiday. Delicious food come to their mind most.

Google released the top questions on Thanksgiving that people search most. It is not doubt that turkey is hot for its search. “When was the first Thanksgiving” ranked first on the list of Top questions on Thanksgiving.

” When did Thanksgiving become a holiday” and “Why did the pilgrims celebrate the first Thanksgiving” ranked as second and third on the list.

Speaking of top trending n Thanksgiving recipes, “how to cook turkey”becomes the question that users search most.”How to measure the turkey for each person” followed second then “ how long it takes to cook the turkey” came with third.

You might find the recipes of cranberry Relish, mashed potato, Peach Cobbler, Lasagna and stewed beef on the top trending Thanksgiving recipes. It is surprised that pumpkin pie, pumpkin roll and stuffing did not show in the list.

Roast, Smoke, Fry are the most searched methods to cook a turkey provided by Google. It is a holiday to spend quality time with families. Delicious food are necessary for such holiday.

Apple Pay made deal with the four major Chinese national banks, including Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. It is reported that Apple Pay will be available before the Spring Festival comes.

The Wall Street Journal confirmed this new from informed source that Apple Pay will be introduced to Chinese market some day in February, 2016.

The sales volume of iPhone was better than American market in the second quarter. It sounds there is great potential to obtain more market shares for binding Apple Pay to iPhone.

The Wall Street Journal claimed that it is not easy to explore in payment market in China. Visa and Mastercard have been ambitious to march to Chinese market, but they just got the license this May. UnionPay has two strong international competitors. In China, the trading platform is dominated by Unionpay, Alipay and Wechat payment.

Apple has never revealed the income from Apple Pay and its cooperated banks and card issuers keep this confidential. The public guesses Apple would charge 0.15% of each transaction for commission. If Apple Pay has large enough users and transactions, its commission will be considerable.

Tim Cook claimed that they have confidence with Chinese market at the conference of last earnings. The firm will keep investing in China. Besides introducing Apple Pay to China, Apple plans to open a series of Apple Stores in China.