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Sony Xperia Z5 bests iPhone 6S in new test for smartphone photography crown

Has Android finally eclipsed the iPhone as the device of choice for photography nerds? That’s what a new test of the iPhone 6S camera seems to suggest. Image quality specialists DXO Mark carried out the detailed test examining the 6S’s exposure, contrast, autofocus, texture, noise, artifacts and flash it gave the phone an “82” rating. While this is still very good, it was beaten on the same metrics by recent

Twitter names ex-Google executive Kordestani chairman

Twitter Inc appointed former Google executive Omid Kordestani as its executive chairman, holding good on a promise to appoint an outsider to work alongside co-founder Jack Dorsey in his second stint as CEO. Twitter’s shares rose in early trading after Dorsey tweeted the appointment, but were down 1.4 percent at $28.65 by mid-morning.

Samsung Electronics unveils second Tizen-powered smartphone

Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd unveiled on Wednesday the second smartphone powered by the its own Tizen operating system, its latest bid to increase the popularity of its own software ecosystem. Samsung said the Z3 will go on sale in India on Oct. 21 for 8,490 Indian rupees ($130.59). The world’s top smartphone maker is trying to reduce its dependence on Google Inc, whose Android operating system powers Samsung’s