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IFA 2016 is happening in Berlin Germany (2~7 September 2016) with a series of new products announced, and last week information summary:

Products announced in IFA 2016:

• New smartphones from Huawei (Nova / Nova Plus), Acer (Liquid Z6 / Z6 Plus), HTC (One A9s), Sony (Xperia XZ / X Compact), Lenovo (K6 / K6 Power / K6 Note) and TP-Link (Neffos X1 / X1 Max)
• New tablets from Acer (Iconia Talk S), Lenovo (Yoga Tab / Yoga Book / Miix 510), ASUS (ZenPad S 10), Huawei (Media Pad M3)
• New band or watch from Fitbit (Charge 2 / Flex 2), ASUS (ZenWatch 3), Samsung (Gear S3 Classic / Frontier), Fossil (Q series), TomTom (Touch), Withings (Steel HR)
• New AR / VR from Alcatel (Vision)

Headlines:

• BlackBerry says it would raise about USD605 million
• The EU handed down its biggest tax penalty yet, ordering Apple to pay EUR13 billion (USD14.5 billion) in back taxes
• Samsung is now selling refurbished smartphones in the US
• Samsung has begun mass production of Exynos 7570 targeting entry-level market
  Samsung to recall 2.5 million Galaxy Note 7 worldwide due to battery issue
• Google confirms that modular Project Ara smartphone project has been suspended
• Fiat Chrysler identifies Samsung as potential partner amid interest in Magneti Marelli auto-parts unit
• Intel’s recent pledge to expand its business making chips for others highlights its ambition to snatch chip orders for Apple’s iPhones
• Intel launches 7th-gen Core series, formerly known by the code name Kaby Lake
• MediaTek’s 4G SoCs tight-supply could continue till 2017
• Nvidia and Baidu will be building an end-to-end solution for self-driving cars
• Qualcomm debuts Snapdragon 820-Based VR reference platform, Snapdragon VR820
• AMD collaborates with Globalfoundries for the 7nm technology node development