For the past several years, HTC has been known for three things: Killer hardware, terrible advertising and plummeting sales. When HTC delivered a disappointing flagship phone last year, the bottom really fell out from the company and it seemed to be in a tailspin. In fact, HTC’s revenue numbers still look absolutely dreadful and they’ve shown no indication that they’re about to improve anytime soon.

That said: If there’s a company out there that deserves to get a second chance at success, it’s HTC.

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When the iPhone 3Gs was launched in 2008, Apple sold more than 1 million iPhones in just one weekend. At the time, analysts were taken aback. Sure, it was expected that the iPhone would do well, but not many analysts assumed that demand for the iPhone would be that high.

Flash forward seven years and the iPhone is still racking up sales and impressing analysts. The only difference is that the numbers, both in terms of unit sales and overall profits, are far more impressive. This past September, following the release of the iPhone 6s, Apple’s sold more than 13 million iPhones during the initial launch weekend, setting a new record in the process. And with the iPhone 7 launch looming, it’s a safe bet that Apple will once again set a new sales record in just a few months.

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After a teaser that left us wanting more a few months ago, Disney is back with the official trailer for Steven Spielberg’s The BFG. The friendly giant didn’t really make an appearance in the teaser, but the new video makes up for that, showing us the glorious special effects that will define the upcoming movie.

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Earlier in the year, we bore witness to Donald Trump exclaiming that if he gets elected, he will make sure that Apple “builds their damn computers” in the good ole’ U.S. of A. And now we have Bernie Sanders, a candidate you could rightfully describe as the polar opposite of Trump in every meaningful way, effectively championing the same cause. As the old saying goes, politics makes strange bedfellows.

During a recent interview with the New York Daily News – which just so happened to coincide with Apple’s 40th anniversary – Sanders was asked, point-blank, whether or not Apple is destroying the fabric of America. A bizarre question, to be sure, but keep in mind that Sanders isn’t exactly the biggest fan of corporate America.

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Macs may only account for a fraction of the PC market, but they’re still design and performance benchmarks that Apple competitors try to beat. HP is the latest company to come up with a laptop design that aims to top the Retina MacBook, but Apple is also expected to launch 2016 MacBooks that’ll be slimmer and faster than predecessors.

And Samsung is the company that may provide some of the critical components required to bump up performance. Similarly, it’s also Samsung that might help Apple make the iPhone 7 even faster than previous models.

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If you thought that your Facebook Messenger chats would be free from monetization, think again. It looks like Facebook has begun to roll out an interesting new way to make money off of its wildly popular mobile chat application. While the new strategy doesn’t appear to be anywhere near as annoying as some of the advertising and sponsorship schemes we’ve seen in rival chat apps, feelings will undoubtedly be mixed if and when this new feature begins rolling out to users en masse.

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Earlier this week, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggested that sales for Apple’s new iPhone SE were off to a “lackluster” start. While Ming-Chi Kuo is one of the top Apple analysts around, he might not be right about this particular piece of information. AppleInsider points out that the new iPhone is completely sold out in many stores and shipping times for orders of the device have been pushed back to at least a couple of weeks.

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When Amazon started as an online bookstore however many years ago, did anyone ever think it would one day become the biggest online retailer in America? No, of course not. And then once Amazon took the throne, did anyone ever think it would branch out into making its own hardware? That’s another big fat no, but Amazon’s tablets and set-top boxes have become a huge part of the company’s strategy. What’s more, they offer what might very well offer some of the best values in the business — and that’s when they’re not even on sale at a discount.

For a limited time until April 9, you can get the Amazon Fire TV with 4K resolution and support for Amazon’s killer Alexa assistant for just $85 shipped.

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Samsung set the bar very high for rival Android phone makers this year with the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge. In fact, other than the usual complaints about Samsung’s implementation of Android, it’s been very hard to find any glaring flaws in the new devices.

All the same, this doesn’t mean Samsung has nothing to learn from over smartphone vendors, as you’ll see in a new video produced by Android aficionado Jeff Springer where he lists five things the LG G5 does better than Samsung’s new flagship phones.

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Forget real politics for a second, as we’re about to embark on a far more important mission this month: Season 5 of HBO’s best show ever, Game of Thrones. And the question is, can the Lannisters make Westeros great again?

Think about it! The king is inexperienced, the realm is tormented by uncertainty and war. Dragons are mature enough to vanquish armies. And winter is coming. In other words, the economic state of Westeros is in shambles and things aren’t looking good for the Lannisters.

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