The Associated Press (via USA Today) reports NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman expects the salary cap for 2015-16 to settle in around $71 million, depending upon fluctuations in the Canadian dollar. That will make things difficult for NHL teams with limited cap space next season.
The BlackBerry Is The Number 1 Smartphone In The World. For those who didnât know already, the BlackBerry was the number one selling smartphone in the world last year. Of the 1 billion total mobile phones sold, 1.4%, or about 14 million BlackBerrys allowed Research in Motion to claim the top spot for smartphone manufacturers. 1.4% of the market compared to overall top dog Nokia, who sold about 40% of all mobile phones last year, is pretty miniscule in the grand scheme of things.
Xiaomi Surpasses Samsung to Become Top Phone Maker in China. Samsung is no longer the top phone manufacturer in China, thanks to a company that is still relatively unknown in the United States. Xiaomi distributed around 15 million phones in early 2014 while Samsung came up short at 13.2 million, according to research firm Canalys. See also: What the Cellphone Unlocking Law Means for You.