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.
Chinese vendor Huawei, which aims to become the world's largest smartphone maker within four years, finished third with an estimated 11.4 percent market share. Samsung is traditionally the world's largest smartphone maker, as it sells millions of inexpensive smartphones alongside its flagship devices, so this would normally be no surprise. However, after Samsung recalled the Galaxy Note7 due to defective batteries, Apple overtook its South Korean rival in the fourth quarter.