Tuesday's Top 100 Mobile Tech News & Stories
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It will still be about two months until the world gets its first official glimpse at Apple’s new iPhone 6, but you can already buy a working iPhone 6 clone that mimics the next-generation iPhone’s look and software. Dubbed Wi...
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Learn how Google mobile search warnings are helping users avoid sites that won't play nicely with their phones. The post Google searches add mobile incompatibility warnings appeared first on Pocketnow .
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Snapchat has added a new feature to its app starting today that will offer special image filters depending on your location. All you need to do to activate them is swipe right from the preview screen after you take a photo, and you...
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Just like everyone else, HTC is also working on a smartwatch. In fact, they are one of the Android Wear partners, and we are expecting them to launch their smartwatch later this year. However, there’s some more bad news for HTC, as...
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Google will deactivate links on smartphone searches that go to flash-heavy websites.
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We saw more than a dozen terrific paid iPhone and iPad apps gone on sale for free this week, but app sales are the gift that keeps on giving. Today, we have six awesome paid iPhone and iPad apps worth a combined $24 to share with you — a...
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Iron Man couldn't save smartphone sales and he couldn't save the jobs of two key HTC executives, either. The company's CMO and Engineering head are both out of the picture, leaving the company with some big gaps to fill.
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The HTC One M8 on Sprint is now receiving an update to Android 4.4.3 KitKat . While Android 4.4.3 brings some under-the-hood changes, nothing much visually changes on the One M8. What is new, however, is the addition of Wi-Fi calling on ...
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Google’s main I/O 2014 announcement was the new Material Design language that covers not only the next major release of Android (Android L), but also Google’s apps across platforms and screens. Material Design is what Google wants develo...
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It’s Tuesday, and well there are still plenty of great deals going on for Android tablets, smartphones and accessories. Which we’ve got them down below and sorted into those three categories to make it easier for you to find ...
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Accessory company Incipio has announced a series of cases for the newly released LG G3 smartphone, ranging from lightweight designs to models designed to take a lot of use and abuse.
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Smartwatches will probably take off at some point. Apple’s iWatch will definitely help and once that launch is behind us, Samsung will probably start to put more marketing muscle behind its own smartwatch offerings. For the time be...
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I'd hardly consider myself a developer, but I can say that I've learned a lot about app development.
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HTC has lost a number of senior figures over the past year, and if a report from Bloomberg is accurate we can add two more to the list of departing executives: Chief Marketing Officer Benjamin Ho and Engineering and Operations President ...
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Hit an Apple Store in Japan and you can digitally purchase in-store credits for all things Apple. The new program, called iTunes Pass, could hint at Apples larger mobile payment ambitions.
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Google has announced a new licensing deal with big pharmacy corporation Novartis to bring its “smart” contact lenses, with the power to help diabetics track their blood glucose level, to patients. The commercial launch ...
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If you're a developer and are interested in designing modules for the Project Ara modular smartphone, you can now request Google for a development board.
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Mediatek makes a lot of chips for inexpensive Android smartphones, but its latest system on a chip has features commonly associated with more cutting-edge mobile chips.
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ASUS has finally launched the C300 Chromebook on Amazon. This is the bigger brother to their C200 Chromebook. Their C200 is the 11.6-inch model which is currently going for $244 on Amazon, and the C300 is the 13.3-inch model and is going...
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Anyone in the process of making babies will be interested in checking out Ovia, a hugely popular pregnancy tracking app for iOS that recently made the jump to Android. The amount of data that this app can track is boggling. Keep tabs on ...
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Seidio’s OBEX utilizes advanced technology that not only safeguards your device against drops, but also keeps external elements like water, snow, mud, dust and sand from damaging your device. While the curvature provides a secure grip an...
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Google’s Project Ara modular smartphone is no longer just a neat idea for the distant future. The company really wants to start selling modular handsets next year, and in order for module developers to be able to come up with their own i...
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Meet InkCase Plus: a second companion screen for your Android smartphone that’s designed to slot into a case so you can stack one pane atop the other, sandwich style. Currently it’s just a Kickstarter prototype, with it...
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Nest Labs and Samsung are among the founders of the Thread Group, which will develop a new IP-based wireless networking protocol, also called Thread, that's being created specifically for the home.
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In what was one of the most eventful Google I/O’s in recent memory, the search giant took wraps off of Android One this year. A new initiative from Google to help vendors keep up-to-date with Android software and also keep t...
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Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis has signed a deal with Google to license the search giant's "smart lens" contact technology. Google[x] revealed the glucose level-sensing contact lenses earlier this year, which monitored chemical le...
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Kosta Grammatis, who believes that broadband is a fundamental human right that should be available to all, has a new startup and business model. The startup, Oluvus, buys bandwidth from an undisclosed telco and then offers a free mobile ...
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Comcast didn’t earn its reputation as America’s Worst Company overnight — it took years and years of hard work. From offering customers ridiculously overpriced bundle packages, to having the highest fees among any of its comp...
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Google may be most famous for its internet search engine and Android products, but those are just two of the many different technologies that Google are developing. They are also putting a lot of time and effort into the wearables segmen...
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UK mobile operator Three has announced new SIM-only plans, enabling consumers to save on calling 08- numbers. Free 0800 calls will be included, while other 08- numbers (084, 087, etc) will cost 5p per minute. The network will also be int...
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F-35 Themed Ford Mustang. The post F-35 Themed Ford Mustang One-Off Car To Be Showcased And Auctioned At EAA AirVenture appeared first on Mobile Magazine .
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MediaTek, makers of processors for a variety of different applications including mobile devices , is today announcing its latest high-end chip, the MT6795. This SoC, which sits at the top of the MT67xx range, offers all of the highest av...
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Description: Solo Launcher is the latest third-party homescreen app to hit Android and much like other Android launchers out there, it aims to be the best. A focus on both flexibility and speed is at the heart of Solo Launcher and itR...
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Microsoft will soon announce a massive round of layoffs, according to a new report from Bloomberg. Thousands of employees will be let go as Microsoft looks to integrate the devices and services business it recently acquired from Nokia. T...
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Google, while known all over the world for its search engine is also known for Android and Docs, but one of its most recognizable products is GMail. Thanks to its massive capabilities to sort, organize, and allow querying of your emails,...
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The agreement will make it easier for companies using Thinfilm's NFC barcodes and sensor-equipped labels on their products to manage the data flowing from those items, through Evrythng's identity management platform.
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Timberman is a new mobile game taking app stores by storm, TechCrunch reports, and it’s not a Flappy Bird clone. However, the game does have some common features with Flappy Bird, including simple, arcade-style graphics and sounds, and a...
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2015 Jaguar XE to be revealed on September 8. The post 2015 Jaguar XE, With Front Suspension Derived From F-Type, To Be Revealed On September 8 appeared first on Mobile Magazine .
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The smartphone market in India is spicing up, yesterday Tom wrote an article detailing OPPO’s deal to sell their smart phones through Amazon India, and today one of their local rivals,Xiaomi, have announced their plans to sell thei...
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With Xiaomi making quite a bit of noise in India and a product launch lined up for July 22nd in China, it’s no surprise that big player Huawei isn’t going to let Xiaomi hog the limelight. They recently announced that they wer...
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Sony has made it easier for developers and enthusiast users to unlock the bootloader on Xperia devices. The Unlock Boot Loader service received a much-needed facelift that makes it easier for users to go through the unlocking process.
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Recently, Xiaomi launched their Mi3 device in India and the Redmi 1S is also coming along for the ride. The Chinese giant has made quite the splash in India over the last few days with the official launch of their hardware in the ...
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For a long time now, India has been pegged as the next big market for Chinese giant Xiaomi to expand into and now, the Mi3 and Redmi 1S have both been officially launched by Xiaomi for the Indian market. Last week, we reported tha...
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Google is on track for mobile search queries to overtake those on desktop this year, and today it took one more step forward in how it is will control that experience on behalf of its users — for better or for worse. The comp...
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Mozilla launched their Firefox smartphones in Europe and Latin America, last year. Since it was only able to cooperate with as many as 2 carriers in each country, the new kid on the block managed to sell the underwhelming amount of abo...
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Before Android Wear and the Moto 360, LG G Watch, and the Samsung Gear Live, there were a few major players already in the smartwatch market space. One of those players was Sony with the device simply named the Sony SmartWatch. Th...
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Shazam and Rdio have been working together for some time now to bring you the music track you like right after you identify it. The problem was you always needed to exit Shazam after you ID'd the song, but with the latest software up...
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Microsoft thinks they can compete with Google in the low- to mid-range laptop space. Google’s Chromebooks are simple and inexpensive and because they are essentially a web browser, they don’t require much in the way of processing ...
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At an event in New Delhi, Xiaomi launched the Mi 3 , its first offering in the Indian market. The device will be offered exclusively on Flipkart , with availability set to begin later this month.
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This week we are all about internet of things standards and certifications as we welcome the head of the AllSeen Alliance to the show and discuss a new radio certification introduced by Samsung, Nest, ARM and others.
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As final details around the merging of US carrier Sprint with US un-carrier T-Mobile are being ironed out, Bloomberg reports that Japanese carrier SoftBank (Sprint owner) CEO, Masayoshi Son, is asking banks to commit financing for "a lon...
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Nest, Samsung, ARM and a series of other big names in semiconductors and research have teamed up to create a new wireless standard for the Internet of Things, that umbrella term for any gadget with a wireless chip that talks to other chi...
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This week we will forego commentary on the events of the week (although I was tempted to write about BlackBerry’s recent attempt to be relevant with their square phone) to focus on 10 events that have shaped the second quarter and will i...
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With the Galaxy S5, Samsung brought along a very useful floating folder implementation called Toolbox. It can be used systemwide, and turned on/off directly from the notification bar toggles. We've had similar floating toggles as third p...
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Apple has followed through with its plans of adding end-to-end encryption to iCloud emails sent and received from third-party platforms like Gmail and Yahoo. The company previously only encrypted emails sent between iCloud users, but it ...
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Today Iotera announced the launch of their Iota Kickstarter campaign aimed at building the first free nationwide Internet of Things (IoT) wireless network. The network is built using small wireless access points called Home Bases, where ...
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TOKYO, July 15 (Kyodo) — Smartphone messaging application operator Line Corp. has applied for an initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, a source close to the matter said Tuesday. The market capitalization for the Tokyo-base...
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It isn’t news anymore that the mobile web is used extensively – even when we are using our laptops or computers, we are also surfing the web on our devices. Aka – the second screen. People are second-screening so much n...
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The Mobile Games Forum has been running in Europe for 12 years, and now debuts Stateside in Seattle on Tuesday, October 21st and Wednesday, October 22nd. It will take place at the Bell Harbour International Conference Centre, with Unity,...
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BlackBerry's QNX today announced a new release of its software platform for medical devices. According to a press release, QNX OS for Medical 1.1 complies with standards for medical software life cycle processes and is designed to help ...
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Another Bell media outfit has received the on-demand mobile app treatment. Business News Network, the company’s 24/7 financial reporting portal, has been miniaturized to the mobile screen in a clean, well-designed app. While it lac...
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has denied Apple's trademark application for the "Touch ID" name used for its fingerprint recognition technology, citing a similar trademark owned by Kronos Technology. The USPTO rejection letter was ...
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Apple continues to maintain it stance against supporting Adobe Flash on iOS devices, choosing instead to focus on HTML5 and other modern web technologies. Nevertheless, there are still several Flash-based video players and other web elem...
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PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — Hewlett-Packard's Interim Chairman Ralph Whitworth has resigned from the company's board to concentrate on personal health issues. Whitworth's resignation is effective on Wednesday. Personal computer maker HP sai...
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The USPTO has sent a letter out to Apple, explaining why the agency will not grant the company a trademark for "Touch ID". The latter is the feature which employs a fingerprint scanner to validate the identity of someone using a specific...
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Google strikes deal with Novaris to develop smart contacts lens used to monitor glucose levels in diabetics
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Microsoft is reportedly about to announce its biggest round of job cuts, since 2009's 5800 layoffs, with the possibility to surpass that number, say anonymous resources in the know. This move is part of the corporation's ongoing plans to...
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In the economy of mobile apps, you are less a consumer of software than consumed by it according to security firm Zscaler that has analysed the surprisingly intrusive permissions demanded by many popular Google App store apps before they...
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Back in 2011, a lawsuit accused tech giants Apple, Google, Intel, Adobe, and others that they have conspired to fix employee pay by not (actively) hiring each other's personnel. A clear violation of antitrust laws and elimination of comp...
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Microsoft reportedly prepares to reduce its workforce following its acquisition of Nokia's handset unit
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has formally refused Apple’s trademark application for “Touch ID,” based on the “likelihood of confusion” with a similar trademark. Apple’s would-be mark was too s...
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Science and technology exhibition Technopop runs from October 8th - November 2nd. Comprising events and activities, the free festival is aimed at six to 19 year olds, but is open to the general public to attend and expects to engage with...
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On its developers page, Sony announced the re-launch of its Unlock boot loader service. Marking its "improved usability" as "yet another step in our strive for openness", the process of unlocking Xperia devices should be easier than ever...
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In recent years, major retailers have embraced the use of “smart” technology in store fronts. From using tablets at the checkout counter to mobile credit applications, retailers are developing creative ways to utilize technology to drive...
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I misplaced my phone this morning – couldn’t for the life of me remember where I had put it. Turns out it was on the floor in the toilet – of course. However, those ten minutes of me getting increasingly panicked and an...
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Apple has partnered with British company Intelligent Energy in a bid to use fuel cell technology in future smartphones, tablets and laptops, report claims
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Samsung's Exynos and HiSilicon's Kirin have proven that they can stand on their own feet in today's tech market, both now having 64-bit models with up to 8 cores and LTE support. So far, each SoC has been somewhat exclusive to its parent...
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As the one-year anniversary of the public release of iOS 7 approaches, the adoption rate for the latest software version continues to rise. The latest App Store distribution numbers reveal that 90% of devices are now running iOS 7 based ...
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The Mobile Innovation Europe Summit 2014 will take place in London on September 9th-10th. As mobile constantly transforms, not unlike Optimus Prime, executives from EE, Somo, Just Eat, Rovio, Spotify and more will all be discuss market t...
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A small group of developers are taking the civilian perspective and it's a lot darker than a traditional war zone game You burst into the apartment and the occupants, an older couple, turn towards you, terrified. "Are you going to k...
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We’ve heard rumblings that the Nokia Lumia 1020, the best camera phone ever, is about to put on Microsoft’s End of Life list as the company makes way for its successor. But the 41MP Windows Phone 8-sporting monster is still a...
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You needn't consider yourself an iFan to be wholly intrigued by what Apple has in store for consumers around the globe year after year, especially if you're eyeing the flagship smartphone tier. The Cupertino-based company has been churni...
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Last year, Mozilla launched their Firefox smartphones in Europe and Latin America. Since it was only able to cooperate with as many as 2 carriers in each country, the new kid on the block managed to sell the underwhelming amount of about...
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Players must race their cars around a Scalextric-style track, without losing control and watching helplessly as it plunges off the edge to its untimely doom. OverVolt: Crazy Slot Cars, from Italian startup, Interactive Project, echoes su...
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Korean reports claim the Samsung Galaxy F will have the same screen size as the iPhone 6
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If you're searching for a new smartphone among the dizzying number of choices, here is our guide to the top five budget phones worth buying Flagship smartphones such as the iPhone might get all the attention , but something exciting is h...
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Apple has just launched a new service called iTunes Pass in Japan. The new service allows users to refill iTunes credit for iTunes Store, App Store and iBooks Store at Apple retail stores. Continue reading →
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Did you make the mistake of deleting the Google I/O app just because the event was over? Actually, the Google I/O app still has some usefulness to it, even though Google I/O is done for the year. Video highlights (except for the Keynote)...
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Even in Beta, Microsoft's Cortana has been showing potential to be just as adequate of an assistant as both Siri and Google Now. Recent revealings show that she is not done growing yet. Firstly, the company intends to integrate a whole l...
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Google gets a lot of things right with Android Wear but there are still some areas that could be improved Googles launch of brand new Android software for wearables, first seen running on a few smartwatches , finally means that wearable ...
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The beauty of Android lies in its nearly limitless customization options. One particularly deep way to change the looks of your Android phone - be it a Samsung Galaxy device, HTC One phone, or any other gadget powered by Google’s mobile ...
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Earlier this month, we told you to expect the Xiaomi Mi 3 to be officially released in India. We can now tell you that the deed has been done. The Mi 3 will be offered exclusively from Indian online retailer Flipkart, starting July 22nd ...
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Google has announced Android L so we've compared it side-by-side with Android 4.4 KitKat so you can see the difference.
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Recent persistent press reports indicate that Softbank, having already acquired a controlling interest in Sprint, wants to buy T-Mobile US. The potential purchase of T-Mobile US by Softbank is a bad idea from a consumer perspective.
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At its most basic definition, wireless network benchmarking refers to the process of evaluating operator network performance and comparing the quality of service against competitors.
