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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 11, 2012
Google is continuing its expansive rollout of content to different countries today by offering Google Play Books and Movies to the Russian market. On the Books front, Google Play will be offering ov...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 11, 2012
Intel is hoping to become more competitive in 2013 with new manufacturing processes that will shrink chip circuitry from 32 to 22 nanometers (nm) in size. The chip maker has been trying its bes...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 10, 2012
Instagram is having a little spat with Twitter right now, but that's not stopping it from coming out with an update today. The update is bringing a new black & white filter called "Will...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 10, 2012
Pandora has been trialing its service in Australia and New Zealand via a web-only trial, and now it has launched the service fully in both countries. Users down under can now sign up and have fully-...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 10, 2012
With all of the big T-Mobile news that hit last week, one story that may have been buried was the carrier's continued rollout of 1900MHz HSPA+ markets. We like when carriers can give us a good i...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 10, 2012
The Android developer blog has just unwrapped a nice little present for developers -- Version 3 of in-app purchasing. This is mostly back-end stuff that us civilians might not notice, but that doesn...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 10, 2012
Bango, a mobile payments and analytics company, works with carriers (and other companies) as a middle-man to help set up payment systems and has now started offering Google Play billing as well. Car...
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by Richard Devine
Dec 10, 2012
Magnetic clip on lenses aren't new. They've been around for a while, often marketed as an accessory for the iPhone. Our buddies over at Windows Phone Central started playing around with some...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 09, 2012
LG is announcing today that since the launch of the "L-Series" group of handsets, it has sold 10 million units worldwide. When LG started rolling out the L-Series as the mid- to low-range ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 08, 2012
If you've been drooling over the thought of having Google Fiber service where you live, you're surely not alone. Since Google official rolled out the service to residents of Kansas City, peo...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 08, 2012
We've got the usual great set of app picks for your enjoyment this week, covering all genres. You can add a watermark to a picture, keep those pictures safe from unwanted eyes, check out some cl...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 08, 2012
Google just keeps on closing the gaps between its products, as today we're seeing that the Chrome team is getting ready to put Google Now into the Chrome browser. An eagle-eyed user spotted code...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 08, 2012
The PadFone 2, ASUS' successor device to that weird interesting phone inside a tablet inside a laptop contraption, is finally grabbing an OTA to Jelly Bean starting today. We were surprise...
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by Richard Devine
Dec 07, 2012
We finally got our hands on the LG Nexus 4 bumper, so is it worth the wait?
It's here. It's finally, finally here. Proving far more difficult to lay hands on than any accessory ever shou...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 07, 2012
There's no shortage of big T-Mobile news out there right now, and this one seems to fit in with what we're hearing the last couple of days. After announcing that it will no longer be subsidi...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 07, 2012
If you've got a Jelly Bean device -- say a shiny new Nexus 4 -- and open up Google Now today, you'll likely be greeted with a notice about Google's location policy. The notice reminds us...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 07, 2012
We saw a Samsung Galaxy Camera go through the FCC just a week ago with Verizon LTE on board, and now a Samsung product page has confirmed the device. The spec page only lists 700MHz as a suppor...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 07, 2012
We brought you the first look at developer Chris Lacy's "Action Launcher" a couple of months ago, and today we're happy to announce that it's now available in the Google Play S...
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by Richard Devine
Dec 07, 2012
Recent Q3 numbers for smartphone sales in the UK sees a change in the standings. Off the back of a major marketing campaign for its "Bond Phone," Sony has jumped ahead of HTC into second p...
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by Richard Devine
Dec 07, 2012
Despite having been announced for sale back in mid-November, and subsequently going M.I.A, the AT&T HTC One VX finally seems to have gone on sale. AT&T told us last week that we should be se...
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by Richard Devine
Dec 07, 2012
"Some say he never blinks and that he roams local woodland foraging for mouse meat. All we know is, he's called The Stig."
BBC Worldwide released an Android title back in October, kno...
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by Richard Devine
Dec 07, 2012
First, we had the HTC J-Butterfly. Next, came the Verizon Droid DNA. Now, what we appear to have is the same phone, with a slightly different name heading for other markets. The Butterfly has appear...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 06, 2012
We take time to applaud companies whenever they bring new accessibility features to their devices. Amazon has just announced today that it will be bringing two new features for visually-impaired use...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 06, 2012
We're hearing a ton of interesting information about T-Mobile's plans for the future today as part of Deutsche Telekom's analyst conference, and this may be the biggest yet. Starting in ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 06, 2012
T-Mobile rolled out 10 new markets with 1900MHz HSPA+ service just two weeks ago, and now the nation's fourth-largest carrier is adding another three markets. Users with unlocked handsets that o...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 06, 2012
As part of an investment meeting, Deutsche Telekom announced today that it plans to make some major investments in the network infrastructure of its subsidiary, T-Mobile USA. First and foremost...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 06, 2012
Gameloft is quickly expanding on its popular "Modern Combat" game franchise with the latest revision: "Zero Hour." The game has just launched on the iOS platform, but Gameloft as...
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by Richard Devine
Dec 06, 2012
Today is a big day for music streaming service Spotify and its users. They're introducing a whole bunch of new music discovery features, some of which will eventually go 'cross-platform.'...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 06, 2012
There's no doubt that Amazon is trying to become a strong competitor in the Android tablet game, and a big part of that is the success of its own Appstore. There's always been an issue with ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 06, 2012
Archos announced back at the end of August an interesting product it called the GamePad. The idea was the make an Android tablet that was very gaming-focused, with a full host of physical gaming con...
