Researchers: Playing Too Much GTA Actually Can Make You A Sociopath
While violent video games are often unfairly used as scapegoats for mass shootings, scientists have found that playing violent video games for several hours a…
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Flappy Bird Devices Selling For Thousands Of Dollars On eBay
Flappy Bird developer Nguyen Ha Dong on Saturday surprisingly announced via Twitter that he will remove the popular game from app stores in following hours,…
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Viral Hit 'Secret' Is The Stupidest App I Have Ever Seen... And I Can't Stop Using It
I cannot tell you how much I dislike Secret, the latest social iPhone app to "go viral" and spread through the handsets of early adopters…
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Court Rejects Patent Troll's $2.2 Billion Lawsuit Against Apple
A German court dismissed a lawsuit against Apple on Friday that was brought on by a well-known patent troll. IPCom, a company that licenses patents,…
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New $25 Promo Is Yet Another Sign That A Brand New Apple TV Is On The Way
There's no telling how long it will be before we finally see a refreshed Apple TV, but until Apple comes forward with an announcement, we'll…
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Awesome 'iPro' Concept: If The iMac Had Mac Pro's Baby, This Is What It Would Look Like
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Mac, long-time Apple fan Kurt Merki Jr. has imagined a new Apple computer that would incorporate some of the…
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Video: This Cool Hack Automatically Stops Netflix When You Fall Asleep
A recent internal Netflix 24-hour Hack Day had employees come up with new creative ways of improving the company's product, TechCrunch reveals, with one interesting…
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How Google Plans To Beef Up Android Security
While Sundar Pichai's statements regarding Android malware and security have been misinterpreted, Google plans to further increase the security of its mobile operating systems just…
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What If The 12.9-Inch 'iPad Pro' Looked Like This?
The person in the image above is not a professional working a 12.9-inch iPad Pro model with a stylus. And for that matter, Apple did…
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Apple Has The Size, Google Has The Momentum, But The Smart Money Has Been On BlackBerry In 2014
It's been an interesting start to 2014 for the mobile platform makers Apple, Google, BlackBerry and Microsoft, with BlackBerry leading the way, leaving the others…
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Amazon Is Reportedly In Talks To Bring A Music Streaming Service To Prime
Ever since Amazon announced it was considering raising the price of Prime subscriptions, customers of the gargantuan online marketplace have been very vocal about their…
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Ever Gluttons For Punishment, BlackBerry Mulls PlayBook Sequel
The original BlackBerry PlayBook was certainly not the company's crowning achievement. In fact, the PlayBook was such a notorious dud that BlackBerry never even bothered…
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This Is What Sundar Pichai Actually Said About Android Malware And Security
A site quoted Sundar Pichai saying at MWC that Android was designed to be open instead of safe, but that doesn't appear to be exactly…
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A Tiny Number Of Suckers Account For Half Of All In-App Purchases
Do you play a lot of Candy Crush Saga or Clash of Clans but almost never spend any money on in-app purchases? If so then…
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PlayStation Plus Subscribers: Here Are Your Free Games For March
Sony has unveiled the latest round of free games for PlayStation Plus subscribers to add to their Instant Game Collections. In March, PlayStation 4 owners…
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T-Mobile's Jump Plan Still One Of The Best Deals In Wireless
It's been more than half a year since it was unveiled but it looks like T-Mobile's Jump early upgrade plan is still one of the…
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How Mobile Apps Could Chip Away At Microsoft's Office Empire
Microsoft Office may not be in danger any time soon. It still makes up a large chunk of Microsoft's revenue, and most businesses rely on…
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NSA Helped UK Spy Agency Collect Millions Of Pics From Yahoo Web Chats
We've read a lot of shocking things about the National Security Agency's spying practices but this new revelation might be the most shocking one yet.…
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Five Features The iPhone 6 'Must Have To Stay In The Game'
Apple is on the verge of collapse. Its core business — selling iPhones — is in jeopardy. You might not have realized this, what with…
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Sundar Pichai Talks Nexus 6, Galaxy S6 And More At MWC 2014
In addition to going on the record to say that Google had never entered a bidding war with Facebook for acquiring the WhatsApp messaging application,…
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AT&T's Galaxy S4 Is Getting Its Own KitKat Package
AT&T on Wednesday officially confirmed that the highly anticipated Android 4.4.2 KitKat update for the Galaxy S4 is finally rolling out – Sprint was the…
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This Android Smartphone Will Self-Destruct If You Tamper With It
Geeksphone Blackphone is not the only new Android handset that puts privacy and security above else, as Boeing has a "Black" Android smartphone of its…
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Spotify, Other Streaming Services Still Look Like Raw Deals For Artists
We all love music streaming services such as Spotify and Pandora but how good are they for the artists who make our favorite music? The…
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'Internet Of Things' Will Be Worth More Than The National Debt
The "Internet of Things" was a major focus at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, with virtually every company introducing more connected devices. This is for…
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Upcoming 4K Android Tablet Games Could Blow Away Anything You See On The iPad
There are plenty of reasons to pick an Android tablet instead of an iPad, but a great selection of third-party games has never been one…
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What Is The Perfect Size For A Smartphone?
It seems like smartphones keep getting bigger every year but at some point there's a limit to the size of a device that people will…
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Make Older Nexus Devices And Play Edition Phones Look Like The Nexus 5 With Google's New Free App
The Nexus 5 is a fantastic smartphone. The bang-for-the-buck factor is clearly the smartphone's biggest draw, but the appeal doesn't end there. The Nexus 5…
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Verizon Customers Beware: This Crazy New Scam Could Steal Control Of Your Account
New scams looking to swindle people out of their hard-earned money are devised every day, and one particularly devious scheme targeting Verizon Wireless subscribers is…
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Here's One Good Reason Why You Shouldn't Buy The Galaxy S5 Just Yet
Even though it "only" announced a plastic Galaxy S5 version with Full HD display at MWC 2014, falling short of expectations, Samsung may still have…
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Video: Even Smartwatches Designed With Beauty In Mind Are Still Ugly
Pretty much every smartwatch that has been released so far has been ridiculously ugly. Most of them feature a rectangular screen that many consider to…
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Will Microsoft Kill Nokia's Android Phones After It Takes Over?
One of the most fascinating reveals following the Microsoft-Nokia acquisition saga was the existence of the Nokia X Android line of smartphones. Nokia's first substantial non-Windows…
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Verizon CEO Says Heavy Broadband Users Should Pay More For Their Service
Are you constantly streaming high-definition video, downloading tons of Xbox One games and sending massive files to friends and family? You should pay more for…
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Best Mobile Tablet Of MWC Wasn't Even Officially Present At The Show
While many MWC 2014 attendees may have brought their iPads along, Apple did not have an official presence at the show, a regular "habit" for…
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Apple Urges Arizona Governor To Veto Discrimination Bill
On Monday, Arizona's Legislature passed a bill that would let businesses refuse service to gays and lesbians. Governor Jan Brewer has until Friday to sign…
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Google Fiber's Potential Achilles' Heel
Everything we've read about Google Fiber suggests that it really is a beast of an Internet service that positively blows away every other service offered…
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Nokia's New Windows Phone Strategy Is Guaranteed To Confuse Everyone
How is Nokia going to explain the differences between its Asha feature phone application system, the Windows Phone 8 app system and the new Asha/Windows/Android…
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When You Enter The Internet, Check Your Privacy At The Door
There's almost no privacy when going online, investigative reporter Julia Angwin discovered when looking into what Google and other companies knew about their users. The…
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iPhone Owners Jealous Of Galaxy S5's Heart Rate Monitor Can Add The Same Feature With A $2 App
Samsung's new Galaxy S5 might not have been the exciting new flagship phone we were hoping for, but there's no question that it's one of…
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AT&T And Time Warner Cable Ranked Worst In Customer Service Survey
Pay TV, Internet and wireless service providers aren't exactly America's most beloved business categories. In fact, customers seem to love complaining about them constantly, and…
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Galaxy S5 Afterthoughts: Are Smartphone Lovers In For Another Boring Year?
After months of rumors and hype that had reached its boiling point, Samsung finally unveiled its brand new Galaxy S5 flagship smartphone on Monday. You…
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Xbox One Game Streaming Coming March 11th With More Features Than PS4
Twitch streaming on the Xbox One might have been worth the wait after all. The Associated Press reports that Twitch will be bringing its increasingly…
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Nokia X Owners Might Get Access To Google Play Apps After All
Even though the Nokia X trio of Android handsets actually runs a forked Android version that looks more like Windows Phone than Google's famous mobile…
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New Android Phone Thinks Your Privacy Is Worth $629
Blackphone, the Android phone that's supposed to enhance the privacy of the user, actually has a price and can be pre-ordered. The device costs $629,…
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Mozilla Plans To Mow Down Rivals With An Army Of $25 Smartphones
Mozilla has teamed up with Chinese manufacturer Spreadtrum to try to create a $25 smartphone that runs Firefox OS. They aim to make a phone…
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In Just One Year, T-Mobile Has Turned The Mobile Industry On Its Head
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then AT&T, Verizon and Sprint must all hold T-Mobile CEO John Legere in high regard. OK, so…
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Facebook Employees Tell Us How They Really Feel About WhatsApp
When Facebook bought WhatsApp last week, only a few executives besides CEO Mark Zuckerberg were aware of the deal, which is similar to what happened…
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The Best Thing About Galaxy S5: Much Less Samsung Bloatware
Unlike with its previous Galaxy S or Galaxy Note models, Samsung has not introduced a plethora of new software features with the Galaxy S5 built on…
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The Gear Fit Is Samsung's Curved Take On The Fitness Band
Because two wearable devices just wasn't enough, Samsung has unveiled a third entry into the 2014 lineup at Mobile World Congress: the fitness-minded Gear Fit.…
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WhatsApp Backlash Drives 5 Million Users To A Russian Rival App... In One Day
Telegram Messenger is the blockbuster app of the moment as backlash against the Facebook-WhatsApp merger gathers steam. Anti-WhatsApp sentiment has helped the obscure Russian app…
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Microsoft Is Not Happy At All That Nokia Just Unveiled Three Android Phones
If you have to go, you might as well go out with a bang. Nokia made waves and ruffles feathers on Monday morning when it…
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Xbox One Gets Its First Big Price Cut In A Major Market
Microsoft's Xbox One video game console is a fantastic machine, but it doesn't seem to be selling as well as some had hoped. While Sony…
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The iPhone 6's Killer Feature Tipped To Be The Display... But Not Because Its Size
The iPhone 6's display may be one of the most important features of the device, Forbes reports, especially for a handset that's supposedly going to…
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Did Comcast Just Murder Net Neutrality By Charging Netflix For Smooth Streaming?
The Wall Street Journal on Sunday broke the story that Netflix is going to pay Comcast so that Netflix's streaming subscribers will have access to a…
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Nokia Unveils Not One, But Three Android Handsets
After numerous leaks that unofficially revealed many details about Nokia's first Android handset, the company has finally unveiled its first ever Android handsets. Nokia early…
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Sony Unveils Its New Flagship Tablet: The Xperia Z2 Tablet
Sony scored a minor hit with its Xperia Z smartphone last year but the company has still had no luck coming up with a hit…
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Here's How To Watch Live As Nokia Unveils Its First (And Last?) Android Phone
Nokia and Android. Android and Nokia. Smartphone enthusiasts have wondered for quite some time what Android would be like on one of Nokia's signature handsets.…
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Huawei Hides A Bluetooth Headset In Its First Wearable Device
In addition to new smartphones (including a phablet model) and a new tablet, Huawei on Sunday also announced its first ever wearable device, a smart…
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CBS CEO Admits Company Wouldn't Suffer At All If Aereo Keeps Operating
CBS is one of a number of broadcasters enraged that Internet TV startup Aereo is still in business. At one point, the company said that…
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How Verizon, AT&T Blew Their Chance To Be WhatsApp
Facebook's purchase of WhatsApp does a good job of showing just how much the wireless carriers failed to capitalize on messaging. It was their game…
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Google Reportedly Forcing Asus To Ax Android/Windows Tablet Project
The Asus Transformer Book Duet TD300 Android/Windows tablet/laptop may never move past concept phase, Digitimes says, citing Chinese publication The Economic Daily News, as Google…
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Microsoft's Cortana: A Personal Assistant Who Doesn't Stalk You
Microsoft wants its soon-to-be-released Cortana to help you... but only as much as you want it to. The Verge's Tom Warren has a nice scoop…
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WhatsApp Could Have Sold For Even More Than $19 Billion
Facebook stunned the tech world this week when it announced that it was paying $16 billion up front along with $3 billion in vested payments…
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Apple Has Bold Plans For Its iPad Smart Cover
Since 2011, Apple has been selling Smart Covers for its line of iPads. While they cleverly lock and unlock the iPad, they have not evolved…
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Redditor's New Site Lets You Watch Live Feeds From 3,000 Security Cameras
What a strange and wonderful place the Internet is. Anything and everything you might want is just a few clicks away, especially when it comes…
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This Is What Happens When Time Warner Cable Is Forced To Compete
All of the markets where Google Fiber is mulling an expansion are extra lucky: Not only could they soon have the option to sign up…
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You Won't Believe How Easy It Is For Just About Anyone To Track Your Smartphone (Updated)
It's not just spy agencies that can track smartphone users... in fact, almost anybody can do it as long as they have the right equipment, a…
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WhatsApp Deal A Reminder Of Another Missed BlackBerry Opportunity
Facebook's stunning $16 billion purchase of WhatsApp is both good news and bad news for BlackBerry. On the good news side, it means that the…
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Why Microsoft Is Smart To Let Nokia Launch An Android Phone
It's no secret that Microsoft is hurting as the world moves to mobile. Sales of Windows Phones are miniscule compared to the competition, and the…
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WhatsApp's Hidden Weakness
WhatsApp's global success has been nothing short of epic, of course, By now, the app is hitting 450 million monthly active users. It's a reach…
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A Google Now Smartwatch Is Reportedly In The Works - But Not From Google
A Google Now smartwatch may be in the works, Bloomberg reveals, but surprisingly, Google isn't developing it. The publication has learned that the Google Now…
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Video: Here's How Flappy Bird Should End
A new video posted on YouTube imagines how the endless Flappy Bird game might actually end. User pipocaVFX proposes that once the 999 score is reached, the…
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WhatsApp Reportedly Turned Down $10 Billion Offer From Google
Why did Facebook just buy WhatsApp for $16 billion? Probably because if it didn't, Google would have picked up the popular mobile messaging app for…
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Nokia Unveils The One Smartphone Accessory You'll Actually Want To Use
We see countless smartphone accessories released every year but how many of them are actually useful? The latest accessory from Nokia seems like it could…
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Samsung, Paypal May Secretly Be Working On Joint Mobile Payment Solution
Details are scarce at the moment, but Samsung and PayPal may secretly be working on a joint mobile payment solution that will launch sometime in…
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BlackBerry's Top Secret Phone Revealed
BlackBerry has been working on a top secret phone internally code-named Windermere, and BGR has learned exclusive details about this peculiar smartphone from multiple trusted…
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Facebook To Buy WhatsApp For $16 Billion
When WhatsApp launched in 2009, no one predicted that it would grow to be a multibillion-dollar company. However, Facebook on Wednesday said that it planned…
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Legere Burns BlackBerry With A Brutal MySpace Comparison
Uh-oh. It looks like T-Mobile CEO John Legere is tired of playing nice with BlackBerry and has issued a not-so-subtle dig at the smartphone pioneer…
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The Quest To Build A Better Siri
Since Marissa Mayer became CEO, Yahoo has been on a bit of a roll and has released several well-reviewed apps (Weather, News Digest, Sports, etc.)…
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Elop's Last Gift: Nokia's Brand Value Is Swirling Down The Drain
The latest Brandirectory survey on global brands is out and it's got some grim news for Microsoft: The value of the handset brand it bought…
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Here's Why Netflix Streaming Quality Has Nosedived Over The Past Few Months
Have your Netflix streams been much more laggy or choppy in recent months? If so then you're not alone. As The Wall Street Journal shows,…
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Video: This Is What iOS In The Car Should Look Like
Touchscreen car displays are notorious for being terrible. Either the screen isn't very responsive to touches or the interface is incredibly clunky. Of course, both…
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Fascinating New Mobile Payment Solution Works Almost Everywhere By Tricking Credit Card Terminals
The battle for the future of digital wallets is still in its infancy and there are still no clear winners in the United States. What…
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Video: iWatch Concept Proposes Some Awesome Advanced iOS 8 Features
A new iWatch concept video posted on YouTube tries to imagine what Apple's smartwatch will look and feel like, proposing some advanced iOS 8 features…
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Insider Says 'Premium' Galaxy S5 Model With 2K Display Won't Launch Anytime Soon
Anyone who knows Samsung knows that the world's top smartphone vendor isn't planning to just launch "a Galaxy S5" handset this year. No, we're bound…
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New Report Claims Apple Will Do The Unthinkable With The iPhone 6's Phablet Counterpart
A new report from Taiwan's Economic Daily News agrees with countless others in claiming that bigger iPhones are coming this year. According to this report, however, Apple…
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LG Unveils A 'G2 Mini' Smartphone That's Still Way Bigger Than The iPhone 5s
Why is Apple launching two bigger iPhone models in 2014? Because the market has shifted and now even the "mini" smartphones other companies are debuting…
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Candy Crush Saga Generated An Insane $1.5 Billion In Revenue Last Year
This is what the creator of Flappy Bird was potentially giving up when he took his game down from the App Store and Google Play.…
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Report Claims NSA Spied On WikiLeaks And All Of Its Readers
New documents leaked by former NSA employee turned whistleblower Edward Snowden reveal that the NSA and GCHQ consistently spied on WikiLeaks in the past years,…
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Video: This Is How Android Mirroring On Chromecast Works
After teasing the feature on his Google+ account a few days ago, well-known CyanogenMod developer Koushik "Koush" Dutta has posted two short videos that demo…
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Nokia X Android Phone Leaks Again Ahead Of Next Week's Debut
The smartphone market would be a very different place if Nokia had made the switch from Symbian and Meego to Android instead of Windows Phone.…
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Sony Hits PlayStation 4 Sales Goal Well Ahead Of Target
Sony on Tuesday announced it hit its internal PlayStation 4 sales goal well ahead of target, with the company having sold over 5.3 million new…
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Comcast Could Screw Up Apple's Apple TV Ambitions
One of the more overlooked aspects of the proposed Comcast-Time Warner cable merger announced last week was how it would impact Apple's plans for Apple…
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Meet The Smartwatch Maker That's Begging To Be Bought Out By Anyone
Basis, a company that sells health-monitoring smartwatches, is hoping to be bought by Apple... or pretty much anyone, for that matter. According to a report…
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Details Surrounding Sony's Next High-End Tablet Leak
Sony is expected to unveil new products at the annual Mobile World Congress trade show on the same day Samsung introduces the highly anticipated Galaxy…
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Video: Huawei Does A Great Job Of Trolling Apple And Samsung In MWC Teaser
Huawei posted a video on YouTube teasing some of the products it will unveil at the upcoming MWC 2014 show in Barcelona, Spain, while taking…
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Enraged BlackBerry Fans Attack T-Mobile CEO After Carrier Told Them To Switch To iPhones
There may not be nearly as many BlackBerry diehards as there once were but those who have stuck with the company have a fanatical devotion…
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There Will Be No Escaping Google+
Google's attempts to more aggressively push its Google+ social network have been controversial but we shouldn't expect them to stop anytime soon. The New York…
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Outgoing NSA Director: 'It's Not Our Mission' To Spy On Everyone In The World
The National Security Agency (NSA) will send its recommendations for where to store telephone metadata records to President Obama later this week, the outgoing NSA…
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Solid Report Claims To Reveal Apple's 2014 And 2015 iPad Roadmap
While many reports claim that Apple will launch a bigger 12.9-inch iPad model this year, also called "iPad Pro," MacRumors reveals that KGI Securities analyst…
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Apple, Google, Clamping Down On Flappy Bird Clones
The Flappy Bird phenomenon did not end a week ago with its developer taking the app down out of guilt. Instead, after the unexpected disappearance…
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Video: This Android App Lets You Chromecast Photos To Your TV
Now that Google has rolled out Google Play Services 4.2 complete with the full Google Cast SDK for the Chromecast, developers have already started adding…
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Specs For 'Nokia X' Android Phone Seemingly Confirmed
We have seen enough of Nokia's mysterious Android phone to piece together a pretty clear image of the device ahead of its official reveal, but…
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Study Finds Online Trolls Much More Likely To Be Sadists, Psychopaths
Does Dexter Morgan spend his time submitting flamebait posts on 4Chan when he's not murdering people? That's the implication of a new study flagged by…
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Video: Watch The First 13 Foul-Mouthed Minutes Of 'South Park: The Stick Of Truth'
Let's say you're a fan of role-playing games, but you can't find one aggressively offensive enough to suit your tastes. I might have the perfect…
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Microsoft Is Finally Close To Launching Office For iPad
iPads are more than just toys and soon you'll be able to get even more real work done on them when Microsoft finally pushes its…
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A Scary Thought: This Halloween Will Mark The End Of New Windows 7 Consumer PCs [Updated]
If you want a new PC but would prefer to get one with Windows 7 instead of Windows 8, then you'd better realize that your…
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Video: New iPad Pro Concept Goes Where Apple Has Vowed To Never Tread
The latest rumors indicate that Apple is working on a giant version of its iPad that will be tailored more toward education markets and perhaps…
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Obama Pals Around With Comcast's Chief Lobbyist
Although it seems like the Comcast–Time Warner Cable merger would be a nonstarter for the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, Comcast may have…
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Video: For Only $6,950 You Can Buy An Android-Powered Coffee Table
Are you the type of person who needs to have a screen of some kind on nearly every piece of furniture you buy? If so…
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Viber Sold For Nearly $1 Billion - How Much Is BlackBerry's BBM Worth?
Japanese internet powerhouse Rakuten announced that it acquired Viber for $900 million. Viber has 300 million registered users and is known for its strength in Africa,…
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How Did Snowden Swipe All Those NSA Documents? The Answer Is Far Less Thrilling Than You Think
To some, he's a hero. To others, a treasonous saboteur. But of one thing, there is no doubt: former NSA contractor Edward Snowden changed the…
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Google Looking To Boost Google Fiber Speeds Up To Ridiculous 10Gbps
Even as Time Warner Cable keeps arguing that people really don't want super-fast Internet, Google is plowing ahead with plans to make its Google Fiber…
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There's Finally Something In The New York City Subway That You'll Want To Touch
Millions of people rely on the New York City subway system to get them where they need to go and typical delays aside, the subway…
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Apple's iWatch Won't Take The Same Path As Other Failed Smartwatches
While existing reports on the rumored iWatch are already offering different views on whether advanced sensors capable of monitoring glucose or hydration levels will be…
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Google Bought Motorola For $12.5B, Sold It For $2.9B, And Called The Deal 'A Success'
Rarely does a company offload a $12.5 billion purchase for less than $3 billion and call the deal "a success," but that's exactly what Google's head…
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Study: iPhone Owners Have 'Blind Loyalty' And Will Buy Anything Apple Makes
A study that will make blindly loyal Android fanboys giddy with glee has found that a huge chunk of iPhone owners admit to being blindly…
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Just In Case You Forgot How Awesome Bill Gates Is...
Bill Gates is an awesome human being. He has played a huge role in changing the world on several occasions — literally, not figuratively —…
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Three Things That Could Kill The Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger
Are you feeling excited about the officially announced merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable? If not then you aren't alone — there are plenty…
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It's Official: Verizon Gets Dragged Kicking And Screaming Into Mobile Price War
This is probably not how Verizon wanted things to play out. Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam has long crowed about the fact that his carrier "never…
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Smartwatches And Fitness Bands To Hit The Big Time This Year
Wearable tech failed to make a huge impact last year, but 2014 could be the year that smartwatches and fitness bands finally take off. Canalys…
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More Than Just A Toy: iPad Accounts For 91% Of All Enterprise Tablets
It really does bear repeating: Many businesses see the iPad as much more than "just a toy." AppleInsider draws our attention to the latest report…
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Bloomberg: Apple Will Unveil Major Apple TV Refresh In April
Apple is planning to do a major refresh of its Apple TV set-top box that it will unveil in April and will officially release in…
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Apple's iPhones Look Great And iPads Feel Amazing, But Are They Really High-Quality Devices?
It's a simple truth: no other mass-market consumer electronics devices on the planet look and feel like Apple's iPhone handsets and iPad tablets. The company's…
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Sorry, Microsoft: The iPad Is More Than 'Just A Toy'
Earlier this year, Microsoft debuted a new advertisement for its Surface tablets that depicted a young student looking inquisitively at the camera with the caption…
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Time Warner Cable Still In Denial, Says Users Might Not Want Faster Data Speeds
Do home Internet service subscribers want faster data speeds at lower prices? The answer to that question might seem obvious to most people, but many…
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Of Course Ads Are Coming To Chromecast, But Not From The Usual Suspect
Brightcove on Wednesday announced it will offer developers a way for easily inserting ads in their iOS or Android apps that will have Chromecast support.…
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The High-End Android Phone You've Been Waiting For From Nokia May Actually Launch Soon
The Nokia Android dream is slowly coming to fruition, with the Nokia Normandy (Nokia X) expected to be unveiled at MWC 2014. But that's not…
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Samsung Seeks Ways To Collect More User Data On Galaxy Phones
Samsung may be interested in collecting user data from its devices as well, part of a "Context" service that will allow third-party services to offer…
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Do You Have A Private Instagram Account? Your Photos May Have Been Exposed
If the events of the past few years have taught us anything, it's that nothing is safe if it involves the Internet. "Private" is just…
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Wondering Why Google Bought Nest? Here's Your $71 Billion Answer
Google had plenty of good reasons to scoop up Nest last month, but the latest report from Juniper Research could be one of the best…
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Apple Designer Walks Away From Job, Dishes Dirt On What It's Like To Work There
On the outside looking in, Apple seems like a terrific place to work — and for many employees it certainly is. We have spoken with…
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Here's How To Make Calls On Your iPhone Sound 100 Times Better For Free
In iOS 7, Apple introduced a feature called FaceTime audio that offers sound quality that is far better than anything we had ever experienced before…
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What In God's Name Have You Done, Flappy Bird?
The Flappy Bird saga may be the stupidest phenomenon the world has seen since Linsanity but it's definitely a phenomenon nonetheless. App Annie points out that…
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We Just Learned That The Leading Mobile App Makes 60 Times More Money Than Flappy Bird
This has been an illuminating month for the mobile application business. Based on its daily download volume (as high as 2 million) and simple banner…
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Assassin's Creed 5 Could Be The Next Major Announcement From Ubisoft
After the disappointment that was Assassin's Creed 3, many gamers were beginning to see the fault lines in the long-running franchise. The story had become…
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Does This Leaked Image Finally Reveal The Galaxy S5's Design?
In addition to Samsung's Galaxy S5 teaser that seems to reveal the phone's new TouchWiz UI, a purported design render of the handset has also…
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Massive '2014 Google Tracker' Shows All The Amazing Things We Know Google Is Working On
Call it evil all you want, but Google accomplishes great things every day that no other company on the planet can even dream of attempting.…
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Teaser Likely Confirms Samsung's Gorgeous New Galaxy S5 Interface
Samsung on Tuesday posted a teaser image for Unpacked 5, which is set to take place in Barcelona, Spain, on February 24th at 8:00 p.m.…
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Here's The Real Reason Flappy Bird Was Removed
In an exclusive interview with Forbes, Flappy Bird developer Dong Nguyen has revealed the real reason he removed the extremely popular app from the App…
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Sprint Reportedly Mulls Killing Its Own T-Mobile Merger Plan
Sprint's never-ending attempt to acquire T-Mobile has run into some headwinds lately. Two weeks ago, unnamed sources in the Department of Justice told the Wall…
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Furious Fans Threaten To Murder Flappy Bird Creator For Pulling Game
Flappy Bird came from out of nowhere and rocketed to the top of mobile app stores' charts, but the man who created the game wasn't…
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BlackBerry BBM Boss Gone As Company Looks To Strengthen Enterprise Business
BGR has learned from multiple sources that Executive Vice President Andrew Bocking is no longer with the company. What is unconfirmed, however, is whether Bocking…
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Windows 8 Has 'Perhaps Destroyed The Most Successful Software Franchise Of All Time'
Longtime Windows enthusiast Paul Thurrott has been holding back no punches lately when it comes to criticizing Microsoft over Windows 8. And although he thinks…
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Did You Miss Downloading Viral Hit Flappy Bird? Here's How To Play It Right Now On Any Phone
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