Friday, September 12, 2014

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How to backup and delete you current iPhone before buying the iPhone 6

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 04:52 AM PDT

You watched Apple's iPhone 6 launch event, you are a long time iPhone fan, and you thought that you would like to replace your old iPhone for the latest and greatest. As the clock strikes midnight tonight you will be able to pre-order the iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus and have it on September 18th. However, how do you ensure that you are doing everything right when trading in your old iPhone, and keeping your data safe?
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HTC is working on a standalone action camera

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 04:15 AM PDT

HTC, the Taiwanese mobile phone giant, has had a tough time of things recently, with profits on the wane despite a number of fine hardware products available from the company. While rivals have been releasing new flagship smartphones and wearable smartwatches, HTC has rolled out a couple of mid-range efforts and has opted out of the smartwatch market because it doesn't think it can differentiate in a flooded product space.
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NVIDIA confirms the HTC built Nexus 9 for this quarter

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 02:37 PM PDT

Samsung copies other companies and gets sued a lot. It is almost an unwritten rule of mobile tech, but every so often a Samsung court case where the company is accused of patent infringement tends to throw up some juicy information. The latest brand trying to take Samsung to the cleaners is chip maker NVIDIA (the suit is also against Qualcomm) and during the case some information about the Nexus 9 tablet was released.
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AT&T stopped Amazon/HTC budget device

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 01:43 PM PDT

Amazon's Fire Phone is the smartphone flop of the year and two months after launch is on a very slippery slope to obscurity. Expect the device to disappear entirely within a few months as consumers have just not warmed to the handset that started life as an expensive flagship. In terms of specs the Fire Phone gets plenty of things right, but went against Amazon's tablet model of selling affordable products.
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KitKat rides to huge Android market share

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 01:14 PM PDT

KitKat's hold on the Android market is starting to tighten, and it is even starting to impress me, someone who has long criticized how fragmented the Android world is. Google has released the latest batch of Android distribution numbers and Android 4.4 and its variations have grown by a whopping 20% from last month and is now comfortably the second most used Android version.
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Sony ends update support for a number of Xperia smartphones

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 09:27 AM PDT

Sony has been updating plenty of its handsets of late, with the likes of the Xperia M 2 and Xperia Z series all being treated to the latest versions of Android 4.4. However, if you are rocking the Xperia SP, M, L, or C then you can forget about any future support because the Japanese company has cut those devices loose today. Sony confirmed that none of those handsets will get future update beyond today.
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T-Mobile issues update for HTC One M8, M7, Samsung Galaxy S4, and LG G3

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 08:37 AM PDT

T-Mobile has gone update crazy as the Uncarrier company has lavished a slew of its flagship handsets with a new patch. The fourth largest carrier in the US has sent out an update for a number of its partner flagship devices from 2013 and 2014, including the HTC One M7 and M8, the Samsung Galaxy S4, and the LG G3.
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Google Play Store now has a 2-hour app refund window

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 08:11 AM PDT

Google has been under pressure from several regulatory bodies around the world of late because of its attitude towards refunding apps and protecting consumers from unwanted purchases. The company is not alone as Amazon and Apple have also fallen for some hard criticism and the odd court case, but Google has done something about it today. The search giant and Android overseer has said that there is now a two hour window to get a refund on paid apps and games on the Google Play Store.
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Skype for Windows Phone now has location sharing

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 06:03 AM PDT

Skype is one of the jewels in Microsoft's crown at the moment and its Windows Phone version of the service got a nice update today. The Windows Phone Skype app now has location service baked in that allows users to share their position with whoever they are talking with. The update also gives the ability to switch off notifications, nice if you have a bunch of contacts talking at once.
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