Thursday, July 25, 2013

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Google Chromecast lets Android and iOS beam TV or Chrome browser on television, includes 3 months of free Netflix

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 10:45 AM PDT

The worlds of Android and Chrome are intersecting today with the launch of Chromecast, a new small accessory that plugs into an HD TV and gives users the chance stream media or their Chrome browser onto to their television. Is this another Google TV failure waiting to happen or something truly exciting?
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Google makes new Nexus 7 official with LTE, announces new Android 4.3 Jelly Bean features and specs

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 09:42 AM PDT

The Google Nexus 7 appeared in many leaks prior to todays official announcement, including a prematurely posted Best Buy product page confirming all of the specs. Google has officially announced its latest Android tablet, as well as detailed some of the new features available in Android 4.3 Jelly Bean.
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1 million Android apps are now available in Google Play

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 09:18 AM PDT

At the Breakfast with Sundar event at which Google debuted its new Nexus 7, Android and Chrome lead executive Sundar Pichai announced that Google Play has more than 1 million applications available for download. Google was forecasted by analysts to cross the million-app milestone in June, and the company confirmed today that there are more than a million Android apps and games to choose from in Google Play. That's twice as many apps that were available this time a year ago, and it also helps explain how Google Play managed to deliver more than 50 billion downloads to Android phone and tablet users since 2008.
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AT&T 4G LTE launches in handful of new markets

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 08:02 AM PDT

AT&T today added new markets to its list of cities and towns with 4G LTE service. The faster speeds and improved coverage for data and call reliability have expanded to seven new markets in the south, east, and west parts of the country. Those markets include: Greenville and Troy, Alabama; Merced-Madera-Chowchilla and Vallejo-Vacaville, Calif.; New London County, Conn.; Sussex County, Del.; and Columbia, Missouri.
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Sprint 4G LTE launching next week in Brooklyn and the Bronx

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 07:05 AM PDT

Sprint's 4G LTE network has mostly launched in smaller markets, but the carrier today announced plans to deliver 4G to two parts of the most densely populated city in the United States. What will Sprint LTE come to the rest of New York City?
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New Nexus 7 with HD screen and big upgrades now available at Best Buy

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 06:46 AM PDT

The New Nexus 7, a follow-up to the 7-inch Android tablet released by Google and ASUS last year, has yet to be officially announced at today's Breakfast with Sundar event. However, that hasn't stopped Best Buy from accepting pre-orders for the device and revealing its specs.
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Nokia Lumia 1020 Review

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 05:15 AM PDT

Nokia has made bold bets that delivering a better camera would eventually lead smartphone buyers to embrace Windows Phone as readily as its CEO. Is the Nokia Lumia 1020, with a 41-megapixel camera sensor, the phone to finally deliver?
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

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Motorola DROID Ultra, DROID MAXX, and DROID Mini hands-on

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 11:34 AM PDT

Motorola today unveiled three new smartphones heading to Verizon that share the same internal features. However, the Motorola DROID Ultra, DROID MAXX, and DROID Mini have big differences in hardware.
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DROID Ultra, DROID MAXX, and DROID Mini now official with eight-core processors and long battery life

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 10:09 AM PDT

Verizon Wireless today unveiled the next generation of its DROID series of Android smartphones. Designed to "make DROID more powerful than ever before," the new Motorola DROID Ultra, DROID Maxx, and DROID Mini are a familiar update to anyone who has been paying attention to their many leaks.
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Sonos for Android adds ability to play music stored on the device

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 05:53 AM PDT

The Sonos Wireless HiFi System has for many months allowed Apple iPhone and iPad users to play music stored on their phone, but Android users have had to rely on connecting their speakers to cloud streaming services like Spotify and Pandora.
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

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Nokia Lumia 625 is the first Lumia with 4.7-inch display and Amber software update

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 04:55 AM PDT

The Big thing Nokia promised isn't actually that big. Though it's not the 6-inch behemoth rumored previously, the Nokia Lumia 625 debuted today as a Windows Phone 8 device with a 4.7-inch display and the Nokia Lumia Amber update
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Ubuntu Edge smartphone has ambitious specs but lofty funding goal on Indiegogo

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 12:55 PM PDT

Canonical has already released support for Android and introduced a gesture-heavy operating system, but now the software company behind Ubuntu wants to get directly involved with hardware by building the Ubuntu Edge phone and computer hybrid to run the software it creates.
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Blu Life Play Review: can a $230 Android phone still be high-end?

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 10:35 AM PDT

The Blu Life Play seeks to shatter the idea that a cutting-edge Android smartphone needs to be expensive. Can a $230 Android phone still be high-quality at half the cost of what Samsung and HTC charge?
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AT&T adds two new Mobile Share plan rates for 300MB or 2GB of data

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 08:47 AM PDT

AT&T Mobility increased the number of monthly data tiers for its Mobile Share plans. AT&T customers can now purchase a basic phone with unlimited calling and texting, along with 300MB of data, for $50 per month. A new 2GB smartphone option provides the same unlimited calling and texting starting at $70 per month. AT&T's lowest data options were previously 1GB and 4GB. The new plans allow for more flexibility for customers who need less than 4GB but still want to have more opportunities to send and receive data without obsessively checking their usage counter. More information is available at AT&T but its website has yet to update to show the new plans that go live July 26.
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Apple moves to add public transit directions to Maps with acquisition of HopStop, kills Window Phone access

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 07:18 AM PDT

Apple confirmed on Friday that it purchased Locationary, a company that will help improve its iOS Maps listings data. Apple later acquired popular app HopStop, and that soon lead to unfortunate consequences for Windows Phone users.
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Nokia says something "BIG" is happening tomorrow.

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 06:17 AM PDT

Nokia just had a major product announcement only a few days ago, but the Finnish phone maker is already teasing that something else will quickly follow it. Something else is coming from Nokia very soon.
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HTC looks beyond smartphones with newly created Emerging Devices unit

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 05:49 AM PDT

HTC is in the process of shuffling the deck of its executives and their duties. Among the changes is Jason Mackenzie's appointment as the new leader of HTC America and Mike Woodward being placed in charge of Emerging Devices. What are Emerging Devices?
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