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Lenovo readying Snapdragon 800 phone

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 08:27 AM PDT

Lenovo is jumping into the high-end smartphone market with a new Snapdragon 800 based device. Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800 is even more powerful than the Snapdragon 600, which is the chip inside the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One.
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250 workers laid off at BlackBerry

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 08:20 AM PDT

Sad news from Blackberry. 250 BlackBerry employees working at the company’s testing facility in Waterloo were laid off on Tuesday and the news was confirmed by the manufacturer itself on Wednesday. These workers had been working at the new products testing area, working on manufacturing and R&D.
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Rockstar cuts Grand Theft Auto and Max Payne prices for Android & iOS

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 08:07 AM PDT

We all love Rockstar games. GTA if one of the most beloved series out there. Max Payne is another one that people can’t seem to get enough of. We love it on our consoles and now that we can play it on mobile, many of us do.
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More LG G2 Photos Leaked

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 06:53 AM PDT

The new LG G2 is expected to launch next month, we have already seen a number of photos of the new LG G2 and now we have a couple more photos of the device.

The latest photos of the LG G2 show the back of the device without the battery cover, so it looks like the handset will come with a 2,610 mAh battery.

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New Nexus 7 Up For Pre-order In The UK

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 06:34 AM PDT

Google’s new Nexus 7 tablet is now available to pre-order from a number of retailers in the UK, the retailers include PC World and Currys, and the device is expected to launch in the UK in the middle of September.

The new Nexus 7 will retail for £199.99 for the 16GB model and £239.99 for the 32GB model. We just checked the UK Google Play store and the device is not available to pre-order from there as yet, the older model is still available.

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AT&T Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7 Inch Appears At The FCC

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 06:09 AM PDT

It looks like the new 7 inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 is headed to US mobile carrier AT&T, as the guys over at Engadget spotted the devuce at the FCC, with support for LTE bands 2,4,5 and 17.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 features a 7 inch WSVGA displays with a resolution of 1024 x 600, processing comes in the form of a dual core processor with a clock speed of 1.2GHz and it comes with Android Jelly Bean.

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Sony Xperia Z Handsets Android 4.3 Update Confirmed By Sony

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 05:48 AM PDT

With Google releasing Android 4.3, we are starting to hear from various manufacturers on when they will release the Android 4.3 updates, and now Sony has confirmed that their Sony Xperia Z range of device will get the Android 4.3 update.

The Sony Xperia Z range includes the Sony Xperia Z Ultra, the Xperia ZR, the Xperia ZL, the Xperia Tablet Z and the Xperia Z, Sony will also bring the update to the Sony Xperia SP.

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Motorola Moto X To Be Announced August 1st In New York

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 05:37 AM PDT

Motorola has sent out more details about its press event on the 1st of August, where the company is expected to unveil the new Motorola Moto X smartphone.

Motorola will be holding the Motorola Moto X press event in New York from 8PM on then 1st of August, we have already heard quite a few details about the Moto X.

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LG To Bring Sky’s Now TV To Smart TVs

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 05:02 AM PDT

LG has announced that they have signed a deal with Sky to bring Sky’s Now TV streaming service to their LG smart TV, the service will launch in August.

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First 3D Printed Rifle Fired, Also Breaks (Video)

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 04:25 AM PDT

We have seen some videos of 3D printed handguns, and now we have a video of what is reported to be the first 3D printed rifle, which you can see below.

As you will see in the video, the 3D printed rifle actually fires, but it also breaks at the barrel when the bullet is fired, the rifle is a single shot .22 caliber long rifle.

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Fox Loses Dish Network Hopper Ad Skipper Appeal

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 04:12 AM PDT

Some good news has come out of Hollywood for DVR fans as Dish Network has won in an appeal brought against it by Fox over the Hopper DVR and its ad-skipping technology. Hopper is Dish Networks whole home DVR system that offers a feature that allows you to skip all commercials at the press of a button when you’re playing back your favorite shows. Television network Fox originally filed suit against Dish Network seeking to have the technology made illegal.

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New Nexus 10 Tablet In The Works (Rumor)

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 03:57 AM PDT

Google’s new Nexus 7 tablet is now official, and now we are starting to hear rumors about a new Nexus 10 tablet from Google. According to WSJ reported Amir Efati, Google’s Sundar Pichai told him that Samsung and Google are working on a new Nexus 10 tablet.

As yet we do not actually have any specifications on the new Nexus 10 tablet, you can see the tweet from Amir Efrati below.

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Microsoft Does an About-Face on Self-Publishing Xbox One Games

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 03:57 AM PDT

Back in May, we reported that Microsoft had announced that it would not allow independent developers to self publish video games on the Xbox One game console. It appears Microsoft has had second thoughts on that policy and the company has now announced that it will allow independent game developers to self publish titles after all. Microsoft has eliminated a policy that required game makers to have a publisher to get their titles onto the new Microsoft game console.

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LG G2 Release Date Will Be August (Rumor)

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 03:03 AM PDT

LG will officially announce the new LG at a pres event next month, and now according to a recent report, the LG G2 release date will be August, although as yet we do not have a specific date in August when the handset will be available.

The LG G2 is rumored to a quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor with a clock speed of 2.3GHz, there will also be 2GB of RAM and a 13 megapixel camera.

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YouTube Subscribe Buttons Can Now Be Embedded With Just One Click

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 02:46 AM PDT

It took a long time, but at last, YouTube has one-click embeddable "Subscribe" buttons for offsite pages. It just takes a single click and you can embed one-click Subscribe buttons, just like you do for videos, so that users have an easier time subscribing to a channel without having to visit its YouTube page. We can only scratch our head and wonder what took so long.
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New Nexus 7 Gets Unboxed (Video)

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 02:31 AM PDT

Google’s new Nexus 7 tablet is here, and we have an unboxing video of Google’s second generation tablet, which give us a good look at the device and some of its features.

The new Nexus 7 tablet will come with a 7 inch full HD display with a resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels, there is also a quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor and 2GB of RAM.

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Capcom offering limited edition blood pillow to Phoenix Wright fans

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 02:21 AM PDT

The upcoming Nintendo 3DS title Gyakuten Saiban 5 aka Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies is still a couple of months away from release in the West, but gamers in Japan are getting ready for its launch this Thursday.
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Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini To Launch In 3 New Colors

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 01:57 AM PDT

Samsung recently launched the new Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini, and now Samsung will be releasing three new color versions of the shrunken down S4.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini will be available in red, brown and blue, as well as the existing black and white versions, the new color S4 Mini handsets are expected to launch shortly.

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Google Chromecast lets you control your TV from any device

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 01:42 AM PDT

Google has introduced Chromecast, which is basically a tiny dongle that you insert in your TV’s HDMI port, that allows you to control your TV from any device, whether it is based on Android or iOS, or even a laptop. The OS does not matter. It is powered via USB.

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Google Nexus Android 4.3 Update Released

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 01:33 AM PDT

Google has announced that they are starting to roll out the Google Nexus Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update, the update is being rolled out as an over the air update.

As well as the Google Nexus, the Google Nexus 10 is also getting the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update, this is also being rolled out as an Over the Air update.

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LG Sells 12.1 Million Smartphones In Last Quarter

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 01:25 AM PDT

It looks like things may be looking up for LG’s smartphone business. The company has announced its latest financial results for the 2nd quarter of 2013.

LG has announced that they shipped a total of 123.1 million smartphone between April and June of 2013, this is the most handsets LG has managed to ship in a single quarter.

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Apple Developer Center Still Offline, Apple Working On Fix

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 01:17 AM PDT

We heard last week that the Apple developer Center had been hacked, Apple took their developer center offline, and it has been unavailable for almost a week.

Apple has now released details of what they are doing to bring the Apple Developer Center back online, hopefully it won’t be too long until they have it sorted.

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Google Chromecast FCC documents show off the insides of the device

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 01:17 AM PDT

Google only just announced its new Chromecast HDMI dongle, but it first surfaced in May when a mysterious device identified as H2G2-42 leaked in FCC documents. Back then there were no other details, but the documents have been updated.
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Android 4.3 Jelly Bean Gets Official

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 01:12 AM PDT

As well as announcing the new Nexus 7 tablet, Google also announced the next version of their mobile OS, Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, which comes with a range of new features.

Android 4.3 Jelly Bean now has Bluetooth Smart support, also knows as Bluetooth low energy, it also comes with the latest 3D graphics in the form of OpenGL ES 3.0.

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Samsung Is The Top Android Manufacturer In Quarter 2

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 01:01 AM PDT

Samsung has had great success with its Galaxy range of smartphones and tablets, and have been the top maker of Android devices for a while, and now according to a recent report Samsung is also top for quarter 2.

The news comes from Opera Mediaworks, and Samsung managed to have a 58.45 percent share of Android devices sold, in second place is HTC with a 10.88 percent share.

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New Nexus 7 Specs Revealed, Now Official

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 01:00 AM PDT

The next generation Google Nexus 7 tablet is now official and we have the full details on the Nexus 7, including all of the new Nexus 7 specs and features.

Yesterday the device was leaked by Best Buy before the official announcement, so we already knew many of the specifications on the new Nexus 7.

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Google Play beats App Store with over 1 million apps

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 12:53 AM PDT

Who would have thought? Android’s Google Play store has just officially hit over 1 million apps and has now finally surpassed the Apple App Store and its 900 000 applications. This is a big accomplishment for Android.
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Samsung Now Making 3GB Low Powered Smartphone RAM

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 12:45 AM PDT

Samsung has announced that it has put its new 3GB LPDDR3 RAM into production, the RAM is designed to be used in smartphones, and is also designed to use low amounts of power.

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New Neflix app for new Google Nexus 7 will stream 1080p video

Posted: 25 Jul 2013 12:08 AM PDT

Netflix has announced that a new app specifically for the next-generation Google Nexus 7 is on the way. The difference with the new version is that for the first time with the Android OS, it will stream videos in 1080p. Awesome!
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Sony Xperia Z Ultra Headed To Taiwan By End Of July

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 11:56 PM PDT

Sony has announced that their new Sony Xperia Z Ultra will be launching in Taiwan before the end of the month, the handset is now available to pre-order in Taiwan for the equivalent of $767, this is for the SIM free version of the device.

The Sony Xperia Z Ultra is designed to be both dust and waterproof, it features a 6.4 inch full HD display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels.

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Google Play to add Textbook purchases and rentals

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 11:45 PM PDT

You may not have noticed, but Google has been slowly working its way into the education space. The company has been making a push into schools with Chromebooks, and announced Google Play for Education at I/O this year, aiming to bring educational apps to schools. And now, it will be bringing textbooks to Google Play.
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Apple Says iOS In The Car Will Be An Important Feature

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 11:31 PM PDT

One of the new features that Apple announced with Apple iOS 7 was iOS in the car, and now Apple’s CEO TIM cook has talked about this new feature in Apple’s recent earnings calls.

It looks like iOS in the car will be an important feature for Apple, and the company are obviously planning on this being a major feature in the future.

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