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Drive to take over image backup duties from + photos, report says

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Drive may be the new backup solution for all your pictures, usurping + otos for automatically saving all your smartphone’s images videos. That’s what Android lice uncovered while digging into the A for Drive

Samsung to dial back blistering pace of smartwatch releases

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After debuting no fewer than six new watches in the last year, Samsung is hitting the pause button on new releases, according to a ll Street urnal report. Not coincidentally, it’s doing so at

Galaxy Note, HTC One variants l llipop in this week’s Android update roundup

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It's a good week for Galaxy Note owners, as two models of the device are scoring a llipop update. And even though HTC missed its self-imposed 90 day deadline for pushing out llipop,

wireless network may only work with Nexus 6 at launch

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is starting small with its new wireless network, only granting access to those with its own gargantuan phone.  According to the ll Street urnal, is going to launch its own mobile network in h, piggybacking

Mobile rld Congress 2015: The best phones, smartwatches gadgets we saw

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The best of the bunchThe very name of Mobile rld Congress tips you off to its size importance. Every h, the biggest hardware makers in the world converge in Barcelona, Spain, dragging their latest greatest

‘s new flagship phone will be even more polished than the G series, says mobile head

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is planning a high-end phone that outshines its flagship G series in design polish.  A Korea Herald report says Cho n-ho, the head of 's mobile business, told reporters at Mobile rld Congress

Softcard’s mobile payments app is shutting down in h after tech sale to

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Softcard is closing up shop for good, leaving you with one fewer option for making payments with your phone.  After earlier announcing it had sold some of its technology to , Softcard now says it will

Cyanogen’s CTO explains how Cyanogen open Android will take the U.S. by storm

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It’s crazy how quickly things move in this day age. About a year ago, Cyanogen relied mostly on its committed user base for its marketshare, but now it’s a full-blown company making

qatest – Dust Storm from Space

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NASA sees dust in the wind.  

Motorola’s president lauds the novo acquisition disses smartwatches with E

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BARCENA—Don’t cry for Motorola. The company continues to make solid gear, it’s finally starting to feel at home within the novo product family. At least that’s the message from Osterloh, Motorola’

is ditching Chrome support for Ice Cream Swich devices

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is putting Chrome into a deep freeze for those running Android 4.0.  Chrome 42 will be the last update for devices with Ice Cream Swich, a nearly four-year-old version of Android. says

Hs-on: HTC’s Vive headset made this virtual reality noob a virtual reality believer

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confirms poor performance is to blame for reneged Android llipop encryption pledge

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It turns out there was something to the report that hardware performance was to blame for backing off its encryption requirement for new llipop devices. issued a statement to Engadget, confirming that many phones won’

The new Contacts eview drags ‘s address book out of the Netscape era

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Contacts is getting a much-needed overhaul, eliminating the misery of managing who you message. You can try out the new web app right now by going to the Contacts eview. Once you enable it

ay Services 7.0 brings better multiplayer gaming location tools to Android

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A ay Services update may not sound as spectacular as a new version of Android, but often it's just as important.  ay Services 7.0 is the latest package for developers, bringing a lot

Mozilla thinks its bargain-bin Firefox OS still matters in an Android One world

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BARCENA—There’s a war brewing in the bargain-priced depths of the worldwide smartphone market, Mozilla’s Firefox OS isn’t backing down in the face of overwhelming dominance. Android already rules the smartphone

novo’s pocket projector pairs with phones for anytime, anywhere big-screen videos

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The next time some llamas are running wild your smartphone screen just won’t do for sharing all the action with your friends, you can whip a projector out of your pocket for instant

Hs-on: Sony’s gorgeous Xperia Z4 Tablet is exactly why it shouldn’t stop making mobile devices

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Rather than announcing a br-new flagship phone at Mobile rld Congress, Sony instead revealed a tablet with a name based off of what would have been its next-generation flagship phone. It makes no