Looking for a Nexus 6 smartphone? You won’t find one through Google anymore. The Nexus 6 page on the Google Store says the phone is no longer available for purchase. Google apparently sent the device to the great beyond Tuesday, according to blog site DroidLife, which discovered that the phone was no longer up for …
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Facebook isn’t all about baby pictures, birthday greetings and amusing memes. People also turn to the social network to delve into serious subjects such as terrorism, marriage equality and politics, according to Facebook’s release Wednesday of the site’s most popular topics worldwide in 2015. The US presidential elections took the top spot, followed by the November terrorist attacks in Paris, …
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Android has been nibbling away at Apple’s slice of the smartphone market in the United States and Europe, a new report shows. Between August and October, the iPhone’s smartphone share in the US fell fell by 8.3 percentage points to 33.6 percent, compared with the same period in 2014, Kantar Worldpanel ComTech reported on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the US share for …
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After a buggy debut and checkered early history, Apple Maps is now used more frequently than Google Maps on Apple’s mobile devices. The iPhone maker revealed that Apple Maps is now used three times as often as its “next leading competitor,” namely Google Maps, on Apple iPhones and iPads, the Associated Press reported Monday. Apple’s navigation app tallies more than …
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Amazon Prime users who want to watch Showtime, Starz and other cable channels can now add them to their existing membership for an extra monthly fee. On Tuesday, Amazon announced a new option dubbed the Streaming Partners Program as a way for Prime members, who pay a $99 annual fee, to expand their viewing choices. The program offers the ability …
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Consumers looking for an affordable Windows 10 Lumia phone can turn their attention to Microsoft’s Lumia 550. The Redmond, Washington-based software giant said that sales of the new Lumia smartphone start Monday in Europe, followed in the coming weeks by other regions around the world. Equipped with 4G LTE support and Windows 10, the 550 is priced for $139. Microsoft …
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Twitter has released its annual analysis of tweets. Twitter The Paris terror attacks, America’s legalization of same-sex marriage and Bruce Jenner’s transformation to Caitlyn sent people rushing to Twitter over the past year. The microblogging site published on Sunday its annual analysis of the top tweets, trends and hashtags from the past year. The diversity of the 2015 topics underscores …
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Avoiding the toil required to find a better phone plan? A new online tool may be able to help. The tool, launched Wednesday, throws a number of questions at you in an attempt to narrow down the best mobile phone plan for you or your family. The phone plan search is the latest tool from Cinch Financial, a company that …
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Have you bumped into any trouble attempting to upgrade to Windows 10? A pair of updates from Microsoft may offer some help. Released Tuesday, the updates contain improvements to the software that handles the transition from your current version of Windows to Windows 10. Making the upgrade to Windows 10 as simple as possible is critical to Microsoft, which is …
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Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus could help alleviate at least some headaches for travelers flying on United Airlines. The airline said Wednesday it will hand out iPhone 6 Plus smartphones to more than 6,000 customer service representatives. Slated to start next year, the rollout will give reps the ability to help customers with travel-related issues at any of United’s hubs in …
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