Want to send your pictures to the Internet with a little extra zoom? You can with a new 4G version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom. Samsung’s camera-tastic spin-off of the Galaxy S4 boasts a 16MP snapper and 10x zoom. And the new LTE version zaps your snaps to friends, social networks, or online storage …
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Related stories Share files between your Android device and a Mac with Droid NAS Use Bump to share files between your phone and computer How to install and set up AirDroid 2 beta for Android Transferring contacts and personal data from your old phone to a new one used to be a cumbersome ordeal. These days, it’s a much simpler …
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The Sony Xperia Z1 Honami is set to make its debut in less than a week, and new leaked photos show the follow-up to the Xperia Z in more detail than ever before. These new high-quality snaps come courtesy of Chinese site 365dian, translated by Xperiablog, and are showing off the Honami’s roomy screen. The Honami moniker is most likely a codename; …
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Not everyone likes the look of Apple’s upcoming iOS 7 release, but there’s one feature I suspect every user will welcome: better photo management. That will come courtesy of an updated Photos app, which will automatically group snapshots based on time and place and provide better tools for sifting through your collections. But even with iOS 7 just around the …
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Rumor no more: the PS4 is coming soon. Summer is almost over, and that means the tech calendar is about to go into overdrive. The year has already seen the release of some amazing products — the HTC One, Samsung Galaxy S4, and OLED TV come to mind. But there’s an even longer list of products that have been announced …
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Dan Graziano/CNET Similar to how it keeps track of your downloaded and purchased applications, Google also keeps track of your Android devices. Each smartphone or tablet you register to your Google account is automatically synced with the Play store, giving you the ability to install new apps from your Web browser. There doesn’t appear to be a limit to the …
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BBM for Android and iPhone is here — except it ain’t. BlackBerry accidentally announced the hotly anticipated BlackBerry Messenger for Android and iOS before the app was ready. The message ‘BBM for Android and iPhone is here’ appeared on the page advertising the new app, but the links to download BBM didn’t work. False alarm, guys! The page has now …
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Nokia is making a strong push for more control over your activity in the car. The company on Friday announced a new “Connected Driving” experience under its automotive Here brand that aims at connecting in-car activity with the cloud. Related stories Your Phone Screen Is Gross. Here’s How to Clean It Without Causing Damage Nokia’s Newest Phone Is a T9-Era …
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The Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch will be a Jelly Bean-powered device with a 2.5-inch OLED display with a 320×320-pixel resolution, if reports by AmongTech prove true. More smartwatch stories Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch to clock in Sept. 4 All about the unique Hot Watch smartwatch What’s smart and dumb about the latest smartwatches In addition, the Gear could come in …
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Lyft is now in 10 cities in the US with simultaneous launches in Indianapolis, St. Paul, Minn., and Atlanta on Thursday. It’s the first time the quirky car-sharing company has launched in three cities at once, which may indicate that it’s ramping up its expansion. Lyft’s more luxurious competitor UberX, a branch of the Uber black-car service, is in 10 …
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Your choice of 4G provider just got three times more complicated — 10 months after EE launched 4G in the UK (and years after the US, Korea and other more enlightened countries), O2 and Vodafone today launch their super-fast mobile data services. 4G is finally here — but when I say here, I don’t mean everywhere. Not by a long …
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An update to Flickr for iOS released Thursday lets people try out filters before they take a photo. Filters, popularized by apps like Facebook’s Instagram, give a different style or look to a photo, and Flickr has been playing catch-up with its mobile apps. The new version of the app lets people try the effects in advance with live filters, …
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CNET’s Nexus 7 test unit had no problems finding and connecting to GPS satellites. Eric Franklin/CNET The new Nexus 7 is the best Android tablet yet and surpasses the iPad Mini in performance, screen clarity, and, at $229 undercuts, Apple’s mini slate by a full $100. However, as with many consumer electronics products, Google’s latest has experienced its fair share …
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AT&T is pushing more aggressively into the no-contract market, announcing Thursday that it’s taking its prepaid network, Aio Wireless, nationwide in mid-September. The wireless service was first launched in May to customers in Florida, Texas, and Atlanta. Aio has three plans to choose from, and they all include unlimited talk, text, and data. The service costs $40 to $70 a …
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Samsung is expected to lift the veil on its Galaxy Gear smart watch on 4 September at an event in Berlin. (Credit: @evleaks) Just in case there were still any doubts about the device’s existence, the usually reliable Evleaks has screenshots from the companion app that will pair with the Gear. The screenshots reveal some expected features, like the fact …
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