South Korea is ramping up support for LTE-Advanced devices. LG Uplus, South Korea’s smallest mobile provider, has unveiled its own LTE-A network offering around twice the speed possible through regular LTE, Yonhap reported on Thursday. The new service is presently available in Seoul and a few other major cities, but it will reportedly branch out …
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It’s summertime, and Uber wants its users to have on-demand ice cream. The company will bring back its ice cream truck service on Friday, letting people in 33 cities across the globe summon a truck of summer’s most iconic dessert for one day only. Uber is partnering with local trucks to deliver group offerings, so you can share, and pay …
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A Google+ user who bought a Nexus 4 off Craigslist reportedly discovered that the device was actually running the long-rumored, but as-yet-announced Android 4.3. Jeff Williams, who claims to have purchased the Nexus 4 a couple of weeks ago from a Google employee, posted a screenshot of his Android version to Google+. That image shows Android version 4.3 and build …
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Verizon is not interested in bidding on prepaid wireless service provider Leap Wireless. But the company may be looking to buy a carrier in Canada, according to Verizon Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo. Speaking on the company’s quarterly conference call on Thursday, Shammo responded to an analyst’s question about AT&T’s proposed $1.2 billion acquisition of Leap Wireless. Shammo said he …
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Samsung is reportedly close to completing its first deals to supply devices to U.S. government agencies since winning Pentagon security approval earlier this year. The South Korean electronics giant is negotiating a large deal for its devices with the FBI and a smaller one with the Navy, people familiar with the matter tell The Wall Street Journal. With the deals, …
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The sequel to Google’s cracking little Nexus 7 tablet, the Nexus 7 II, is rocketing towards an official launch, with a cache of specs, pics and loads of other details leaked to Google fansite Android Central. Again built by Asus, the slate retains its 7-inch screen but adds a 5-megapixel snapper on the back, so you can be one of …
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Now playing: Watch this: Which S4 is best for you? 3:49 The Samsung Galaxy S4, the S4 Mini, the S4 Active and the S4 Zoom — it seems like we can’t even step out our front door without tripping over a new version of Samsung’s swanky flagship. We’re well aware that the increasing number of S4s doing the rounds is …
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Apple and Samsung’s latest smartphones will face the scrutiny of state and federal prosecutors in San Francisco on Thursday, who plan to test the latest in antitheft security. San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman are testing the latest security features of Apple’s iPhone 5 and Samsung’s Galaxy S4 to see whether they can …
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Well, it didn’t long for the good will built up by the introduction of the Lumia 1020 to wear off. Nokia posted disappointing second-quarter results early Thursday, with revenue and unit sales that fell below analyst expectations. Its revenue fell 24 percent from a year ago to 5.7 billion euros ($7.5 billion), while its mobile device unit sales also dropped …
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A new version of Samsung’s Galaxy S4 may soon surface, at least based on a series of benchmarks. New benchmarks from AnTuTu Labs were uncovered by GSMarena and other blog sites. The benchmarks highlight a new international LTE-Advanced version of the Galaxy S4 with a Qualcomm quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor clocked at 2.3GHz. Tagged with a model number of I9506, …
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Sky admits it’s “fallen short” on Sky Go for Android, but promises that bringing the app to 10-inch Android tablets is “the highest priority remaining issue to address.” “In response to the high level of interest shown by a number of forums customers regarding our Sky Go development on Android to date and our future plans, I wanted to update …
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Sarah Tew/CNET 3D TV is a chicken without an egg. Many LED LCD and plasma TVs today offer a 3D feature and ship with 3D glasses, but most people never use the feature and never don the glasses. Or they try it once or twice and then leave the glasses to gather dust. The missing egg is content. Despite the …
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Despite having literally nothing to watch on them, 4K TVs are popping up all over the place, with Britain’s favourite telly maker Samsung the latest to bring its Ultra HD efforts to the UK. The Korean company’s 55- and 65-inch F9000 TVs will set you back £4,000 and £6,000 respectively. They’ll both be lighting up specialist retailers and rich people’s …
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Coming soon: an Android OS handheld that resembles the phone you had before Google even existed. Samsung is going retro with a new phone for the Galaxy family. According to a choppy language translation of the Korea-based Digital Daily, Samsung’s new phone — the “Galaxy folder” — is set for an August release in Korea as a low-end model. It …
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