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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 demos 300Mbps downloads at MWC

BARCELONA, Spain — Qualcomm and KT have been giving delegates at Mobile World Congress a taste of the faster download speeds we can expect to see around the world soon. Tucked away in the corner of one exhibition hall is KT (formerly Korea Telecom) showing off a modified Samsung Galaxy Note 3 connected to a bunch of computers at its …

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When will retailers jump on the iBeacon bandwagon?

BARCELONA, Spain — While companies are still figuring out the best way to use Apple’s location-sensing tech, iBeacon, push notification specialist Urban Airship believes it has a way to make it relevant to both retailers and consumers. Urban Airship on Wednesday unveiled enhancements to its service, offering a new way to automate marketing messages and specifically target audiences for push …

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Boeing’s ‘Black’ smartphone will deactivate if tampered with

Boeing has made a smartphone that appears to have come straight out of a James Bond movie. Codenamed “Black,” this spy-like phone will erase all data and deactivate if tampered with or pried open. The aerospace and defense company filed documents for the phone with the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday. These documents were first sighted by tech site Myce, …

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AT&T serves up Android 4.4 to Samsung Galaxy S4

AT&T on Wednesday confirmed that the Android 4.4 update is ready for Samsung Galaxy S4. Related stories: Samsung updates Galaxy S4, Note 3 with Android KitKat Exploring the Galaxy S5’s features (pictures) AT&T follows Verizon, offers free global texts with Mobile Share Expected to roll out over the coming days, the KitKat update also brings a number of other noteworthy …

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Galaxy S5: How Galaxy made Samsung a tech superpower

As the Galaxy S5 becomes official, Samsung’s Galaxy brand is perhaps the biggest force in modern tech. But how did Samsung build its Galactic Empire? In the latest episode of Adventures in Tech, we explain how — after a rocky start — the Galaxy strategy turned Samsung into a mobile superpower. Press play now. Ready for more Adventures? Watch: Why …

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Wacom’s WILL wants you to draw on any screen

Where there’s a WILL there’s a Wacom. WILL, or Wacom Ink Layer Language, was announced Wednesday by the specialists in digital art devices to create a standard language for drawing on the screens of phones, tablets, laptops, or any digital devices. WILL is an abstract language that records brush strokes in a consistent format regardless of how they were drawn, …

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Goophone wastes no time launching a Galaxy S5 lookalike

Goophone, a company that has made a name for itself by building smartphone lookalikes, is at it again. Just days after Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S5, Goophone has launched a lookalike. Appropriately named the Goophone S5, the device has a 5-inch 1080p display, 13-megapixel rear-facing camera, and runs Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Although its specs might not match those of …

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Smile! The Samsung Galaxy S5’s 16

Now playing: Watch this: Galaxy S5 new software and camera features 3:24 BARCELONA, Spain — Artificial spot lighting at trade show booths doesn’t make for the optimal conditions to test out what a camera can do. However, it does at least give you a fairly good idea of how the Samsung Galaxy S5’s 16-megapixel shooter works in this kind of …

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