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Samsung posts record $8.5B profit as mobile business shrinks

Samsung on Thursday posted another company record quarterly operating profit that was marred by a slight recession in its mobile business. The South Korean electronics giant’s second-quarter operating profit for the period ended June 30 was 9.53 trillion won ($8.5 billion), an increase of 47 percent over a year ago, the company announced in a statement. Though the results were …

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TCL debuts first 50

Chinese TV maker TCL has announced the first 50-inch 4K screen to be released in the U.S. for under a grand, the $999 7E504D, which will debut alongside the company’s flagship 1080p 5510 series. The TV will be available in September and is an edge-lit LED LCD with a 120Hz CMI (Clear Motion Index) engine. The native 4K screen has …

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Where to watch Google’s launch on CNET

Google is holding an event presented by Sundar Pichai at 5pm today as he shows off the latest version of Android and formally announces a new version of the widely-leaked Nexus 7. CNET.com will be on the spot and running a live blog over on this page. Pichai is a Google exec in charge of the Android, Chrome and Google …

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Google Nexus 7 2 leak reveals 320ppi screen

Say hello to the Google Nexus 7 II. The next generation of 7-inch Android slate has snuck out early, been unpacked in an unboxing video and has been showing off its power in a series of tests. The bobbies on the blower beat at Android Police have got their hands on the new Nexus tablet, running it through a battery …

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Google Nexus 7 tablet coming to UK in weeks

The new Google Nexus 7 is coming to the UK in the next few weeks. The 7-inch sequel brings Android 4.3 and a 5-megapixel camera to the own-brand, wallet-friendly tablet. The new tablet, announced today, goes on sale in the US on 30 July. It then comes to 8 countries, including Britain, Canada, Germany and Japan, “in coming weeks.” There …

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AT&T fires up more 4G areas

In its continual arms race with arch rival Verizon, AT&T announced it has brought 4G LTE data coverage to eight fresh metro areas. The additional coverage zones the carrier says brings its total high-speed wireless footprint to 336 regions. The specific locations AT&T has brought into the 4G fold are; Greenville, Ala., Troy, Ala., Madera-Chowchilla, Calif., Merced, Calif., Vallejo-Vacaville, Calif., …

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