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Bad reception: a TV antenna FAQ

You may have the newest, shiniest television on your street, but it will be all for nought, if you can’t receive free-to-air digital TV. If your home is wired up to Foxtel or Austar, don’t think that this guide doesn’t apply to you. Depending on where you live, and how you receive pay TV (cable …

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How to import Facebook birthdays to Google Calendar

Now playing: Watch this: Never miss a Facebook birthday 2:49 Do you forget your Facebook friends’ birthdays because you don’t log in to Facebook enough or because you keep forgetting to take your ginkgo biloba? Consider using Google Calendar alerts and stop writing belated birthday wishes on your friends’ Facebook walls. Editors’ note: This post was updated May 14, 2012. …

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LG Optimus 4X HD coming to the UK soon

The LG Optimus 4X HD will soon be arriving in UK stores, bringing with it a 4.7-inch screen, quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor and a bunch of software extras. We first saw the 4X back in February for Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress but since then it seems to have disappeared off the radar. It’s reared its face again today though …

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Carrier mobile payments venture signs up 50 merchant partners

The wireless carriers’ mobile-payments joint venture, after a slow start, is picking up some steam. Isis, a partnership between AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and T-Mobile, has lined up 50 merchant partners, including heavy hitters like Coca-Cola, Macy’s, and Foot Locker, as it gets closer to rolling out its service in trials in Austin, Texas, and Salt Lake City, Utah. The merchants …

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Kyocera’s Smart Sonic Receiver arrives in Japan today

At this year’s CTIA in New Orleans, which just wrapped up last week, Kyocera debuted its Tissue-Conduction Audio Technology for mobile devices. Today, the company announced that two new handsets featuring this technology will debut in Japan starting today: the Kyocera Urbano Progresso and the Kyocera K012 Simple Mobile Phone. The former is an Android 4.0 handset that comes in …

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T-Mobile USA will restructure its business and hold another round of layoffs, as it seeks to reduce its operating costs. The changes were announced in a memo from CEO Philipp Humm leaked to The Verge. T-Mobile told CNET that 900 employees would be cut as a result of the changes. The cuts come on top of 1,000 jobs the carrier …

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Apple granted patent for iOS steering

Patently Apple Discovered by Patently Apple in a group of 21 patents issued to Apple by the Patent and Trademark Office, the in-vehicle remote-control patent describes a product designed for drivers wishing to control their iOS devices more easily. Currently, drivers must fumble around with their iPhone, iPod, or iPad to change songs, get directions, or make calls if their …

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Verizon’s 4G LTE spreading to 28 new markets on May 17

Looks like the Big Red is about to get even bigger. Verizon’s 4G LTE network, which already covers the largest amount of markets and people compared to any U.S. carrier, is expanding its reach to 28 new markets starting May 17. Related Stories When Does My Phone Unlock? And How Can I Get My Carrier to Do It? Best Internet …

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