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Samsung plotting Nexus 11 octa

Samsung could be behind the next Google-branded tablet, if fresh Nexus rumours are to be believed. The South Korean tech giant is beavering away on a slew of new tablets, SamMobile reports, citing a purported product roadmap for 2013. One of those is tipped to be an 11-inch Nexus tablet, that could sport the same octa-core …

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Android Key Lime Pie may be delayed with 4.3 Jelly Bean next

The next stage in the evolution of Android might be further away than we’d hoped, with clues popping up online of Google testing Android 4.3 Jelly Bean ahead of its Google I/O conference next month. Android Police reports that devices running ‘Android 4.3 JWR23B’ — the J stands for Jelly Bean — have accessed its site, and that those users’ …

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Windows Phone 8 ad pokes fun at Apple vs Samsung feud

Family, eh? With all the preparation in the world, there’s only so much you can do to ensure your wedding goes smoothly if you’ve got unpredictable rellies — as can be seen in Microsoft’s latest Windows Phone ad. The ad pokes fun at the idiocy of overzealous fanboyism, showing nuptials being disrupted by warring Samsung and Apple fans who can’t …

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Samsung Nexus 11 to debut in 2013, report says

Samsung may introduce a Nexus 11 tablet later in the year, according to tech site SamMobile. Related stories: Nexus 10 review Android 4.3 could debut at Google I/O, not Android 5.0 Samsung reveals 7-inch Galaxy Tab 3 Details surfacing this past weekend indicate that Samsung could introduce no fewer than four more tablets in 2013, one of them a Nexus …

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Samsung Galaxy S4 teardown reveals ‘1337’ boast, IR deets

Using only a Philips screwdriver, a plastic stick, some tweezers and a spudger (my current favourite word), the experts at iFixit have completely disassembled the magnificent Samsung Galaxy S4, reducing it to a pathetic pile of parts. Not to make a million nerds cry out in anguish, you understand, but to find out how fixable the Galaxy S4 is. If …

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Samsung Galaxy S4 India launch weirdly tries ‘Gangnam Style’

Comedic spoofs on popular songs can sometimes work, but what about if they’re earnest remakes? It appears that Samsung is testing those waters. At the launch party for its Galaxy S4 smartphone in India, one of the country’s Bollywood actors, Ranveer Singh, performed “Gangnam Style” as “Samsung Style” (imagine pronouncing Samsung like Gangnam). A video posted to YouTube shows the …

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Flipboard, now with 56M users, looks for ways to make money

Flipboard is posting pretty rapid growth, and it’s looking for new ways to generate revenue for itself, partners, and users, the company’s CEO said. Mike McCue, speaking Monday at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in New York, said the company has added 6 million new users since launching an update to its popular news-reading app a month ago. Flipboard in late …

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Windows Phone says ‘don’t fight’ in Nokia ad

(Screenshot by Nic Healey/CNET) A new ad spot suggests that the Nokia Lumia 920 is the key to peace on earth and goodwill between iPhone and Android users. Phone manufacturers have often used ad campaigns to poke fun at their rivals, playing up the rivalry that apparently exists in the market between iPhone and Android users. Windows Phone has gone …

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IllumiRoom projector explodes Xbox action out of your TV

Microsoft’s new projector concept, IllumiRoom, could let the next Xbox take over your whole room. First shown off at CES in January, the company’s research division has explained the idea in more detail in a new video embedded below. IllumiRoom isn’t a real product yet, but the idea is that it’s a projector that sits on your coffee table, wirelessly …

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