AT&T subscribers looking for a prepaid, contract-free Windows Phone handset now have a shot at the Lumia 520. On Monday, the carrier announced that it would begin selling the 520 on Friday, but it beat that by one day. As of Thursday, the phone is listed on AT&T’s Web site as selling for $99.99 with …
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25 July
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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25 July
Samsung £4,000 4K UHD TVs coming to Currys, PC World
4K is coming to the high street. Currys and PC World are selling eye-melting Samsung 4K ultra high definition televisions from tomorrow. The 65-inch and 55-inch 4K TVs will be available to buy online and order from stores. The 65-inch model will be in 15 shops. Shops where you can take a look at the 4K TV and maybe take …
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25 July
BT Sport signs up half a million customers in less than a month
More than half a million people signed have up to BT Sport in just a few weeks. Along with a rise in customers making the most of extra-fast fibre broadband connections, BT telly services — including YouView — balanced out the fact that customers are making fewer phone calls. All told, BT’s profit rose by 4 per cent to £385m between April …
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25 July
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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25 July
Google Chromecast needs BBC iPlayer to rule UK TVs
Google wants to get into your telly with Google Chromecast — but we’re reserving judgement on the £23 streaming dongle. Google Chromecast is a 2-inch dongle that plugs into an HDMI port on your TV, so it can stream video from the cloud and show online TV and video from Netflix, Pandora, YouTube, Google Play, and more. You control it …
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24 July
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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24 July
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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24 July
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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24 July
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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