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FAA panel recommends easing rules on in

The US is on the cusp of major change when it comes to flying in airplanes: no more turning off devices during takeoff and landing. The Federal Aviation Administration advisory committee said Thursday that it was recommending dropping this age-old rule, according to the Associated Press. The committee said that personal electronic devices, like smartphones, tablets, and e-readers, shouldn’t have …

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Nexus 5 rampages through benchmarks, has ‘Key Lime Pie’

Google’s next Nexus has just blithely strolled onto benchmarking site GFXBench and — whistling jauntily, no doubt — raised the bar for Android smart phones. The specs section of the benchmark also sheds light on the Nexus 5’s hardware, and it doesn’t disappoint. Its max CPU frequency of 2.3GHz hints that the rumoured inclusion of a turbo-charged Snapdragon 800 chip …

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