Nexus 5 Release Date Rumored for October, Made by LG

While recent rumors have hinted that Motorola will make Google’s Nexus 5, a new tip suggests that the search engine giant will stick with LG for its Nexus 4 successor. According to a report from Korea, LG will manufacture the purported Nexus 5 in time for an October launch.We’re skeptical on this rumor since LG denied that it would be making a...

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160 Billion Apps Will Be Downloaded in 2017, Report Says

Smartphone applications help make life simpler, more organized, and entertaining, and a new study predicts that they will be downloaded twice as often in a few years. According to Juniper Research, more than 160 billion consumer apps will be downloaded in the year 2017, which doubles their 2013 prediction of 80 billion. Juniper predicts that free-to-play...

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How to Turn Off Galaxy S4 Location Services

Do you know how many apps on your Samsung Galaxy S4 use Location Services? Some use that data to offer directions, suggest restaurants near you or attach your location to an Instagram photo or Facebook post. These apps likely prompted you to enable Location Services before you started using it, and many people agree to this without thinking....

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Samsung ATIV S Neo Available August 16 for $149.99

The wait is officially over for Sprint customers holding out for a Samsung Windows Phone. The carrier officially announced Wednesday that the Samsung ATIV S Neo will launch in stores and online on August 16. The ATIV S Neo will become the second Windows Phone 8 in Sprint’s lineup, following the HTC 8XT that was released last month. The new device...

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How to Create an Email Signature in Microsoft Outlook 2013

Email signatures are like the shoes of the corporate world. Sometimes you just need a short, to-the-point one for chain replies. Sometimes you need a formal, official-looking one. Unfortunately, Microsoft Outlook’s signature options can be somewhat hard to find, buried deep in the abyss of its backstage mode for options. Here’s how to create a...

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Sprint MiFi 500 LTE Review

Pros: Light design; Strong 4G speeds; Simple interface; Long battery life Cons: Limited Sprint LTE coverage The Verdict: The Sprint MiFi 500 LTE Hotspot offers good battery life and fast data speeds where Sprint LTE coverage is available. ...

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LG Vu 3 Could Sport 5.2-inch Display, Snapdragon 800 CPU

LG is rumored to be working on a new entry in its Optimus Vu series of phablets, and this one will be quite an upgrade from its predecessors. According to the Korean site ASIAE, the Vu 3, LG is dropping the Optimus from its name, is expected to sport a 5.2-inch display. That’s up from the Vu II’s 5-inch screen (pictured above). The Vu 3′s display...

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How to Turn Off AMBER Alerts on Windows Phone

Designed to notify nearby residents in the vicinity of a missing child, the piercing cry of the AMBER alert can sound at anytime and anywhere. And while the alerts have the noblest intention, many people are calling them annoying and somewhat intrusive as they wake millions of users in the middle of the night. We’ve previously described how to...

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Deal of the Day: Dell Inspiron 17R Core i7 Laptop for $650

Our deal experts have combed the web for the best deals around and today we’ve got offers up to 71% off.Dell is offering their Inspiron 17R 17-inch laptop fully loaded with an Intel Core i7 quad-core CPU, 8GB RAM, 1TB hard drive, and more for just $649.99. Normally, a 17-inch screen and Core i7 processor would cost a big premium, but this deal...

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Pinterest Targets Casual Visitors With New “Pinterest For Teachers” Site, May Add More Content Hubs In Future

Pinterest has launched what may be the first of several official “hubs” featuring content targeting a particular segment of its user base, with today’s debut of a new “Pinterest for Teachers” site at pinterest.com/teachers. Obviously timed to coincide with the back-to-school rush and news cycle, the company tells us that the new hub will also serve...

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Following Comical Scrap With Google, Microsoft’s YouTube App Will Return To Windows Phone Today

Well, Windows Phone fans, you are almost home. Today Microsoft’s YouTube application for Windows Phone will return to the platform’s marketplace.At last, Google and Microsoft appear to have worked out a compromise that will allow for a fully featured YouTube experience on the latter’s mobile platform. Google and Microsoft have had a fraught year,...

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Smartphones Finally Overtook Dumbphone Sales Globally In Q2, Android Now At 79%, Says Gartner

Analyst Gartner has put out its latest smartphone market report, and the Q2 2013 numbers show the inevitable finally occurred: smartphone sales exceeded feature phone sales for the first time. Android has been strangling the life out of dumbphones for years, but it looks like the market tipping point is being reached.In Q2, Gartner says worldwide...

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Thalmic Labs Gets Two Ex-BlackBerry Execs (Including One Who Just Left) To Help The MYO Armband Succeed

Thalmic Labs has picked up some heavyweight senior talent in its quest to bring the MYO gesture control armband device to market. Both are ex-BlackBerry, and both bring a lot of experience in the management of a consumer devices company, and in the supply chain for producing said devices. Thalmic’s newest employees are Mike Galbraith, former SVP...

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