What can we expect from HTC design in the future?

Posted on by Taylor Martin

HTC can’t win for losing, it seems. Despite creating some of the most gorgeous smartphones the market has seen in the last several years, its revenues, market share, and mind share have been uncontrollably slipping, while competitors like Apple and Samsung only seem to rake in the collective losses of all the struggling companies. This year, things could be looking up. The One M8 has received stellar reviews

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What Apple changed in iOS 7.1.1 to fix Touch ID’s woes

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Late last year we looked at reports that the Touch ID fingerprint scanner embedded in the iPhone 5S’s home button wasn’t always performing as well as users expected it to, and specifically its recognition rate appeared to get worse over time. Back in February we heard that Apple was on top of things and planning a software update to help resolve the problem. Then one week ago Apple ...

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New Huawei Ascend P7 pics leak, one week before launch

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Earlier this month we got our first look at Huawei’s Ascend P7, though with some serious blurrycam quality to the pics. More recently, we heard about some new shots making the rounds, but those were revealed to be fake before we had a chance to share them with you. Today we’ve got some new imagery that should hopefully be legit, revealing the phone in white and depicting some very official-looking renders. Everything we see here aligns nicely with that earlier leak, and ...

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Google app updates: Play Games, Search (with parking support)

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Today marks the arrival of some new apps from Google, with the debut of those Docs and Sheets programs for both Android and iOS, but that’s just scratching the surface. This being an update Wednesday, Google’s got some new builds available for existing apps, as well, and this afternoon we learn about new versions rolling out for Google Search and Google Play Games. Remember back near the start of the month, when an APK teardown ...

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Sapphire shipments already arriving in China for iPhone 6 production?

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

One of the more compelling rumors to attach itself to discussions of Apple’s next generation of iPhone handsets has been that of Apple introducing a synthetic sapphire display. Actually, this is a bit more than rumor at this point, since we know about Apple’s deal with GT Advanced Technologies and the sapphire furnace plant out in Arizona, leaving us just looking for ...

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10 of the best IFTTT recipes for mobile users

Posted on by Taylor Martin

Automation is something many mobile users don’t take advantage of. Smartphones are, well … smart. They’re capable of so much more than snapping photos, sending and receiving messages, and browsing the Web. They’re capable of being contextually aware, learning their owners, and sometimes taking care of business with no user input whatsoever. Services like Google Now and Cortana provide automation to some degree, but as ...

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Motorola schedules smartphone launch event, hardware will be “priced for all”

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

With evidence pointing to a new Motorola Android on the horizon, we’ve been actively speculating about what might be next for the company. Reports of several different models have been floating around, from a seemingly high-end model with a 5.2-inch 1080p screen, to an LTE version of the Moto G, or even a very thin ...

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Google brings Docs and Sheets apps to iOS, Android

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Update: Apps also available for Android. Remember, the existing Drive app used to be Docs (and it’s still using the “com.google.android.apps.docs” identifier), but this marks the return of Docs to Android as a stand-alone app. Update 2: Now we’ve got

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Nexus 6 rumored to feature fingerprint scanner

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If we’re to believe those new rumors about Android Silver, the Nexus series of devices may soon be going the way of the dodo, but with that transition not expected until sometime next year, one more Nexus smartphone could still be in the cards. We’ve heard a few stabs at what to expect from the Nexus 6, from a pared-down version of the LG G3, to

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Possible HTC One M8 Mini render suggests no Duo Camera present

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HTC’s One M8 starred in leak after leak before the handset officially launched, rendering many of its secrets an open book. While rumors have suggested that HTC’s nearly ready to follow that model up with a One M8 Mini, we’ve had far less hard evidence to refer to. With claims that the phone could launch as early as May, are we ever going to get clued-in to its details before the handset gets a formal unveiling? Today may bring us one big step closer to ...

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Hulu bringing free TV content to phones this summer

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When you’re getting online with your desktop or laptop, and looking for a free entertainment fix, Hulu is happy to oblige, offering users a variety of TV and movie options. But when we’re out and about, with only our smartphones in tow, the situation changes a little: Hulu doesn’t make any of its free content available on phones or tablets, and instead its mobile offerings are only accessible by subscribers to the premium Hulu Plus service. That’s all about to start changing, however, as revealed today at the Hulu Upfront event in New York. Starting this summer, ...

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