Google’s Hangouts app just received some awesome new smart features
Google on Wednesday announced a special update for its Hangouts app that will offer users various interesting new features, including an awesome new smart tool to help users better focus on communicating with friends and family, rather than dealing with other smartphone chores when having to answer to certain questions.
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Amazon’s killer Green Monday deals are still going on – here are 3 you should check out
We’re halfway through the week, but Amazon still isn’t done with its selection of Green Monday deals. We left you with a short list on Monday of some of the very best deals, but we figured it was worth taking a deeper dive into some of the discounts that will be available for the rest of the week.
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Sony’s hacking nightmare just got even more disastrous
Surprise! It turns out Hollywood really is filled with back-stabbing, self-serving egomaniacs! Gawker has a magnificent rundown of some leaked emails that were sent back and forth between Sony Pictures executives and they paint a picture of the film industry that’s just as toxic as we’ve always imagined.
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Revealed: AT&T’s sneakiest tricks for throttling ‘unlimited’ data customers
When AT&T throttles the data speeds of its customers who have “unlimited” data plans, it really means business. Ars Technica reports that AT&T “unlimited” data customers can’t stop AT&T from throttling them even if they turn off their phones’ LTE radios and try to get their data solely from the carrier’s HSPA+ network.
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Revealed: AT&T’s sneakiest tricks for throttling ‘unlimited’ data customers
When AT&T throttles the data speeds of its customers who have “unlimited” data plans, it really means business. Ars Technica reports that AT&T “unlimited” data customers can’t stop AT&T from throttling them even if they turn off their phones’ LTE radios and try to get their data solely from the carrier’s HSPA+ network.
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Be jealous, Lollipop-starved Android fans: iOS 8 is now on 63% of iOS devices
Earlier this week, Apple updated its iOS distribution numbers once again to show that 63% of active iOS devices have now upgraded to iOS 8. That’s a 7% increase over November and another sign of steady growth for what has been a problematic update for many users.
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Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus ‘Bendgate’ scandal is so viral it made YouTube’s 10 most popular 2014 videos
Google on Tuesday published its YouTube Rewind 2014 report, revealing the top 10 most viral videos for 2014 along with the top 10 most popular music videos “based on views shares, comments, likes and more.” Interestingly, the fifth most popular viral video on YouTube this year was Unbox Therapy‘s iPhone 6 Plus Bend Test video — one of the first, and likely most popular, clips that demoed Apple’s iPhone 6 ‘Bendgate‘ problem.
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Apple releases iOS 8.2 beta 2 to developers
On Wednesday, Apple began seeding the latest iOS 8.2 beta to developers. The beta is available now to registered developers as an over-the-air update and can also be downloaded from the iOS Developer Center online.
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Video: Watch this man completely lose his mind while stuck in an elevator
There’s no doubt that being trapped in an elevator isn’t a fun experience but it’s still a good idea to maintain some kind of composure while you’re waiting. YouTube user Nick Nerv recently had the unpleasant experience of being trapped in an elevator with a man who proceeded to completely lose his mind and started trying to profanely tear the elevator apart to get free.
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SALE: Turn your smartphone into a photographic dynamo
In case you didn’t already know, your smartphone has a built in camera. Smartphone cameras have improved immensely over the past few years to the point that their resolution and optics rival those of cameras used by professional photographers. Even still, smartphones really are only suitable for taking simple point and shoot pictures.. until now.
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