It’s official: AT&T and Verizon are feeling the heat from T-Mobile and Sprint
Competition is a glorious thing for consumers, even though wireless carriers would obviously prefer that you had fewer choices so they wouldn’t have to work so hard to keep your business. Barron’s points out that both AT&T and Verizon have cited increased competition as having an impact on their quarterly churn rates and earnings per share, respectively.
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Amazon just made 2014’s best smartphone bargain even better
While Best Buy is currently offering a special deal on Motorola’s Verizon-only Droid Turbo flagship device, Amazon has a different Motorola deal in its online store and is targeting users looking for an affordable unlocked Android handset.
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This brilliant password manager app will change all your passwords with a single click
Dashlane on Tuesday announced an awesome security tool that not only helps you better manage the passwords you might use for various online services, but, most importantly, also performs one annoying chore for you — changing the passwords you use for these services.
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Here are some essential Google search tricks you may never have heard of
We can never get enough Google search tricks, which is why we’re glad to see that Time asked some Googlers to offer some tips for Google search that they think too few people have heard of. Some of them are very well known, of course, such as searching for whole phrases by using quotation marks and searching for content on individual websites, but others definitely caught our eyes as features we never knew about before.
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Apple’s two-factor authentication on iTunes can easily turn into your worst nightmare
Apple this year has worked to improve the privacy and security features that protect iOS, OS X and iCloud users, particularly following the embarrassing nude celebrity hacks from September, which were possible thanks to phishing attacks that managed to steal the Apple IDs and passwords of the victims. Apple insisted at the time that users enable its two-factor authentication iTunes security feature to better protect their accounts, but The Next Web reveals that the feature is so secure that it can turn into your worst nightmare in an instant.
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5 fantastic widgets Android fans say they can’t live without
Although mobile apps get all the attention, widgets that give you constantly updated useful information on your Android phone’s home screen have become pretty important as well. One member of Reddit’s Android community asked his fellow Android fans for a list of widgets that they “can’t live without” and they listed some fantastic Android widgets that you may or may not have heard of. For your enlightenment, we decided to take their five most popular widgets and summarize what each one brings to the table.
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Best Buy has a killer deal on one of Motorola’s hottest phones of the year
Best Buy has a special deal on one of Motorola’s best phones of the year and is offering buyers either a $100 or a $150 Best Buy gift card with each purchase, depending on certain conditions.
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Use this awesome new trick to get even better deals on Amazon
Amazon is already a terrific place to find great deals and now it’s about to get even better. Amazon this week unveiled a new feature called “Make an Offer” that will actually let you haggle with sellers over the prices they’re offering for their goods.
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The Nexus 6 is now even cheaper… but there’s a huge catch
Even though the Nexus 6 is more expensive than any of its predecessors, Google is betting on a different strategy to sell more Nexus smartphones this year, and that’s partnering up with various mobile operators around the world, including many U.S. carriers that can sell the handset for a subsidized price. Joining AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile is U.S. Cellular, which is currently taking orders for both the 32GB and 64GB versions of the handset, with both of them being priced cheaper than elsewhere.
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