Giveaway: Choose your own high-end Android smartphone
How would you like a brand new Google Nexus 6, Galaxy Note 4 or HTC One M8 for free? Yesterday we launched the BGR Deals Store and today to show some Friday love, we’re offering a sweet giveaway. Enter with a valid email address (only one entry per person), and then share it via Facebook and Twitter—your friends and followers who sign up will be counted as additional entries for you.
The prize? You can choose between six high-end Android phones: the Google Nexus 6, Samsung Galaxy Note 4, HTC One M8, Moto X, LG G3 and the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge.
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Latest Google Maps update brings awesome new features to Android
Google has a new Google Maps version out, Android Police reports, which brings some neat new features to this popular Google service. Google Maps 9.1 for Android — available for immediate download by following the source link, in case it hasn’t been already rolled out to your device — will be even more useful when planning trips or when looking for certain locations.
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Here’s why the iPhone ‘Masque Attack’ security flaw is so scary
Earlier this month, researchers at cybersecurity firm FireEye discovered a vulnerability in the iOS operating system which could allow hackers to replace legitimate apps with malicious copies, giving them access to any data the user entered into the hacked app. These “Masque Attacks” were enough of a threat to convince the U.S. government to release a statement warning iPhone users to avoid downloading apps from third-party sources until the issue could be resolved.
Apple was quick to issue its own response, downplaying the severity of the vulnerability, but further research by Trend Micro seems to indicate that the threat is even more serious that originally reported.
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Video: BlackBerry explains why your iPhone is too wimpy to ‘work wide’
As we’ve noted before, the BlackBerry Passport isn’t for the faint of heart — it’s a manly tool to be used for real work, and if its large square display and wide boxy frame intimidate you, then tough! BlackBerry this month put up a new video that once again shows the advantage of having a large square display like the one on the Passport gives you the ability to get more real work done, especially when compared to a svelte little display like the one on your iPhone.
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Here is everything on sale at Walmart for Cyber Monday
After already kicking off a huge pre-Black Friday sale and revealing its full Black Friday 2014 deals, Walmart on Friday announced details for its Cyber Monday 2014 sales event. The huge sale will include plenty of interesting tech deals, though not nearly as many as Walmart’s Black Friday doorbusters.
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FEATURED: I just replaced every credit card in my wallet with Coin
Coin is not the future. This is important to make clear right off the bat. The future of payments will look much more like Apple Pay than it does Coin. In the digital age, there is no reason we should still have to carry paper money or plastic credit cards in the United States. We do it because we have to; the government is behind the times and banks are behind the times.
Paper money and plastic credit cards will not exist in the future. Sadly, it maybe be decades before that future is truly realized.
In the meantime, smartphone and wearable-based payment solutions like Apple Pay are in their infancy in America. They’re wonderful and secure options at the small number of retailers where they are accepted, but they cannot replace any of the credit cards in your wallet, let alone all of them. Good luck buying dinner at a restaurant or getting cash from an ATM with Apple Pay.
This is where Coin comes into play.
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6 apps that completely revolutionize email
Email. Is there anything in our lives that is more necessary and more burdensome? It seems like everyone hates email and no one can live without it, so the obvious next step is to fix it. Of course, in the context of email, the question becomes: What does “fix” even mean and who will finally pull it off?
There are dozens of companies that have taken a crack at “fixing” email, and some have done a better job than others. None have managed to solve all of our email woes, of course, but there are a handful of companies that have actually managed to launch fairly revolutionary email solutions.
And if you haven’t yet tried them out, you really should.
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Steve Jobs called Jon Stewart after The Daily Show ripped Apple – and you’ll be shocked at what he said
Way back when Apple went on a rampage against Gizmodo after the publication got its hands on a prototype of the iPhone 4, Jon Stewart and The Daily Show ripped into the company for its seemingly heavy-handed tactics in going after the publication. 9to5Mac has spotted an interview with Stewart on the Howard Stern show in which he says that Steve Jobs actually called him after he ran that segment… and the most shocking thing about it was that Jobs was polite and nice.
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10 of the best Black Friday deals of 2014
This is it, holiday shoppers. There is now exactly one week left until Black Friday 2014 is officially upon us. Of course, the deals have already begun at most retailers, which are now in full-on sale mode as they look to capitalize on the biggest shopping event of the year.
We have shared thousands of deals with you so far from the nation’s biggest retailers including Best Buy, GameStop, Staples, RadioShack, Walmart, Target, BJ’s Wholesale and many more. Of course, if you don’t feel like sifting through all of those sales, we also have some Black Friday suggestions for you that might help narrow things down.
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8 awesome paid iPhone apps that are free downloads for a limited time
It’s time to finish the week strong with one last batch of nifty paid iPhone and iPad apps that are all on sale for free for a limited time. Yesterday’s post brought you seven paid apps regularly worth more than $60 that were all on sale for free — and some of them can still be downloaded for free if you hurry. Today, we have eight new apps for you and there are some great ones to choose from.
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