T-Mobile forced to push back Nexus 6 launch to offer customers ‘best experience possible’
Expected to start selling the Nexus 6 on November 12th, T-Mobile on Tuesday posted a short message on Google+ announcing potential buyers that it has decided to postpone the launch of the handset in order to be able to offer them a better experience.
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iOS 8 adoption slowly inches towards 60% of iOS devices
iOS 8 adoption hasn’t been stellar for Apple, compared to the previous iOS version, but the company has published new iOS distribution numbers on its developers portal, revealing that 56% of iOS devices talking to the App Store have iOS 8 installed, according to data measured on November 10th.
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Most stolen cars in Canada
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There are plenty of lists on which consumers love to see their vehicles, but the list of Most Stolen Cars is not one of them. Each year, automobile thefts costs Canadians close to $1 billion, and worst of all, this will lead to higher insurance premiums on the cars targeted by thieves.
To protect yourself from having your vehicle stolen, experts recommend using common sense when parking your car, equipping your vehicle with an alarm and immobilizing device and using your garage whenever possible. Vigilance and public awareness are also important a major way to curb car theft.
Click here to view the full list of the Most Stolen Cars in Canada, as we’ve included the Most Frequently Stolen Crossovers / SUVs and the Top 10 Most Stolen Sports Cars too. Find out if your car made the list.
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Microsoft announces big Black Friday deals
In addition to Target and Best Buy, which have already revealed plenty of details about their upcoming Black Friday sales, Microsoft also has special deals planned for the upcoming shopping spree, including some interesting Xbox One bundles. The company has updated its Black Friday Offers page to highlight its Black Friday sales that will be available to buyers online starting with 12:00 a.m. on November 27th.
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Video: Watch one of Google’s amazing robots reenact a classic scene from The Karate Kid
It’s been a little less than a year since Google embarked on a major spending spree of robotics firms and since then we haven’t heard too much about the company’s growing android army. Per 9to5Google, there’s a new video showing off a robot built by the Google-owned Boston Dynamics in which it reenacts the classic scene in The Karate Kid where Daniel stands atop a small barrel on a beach and tries to maintain balance while performing assorted moves.
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This accessory makes it (sort of) safer to look at your phone while driving
You shouldn’t text and drive. You really, really shouldn’t. That said, if you’re the kind of person who just can’t help picking up your phone whenever you hear a little buzzing sound, you may want to check out Alfah Mobile, a new smartphone accessory that’s trying to raise $35,000 on Kickstarter.
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Windows Phone has been a huge disappointment this year – but Microsoft isn’t worried yet
It’s safe to say that Windows Phone has been a massive disappointment this year. Despite being a strong overall platform, it still hasn’t gained any traction and Microsoft hasn’t released any flagship hardware for the device so far on par with 2013’s Lumia 1020 or Lumia 1520. Business Insider reports, however, that Microsoft isn’t too concerned about its mobile operating system despite the fact that most third-party data suggests that its market share has either stagnated or even decline this year.
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Spotify CEO explains why Taylor Swift should be grateful to his company
Last week we learned that pop star Taylor Swift decided to remove all her music from Spotify because she felt that it doesn’t “fairly compensate the writers, producers, artists, and creators of this music” and that she couldn’t “agree with perpetuating the perception that music has no value and should be free.” Now Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has responded to Swift’s criticism by saying that she and other artists should be grateful to the service because otherwise pirates would just steal their music and they wouldn’t make any money.
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You will have another chance to preorder the OnePlus One on November 17th
After a disastrous first attempt at preorders for the OnePlus One that ended in server issues and customers being charged twice for their orders, OnePlus is going to try again. On November 17th at 11 a.m. EST, OnePlus will reopen preorders for an hour, giving anyone who missed out the first time around a chance to get in line for the CyanogenMod smartphone.
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This looks like the video game Game of Thrones fans have been craving for years
It’s incredibly hard to take an established property and convert it from one medium to another. The rate of success for movies and TV shows being adapted into video games seems to be getting a little better every year (see: Shadow of Mordor, the LEGO games), but there are still plenty of franchises that have yet to have their day in the sun. Game of Thrones is one of them, but Telltale Games could finally give the fantasy phenomenon its due later this year.
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