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LEAK: This is what Android 5.0 Lollipop looks like on the world’s best Android phone
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Motorola promised a speedy update to Lollipop for its latest phones and now, a new leak reveals Google’s new Android 5.0 Lollipop software running on the second-generation Moto X.
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HUGE SALE – SAVE $57! 9 awesome paid iPhone apps on sale for free right now
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These awesome free iOS 8 tweaks will make you want to jailbreak your phone right now
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FEATURED: 10 cases that will protect your iPhone 6 without ruining Apple’s gorgeous design
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Beyond that, not using a case on Apple’s new iPhones leaves them vulnerable to a few troublesome issues, namely “Bendgate” and “Dyegate.”
So, the task for me has become finding the least offensive cases out there that will protect my iPhone 6 without making it look and feel hideous in the process.
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Watch CEO Mark Zuckerberg obliterate an Ebola troll on Facebook
No one in the spotlight online is a stranger to Internet trolls. They’re everywhere — just look in the comments section on just about any well-known website that supports commenting, and you’ll find plenty of them. They lurk around every digital corner, waiting for the perfect moment to spring out and annoy us. Brazen trolls don’t even worry about masking their identities, happy to aggravate everyone knowing that they’re sitting safely behind their computer or smartphone.
Of course for most of us, it has become second nature to simply tune out their stupidity. Every once in a while, however, a high-profile Internet personality decides that enough is enough — and that’s exactly what Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg decided recently.
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Cable companies shrug off cord cutters by jacking up broadband prices
So you think you’re going to save money by canceling your cable TV service and watching your favorite shows through online streaming options? Sure, that may work at first but cable companies will still figure out how to get their pound of flesh from you unless they face real competition in the home broadband market. The New York Post points out that even though cable companies are losing pay TV subscribers, they’re making up for this lost revenue by jacking up prices on home broadband services.
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Apple has already patched the most terrifying iPhone malware yet
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HUGE LEAK: Video shows Android 5.0 and new TouchWiz running on Samsung’s Galaxy S4
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Car dealer lingo dictionary is filled with gold balls and green peas
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Every industry develops its own slang – mastering it brings people together as part of a group and makes communication harder for outsiders to understand. Given the less-than-sterling reputation that car salesmen have among many consumers, it should be no surprise that they also have their own insider jargon. Much of the lingo is now finally coming to light in one place thanks to an Ohio lawyer specializing in ‘lemon law’ cases who keeps a dictionary of the terms on his website.
According to Automotive News, the list is the ongoing project of lawyer Ronald Burdge from Dayton, OH. The dictionary reportedly started about 15 years ago when Burdge obtained it from a dealer’s employees as part of a lawsuit. Since then, he’s kept it up to date.
The lexicon varies from commonly understood and innocuous terms, including “low ball” and “tire kicker.” Beater, iron, sled and toad are all words for a worthless old jalopy.
However, Burdge also lists jargon for some lesser-known and often very unscrupulous acts. For example, the “five-finger close” happens when a sales manager hides a portion of a document with a hand to keep the buyer from noticing that the final numbers aren’t as discussed. The move is somewhat related to “sealing the customer,” which involves putting signed papers in a sealed or even stapled envelope as a way to hide things from buyers. There’s also the “high penny roll” where the finance computers increase payment amounts to a higher number without changing it by a full dollar to keep consumers from catching on.
Not everything is quite so negative, though. For example, most buyers might want to be known as want a “chiseler” – someone who is a hard negotiator. And one of the best terms on the list is a “gold balls” – a person with a high down payment and good credit. The whole dictionary goes into even deeper detail and is definitely worth browsing, even just for a laugh.
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