Here’s how Verizon’s Android bloatware might become the best ever
One of the reasons users passionately hate carriers is the bloatware they fill Android devices with, as in many cases a mobile operator’s app collection that comes preloaded on a new handset may be somewhat difficult to remove for an average user. In some countries, there already are laws that require carriers to let their subscribers delete any apps they want on a handset, but that’s hardly a widespread practice. Luckily for Verizon customers, Big Red is willing to make some changes to its approach to bloatware, Droid-Life reports, starting with the LG G3.
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Sense is the latest awesome product to take Kickstarter by storm
Sense reached its Kickstarter goal of $100,000 in just seven hours, becoming a new Kickstarter star on its way to almost $400,000 in pledges with 28 days left in its crowdfunding campaign. Developed by Hello, Sense is an advanced sleep-tracking gadget that aims to improve our time in bed.
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Verizon remixes the HTC One mini 2’s name, launches it for $50
Buyers looking to score a brand new HTC One mini 2 from Verizon will have to look for the HTC One remix in the carrier’s inventory, as Big Red decided to have a special name for HTC’s latest mini smartphone. To further mark its territory, Verizon has plastered its logo all over the front and back of the phone.
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‘Coolest’ cooler Kickstarter pledges could reach record-shattering $21M
The “Coolest” cooler is a very successful Kickstarter project that has so far raised almost $7 million, or about 14,000% its initial goal of $50,000, with KickTraq stats saying the campaign could end up raising more than $21.7 million by August 29 when it ends, assuming it’ll continue to draw backers at the same rate.
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Watch the first clip from the Halo TV show premiering this fall
We all wish that Halo 5: Guardians could be done in time for the holiday season this year, but 343 Industries and Microsoft are doing everything they can to tide us over in the meantime. At San Diego Comic-Con on Wednesday, Microsoft took the stage to show off the first footage of Halo: Nightfall, an original television series based on the game franchise which will begin airing this fall.
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CSCS Round 3 Highlights at Toronto Motorsports Park
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Another CSCS (Canadian Sports Compact Series) Sunday funday is in the books and we’re already looking forward to the next. As you guys may already know, CSCS is the biggest sport compact racing series in Canada. Enthusiast from all over the country, and even some of our neightbours from down south travel up to Ontario both to compete and spectate. There’s something for all sorts of enthusiast at CSCS. Drag, drift, circuit, show, food and plenty of eye candy to leave you with a sore neck for a while… READ MORE
CSCS Round 3 Highlights at Toronto Motorsports Park
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Forget the cloud, researchers are working on 1TB memory for smartphones
What if your smartphone shipped with 1TB of memory, which would be not only be able to store all the digital content you want to carry with you at all times, but would also be faster and more reliable? Researchers from Rice University are already working on such technology, MIT’s Technology Review reports, having discovered a more practical way to mass-produce it.
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Flagship G3 drives record smartphone sales for LG
BGR recently reviewed LG’s new flagship G3, which just launched last week in the United States. We called the phone Android’s new king, supplanting Samsung’s lackluster Galaxy S5, which has been something of a disappointment for many consumers and for Samsung’s bottom line. While LG has a long way to go before it catches up to Samsung in terms of shipments, the company on Thursday reported record smartphone sales for the second quarter.
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Video: Want to see what happens when an iPhone 5s gets run over by a train? Of course you do
The iPhone 5s is amazingly solid for a smartphone made entirely of glass and ultra-thin aluminum. It looks great, it feels great and it can survive its fair share of drops as long as it doesn’t hit a hard surface on its corner. But can it survive being run over by a speeding train?
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Google reportedly acquires streaming video giant Twitch for $1 billion
Following several reports that the two were in talks, Google has reportedly reached a deal to acquire streaming video giant Twitch for $1 billion. Twitch is a wildly popular service that allows gamers to stream live video of themselves as well as live feeds of whatever video games they might be playing. Venturebeat reports that Google’s YouTube division is in charge of the deal and will presumably oversee Twitch in some capacity moving forward. Google has not yet confirmed the acquisition.
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