Earlier this week, PayPal was lambasted for its new user agreement which allowed the online payments company to robocall and autotext customers at will. What was particularly jarring about the user agreement — set to go into effect on July 1 — is that PayPal reserved the right to contact customers not just for account problems, but also for surveys and promotions. Even worse, PayPal brazenly advised users who weren’t on board with the new agreement that they should simply close their account and move it along.

Naturally, news of PayPal’s new TOS caused something of an uproar online. Thankfully, PayPal has since realized that forcing users to accept automated texts and phone calls wasn’t the wisest of business decisions.

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On Wednesday, we brought you word of a new voice assistant app called Hound that absolutely mopped the floor with Siri, Google Now and Cortana in a demonstration video. Some skepticism was warranted about this video, however, since it was produced by Hound’s own developers. But now we have proof that Hound is the real deal thanks to a third-party demo video posted by YouTube gadget reviewer Tim Schofield.

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The Android vs. iPhone debate is a tedious one, but don’t expect it to slow down anytime soon. While this endless debate can often be boring for those of us who aren’t overly enthusiastic users — “fanboys” — there are some aspects of the iOS vs. Android rivalry that are pretty interesting.

For example, it’s great to know the advantages and limitations of your platform of choice, and that’s why we’ve put this series of posts together. In this latest entry, we’ve found five terrific free Android apps that feature impressive functionality the iPhone simply can’t match.

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Apple, as it turns out, won’t be announcing new Apple TV hardware at WWDC next week. Still, Apple’s beloved hobby seems to be doing just fine in the marketplace even with a product refresh looming.

According to a fresh report from Adobe Digital Index, Apple TV has made surprising marketshare gains when it comes to watching subscription-based premium content online. The Apple TV now accounts for 10% of all devices used to access services like Netflix and Amazon Prime, representing a staggering 100% increase from the previous quarter. In the process, Apple TV has now overtaken Roku which checked with a 9% share.

But the Apple TV is just the beginning of a much larger story regarding Apple’s dominance in the online streaming video.

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If you’re a runner, jogger, walker or anyone else who listens to music on your iPhone 6 while exercising, we have a deal for you that might be too good to pass up. There are plenty of options out there designed to keep sweat off of your smartphone while you work out, but many of them don’t exactly work as well as you’d like them to. Maybe they slide around your arm or perhaps they don’t fit the phone properly.

Well, one of the best-rated armband cases on Amazon for the iPhone 6 or the iPhone 5s/5c/5 is currently on sale for just $6.99 with free shipping, but only if you hurry.

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It looks like Apple has a few tricks up its sleeve for 2016. According to a new report out of the Far East, the company has plans to launch a new, completely redesigned iPhone next year — and it won’t be the iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus we’re all expecting.

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Shares of Netflix are up more than 80% so far in 2015, and it’s looking like the movie streaming business isn’t a bad one to be in right now. Just like the rest of us, Google appears to have taken note and it seems as though the company is at least toying with the idea of launching a Netflix-like service of its own.

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The hits keep on coming! After three terrific lists of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free so far this week, we’re back with another one that includes some fantastic finds you’ll want to check out immediately. Included among the eight apps we have for you on Thursday is a $15 to-do app that’s easily one of the best in the category for the iPhone and Apple Watch, a very cool music sequencer, a great minimalistic weather app, and a nifty app that helps colorblind people understand colors.

There are still a few paid iOS apps on sale for free in yesterday’s post, so hurry back to that one before the deals are done!

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Xiaomi’s president says that his company “will acquire BlackBerry,” although we have a very hard time believing that will actually be the case. G for Games points us to remarks made by Xiaomi president and cofounder Bin Lin in which he flat-out states that Xiaomi will buy BlackBerry. Skeptical of a Google translation of the Xiaomi president’s remarks, G for Games looked at the original text and broke it down word by word and, lo and behold, it seems he really did say that his company would be buying BlackBerry.

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Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4 is the only Samsung smartphone so far that can’t be accused of copying Apple’s iPhones, but its successor might not be the hottest new phablet out of South Korea this year. With many Android fans eagerly awaiting the September debut of the Galaxy Note 5, their attention has suddenly turned to the “Galaxy S6 Plus,” another new phablet Samsung will seemingly launch this year. And if the rumors pan out, it’ll debut much sooner than the Note 5.

Now, photos of the upcoming new Galaxy S6 Plus have seemingly been leaked for the first time.

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