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Paypal’s horrifying new User Agreement lets the company robocall and autotext users at will

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Even though PayPal recently agreed to fork over $25 million in fines for deceptive business practices, it seems that the online payments company is up to its old tricks yet again.

Ahead of its planned split from eBay, PayPal is planning to roll out a new terms of service agreement for its customers which would allow the company to pepper its userbase with robocalls and text messages. What’s more, the updated terms of service would allow PayPal to contact users at either their designated phone number or even an undisclosed number PayPal managed to obtain through other means. Set to go into effect on July 1, PayPal’s updated user agreement is not an opt-in type of deal, which makes it all the more worrisome.

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iPhone 6s Plus rumored to match the Galaxy Note 4 with a 2K display of its own

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Apple has never engaged in specs-matching wars with the competition when it comes to the iPhone and has thus drawn some criticism for its hardware choices regarding screen resolutions, camera megapixels, processor cores or the amount of RAM it offers. But that’s about to change this year, as Apple’s iPhone 6s will reportedly finally match Android flagship devices when it comes to one key component.

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Cool Amazon Prime perks you’ve probably never heard of

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You probably already know that your annual $99 Amazon Prime subscription gets you free two-day shipping and access to movie and TV show streams on Amazon Prime Instant Video. However, Rather Be Shopping has put together a list of Amazon Prime perks that you’ve probably never heard of that will help you get even more out of your Amazon Prime membership. Here, for our money, are the three coolest ones.

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For Apple Music to succeed, iTunes must be sacrificed

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One of the business tenets that has led to Apple’s incredible success is that the company isn’t afraid to cannibalize its own products. If anything, Apple tends to embrace such scenarios, with Tim Cook once explaining that Apple views “cannibalization as a huge opportunity.”

“Our core philosophy is to never fear cannibalization,” Cook said during an earnings conference call two years ago. “If we don’t do it, someone else will. We know that iPhone has cannibalized some of our iPod business. That doesn’t worry us.”

With that said, one can only hope that Apple will take steps to actively cannibalize its own iTunes business. If they don’t, some other company will, and it may happen sooner than anyone thinks.

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This tiny $2.50 device extends your disposable batteries’ lives by up to 800%

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While lithium-ion batteries are all the rage these days, we still do use alkaline batteries for a lot of our important household gadgets. However, these batteries are often woefully inefficient and use up only 20% of their stored energy before they become effectively useless. However, a new device called Batteriser promises to fix this problem by boosting your disposable batteries’ lives by up to 800%.

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