Motorola is apparently working on a few new Android handsets including phablet-sized devices, a couple of new videos posted on TK Tech News reveal. The publication has supposedly gotten in touch with a person who’s actually using such a device, which doesn’t have a commercial name yet, but which appears to be running Android L or some sort of Android L-like launcher on top of stock Android.
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One of the keys to the early success of the PlayStation 4 was its release date. When Sony took the stage in February last year to reveal the PS4, everyone was a bit taken aback, Sony included. Speaking at the Develop Conference in Brighton, SCEI President Andrew House admitted that although Sony wasn’t prepared to show off the new console at the time, the company knew that it wanted to be the first on the scene.
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Apple’s upcoming first foray into the emerging wearables market is expected to launch this coming October, and numerous reports suggest it will be called the “iWatch.” With a focus on notifications as well as health and fitness tracking, the device will seemingly be a lot like smartwatches that are already on the market, but likely with some added design flair that only Apple can deliver. Of course, there will hopefully also be some extra functionality mixed in, considering the fact that current smartwatches don’t offer very much in the way of truly compelling features.
But if you happen to have an Android Wear watch already or if you’re buying one soon, you don’t have to wait to get an “iWatch.”
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It’s sort of sad that Microsoft has to defend keeping around its most popular consumer product to Wall Street analysts, but apparently it does. Late last year, Normura analyst Rick Sherlund and Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen called on Microsoft to dump the Xbox because it was a persistent money loser for the firm. However, in his new manifesto sent out to Microsoft employees, CEO Satya Nadella spends a good chunk of time defending the Xbox’s place in Microsoft’s product line and explains why keeping it around is hugely important to the company’s future in consumer electronics.
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Numerous leaks have already detailed Apple’s plans to use strong sapphire glass displays on its 2014 iPhone models, although the company is yet to confirm any of them. However, AppleInsider has discovered three patent applications filed in early 2013 that prove Apple is really exploring ways of increasing the durability of its iPhones, with the patents describing means of reinforcing sapphire glass for front and back panels. They also describe a means of using sapphire glass for other iPhone components and “implanting” product details within sapphire glass covers.
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Netflix is a fantastic service that has and will continue to change the home entertainment landscape. But despite how disruptive the service have been — and this is one of those rare cases where “disruptive” is being used to describe a company that actually disrupted something — it can still be infuriatingly difficult to find good content amid all of the stale movies and TV shows in Netflix’s library.
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Verizon customers won’t have to wait much longer to get their hands on one of the best looking Android phones of the year as the carrier revealed on Thursday that the LG G3 will be available starting July 17th. If you’re already sold on the latest LG flagship, you can preorder the G3 right now on Verizon’s website.
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The leaked iPhone 6 front panel – supposedly made of sapphire crystal – is very hard to scratch or break according to a couple of videos that have put it through various torture tests. However, Nowhereelse has discovered an even more thorough stress test video, which will show you what you need to do to break the iPhone 6’s screen.
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It hasn’t taken long for Netflix to establish itself as a very respectable original content producer. Business Insider brings us word that Netflix’s original series have been nominated for 31 different Emmy awards this year, led by its two smash-hit dramas House of Cards and Orange is the New Black.
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This has already been quite a week for iPhone and iPad app sales, and today we have some big ones for you. We don’t cover many iOS games in these posts because there are just so many of them and they constantly see price changes. Today, however, we have two big ones to share with you along with a nifty utility.
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