In an age where we store our most important data on our mobile devices, we depend on device manufacturers and designers to ensure our information is kept safe. Unfortunately, potential problems are often overlooked until someone finds a way to take advantage of them, as appears to be the case with the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s latest discovery.
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Bashing the iPhone has been good business for Samsung, which has regularly run hugely successful ad campaigns that roast iPhone fans for being mindless sheep. Not one to mess with a winning formula, Samsung is at it again with a new ad called “Wall Huggers” that ridicules the iPhone’s inferior battery power and shows several iPhone fans sitting by walls at an airport to make sure that their devices don’t quickly get drained of battery life.
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Android L might be the most exciting update to Google’s mobile operating system since it launched in 2008. Material Design, the centerpiece of Android L, could seamlessly unify an interface that has struggled to form its own identity in the past, but all we have right now is the promise of something amazing. Until we actually see it in action on our own screens, we’ll just have to take Google’s word for it, which is why Luke Klinker’s Talon for Twitter should be near the top of your list of most wanted apps right now.
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Don’t let our list of top 10 worst do-it-yourself car repairs scare you off, as there are still plenty of simple car repairs you can actually perform yourself in order to easily avoid costly repair bills you really shouldn’t have to pay.
Although many car maintenance items and major repair should be left up to trusted professionals, things like installing a new battery, replacing a light bulb or changing a tire (see: How to properly change a tire) don’t often require much effort and can end up saving you a lot of time and money.
Click here to countdown the top 8 most simple car repairs you shouldn’t have to pay for and can easily perform yourself.
8 simple car repairs you can fix yourself originally appeared on Autoblog Canada on Thu, 03 Jul 2014 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It’s easy to forget just how awesome our smartphones are. Over the past 10 years, our mobile phones have morphed from being our primary tools for talking and texting to being our primary all-purpose computers that let us do things that we never imagined we could do with a device that fits into our pockets. Gizmodo writer Ashley Feinberg now has a unique appreciation for the greatness of smartphones after she decided to deprive herself of her iPhone for a full month and instead use the ancient Motorola RAZR V3, which just happened to be the hottest smartphone released in 2004.
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It is simply not possible to remember everything we experience each day, and yet everything we do and see impacts us. What if there existed a simple and beautiful way to ensure that any and all experiences we deem to be important are stored forever, waiting to be called upon at any time? Day One by Bloom Built is an iPhone and iPad app that does exactly that.
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Although Android L is still months away from officially launching, some clever Android developers have taken bits and pieces of code from the developer preview of the new platform and have been modifying them for release as either standalone apps or launchers. For instance, we’ve already seen standalone apps released for Android L’s great new notification center and for its newly revamped keyboard.
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Mechanic crashes customer’s rare Ferrari Enzo originally appeared on Autoblog Canada on Thu, 03 Jul 2014 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Now that the first Android Wear devices are finally out in the wild, early adopters will be on the hunt for compatible apps to use with the G Watch and the Gear Live. Google began the rollout by launching the Android Wear setup app on Wednesday, allowing users to quickly pair their new wearables with their smartphones, control voice action preferences and adjust notification settings.
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Average global Internet service speeds grew an impressive 24% annually to 3.9Mbps in the first quarter of 2014, according to the recently released “State of the Internet Report” from Akamai. The United States showed solid improvements as well in terms of Web speeds, with the national average connection rate climbing 31% to 10.5Mbps. While that figure is impressive compared to the global average, and is also up a healthy 9% from the fourth quarter last year, it still lags global leaders by a big margin.
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