Unless you want to deal with in-app ads, paying for apps is the only way to ensure that the awesome developers who build these great applications can stay in business and build more great apps. Of course, it’s also nice to get a freebie every once in a while. Developers make paid iPhone and iPad apps available for free from time to time for a number of reasons. Sometimes it’s to gain some exposure and sometimes it’s to celebrate an update or a new version. Whatever the reason, we always enjoy sharing these temporary sales with readers when some high-quality apps are offered up for free.

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It’s pretty amazing how far we’ve come in terms of the quality of photographs captured by smartphone cameras. Despite the miniscule size of the components involved, top smartphone cameras can take better pictures than many dedicated point and shoot cameras in the right conditions. While Nokia’s Lumia 1020 is probably still the king of the hill in terms of mobile cameras, Apple’s iPhone lineup has been an industry leader since it first debuted in 2007. And since then, IPPAWARDS has held an annual contest in an effort to find the most stunning photos in the world that were captured by iPhones.

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One of the best Android keyboard replacements out there is now free. SwiftKey announced on Wednesday that it’s dumping its traditional $3.99 price tag and is moving toward a “freemium” model that will offer in-app purchases that include up to 30 new individual themes and other customizable content that it will add to its in-house store in the coming weeks.

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Several reports have claimed that Apple’s next-generation iPhone 6 is entering mass production and we all know what that means: more leaks. With production ramping up at Foxconn and component manufacturing in full swing at Apple’s other partners, we’re likely entering a period where new leaks will pop up just about every day. For anxious Apple fans who can’t wait to get their hands on the iPhone 6, these leaks will show you exactly what to expect. For those who would rather be surprised this fall, it might be a good idea to shut off your internet service for a few months.

To start off this next phase of iPhone leaks, a Weibo user has published images of a fully assembled iPhone 6.

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The OnePlus One is one of the most interesting Android handsets of the first half of the year, bringing users monster specs for half the price of most flagship phones. But unfortunately, interested buyers still can’t purchase one. The handset has further been delayed, the company explained in an email, as OnePlus has opted for a last-minute software update for the handset that will address “some final issues.”

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Samsung on Thursday will finally unveil its hottest tablet yet, the Galaxy Tab S, which will feature an amazing high-resolution AMOLED display, a first for such devices. Pictures showing the device as well as rumored specs have been featured in various reports, but SamMobile has obtained even more details about the upcoming tablet family, including pictures showing its flip cover accessories.

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Finance executives at big companies get paid a small fortune to find loopholes in the tax code that will allow them to save as much money as possible on their tax bills. Tax laws in the U.S. and elsewhere are painfully complex, of course, but there are always fine lines that can be walked in order to pocket as much income as possible. Apple does the tax dance as well as any other big corporation, and now it will apparently face a probe from the European Commission, which will reportedly look to investigate Apple’s tax arrangements in Ireland.

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Samsung will soon launch a mini version of its 2014 flagship Android handset, a natural successor of similar mini devices that preceded it in past years, and SamMobile received new images showing the Galaxy S5 mini alongside benchmark screenshots that seem to confirm the handset’s hardware.

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Google’s employees are among the happiest of any company in the world so it’s not surprising that its summer internships offer some pretty sweet perks. The Associated Press, via CBS News, takes a look at some of the killer benefits that Google interns are enjoying as part of their tenure in Mountain View this summer and they’re about as luxurious as you’d expect: “Bikes, buses, massages, swimming pools, dance classes, nap pods, parties,” and a whole lot more. Oh, and Google is also paying its interns more than $5,000 per month, which is a pretty sweet summer job for any college student.

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Gamers are pretty desensitized to blood and guts — after all, you can only blow off so many zombie heads or impale so many bandits before you just aren’t squeamish anymore. However, it’s one thing to have blood and random goo splatter everywhere, but it’s quite another to see actual organs taken out of people’s bodies and examined up close. Enter Surgeon Simulator, the game that lets you tear open a very unlucky patient and completely obliterate his vital organs with drills, hammers and other implements of destruction.

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