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Good folks of Protect Your Bubble prepared a neat infographic to highlight the top 10 most dangerous things people do with their smartphones. Here’s what they’ve got: No password – up to 62% of smartphone owners don’t password-protect their device. Auto sign-in for banking and financial services Take, send and store nude photos on their…
The long-time rumored Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo has been officially announced in Poland. As we’ve told you before, this phablet sits somewhere between the Galaxy Note II and Galaxy Note 3. Specs wise, it packs a 5.5-inch HD Super AMOLED display with 1280×720 pixels resolution (720p), 2GB of RAM, 8-megapixel rear and 2-megapixel front…
Looks like Sony Xperia M is about to get its serving of Android 4.3, skipping Android 4.2 altogether. The information comes from Vodafone Australia, which is about to start testing that firmware. We’re not sure what’s all included in this update, but chances are – Sony will make sure users get much more than “pure”…
The earlier leaked Nexus 5 in red may hit Google Play Store on February 4th, according to this week’s internal Sprint Playbook. That’s pretty much all we can take from such an obvious headline as “2/4/14: Google Nexus 5 in red available in Google play stores.” Bear in mind this isn’t official yet so things…
SwiftKey is now available for iOS. But you can’t use it across all apps. Its availability is limited to a single application made by (guess) SwiftKey — SwiftKey Note is a free (guess again) note taking app that sings along Evernote. iPhone and iPad fanboys may think Apple’s default keyboard is the best thing in…
Samsung knows the key to making a successful product isn’t “just” hardware. In order to justify the steep price tag of its flagship devices, the Korean giant has been investing heavily in software. As a result, Galaxy S series owners get some of the goodies no other devices have. Not that most of these apps…
As part of the Motorola acquisition deal, Lenovo may’ve also scooped the right to make the next Nexus phone, well-connected Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin has tweeted. He went on to add that this could easily be the last Nexus device ever released, with Google switching to “Play Edition” devices from 2015 onwards. Or — this…
With BlackBerry sinking, Apple has managed to sneak into the enterprises. In an interview with BusinessInsider, Apple’s CEO and CFO, Tim Cook and Steve Oppenheimer, described the company’s enterprise sales figures as “unbelievable”, with the majority of Fortune 500 and Global 500 companies now opting for iPhones and iPads rather than devices made by other…
Samsung has signed the so called “preferred partner” agreement with Carphone Warehouse to operate over 60 Samsung stand-alone stores across Europe. The deal comes on the heels of the successful opening in 2013 of three stand-alone stores in Spain, operated by Carphone Warehouse. The new stores will be rolled out in the next three months…
Say you like the Qualcomm Toq but you don’t want it in black. Worry not my friend, the chip making giant has just released the white model, which sells for the same, rather expensive $350. Over at Amazon, the device is marked as “shipping within 1 to 2 months” so you’ll still have to wait…