Wednesday, August 20, 2014

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Amazon FireOS 3.5.1 update beefs up Fire Phone features - Tech Times

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 06:32 AM PDT


Tech Times
Amazon FireOS 3.5.1 update beefs up Fire Phone features
Tech Times
Quick Switch allows a Fire Phone user to shut down or alternate between tasks and currently running apps. Double tapping on the home button now allows quick access to the Quick Switch menu. On the App Grid Collection, one can now make folders of ...
Tech review: Amazon phone better for info than shopping Santa Fe New Mexican.com
Amazon's Fire Phone Not Burning Down The House Forbes
AT&T exclusivity stunting Fire Phone growth, study suggests CNET
TechRepublic  - Engadget  - TechRadar UK
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HTC offers up a One M8 Windows phone - Tech Times

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 05:35 PM PDT


Tech Times
HTC offers up a One M8 Windows phone
Tech Times
By Quinten Plummer, Tech Times | August 19, 8:29 PM ... "The HTC One (M8) for Windows is true to the flagship product's award-winning design and unique experience while also taking the best of what Windows Phone has to offer," said Laybourn.
HTC One (M8) for Windows Phone confirmed Digital Spy
HTC Debuts Windows Phone Version of One M8 Smartphone Top Tech News
HTC makes Windows version of flagship One phone Uniontown Herald Standard
Focus Taiwan News Channel
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Attorney General Madigan alerts residents of tech support phone scam - Quad City Times

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 01:05 PM PDT


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Attorney General Madigan alerts residents of tech support phone scam
Quad City Times
Attorney General Madigan alerts residents of tech support phone scam: Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office has received several complaints from central Illinois residents who have received phone calls from scammers posing as representatives of ...
Attorney General Madigan Warns Illinois Residents of 'Microsoft' Tech Support ... eNews Park Forest
AG warns of phone scammers posing as tech reps The State Journal-Register
Madigan warns Illinois residents of 'Microsoft tech support phone scam' KFVS
Daily Journal
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Tech News: Is your cell phone safe for banking? - WGAL Lancaster

Posted: 15 Aug 2014 01:58 PM PDT


WGAL Lancaster
Tech News: Is your cell phone safe for banking?
WGAL Lancaster
While 80 percent of the population now owns a smart phone, almost 50 percent of the people questioned said they would not use their phone for online banking. Related. Missing boater found · Susquehanna Valley expert talks... New school app a helpful ...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

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HTC One (M8) for Windows Phone confirmed - Digital Spy

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 09:23 AM PDT


Tech Times
HTC One (M8) for Windows Phone confirmed
Digital Spy
Tech News. HTC One (M8) for Windows Phone confirmed. By Jamie Harris. Tuesday, Aug 19 2014, 11:23am EDT. 0. Hours after the latest leak, HTC has officially unveiled its HTC One (M8) for Windows Phone. The smartphone will be available to order in the ...
Windows Phone RIP? Android, iOS account for 96.4 percent of global ... Tech Times
HTC makes Windows version of flagship One phone Uniontown Herald Standard
HTC Unveils Windows Phone Variant of the One M8 Paste Magazine
Yahoo News  - The Verge
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2014 CTIA E-Tech Awards Select Voxox Mobile App and Cloud Phone Small ... - MarketWatch

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 05:03 AM PDT


2014 CTIA E-Tech Awards Select Voxox Mobile App and Cloud Phone Small ...
MarketWatch
SAN DIEGO, Aug 19, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Voxox®, the most comprehensive cloud-based rich communication service for consumers and businesses, today announced that two of its products — Cloud Phone web app for small businesses and Voxox ...

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Tech review: Amazon phone better for info than shopping - Santa Fe New Mexican.com

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:22 PM PDT


Tech Times
Tech review: Amazon phone better for info than shopping
Santa Fe New Mexican.com
The new Amazon Fire Phone's Firefly feature, which lets the user take a photo of objects, numbers, artwork or books and have the phone recognize the item, is demonstrated in Seattle earlier this year. Firefly also can recognize songs, TV shows, and movies.
Amazon Fire Phone 'traps' user in Amazon world: Consumer Reports Tech Times
Amazon Fire Phone: Consumer-only take on Android TechRepublic
Amazon's first Fire phone update tackles its big interface problems Engadget
PC Magazine  - ValueWalk  - Times of India
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TECH KNOW: Retro home phones offer style and savvy - Sydney Morning Herald

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 04:45 PM PDT


Sydney Morning Herald
TECH KNOW: Retro home phones offer style and savvy
Sydney Morning Herald
The packaging says you can "answer and make mobile calls with your home phone using blootooth," but before you think it's new technology, it's just a typo. This has two handsets and easy to use Bluetooth connectivity, though the actual connection to ...

Y Combinator's Doblet Plans To Be Everywhere Your Phone Charger Isn't - TechCrunch

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 01:52 PM PDT


TechCrunch
Y Combinator's Doblet Plans To Be Everywhere Your Phone Charger Isn't
TechCrunch
That's around the same cost as buying your own portable battery, and you can always just throw your phone charger in your bag for free. But Chang and Gurson of Doblet say their technology sets itself apart because often people forget those additional ...
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Monday, August 18, 2014

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AG warns of phone scammers posing as tech reps - The State Journal-Register

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 05:18 AM PDT


AG warns of phone scammers posing as tech reps
The State Journal-Register
CHICAGO — Illinois residents are being warned to watch out for telephone scammers who pose as representatives from Microsoft or other technology companies. email · print. By The Associated Press. The State Journal-Register. By The Associated Press.
Madigan warns Illinois residents of 'Microsoft tech support phone scam' KFVS
AG warns of tech support scam Alton Telegraph
Attorney General Madigan says phone scammers posing as technology support ... The Republic
WLS-TV
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Amazon Fire Phone 'traps' user in Amazon world: Consumer Reports - Tech Times

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 02:37 AM PDT


Tech Times
Amazon Fire Phone 'traps' user in Amazon world: Consumer Reports
Tech Times
By Christian de Looper, Tech Times | August 18, 5:32 AM ... The Amazon Fire Phone has been reviewed on Consumer Reports, which suggests that the device is below par compared with other devices, and that it traps users in the Amazon ecosystem.
Amazon Fire Phone: Consumer-only take on Android TechRepublic
Amazon Fire Phone security features and pitfalls TechTarget
Amazon Fire Phone Update: New Features, Improved Stability, Battery Life AndroidOrigin
TechHive
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Windows Phone RIP? Android, iOS account for 96.4 percent of global ... - Tech Times

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 01:07 AM PDT


Tech Times
Windows Phone RIP? Android, iOS account for 96.4 percent of global ...
Tech Times
The phone would have had a number of features that the Amazon Fire Phone showed in its recent launch, Tech Times reports, which may have been part of why it was shelved. The move to shelve it was reportedly made months ago, even as much interest ...

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Tech: Considerations when phone contracts end - Journal and Courier

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 11:24 AM PDT


Tech: Considerations when phone contracts end
Journal and Courier
In accepting the offers, I'd have to give up Verizon's unlimited data plan, which lets me use the phone's cellular data connection as much as I want without overage fees. It's so good that both Verizon and AT&T have been phasing it out. Existing ...

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Sunday, August 17, 2014

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Tech Tips: Considerations when phone contracts end - The Sheboygan Press

Posted: 16 Aug 2014 09:38 PM PDT


Tech Tips: Considerations when phone contracts end
The Sheboygan Press
In accepting the offers, I'd have to give up Verizon's unlimited data plan, which lets me use the phone's cellular data connection as much as I want without overage fees. It's so good that both Verizon and AT&T have been phasing it out. Existing ...

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Week in Tech: New phones, high-tech helmets and wet CEOs - Network World

Posted: 15 Aug 2014 07:31 AM PDT


Week in Tech: New phones, high-tech helmets and wet CEOs
Network World
Nick Barber: Thanks for joining us here on World Tech Update, I'm Nick Barber. Microsoft's Devices Group has unveiled the Nokia 130, a mobile phone that costs just $25, but there's a drawback. It lacks an Internet connection and apps. With the 130 ...

Considerations when phone contracts end - WTOP

Posted: 15 Aug 2014 03:32 AM PDT


Considerations when phone contracts end
WTOP
FILE - This April 11, 2011 file photo shows an sign for Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint mobile phones at a Best Buy store in San Francisco. Whether or not you're still on an unlimited plan, you'll have similar things to consider when your phone contract expires.
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Saturday, August 16, 2014

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Pattern Recognition Algorithm Recognizes When Drivers Are on the Phone - MIT Technology Review

Posted: 16 Aug 2014 06:16 AM PDT


Pattern Recognition Algorithm Recognizes When Drivers Are on the Phone
MIT Technology Review
It takes about five seconds to dial a telephone number during which time a car traveling at 60 miles per hour will have moved 140 meters. And according to the Virginia Tech transportation Institute, almost 80 percent of crashes involve drivers who were ...

Tech News: Is your cell phone safe for banking? - WGAL Lancaster

Posted: 15 Aug 2014 01:58 PM PDT


WGAL Lancaster
Tech News: Is your cell phone safe for banking?
WGAL Lancaster
While 80 percent of the population now owns a smart phone, almost 50 percent of the people questioned said they would not use their phone for online banking. Related. Missing boater found · Susquehanna Valley expert talks... New school app a helpful ...

Nokia's New Tech Charges Your Phone While You Chat - ValueWalk

Posted: 15 Aug 2014 01:46 PM PDT


ValueWalk
Nokia's New Tech Charges Your Phone While You Chat
ValueWalk
This means they respond to vibration and movement created by everyday sound e.g. our voices. If you then put electrical contacts on both sides of the rods you can use the voltage they generate to charge a phone," say the researchers, reports Jay ...

PERSONAL TECH What To Do When Phone Contracts End - Top Tech News

Posted: 15 Aug 2014 09:44 AM PDT


Top Tech News
PERSONAL TECH What To Do When Phone Contracts End
Top Tech News
plan, which lets me use the phone's cellular data connection as much as I want without overage fees. It's so good that both Verizon and AT&T have been phasing it out. Existing customers have been allowed to keep those plans, but they get kicked out ...

Tech Insider: Get your phone festival ready for free! - Irish Independent

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 06:30 PM PDT


Irish Independent
Tech Insider: Get your phone festival ready for free!
Irish Independent
There is no point in having a flashy phone with a super camera if your battery runs dead. This app will help optimise your battery life, until a charging port becomes available. Festival Ready. Free on iOS and Android. This app is made by the folks ...
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Friday, August 15, 2014

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Should Microsoft be worried about Windows Phone's falling market share? - Gigaom

Posted: 15 Aug 2014 08:30 AM PDT


Gigaom
Should Microsoft be worried about Windows Phone's falling market share?
Gigaom
Research firm IDC released its quarterly smartphone sales data on Thursday, estimating that Android and iOS phones combined for 96.4 percent of the phones shipped last quarter. That leaves just a meager 3.3 percent of the market for Microsoft's Windows ...

FCC mulls regulating broadband providers just like phone companies - Tech Times

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 03:52 PM PDT


Tech Times
FCC mulls regulating broadband providers just like phone companies
Tech Times
... Wheeler's plan to allow some paid prioritization of traffic. As reported by Tech Times, President Obama announced that he is an advocate of an open Internet and opposed to Internet fast lanes, "so that the next Google or the next Facebook can ...
How the FCC Can Save Net Neutrality and Still Ruin the Internet Huffington Post (blog)

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Tech Tips: Considerations when phone contracts end - The Oshkosh Northwestern

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 07:10 PM PDT


Tech Tips: Considerations when phone contracts end
The Oshkosh Northwestern
In accepting the offers, I'd have to give up Verizon's unlimited data plan, which lets me use the phone's cellular data connection as much as I want without overage fees. It's so good that both Verizon and AT&T have been phasing it out. Existing ...

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New Nokia cell phone is a low-tech throwback - CW39 NewsFix

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 02:56 PM PDT


New Nokia cell phone is a low-tech throwback
CW39 NewsFix
REDMOND, WA – Don't look now, but everything old is new again in the world of telephones. If you're looking for a low-tech throwback to cell phones, then Nokia has your number with a phone with no camera, no internet connection, and no social media ...
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