Path hit with FTC fine, faces another privacy issue

Off the beaten path Path is billed as a social networking app that allows you to remember all of life's moments, but this is one day that the company may want to erase from its timeline. The Federal Trade Commission and Path announced today that they reached a settlement over the company's unauthorized collection of address book information on mobile devices....

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CEO gets giddy over M7, uses phone to take pics at company party

Hold it up so everyone can see Proving there's nothing cooler than an HTC party, the company's CEO broke out the firm's unannounced upcoming handset, the M7, at a Taipei soiree today. Set to debut on Feb. 19 during dual events in New York and London, the M7 is said to be HTC's new flagship phone. By the looks of it, it's ready and raring to go. While...

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CEO snaps pics with M7 at HTC company party

Hold it up so everyone can see Proving there's nothing cooler than an HTC party, the company's CEO broke out the firm's upcoming handset, the M7, at a Taipei soiree today. Set to debut on Feb. 19 during dual events in New York and London, the M7 is said to be HTC's new flagship phone and, by the looks of it, it's ready and raring to go. While leaks and...

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Blackberry and Samsung tease us with previews of Superbowl Ads

Samsung and BlackBerry have released only short teasers of their upcoming Superbowl ads, hoping to garner interest and curiosity among viewers. The Superbowl is America’s  biggest sports event of the year, as well as one of its most watched too. Whether you’re watching it for the game or not, companies of all shapes and sizes are preparing for the big...

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Why the BlackBerry Q10 could be BlackBerry’s knight in shining armor

While the BlackBerry Z10 and its cool touchscreen is catching most of the headlines, the QWERTY-keyboard equipped BlackBerry Q10 could be the firm’s knight in shining armor. The dust has now cleared following BlackBerry’s successful BlackBerry 10 launch, giving us all the chance to examine the new phones, compare them to the competition, and have...

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The Digital Self: What happens when your phone knows you better than you do?

A new “context aware platform” from Qualcomm is opening the doors to a future in which everything about our lives – from the apps we use to the places we go to even the sounds we hear – is harvested and shared. Unless you’re a major Trekkie, you probably didn’t notice a new app for iOS and Android released this morning by Paramount Pictures. Named after...

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HTC's excited chairman shows off the upcoming M7 flagship

In a similar fashion to his peer from Huawei, HTC's chairman Peter Chou showed off the yet to be revealed M7 flagship during the company's year end party in Taipei, Taiwan. Mr. Chou also confirmed the smartphone's name quite originally - by repeatedly screaming it. The smartphone makes a brief appearance while HTC's chairman took some pictures of the gathered crowd....

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Rumored HTC M4 and HTC G2 could be coming soon to join the flagship M7

A leak has given us the codenames of two other possible smartphone releases from HTC, named the HTC M4 and HTC G2. We’ve got a few details to tempt us, but no indication on when either will be made official. We’re all expecting the future flagship phone known as the M7 to be launched during HTC’s February 19 event, but whether it’ll be joined by any other phones,...

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FTC chairman resigns after 4 years of online privacy battles

Outgoing FTC chairman famous for battling Google and others An aggressive defender of online privacy, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chief Jon Leibowitz will be leaving his post later this month after vigorously battling everyone from generic drug companies to social networking giant Facebook. The New York Times reported Thursday that FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz...

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ASUS sells nearly 1 million Padfone 2 units

Asus Padfone 2 is one of the most innovative devices in the mobile market beyond any shadow of doubt. The second generation of the 3-in-1 smartphone, which can be converted into a tablet and later into a laptop with the help of dock has surely changed the way we look at buying smartphones and tablets. ASUS, the manufacturers of the multi-featured smartphone...

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Galaxy Nexus sales resume as court denies Apple's request

The rivalry between the Apple and Samsung had led to an injunction on the Samsung's Galaxy Nexus, which was reversed later by an appeals court. Apple had then asked the court to reconsider, but the case is now over as Apple's request has been demised. The US court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, motivated its decision from today with the fact that all the...

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Sony Xperia Z release date and price: where can you get it?

Buy it. Buy it now. Oh, wait, you can't. The new Sony Xperia Z has turned a few heads with a top-end spec list…so how can you go about getting it? The handset caused something of a stir at CES 2013, mostly because it saw Sony finally releasing a phone that wasn't a couple of generations behind the competition. This means a massive 5-inch full HD display,...

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HTC readying 720p JB M4 and budget ICS G2 for spring

It seems that HTC could announce two other smartphones alongside the 1080p M7 this month. The HTC M7 is expected to go official on February 19 and the M4 and G2 could debut at the same press event. The information comes courtesy of a few specs and release information by @evleaks and UnwiredView. The two devices should start hitting retail stores this spring, while...

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Apple plans to make everyone your local ATM

What if you could use your phone to ask a stranger for some cash, and they actually gave it to you? A new patent application suggests Apple wants to make that happen. We’ve all been there: When you least expect to need cash, you realize your wallet’s empty – the restaurant won’t accept cards, you’re catching a bus, you wanna tip the hotel maid – but there isn’t...

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Huawei Ascend Mate pre-orders start at $575 in China

Huawei announced three phones at the CES in Las Vegas in January - the Ascend D2 1080p smartphone, the Ascend Mate 6.1" phablet and the Ascend W1 Windows Phone midranger. Usually the Huawei phones launch in their homeland - China - first and so this is the case here. The 6.1-inch Ascend Mate droid will launch in about a month and at least one retailer is already taking...

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Sony Xperia Z release date: when can you get it and where?

Buy it. Buy it now. Oh, wait, you can't. The new Sony Xperia Z has turned a few heads with a top-end spec list…so how can you go about getting it? The handset caused something of a stir at CES 2013, mostly because it saw Sony finally releasing a phone that wasn't a couple of generations behind the competition. This means a massive 5-inch full HD display,...

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Intel to show dual-core smartphone chips at MWC, as the Acer Liquid C1 expands its presence in Asia

Intel will have its new dual-core Atom processor, destined for smartphones, on display at Mobile World Congress this year. In the meantime, it’s using low cost hardware such as the Acer Liquid E1 to expand its presence in Asia. Intel has announced it will show a new dual-core, dual graphics smartphone platform at Mobile World Congress at the end of this month....

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Super-fast 4G to get even speedier under proposed changes

More space, more coverage, more speed - yes please! Ofcom is looking to further improve the UK's 4G network by lifting restrictions on 2G and 3G spectrums. The plan is to allow carriers more freedom to do what they want with their airwaves, meaning the 900MHz, 1800MHz and 2100MHz bands could be used for voice, data or super-fast data though 2G, 3G or 4G....

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Sony Xperia Z to release on Feb 28, Three opens pre-orders

The latest in the Xperia family, the Sony Xperia Z, which was announced in the recently-concluded CES 2013, will go sale in the UK beginning in February 28 and Three has already started accepting pre-orders for the smartphone. According to Three, Sony Xperia Z will be available for £34 a month with an upfront payment of £69, and the first 1000 pre-ordering customers...

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BT Cloud brings at least 2GB online storage to broadband customers

Bit of an Apple bias there, BT? Still need somewhere to store your music online? BT has joined the cloud locker party with BT Cloud, complete with iOS and Android apps. The digital locker service allows BT Broadband users to store photos, videos, music and other digital bits and bobs for access from their smartphones on the go. There are two packages...

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Strategy Analytics: Apple top phone maker in US for Q4

Android and iOS are locked in a tug-of-war that has been going on for a few years and competing OSes are falling to the wayside. Samsung (the biggest Android player) and Apple (the only iOS gadget maker) are busy fighting it out too and Strategy Analytics is keeping score. In the US, Apple became the top phone vendor during the Q4 – that’s a first for the company. It shipped 17.7 million phones for a whopping 34% of the market (a big jump from 25% in Q4 2011). Samsung took second place in Q4 with 16.8 million phones shipped. Looking at...

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Sony Xperia Z price confirmed: would you pay this much for waterproofing?

Want it? Then you're going to have to cough up 500 smackers The Sony Xperia Z price has appeared on the Japanese firm's official online store, with the SIM-free handset setting you back £529. In terms of the Sony Xperia Z release date the listing doesn't offer us any clues, simply stating the handset is "coming soon" and providing you with the option to...

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Temple Run 2 sprints into the record books – now the fastest growing mobile game ever

Temple Run 2 has clocked up 50 million downloads in just 13 days, making it the fastest growing mobile game ever. Temple Run 2 has stormed into the record books, becoming the fastest growing mobile game of all time after clocking up 50 million downloads in just 13 days. The previous holder of the record was Angry Birds Spaced, which needed 35 days to reach...

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