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Latest News - December 2015
- Google Enables Android Pay Support Within Mobile Apps
- UK Authorities Arrest Man In Connection With VTech Child Data Hack
- Report: Apple Opens Secret OLED Display Skunkworks In Taiwan
- Microsoft Pulls Windows 10 Mobile 10586.29 Update After Users Report Installation Hiccups
- Google Chrome Extension Blocks Potential Star Wars: The Force Awakens Spoilers
- New York Attorney General Seeks Public's Help To Shame ISPs For Subpar Broadband Speeds
- Netflix Re-encodes Entire Library To Reduce Data Consumption By 20 Percent, Skirt Comcast Data Caps
- Purchase A $30 Chromecast By January 2nd, Receive A $20 Google Play Credit
- AMD Goes Open Source, Announces GPUOpen Initiative, New Compiler And Drivers For Linux And HPC
- Verizon Allows FiOS Customers To Stream 'Nearly All' DVR Content Outside The Home
- ASUS Radeon R9 Fury STRIX Successfully Unlocked To Fury X With Ease
- Microsoft Releases $20 Charging Stand for Band 2 Fitness Tracker
- Hot Deals On Dell Monitors, 55” OLED LG Smart TV, Some Philips X2/27 Fidelio Headphones And More
- Independence Day: Resurgence Trailer Is A Groovy Trip Down Nostalgia Lane
- Micron’s HBM Alternative Arriving In 2016 With Twice The Performance Of GDDR5 Memory
- Oukitel’s K10000 Android Smartphone Packs 10000mAh Battery, Lasts Up To 15 Days Per Charge
- Amazon Ceases Swagway Hoverboard Sales Over Exploding Battery Fears
- License To Fly: FAA Requires Drone Operators To Register By February 19th 2016
- Samsung Galaxy S7 Tipped To Include Pressure Sensitive Display, Fast Charging Support
- Windows 10 Redstone Update Reportedly Primed For Insiders
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All News for December 2015
Android Pay was one of the key pillars of Google’s Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system. As the successor to Google Wallet, it allows you to store your credit card credentials on your smartphone, making it a breeze to authenticate purchases with “tap and pay” using your fingerprint to...
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Late last month, toy maker VTech was hit with a debilitating attack that resulted in an incredible amount of customer data winding up in the wrong hands. Given VTech's abysmal security measures, it's hard to consider it being a "victim" in...
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In its ongoing quest to build increasingly thinner and lighter devices, Apple seems to have taken ownership of a facility in Taiwan that's tasked with making OLED panels and researching new display technologies. It's apparently a hush-hush...
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Microsoft is quickly trying to wrap up testing of its Windows 10 Mobile operating system in preparation for a wide-scale public rollout to existing Lumia smartphones later this month. However, those who already have Microsoft’s latest...
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens is poised to become the biggest movie of 2015; and perhaps even the biggest movie of all time. With years of hype surrounding its release along with a big name director helming the project, J.J. Abrahams...
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New York is a crowded place, but that's no excuse for ISPs to deliver under performing broadband service. To prevent that from happening, the state's Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, is asking the public to visit a special website...
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Netflix is on a mission to re-encode its entire library of movies and TV shows. The ambitious goal is to reduce data consumption by up to 20 percent without a degradation in video performance, and based on internal tests in which Netflix...
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Struggling for ideas for stocking stuffers? With only 10 days until Christmas, it's understandable if you're feeling the stress of the holiday season, though Google's offering to do you a solid if you pick up a second generation Chromecast...
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Last week, we posted a story about the AMD Radeon Technology Group’s plans to support FreeSync over HDMI and other upcoming display technologies like HDR and DisplayPort 1.3. In that story, we mentioned that AMD and the new RTG (Radeon...
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If you have FiOS service from Verizon, things just got a bit more interesting when it comes to your DVR content. Customers that have both Quantum TV and FiOS Internet service will have the capability to watch all of their received content...
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Isn't it great when a bit of extra performance can be snared from a piece of PC hardware for free? It's the reason overclocking is so popular, whether it's to boost a CPU to cut down on render/encode times, or a GPU to give us a few extra...
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The market for wearables is starting to take off, and first-party manufacturers are stepping in to offer accessories that were previously only catered to by third-party companies. We saw this earlier this month with the release of the...
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Welcome back for the latest installment of HOT deals, direct from our friends at TechBargains. On tap for you all today, we have deals on some Dell monitors, namely the Dell P2416d and curved Dell UltraSharp U3415W, a LG 55EG9100 55" 1080p...
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Planet Earth will once again find itself under siege from aliens, only this time around Captain Steven Hiller won't be around to save the day. However, there will be some familiar faces. Though Will Smith won't be returning to reprise his...
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Micron Technology, the memory maker headquartered in Boise, Idaho, is making waves today. First is the announcement that it's acquiring the remaining shares of Inotera for approximately $3.2 billion, and secondly Micron is talking about a...
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Forget about all the hubbub surrounding Apple’s stylistically-challenged iPhone 6s Battery Case, there’s a new smartphone in town that doesn’t need an external battery to get decent battery life. In fact, the Oukitel K10000 won’t just last...
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Two-wheeled hoverboards have been making headlines this holiday shopping season, though not all the attention they're receiving has been positive. Instead, there have several reports of hoverboards overheating and catching fire, and it's...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has finally taken upon itself to bring some order to the chaos that has arisen with the popularity of aerial drones. The FAA is mandating that all operators of small drones go through a...
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Information is starting to spill out about Samsung's next generation of flagship handsets, which will presumably be called the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge. Those supposedly in the know say the new phones won't be a drastic departure from...
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Rumor has it that Microsoft is planning to release its next major Windows 10 update, dubbed "Redstone," in Summer 2016, and new information teases us with the prospect of being able to test it out soon. If true, it either means that we'll be getting a really advanced preview, or that Redstone...
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According to a new patent published by the US Patent and Trademark Office, Apple is mulling the idea of using "self-healing" material in future iPhones to help prevent water from killing the device.
The patent name is subtle:...
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Microsoft announced its second generation fitness wearable at a blockbuster event in early October that also saw the reveal of the Surface Pro 4 and the innovative Surface Book. While the Microsoft Band isn’t billed as a full-fledged...
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