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http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/0b797c120a4e81739a13d5f978d12cc5.jpg Over the weekend, reports surfaced indicating that the CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies strongly believe that Russia meddled with the 2016 U.S. Presidential election in an effort to sway the vote in favor of President-elect Donald Trump. Continue reading... Trending right now: Prices for the original iPhone keep getting more and more absurd The fascinating story behind Apple’s iconic ‘Get a Mac’ ad campaign Cheaper PS4 and Xbox One S? Best Buy’s got you covered http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/d8545aae907e93b95d7e273ba4f9e94c._.gif Via BRG - Boy Genius Re…

http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/9356ded50bf35a90fbf46c480d1a2216.jpg Shortly before the first episode of season 7 of The Walking Dead aired, Norman Reedus (who plays Daryl) said that the premiere episode was so crazy that viewers will want to "kick their TV sets" by the end of the show. And true to form, the first episode was nothing short of a gruesome and heart-wrenching affair that saw Negan mercilessly brutalize and kill two of the shows most beloved characters, Glenn and Abraham. With episode 8 set to air later tonight, and thus bringing the first half of season 7 to a close, we now have another intriguing warning from a Walking Dead cast-member, this…

http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/a22c4f5ebf7d6be5774c2356ddd92172.jpg Apple’s AirPods are cool in principle, but the execution is a bit off. We love the idea and the easy pairing with Apple’s W1 wireless chip is very cool. On the flip side, they look absolutely ridiculous when you wear them thanks to those stems that hang out of your ears, and the high price is a bit prohibitive. Here’s another option: check out the AXGIO Dash Wireless Earbuds. These puppies look much better than the AirPods and they’re a fraction of the price. They also last for up to 8 hours of music playback on a charge, and they’re sweat-proof. Continue reading... Trending right now:…

http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/90d6468dedf49e98857aee0a7899a9f7.jpg Forget DJs spinning virtual vinyl, or Word users who can't be bothered to learn keyboard shortcuts. This tiny piano app for the MacBook Pro justifies the extra $300 in cost and multi-year delay in releasing the new Pro, because seriously, just look at it! Continue reading... Trending right now: Best Buy is running a big two-day sale on Apple gear, including the iPhone 7 This Amazon deal on a touchscreen Chromebook makes your holiday shopping so much easier 12 new movie trailers you need to watch from this past week http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/26c2b76c880d9abca6…

http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/41a621549d80018c9462a34a6c589957.png If you happen to have an iPhone 2G laying around, you might be sitting on a nice little payday, especially if you somehow never bothered to take it out of the box. Prices for the original grandaddy of Apple smartphones have steadily climbed over the years, but it's starting to get a little bit crazy. Continue reading... Trending right now: Best Buy is running a big two-day sale on Apple gear, including the iPhone 7 This Amazon deal on a touchscreen Chromebook makes your holiday shopping so much easier This is the iPhone VR headset you’ve been waiting for http://androidforum.us…

Spotify was fairly recently aiming to purchase SoundCloud, but it looks like those talks have fallen through and Spotify has backed out of the deal. There aren’t any concrete details about what derailed the plans, but it might have something to do with Spotify’s plans to go public next year. That’s also mostly speculation at […] Come comment on this article: SoundCloud takeover by Spotify is dead in the water Visit TalkAndroid http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/6cd72fe4de7abcfd207d5c67263b558c._.gif News via TalkAndroid

It’s been a few days since the dust settled around the Fitbit/Pebble acquisition, and we were left with one less smartwatch manufacturer in the market. What we didn’t get out of the buyout, however, is what Fitbit was planning on doing with the assets that it acquired from the now-defunct Pebble. Pebble made smartwatches first […] Come comment on this article: Fitbit CEO drops some details on the Pebble acquisition Visit TalkAndroid http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/4f835ae8094eaa49619ef1b9ba89d352._.gif News via TalkAndroid

After introducing the Mate 9 last month, Huawei is getting ready to enter the phone into new markets. The United States, one of the fiercest markets due to its domination by two companies, is among the locations Huawei wants to insert its latest flagship. It’s just not known when the Mate 9 will be available […] Come comment on this article: Prepare to buy the Huawei Mate 9 on January 6 in the U.S. Visit TalkAndroid http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/f752ecececca39d8deb24bbcdf6aedd5._.gif News via TalkAndroid

http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/1345de490e4fe008a9f03daa9d5db63d.jpg Following the outsized success of Westworld, HBO is planning to work with J.J. Abrams and his studio Bad Robot Productions once again for a space drama called Glare. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Glare is billed as "an hourlong drama exploring the colonization of another planet." Continue reading... Trending right now: There’s an easy way to make your iPhone photos look so much better Best Buy is running a big two-day sale on Apple gear, including the iPhone 7 Niantic is trying to fix the dreadful new Nearby tracker in Pokemon Go http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCa…

http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/589de45bc491786da5c02070e3abe00c.png If that plain old wood-and-whatever ceiling fan in your living room isn't quite generating enough airflow for your liking, perhaps you'd consider a jet engine instead. Well, maybe not an actual jet engine, but at least a fan built using jet engine parts, like this one by Phighter Images, which sells all kinds of aviation parts that have been repurposed for the home. Continue reading... Trending right now: This is the iPhone VR headset you’ve been waiting for There’s an easy way to make your iPhone photos look so much better Best Buy is running a big two-day sale on Apple gear, in…

http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/2f480d2e3073eaca5a13ddf081bc6133.jpg Each week, we get to look at plenty of new movie trailers, but if there’s one trailer roundup that you absolutely need to watch it’s this one. We’ve got new Rogue One footage, as well as the first trailers for a bunch of movies you might be waiting for, including the new Spider-Man, Transformers 5, and the Guardians of the Galaxy sequel. Not enough? How about a new trailer for Fifty Shades Darker? Continue reading... Trending right now: Best Buy is running a big two-day sale on Apple gear, including the iPhone 7 This is the iPhone VR headset you’ve been waiting for There’s an eas…

It’s been a wild year full of laughing, shouting, crying, and every other emotion-induced action you can think of. Many of them are noticeable in advertisements. When they click with you, they likely click with millions of others worldwide. That’s why viewership on YouTube for ads is as strong as it is. People from every […] Come comment on this article: These are the most viewed ads of 2016 on YouTube Visit TalkAndroid http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/302da4f1c2165055a6a3accd567c7b21._.gif News via TalkAndroid

It’ll be a lethal software update that finally puts the Galaxy Note 7 in the rear view mirror for Samsung, at least in the United States. An announcement released on December 19 reveals Samsung will be rolling out a software update on December 19 in the U.S. to render the Galaxy Note 7 useless. This […] Come comment on this article: Samsung will effectively kill the Galaxy Note 7 with a lethal software update Visit TalkAndroid http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/cf2e5120ee906e81556376d7a9fcd003._.gif News via TalkAndroid

Let’s face it, smartwatches and wearables in general aren’t doing well. That in mind, Google is teaming up with “makers, doers, and dreamers” to launch the Magic Minute Project, an initiative that should give Android Wear some more exposure. What is the Magic Minute Project? It’s basically an array of one-minute films Google has created […] Come comment on this article: Google launches the Magic Minute Project for Android Wear Visit TalkAndroid http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/7b100b671cbd6553923d122237e58686._.gif News via TalkAndroid

Listen to the eighteenth episode of the Talk Android Podcast. It’ll stream live on YouTube on December 9 at 3:00PM ET. We discuss Fitbit buying Pebble and shutting down operations, HTC reminding us there’s still work to be done, a new NVIDIA SHIELD possibly launching at CES 2017, Samsung issuing a lethal software update, the release […] Come comment on this article: Talk Android Podcast: Episode 18 Visit TalkAndroid http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/98075ce860bd7333a0324a889e658be4._.gif News via TalkAndroid

Because not everyone in the U.S. returned their Galaxy Note 7, Samsung is rolling out a lethal software update to disable the phone from being used again. It’s up to individual carriers, though, to send the software update to customers. So it’s interesting to see the differing takes on whether or not a kill switch […] Come comment on this article: U.S. carriers respond to Samsung’s kill switch for the Galaxy Note 7 Visit TalkAndroid http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/4f631856aa53da57ee96575976445af5._.gif News via TalkAndroid

http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/ea81f675dd3cd6c7bbaf3f18bd29c34c.png Humans need energy because that's the only thing that powers our smartphones, and without them we'd have to actually talk to our relatives at family gatherings, so it's a pretty big deal that we have an energy plan for the future. The sun is a great source of energy, but it's just too far away. So, scientists have been working on a way to create an energy source like the sun, but here on the surface of our planet. Somehow, it's actually working. Continue reading... Trending right now: There’s an easy way to make your iPhone photos look so much better Best Buy is running a big two-…

http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/6542994a0aa396f6a280538056daf721.jpg Ever since Niantic scrapped the original Nearby tracker, Pokemon Go players have been begging for the company to bring it back. There's no question that it had its flaws, but the Sightings system that replaced it was useless, and the new tracker only detects Pokemon within a certain range of nearby PokeStops. Although the latest tracker (which only recently rolled out beyond the San Francisco Bay Area) is better than nothing, it's a huge slap in the face for rural players who don't have any PokeStops in their area. Thankfully, on Friday, Niantic pushed out an update that should make ev…

http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/490149c8a386e9038a324257fc86fed1.jpg If you’re still not convinced that the #Pizzagate conspiracy is just fake news, after all that happened over the last few days, then Stephen Colbert will set things straight for you. Heck, he’ll even explain the difference between fake news and real news, and what makes a conspiracy… well, a conspiracy. Continue reading... Trending right now: Watch this free app eject water from your iPhone 7’s speaker New Tesla Model 3 photo still leaves important questions unanswered This killer Black Friday deal on a Samsung 4K TV is still going on Amazon http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMir…

http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/326410b8a87595b4b9a231c383be901d.png You probably think your clever little "P455W()rD" password is the highest degree of online security in the land, but a new study by the bright minds at Germany's Hasso-Plattner Institute says otherwise. In fact, your passwords are pretty much useless, because you keep reusing them. What is the matter with you? Continue reading... Trending right now: There’s an easy way to make your iPhone photos look so much better Best Buy is running a big two-day sale on Apple gear, including the iPhone 7 A ridiculous plan to produce unlimited clean energy actually seems to be working http:/…

http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/ef58b1cd62f06ec3c8ba03e1e781804c.gif Virtual reality on smartphones is still in its infancy, with Google Cardboard and Samsung's Gear VR being the most popular options for those wanting to dabble in VR without going all-in with an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. That doesn't leave a ton of options for iPhone owners, but Occipital's Bridge headset might have the power to make Apple's smartphone a VR heavyweight. Continue reading... Trending right now: Niantic is trying to fix the dreadful new Nearby tracker in Pokemon Go There’s an easy way to make your iPhone photos look so much better A ridiculous plan to produce unlimite…

The name isn’t known to many, but his now-former role is very important. Andrew Bowins is no longer at Samsung after spending just over one year with the company. He led Samsung North America’s corporate communications and reputation management since last summer. The specific role, according to his LinkedIn profile, says Bowins was in charge […] Come comment on this article: Andrew Bowins leaves Samsung after Galaxy Note 7 scandal Visit TalkAndroid http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/2673e7e5e21ee348f171b33c625fb524._.gif News via TalkAndroid

It doesn’t matter what kind of platform you’re talking about, pretty much any developer ecosystem is DOA without third-party support. Android needs developers on the Play Store to thrive, just as much as Microsoft needs developers making games for the Xbox brand to survive. The next platform for Android is in the form of Google […] Come comment on this article: Conversational Actions for Google Assistant are now live for third-party services Visit TalkAndroid http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/61c229eb2b5b0f14b0481d7008b5a63e._.gif News via TalkAndroid

Samsung’s iconic home button on their devices has been a point of contention for years. Some customers love it and won’t use anything else, while other Android purists hate the idea of physical buttons instead of Google’s vision of on-screen keys. 2017 might be the year that Samsung puts the physical home button on the […] Come comment on this article: Latest Galaxy S8 rumor: all screen, no more home button Visit TalkAndroid http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/2ca9c866559b36f0842b8647c3a207aa._.gif News via TalkAndroid

Bluetooth 5.0 was announced way back in June, but now Bluetooth SIG has officially adopted the latest Bluetooth specification (version 5.0). In other words, we should start seeing devices launch with Bluetooth 5, probably sometime next year. Details after the break. There aren’t any major things that come with Bluetooth 5.0, but it does bring […] Come comment on this article: Bluetooth 5.0 now available with better speed, range and less wireless interference Visit TalkAndroid http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/68bb6d76f27760c3e19541543213b179._.gif News via TalkAndroid