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The mystery of whether or not Verizon was intentionally capping video streaming speeds on Netflix and YouTube didn't last very long, as the company just provided a statement to The Verge and Ars Technica on Friday admitting as much. Apparently, the 10Mbps speed cap that Verizon customers were running into wasn't a glitch or a mistake, but rather a "network test" that "should be completed shortly." Continue reading... Trending right now: Verizon accused of throttling Netflix and YouTube Yes, the iPhone 8 is probably delayed. So what? This unmissable Samsung deal saves you $300 on an unlocked Galaxy S8 or S8+ Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

iPhone 8 mockups are a dime a dozen these days, but a series of concept photos put out by Gabor Balogh earlier this year are unquestionably a step above the rest. While most iPhone 8 mockups simply show us what Apple's next-gen iPhone might look like from a hardware perspective, Balogh went the extra mile and put together a series of photos which illustrate how iOS 11's augmented reality features might look on the iPhone 8's edge to edge OLED display. Continue reading... Trending right now: Verizon accused of throttling Netflix and YouTube Yes, the iPhone 8 is probably delayed. So what? This unmissable Samsung deal saves you $300 on an unlocked Galaxy S8 or S8…

Lenovo had a hit on their hands with 2016’s Moto Z Force, which offered great battery life on top of those innovative Moto Mods. Like all companies that manage to do something right, however, they’re planning on completely undoing that success by launching a sequel device that actually offers worse hardware than the original. C’mon, […] Come comment on this article: Moto Z2 Force looks to see some downgrades from its predecessor Visit TalkAndroid News via TalkAndroid

It looks like the wait for the Essential Phone to be released is coming to an end soon. When a phone launches, the expectation is that it’ll be released in a couple of weeks. Companies don’t like waiting to long to go from launch to release as all of the hype generated typically dies off. […] Come comment on this article: Andy Rubin says the Essential Phone will be released “in a few weeks” Visit TalkAndroid News via TalkAndroid

It remains to be seen how Apple's legal battle with Qualcomm is going to play out, but from what we can tell so far, it seems as if the entire tech industry has already taken sides with Apple. If you recall, Apple earlier this year filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Qualcomm, alleging that the company employed anticompetitive business tactics as a means to extract incredibly high royalty payments from Apple for the LTE chips that go into the iPhone. Continue reading... Trending right now: Exclusive: New renders give us our best look yet at Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8 T-Mobile can’t stop making money 10 paid iPhone apps on sale for free right now Via BRG - B…

The Federal Trade Commission just set its sights on Amazon’s deal pricing schemes, responding to complaints that the giant online retailer misleads customers with its discounts. The FTC’s investigation is part of its review of Amazon’s agreement to buy Whole Foods for nearly $14 billion. Continue reading... Trending right now: Exclusive: New renders give us our best look yet at Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8 T-Mobile can’t stop making money 10 paid iPhone apps on sale for free right now Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

We're finishing off the week on a very, very high note. Highlights from today's roundup of Amazon's best daily deals include a free latest-generation Dash Wand, Amazon's newest Alexa gadget, for all Amazon Prime subscribers. Other top deals include $45 off the Samsung Chromebook Plus, a 4TB WD external portable hard drive for just $109, $25 off the PlayStation VR, $100 off the Oculus Rift VR system, one of Sony's most popular Bluetooth speakers for $38, a Roku Streaming Stick refurb for $35, a 4K GoPro rival for $64, and plenty more. Check out all of Friday's best bargains below. Amazon.com: Free Samsung Chromebook Plus Convertible Touch Laptop (XE513C24-K01US): $40…

Rumors that inevitably swirl ahead of each new iPhone launch. Among them, there are always rumblings of supply shortages at launch, and some reports inevitably state that the new iPhone's release may even be delayed due to manufacturing difficulties. Such is the case with the upcoming new "iPhone 8," which will be Apple's first completely redesigned iPhone since it released the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus back in 2014. The company has been reusing the same phone design each year since then, but that comes to an end in 2017 with a ground-up redesign for the iPhone 8, and new glass housings for the "iPhone 7s" and "iPhone 7s Plus." This line of rumors ahead of the iPhone …

Amazon's third annual Prime Day sale was a huge success for Amazon, which broke prior sales records, and for shoppers who scored great deals on thousands of different products across the site. Of course, why should Amazon have all the fun this summer? Other retailers tried to jump on the bandwagon and run special sales last week to compete with Prime Day, but competing with Amazon is easier said than done. Best Buy decided to take a different approach, pushing its big summer sale to the following week so that it didn't compete directly with the Prime Day juggernaut. Well, Best Buy's big "Black Friday in July" sales event is finally here, and it's packed full of bargain…

Modular smartphones sound great on paper. They’re devices that would significantly outlive traditional handsets, as the user would be able to upgrade the hardware by simply swapping the old parts with newer one. They’re also devices that would let the user customize a phone to meet his or her preferences. You could add extra batteries or sensors and better camera. In practice, nobody was able to pull off this smartphone miracle. Google’s Project Ara is one of the most prominent failures, although there are a few other modular smartphone projects that failed to get any meaningful traction. Can Facebook change any of that? 
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Amid speculation that Apple was intent on designing and manufacturing its own branded car, word surfaced last September that Apple was completely "rethinking" its strategy in the automotive space. What followed after that were a number of layoffs and a shift of focus, with reports indicating that Apple was abandoning its designs on manufacturing a car in favor of working on specific auto-related technologies. To this point, Tim Cook last month essentially confirmed Apple's interest in researching AI systems for self-driving cars. "We’re focusing on autonomous systems,” Cook said when asked about Apple's automotive ambitions. “It’s a core technology that we view as very…

Most of us — okay, nearly all of us — will never have the opportunity to set foot inside the International Space Station. The multi-billion-dollar floating laboratory and astronaut bed and breakfast is a pretty exclusive destination, and unless you're ready to dedicate your life to science and spend decades in pursuit of that ultimate goal, the closest you're ever going to get is Google's new Street View ISS hub, but that's still pretty cool. Continue reading... Trending right now: Our worst iPhone 8 nightmare came true in these new leaked photos Exclusive: New renders give us our best look yet at Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8 T-Mobile can’t stop making money …

Back in May, we told you about the upcoming auction of a true piece of space travel history: Neil Armstrong's very own lunar sample bag which not only flew into space on the Apollo 11 mission but was also carried by the famous astronaut on the lunar surface and filled with dust and rock from the moon. The bag, which landed in private hands due to a hilarious mix-up at a government auction, finally went on the block at Sotheby's and was bought by someone with very, very deep pockets for a sum of $1.5 million. Continue reading... Trending right now: Our worst iPhone 8 nightmare came true in these new leaked photos Exclusive: New renders give us our best look yet …

Will the Switch make Nintendo's handheld consoles obsolete? According to Nintendo, the answer to that question is a resounding "no," but some analysts are convinced that the age of the handheld is over now that the Switch has become a viable platform for gaming at home and on the go. Continue reading... Trending right now: Our worst iPhone 8 nightmare came true in these new leaked photos Exclusive: New renders give us our best look yet at Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8 T-Mobile can’t stop making money Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

If you hoped that the Game of Thrones showrunners would keep making spinoffs after the HBO hit series is done, you should know they have other plans that do not include dragons or white walkers. That’s right, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will move away from the Game of Thrones universe, but they won’t stop working with HBO. Continue reading... Trending right now: Our worst iPhone 8 nightmare came true in these new leaked photos Exclusive: New renders give us our best look yet at Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8 Gorgeous Hubble photo of Mars ‘photobombed’ by tiny moon Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

Although it is getting rarer for these situations to exist, Google announced today that an app they had developed exclusively for the iOS platform is now available for Android devices running Android v5.1 or later. The app is called Motion Stills and it accomplishes a couple different goals. First, it can be used to create short […] Come comment on this article: Motion Stills app from Google now available for Android Visit TalkAndroid News via TalkAndroid

We’re partnering with Caseology once again for a giveaway, and this time it’s owners of the Google Pixel getting treated to free cases. Right now is your chance to pick up a Waterfall Series case for your Pixel (5-inch model) without spending a penny. Our friends over at Caseology gave us a ring, asked if […] Come comment on this article: Giveaway: Win a Caseology Waterfall Series case for the Google Pixel! Visit TalkAndroid News via TalkAndroid

We’ve just received an invite from Samsung for an Unpacked 2017 event happening on August 23. It’ll be for the launch of the Galaxy Note 8, which will follow its predecessors in making a global debut in New York City. The Unpacked 2017 event begins at 11:00AM ET on Wednesday, August 23. Our team at Talk […] Come comment on this article: Samsung’s Unpacked 2017 event on August 23 will launch the Galaxy Note 8 Visit TalkAndroid News via TalkAndroid

Australia is the latest country to seek ways to access information passed between smartphones via encrypted apps, information that might be relevant to criminal investigations and counterterrorism operations. The Australian government wants to be able to spy on encrypted means of communications, whether they’re built in to devices like the iPhone, or apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, and anything else that secures chats and voice calls. But, the Australian government has said it doesn’t want backdoors in iOS! This only proves that governments still fail to grasp how encrypted iPhones work. Continue reading... Trending right now: Exclusive: New renders give us our be…

Samsung just made the worst-kept secret in technology official. It has send out invitations to an Unpacked event in New York City on August 23rd. The invite doesn't technically say that it's for the Note 8, but the giant stylus on the invite couldn't be any more obvious if it was writing WINK WINK. Continue reading... Trending right now: Our worst iPhone 8 nightmare came true in these new leaked photos Exclusive: New renders give us our best look yet at Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8 10 paid iPhone apps on sale for free right now Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

Amazon has had some great sales lately on popular GoPro cameras like the HERO Session and the HERO5 Black, and tons of our readers have gotten in on the action. If you’re a GoPro camera owner in search of a solid deal on some key accessories, you’ve come to the right place. After all, an action camera is all about the accessories! The Leknes Common Outdoor Sports Bundle includes a whopping 31 different accessories for your GoPro or Yi action camera, covering all of the important bases and then some. Definitely check it out. Here are some highlights from the product page: The Small EVA Shockproof Carry Case is very useful for keeping your GoPro Camera and accessorie…

Following the explosive success of the NES Classic Edition last year, more miniaturized retro consoles from Nintendo seemed inevitable. And inevitable they were, as the company officially unveiled the SNES Classic Edition late last month, set to launch on September 29th for $79.99. There was some speculation that the SNES would be the final Classic Edition console, but on Tuesday, Nintendo filed a trademark application that seems to suggest an N64 Classic Edition is in the works as well. Continue reading... Trending right now: Our worst iPhone 8 nightmare came true in these new leaked photos Exclusive: New renders give us our best look yet at Samsung’s Galaxy N…

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope consistently delivers breathtaking views of the planets in our galactic neighborhood, but when it set its sights on Mars recently for a series of snapshots it captured more than just Mars. After taking a series of 13 different images of the planet, astronomers realized that one of the tiny Martian moons, Phobos, made an appearance in the final photos as well. Continue reading... Trending right now: Our worst iPhone 8 nightmare came true in these new leaked photos Exclusive: New renders give us our best look yet at Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8 T-Mobile can’t stop making money Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

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The International Space Station (ISS) has orbited the earth for 16 years now, but a scant few of the world’s population ever get the chance to experience it for themselves, instead, that privilege was limited to scientists and other highly educated folk conducting experiments and collecting data, until now. Thanks to Google, the ISS has […] Come comment on this article: Google adds the International Space Station to Street View Visit TalkAndroid News via TalkAndroid