Smartphone Users Say Size Does Matter

Google to Close Down the Google Checkout Payments Service

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Tweet Google has announced that its Checkout service will be closing down in about 6 months, while some of its features will transfer to the new Google Wallet service. I find this very disappointing, because it means Google is giving up on the fight with PayPal, which Google never actually took seriously, anyway. Merchants can [...]

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Google Might Finally Allow Users to Reject Specific Permissions in Android

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Tweet Google doesn’t vet every single app that lands on the Play Store the way Apple does it. This means that they need alternative solutions to keep users safe. One way to do that is through a permissions system. The developer creates an app with certain permissions that give his app certain “powers” over your phone, [...]

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Nvidia to Only Target Mid-Range Phones in the Near Future

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Tweet Nvidia has announced that they aren’t going to pursue the high-end smartphones, at least for this year, and instead are going after mid-range smartphones. They are making it sound as if this is a choice, but considering the products they’ve launched this year, it looks more like something they have to do, rather than [...]

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Droid Daily 5/20/13: Field Trip, CM10.1 Release Candidate, Dish Network and More

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TweetDish Anywhere Gets Updated Today, Dish Network updated their Dish Anywhere app. It’s one of their couple of Android apps. It doesn’t seem to get much love, and if you check out their app on the web version of Google Play, you’ll see what I mean. Here’s the changelog from Google Play What’s in this [...]

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Consumer Reports Declares Galaxy S4 to be Best Phone in the World

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Tweet   Many people around the world rely on consumer reports for their comprehensive reviews of all different types of electronics.  Today they updated their smartphone rankings and put the Galaxy S4 atop the list, beating out the previous title holding Optimus G. This is obviously great news for Samsung, because when a company with 76 [...]

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