The Galaxy Note 3 Is Now Part Of Samsung’s “10 Million Seller Club”
Of the thousands of different phones in the history of mobile technology, only a relative handful can claim to have sold 10 million individual handsets, but the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 has recently become a member of this high-flying club in just 2 months on the market. While it’s not quite the same pace set by the Galaxy S4, Samsung has decided to commemorate this momentous occasion by humbly reminding everyone of exactly how many of Samsung’s phones are part of what it has called its “10 Million Seller Club”.
The Galaxy Note 3 joins the alumni of the Club which includes the Galaxy S4, which has sold over 40 million handsets to date, the Note 2 and almost every Samsung flagship phone in recent memory stretching all the way back to the SGH-T100. It’s definitely an impressive list of the who’s who in Samsung history and it’s an undeniable reaffirmation of the popularity the ‘phablet‘ form-factor smartphone has garnered since Samsung made the gamble to make its first over-sized phone, the original Galaxy Note.
If you want to check out the “10 Million Seller Club” in its entirety, check out the infographic below. Have you owned one or more of the phones mentioned in the list? Did you suspect that your phone may have sold over 10 million handsets in its lifetime? Let us know what your experiences are.
Source: Samsung Tomorrow
NSA reportedly leveraging Google cookies and leaked mobile location data to identify hacking targets
You know those cookies web services use to track your history and serve up personalized ads? It appears that the government is using them too. The National Security Agency is apparently leveraging a Google-specific cookie to tap into the computers of suspicious users, according to presentation slides Edward Snowden leaked to The Washington Post. With an assist from Mountain View’s “PREF” file, the NSA can track a target’s web visits, then identify the computer and send a remote exploit in.
What’s more, the documents also show that the outfit has used a program called “HAPPYFOOT” to map internet addresses to precise physical locations leaked by mobile apps when generating locally-germane ads. Perhaps the key takeaway here is this newest revelation’s scope: The government could gain alarmingly precise information about individuals using data already spread throughout the internet, seeded under the not-quite-as-threatening guise of marketing and/or social media. Consider this a friendly reminder to clear your browser history, courtesy of Uncle Sam.
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Filed under: Internet
Source: The Washington Post (1), (2)
Google’s Play Books now supports ebook uploads from any Android device
Google just made it easier to transfer virtual libraries to Play Books, now that you can upload digital tomes straight from Android phones or tablets. Thanks to the software’s latest update, there’s no need to go the Play website to add EPUB or PDF files to your account. Simply click an ebook through an Android file manager — or download it if it’s attached to an email — to get the “Upload to Play Books” prompt. The refreshed app also promises to open files more quickly and smoothly, although we didn’t notice any significant upgrade in speed when we tested it out. Other than these two changes, the latest version lets you read any book in landscape mode and comes with the ability to dismiss recommended titles. Finally, you can now take the reader’s brightness down a notch to make reading in the dark easier for the eyes.
Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Mobile, Google
Source: Google Play Books
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