Moto E launches on Boost Mobile and Sprint Prepaid for $99.99, Virgin Mobile on March 9th
At the tail end of February Motorola announced the 2nd gen Moto E. The budget device packs a 4.5-inch qHD screen at 540 x 960, a 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor, 1 GB of RAM, a 5MP rear camera a lower res front facing camera, 8GB of storage and a 2390 mAh battery. It comes […]
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GDC 2015: One-on-one with the newly announced game Gigantic on Windows 10
Gigantic is the newly announced MOBA hybrid game coming to Xbox One and Windows 10. The game is a mash-up of the shooter, MOBA, and strategy genre.
We got a chance to go hands-on with an early build of the game, and here are our impressions.
Android remains the leading US smartphone platform, according to comScore
The latest data from research firm comScore shows that the Android platform claimed 53.2% of all smartphones used in the US in January 2015.
Sony Xperia Z4 chassis allegedly leaked, reveals thinner design
Since the debut of the Xperia Z series, we’ve grown accustomed to twice a year flagship releases, even if not everyone thinks that is the best business model. That’s why it was a bit of a surprise when Sony made it clear that the Xperia Z4 wouldn’t be showcased at MWC 2015. While plenty of rumors and reports have popped up claiming Sony is moving to a more traditional 12-month release cycle, this isn’t necessarily accurate. Sony Mobile’s VP of Global Communications & PR, Tim Harrison, recently revealed that Sony hasn’t exactly moved to a 1-year release cycle, hinting that we should expect to see the Z4 sometime before September.
In other words, the VP’s comments suggest Sony might not be aggressively keeping its 6-month cycle, but instead will simply release phones whenever their ready — whether that’s six months, nine months or a year after their predecessors. We can’t say for sure whe the Xperia Z4 might surface, but a new a new alleged leak of the Z4’s chassis suggests, if accurate, that the Xperia Z4 will be thinner than its predecessor. Reportedly the Z4 is 1mm thinner than the z3, which would mean the phone is even thinner than the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge.
Sony’s Omnibalance language is still very much present, looking at the frame, but Sony has switched a few things up. For starters, the microUSB port has been moved to the bottom and appears to be exposed, taking on the same capless design seen with the Xperia M4 Aqua and Xperia Z4 tablet. The Xperia Z4 will apparently have only one port flap, which will likely contain the microSD and nano-SIM slots. For what it is worth, some tech publications are speculating that Sony might be dropping microSD, but we wouldn’t rush to that conclusion just yet.
It goes without saying that we can’t confirm the validity of the Z4 frame leak, but the big takeaway is that Sony isn’t necessarily waiting until September to release its next flagship phone. However, they do appear to be taking their time to ensure that the Z4 is a more impressive upgrade than say the Z2 to the Z3. What would you like to see from the Sony Xperia Z4? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
AT&T tells T-Mobile to stop complaining about spectrum auction after AT&T complained for years
AT&T wants T-Mobile to stop complaining about the results of the recent AWS-3 spectrum auction. While AT&T spent $18 billion for 251 licenses in the recent auction, T-Mobile paid $1.77 billion for 151 licenses and Verizon spent $10.4 billion for 181 licenses (Dish also spent $13.3 billion for 702 licenses).
As T-Mobile CEO John Legere noted recently, the results of this auction show that yet again AT&T and Verizon are using their financial power to take over any and all available spectrum.
Now, Joan Marsh, AT&T’s vice president of federal regulatory, is telling T-Mobile to stop complaining because the process showed how spectrum was being “efficiently deployed to bring substantial additional data capacity to U.S. wireless consumers.” Additionally, Marsh writes that the money received during the auction will now pay for the country’s interoperable public safety broadband network.
“T-Mobile is a big proponent of competition unless they are facing it in an auction–there they prefer protection…But we didn’t set the prices at auction–the auction competition did.” – Joan Marsh, AT&T’s vice president of federal regulatory, FierceWireless
In terms of this specific argument, both AT&T and T-Mobile have arguments that make sense. While I agree with T-Mobile that AT&T/Verizon are simply purchasing everything in sight with their financial war chest, I agree with AT&T that it is a bit rich coming from T-Mobile who reportedly put down almost $4 billion in bids.
It also doesn’t help AT&T that in this letter telling T-Mobile to stop complaining, AT&T also complained about the spectrum rules which allowed for Dish’s Network to secure such a substantial number of licenses through smaller companies (and therefore save billions).
But why is AT&T even commenting on another company who is complaining about the spectrum auction? Does AT&T realize that nobody complained more consistently and loudly as AT&T in the last year about the new spectrum rules?
As we have written about several times here at Android Authority, AT&T has quite the history complaining about the rules for spectrum auctions. In 2012, AT&T claimed that if they weren’t able to purchase T-Mobile, they would face an absolute spectrum catastrophe and would have to scale back network investment substantially. A year later, AT&T had a change of heart. After pulling off nearly forty spectrum deals in the previous 12 months, AT&T’s CFO John Stephens told investors that AT&T had enough spectrum to last the next five years.
It wasn’t even two years ago that the Department of Justice (DOJ) warned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that they should potentially cap the amount of spectrum that AT&T and Verizon could acquire moving forward to prevent the two companies from hoarding spectrum anti-competitively.
When T-Mobile asked the FCC to set aside portions of future 600 MHz broadcast spectrum for smaller or new entrants last year, AT&T responded by threatening the DOJ and FCC with lawsuits and by spending most of 2014 threatening to stay out of the upcoming spectrum auction. Thankfully, the FCC called AT&T’s bluff and AT&T crawled back to their corner until the auction started.
According to AT&T, the FCC’s new rules restricting AT&T and Verizon from completely hoarding important spectrum was supposed to “force AT&T to decide to spend its money elsewhere, which could undermine the FCC’s congressionally mandated goal of raising enough cash from the auction to … help pay for a new $7 billion public safety network.”
$40 billion later and AT&T yet again looks completely foolish with their predictions.
Fast & Furious is now free on Google Play Movies
If your a car movie fanatic living in the UK, you’re in for a real treat as, for one day only, you can download what in my opinion is one of the best racing films of all time, Fast & Furious, completely free of charge. The film is available in either Standard or High Definition, and will stay in your library for up to 30-days.
If you live in the United Kingdom and want to grab your copy of Fast & Furious — hit the source link below.
Source: Play Movies
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Apple to Replace AT&T in Dow Jones Industrial Average on March 18
Apple will be joining the Dow Jones Industrial Average, according to S&P Dow Jones (via The Wall Street Journal). Apple will be added to the Dow Jones at the close of trading on March 18, replacing AT&T as one of 30 members on the major price-weighted index. Apple is currently listed on Nasdaq with a pre-market share price hovering around the $128 mark as of writing.
“Apple is the clear choice for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the most recognized stock market measure,” says David M. Blitzer, chairman of the Index Committee at S&P Dow Jones Indices.
The addition of Apple on the Dow Jones Industrial Average will occur just weeks after the iPhone maker recorded the most profitable quarter of any company ever, posting record-breaking quarterly revenue of $74.6 billion and quarterly net profit of $18 billion on sales of 74.5 million iPhones during the first quarter of the fiscal year. Apple is currently the world’s most valuable company with a market cap exceeding $735 billion.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average provides a price-weighted average of 30 significant stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq, which offers valuable insight into how the stock market is performing at any given time. Other members of the Dow Jones include American Express, Boeing, Chevron, Coca-Cola, Disney, Exxon Mobil, Goldman Sachs, IBM, Intel, JPMorgan and Chase, Microsoft, Verizon and Visa.
Xperia Z4 Tablet – so light that it floats?
The newly announced Xperia Z4 Tablet may not look hugely different to its predecessor, but Sony has spent considerable effort trimming down all the excess space and fat from its new tablet, making the Z4 Tablet on of the most lightweight on the market.
How lightweight you ask? Well, light enough to be carried off by a few helium filled balloons it seems, as Sony has shown off in its latest promotional video filmed around the beautiful Fira Montjuic in Barcelona. Not only can the Z4 Tablet swim, but it can now fly too. Well, more like float, I suppose.
If that’s not scientific enough for you, the Z4 tablet is 6.1 millimeters thin, compared to 6.4 millimeters for the previous generation, and weighs just 389 grams. This makes it a full 50 grams lighter than the Z2 Tablet, and considerably lighter than Samsung’s similarly sized 467g 10.5 inch Galaxy Tab S.
Of course, Sony’s warranty team won’t feel sorry for you if you try a similar stunt yourself, so I doubt we’ll see flight as an advertised feature on the back of the box.
What do you think about Sony’s latest tablet design? Is weight a concern for you?
Popular torrent client is stealing your CPU cycles to mine Bitcoins
If you recently installed or updated uTorrent on your PC, you may have have picked up an unwanted passenger: a Bitcoin miner called Epic Scale. That piece of code comes attached at the hip with the latest uTorrent build (version 3.4.2) and uses your computer as part of a Bitcoin farm to generate revenue for someone other than you. Users first reported the situation on uTorrent’s forums, and it was quickly confirmed by a senior support manager. He said that the app “cannot be installed without permission,” but one user pointed out that there was “never a warning about it,” even though he opted out of other bundled software.
Once it’s installed, the program will take up CPU cycles, slowing your machine and causing it to burn more power. The support person described Epic Scale as “easy to uninstall,” but that’s doesn’t seem to always be the case. It didn’t show up in the “Programs and Features” list for Windows for one user, and another said he needed anti-adware software to be rid of it. (Epic Scale said the app can be uninstalled normally, but confirmed that it leaves behind registry keys.)
uTorrent’s parent company BitTorrent said that the Epic Scale is “a great partner for us to continue to generate revenue for the company, while contributing funds to (philanthropic initiatives).” With the recent Lenovo SuperFish affair, however, users are on edge about unwanted software. One uTorrent forum user called Epic Scale’s unexpected presence “disgraceful and quite a pity,” adding “I will switch because of this.”
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Source: uTorrent (forums)
Motorola sends out Moto E (2015) press invites to an event its holding in India
Last week, Motorola launched a revamped version of its budget-friendly smartphone, the Moto E, in the United States, and now its about to do the same in India.
Earlier today, the Lenovo-owned company sent out its first batch of invites to a dedicated Moto E press event it’s holding in New Delhi, on Tuesday, March 10.
The new Moto E (2015) will have a bigger 4.5-inch qHD display, a Snapdragon 410 chipset with a 64-bit quad-core Cortex-A53 CPU, 1GB of RAM, a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera, LTE connectivity and dual-SIM support.
If recent rumors are anything to go by, independent retailer Flipkart will hold exclusivity over the E when it does go on sale in India.
Source: KamalDeep
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