Loyal Verizon customers can upgrade to the Galaxy S6, S6 Edge early
If you’ve been a Verizon customer for any amount of time, you’ve might have already been received a perk or two as a reward for your loyalty. Now it seems that loyal customers are being offered a special early upgrade to the Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge.
To take advantage of this special early upgrade, all you have to do is visit Verizon’s online shop or head on down to one of its bricks-and-mortar outlets to trade in your current phone. Once rid of your old phone, you will be handed a brand new Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge, depending on your preference. The message does state that the offer is available for a limited time, but no end date is mentioned. The offer is only available on Verizon’s ‘Early Edge’ plan. To be eligible for the early upgrade you must be at least one year into a two-year plan. Something else to keep in mind is that although there are no upfront payments for the handset itself, you will be billed an activation fee.
Source: SamMobile
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This adorable desk gadget motivates you like Pavlov’s bell
We’re almost halfway into April and chances are your self-improvement-minded New Year’s Resolutions bit the dust sometime between Valentine’s Day and Easter. Whereas our day-to-day habits are pretty ingrained into our minds, establishing new ones is the hard part, and that’s where MOTI comes in. It’s a cute little gizmo that you place in plain sight (this is key) that acts as a motivator, hence the name, for your menial tasks. How it works seems pretty simple, too. Just put it on your desk or wherever else you might see it on the daily and press its face when you do the task you’re having trouble keeping up with.
When you complete your ritual, the gadget lights up and vibrates or maybe even chirps. It’s this tangible, positive reinforcement and immediate gratification that its creator Kayla Matheus tells our sister publication Huffington Post is key to forming new habits. “It celebrates with you” every time you do it, she says. The idea is that because MOTI is constantly in sight, it’s a visual reminder to keep doing something — think of it like tying a note to your finger, but for modern times. Current use scenarios run the gamut from drinking enough water per diem, running every day or going to bed early. Right now MOTI is still in pre-production stages, but if you make a case for yourself, you could be one of 50 beta testers.
Filed under: Peripherals
Via: Huffington Post
Source: Moti
HTC launches One M9+ and One E9+ in India, One M9 won’t be offered
HTC announced today its new lineup for the Indian market, including the One M9+ and the One E9+.
The One M9+ was launched last week in China, and while HTC said it wouldn’t be selling the larger M9 version in the West, the device has now made its way to India. The One M9+ will be available from March 3 for Rs. 52,500 (around $840), a notch above the starting price of the M9+’ biggest competitor, the Galaxy S6, which is Rs. 49,900 ($800). It looks like HTC hopes the M9+ will compare favorably with Samsung’s flagship, helped by the slightly larger screen and the presence of a microSD card slot.
The One M9+ is powered by a MediaTek Helio X10 processor (instead of Snapdragon 810, like the M9) and features a 5.2-inch Quad HD display, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage (expandable), a 2840 mAh battery, and a 20.7MP camera with depth sensor. Its hero feature however is the swipe-based fingerprint sensor, mounted on the front of the device.
HTC introduced another “Plus” smartphone in the plastic-clad One E9+. Featuring a 5.5-inch Quad HD display, an octa-core MediaTek MT6795M processor, 3GB of RAM (expandable), a 20MP camera, and a 2,800 mAh battery, the One E9+ will debut in India from the second half of May. HTC has not revealed pricing or further availability details for the E9+.
Asked about the 5-inch One M9, the head of HTC South Asia, Faisal Siddiqui, said the device wouldn’t be coming to India. With that said, the M9+ is similar enough to the M9, and in some areas arguably better, to satisfy the demands of Indian HTC fans.
So, if you had Rs. 50,000 to spend, what would it be? One M9+ or Galaxy S6?
This week’s Deals with Gold include Metro Redux Bundle, NHL 15 and several others
Valid from now through April 20, this week’s Deals with Gold includes heavy discounts on Deep Silver’s games such as Metro 2033 Redux and Metro: Last Light Redux, along with NHL 15 and more.
Nokia in talks with Alcatel-Lucent for possible acquisition, but not to make new phones
Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent have today confirmed both companies are currently in talks for the former to acquire the French telecom equipment maker. But no, the deal is not to make new phones.
Do the photos look blurry on your Galaxy S6? Here’s the fix
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So you got your brand new Samsung Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge and went straight to test out that fantastic new camera everyone has been saying is the best camera on a smartphone to date? Are the pictures perhaps not as clear as you thought they would be? There is a simple fix!
Samsung ship their Galaxy S6 and S6 edge with a plastic protective casing on the camera lens glass and heart rate monitor/camera flash. The plastic is so thin and discrete that many do not realise it’s even there.
So when you receive your Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge, don’t forget to carefully remove the plastic covering the camera components to get the maximum performance from your new device.
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Scientists create dark matter ‘map’ to see invisible space
We’ve finally gotten our first glimpse at the mysterious material that supposedly makes up 27 percent of the universe. It’s only taken two years of research, the efforts of 300 researchers working for the Dark Energy Survey (DES) and a 570-megapixel camera attached to the Victor Blanco telescope in Chile to do so. Their findings, in the form of a map, are expected to be released at a meeting of the American Physical Society tomorrow. Well, “map” is a bit of a misnomer dark energy can only be observed indirectly, through the lensing effect that it has on stars and galaxies.
“Our goal all this time has been to see the invisible — to see dark matter,” said Sarah Bridle, an astrophysics professor at the University of Manchester told the BBC. “To be able to look at a map and say, ‘That part of the sky’s got more dark matter in it, that bit’s empty,’ is the dream that we’ve had all this time.”
Most of the past two years have been spent making sure that the system worked as planned as well as poring through reams of data generated by it. The team measured the shapes of more than 2 million galaxies in its initial survey and then calculated how much dark energy must be present between them to cause any observed distortion. Much of the analysis has revolved around mitigating the additional lensing effects caused by the Earth’s atmosphere and imperfections in the survey camera itself. The researchers have only studied 0.4 percent of the night sky so far but have done so in unprecedented detail.
Researchers hope to expand their survey map to 30 times its current size over the next three years and, according to Prof. Bridle, “It’s also possible, with the same data, to show that dark energy is not a good theory for explaining what’s going on — and in fact, general relativity itself is wrong.”
Filed under: Science
Via: BBC
Source: FermiLab
Apple reportedly struggling to close Apple Pay deals with Chinese banks and UnionPay
Apple continues on its struggled journey to launch Apple Pay in China after talks with both UnionPay and a selection of Chinese banks continue without deals being sealed.
According to the MarketWatch report, Apple is still not in a position to launch the service in the region with backing from the banks and China’s credit and debit card system operator, with previously announced support scheduled to arrive with iOS 8.3 not materializing:
“Apple started talks with UnionPay about using its network last year and hoped that by March it would have an agreement in place that would allow consumers to make payments via their iPhones. But the U.S. tech company is still struggling in its relationship with UnionPay, people close to the talks say. Those sources also say Apple has not made any breakthroughs in talks with Chinese banks, which would also have to agree for the Apple Pay system to work.”
It’s a major setback for the American company, which requires both Chinese banks and UnionPay to be on-board to offer Apple Pay to consumers in the region. It’s believed the reasoning behind the breakdowns and stalls in discussions between the parties involved comes down to Apple Pay fees.
“In the United States, Apple Pay says it gets 0.15% of the 2% fee paid by merchants for each credit-card payment and half a penny for each debit card payment. But Chinese banks argued those charges were too steep, an employee of a large bank said. Many large banks that are already part of mature point-of-sale networks do not want to lose such a large percentage of their profits in a deal with Apple Pay, he said.”
Apple is aware of the importance of China, particularly for Apple Pay. Tim Cook previously confirmed that Apple was planning to launch new services in the market, but the company had to understand how the payment system works in China. This is reportedly proving somewhat troublesome as banks and UnionPay continue to disagree on how Apple Pay would be implemented.
Source: MarketWatch
The affordable Honor 4X launches in the UK, listed on Amazon for £145
Honor today announced the release of the Honor 4X in the UK. The affordable smartphone with a 64-bit processor is listed on Amazon for £144.99.
Cyanogen 12 rolling out now to OnePlus One, link to OTA file available
After more than a few delays and a teaser earlier this week, Cyanogen has finally begun pushing out the update to the Lollipop-based Cyanogen 12 OS.
Cyanogen 12 (based on Android 5.0) will be rolling out to all OnePlus One devices, including devices sold in India, where there was some confusion due to the conflict between Cyanogen and OnePlus. The update will roll out to the Yu Yureka “very soon” according to a blog post on the Cyanogen blog. Yet to be available in stores, the Alcatel OneTouch Hero 2+ will ship with Cyanogen 11, with an update to C12 at a later stage.
Cyanogen 12 brings the Material Design cues and new features of Lollipop, as well as several original pieces of functionality, including the revamped theming feature and the new Boxer-based Email app. In terms of theming, the biggest addition is the possibility to theme individual apps with App Themer. The new Email app offers Boxer’s premium tier features, including Exchange support, multiple accounts, canned responses, and many customization options.
Cyanogen 12 will be landing as an OTA for all OnePlus One users over the coming hours and days. For the impatient, the OTA file is available here with more mirrors here, though you will need to be on the latest version of Cyanogen 11 (11S 05Q).
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