Deezer partners with BandPage in the hope to connect its users with prime time stars
Deezer is up against some of the best in the business when it comes to music streaming services. Just recently, Deezer partnered up with BandPage in order to help users connect with their favorite artists.
With the help of BandPage, Deezer is helping fans connect with some of the top stars. BandPage will provide notifications containing upcoming information it thinks may be useful regarding an artist you like. The app will know what artists you like based on the users recent streaming searches. Although Deezer isn’t the biggest and most popular music streaming service out there, competitors such as Spotify and Tidal have already added the functionality so this will only help keep pace with rivals.
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Verizon-branded Ellipsis 10 tablet surfaces on Twitter
According to a recent twitter post from Evan Blass, Verizon might launch a new generation Ellipsis tablet.
Ellipsis has already launched 7 and 8-inch models, but this one is an even larger 10-inch size. The tablet seems to favor a landscape orientation rather than the vertical orientation favored on the smaller models. The tablet will most likely offer a mid-range spec list at the very best, taken that its smaller models were mid-range. The tablet has Verizon branding with 4G LTE so one can almost guarantee this device to hit the carrier’s shelves later this year. Nothing else about the device’s specifications has been leaked, however, we’ll keep you up to date if we hear anything. Anyone interested in purchasing a new Verizon-branded tablet?
Source: Evan Blass (Twitter)
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Sprint Will Start Throttling Customers That Use More Than 23 GB a Month
Sprint today announced that they would begin throttling customers who used more than 23 GB of data during their billing cycle, regardless of whether they had unlimited data plans or not. The move, according to Sprint Chief Technology Officer Dr. John Saw, is to provide a better customer experience for the majority of their users.
The 23GB threshold is typical in the industry and other carriers have already implemented a similar practice. We agree this is a smart approach towards making sure a small number of customers don’t adversely impact the experience for others. Today approximately three percent of our postpaid subscribers are using overwhelmingly disproportionate network resources. Our goal with QoS is to prevent some portion of that three percent going forward from negatively impacting the other 97 percent of customers.
The carrier notes that 23 GB of data would allow a user to send 6,000 emails with attachments, view 1,500 web pages, post 600 photos to social media, stream 60 hours of music and stream 50 hours of video. Sprint also says that number is “far more” than most of its customers use in a typical billing cycle.
The change will affect those who choose an unlimited data handset plan after October 16 or to Sprint customers who choose to upgrade their devices on or after October 16. Those who go over 23 GB will see their data prioritized below other customers, which means they will encounter slower data speeds, but only in times and locations where the network is constrained.
This summer, T-Mobile also decided to update their plans to throttle customers. However, T-Mobile’s soft data cap is 21 GB, slightly less than Sprint’s choice. T-Mobile also announced that it would restrict customers who abused data tethering, saying some of its customers use up to 2,000 GB a month.
Google makes it easy to learn about Android Marshmallow with their new guide
If you are new to Android and want to learn about it’s operating system or are just curious as to exactly what Marshmallow is all about, you are in luck. Google has published a new Marshmallow guide in the Play Store that is totally free.
Titled, Android Quick Start Guide, Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), the guide is exactly what it sounds like. It’s basically a detailed introduction to Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
The guide is 50 pages long and goes over all the new features offered from Marshmallow such as Doze, App Standby, Google Now on Tap, and more. You might be thinking that is a pretty long guide just to talk about a few new features, and you are right. The guide also goes over the basics of Android like how to turn on the WiFi, customizing your home screen, and setting up things like Android Wear.
If you have been using Android at all, you probably do not need to read this. However, you may want to install it on that one relative’s phone who never has any idea on how to do simple things. Next time they ask you a question you can tell them to read the guide.
Source: Play Store
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LG Lancet is now available on Verizon
Verizon are now offering the affordable LG Lancet. Not the most exciting phone, but what makes it interesting is it used to run Windows Phone OS. Very rarely do we see Window’s phones make the jump to Android.
I already mentioned it is a budget phone so don’t expect any crazy specs. The LG Lancet features a 4.5-inch 854 x 480 resolution display, a 1.2GHz Snapdragon 410 processor, a 2100mAh battery, and only 8GB storage, but does allow for microSD card expansion. It also has a 8MP rear cam and 1MP front camera. Of course, it has a few other special LG apps aded to it like Knock On.
If you would like to purchase the LG Lancet from Verizon the cost is only $5 a month for 24 months. You also have the option of paying a one time fee of $120.
Source: Verizon
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Huawei announces when some of their smartphones will get Android 6.0
Just today Huawei made it official when some of their smartphone models will receive the update to Android 6.0.
Here’s a list of the company’s smartphones receiving the Android 6.0 update.
- Huawei P8
- Mate 7
- Mate S
- P8 Youth Edition
- P8 Max
- Maimang 4
- G7 and G7 Plus
Additionally, many smartphones from Huawei’s Honor series will receive the update.
- Honor 7
- Honor 7i
- Honor 6 and 6 Plus,
- Honor X2
- Honor 4X
- Honor Play 4C
Huawei is said to begin working on the updates in November. However, an exact time frame hasn’t been provided. One could expect the update to begin hitting the newest devices later this year with others arriving in early 2016. If your device’s name is not on this list, you still have hope. Huawei will likely release a full list containing additional international variants and their update roll-out status in the near future.
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A heat gun, suction cup, razor and bravery yields a clear Galaxy Note 5
Remember when the best way to make your gadget look more futuristic and all-powerful was to make it clear? Reddit user Skarface08 does. That’s why he or she took a heat gun and suction cup to the back of a Samsung Galaxy Note 5 to pull its glass back off and then used a razor to remove the colored inside. Boom: clear glass view into the internals of your phone. Of course, this will absolutely void the warranty of your expensive device, so think twice (or three times even) before taking this on yourself. I certainly don’t have the steady hands likely needed to make this viable — but if you do, more power to you.
[Image credit: Skarface08/Reddit]
Via: The Next Web
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Don’t blame your phone for a poor sleep schedule, study finds
You’ve probably read an article or two about the negative effects of staring at a screen before going to bed (hell, you’ve probably read one of them while in bed). But, a study recently published in Current Biology finds that we may be blaming our illuminated robots for no reason. Poor robots. Many “screens are bad for sleep” stories carry the assumption that before electricity, smartphones and laptops, people slept longer — but it’s difficult to pin down how long our ancestors spent in dream-land, The Economist says. To tackle this issue, two researchers observed three groups living pre-industrial lives: the Hadza of northern Tanzania, the Ju/’hoansi San of South Africa’s Kalahari Desert and the Tsimané in Bolivia. After 1,165 days collecting data, researchers found the average sleep time among these groups was 6.5 hours a night. In industrial societies, the average is 7.5 hours per night, The Economist writes. So, scroll away, sleepy readers. Until the next study, at least.
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Source: The Economist
iFixit Teardown of New 21.5-Inch iMac Reveals Soldered-On CPU, Empty PCIe SSD Slot
Earlier today, iFixit conducted a tear down the new Magic Keyboard, Magic Trackpad 2 and Magic Mouse 2. They’ve now followed that up with a tear down of the brand new 21.5-inch iMac, and while the majority of the insides are the same as last year’s model, there are some notable differences.
First, the teardown found that the new iMac features empty PCIe SSD slots, allowing do-it-yourself upgraders to use the slots for their needs. Last year’s model did not include an empty slot for DIY-ers, leaving the solder spots for the SSD unpopulated.
The new iMac also features a soldered-on CPU. iFixit says the soldered CPU allows Apple to continue to streamline the insides of the iMac, this time including a “slimmed down and beautified” CPU heat sink. However, the teardown experts note that because the CPU is soldered onto the logic board it cannot be removed, upgraded or replaced, which means the iMac’s upgradeability will take a hit. This is the first iMac to feature a soldered-on CPU.
Minor revelations about the new iMac include a new display that fuses together the glass and LCD, with no more magnets holding the glass in place. The vast majority of the replaceable components, like the RAM, are hidden behind the logic board, which means users who want to upgrade parts by themselves have to take the iMac apart.
Overall, iFixit gave the new 21.5-inch iMac a repairability score of 2 out of 10, which means that the new desktop computer is extremely difficult to repair. iFixit also conducted a teardown of the bigger 27-inch iMac.
iFixit Teardown of New 21.5-Inch 4K iMac Reveals DCI-P3 Display, Empty Solder Pads
Earlier today, iFixit conducted a tear down the new Magic Keyboard, Magic Trackpad 2 and Magic Mouse 2. They’ve now followed that up with a tear down of the brand new 21.5-inch 4K iMac, and while the majority of the insides are the same as last year’s model, there are some notable differences.
First, the teardown found that the new iMac’s 4K display is manufactured by LG. The new display is DCI-P3, which features a wider color gamut than the more standard sRGB. The new iMac is one of the few devices that allows consumers to experience the new display technology.
Apple has also removed the empty PCIe SSD slot that was featured in the late 2013 iMac, which means that do-it-yourself upgraders won’t be able to upgrade their machine easily. In 2012, Apple featured empty solder pads where the SSD slot would go, but in 2013 added an empty SSD slot. iFixit notes that users who want to add a Fusion Drive will either have to configure it at purchase or solder it on themselves.
Overall, iFixit gave the new 21.5-inch iMac a repairability score of 1 out of 10, which means that the new desktop computer is extremely difficult to repair. Like other iMacs, the soldered-on CPU, logic board and fused-together glass and Retina Display contribute to how difficult the new desktop is to repair.
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