Leaked drawings are probably the iPhone 7’s final design
New iPhone blueprints sourced from noted leaker Steve Hemmerstoffer appear to confirm that Apple’s next-gen iPhone 7 will not feature a traditional 3.5mm headphone jack. The blueprint renders below, reportedly sourced from an Apple subcontractor (via uSwitch), also seem to corroborate previous reports indicating that the larger iPhone 7 Plus will be the only model to ship with Apple’s advanced dual lens camera system.
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One-day sale cuts unlocked Nexus 5 to just $150
If you hurry, and we mean really hurry, you can pick up one of the best Android smartphones that has ever existed for just $150 with no contract. Yes, we know Google is likely a few months away from unveiling new Nexus phones, but not everyone wants to pay a premium for the latest and greatest smartphones. Well, for one day only, you can pick up a 32GB Google Nexus 5 from Amazon’s Woot for just $150 plus the standard $5 shipping.
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Images of all the new emoji that might be coming soon to your smartphone
Typically when a new emoji proposal comes over the wire, it’s not worth diving too deep into because there are no guarantees that the Unicode Consortium will approve any or all of the new suggestions. In the case of a new proposal making waves on Wednesday morning, however, an exception should be made for two reasons:
First, the new emoji set aims to empower women by offering two sets of the same emoji, one male and one female. Second, they’ll almost certainly be approved by the consortium because one of the people behind the new proposal is Google’s Mark Davis, who just so happens to be the president of the Unicode Consortium.
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Star Wars Episode VIII spoilers: The Tom Hardy Stormtrooper
Star Wars: Episode VIII production is underway and the spoilers just keep coming. After we found out that Great Britain’s princes may have put on Stormtrooper suits to shoot a few scenes for the upcoming new Star Wars movie, we now hear that Tom Hardy might also be in the film.
In case you don’t want the surprise ruined, then you’d best stop here because spoilers follow below.
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Livestreamed suicide shows the dark side of Periscope
Police are investigating the death of a 19-year-old woman in Arpajon, France, who appears to have thrown herself in front of a train while livestreaming on Periscope yesterday. As the latest (and most graphic) in a series of disturbing incidents livestreamed using the app, it shines a dark light on the service.
The video now appears to have been pulled from Periscope, but the New York Times reports some snippets are still on YouTube. The woman appears on a couch, talking to viewers in a “sober” fashion as she lays out her plans. Other users asked questions and appeared to goad her on, saying things like “We’re waiting” and “Give us a hint.” Police also said that the woman sent a text to one of her relatives a few minutes before her death, stating her intentions. It’s unclear whether any Periscope users made an effort to contact police after realizing her plans.
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Amazon’s 12 best daily deals: A $50 smartphone, a $150 smart TV, and plenty more
We always try to include a good amount of variety in our daily deals compilations, but today is all about tech. We’ve got a ridiculously cheap top-selling smartphone, a $150 smart TV that’s perfect for your kitchen, a 15.6-inch laptop with a 2.2GHz processor and 6GB of RAM for $400, a killer deal on the iPad 3, a $15 Bluetooth mouse that lasts for a full year on a single battery, and plenty more.
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Instagram releases completely redesigned iPhone app – here’s your first look
Surprise: Instagram just released a major update to its iPhone app that completely changes the look of the world’s most popular photo-sharing app. We saw some hints that the Facebook-owned app was testing a pretty dramatic redesign, and early peeks at the new layout were universally praised by users. It looks like the redesign was so well-received that Instagram decided to move forward, and the new design is now available to all iPhone users.
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The crazy tech Thai students used to cheat
With consumer electronics products becoming smaller and increasingly more powerful over the years, students have started to come up with any number of clever ways to discreetly cheat on exams. You might recall, for instance, that a group of 50 students at an elite High School in New York were caught up in a massive cheating ring that centered on slyly taking photos of exams ahead of time.
In the most recent instance of technology creatively being used for cheating purposes, a group of students taking an entrance exam for medical school in Thailand were caught using an elaborate system that relied upon smartwatches and hidden cameras embedded in eyeglasses.
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iPhone vs. Android: Which phones are more likely to fail?
For the second consecutive quarter, a study has determined that Apple’s line of iPhones is far more stable than Android handsets. Mobile diagnostics company Blancco Technology Group on Wednesday released the results of an updated study that looks to determine which phones stand up best to the test of time and continue to function without failing.
As was the case with the firm’s last study, Blancco found a huge disparity in reliability when comparing the two platforms.
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Read a new chapter from George R.R. Martin’s next ‘Game of Thrones’ book for free
George R.R. Martin is nowhere near done writing his next Song of Ice and Fire novel, on which Game of Thrones has been based. In fact, he’s so far from being done that the current has little to no influence on the direction of HBO’s Game of Thrones show. However, Martin has released a new chapter of his book, and you can read it right now for free.
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