The free iPhone and Android app every cord cutter needs
Cord cutting isn’t just a buzz term anymore. It’s a trend, and it’s here to stay. Households in the United States and around the world are ditching their pay TV packages and opting to go Internet-only, since Netflix and all the other Web-based streaming services out there provide more than enough entertainment for most people.
Of course, there are drawbacks for cord cutters, and not knowing when or where to find the content you’re looking for is one of them. Now, however, there’s a free app that will do much of the heavy lifting for you — and it’ll even tell you when paid content you’re looking for goes on sale.
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Galaxy Note 5 vs. OnePlus 2: Throwdown between the latest, greatest Android phones
For the remainder of 2015, Android fans preparing to upgrade will have plenty of devices to choose from, but two of the latest phones stand out in the crowd: the Galaxy Note 5 and the OnePlus 2. One is a phablet from the most popular Android phone maker in the world and the other comes from an independent company making waves in the industry.
So how do the two phones stack up against one another?
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Grab a Polk Audio wireless speaker for 47% off in this Amazon lightning deal
Polk Audio is a known name in the audio industry and Amazon is known for their deals. Today, both of these companies have come together, and the result is a great Amazon lighting deal. You can grab a Polk Audio Omni S2 Wireless Speaker for 47% off, but this deal is quite time sensitive; it to an end at 3 PM EST today.
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The worst Android vulnerability the world has ever seen isn’t fixed, no matter what Google tells you
A few days ago, a security researcher revealed that up to 950 million Android devices are susceptible to a hack that takes advantage of one of the platform’s messaging features. Since then, Google and various OEMs confirmed they’re releasing, or will release, fixes for Stagefright – which is what the security issue has been named.
Google recently claimed to have patched the bug, but it appears that Google’s fix can be bypassed so the Stagefright bug can still be used by hackers.
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Everything you need to know about the upcoming Star Wars Han Solo spinoff movie
Althought Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the movie on everyone’s mind at the moment, it’s only one of several entries into the Star Wars film canon we’ll see in the coming years. There will be two more sequels directly following the original trilogy and a set of anthology films focusing on characters and events outside of the main story.
One of those anthology films will focus exclusively on a younger Han Solo, giving us more backstory for one of the most popular characters in the Star Wars universe.
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Amazon is offering over $90 worth of paid Android apps for free – download them now
Amazon is back at it. The online retailer has yet another giant Android app sale available to Android device owners, offering up 39 premium Android apps as free downloads right now, for a total value of over $90. All you have to do to get them is log into the Amazon Appstore and download the discounted apps, but you’ll have to act fast.
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7 crazy experimental Android apps you won’t find on any iPhone
Google this week took the wraps off a new project called Android Experiments that’s designed to show off some of the crazier ideas that Android app developers have come up with to take advantage of the platform’s capabilities. Below we’ve highlighted seven of the coolest experiments that Android developers have come up with along with links to each one at the Google Play Store.
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A $150 iPhone 6 case that’s worth every penny?
We cover iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus cases on BGR all the time. In the past we weren’t big on smartphone cases, but the design of Apple’s latest iPhones has made protective cases an absolute necessity. Why? Because the aluminum finish on the iPhone 6 is so slippery that drops are inevitable without some kind of case to provided added grip.
I’ve shown you a wide range of iPhone cases that span all shapes, sizes and price points. I also showed you my favorite iPhone 6 case, which is a sleek metal bumper that is now just $13 on Amazon. While inexpensive iPhone cases are great, there are also some options out there that are surprisingly pricey — can they really be worth the expense?
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Amazon deal: Get multi-room HDTV without paying bogus fees for another cable box
We recently told you how to fight back against your ISP by purchasing your own modem instead of paying ridiculous fees each month to rent one. Well, the same applies with your cable or satellite box, but they’re typically much more expensive and more difficult to come by. For a limited time, however, Amazon is offering a solid deal on an alternative solution that won’t be a good fit for everyone, but it’ll definitely get the job done for many users.
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Check out the cool new feature Apple hid in iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan
At WWDC this past June, Apple had so many items to get to that it simply didn’t have enough time to cover every single one of the new features it baked into iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan. While developers are typically pretty adept at unearthing all of the great new tips and tricks associated with any new OS from Apple, one of the more interesting new features went completely unnoticed.
Until now.
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