There’s a scientific explanation for why you can’t log off of Facebook
If you’re reading this article on a computer, there’s a pretty good chance that you have Facebook pulled up on another tab. If not, you probably just closed it. There’s something about Facebook that keeps us coming back for more, no matter how crowded and frustrating our news feeds have become. So why can’t we break away?
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T-Mobile repellant: Verizon just made it more expensive for you to switch carriers
Remember earlier this year when T-Mobile announced that it would start paying off new customers’ early termination fees if they switched over from rival carriers? Well it seems that Verizon has come up with a clever way to blunt that policy’s impact: Make it more expensive for some customers to switch.
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These are the most ridiculous Assassin’s Creed Unity glitches
Earlier this week, Ubisoft released the first Assassin’s Creed game exclusive to the new-generation consoles. Assassin’s Creed Unity takes the series back to its roots, eschewing the naval combat and complicated modern day story of Black Flag for a more traditional adventure. Unfortunately, the game shipped with its fair share of bugs, resulting in plenty of negative reviews.
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Check out the massive amount of data Netflix video streaming uses each month
Netflix users streamed some 6.5 billion hours of video during the first quarter of the year, CordCuttersNews has learned, which amounts to over 19,500,000 terabytes (TB) during the period, or around 6,500,000TB every month. The publication says that at this rate, Netflix will use 78,000,000TB in 2014, at an average HD quality.
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10 great hidden features on the Galaxy Note 4
Samsung doesn’t have a beloved blogger that diehard fans can flock to like Apple does, so the company has seemingly decided to take matters into its own hands. Earlier this week, we shared a glowing review that Samsung’s new Gear S smartwatch recently received. Sadly, that glowing review was written by… Samsung. Now Samsung is back, and it’s blogging about its flagship phablet, the Galaxy Note 4.
In its most recent post, the company has shared 10 hidden features on its best ever Note smartphone.
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How to enable Android 5.0′s most important new feature: Battery saver
Google’s latest and greatest mobile software is finally upon us, and there is plenty to love about Android 5.0. The most obvious change is the new look of the user interface in Lollipop, which Google calls Material Design. Characterized by a great use of shadows and bright, bold colors, Material Design propels Android’s interface into the future and makes it a real pleasure to use.
But there are plenty of other changes that impact the user experience, and the most important one may be Google’s new battery saver mode.
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How to ditch your iPhone and switch to the year’s most exciting Android phone
Next week, OnePlus is going to open preorders for its CyanogenMod smartphone for the second (and probably final) time this year. If you decide to pick one up, you’re probably going to want to know the best way to switch from your current phone to the OnePlus One. Don’t worry — OnePlus has you covered.
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HURRY AND SAVE: 7 awesome paid iPhone apps you can download for free right now
Another week is nearly behind us, and the holidays are fast approaching. Of course, with the holiday shopping season almost here, you’ll want to save as much money as you can over the next couple of weeks. We’re always looking out for you here at BGR, so we have a great batch of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale to share with you today that you can download without paying a penny.
If you hurry, you can also snag a couple of freebies from yesterday’s batch, as well.
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Two great new iOS 8 keyboards you can download for free
While it didn’t pack the huge visual overhaul iOS 7 had, Apple’s recent iOS 8 update was easily the biggest update to the iOS platform in years. The new software, which was initially released in September, included tons of new features and thousands of new APIs for developers. Among them was third-party keyboard support, which iPhone and iPad users had been clamoring for.
Keyboards are a popular category and we see new additions pop up almost every week at this point, but there are two in particular — one that was just updated and one that will be updated soon — that we recommend checking out. And the best part is that they’re both free.
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The Black Friday war begins: Walmart will match Amazon’s prices in all stores
Walmart on Thursday confirmed that it’ll enforce a price-matching policy in all its U.S. stores that applies to prices from Amazon and other retailers, just in time for the busy Black Friday 2014 season, according to Reuters.
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