GALAXY NOTE 4 NEWS: Is the Galaxy Note 4 doomed to be plastic?
Samsung doesn’t always listen to fans when creating new mobile devices, no matter what it says during its press events — as long as smartphone sales are still strong, it will keep churning out the plastic. But the company seems finally ready to commit to making high-end devices out of materials other than plastic now that its smartphone profits are crashing — The Wall Street Journal reports that Samsung senior vice president Kim Hyun-joon acknowledged during a recent earnings call that Samsung will release two new high-end smartphone models in the second half of the year, one with a large screen and the other made of “new materials.” It’s not clear whether the second will also have a screen as large as the first.
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This could be the final nail in the Sprint-T-Mobile merger’s coffin
The merger between Sprint and T-Mobile always faced a major uphill climb since U.S. regulators really weren’t keen on the idea of letting the wireless industry consolidate even further. And now a new report from The Wall Street Journal indicates that Sprint parent company SoftBank may no longer be the only company willing to shell out big bucks for America’s crappy “Uncarrier.”
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Rob Ford and Deadmau5 go on memorable coffee run Purrari joyride
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Purrari-driving DJ Deadmau5 and Toronto Mayor Rob Ford met at Toronto’s City Hall for what was later revealed to be a “coffee run.” Well, a 30-minute YouTube clip was released Wednesday afternoon showing just that. And yes, they went to a Tim Hortons (how Canadian eh?) drive-thru with Ford ordering a whopping five espressos in one cup. Yes, five!
Click here to watch, as the video opens with Ford and Deadmau5, aka Joel Zimmerman, in an underground parking lot with the mayor adjusting his seat belt. “Ah, there we go,” Ford says before Deadmau5 asks if he’s comfy. “You won’t be the way I drive,” the musician adds. Someone in Ford’s inner circle then asks if it’ll take about half an hour. Deadmau5 replies “not even.”
The next few minutes feature Deadmau5 talking about the feline-inspired Nyan Cat car wrap on his Ferrari (known as the “Purrari“) and its origins.
“This thing is cool man, this thing is like unbelievable,” Ford says of the car. “I’d be toast owning one of these, man, I know I would be.” Ford then says that when he’s “up north” on “Highway 11” “sometimes I open it up” but “if the cops catch me I’m toast, that’s the problem.”
Fifteen minutes in, Ford and Deadmau5 finally get to a Tim Hortons drive-thru.
“Can I get five espressos in one cup?” Ford says as Deadmau5 asks for an extra-large double-double. “I don’t know but it’s good,” Ford adds after Deadmau5 quips “that’s cardiac arrest!” Ford hands Deadmau5 a $20 bill since he “can’t have anyone paying for it” which causes Deadmau5 to mug for the camera.
“How much caffeine is in that…you should look that up,” When they pull up to the window Ford asks to ensure there’s five shots of espresso in his cup, giving Deadmau5 the change. “I pound these espressos back,” Ford says… WATCH THE FULL VIDEO
Rob Ford and Deadmau5 go on memorable coffee run Purrari joyride
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Ryan Seacrest’s ‘BlackBerry killer’ copycat keyboard is back from the dead
You can’t keep a good copycat down. CrackBerry brings us word that Ryan Seacrest’s Typo has just unveiled a new keyboard attachment that it hopes is different enough from BlackBerry’s keyboards to avoid getting slapped with injunctions. The first-generation Typo was such a blatant BlackBerry knockoff that it never really stood a chance in court and was immediately hit with preliminary sales ban earlier this year.
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Korea’s worst baseball team builds robot fans to cheer demoralized players
When a baseball team hits a slump, it can feel insurmountable at times. It doesn’t help when the fan base isn’t there to support the team either, which was the case for the Hanwha Eagles, a South Korean team which has lost more than 400 times in the last five season, consistently coming in last in their league, reports ABC News. Now that the fans have all but given up on their hometown Eagles, the team is making it easier than ever to show support without actually having to sit through another tragic loss with an ingenious solution: robot fans.
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Sweet app brings one of Apple’s best new software features to your Android phone
One of the best software features Apple introduced at WWDC 2014 is Handoff, a neat trick that will allow users who own both an iOS 8 device and a Yosemite Mac seamlessly move between devices while using the same supported app. For example, with continuity, Apple will let users send and receive SMS and MMS messages, and making a phone call directly from a Mac through an iPhone that happens to be really close by. Luckily for Android users there’s an app that brings some of that functionality to their Macs and/or Windows PCs.
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The one thing that Tim Cook really needs to do better
Unlike a lot of pundits and analysts, I actually think Tim Cook has done a very good job of running Apple. The company is still insanely profitable and Apple customers’ loyalty has shown no signs of waning. Granted, he’s not Steve Jobs, but that’s not a bad thing because he’s shown that he’s very skilled at getting a bunch of very talented people with very big egos to work together effectively as a team — not an easy feat when you consider how a post-Jobs Apple could have easily turned into one giant turf war.
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Is Apple’s iPhone 6 going to feature a glowing Apple logo?
Following a hands-on video with the metal case of the iPhone 6, which originated from a source close to Apple’s production lines in China, YouTube channel iCrackUriDevice posted a second clip in which “the truth about glowing Apple logo and notifications” is explained.
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WOW! You can now download 30 paid Android apps worth $155 for FREE
Android device owners looking to score a slew of free Android apps should check out the Amazon Appstore, where some 30 applications that are worth a combined $155.71 are available right now as free of charge downloads.
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This is one iOS 8 feature you’ll absolutely love
Apple’s iOS 8 will ship with a bunch of new features and improvements, including a way for apps to communicate between each other to share data, which is something Apple has not supported in the past. One app that will make use of Apple’s iOS 8 extension feature is the popular password manager 1Password, which will make logging into websites in other apps and web services even easier than before.
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