Believe it or not, there are some people out there who don’t own smartphones and have been sticking with feature phones all these years. One such person recently wrote on Reddit about his experience in going from using a feature phone to using the iPhone 6 Plus, a massive device that’s about as far away from an old-school Motorola RAZR as you can get.
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On Thursday, the U.S. government released a statement for all iPhone and iPad users warning that a vulnerability in Apple’s iOS mobile operating system could give hackers access to their private information, Reuters reports.
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If you’re an AT&T subscriber looking to upgrade to a new iPhone before the end of the year, you’re in luck. MacRumors discovered this week that AT&T is offering a $50 bill credit to anyone who purchases a new iPhone from the Apple Store, whether you’re shopping online or at a retail location. Oddly, neither Apple nor AT&T are advertising this deal publicly.
There are a few stipulations worth noting, so be sure to read ahead for more information.
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Backed by some important names, including Intel Capital and Samsung, and chaired by the father of the iPod and Nest products Tony Fadell, Keyssa is a startup that has been working for more than five years on an amazing technology called “kiss connectivity” that enables fast data transfers between devices placed next to each other. It really is an invention that could revolutionize smartphone design, as Bloomberg Businessweek reports.
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There’s nothing worse than dropping your iPhone 6 and having its screen get scratched or cracked… and let’s not even get into what happens if you drop your device and it bends. Thankfully, Geek.com has put together a terrific list of rugged iPhone 6 cases that are designed to help your device survive brutal drops. They may not be the most aesthetically pleasing cases on the market but they look like must-haves for anyone who regularly takes their iPhone 6 on rock climbing trips.
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Apple and Google love accusing one another of being copycats but the dirty truth is that both companies have been swiping ideas and features from one another for years. This has become even more obvious with the releases of iOS 8 and Android 5.0 Lollipop, which this in-depth review of both platforms by Dice’s Nick Kolakowski makes clear are more similar than ever before.
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The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Apple’s iOS platform recently started to make waves in the enterprise space, and some analysts suggested it could mean curtains for BlackBerry. Of course, BlackBerry shares are up more than 75% over the past 12 months, so the company isn’t quite down for the count despite its diminished market share.
And now, BlackBerry has joined forces with Apple’s archrival in an effort to combat Apple as it turns up the heat in the mobile enterprise market.
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At some point in the near future, just about every app on your Android device will make use of Google’s beautiful new Material Design. Until then, each and every new app with a user interface that follows the design principles of Material Design will be noteworthy, because it will provide a much more logical and attractive interface than its predecessors.
The latest such app comes from Google itself, and you need to download it immediately as a replacement for your Android phone’s stock SMS app.
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The highly competitive mobile landscape is filled with copycat claims, whether it’s about phone and tablet designs or operating system features, and the truth is that every player in the business is inspired by the competition. However, of all of them, Samsung always seems to be copying Apple, and it’s getting better and faster at it than any of its rivals — a list that most recently includes Xiaomi and Lenovo.
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We shared a great list of seven paid iPhone and iPad apps with you on Wednesday, and they were all free downloads for a limited time. In fact, a few of them are still free downloads if you hurry. Now, we’re back with an even bigger list of limited-time app sales, and it includes nine apps that are regularly worth a combined $36.
If you act fast, however, you can get them all without paying a dime.
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