Popular torrent streaming Popcorn Time version Time4Popcorn — also informally known as the “Netflix for pirates” — lets users instantly watch pirated movies and TV shows on a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Android and iOS. But the team of developers is currently rebounding from an attack from EURid, which suspended Time4popcorn.eu last month following a legal investigation into the streaming app. However, Popcorn Time says it’s learned from this experience and has vowed to make itself impossible to shut down again in the future.

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Android users aren’t the only ones to reap the benefits of Google’s gorgeous new Material Design. On Thursday, a fresh coat of paint was applied to Google Maps on iOS as well, giving iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users a taste of what Android 5.0 Lollipop is going to offer in the coming months. iPhone 6 and 6 Plus users will be especially pleased with the iOS 8 optimization, shrinking the UI elements at the top of the screen to their appropriate size.

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The launch of the Galaxy Note 4 in the United States is still a few days away, but it’s never too early to start getting excited about the next big thing. PhoneArena received a tip on Thursday suggesting that Samsung will begin producing a 5.9-inch Ultra HD Super AMOLED display with 700 pixels per inch in August 2015, bringing 4K resolution to its phablet lineup for the first time.

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Samsung makes terrific devices but there are definitely things the company does that drive its users crazy, including the laggy performance of its TouchWiz UI and the addition of gratuitous bloatware that hurts devices’ battery life and performance. We mention this because CNET has compiled a list of apps that antivirus software firm AVG has found are the most deleterious to Android users’ batteries… and three of the top 10 were developed by Samsung.

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If you thought that just Samsung and Xiaomi might have been significantly inspired by certain Apple products including the iPhone, then you’d be wrong. Lenovo has apparently decided it’s also up to the task of ripping off Apple’s popular smartphone. Despite becoming the world’s third largest smartphone vendor following its Motorola acquisition, Lenovo apparently thinks it has to offer an Android-powered iPhone clone to buyers interested in a new smartphone.

Gizmobic has published several leaked images showing the “Sisley S90” and some of the company’s marketing images for it, which reveal the S90 is basically an iPhone 6 copy.

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Google is not yet ready to roll out the Android 5.0 Lollipop update to supported Nexus devices, as it is dealing with various bugs affecting its biggest Android update yet. The company already confirmed on Twitter that Lollipop will be released in the coming weeks, with a report suggesting November 12th as the potential launch date. Android Police has further discovered the main culprit that might have convinced Google to postpone the Android 5.0 launch, and Google has apparently already fixed it.

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Act very fast — the Neuxs 6 is available to buy right now at Motorola”s website. And we really do mean act now — within the last minute, we found at least one copy of the Nexus 6 available but we have no idea how long that will last.

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This has been a great week so far for paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free, but the week isn’t quite over just yet. Wednesday’s list of nine apps on sale was a good one, but Thursday’s batch might be even better. Today we have seven solid iOS apps for you including a wildly popular iOS 8 keyboard, and they’re are normally paid but are on sale for a very limited time. These sales could end minutes from now or days from now, there’s no way to tell — so hurry up if you want to get these nifty apps for free!

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Just as we had all hoped, it looks like HBO’s announcement of an over-the-top service is starting a revolution in the TV industry. The Wall Street Journal reports that CBS is planning to offer its own standalone streaming service for Showtime as well. CBS CEO Leslie Moonves said that the online offering will “fairly definitively” be available in 2015, making next year the most terrifying in recent history for cable providers across the United States.

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To say the new J.J. Abrams-directed Star Wars films are highly anticipated would be an understatement and now we at long last know a crucial piece of the puzzle for their first installment. Entertainment Weekly reports that the first film in the new trilogy will be called Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens.

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