At this point, it’s kind of unclear who’s stealing what between Apple and Google. Android has implemented plenty of features over the years that the iPhone has since adopted, but as PhoneArena elucidates in a comparison piece, Android M appears to have taken some inspiration from iOS as well.
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Browsing the Internet without a VPN to protect your sensitive data is like walking around naked in your apartment with the blinds up while reading into a megaphone from your private diary—your neighbors may get a thrill, but we don’t recommend it.
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Would you like to save a ton of money on a powerful portable charger? Of course you would! That’s why you should head on over to Amazon right now and pick up a Solove Titan Ultra Slim 20,000mAh dual USB portable charger that’s on sale for just $46.99 or 64% off the original price of $129.99. For good measure, you can also get a 10,000mAh dual USB portable charger from the same manufacturer for $36.99 right now, or 53% off its original price of $89.99.
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SoundHound’s Hound voice-enabled assistant has proven to be quite a resourceful tool, managing to beat the significantly more famous Google Now, Siri and Cortana in all sorts of comparisons. A new test recorded on video shows that the beta version of Hound is ready to wipe the floor with Google’s, Apple’s and Microsoft’s voice assistants even though it’s just in beta version.
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Summer grilling is a ton of fun… provided that you have some clue about what you’re doing. Sadly, many Americans I’ve met are just content to pour lighter fluid on charcoal and pile it up in a scorching-hot fireball that will incinerate any meat it comes into contact with. This was why when I read Serious Eats’ list of grilling mistakes to avoid, I was happy to see that I already adhere to most of them. If you don’t, however, here are some grilling mistakes that I’ve found you really should avoid at all costs.
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Remember that PayPal saga from last week? You know, the one involving PayPal’s new user agreement which gave the company carte blanche to robocall and autotext users for pretty much any reason under the sun, including surveys and promotions? Well, now the FCC is getting involved and they don’t like what they see.
In a letter sent to PayPal’s general counsel, and originally spotted by The Consumerist, the FCC writes that the company’s new user agreement “may violate federal laws governing the use of autodialed, prerecorded, and artificial voice calls, including text messages.” Specifically, the FCC notes that the new user agreement may run afoul of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
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Remember Nintendogs? In case you don’t, let me quickly refresh your memory: It’s a real-time pet simulation video game Nintendo made for Nintendo DS many years ago that you’ve probably stopped playing long ago. So then, is it animal cruelty not to have fed your virtual dogs for all this time? Baby Animals seems to think so:
https://twitter.com/babyanimalpics/status/609215313725521920
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Last year’s OnePlus One was one of the year’s killer smartphone bargains, a device that delivered premium specs at a discount price. GizmoChina directs our attention to a new report over at Chinese website MyDrivers that claims the upcoming OnePlus 2 phone will feature a 5.5-inch 1080p display, a Snapdragon 810 processor, 3GB of RAM, a 13-megapixel camera and will cost just 元1,999 ($USD 322).
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It’s never a good idea to pour fire ants on your genitals, no matter how big a YouTube sensation you want to become. This warning is sadly too late for a man in Thailand who did just that and recorded his painful experience, complete with intense screaming, on video.
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In this week’s episode of The BGR Show podcast, WWDC is on our mind with the huge announcements of iOS 9, OS X 10.11, watchOS 2, and Apple Music. Also Zach finally admits that Jonathan is right about everything. It’s glorious.
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