AOL’s fall from grace, by the numbers

Posted on May 13, 2015May 13, 2015 by Authcom

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The biggest tech news of the week was a doozie, with Verizon announcing its plan to acquire AOL for $4.4 billion. Naturally, the acquisition led to a whole lot of chatter regarding what Verizon’s long-term plans with AOL truly are. After all, though AOL owns a number of extremely popular web properties (i.e Engadget, Huffington Post), the company still derives a good portion of its revenue via dial-up subscribers, of which there are currently 2.1 million.

Still, many believe that the deal was largely a play to acquire AOL’s ad platform.

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Consumer Reports: Galaxy S6’s iPhone features make it a worse choice than Galaxy S5

Posted on May 13, 2015May 13, 2015 by Authcom

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The Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge are widely seen as some of the best Android smartphones money can buy this year, and certainly the best Samsung handsets made to date. But that doesn’t mean everyone has been impressed with Samsung’s new iPhone-inspired design philosophy.

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The next Apple device I want Google to dominate

Posted on May 13, 2015May 13, 2015 by Authcom

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My dream of having Google take over my iPhone is quickly becoming a reality. Apple’s smartphones are sleek and its mobile platform is the best in the business, thanks largely to superior third-party apps that are abundantly available. As it turns out, Google’s iOS apps are among the best in the App Store, and I recently wrote about the fact that Google’s iPhone apps are better than Apple’s own iOS apps across the board.

But now that Google has dominated my iPhone, there’s a new Apple device I need Google to take over as soon as possible.

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Galaxy S6 and S6 edge will receive a big Lollipop update in the next few weeks

Posted on May 13, 2015May 13, 2015 by Authcom

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The Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge will both receive a an update to a new Lollipop version, a Canadian carrier has revealed, just as recent rumors suggested.

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BIG LEAK: Leaked photos may reveal new waterproof Galaxy S6

Posted on May 13, 2015May 13, 2015 by Authcom

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Samsung’s third Galaxy S6 version, the Galaxy S6 Active that many reports claimed it’s coming, has been photographed in the wild. The company is not yet ready to announce Galaxy S6 Active availability just yet, but the device appears to be in testing.

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FreedomPop’s free cell phone service now available in Europe

Posted on May 13, 2015May 13, 2015 by Authcom

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There’s a new mobile offer that Europeans looking for even more affordable cellphone service should know about. After selling free mobile service to American smartphone buyers for a few years, FreedomPop is now doing the same thing in its first European market, the U.K.

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How to (sort of) run Windows on your iPad

Posted on May 12, 2015May 12, 2015 by Authcom

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Windows PC owners who also happen to own an iPad may have wondered whether they’d be able to use the tablet as a second display for their main computing machine. Starting today, there’s an iOS app for that, one that Mac users might already be familiar with, and one that’s now available for 40% off its regular price to celebrate the new milestone.

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This is the initial setlist for Guitar Hero Live

Posted on May 12, 2015May 12, 2015 by Authcom

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To the delight of plastic instrument aficionados everywhere, two of the biggest rhythm game franchises of all time are being resurrected this year in the forms of Rock Band 4 and Guitar Hero Live.

Admittedly, with beloved studio Harmonix behind Rock Band 4, one game might to have a slight advantage over the other at the outset, but on Tuesday, Guitar Hero Live developer FreeStyleGames grabbed our attention by unveiling the first 24 songs from its official setlist on Rolling Stone.

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Tesla’s battery business is already looking much bigger than anyone imagined

Posted on May 12, 2015May 12, 2015 by Authcom

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Last week, Bloomberg crunched some numbers and estimated that Tesla has already received a crazy $800 million worth of reservations for its Powerwall and Powerpack batteries. To put this number in context, Bloomberg compared this number to the early sales numbers of products such as the iPhone and Viagra and has found that “if Tesla converts even a fraction of those reservations into actual sales, the battery roll-out could measure up as one of the biggest ever for a new product category.”

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See the massive, expensive Halo 5: Guardians Limited Collector’s Edition

Posted on May 12, 2015May 12, 2015 by Authcom

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We’ve known since the day it was announced that Halo 5: Guardians would be receiving its own collector’s edition, but until now, we’d never seen exactly what the package would entail. That changed on Tuesday when GameStop Italy’s website leaked the contents of the Limited Collector’s Edition early.

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