One of the most frequently requested smartphone security features finally came to the iPhone last year, and it’s already having a major impact. Reuters reports that smartphone thefts are rapidly declining in at least three major cities following the implementation of activation lock on Apple’s devices.
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Last week, we told you about just how scary Samsung’s smart TV privacy policy was. One quote from Samsung’s terms and conditions says it all: “Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party through your use of Voice Recognition.” Yikes.
Samsung has since responded twice to the uproar surrounding its privacy policy, explaining that the aforementioned statement is a precaution intended to cover a scenario that is highly unlikely to occur.
All the same, however, it can occur — but there’s an easy way to make sure that it’s impossible for your Samsung smart TV to accidentally spy on you.
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Considering all the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge rumors that hit the web on an almost daily basis, it’s clear that Samsung has put a lot of thought and effort into this particular phone family — even though its new design might be very similar to the iPhone 6. Samsung is far from its former glory days, at least when it comes to smartphone profits, and the Galaxy S6 could help it change that. In fact, SamMobile has detailed a Galaxy S6 feature that shows yet another way Samsung is fighting against Apple’s iPhone 6.
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We’ve had two great days in a row for paid iPhone and iPad apps that go on sale for free for a limited time, and now we’re stretching our streak out to three consecutive days. There are still a few nifty paid iOS apps that are available for free in yesterday’s post if you hurry, but today we have a fresh new list of eight more apps.
Wednesday’s list includes a few that never go free, so you definitely don’t want to take your time downloading these great apps today.
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Samsung’s smart TVs aren’t having a good week in the public relations department. After the company had to scramble to clarify a clumsily written smart TV privacy policy that made it sound like Samsung would snoop on your living room conversations and sell them to advertisers, a new report is claiming that Samsung’s smart TVs are injecting unwanted ads into movies while you’re watching them.
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HTC might not have the biggest sales numbers in the smartphone market, but there’s no denying that the company makes some beautiful devices. For years, HTC’s smartphones have featured designs and build quality that was a cut above most rival handsets. That trend continued right through 2014, when HTC unveiled the One M8 and showed us the most gorgeous Android phone we had ever seen.
Now, if these new renders are at all representative of reality, it looks like the HTC One M9 could be the most beautiful smartphone ever made, period.
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Recently, alleged schematics for the Galaxy S6 leaked and made it clear that Samsung’s idea of designing the phone from scratch means taking certain cues from Apple’s iPhone. Then, unofficial renders based on those leaks show what the handset could look like started to appear online, alongside many images coming from Galaxy S6 accessory designers.
But now, Korean publication Uderkg has come up with an even better render of the handset, and the site says the renders are based on official Galaxy S6 schematics it has obtained.
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As if Stephen Colbert ending The Colbert Report wasn’t bad enough, Jon Stewart on Tuesday night announced that he is retiring as host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart… which obviously won’t be called “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” for much longer. Stewart joined the show as its host in 1999, having taken over for Craig Kilborn.
In Tuesday’s episode of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart began the long process of saying his goodbyes.
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Last year’s Galaxy S5 was a disappointment but it sounds like Samsung is going to make up for it in a big way with the Galaxy S6. A new report from Bloomberg confirms that the Galaxy S6 will have an all-metal frame, making it the first flagship Galaxy device to have this particular feature.
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After releasing Android 5.0 Lollipop updates for a variety of top flagship handsets in the past weeks, including the Galaxy S5 and Galaxy Note 3, Samsung has started rolling out the one official Lollipop ROM certain smartphone buyers were waiting for, the one made for the Galaxy Note 4.
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