Although BlackBerry has officially been off the market for more than a year now, that apparently hasn’t stopped it from getting interested suitors. Reuters‘ Jennifer Ablan is reporting that Samsung has recently approached BlackBerry about the possibility of a takeover. Specifically, Ablan reports that Samsung is willing to buy BlackBerry “for as much as $7.5 billion, looking to gain access to its patent portfolio.”
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Amazon on Tuesday announced that it’s working on a new TV series that’s going to be exclusively available for streaming to Prime subscribers. No real surprise there, of course, considering that Amazon has gotten so good at this it actually won a Golden Globe with one of its original series this year. But the move is one that many moviegoers will likely line up to watch; for the first time in his career, Woody Allen has agreed to write and direct a television series.
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Plenty of online services, some more legal than others, offer users instant access to movie downloads and streaming. But one company has come up with a new concept for watching movies at home that doesn’t involve buying, renting or stealing movies. The service is cheaper than Netflix — it’s actually free for the time being — and legal, as opposed to illegal downloads from The Pirate Bay or other similar torrent services.
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At CES 2015, I saw the future. And the future looks absolutely amazing. Everything in our homes, offices, schools, cars and elsewhere will have the potential to be connected to the Internet, and that network of devices — the “Internet of Things” — will change our lives. The functionality offered by these devices will be automated, and devices will communicate so that performance is improved over time.
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Android 5.0 Lollipop has been well received so far but as with every new major platform update, there are always some gripes. Dan Lew, for instance, has noticed that Google has made some rather unintuitive changes to Android’s notifications settings that everyone should know about before they start using the new OS.
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Despite countless reports, investigations and press conferences over the past several weeks, there is still a shroud of mystery surrounding the Sony Pictures hack. We might never know all of the details, but one well-known, eccentric programmer thinks he knows exactly how the hack was initiated — and it’s much simpler than you might have imagined.
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Yes, you read that headline correctly. You could win a shiny new 21.5” Apple iMac computer if you enter to win with The iMac Giveaway, which is being offered for a limited time at BGR Deals.
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I almost don’t have the words. This time, however, I refuse to return the iPhone 6 Plus even if I want to switch back to my iPhone 6. Mainly because I can’t take the judgemental looks from my local Apple store, but also because I think I might just switch from one to the other on different days.
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Google on Wednesday announced a significant update to the mobile version of one of its most popular online services, and it provides exciting new technology that will leave many users breathless.
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Sony is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the PlayStation brand this month by putting dozens of games from every recent console on sale. That’s right: if you own a PS4, PS3, PS Vita or PSP, you’re sure to find something on the extensive list of discounted games worth picking up.
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