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South Korea finds Qualcomm prevented Samsung from selling chips to phone makers

Chip maker Qualcomm abused its patents to impose chip-selling restrictions on Samsung. That's according to the South Korea Trade Commission.
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Timebound mobile app makes history fun with animated timelines and rich media

Timebound, an app for iOS and Android, brings history to your fingertips in the form of beautiful timelines.
Mobile News
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Google announces updates for Duo, Allo, Photos, and Google Search in Brazil

Google announced a string of app updates aimed at developing markets -- specifically Brazil. The company's improving Allo, Duo, and more.
Mobile News
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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 demolishes the competition in new benchmarks

Qualcomm claimed the Snapdragon 835 was the company's fastest mobile chip yet, and benchmarks bare that out.
Mobile News
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Google Maps now lets you share your location with your besties

Good news for Google Maps users: You never have to wonder about your friends' whereabouts again. Now, you can share your real-time location.
Mobile News
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Vaio’s new Phone A is a midrange handset bound for Japan

Vaio's Phone A isn't all that exciting, but that's not surprising -- it's a mid-range phone bound for Japan.
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Reddit users will soon be able to add profile pics and bios to their profiles

Reddit's rolling out new profile pages that will allow users to add "more prominent" pics and biographies.
Social Media News
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All hail ‘iPad,’ Apple’s most affordable full-size tablet yet

A new iPad is joining the fray: A 9.7-inch replacement for the outgoing iPad Air 2.
Mobile News
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Zocdoc’s new AI-powered search knows what you mean when you search ‘hemroids’

Zocdoc's new Patient-Powered Search, which recently went public after a lengthy beta, maps colloquial terms to medical terminology.
Mobile News
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ARM’s DynamIQ chip architecture will boost AI processing by as much as 50 times

ARM is introducing a major new chip architecture in 2017. It's called DynamIQ, and it's bound for phones, cars, and other connected devices.
Mobile News
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Don't throw the box away: Smartphone packaging may transform into a VR viewer

A recent Google patent suggests the company's working on device packaging that folds into a VR viewer.
Mobile News
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WebMD’s Health Pregnancy Study to recruit participants via Apple’s Research Kit

WebMD's Pregnancy health app will soon offer more than medical advice. The company's tapping ResearchKit to recruit participants for a study.
Mobile News
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Qualcomm 205 gives feature phones high-speed 3G LTE

Qualcomm's new Qualcomm 205 platform, which the company announced at a launch event in March, brings 4G LTE connectivity to low-end phones.
Mobile News
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Google’s plan to speed up mobile webpages is just getting started

AMP, Google's effort to accelerate mobile webpages, is expanding significantly. We sat down with product manager Rudy Galifi to talk about it.
Mobile Features
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The iPhone’s switch to iOS 11’s 64-bit chip could make 187,000 apps obsolete

Apple's upcoming iOS 11, which the company is expected to announce in June, could end support for more than 187,000 apps.
Mobile News
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Don't count smartwatches out just yet: New Android Wear watches may boost sales

The launch of new Android Wear-powered watches could boost overall smartwatch sales, according to an industry report.
Wearables News
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Explore 360-degree panoramas of an amazing volcanic crater in Google Maps

The volcanic Marum crater off the coast of Australia is one of the most photogenic additions to Google Maps yet.
Mobile News
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Is this the anti-smartphone? Siempo's phone cuts out distracting notifications

Siempo isn't like most other smartphones on the market. It encourages mindfulness by limiting distractions.
Mobile Features
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iPhone thieves in Brazil are trying to get victims to give up iCloud login

iPhone thieves are becoming cleverer by the day. According to a new report, a gang in Brazil is attempting to phish victims of theft.
Mobile News
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This insane iPhone case packs a fully functional Android phone

The ESTI Eye's not your average iPhone case. It boasts a fully functional Android phone inside, replete with an HD screen and more.
Mobile News
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Apple denies price-fixing allegations in Russia as federal agency investigates

The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service, Russia's governing antitrust body, has announced that it found Apple guilty of price fixing in Russia.
Mobile News
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Gmail app now lets you send money as an attachment

The Gmail app for smartphones just became a whole lot more useful. Now, you can send money as an attachment to friends.
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Google’s Allo messaging app might be sharing your searches

Google's Allo messenger might be inadvertently sharing your personal information. A Google Assistant bug's to blame, it seems.
Mobile News
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Tag Heuer will launch new Connected smartwatch with Android 2.0 on Tuesday

Tag Heuer has set a launch date for its next Connected smartwatch -- March 14. The watch will launch during a live-stream.
Wearables News
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Instrumments 01 measuring tool: Our first take

The Instrumments 01 measuring tool is like a digital tape measure. We put it to the test to see how it compared to its analog inspiration.
Mobile Reviews
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Baidu’s SwiftScribe uses AI to transcribe audio files up to an hour in length

Baidu's SwiftScribe app performs AI-powered transcription on any audio file under an hour in length. It's free to use.
Computing News
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Apple’s ResearchKit may be a viable alternative to traditional studies

Asthma researchers used Apple's ResearchKit to collect tens of thousands of responses from smartphone users.
Mobile News
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What’s in Pandora’s box? A $10-per-month on-demand music streaming service

Pandora's taking on Spotify and others with the launch of Pandora Premium, a $10 a a month service with more than 40 million songs.
Music News
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Analyst thinks Apple's upcoming iPhone will outsell Samsung's Galaxy S8

According to some analysts, Apple's upcoming iPhone models will sell significantly better than Samsung's Galaxy S8.
Mobile News
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Movements is a charitable-giving app that rounds up your spare change

Donating is harder than it sounds, sometimes. Movements makes it easy by giving your spare change to charity.
Mobile News
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Attack on Slack: Google beefs up its Hangouts services, Meet and Chat

Google's not sitting idly by while Slack monopolizes corporate chat. It's launching the business-focused Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet.
Mobile News
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Google’s next-gen reCAPTCHA test will disappear if it concludes you’re human

Google's getting rid of the internet's biggest annoyance: reCAPTCHA tests. The new version will disappear when it detects a human user.
Web News
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Gboard’s latest update for Android lets users translate in real time

Gboard, formerly known as Google Keyboard on Android, now lets you translate text in real time in the subject box.
Mobile News

Some Google Pixel phones have a microphone issue, but Google implemented a fix.

Some owners of Google's Pixel smartphone are experiencing issues related to the microphone. The company's urging them to return the units.
Mobile News
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