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BlackBerry outage downs users on three continents [Updated]
RIM has restored BlackBerry service after an embarrassing outage today, with users across Europe, the Middle East and Africa reporting problems with their smartphone phones. The Canadian company took...
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Your 8MP iPhone 5 may only give you 4MP photos (but it’s not broken)
iPhone 5 owners may find that their spanking new smartphone produces photos considerably under the resolution expected, though it’s part of a plan for improved low-light performance not a malfunction....
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Jelly Bean for Verizon’s Galaxy Nexus arrives
Verizon has begun rolling out the Jelly Bean upgrade for its LTE Galaxy Nexus, finally bringing the Android smartphone up to date with the latest release. The update is detailed in a new document on...
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RIM CEO: “Up to 6 percent” suffered BlackBerry outage
RIM CEO Thorsten Heins has published an open apology letter to BlackBerry owners impacted by the service outage earlier today, revealing that up to 6-percent of the company’s user-base was affected....
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SlashGear Morning Wrap-up: September 21, 2012
Hey folks, we had another exciting night and early morning of news here at SlashGear so below you can find a quick wrap up of everything that mattered to us. I’m sure you’re all happy that today is...
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iPhone 5 Day: Which model, where, and why?
It’s iPhone 5 day, and even glitches with Maps and scratches aren’t enough to keep huge numbers of shoppers from Apple’s door. 8am saw 249 Apple Stores across the US open up, many of them to sizable...
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ASUS Padfone 2 leak reveals 4.7-inch display, quad-core S4 Pro, and more
The upcoming ASUS Padfone 2 has been making its way to headlines this past week, and today we have a leak reportedly sharing its full spec sheet. After seeing some leaked benchmarks, yesterday ASUS...
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Woz on iPhone in 40 years: “I won’t want you humans”
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak recently touched down in Australia to give a speech at the QUT Business Leaders’ Forum – on the same day the iPhone 5 released in the country, no less. While he was...
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Boeing Airplanes set to allow cell phone use in 2013
We’ve all been on a plane and heard the same spiel over and over again. Please turn off any and all electronic devices, MP3 players, iPods, laptops, and set all iPhone, iPad, and devices to airplane...
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Kickstarter implements new set of rules for project creators
The world seems to have gone a little Kickstarter crazy lately, with new and interesting projects popping up all the time on the crowd-funding site. It seems that things have gotten a little out of...
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US Cellular Galaxy Note II already up for pre-order
Samsung‘s popular and impressive looking Galaxy Note II was finally announced earlier this week as coming to all major US carriers. It was good news indeed, but none of the carriers have made any...
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Cygnett does the inevitable iPhone 5 drop test
We knew this was coming, just no one thought it would be quite this fast. The iPhone 5 has only been available for a matter of hours and surely many of you are still patiently (or impatiently) waiting...
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Facebook ditches facial recognition in Europe after months of talks
Facebook has already dealt with plenty of negative attention over its facial recognition technology, both here in the US and across the Atlantic in Europe. Things are looking up for those who don’t...
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Hulu Plus, HBO GO, and Max GO get closed captions on mobile
A few of those popular video streaming apps we all use on our mobile devices have just received a nice little update today. If Netflix isn’t cutting it and you’ve resorted to Hulu Plus, HBO GO, or Max...
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GeeXboX 3.0 lands with XBMC 11 integration
After nearly a year of waiting, GeeXboX 3.0 has arrived with XMBC 11 integration in tow. The developers announced the latest build today, revealing that it also includes PVR functionality, which means...
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iPhone 5 comes GSM unlocked at Verizon
Well this is an interesting bit of news: iDownloadBlog’s Jeff Benjamin has discovered that Verizon’s iPhone 5 is indeed GSM unlocked. The way he discovered this was by cutting up an AT&T micro SIM...
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Apple users updating to iOS 6 122% faster than iOS 5
Apple’s new baby in the iPhone 5 and iOS 6 has been getting plenty of attention, and with good reason. Aside from a few hiccups with Maps, iOS 6 has been doing extremely well across the board. When it...
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iPhone 5 victorious over Galaxy S III in drop test
With a lot of folks getting their hands on the iPhone 5 for the first time today, there are understandably a lot of drop tests hitting YouTube. One of the more interesting drop tests comes from the...
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Wii U’s slow CPU “a challenge” for one launch developer
These days, we have a better idea of what the Wii U is packing under the hood. While there are some aspects of the Wii U that are clearly better than the Xbox 360 or PS3, the CPU isn’t one of them. We...
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Google HQ opens for Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson’s movie crew
There’s tons of extra cameras and colorful chairs hanging around Google‘s Headquarters in California. That’s because it’s the set of what is surely going to be an awesome new movie — or a giant...
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