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Ben Heck helps boost battery life for Android phones with a new kinetic motion wind-up charger in the latest episode of element14’s “The Ben Heck Show”

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element14 and modding guru Benjamin J. Heckendorn, a.k.a. Ben Heck, present an action-packed episode of “The Ben Heck Show” for the modding- and DIY-inclined, featuring a kinetic motion-inspired wind-up charger for Android phones and a Rapid Pinball Prototyping…

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Inside Android's next wave: Building the Nexus 4, Nexus 10, and Android 4.2

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Google's campus in Mountain View is a weird place — a sprawling, flat expanse dotted with angular, gray buildings. And lots of colorful bikes. It feels like an island, a place with its own set of rules, and it's easy to feel out of joint if you don't…

over 4 years ago
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Hiapad Hi-802 Quad-Core Mini Stick PC Announced with i.Mx6~

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If you are looking for a mini stick PC with a little bit of extra power you might be interested in the new Hiapad Hi-802 which has been announced this week by Chinese manufacturer Hiapad. The Hiapad Hi-802 is one of the first Android TV mini stick PCs…

over 4 years ago
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ASUS Unveils Android 4.0 Padfone 2 With 4.7" Screen

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ICS smartphone can be transformed into a tablet using the Padfone Station accessory. ASUS has unveiled a second iteration of its Padfone in Taiwan. Dubbed the Padfone 2 , this smartphone changes into a tablet when you dock it with an accessory called…

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Turn an Android Device Into a Pocket-Size Media Center

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The notion that a home entertainment center must be in your actual home is antiquated. With an off-the-shelf adapter and a few apps loaded onto an Android phone or tablet, users can stream movies, TV shows, and videogames from remote computers or media…

over 4 years ago
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back to school: choose the right tablet!

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Sadly, vacations are over (if you at least had some)...but gadgets are part of our daily life regardless our academic season, true story! If you don't have a tablet yet in spite of the marketing rush and technological urge to get one, with this post you…

over 4 years ago
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last one standing...

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After Adobe officially killed Flash Player for mobile, the next shoe to drop was how the companies that had previously touted it would respond. The first has chimed in, as RIM told All Things D that it would continue to develop the Flash plug-in on the…

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Where to watch the London 2012 Olympics live online & on your mobile device

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All eyes are on London these days, where athletes of the world are getting ready to compete in the 2012 Olympic Games. And there’s some good news for sports fans: Not only are the main competitions scheduled to happen during times when most of us in North…

over 4 years ago
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Google Reveals Nexus Q Social Streaming Media Player

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Google Nexus 7 review

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Google's Nexus 7 (£159 for 8GB, £199 for 16GB) is a game-changer. The first tablet with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, offers the most bang for the buck you can get in the market right now. It's versatile, well-built, fast, and a lot of fun to use. It basically…

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Facebook in 'third attempt' to build own smartphone

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Facebook phone rumors are swirling again, with reports that the company's been hiring smartphone engineers. According to the New York Times , it's taken on several people who previously worked on the iPhone or iPad. It quoted a company employee as saying…

over 4 years ago
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Amazon May Bring Ads to the Kindle Fire

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Will the Kindle Fire 's home screen soon double as a color billboard for advertisers? Ad Age reports that Amazon is pitching the idea to ad agency executives, although it's unclear if the online retailer plans to bring ads to the current generation of…

over 4 years ago
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Google’s Motorola Buy Is Official Now

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Google chief Larry Page has announced that the company's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility is finally official. He said that Sanjay Jha has stepped down as Motorola CEO, as had been expected, and has handed the reins to Google's Dennis Woodside…

over 4 years ago
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Infographic Asks Which Came First: The iPhone Or The Android

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Some debates just never seem to have a clear winner: Mac vs. PC, Star Wars vs. Star Trek, Ford vs. Chevy, Tastes Great vs. Less Filling, iPhone vs. Android. Debates have ranged among various fans and factions on these sorts of topics for ages – or, in…

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Samsung Galaxy S III officially unveiled with 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display

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It's finally here, folks. Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy S III at its event in London after teasing the device with websites and videos . The specs of the Galaxy S III have been one of the hottest topics in the mobile world over the past…

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LG announces Optimus LTE2 with 2GB of RAM

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Not to be outdone by its Korean counterpart, LG announced its own flagship smartphone on the same day as the the Galaxy S III . The Optimus LTE2, as it is called, is no less when it comes to features and specifications and in some aspects even outdoes…

over 13 years ago
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Top 10 Awesome Android Features that the iPhone Doesn't Have

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We love both Android and iOS, but the open nature of Android just means it can do things others just can't. Here are our favorite Android apps and features that you won't find on its Apple-clad brethren. We didn't hold anything back in this list: rooting…

over 4 years ago
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Linux and Android bring it together!!!

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Linux kernel 3.3 released with merged Android code and more T he latest refresh of the Linux kernel , 3.3, is now available, and the second release of 2012 brings with it the long-awaited merging of code from Google's little side project. While that is…

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Top 10 Tech Concepts You Always Wanted To Learn About (But Never Did)

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We're busy people, and even the most savvy of us sometimes just don't have the time to learn about every odd and end in the tech world. Here are some of our favorite tech explainers on things you probably hear a lot about, but never really knew. 10. Net…

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Bye Bye BlackBerry. How Long Will Apple Last?

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Just five years ago, “BlackBerry” was virtually synonymous with “smartphones.” It was well on its way to becoming a generic trademark, like Kleenex or Band-Aid, that would seemingly forever be associated with its entire sector. “For many, the Blackberry…

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Google begins collecting users’ data across its services

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Google launched its new privacy policy on Thursday, adding Web search and YouTube history to the pool of data that the company collects about its account-holders. The changes bring 60 of the company’s services under the same umbrella, and clarifies that…

over 4 years ago
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RTOS market in turmoil?

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By Ann Steffora Mutschler Senior Correspondent, New Tech Press With engineers clamoring for all things Android and open-source, the RTOS market is experiencing some major changes – although that depends on whom you ask. A relatively new entrant to the…

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element14 is Everywhere with iPhone and Android applications

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element14 has launched its very own iPhone and Google Android applications as well as a mobile version of the website. These new element14 Everywhere applications will provide element14 members with a wealth of unbiased technical information and collaboration…

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