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HTC’s next flagship appears to flaunt 20MP camera in leaked shots

As reported on Engadget. by Richard Lai Leak happens, and poor HTC might have just become the first victim out of the MWC lot this year. What we’re looking at here are two alleged spyshots of the company’supcoming flagship, the “Hima” aka “M9,” courtesy of Nowhereelse.fr, who has since removed the images. While the French blog has a mixed record of credibility when it comes to leaks, we’re struggling to find signs of tampering in…

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Watch the first official ‘Jurassic World’ trailer

As reported on The Verge. By Kwame Opam It’s here! The Jurassic World trailer has dropped, two days ahead of the promised Thanksgiving debut. Here, we finally see the park open to the public. However, the scientists running the park made a gamble by creating a genetically engineered hybrid dinosaur that’s highly intelligent and, to quote Chris Pratt’s character, “will kill anything that moves.” We’ll get to see this new super dinosaur wreak havoc on June…

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Adobe’s got Photoshop running in Chrome

As reported on The Verge. Here’s how it works By Sean O’Kane Using Photoshop usually requires lugging a typically cumbersome, expensive computer around, and changing that experience has been the dream of many creatives for years. As we found out back in September, it’s a problem that Adobe has been actively working with Google to solve. The two companies have been working together for almost two years to bring Photoshop to the browser, and they…

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This e-ink watch can change its design at the touch of a button

As reported by Engadget. by Aaron Souppouris It’s not like we haven’t seen e-ink watches before, but we’ve never seen one quite like this. FES Watch uses e-paper not only for its face, but its entire strap, allowing the wearer to change its design with a simple button press. By combining different upper- and lower-strap choices with a variety of face designs, you’ll have a total of 24 designs to choose from. This isn’t a…

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Gorilla Glass 4 shouldn’t shatter when you drop your phone

As reported by Engadget. by Jon Fingas Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Plenty of mobile device screens can easily resist minor cracks and scratches, but let’s be honest — those aren’t the biggest problems. No, the real crisis comes when you drop your phone and the display shatters into many pieces. Thankfully, Corning is tackling that accident-related damage in earnest with Gorilla Glass 4. The newly formulated cover material is designed to survive collisions with rough…

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Germany’s Stunning World Cup Win Over Brazil Is The Most-Tweeted Sports Game Ever

As reported on TechCrunch. by Darrell Etherington For a long time yesterday, I couldn’t see any tweet in my regular feed that wasn’t in some way linked to the Germany/Brazil semifinal World Cup match – and apparently, I wasn’t alone. The devastating 7-1 victory by Brazil was the most activity around a single sports game on Twitter ever (via THR), surpassing the Super Bowl from earlier this year. Brazil’s routing garnered 35.6 million tweets during the game…

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Privacy-focused Blackphone starts shipping for $630

As reported on Engadget. BY SHARIF SAKR  If you missed our coverage during Mobile World Congress, then here’s what you need to know about Blackphone: it’s a mid-spec Android smartphone that comes pre-subscribed to (and pre-installed with) a bunch of privacy and anti-surveillance services, for a price of $629 off-contract. It’s the offspring of a joint venture between Silent Circle andGeeksphone, who together have just announced that the first batch of devices is now shipping to customers who pre-ordered during…

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BlackBerry steadies the ship but smartphone sales continue to evaporate

As reported on Engadget. BY MATT BRIAN  BlackBerry’s plan to cut costs and shift to services is starting to pay dividends. While the company’s latest financial earnings report shows it’s still suffering losses, they aren’t as bad as expected. It certainly wasn’t thanks to its smartphones, which were once BlackBerry’s main source of revenue, as they fell to just 2.6 million units from 3.4 million in the last quarter. This time around, the Canadian smartphone maker didn’t divulge how…

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Hidden iOS 8 split-screen multitasking demoed on video

As reported on The Verge. By Jacob Kastrenakes The iPad has only ever been able to show one app on-screen at a time, but that might change in the future. In a beta version of iOS 8, developer Steve Troughton-Smith has discovered that the operating system supports resizing apps so that a single app might only take up three-quarters, one-half, or one-quarter of the screen. In a video, Troughton-Smith shows exactly how it works right now inside of Apple’s desktop…

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Android Likely To Get Touch-Friendly Office Before Windows

As reported on TechCrunch.  by Alex Wilhelm  #SatyasMicrosoft Earlier today, ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley reported that the tablet-touch build of Office for Android will land before the touch-ready build for Windows. Yes, this is the real world. Microsoft declined to comment. Keep in mind that Microsoft building an Office suite for Android tablets isn’t news. This is a timing issue. Of course, Microsoft already offers an app for Android that includes Office capabilities, but Office Mobile — which existed for iOS…

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