WhatsApp made millions of smartphone users happy with week when it announced it will be ditching its annual subscription fee, but its next move might not be so popular. According to a hidden option found in the latest WhatsApp beta for Android, the service is planning to share user data with Facebook “to improve [your] Facebook

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You won’t need to think twice about going hands-free on the road with Exomount’s easy-to-use car mount. It mounts your smartphone so easily, you literally only need one hand to quickly secure your phone in the perfect position and get driving. And thanks to Cult of Android Deals, you can get yours for just $19.99 for

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Google has addressed a Linux kernel bug recently discovered by one security firm that has left around 66 percent of Android devices vulnerable to attack. It has already made its patch available to Android partners, but devices running Android 5.0 and above don’t need it. The discovery was made earlier this week by Perception Point and

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OnePlus has decided to drop its entry-level OnePlus 2 in the U.S. and Europe, leaving only the 64GB model priced at $389. Customers in these markets just weren’t interested in the 16GB model, the Chinese startup says, so it is saving it for countries that are. By far the best thing about OnePlus devices is the price;

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Listen up, HTC One A9 owners! If you have an unlocked device, you’re about to get an over-the-air software update that brings Android’s latest security patch and some welcome bug fixes. “HTC One (A9) unlocked owners! The Jan security updates and bug fixes is being updated via OTA this morning,” tweeted HTC Product Manager Mo Versi

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Samsung has long subscribed to the “If you can’t beat ’em, release a load of ads making fun of them” strategy when it comes to smartphone rival Apple. In its latest ad, the South Korean tech company keeps this trend alive by recruiting comedian Hannibal Buress to show off Samsung Pay’s big advantage over Apple

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Android and iOS may be mortal enemies in some ways, but Google clearly realizes the value of having Apple’s hundreds of millions of customers use its search engine. So much so, in fact, that in 2014 Google paid Apple a massive $1 billion to keep its search bar on the iPhone. The details were revealed

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Google is pushing a redesigned weather interface to Android devices that will deliver a ton of data and forecasting info. In a post on the Inside Search blog, Google product manager Lea Stolowicz shared details of just what people can expect to see when they seek weather info using the Google app. Owners of Android

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Android has reportedly earned Google $31 billion since the mobile operating system’s inception, according to a stat revealed during the company’s ongoing court battle with Oracle. The OS is said to have brought in a cool $22 billion in profit for Google, according to Oracle’s lawyer. Google itself is none too pleased that the number

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No one likes being told what to do first thing in the morning, but Microsoft’s new alarm app for Android doesn’t care. The only way to stop it once it starts going off is to pull silly faces or find random objects. Mimicker Alarm is designed to help true sleepy heads get out of bed in

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