Amazon is reportedly working on a smaller, battery-powered Echo that will go on sale “in the coming weeks.” The device is designed to fit comfortably in the palm of your hand, but it will be missing one of the existing’s Echo’s best features. “The new device, code named “Fox,” is designed to fit comfortably in

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AT&T is bringing back unlimited data plans after killing the offering two years ago. The new data plans will cost $100 per month for one smartphone, but there’s a big catch if you want to sign up: You have to be a DirecTV and U-Verse subscriber. Only new and existing AT&T wireless customers who also

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Motorola, or “Moto by Lenovo” as it should now be known, will put fingerprint scanners inside all of the flagship smartphones it releases this year. Those devices will also be equipped with 5-inch displays or larger, with Moto’s smaller, more affordable offerings now integrated into Lenovo’s lineup. After Apple made mobile fingerprint scanners mainstream with iPhone

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An early benchmark test for the Galaxy S7 has appeared on AnTuTu ahead of the handset’s official unveiling, confirming a number of big internal upgrades, including Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 820 processor, 4GB of RAM, and a new 12-megapixel camera sensor. The Galaxy S7 is expected to look a lot like its predecessor, with a curved

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Android users have been jumping ship to iPhone 6s at an unprecedented rate, but as per a new report, Apple is being pressured to create a tool that would make it simpler for former iOS users to transfer their data from iPhone to their new Android device. The pressure is allegedly coming from the European

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CES has brought us a whole host of new TVs that support HDR video, but like 4K, the content isn’t easy to come by right now. Fortunately, Google is going to change that by making HDR video available through YouTube. You’re probably already familiar with the term “HDR,” because changes are your smartphone camera lets you

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Everything that is good in the world of tech is designed well. Being able to craft an intuitive, user-pleasing experience or product might seem like magic, but that’s probably just because you haven’t studied it. This bundle of 9 courses, clocking in at 57 hours of content and worth hundreds of bucks, will get you

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Google has pulled 13 apps from the Play Store for secretly downloading malware onto users’ devices. At least one title had more than 1 million downloads before it was removed, and all had glowing reviews and great ratings. But they weren’t genuine. All 13 apps contained malware from the “Brain Test” family, reports Ars Technica. Other apps containing this malware

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Lenovo is killing the Motorola brand name almost a year after it purchased the company from Google in a deal worth $2.91 billion. Premium smartphones will use the “Moto by Lenovo” name going forward, while budget devices will be integrated into Lenovo’s Vibe lineup. Motorola has attracted a passionate fan base with attractive, well-built smartphones

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Sprint is set to match Verizon and T-Mobile by stopping offering two-year phone contracts to new customers, although two-year contracts for tablets will remain. T-Mobile started the trend back in 2013 when it introduced its new Un-carrier payment plan, with Verizon following in August 2015, and AT&T announcing that it will do the same from

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