Over a couple of years after Google acquired it, robotics engineering firm Boston Dynamics has been put up for sale by the Mountain View, California-based company, according to a latest report from Bloomberg, which cites people familiar with the search giant’s plans.

For those who are unaware, Boston Dynamics is known for its humanoid as well as terrifying animal-looking robots. The following video shows a robot named BigDog in action:

Bloomberg’s sources say Google’s move to put the unit up for sale is purely a business decision. “Executives at Google parent Alphabet Inc., absorbed…

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Last month, we told you about BlackBerry Priv’s Bell variant getting a price cut to CAD 299.99. While that deal is still active, more Canadian carriers have joined the party.

Aside from Bell, now Rogers and Sasktel are also offering BlackBerry’s debut Android phone for CAD 299.99 on a regular two-year contract. FYI, all three carriers were selling the handset for CAD 399.99 (on contract) at launch.

If, however, you are planning to purchase the Priv outright, that will still cost you CAD 800 at-least (price may go up depending on the carrier of your choice).

Source (Rogers • Bell…

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Just a day after an alleged render of Alcatel’s Idol 4 Pro smartphone (shown below) leaked online, the Windows 10-powered device has been spotted on GFXBench, revealing some of its previously-unknown key specs.

The listing reveals that the handset sports a 6-inch display, and features a 20MP rear and 9MP front camera. RAM is listed as 2GB, although we think it should be more than that (3 or 4GB considering it’s a high-end device). Internal memory should be 64GB.

Other specs, such as 1080p display resolution and Snapdragon 820 SoC have been mentioned in some earlier rumors as…

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A week after they officially went on sale, both Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge have started receiving this month’s Android security update. Specifically, T-Mobile has already started the roll-out, while Verizon will begin pushing the update on March 18.

While T-Mobile doesn’t explicitly say that it’s Android’s March security update, Verizon’s update page clearly mentions that the update includes “the most up to date Android security patch.” The T-Mobile update carries a build number of UVS2APB8, while the Verizon’s arrives as build number VRS2APB4.

With two of the Big Four US…

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Google first introduced this feature with the launch of Lollipop on the Motorola Nexus 6 to show off the OS’ new ability to show individual app processes among other apps in the multitasking window. Although, putting Chrome’s tabs in the app switcher makes it so easy to lose a past tab and makes it impossible to clear all Chrome tabs.

As of version 49, the Chrome app no longer defaults this option of putting every single Chrome tab in the app switcher. Most people may not care about this, but this is more for people who are constantly getting new phones or always wiping their phones for a…

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There is a way to access this hidden menu, perhaps Samsung intended to activate the setting in a future software update, but if you want your Galaxy S7 to display more content on the same size screen, you can follow these steps to do just that.

Download Nova Launcher from the Play Store
Long-press an empty space in the homescreen and find the Widgets section
Choose the “Activities” widget and place it on any homescreen page
Find “Settings” and then pick .DisplayScalingActivity
Once the new widget shortcut appears, tap on it
Choose between Standard and Condensed
Enjoy more overall…

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Back in January at CES Casio unveiled a new smartwatch running Android Wear. The WSD-F10 is being called a Smart Outdoor Watch by its maker, and its ruggedness certainly allows Casio to go with that moniker.

See, this device is water resistant up to 50 meters, and it’s tested to military standard specifications to ensure it can withstand many rugged activities. And today Casio announced its release date as well as how much it will cost.

The Smart Outdoor Watch WSD-F10 will be out on March 25 for $500. You’ll be able to purchase one from Casio’s online store, Amazon, the Google…

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After Google called out T-Mobile on sneakily throttling all of YouTube’s data over T-Mobile’s towers, T-Mobile got a lot of backlash for doing so without notifying YouTube nor its customers first.

The biggest reason why YouTube raised these concerns was because T-Mobile took it upon itself to throttle all video streams without notifying the provider (in this case YouTube). Content providers shouldn’t have to let its customers’ experience suffer just because a carrier happens to lower the quality of content being provided to the customer.

After further discussions and…

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Our latest video review is up, focusing on the brand new Samsung Galaxy S7. But what’s more interesting is that we shot it entirely on a second Samsung Galaxy S7. And it turned out great – so here’s why the Galaxy S7 is a superb videography tool that can even fill in for real work tasks.

The Samsung Galaxy S7 isn’t the only phone that can record excellent video quality but it is the only one with an aperture as wide as f/1.7, which allows to keep the ISO as low as possible.

While we mostly filmed the video review by using manual focus we did use Samsung’s Dual Pixel technology…

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The latest brand to enter the rapidly crowding smartwatch fray is Michael Kors. The fashion company has announced the Michael Kors Access today at Baselworld. This will be its first ever smartwatch, launching at some point “this fall” with Android Wear on board.

The watch will be offered in many different iterations, two of which you can see in the pictures below. It will have exclusive Michael Kors watch faces, interchangeable leather and silicone wristbands, as well as “glamorous versions for women and sporty versions for men”, according to the official press release.

The Access…

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