Antares Luxury Smartphone Unveiled

If there's one drawback to a luxury phone is that apart from its premium materials on the outside, typically under the hood there's really not much to boast about. We've seen companies such as Vertu and Tag Heuer release luxury phones in the past, and now joining them would be the Antares, a smartphone designed by the folks at the Tonino Lamborghini Group hailing from Italy, who pride themselves in the creation of luxury accessories.

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Japanese motorcycles moving into forced induction

While turbocharging and supercharging may be nothing new in the automotive industry, motorcycle engines are almost always naturally aspirated. But even that's beginning to change. At the Tokyo Motor Show last week, two major Japanese companies showed off new forced-induction motorbike engines. Kawasaki rolled in with a supercharged four-cylinder motorbike engine. It offered little in the way of details, disclosing only that the turbine blades were developed in-house to withstand the heat and vibration of spooling up at motorbike speeds.

Suzuki is taking a different approach, however.

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Xolo unveils Q500, a dual-SIM Android phone

Xolo unveiled a new addition to its smartphone lineup. The Xolo Q500 is an affordable, compact dual-SIM Android phone, which has a 4" screen and measures 118.5 x 63 x 10.7mm. The screen has WVGA resolution for 233ppi pixel density. The Q500 is powered by a Snapdragon MSM8225Q S4 Play chipset with four Cortex-A5 cores running at 1.2GHz, 1GB of RAM and Adreno 203 GPU. The phone runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

On the connectivity side, the Xolo Q500 offers two SIM cards with 3G with HSPA (7.2Mbps downlink, 5.76Mbps uplink).

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Owners Of Large Screen Devices Tend To Use More Data, According To Study

It has been shown recently that phablets, or rather phones with larger than normal displays, are catching on and have been catching on for a while. Q3's smartphone shipments saw that 21% of their shipments were from phablets alone, so safe to say there are many who fans of large displays for their smartphones. While it might not necessarily be practice in terms of putting it into pockets or placing it next to your face when making phone calls, we certainly see its appeal. Its larger display allows for websites to show off more content comfortably, and watching movies and playing games is also more enjoyable as well.

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Retina iPad Mini's Display Ranks A "Distant Third" Compared To Nexus 7 And Kindle Fire HDX

When Apple announced the iPad mini with Retina display, many rejoiced. After all this was one the most wanted features for the iPad mini's successor. However it was discovered not too long ago that the Retina iPad mini actually displays less color when compared to the likes of the iPad Air, and now according to the experts at DisplayMate, they have ranked Apple's Retina iPad mini as a "distant third" when compared to the likes of the Nexus 7 and the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX. This apparently due to Apple deciding to use "old technology" rather than new.

Ubergizmo , Retina iPad Mini's Display Ranks A "Distant Third" Compared To Nexus 7 And Kindle Fire HDX, Retina iPad Mini's Display Ranks A "Distant Third" Compared To Nexus 7 And Kindle Fire HDX

Samsung Galaxy S5 Might Not Have OIS After All [Rumor]

It was just recently when the alleged specs of the Samsung Galaxy S5 was leaked and according to the rumors, one of the alleged features of the upcoming device is a 16MP camera with optical image stabilization (OIS) on board. However as it turns out, a rumor from ETNews, it has been suggested that perhaps the Samsung Galaxy S5's camera might not come with OIS after all. Apparently this is due to Samsung unable to get all the necessary components in time, which means that OIS for the Galaxy S5 will be omitted and instead be reserved for Samsung's devices later in 2014, presumably the Galaxy Note 4 as being one of them.

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InfiNet raises the bar on wireless network performance with InfiMAN upgrades

28th November 2013 - Broadband wireless specialist InfiNet Wireless has updated several key product offerings from its MIMO InfiMAN family of Point-to-Multipoint base stations and subscriber terminals, providing faster performance, higher throughput and more cost effective solutions to its channel partners and end customers all over the world.“From government authorities to wireless internet service providers (WISP), organisations across the globe are already using InfiNet’s InfiMAN 2x2 product line-up to deliver everything from high speed corporate networks, to triple play services, long range rural connectivity and CCTV

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Redbox Instant On iPhone Now Supports AirPlay Streaming

Redbox Instant was launched by Redbox earlier this year with Verizon, where it is being touted to be a competitor to another video streaming solution from Netflix. Well, what is the whole point of having a particular piece of software or app if it were not to receive updates along the way to be better and more efficient. Good to know that Redbox has already introduced a new update for the iPhone app, where this time around, one will be able to enjoy AirPlay streaming support.

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Texas Toyota dealer has tradition of selling cars for a buck on Black Friday

Every year since 2008, Sterling McCall Toyota in Houston has sold cars for $1 on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving and what used to be the unofficial start of holiday shopping (which arguably starts much earlier nowadays), Automotive News reports. The "Slicer Sale" tradition was started to draw people to the dealership on Black Friday, a day when mobs of shoppers are out looking for deals - just usually not a car. But Sterling McCall Toyota has changed all that with its extraordinary annual sale, which draws in hoards of people as early as 5:00 AM, before the dealership opens.

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eBay Find of the Day: S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Acura MDX from The Avengers

Planning to dress up as Agent Coulson for Halloween next year. We've got the perfect accessory to complete your Level 7 costume. On eBay Motors at this very moment is an auction for an Acura MDX S.H.I.E.L.D vehicle, one of only 10 made that the seller claims was used in filming of The Avengers. The crossover is being sold by Scottsdale Motor Company, and while the eBay auction is up to nearly $19,000 with less than four days remaining (at the time of this writing), the dealer's website is asking $42,900 for this piece of movie memorabilia.

What you see is no mere prop, though. This S.H.I.E.L.D.

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Sony To Adjust PS4 PSN Game Prices In Europe

This week in Europe, Sony and third party publishers like Ubisoft and Electronic Arts were the subject of criticism when gamers discovered that the prices for digital game downloads from PlayStation Network were higher than their counterparts on the Xbox One store. Titles that were priced higher include FIFA 14, Assassin's Creed 4 and Battlefield 4. Even when the games' prices were reduced to £60 from the previous £63 price, they were still £5 more expensive than on the Xbox One store. Sony confirms to Eurogamer that it will adjust the prices prior to the PlayStation 4′s launch in Europe.

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Suzuki GSX-R owner smokes out the kitchen

Dear Internets, with Thanksgiving on the way, we feel now is a good time to thank you for all the weird stuff you deliver on a daily basis. That includes the memes, GIFs, and videos that make us laugh and scratch our heads at the same time. Take this gem, for example. For reasons that aren't readily obvious in the 29-second video, this is a man doing a burnout on a Suzuki GSX-R in a kitchen. We've no idea what prompted either the burnout or the setting, but it is one of the stranger videos we've seen lately.

In reality, running a motor vehicle of any sort indoors is a bad idea.

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Dallara reveals new Indy Lights chassis design

When it comes to building Indy cars, there's really only one name to know, and that's Dallara. In addition to the chassis it builds for such classes as GP2, GP3, Formula 3 and World Series by Renault, the Italian company made both the previous and current chassis for the IndyCar series, as well as the current cars used in the Indy Lights feeder series. And now it has revealed the initial design for its new Indy Lights chassis. Called the IL-15, the latest Dallara will form the backbone of the series that Andersen Promotions aims to revitalize starting after next season as the penultimate stage in the Road to Indy program.

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Volvo V60 Polestar is one hot hauler

Earlier this year, Polestar jumped from the racetrack to the showroom with its own take on the Volvo S60 sedan. And given the similarity and the proud history of hot Volvo wagons, not to mention the spy shots and teasers, we knew it would only be a matter of time before Volvo's racing partner would return with a similar take on the V60. And that's just what it's done. Powering the new Volvo V60 Polestar is the same 3.0-liter turbocharged inline-six as the sedan, driving 350 horsepower and 369 pound-feet of torque to all four wheels through a six-speed automatic transmission and Haldex all-wheel-drive system.

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Voxsmart launches breakthrough mobile call recording service

VSmart next generation solution first to meet FCA rules across any handset or networkUnified communications architecture and Big Data compatibility support new featuresLondon/November 26:  Voxsmart, the leading supplier of regulatory compliant mobile call recording, today announced VSmart:  a breakthrough new service that is the first to fully meet both the FCA regulations in the UK - and upcoming Dodd Frank legislation in the USA - across all communications on any Smartphone, on any network, regardless of location.  For the first time, VSmart will enable regulated organisations to record and store all of each indiv

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GGM’s High Growth IT Fund invests €1.4m in Optimitive Group

November 26, 2013 Luxembourg — Today, GGM Venture Capital (www.ggm.lu) the Luxembourg-based venture capital fund investing in early stage European technology-driven companies, announced it has invested though its sub-fund GGM High Growth IT Fund, a total of €1.40m series A investment into Optimitive (www.optimitive.com). The round was led by GGM Venture Capital and joined by SURGE Accelerator. Optimitive graduated from the SURGE Accelerator program in May 2013.

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Have Your Home Talk to You, Save Energy and Protect

Key Concept Press releases "How to Smart Home", a comprehensive guide on state of the art home and building automation. Wyk, Germany, November 26th, 2013 – Key Concept Press today announced the availability of "How to Smart Home" by internationally renowned author and technologist Othmar Kyas. "Smartphones have become the universal remote control. The majority of upscale home infrastructure and consumer electronics can be networked. Wi-Fi networks and the Internet are omnipresent. This is what everyone has, and this is all you need for a smart home.

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Final Fantasy XIV To Introduce Housing Feature In Patch 2.1

Final Fantasy XIV players, if you're in a guild, then the upcoming patch 2.1 which is slated for a release in December is definitely something worth looking forward to. Square Enix has revealed on its website that one of the upcoming new features that will be introduced to the game in the patch is housing which essentially allows players from the same guild (or Free Company as it is known in the game), to come together to one place which can act as their base of operations, or simply as a location where guild members can come together and "hang out" virtually and just chat.

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Excessive Swearing In Xbox Live Upload Studio Videos Could Get You Banned

One of things Xbox One users were worried about was the Kinect, which they felt was sort of like an invasion of privacy especially if its camera and microphone were always on. Of course some gamers don't care, but it seems that a recent bug in the system had some gamers paranoid. According to reports, there have been several Xbox One gamers who have claim that they have been banned due to using excessive profanity during their Skype calls and during Xbox Live Upload Studio videos.

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2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive

Last year, Mercedes-Benz showed off a few European-spec B-Class models with alternative powertrains, particularly the B-Class Electric Drive with a range extending engine and the purely electric B-Class Electric Drive. It is the latter that we got a ride in during a recent trip to Germany and the one that is coming to the US next year – before it goes to Europe – to help crack open the market for premium compact electric cars. Introduced at the New York Auto Show in 2013, the B-Class Electric Drive will be the first battery electric car from Mercedes.

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Mini could go even bigger with next Countryman

We recently reported that the new family of Minis could balloon from eight models to ten or more, but it's not only the model line that's expected to grow: so too could the largest model itself. That, of course, would be the Countryman, which is already bigger than anything else ever to wear the Mini badge. But if you think the current Countryman is already big enough, the latest reports suggest that it could get even bigger.

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Happy Hour Timepieces remind you it's happy hour somewhere

Happy Hour Timepieces celebrate happy hour, with each of their watches highlighting the 5 hour marker.  The Ish, for example has a slightly frosted mineral crystal that's only clear “where it matters most”.  Instead of traditional hands, it marks the hours and minutes with their Splash graphic.  The screw-back case is made of brushed or black IP stainless steel; it has a calf-skin strap in black or orange.  The face is 42mm in diameter, and the crown has an enamel Happy Hour logo.  The strap has the patented Happy Hour buckle that can be used as a bottle opener.  The Ish sells for $149.99.

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Nintendo Bundling 3DS With Luigi's Mansion Plus 2DS, 3DS XL Black Friday Sales

We think it's safe to say Nintendo has flooded the market with a number of options in terms of bundles for this holiday season. We've seen bundles for both the Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS that offer exclusive hardware as well as copies of certain games, and this week, the company has announced a new 3DS bundle as well as special discounts at certain retailers for both the Nintendo 2DS and Nintendo 3DS XL. First, let's start with the bundle. Nintendo will make a new bundle available starting on November 28 that will include a Cobalt Blue 3DS as well as a copy of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon for $169.99.

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Jaguar could yet offer more hardcore F-Type R-S

Jaguar pulled a fast one on us all when it unexpectedly shoehorned all 550 horsepower of the 5.0-liter supercharged V8 from the XKR-S into the new F-Type Coupe to supersede the existing V8 S model with the F-Type R. But that's just the beginning, according to the latest intel coming from the UK. According to Autocar, in speaking to Jaguar design director Ian Callum during the coupe's unveiling at the LA Auto Show, the British automaker could yet offer R-S and R-S GT versions of the F-Type.

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Switching to Android from iPhone? Eric Schmidt has a few tips for you

We've talked a ton about switching from iPhone to Android in the past, and there are a vast amount of online resources which exist to help you do just that. But it's not often that we get to hear the tips from the former CEO (now executive chairman) of Google give us his own tips and tricks. I'm talking about Eric Schmidt, the man who got Google through some of its biggest years before handing the reigns back to the co-founders. Schmidt took to Google+ to post the wordy guide.

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Azzurri wins again at Techworld Awards 2013

Azzurri receives Networking Project of the Year award for Biffa projectDownload the award winning Biffa video case study here: http://www.azzurricommunications.com/resources/videos/case-study-biffa.aspx 25th November 2013: Azzurri communications, the UK’s leading provider of managed communications services has added to its tally of awards in 2013, winning Network Project of the Year at last Thursday night’s Techworld 2013 Awards.  It’s the 8th award Azzurri have scooped in 2013.The Networking Project of the Year Award recognises IT teams that solve the critical issue of businesses becoming more

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Mercedes G63 AMG 6x6 pitted against G63 AMG in GeländeWar

Much like the Humvees that participated in last month's Head 2 Head, the Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG and G63 AMG 6x6 in the latest installment are some of the toughest off-road vehicles money can buy. And you'll need a lot of money to buy the 6X6 - at least $500,000. We're not sure why Mercedes-Benz decided to improve the Geländewagen's already fabled off-road prowess by adding another rear axle, but after watching host Jonny Lieberman put it through its paces off-road (and off the ground!), it all makes sense. Sort of.

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Dropbox CEO Reveals Steve Jobs Wanted To Kill Off Their Service

We're sure that there are plenty of users out there who use Dropbox, but for those who don't, the service is a cloud storage service that lets you sync files and folders across multiple devices through its software that is available on a variety of platforms, including mobile. Of course there are a lot of new cloud storage services these days, such as Google Drive and Apple's iCloud, but it seems that if Apple's late co-founder, Steve Jobs, had his way, Dropbox might not be around. According to Dropbox's CEO, Drew Houston, in an interesting anecdote, he revealed that Steve Jobs had called him in for a meeting.

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Motorola Assist, Connect come to Play Store, still exclusive to latest Moto devices

Motorola has moved two of their device-exclusive apps to the Google Play Store. They remain device exclusive. Motorola Assist, the evolution of Motorola SmartActions (first introduced a few device cycles ago), and Motorola Connect, an app that forwards incoming texts and call to the desktop Chrome browser, are both available now as free download.

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Huawei Ascend W2 To See A November Release

When it comes to Windows Phone devices, Nokia is probably the name that most people are familiar with, but let's not forget the folks at Huawei who also make such devices, like the recently announced Huawei Ascend W2. The handset was officially announced earlier this month, although Huawei did leave out certain details, such as when the handset would be made available, and how much it will cost. The latter will presumably depend on where you are, but in China it is reportedly selling for around $150, so we don't expect it to deviate too much from its price.

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Virgin Mobile Launches HTC Desire (Desire 601)

HTC's latest Android 4.2 smartphone ‘Desire (Desire 601)' is now available for purchase via Virgin Mobile. The handset can be yours for $279.99 off-contract. To refresh your memory, the Desire (Desire 601) packs a 4.5-inch 960 x 540 S-LCD2 touchscreen display, a 1.4GHz dual-core processor, a 1GB RAM, an 8GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot (up to 64GB), dual cameras (0.3MP front & 5MP rear), GPS, NFC, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, LTE and runs on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean OS.

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Mercedes Concept GLA45 AMG is ready to run (video)

This is the Mercedes-Benz Concept GLA45 AMG, and what we mean by that is, "This is the Mercedes-Benz GLA45 AMG." Mercedes has just unveiled the liveried 'concept' at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show, giving potential customers a very good look at the newest lunatic in the AMG asylum - a 355-horsepower, 332-pound-foot crossover that uses the same 2.0-liter, turbocharged four-cylinder engine found in the CLA45 AMG and Europe's A45 AMG. Joined with a seven-speed, AMG Speedshift dual-clutch transmission and an AMG Performance 4Matic all-wheel-drive system, Mercedes promises a sub-five-second run to 60 miles per hour.

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LG G Flex For Sprint Passes Through The FCC

Unlike the Samsung Galaxy Round, the LG G Flex is a tad more interesting due to its self-healing abilities, and last we heard, the handset will actually be making its way onto the major carriers as an official device, rather than a gray import. Well the good news is that if you're a Sprint subscriber looking for your next phone, you might be interested to learn that the LG G Flex for Sprint has recently made its way through the FCC, corroborating earlier claims that the device would make its way onto their network.

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BMW M235i Racing restores our faith in 'M'

Based on the upcoming BMW 2 Series and aimed at amateur and semi-professional racers, the 2014 BMW M235i Racing is a stripped-down, race-spec coupe ready to take on the Nürburgring in the VLN Endurance Championship race series against cars from Audi, Porsche and Toyota. Obvious in the image above (click to enlarge), BMW has given the M235i Racing the wide-body treatment with a track that has been stretched by 3.5 inches.

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Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 805 with Adreno 420 GPU

Qualcomm has announced today a new generation Snapdragon 805 chipset with better 2.5GHz quad-core processor and 4K graphics. The Snapdragon 805 delivers 4K display support in addition to the 4K video recording support, which was already available on the Snapdragon 800. More interestingly, the new chipset features a brand new Adreno 420 GPU, which has 40% more processing power than the previous generation Adreno 330 chips.
The latest Snapdragon 805 chipset also comes with an improved quad-core processor. The cores have a new Krait 450 architecture and have a maximum clock speed of 2.5GHz and memory bandwidth of up to 25.6GB/s.

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Google Wallet Card now available to order, arrives in about 10 days [UPDATE]

If you've really been wanting to use Google Wallet but are bummed because your device doesn't have NFC, you still might be in luck. Google has silently begun offering their new Google Wallet Card and it's accepted everywhere MasterCard is (unlike tap-to-pay). The Google Wallet Card works the same way as a normal pre-paid debit card. When swiped the card will take the funds from your Wallet balance, or you can withdraw cash through an ATM. Adding funds via bank account is free, but adding funds through a connected credit card will cost some money.

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BandwidthX Wins 2013 WBA Best New Venture

The Wireless Broadband Alliance today selected BandwidthX, as the winner of the Best New Venture Award. This award recognizes the company’s cloud based Wi-Fi marketplace as the best innovation with a potential to make significant impact on the use of Wi-Fi in terms of new services, technologies and business models. The award was presented at the Wi-Fi Global Congress in Beijing on November 20, 2013.The company recently launched its business-to-business Wi-Fi access and roaming commerce solution, Bandwidth Market.

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Flexiant Solves the Business Challenges of OpenStack

Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator Helps Service Providers Commercialize the Cloud by Opening the Platform to OpenStack and Adding Functional Feature-Rich Services London, UK – 20th November 2013 – Flexiant, an international provider of cloud orchestration software, today reveals how it is opening its platform to support OpenStack to solve the business challenges associated with the open source cloud management solution. Service providers must have the functionality to commercialize their cloud offering, but the core OpenStack project currently lacks the ability to meet this business need.

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Dodge engineers trying to shoehorn Pentastar into Dart?

The fact that the Dart's launch has been a pretty dismal affair isn't what we'd call secret. Judging by its mounting inventories and poor critical reception, Dodge's successor to its unloved Caliber has struggled since it hit the market. And while both of those are difficult problems to address, at least their cause is well known - the powertrain.

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Dropbox Figures Out It Is Worth $8 Billion

I would suppose that as a company, the suits at the top would always seek out the best result in any deal. Dropbox is no different, either, although the company might have just raised an eyebrow or two with plans to raise additional money (touted to be in the region of at least $250 million in the weeks to come by those who claim to be in the know), while sporting a valuation that stands at a minimum of $8 billion – which would be more than double in its previous round that closed in October a couple of years ago.

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Vodafone Ireland and Spotify Announce Partnership Bringing a World of Music to Mobile Customers

Dublin, 19th November 2013 – Today, Vodafone Ireland and Spotify have announced an exclusive partnership in the Irish market.  From this Friday, 22nd November, Vodafone Ireland customers can enjoy instant access to a vast catalogue of music from across the globe with a Spotify Premium subscription included exclusively as part of Red and Pay as You Go mobile plans.

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Amazon Italy Lists Mysterious Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition Title For PS4

When the rebooted Tomb Raider game was officially launched, the game made its way onto consoles such as the Xbox 360, the Sony PlayStation 3, and the PC. Unfortunately there was no mention as to whether the game would be arriving for next-gen consoles, although thanks to a listing by Amazon Italy, a certain Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition has made its way online. Unfortunately there were no images accompanying the listing, but assuming Amazon's listing is accurate, we can expect the game to see a release come 24th January 2014.

Ubergizmo , Amazon Italy Lists Mysterious Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition Title For PS4, Amazon Italy Lists Mysterious Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition Title For PS4

New Need For Speed Movie Trailer Released

Fans of the Need For Speed game are probably aware that a movie is being made about the game. In fact it was back in September that the first trailer for the upcoming film was released, but in case that wasn't enough, you're in luck because it seems that the second trailer for the movie has since made its way onto the internet. According to the trailer's description, the Need For Speed movie has been described as, "Framed for a crime he didn't commit, muscle car mechanic and street racer Tobey (Aaron Paul) gets out of prison determined to settle the score with the man responsible for his false conviction.".

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Sony NEX-7 Successor Rumored For Early 2014 Announcement

According to Sony Alpha Rumors' sources, it seems that come early 2014 there is a very good chance that we will be seeing the Sony NEX-7's successor. Given that CP+ in Japan is taking place mid-February, the publication believes that we could see the device announced around that time. Take it with a grain of salt for now, but if you loved the NEX-7 and are wondering what sort of improvements Sony might have made with its successor, be sure to check back with us then for the details.

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Why Android 4.4 went with white (and why we can no longer see network activity in the status bar)

With Android 4.4 KITKAT, Google brought a ton of changes. Most of those were new features and under-the-hood goodness, but Google also brought a few significant aesthetic changes that had some people a little uneasy. For starters, they eliminated the blue and decided that white was going to be the one, and only, color for things like keyboard text, status bar text and icons, and the trace trail inside the keyboard. Another key change Google made was moving the network status indicators from the status bar to within the quick settings toggle menu.

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Auggiedog Automatic Pooper Scooper review

If you have a dog, chances are you also have a few good dog doo war stories about the time the bag you were using to scoop the poop had a hole in it or the time you stepped in something right before work because the kids didn't want to pick up Spot's droppings from the night before.  Classic gems.  Let's face it, no one wants to bend over and pick up dog poop. The Auggiedog Automatic Pooper Scooper eliminates the need to bend over or even touch your dog's waste.






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Volvo wants this car to be the Crown Vic of global police fleets

It has been years since the last Ford Crown Victoria rolled off the assembly line, but these body-on-frame sedans are still the most recognizable police cars in the US. Volvo is making a strong push in hopes that its XC70 can attain the same level of success as a global police car. As it is, Volvo is a popular choice for police cars in its home country of Sweden, but its cars are also used in police fleets in the UK, Belgium and Switzerland.

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Qualcomm's Toq Smartwatch To See A 2nd Of December Release

Smartwatches are definitely the "in" thing in technology these days and if the recent wave of smartwatches have not managed to meet your criteria, fret not because Qualcomm's own smartwatch, the Toq, will be seeing a release on the 2nd of December (Cyber Monday) and will be priced at $350. This price makes it a tad more expensive than the Samsung Galaxy Gear although we don't know yet if the $50 price difference is justified or not. We first caught wind of the Toq smartwatch back in July when a trademark was filed, and it was a couple of months after that the device was actually announced.

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Apple Reportedly Buys Kinect-Tech Creator PrimeSense For $345 Million

With the launch of iOS 7, Apple has toyed with the idea of their Apple devices being able to track your position in relation to the device to offer some pretty interesting experiences within the software. Even though some people reportedly experienced motion sickness as a result, it's still interesting to see the route Apple may be taking its iOS devices, and today's alleged acquisition may make things even more interesting.

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This Horror Game's Difficulty Will Increase The More Afraid You Are

Playing video games can get your heart going, especially if you're playing some kind of horror game. But what if the game's difficulty were to increase when it detects that you are afraid. Well that's what the game "Nevermind" is trying to accomplish. By strapping players with a Garmin cardio chest strap, similar to those worn by athletes who want to measure their heart rate, and attached to an ANT+ USB stick, the sensor will transmit the data to the game and when it detects your elevated heart rate, the game's difficulty will increase similarly as well.

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Microsoft Files For Quiet Time Patent Application

We have seen an earlier patent application by Microsoft that had something to do with a skin sensing bezel on a potential tablet down the road, and here we are with yet another patent application by the software giant, where it could be used to help prevent a teenager's phone from being able to make an outgoing phone call while one is driving, or to prevent audio from emanating from a phone's speakers while one is within a movie theater. The whole idea of this patent does sound as though it would come in handy not only for teenagers, but for adults as well.

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X Rebirth - Launch Trailer

Here we have the launch trailer of the recently released X Rebirth title. Just a bit of info, this single-player space trading and combat video game is now available exclusively on PC and can be purchased in Standard and Limited Edition versions.

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Huawei President Confirms Octa-core Ascend P6S

Most phones these days are of the quad-core variety, and are usually running either Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800 chipset, NVIDIA's Tegra 4, or Samsung's Exynos 5-series (these are usually exclusive for Samsung's products). However it seems that we might be able to look forward to an octa-core phone from Huawei in the near future, as it was recently confirmed by the company's president himself. According to Huawei President, Xu Xin Quan, he has recently confirmed that the Ascend P6 will be getting a successor in the form of the Ascend P6S that will feature a true octa-core processor which will be powered by MediaTek.

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