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Google will give Nexus users a $20 Best Buy gift card if they use Android Pay [feedly]
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Google will give Nexus users a $20 Best Buy gift card if they use Android Pay
// Android and Me
Mobile payments are becoming a big deal, with Google, Samsung and Apple all making big pushes into the market. Google has been making a new, concerted effort with Android Pay, its NFC payment system that makes it easy to tap and pay at many different retailers. But adoption is still a struggle for mobile payment services, so Google is making an offer to incentivize those that will likely be interested in giving Android Pay a shot.
Between now and December 31, Nexus users will receive a $20 Best Buy gift card if they use Android Pay for an NFC payment. There's nothing to fill out and no special trick to get the gift card, Google is simply trying to get more users to give Android Pay a try. After you've used Android Pay (between now and December 31), a $20 Best Buy gift card will be added to your Android Pay app.
The gift cards are available on a first-come, first-served basis, so there is the chance that they may run out before you get around to using Android Pay. But the opportunity to get a gift card for something as easy as using Android Pay should prove to be motivation for plenty of people. For the full rules, follow the source link below.
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Sunday, December 13, 2015
This smartphone packs a 10-day battery [feedly]
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This smartphone packs a 10-day battery
// Engadget
Forget picking up a gigantic USB battery, or shoving your phone into an equally bulky battery case -- if Oukitel has its way, your phone will have the juice you need for days on end. Its upcoming K10000 smartphone has a whopping 10,000mAh battery that, under "normal" use, reportedly lasts for 10 to 15 days per charge. If this isn't just marketing fluff, you could go on a week-long vacation and still have enough energy to upload your photos before plugging in. And like some high-capacity phones, you can use any excess electricity to top up other devices.
If you read this and thought "there has to be a catch..." well, your suspicions are well-founded. The K10000's performance is quite modest, to put it mildly. You're looking at a quad-core 1GHz MediaTek processor, 720p (if 5.5-inch) screen, 8-megapixel rear camera, 2-megapixel front cam and 16GB of expandable storage. Also, don't be surprised if the 3G and LTE don't work in your corner of the globe. Think of this more as an enormous battery with a phone attached than anything else. Even so, that $240 pre-order price (it ships on January 21st) might be hard to resist if you're looking for a smartphone that will keep running through that next camping trip.
Source: GearBest
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New York attorney general solicits help from the public in broadband probe [feedly]
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New York attorney general solicits help from the public in broadband probe
// Reuters: Technology News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman invited the public on Sunday to test the speed of their Internet and submit the results online as part of an ongoing probe into whether large providers may be short-changing customers with slower-than-advertised speeds.
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Friday, December 11, 2015
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Add USB Charging Ports To Your Wall Outlets For $17 Each [feedly]
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Add USB Charging Ports To Your Wall Outlets For $17 Each
// Lifehacker
These days, you probably charge as many things over USB as you do over standard AC outlets, so it only makes sense to add some semi-permanent USB ports to your home.
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Sorkin's Steve Jobs was pulled from more than 2,000 theaters because no one went to see it [feedly]
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Sorkin's Steve Jobs was pulled from more than 2,000 theaters because no one went to see it
// The Verge
Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs was just pulled from 2,072 movie theaters, giving it the unfortunate distinction of being the movie dropped from the most theaters this week, according to Cult of Mac. The film, which we thought was pretty okay, has been a flop since its wide release at the end of last month when it earned just $7.3 million during its opening weekend.
Not a great Jobs
Steve Jobs, which cost $30 million to make, has had a long journey to release, and its initial box office numbers were misleadingly positive. Its limited-run release at the start of October pulled in half a million dollars in just four theaters, making it the biggest launch since American Sniper in 2014, Deadline reports. But things have gone downhill since its wide release about two weeks ago. In total, the film has earned a little over $16 million during its entire theatrical run. (Studio projections for opening weekend landed between $15 and $19 million).
Another box office failure this week was Jem and the Holograms — a movie made with no audience in mind — which has been pulled from all of the theaters screening it, AV Club reports. Jem took in a total of just about $2 million during its two-week run, but, unlike Steve Jobs, it cost only $5 million to make.
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