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Google is killing off yet another thing that nobody knew existed

Google isn't afraid to experiment, and as a result, the company ends up having to kill off a lot of products and services that didn't end up being as successful as it...

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Xiaomi is about to launch its first product in the United States

It'll be a while before Xiaomi launches a smartphone in the United States, assuming it ever does, but that doesn't mean Xiaomi won't launch other kinds of consumer electronics. During the...

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Google Fiber wants to beam internet access to people's homes

In the six years since it was launched, Google Fiber has only expanded to three metropolitan areas, and even though it's working on expanding to another six, that's still an unbearably slow...

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Instagram is planning to stop showing posts chronologically

It's only natural for social networks to display posts in chronological order, which is what Instagram has always done, but this often results in posts that are more interesting or relevant to users...

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Most people stop using apps within three days of downloading them

Getting people to download your app is the easy part (relatively speaking), it's getting them to continue using it that's difficult. This is according to an analyst by the name...

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Sony is killing off its flagship smartphone series

The Xperia Z-series has never been a big sales generator, and considering the laughable state of Sony's mobile business, it's no surprise that the company has decided to kill off the series....

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Facebook Messenger may receive SMS support in the near future

Facebook decided to remove the little-used SMS feature on Messenger back in 2013, but according to a report from Android Police on Thursday, the feature might be making a comeback....

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More evidence suggests the Galaxy S7 will be water-resistant

Samsung may have nailed the design aspect of the Galaxy S6, but design alone isn't enough to sell a smartphone, and the lack of exciting features on the S6 was...

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Apple might start bringing more of its apps over to Android

It wasn't all that surprising to see Apple Music launch on Android, despite Apple's aversion to releasing its software on other platforms, because there's no way the music-streaming service would...

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One-in-seven people on the planet have an active Gmail account

Hot on the heel of WhatsApp's announcement that it has surpassed one billion monthly active users, Google announced that Gmail has done the same, which makes it the seventh Google service...

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