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Top 10 fitness apps
With summer in full swing, you might be wondering about the best way to get fit. Click through our top 10 summer fitness apps to find out how your iPhone or Android smart phone can help you stay in shape.
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20 best iPhone apps for starters
Here's a selection of some essential and not-so-essential apps that will help you get by in a world increasingly dependent on digital interaction.
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10 ways the Android is better than iPhone 5
Sure a larger iPhone screen, 4G LTE support and a faster CPU are welcome additions, but Apple is a year late and $199 short. Android has provided all these features and more.
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5 secrets hidden in Google's tribute to the first drive-in theater
To commemorate the opening of the first drive-in theater in New Jersey, in 1933, Google unveiled another of its nostalgic doodle. But, Google being Google, it hid several secrets codes and allusions. Have you spotted all of Google's inside jokes?
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32 essential Android tips and tricks
Several weeks ago, we highlighted 40 useful iPhone tricks everyone should know. We got such good feedback from that feature that we wanted to share the love with Android users – who, after all, make up the largest proportion of the smart phone community.
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Google maps go off-road, in-doors, and to Antarctica
Google's Street View program heads to places where cars aren't welcome, such as Antarctica.
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Horizons GameTanium: Verizon rolls out all-you-can-eat gaming service for $6 a month
For $6 a month, GameTanium gives people unlimited access to 100 phone games and 50 tablet games. Verizon says GameTanium works on 30 of its phones.
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Horizons Ouya brings free-to-play games to TVs
While gamers wait for the next Sony and Microsoft consoles, Ouya preps a $100 machine that will feature only free-to-play games. The new contender runs Android.
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Horizons iPad Mini: Smaller tablet may arrive by October
The iPad has come in one size – 9.7 inches – since Apple first introduced it in 2010. Now, Apple's component manufacturers are rumored to be preparing for production of a smaller 7- or 8-inch iPad, to be released before the end of the year.
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Google tablet: How it measures up to iPad, Nook, and others
Google tablet, announced last week, will have an operating system based on the Android. But how will the Nexus 7 Google tablet compare to other tablets already on the market?
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Kid apps: Are mobile providers protecting your child's privacy?
It can be hard for parents to decipher whether or not mobile apps are collecting and selling sensitive information about their kids, such as location and purchasing habits. But some are working to make the muddy world of app privacy policies a little more clear and help parents worry about kid apps less.
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Horizons What's new in Android 4.1 'Jelly Bean'
Google showed off Android 4.1 'Jelly Bean,' its latest phone and tablet operating system, at its I/O developers conference on Wednesday. Jelly Bean's new features include better support for voice commands, a smoother interface, a predictive keyboard, and Google Now.
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Horizons Nexus 7: Under the hood of the latest (and greatest?) Android tablet
Google unveiled the Nexus 7 – a 7-inch, $199 tablet – at its I/O conference on Wednesday. Its size and price are similar to those of Amazon's popular tablet -- but the Nexus 7 has a few features that set it apart from the Kindle Fire.
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Horizons Nexus Q: Will your living room revolve around Google's sphere?
Google says the spherical Nexus Q media server is "the world's first social streaming media player." With easy cloud connectivity and a built-in amp, Google's Nexus Q has a lot going for it -- but how does it compare to the Apple TV or the Roku?
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Nexus 7 tablet, Nexus Q orb charge into Apple and Amazon territory
With the announcement of the Nexus 7 tablet and Nexus Q streaming media player, Google has entered Apple and Amazon territory.
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Windows Phone 8: Should a phone act more like a PC?
Microsoft rolled out Windows Phone 8, an operating system that resembles Windows 8 for PCs. While the software is not identical across devices, programmers will have an easier time moving applications from one to another.
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Horizons First tablets, now Windows Phone 8: Microsoft tears through big week of big reveals
Two days after introducing its Surface tablet, Microsoft rolled out Windows Phone 8, its latest mobile OS.
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Horizons Much-hyped Samsung Galaxy S III revs toward US stores
The Samsung Galaxy S III, which runs Android 4.0 software, could go head-to-head with the iPhone 4S.
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Samsung Galaxy S III is an iPhone contender: review
Samsung's newly released Galaxy S III phone, complete with ultra-fast 4G capability and a 4.8-inch screen, has a few advantages over Apple's iPhone 4S.
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Saving Money Enjoy free e-books, no e-reader required
You don't need to spend hundreds of dollars to enjoy the wealth of free e-book downloads available online.
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Opera 12: Updated browser version boasts speed, new features
Opera 12, released Wednesday, has new features for theming, speed, and security. How does the new Opera 12 stack up with other web browsers?
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Nokia planning to cut 10,000 jobs, close plants
Nokia Corp. will lay off 10,000 workers globally and shutter some of its facilities, the company said Thursday. The world's top cellphone maker last year, Nokia has struggled with competition from Apple and Google.
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Apple mobile devices: New OS, new maps, and Facebook
Apple mobile devices – most of them, anyway – will get a new operating system, have Google maps replaced, and come with Facebook built in. Apple mobile changes scheduled for fall.
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Horizons Apple brags about big iPhone numbers, but ignores a crucial Android fact
Apple's Scott Forstall said Monday that 80 percent of Apple mobile devices run the latest version of iOS. Good news. But...
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Apple announcements: Google loses, Facebook wins (+video)
The tech giant's new software is doing away with Google Maps, but deeply integrating Facebook. The announcements came amidst the debut of new laptop computers.
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No elegant technical fixes for distracted driving
Dialing or texting on a phone is a proven distraction when you're behind the wheel. But as 'smart' as today's phones are, they can't compensate for human folly.
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Horizons Facebook App Center goes live for mobile users
Facebook officially launched its App Center this week, amid a smattering of good news from Wall Street.
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Horizons Google Earth, now in 3-D!
With 3-D imagery, expanded street view, and offline access, Google Earth and Google Maps got a pretty major boost this week. Rumor has it that Google is beefing up their services before Apple launches its own competing map app.
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5 secrets hidden in Google's tribute to the first drive-in theater
To commemorate the opening of the first drive-in theater in New Jersey, in 1933, Google unveiled another of its nostalgic doodle. But, Google being Google, it hid several secrets codes and allusions. Have you spotted all of Google's inside jokes?
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Samsung Galaxy S III debuts in Europe
Samsung Galaxy S III goes on sale this week in 28 European and Middle Eastern nations. In Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, the Samsung Galaxy S III will have access to Music Hub, an ITunes-like service.
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