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Alex Wagner

Editorial Director of News and Content for PhoneDog Media. Arsenal, beer, video games. Can be followed on Twitter at @alw. I participate in the Amazon Associates program, which means I may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 Android 5.0 update continues its rollout, now in the U.K.

After starting out in Poland last month and hitting a few other countries afterward, the Samsung Galaxy S5’s Android 5.0 Lollipop update is now reaching some more Europeans. The Galaxy S5’s update to...
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Xiaomi will announce thin flagship device later this week

Days ahead of a http://www.phonedog.com/2014/08/17/xiaomi-miui-6-android-overlay-features-simplified-ui-performance-improvementsXiaomi event, the Chinese manufacturer has released a teaser video for...
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Motorola employee says Android 5.0 updates for 2013 and 2014 devices are coming 'really soon'

Motorola has already pushed Android 5.0 out to the Moto X (2nd Gen.) and Moto G (2nd Gen.), and we even spent some hands-on time with the Moto G-flavored Lollipop. However, we haven’t heard much...
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Google's Chrome Remote Desktop lands on iOS, lets you access your computer with iPhone or iPad

Google’s done a pretty good job of bringing its Android apps over to iOS, and today it’s brought another big app to the App Store’s virtual shelves. Chrome Remote Desktop is now available from Apple’...
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Google apparently not patching WebView issues in Android 4.3 or older

Google’s recent Android distribution stats showed that Android 4.4 KitKat grew in market share while all older versions fell. There are still lots of folks using those older versions of Android,...
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Spotify says that it's got 15 million paid subs, 60 million active users

It looks like the new year isn’t the only milestone that Spotify is celebrating as we enter 2015. Spotify announced today that its streaming music service has 15 million paid subscribers and a total...
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Apple pushing iOS 8.2 beta 4 update over the air [UPDATED]

UPDATE: 9to5Mac has discovered that iOS 8.2 beta 4 includes a dedicated section in the Bluetooth menu for pairing an Apple Watch with an iPhone. It instructs users to “go to the Apple Watch app,”...
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More details leak on Microsoft's Phone Insider app for Windows Phone

Following the quiet debut of a “Phone Insider” app in the Windows Phone Store, more of Microsoft’s plans for the app have allegedly leaked. A new report from The Verge say that the Phone Insider app...
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Falcon Pro 3 for Twitter hits Google Play with Material Design, smart auto-refresh, and more

If you’ve been waiting for that Falcon Pro rewrite with Material Design that was teased a few weeks back, well, your wait is over. Developer Joaquim Vergès today released Falcon Pro 3 into the Google...
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Samsung Galaxy A7 packs 5.5-inch display, octa-core processor into slim metal body

Following the debut of the Galaxy A3 and A5 in October — and their subsequent U.S. launch a couple of months later — Samsung’s A-series of devices is gaining another member. The Samsung Galaxy A7 is...
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Gold Nokia Lumia 930 shown off in new photos along with alleged Lumia 1330 shell

Interested to see photos of that gold Nokia Lumia 930 to find out what it looks in real life? Well the device is already on sale in China, and thankfully someone has snapped some photos of the golden...
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Microsoft posts Phone Insider app for Windows Phone, may offer preview of Windows 10 for mobile

Early in 2014, Microsoft launched the Preview for Developers app for Windows Phone, which lets users get access to early OS updates directly from Microsoft rather than waiting around for their...
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Google app code hints at several new features, including notifications that can be read aloud

The Google app for Android recently got updated to version 4.1, and in the process it gained a “Now cards” section in its settings and several smaller tweaks. However, it looks like the code of that...
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Spotify passing on Google Cast in favor of its own Spotify Connect offering

Earlier this week, Google announced Google Cast for audio, its new method of beaming audio to compatible speakers and receivers. Many music services are already on board with Google Cast, including...
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Remix Ultra Tablet looks like a Microsoft Surface that runs Android

Microsoft’s Surface Pro series of Windows 8 tablets are pretty interesting devices, consisting of a large tablet device that you can use for media consumption along with a kickstand and magnetic...

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