Alex Wagner

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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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Verizon tweaks its privacy policy to track user data, allows you to opt out

A quick PSA for all you Verizon customers: it looks like Big Red recently made a few changes to its privacy policy that you may want to be aware of. The gist of the changes is that Verizon will...

Motorola XOOM Family Edition launching October 16th for $379, packs in a number of free apps

Motorola just announced a new Android-powered XOOM tablet, but it may not be what you're expecting. Dubbed the Motorola XOOM Family Edition, the new slate features specs that are mostly similar to...

Purported Motorola DROID HD / RAZR specs surface once again

We've already seen rumored specs for the upcoming Motorola Spyder/DROID HD/DROID RAZR leak out a couple of times up ahead of Motorola and Verizon's October 18th event, where the device is expected...

U.S. judge feels that Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 infringes on Apple patents

Earlier this week an Australian court granted Apple an injunction against Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1, banning sales of the device there until a final ruling is handed down in the trial between the...

Samsung Galaxy Nexus materializes in Verizon Device Management system

It was just a few hours ago that Samsung and Google sent out invites for the rescheduled event where the two companies are expected to unveil Android Ice Cream Sandwich and the new Nexus device, and...

HTC Hero S, BlackBerry Curve 9350 available today from U.S. Cellular

Are you a U.S. Cellular customer in the market for a new smartphone? If so, you've got pretty good timing. U.S. Cellular has announced that the HTC Hero S and BlackBerry Curve 9350 are now available...

HTC HD7S now being updated to Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

Windows Phone 7.5, also know by the codename Mango, has steadily been rolling out to eager users across the globe for a few weeks now, and recently Microsoft announced that 50 percent of Windows...

Google CEO Larry Page talks Android activations, Ice Cream Sandwich [UPDATED]

Today Google announced its Q3 2011 earnings and, in between talking about things like revenues and cost-per-click, the search giant managed to slip in some information about Android. The big stat...

HTC Rezound pops up in Verizon's internal systems

Late last month, a batch of new HTC Vigor images showed off the device complete with Verizon 4G LTE branding and, at the same time, word started getting around that the Vigor may be known as the "...

Samsung and Google holding Ice Cream Sandwich event on October 19th in Hong Kong [UPDATED]

Originally Google and Samsung were expected to unveil Android Ice Cream Sandwich and the Galaxy Nexus/Nexus Prime during a Samsung Unpacked event at CTIA this week, but as I'm sure many of you...

iPhone 4S launch day pre-orders sold out at Apple, all three carriers

Apple's iPhone 4S will be making its way into the hands of consumers for the first time tomorrow, October 14th, but if you were hoping to live life on the edge and wait until the day before the 4S...

Motorola Photon 4G update rolling out, Google Talk with video included

Motorola Photon 4G owners, start your update engines. Moto has announced on its official support forums that an over the air update has begun rolling out to the Photon 4G that includes Google Talk...

RIM says BlackBerry services have been restored, co-CEO issues video apology

It looks like the Great BlackBerry Outage of 2011 may finally be coming to a close. RIM this morning held a brief press conference to announce that BlackBerry services have been fully restored,...

New Motorola DROID 2 Global Gingerbread update changelog posted by Verizon

Good news, Motorola DROID 2 Global owners! It looks like your Gingerbread update may finally be making its triumphant return in the near future. As I'm sure many D2G users know, the device's update...

Apple wins Australian injunction against Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

The Australian launch of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has been in limbo for a couple of months now due to a suit filed by Apple alleging that Samsung's slate infringes on some of the Cupertino firm's...

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