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Xbox Music Receives Update on Google Play, Allows for Storing Playlists Offline

Eric January 14, 2014 17

These days, it seems that there are just as many streaming music services as there are social networks in our world. If you are one of the people who uses Microsoft's Xbox Music service, today is a good day. An update pushing to users now will allow for you to...

Paranoid Android Teases Redesigned Halo Notifications, Follows New Kit Kat Design Guidelines

Eric January 9, 2014 43

It has been a while since we have heard anything from the Paranoid Android team who introduced Halo early last year. Their floating notification system was a huge hit in the ROM community, but since then we have had a new version of Android launch. Android 4.4...

Snapchat’s Latest Update Lets You Unlink Your Mobile Number from Your Account

Eric January 9, 2014 9

The photo sharing service Snapchat may be meant for light-hearted fun, but things got pretty serious last week when 4.6 million Snapchat usernames and phone numbers were leaked to the public. Snapchat has been pretty quiet since the mistake, but today it is...

Gmail for Web Integrates Google+ Contacts to Help Find People More Easily

Eric January 9, 2014 22

Google is continuing to make Gmail better today with their latest round of further Google+ integration. To help with those times when you forgot to grab a friend's work or home email address, Gmail for web will start suggesting your Google+ contacts as email...

Motorola Offering a Free Chromecast with a Non-Contract Moto X For a Limited Time

Eric January 9, 2014 59

It was not too long ago that Motorola started selling Google's Chromecast directly from their website. However, starting today and running through next Tuesday, you can grab yourself a Chromecast for the low price of free if you are in the mood to pick up a...

SwiftKey Partners with Clarion, Coming to a Car Touchscreen Near You

Eric January 9, 2014 28

If you didn't believe that CES 2014 was the year of the car entertainment system, let me convince you. SwiftKey, one of the most popular third-party keyboard replacements for Androoid, will soon be coming to a car's touchscreen near you. SwiftKey and Clarion...

FCC Will Be Monitoring AT&T’s Sponsored Data Plan, Prepared to Intervene if Necessary

Eric January 9, 2014 37

Earlier this week, when AT&T announced that they are starting a new Sponsored Data program, a lot of eyebrows were raised. What at first sounded like an interesting new way for companies to get their content to consumers quickly came under fire from around...

Audi and NVIDIA Team Up to Bring Smart Displays, Dashboards and Tablets to Cars

Eric January 7, 2014 33

What's better than a brand new Audi with AT&T LTE built in? A brand new Audi with LTE that has an NVIDIA software system to back it up. CES 2014 is shaping up to be the battle over your dashboard, and NVIDIA is looking to make their mark by bringing their...