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What do your mobile habits say about you?

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by on December 24, 2014 at 3:35 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, LifeHacks, Mobile

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Ran Avrahamy is the Head of Marketing at AppsFlyer, the cross-platform App Analytics. Do you obsessively check your smartphone? More and more today, we walk into classrooms, restaurants, offices or any physical space full of people and even if Michael Jackson reanimated and walked into the room, no one would acknowledge the presence because everyone’s eyes are glued to their phones. According to Cisco’s Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast by 2018 mobile data usage will exceed 15 exabytes per month. What if I told you that now your mobile provider is able to access everything you do on your phone? Verizon Wireless claims that…

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60 of the best Android apps launched in 2014

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by on December 24, 2014 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, BestAndroidApps, Roundups

60 best Android apps launched in 2014

Android really came into its own in 2014, with the Material Design language, several great devices, and most importantly, scores of brilliant apps for the platform. Here are our favorites that launched this year. Photos and Video Carousel Dropbox’s clever gallery app lets you see all your pictures and videos from your device and Dropbox account in one place. It can also back up your photos and free up room on your device by deleting images that you’ve already saved to the cloud. ➤ Carousel [Free] Over Add lovely type and art to your photos with Over’s superb collection of…

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Samsung shuts its flagship London store at Westfield

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by on December 24, 2014 at 2:46 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider

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Ever been to a Samsung Experience Store? If not your options in the UK just dropped by one. Samsung has closed its flagship store at London’s Westfield Stratford City mall. One of ten Samsung Experience Stores in the UK, the retail space has now been “permanently closed” with images of the dismantled store shared on Twitter. And it's all over for the flagship #Samsung Experienced store in @westfieldstrat #signofthetimes pic.twitter.com/P03eNivsab — Najeeb Khan (@najeebster) December 23, 2014 While the Samsung Experience Stores carry the South Korea manufacturer’s brand they’re run by Carphone Warehouse. They were designed to showcase the best of the company’s products…

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Protect yourself from Sony-style hacks with these cyber security resources

Dec24
by on December 24, 2014 at 2:38 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Offers

After the recent spate of online intrusions, it’s become more important than ever to safeguard yourself on the Web. Whether you want to protect your personal browsing activity and identity from hackers, or build a bulletproof site or app, be sure to check out our best deals for cyber security training and VPN services here at TNW Deals. 88% off the Cyber Security Developer Bundle This premium security training bundle for developers covers everything you need to know to protect systems, networks and websites, and prepare for certification to further your career. The Cyber Security Developer Bundle includes six courses…

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Tracking the Santa trackers: Google versus Microsoft and Norad – which is better?

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by on December 24, 2014 at 12:24 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Father Christmas, Google, Insider, Norad, santa, Santa trackers

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Father Christmas has begun his annual flight from the North Pole to deliver gifts to everyone on the Nice List but which Santa Tracker is best at following him as he makes his epic journey? We’re monitoring the Google Santa Tracker and NORAD Tracks Santa, which has enlisted the help of Microsoft, to see which best keeps the best eye on Saint Nick on his travels. Perhaps due to the magic qualities of Santa’s sleigh and his reindeers, the two trackers disagree on his route. Both conclude that the first stop of the year for Father Christmas was in Russia but Norad’s satellites say he…

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