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Moto E review: The new standard for entry-level Android smartphones

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by on May 27, 2014 at 9:58 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Product Reviews

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Motorola’s Moto G smartphone shocked everyone. Mid-range handsets rarely delight avid smartphone enthusiasts, as they’re often riddled with compromises and offer little in the way of innovation. The Moto G bucked this trend with stellar performance for its low-cost price-tag, alongside a clean design and minimal tweaks to the Android experience. Now, Motorola is back with the Moto E, an entry-level smartphone that aims to supersede the higher-end feature phones and bevy of slow, cheaply made Android handsets. With the tagline “goodbye dumphone,” Motorola is pitching a low-end smartphone for the masses. This is about mid-range performance, coupled with a…

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Evernote inks its first-ever reseller agreement, as it links up with NTT Docomo in Japan

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by on May 27, 2014 at 9:08 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, Insider, Japan

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Evernote has inked several partnerships with carriers all over the world to offer their customers a Premium subscription for free for a limited period of time, but now it has arrived at a new kind of deal with NTT Docomo in Japan — its first-ever reseller agreement. The two companies announced today an agreement to offer Evernote Business in Japan through Docomo’s sales channel, starting July 1. This will help make for an easier billing process for existing Docomo customers, which likely means that they can include the subscription payment as part of their monthly telecom contract instead of having a…

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Google launches the Chromecast in Japan, on sale from tomorrow for $40

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by on May 27, 2014 at 6:56 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, chromecast, Google, Japan

Google has launched its Chromecast media streaming dongle in Japan today. The announcement comes just two weeks after the device landed in South Korea, which was its first market in Asia. The device costs 4,200 yen (just over US$40) and will be available from the Google Play store, Amazon and selected retailers from tomorrow. As is the case in other countries, Chromecast can be used to stream content to TVs from iOS, Android, Mac and Windows devices. The device first went on sale in the US last July, before it rolled out to Canada and nine European countries this March. Australia is tipped to be next on…

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