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Monday, November 30, 2015

DEAL: Development Course Bundles are an Extra 25% Off Today

Developers, need some new training bundles to help hone those skills in Java or through any of the 500+ eduCBA training courses? If so, we have a bunch available today on the DL Deals store with an extra 25% discount in celebration of Cyber Monday.

If you are looking for a couple of examples, we have the eduCBA Tech Training Bundle, where you get a lifetime subscription to the 500+ courses available in the eduCBA library. Courses include everything from C, C++, C#, Java, Ruby, Python, PERL, HTML, CSS, PHP, and Javascript. We also have the Hot Java Android Coding Bundle, where you get five full courses with topics like building for Lollipop and Marshmallow, framework development, getting your game ready to publish, and more.

Deal Links:  eduCBA Tech Training Bundle ($36.75) | Hot Java Android Coding Bundle ($21.75) 

Use code “CYBERMONDAY25” at checkout to get these prices.

The rest of the eLearning courses can be found at this link. You will get the 25% discount on them all, not including the “Pay What You Want” deals.

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Buy a LG V10, Get a Free 64GB MicroSD Card, Battery Charging Cradle, and Battery

Starting today and ending December 20, if you purchase the LG V10 through Verizon, AT&T, or T-Mobile, you are eligible to receive a free 64 microSD card, battery charging cradle, and extra battery. This promotion highlights the V10 quite well, as it is one of the last flagship devices to feature a removable battery, as well as expandable storage. 

This same type of promo was done after the G4’s release, and a promotion also along these same lines was launched for the V10 back in late October. However, that promo included a 200GB microSD card, not 64GB. You can’t complain about free goodies, though, so if you are shopping for a new smartphone, be sure to check out our complete V10 review to see if this phone is a good choice for you.

If you purchase the device between today and December 20, you have until December 31 to redeem the offer.

Already purchase your V10? Then you should already know that early adopters always get screwed, so no soup for you.

Redeem Here


BUNDLE UP FOR THE HOLIDAYS WITH THE LG V10 – THE OFFICIAL SMARTPHONE FOR HOLIDAY VIDEOS

For A Limited Time, Receive a Free 64 GB mircoSD Card, Extra Battery and Charging Cradle with Purchase of a LG V10

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., – Nov. 30, 2015 – Bundle up this holiday season with the official smartphone for holiday videos – LG V10. With a 16MP camera that includes a Manual Mode and Steady Record, everyone of your fun family moments will look as beautiful as if you shot them on a DSLR style camera. And with the LG V10’s removable battery and expandable memory, you won’t have to worry about missing any of those can’t miss holiday moments.

That’s why starting November 30 anyone who purchases a new LG V10 at AT&T, T-Mobile or Verizon will receive a:

  • 64 GB MicroSD Card
  • Extra Battery
  • Battery Charging Cradle

Act fast, though, because this limited time offer ends December 20. For more information, including availability, please visit: lgv10decemberpromo.com.

And for your holiday videos, here’s what else you’ll enjoy with the LG V10:

Camera: Take beautiful, crisp photos and videos with the 16MP camera with Laser Auto Focus, and dual 5MP front-facing cameras. Capture the perfect selfie even in the lowest light with the Gesture Shot and Selfie Light.

Processor: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 808 Processor, combined with 4GB of RAM lets you move quickly through your favorite apps.

Storage: Now more of your photos and videos can live on your smartphone. It has 64GB of internal storage memory, expandable up to 2TB using a MicroSD card (sold separately).

Battery: Removable 3000mAh battery.

Access & Security: Along with LG’s popular Knock Code, the LG V10 features a new fingerprint sensor to unlock it and turn on the display simultaneously.

Operating System: Android™ 5.1 Lollipop.

Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.1 1 a, b, g, n, ac/ Bluetooth 4.1 / NFC / USB 2.0

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5 Reasons the DROID Turbo 2 is Worth Buying

When you are in the market for a new phone, you (if you are at all a modern customer) probably take to the internet to do the majority of your research. From blogs like this one to paid for services like Consumer Reports, you have plenty of places to get the information that will ultimately help you make a decision on whether or not a phone is the right fit for you. But how often to you stumble onto a review that is thousands of words long and cringe at the thought of reading every single character when you are hoping to make a decision this moment? With this post, we’re going to hopefully help you, assuming you are in the market for a phone and are considering the DROID Turbo 2.

Here are five quick reasons the DROID Turbo 2 is worth buying today. 

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1. It’s freakin’ shatterproof. Like, really.

The DROID Turbo 2 is the first phone from Motorola to use their new ShatterShield technology, which is the combination of a bunch of layers of materials in a display that are incapable of being shattered. In reality, that’s probably because none of the layers are glass (Motorola uses a P-OLED display in this phone), so the only real damage you can do to this phone’s display is dent or scratch it. Shatter it? Nope. Feel free to try too, because no one has done so successfully.

And get this – if you damage the top layer, Motorola will gladly sell you the top “lens” that is replaceable. So should you mark up your display enough during ownership, you can always swap out the top layer for a fresh one to bring back that new phone feeling.

If you have ever dropped your a phone and shed a tear or two at the thought of having to replace its shattered or cracked display, the Turbo 2 may just be the phone for you.

2. The battery will last forever.

This phone has a 3760mAh battery inside of it. That’s a technical term for “huge ass juice container.” With this phone, Motorola says that you can get upwards of 48 hours of battery life on a single charge and I almost believe them. Typically, when a company makes a claim like that, you can cut off about 30-40% to get a realistic number, but in my time, I found that this phone just wouldn’t die. And for the record, I still live in my Black Hole of Signal Death (BHoSD), where I get terrible Verizon service, yet I was still going to bed each night during my review period with close to 40% battery left. That’s incredible.

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3. Might be Motorola’s best camera.

Motorola used to fail miserably in the smartphone camera department with each passing phone. Up until this year’s Moto X Pure Edition and now the Turbo 2, Motorola was never even in the conversation of a phone manufacturer who had phones that were capable of taking top tier pictures. That is, unless your conversation included ribbing of the guy in your group who attempted to claim his Moto X (1st gen) was “solid after the last update!” Today, Motorola is up there with the best in the business.

The 21MP camera in the Turbo 2 is fast, simple to use, decent in low light, and overall, takes really good, sharp, detailed pictures. You can see a whole bunch of them in our full review, but trust me, this is an area you won’t be disappointed in.

4. You can customize it to your liking, for free.

In a time where everyone you know has that same stale iPhone with a 2-year old design, Motorola is giving you the chance to make a custom smartphone masterpiece at no extra cost. With the Turbo 2 (and just like the Moto X Pure), you get access to Motorola’s Moto Maker, which is a customization tool that lets you choose the amount of storage, frame color, back color, back material (leather, nylon or soft touch plastic), accent color, engraving, and boot-up greeting for your phone.

You can, of course, add some cost through Moto Maker if you choose lots of extra storage or higher-end materials (like leather). But in doing that, Motorola will also then let you swap the phone out within two years for a fresh design, should you get bored with your original creation. How awesome is that?

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5. It Turbo charges.

You could technically slide this into bullet point 2, but the technology is just so important that I felt it needed to stand on its own. Like with many other phones today that run Qualcomm chipsets (Turbo 2 runs the Snapdragon 810), this phone is capable of taking advantage of Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 2.0. That means, at least according to Motorola’s numbers, you can grab up to 13 hours of juice in just 15 minutes of time using the included Turbo Charger. So even though this phone isn’t going to die on you in a single day, you always have Turbo charging as a safety blanket to fall back on, should you need a quicker topper in the middle of a day.

Bonus reason:  The software is pretty good.

Because the Turbo 2 is a Motorola phone and Motorola has adopted the “pure” Android experience in recent years, you get one of the best software experiences of any Android phone. That means you get a version of Android that hasn’t really been messed with, along with Motorola’s suite of actually useful add-ons (like Moto Display and Voice). I did say “pretty good,” though, because this phone in particular has clearly be influenced by Verizon’s agenda, which is a gentle way of saying it has way too much f*cking bloatware and other nonsensical tweaks that no one was asking for. Thankfully, they aren’t deal breakers and I think you’ll manage.

So there you have it, 5 simple reasons why the DROID Turbo 2 is worth buying. Up next, the Moto X Pure Edition.

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Report: AT&T Raising Price of Unlimited Plan by $5 in February

According to a source of 9to5Mac, AT&T may look to raise the price on its grandfathered unlimited data plan for existing customers, bumping the price up by $5 a month. Recently, Verizon did this same move, but opted for a $20 a month increase, really putting the hurting on anyone still utilizing unlimited LTE data. 

As stated by the source, this change is set to take place in February of 2016, but none of the aforementioned info has been made official by AT&T just yet. The price hike would come as no surprise, as AT&T would only be following suit of Verizon and T-Mobile, although, a $5 increase is rather generous when compared to what T-Mobile and Verizon have done. T-Mobile’s unlimited LTE plan was priced at $70, but is now $85 after the rate increase.

Do you currently use this plan from AT&T? If so, once and if the price hike takes place, would you consider leaving AT&T? Is $5 extra a month pretty easy to swallow?

Share your opinion down below.

Via: 9to5Mac

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Best Buy Now Selling Nexus 5X, Also has It Discounted to $299

Google’s less expensive new phone, the Nexus 5X, is now available at Best Buy and on sale at the $299 Cyber Weekend price that both Google and Amazon have been selling it at. You can currently buy the phone from Best Buy with 16GB of storage and in black or white, with shipping happening within a day. At this time, no 32GB version is available in any model, nor is the greenish, blueish, mintish, “Ice” color.

According to Best Buy, the Nexus 5X should hit physical stores on December 10, in case you have been wanting to get your hands on it before deciding whether or not to buy.

To catch up on the Nexus 5X, be sure to read our review.

Best Buy Link 

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Cheers Tom!

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Google Sent Out Lego Phone Stand Kits to Project Fi Subscribers as a “Thank You”

Just before we took off for the long holiday weekend, readers of ours who subscribe to Project Fi notified us that they were receiving little unexpected gift packages from Google as a “Thank you!” for being a part of their wireless service. The gift packages included these cool little Lego sets that were branded with Project Fi logos.

In the box, the Lego kits included instructions that helped assemble the Legos into phone stands for charging. Some even came with a USB Type-C cable, probably depending on the phone they own. 

If you cruise over to the official Project Fi community on Google+ (may need invite), you can see how people went about building with the blocks. Most followed the instructions provided, but some went crazy and cooked up their own creations.

Pretty cool gesture.

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Cheers Addison!

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Adobe Releases Premiere Clip for Android, a Free Video Editor

This morning, Adobe released Premiere Clip for Android, a free video editor for all to use, but one that can also be used as a “gateway into the full feature set” of Premiere Pro.

With Premiere Clip, Adobe is allowing all of us to quickly edit and share videos we have taken on our phones. You can choose soundtracks, drag and drop clips or photos, trim everything to only the footage you want seen, and even add lighting adjustments, transitions, and other effects, like slow motion. You can even “edit to the beat of your music like a pro.” 

The new Adobe app is available now.

Play Link

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HTC Announces Preview Program, Experience and Provide Feedback on HTC Tech Before Release

In an attempt to rally the troops, HTC is calling on all tech fanatics via reddit to join the company’s new Preview Program, allowing a few lucky individuals to test out products before they see widespread release across the globe. The program will be used to collect feedback and usage data from actual consumers, hopefully leading to devices from HTC that people might want to spend their hard earned money on. 

To sign yourself up for a chance at trying out devices, HTC has set up a simple submission form through its website. You will provide basic contact information, give a bit of insight into how you use your current phone, explain which phones you have used in the past, and if you own a RE Camera. All pretty general. On reddit, HTC states that if you are selected to test devices, you must keep any and all information regarding said device to yourself, and you will be made to sign a digital NDA. HTC also states that they will evaluate all legal options if the NDA is broken, so please, be careful with what you share publicly.

The Preview program will apparently cover future hardware and even software, so if selected, you should be prepared to provide feedback on different user experiences across a wide array of smartphone subjects.

Signing up for the program does not guarantee you a slot, but hey, you can at least try.

Preview Program Signup

Via: reddit | HTC

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T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Gets Advanced Messaging and Video Calling in Update

T-Mobile is issuing updates to two of its older Samsung phones this morning, those being the Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Note Edge. The update adds T-Mobile’s Advanced Messaging and Mobile Video Calling, two features first announced by the wireless carrier back in July.

With Advanced Messaging, you get a more robust, chat-like experience, where you can send bigger photos (up to 10MB), see when a person is responding to you, participate in better group chats, and more. It’s basically the new version of text messaging that most of the carriers will adopt. 

Video Calling is well, video calling. You get the idea there, right?

The updates are rolling out today as N910TUVU2DOK2 (677MB) or N910T3UVU1DOK2 (223MB) for the Note 4 and N915TUVU2COK2 (150MB) for the Note Edge.

To check for each, head into Settings>About device>Software update.

Via:  T-Mobile [2]

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Straight Talk Deals on Extended Plans Save You Up to $55 Per Year

For a limited time, maybe even just today, Straight Talk, probably leader of all the MVNO prepaid services, is slashing prices on its extended plans by up to $55 depending on the option you choose.

Extended plans are just Straight Talk’s way of branding their plans that have you pre-pay for longer than a month. So the idea here is that you pre-pay for an extended period of time and see a discount. 

On a typical day, Straight Talk’s extended plans are as follows – 3-month unlimited for $130, 6-month unlimited for $255, and 1-year unlimited for $495. If you go the extended route today, you are looking at – 3-month unlimited for $120 ($10 off), 6-month unlimited for $230 ($25 off), and 1-year unlimited for $440 ($55 off).

Plus, if you go the extended route, you are already saving quite a bit of money over a monthly payment. For example, Straight Talk’s monthly unlimited plan runs $45. If you were to pay that monthly and not choose an extended, in a year you would be paying $540. With today’s deal, you are then saving $100 per year.

Straight Talk Deal

Cheers John!

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Cyber Monday Deals 2015

It’s Cyber Monday, which you likely already knew because the internet won’t shut up about it. We even posted up a Cyber Monday deal already, because it’s actually a really good deal on a Galaxy S6. With that said, we’re dealed out at this point. Sooooo, if you want to wade through a sea of fresh deals, we won’t exactly have that today unless we see some excellent ones, like that S6 deal – then we’ll go ahead and share.

With that said, our entire massive Black Friday deals list still basically holds through today. Rather than figure out one set of deals for Black Friday and then another for Cyber Monday, most companies now just discount things on Thanksgiving or before and then carry those all the way through today.

If you want to browse through a massive list of deals because you disappeared from the internet over the weekend, you can find it here.

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DEAL: Unlocked Galaxy S6 Drops to $399 Today at Amazon

Hey, it’s Cyber Monday now, after a full weekend of deals. I’d imagine you spent all the cash you set aside for holiday shopping, but yes, there are still deals to be had today. Over at Amazon, you can buy a brand new, unlocked Samsung Galaxy S6 for just $399. That’s Moto X Pure-like pricing there, for a phone that really helped partially revive Samsung after a couple of years of really dull smartphones.

The model you are buying is the SM-G920T, which is the T-Mobile version. This phone will work on both AT&T and T-Mobile, though, in case you were interested.

And in case you need a refresher on why this phone is amazing, hit up our Galaxy S6 review.

Amazon Link

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