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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Snapchat adds Geofilters, location-based photo stickers and labels [VIDEO]

Snapchat announced a new feature rolling out for their wildly popular app that’s sure to make teens and tweens squeal with joy. They’re called Geofilters and starting today, users will be able to add photo stickers and labels that are unique to their specific location.

For instance, should you find yourself Snapchatting a photo while visiting the Disneyland park, you’ll find Disneyland specific stickers like the logo or stickers available in the photo preview mode (swiping right before snapping a pic). Same goes areas of interest like the Santa Monica Pier, Hollywood, or Times Square. As you may have guess, Geofilters are only available for neighborhoods inside Los Angeles and New York at the moment, but secret overlays — like this one at the Facebook HQ in San Francisco — may also be lurking in popular location spots.

Snapchat assures users that while they’ll need to enable location services for the app, location information will be virtually shredded (just like their photos). While fun, it’s easy to see where Snapchat plans on taking this. With Snapchat’s wide user base, it’s not hard to imagine companies or retailers like Coca-Cola or Levis paying to add their own brands to the mix.

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Verizon Terminates Device Payment Program In Favor Of EDGE

All good things come to an end sooner or later. Unlike Taco Bell’s beefy crunch wrap burrito that disappears and reappears on the menu, Verizon Wireless has permanently killed off their Device Payment Program on July 13. If you are not too familiar with the Device Payment Program, here’s a little description of what it was about. The Payment Program by Verizon was an option for users to avoid joining the EDGE program. The Program also let users keep their current unlimited data plans, enabling them to buy a full price phone and pay the device off in 12 monthly payments. What was great about it is that it never messed with your data plan, so say if you got a new phone, your unlimited data that you were getting would just transfer on over and you would pay off a new phone. The program may sound nice but the deal wasn’t all that great. For the Device Payment Program you had to pay a $2 monthly fee, which probable isn’t too bad if you have unlimited data and wanted to stay away from joining EDGE.

According to Verizon’s support page, “Beginning 7/13/14, the Device Payment Program will no longer be available for new orders. If you’d like to purchase a new phone or tablet on an installment plan, you may be eligible to participate in our Verizon Edge program.” So what if you are already in the program currently paying off a phone? Well you will stay in the program until your balance is paid off, than when you want to get a new phone you will have to join the EDGE program. The bad part about joining EDGE is that you will have to give up the unlimited data plan that you were holding on to for so long and begin fooling around with the More Everything Plan. So what are your thoughts about the termination of Verizon’s Device Payment Program? Were you a part of it? If so let us know about losing your unlimited data plan and having to switch to EDGE. Unlimited data has seen better days, seems like people are more about the money.

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Sprint And T-Mobile Reportedly Banding Together For A Joint Purchase Of 600MHz Spectrum

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Part of the reason why T-mobile and Sprint have fought so passionately over the matter of the proposed merger between the two of them, was for the capability to be able to compete on the same level as the two largest wireless carriers in the U.S., Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless, for spectrum in the upcoming auction as well as overall service. While the merger still has no confirmation from the regulators on whether or not they’ll approve the deal it seems that Sprint and T-Mobile’s merger plans aren’t the only plans that the two competitors have in the works.

It would appear that they have put together a separate deal to band together(no pun intended)and compete in the upcoming auction for the 600MHz spectrum bands. With the deal being worked on completely separate from their other plans, it’s a wonder if both T-Mobile and Sprint had both been in talks over this second deal for a longer period of time than they have been discussing the merger. The rumors state that Sprint and Big Magenta will follow through with the joint spectrum buying process whether they succeed in getting the merger approval or not, and that they’re both trying to raise a rather large sum of funding to allow them to place bids on TV broadcast owned spectrum. That sum amounts to a hefty amount of $10 billion, although no confirmation has been given on if that number is actually true.

Whether T-Mobile and Sprint’s plans to join forces are so they can keep as much spectrum away from the other two larger carriers as they can or just to make sure that they get the actual needed amounts to progress themselves is up in the air and something we may never know for sure. In addition to the possible joint purchase considering they can even raise the funds to bid, both T-mobile and Sprint may be looking at a long process for the merger to get approved so it’s possible that they are looking at this deal as a contingency. In any case, both carriers seem to be doing all they can to assure some footing on equal ground with Verizon and AT&T.

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Google going big with Android One, first phone to launch in October

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For Americans, the Android One announcement at Google IO may have been a bit of a lackluster, but this could be the very project that takes Android to 5 billion users. It’s a program that will bring good, affordable smartphones to emerging markets. New reports claim the first device is set to launch this October, in India.

We can assume this will be Micromax’s smartphone, which Google mentioned would be the very first Android One device to launch. At only $100, this could be a major hit in emerging markets. Sources claim this will be a Flipkart exclusive, a retailer that has become very popular in India. After all, their success with the Moto E, X and G has been unparalleled.

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They will definitely need a little push, though. In this competitive market, no new device will make it without some exposure, and Google is willing to help with that. The Search Giant is not giving India just crumbs and emotional support either, they are investing Rs 100 crore, which equals to a billion Rupees (or about 16.7 million USD). All for the sake of taking Android One off the ground and into a successful launch.

Sundar Pichai is expected to visit India and bring us more details soon. So far we know the program also includes manufacturers like Karbonn and Spice, aside from the already-mentioned Micromax. If all goes well, emerging markets will see great low-end smartphones before the end of the year.

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The benefit in Android One is that manufacturers can make affordable smartphones and put in their own apps, but the near-stock experience and software backbone will unload much of the work it takes to keep the device updated. Much like the Google Play Edition and Nexus programs, Android One devices will be updated directly from Google. This changes everything, guys. And as we have mentioned in the past, it could be the best announcement we saw at Google IO.

Do keep in mind these are not official announcements, though. Let’s not hold our breath until we get more than just rumors and reports.

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22 Best New Android Apps And Live Wallpapers From The Last 2 Weeks (7/1/14 - 7/15/14)

Welcome to the roundup of the best new Android applications, games, and live wallpapers that went live in the Play Store or were spotted by us in the previous 2 weeks or so.

Please wait for this page to load in full in order to see the widgets, which include ratings and pricing info.

Looking for the previous roundup editions? Find them here.

EDITOR'S NOTE: A separate roundup for Android Wear apps, Wear-enabled apps, and watch faces is coming soon.

22 Best New Android Apps And Live Wallpapers From The Last 2 Weeks (7/1/14 - 7/15/14) was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

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The VIA Viega 10.1 Inch Ruggedized Tablet Is Designed To Take A Beating

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In the world of ruggedized tablets for more commercial use in real world applications(not the consumer side of things generally but for companies seeking the use of tough design device that can take a little bit of abuse)there are fewer options than we have available to us in the regular consumer market. VIA Embedded is a company that wants to provide companies and enterprise outlets that are looking for a really rugged and tough tablet an option that can suit their needs. Enter the VIA Viega 10, a rugged tablet that is designed for use in real world applications where it is bound to end up taking a fall or two. It’s powered by an ARM chip and of course it runs Android, although only Android 4.2 and not Kit Kat, but that is probably OK for those who are looking for this type of device as the software version might be the least of their concerns.

The specs are as follows. Inside it’s powered by an dual-core ARM Cortex A9 SoC clocked at 1.2GHz, and a Mali-400 DP GPU runs the graphics side of things. Internal storage is set at 16GB, although that space can be expanded upon thanks to the microSD card slot. The VIA Viega 10 is only working with 1GB of RAM, which should be enough for most things but it would have been nice to see 2GB in this thing. The design on the outside of the tablet is ruggedized, but what about the inside? How are the insides protected from things like say.. the elements? Well, luckily rugged really means rugged. The VIA Viega 10 tablet is certified with an IP65 rating, and the display is protected by tempered glass.

It’s also got your standard wireless connection features like WiFi, NFC, GPS, and Bluetooth 4.0 LE, as well as 3G as an added option for those that may want the web features to be usable when off WiFi. VIA Embedded claims a long running 9 hour battery life during the day, which seems suitable for a day’s work. VIA Embedded also offers three models of the Viega 10. Two WiFi only models, one that has a 5MP camera on the rear and one that does not, and then the 3G model which also has the 5MP rear camera. All models also support and carry 2 micro USB 2.0 ports, a micro HDMI port for connecting it to large screens or external monitors, and all models also carry a 2MP front facing camera. No prices were listed at their product page that we could find.

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Tuesday App And Game Sales: Today Calendar Pro, Plex, Ultimate Dynamic Navbar, And More

We usually wait until there are a few more sales active than there are today, but Today Calendar is a thing people really like, and it's only on sale for today. So without further ado, here are several sales.