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Mozilla wants to push Firefox OS updates over WiFi, avoiding carriers

Mozilla plans to offer new versions of its smartphone and tablet operating system four times a year — but will you actually be able to download and install those updates or will you have to wait for your wireless carrier or phone maker to push them out? If Mozilla has its way, those updates won’t […]

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Deals of the Day (2-27-2014)

Looking for a Windows 8 tablet with decent battery life and the ability to function like a laptop thanks to a keyboard dock? It’s hard to beat the Asus Transformer Book T100, a 10 inch 2-in-1 that you can pick up from Office Depot for under $400. But the if you’ve had your eye on […]

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Moov wearable fitness tracker is also a fitness coach

There’s no shortage of Fitbit or Nike Fuelband-style fitness trackers on the market. Strap them to your wrist or clip them to your clothing and they’ll monitor every step you take to let you know if you’re meeting your exercise goals. Moov wants to do much more — and provide real-time feedback to let you […]

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Google’s modular phone set for 2015 launch, starting at $50

Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects Team hopes to be able to sell you a modular smartphone starting in early 2015, with prices starting at just $50. For that price all you’ll get is the skeleton of a phone with built-in support for WiFi. If you want cellular connectivity, a camera, even a touchscreen display, you’ll […]

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Archos smartwatch with E Ink touchscreen coming this summer

Archos is adding a fourth smartwatch to its lineup. The company introduced 3 smartwatches in January, including a $129 watch with a low-power E Ink display. Now the company plans to launch another E Ink model, this time with a touchscreen display. The first 3 Archos smartwatches are expected to hit the streets in May […]

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Lilbits (2-26-2014): Shuttle’s fanless, Bay Trail PC

Shuttle has been making small desktop computers (and PC cases) for years. One of the company’s upcoming models looks like it could make a pretty nice media center PC (or point-of-sales or kiosk system). It features a 2 GHz Intel Celeron J1900 quad-core Bay Trail processor and passive cooling which means it shouldn’t make any […]

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$300 Goophone S5 is a Samsung Galaxy S5 clone

Less than two days after Samsung introduced the Galaxy S5 smartphone, Chinese device maker Goophone copied Samsung’s design and introduced the Goophone S5. It’s a $300 handset that takes almost all of its design cues from Samsung… but it has slightly different hardware under the hood. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, because on paper […]

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Google’s Project Ara dev conference in April to focus on modular phone

Project Ara is an experimental project to develop a modular smartphone that lets you upgrade components without throwing out the whole phone or add new modules to increase functionality without buying a new device. Initially developed as a concept by Motorola, the team behind Project Ara are now working at Google while Lenovo is in […]

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Asus launches official Nexus 7 (2013) docks for wired, wireless charging

Asus manufactures the Nexus 7 (2013) tablet for Google, and now the company is launching two official docks for the 7 inch Android tablet. There’s a $50 charging stand and a Asus PW100 wireless charging stand that sells for $90. The cheaper model is a stand that lets you position the tablet in landscape mode […]