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Who needs a cashier? Pepper the robot takes your order and accepts MasterCard

Powered by MasterCard's MasterPass Digital Wallet, Pepper the robot can now approve your transaction to order pizza.
Mobile Features
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Download these five apps to share with groups, track your friends, and more

Every week we peruse the various app stores to find you something worth downloading. This week's top five includes an app to boost creativity, and more.
Mobile Products
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Google’s first Project Ara modular phone will arrive in 2017

Modular phones gives you the next and best in technology, without having to spend money on a new phone. Google's first Ara phone will be out in 2017.
Mobile News
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Houzz takes the crown as the Best App at the Google Play Awards

Google live-streamed the first-ever Google Play Awards yesterday at Google I/O. The company picked 10 winners across varying categories.
Mobile News
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Rawr looks to animate conversations by bringing virtual avatars to messaging

Rawr is a messaging app that has a personalized avatar in the backdrop of conversations. You can trigger these avatars to perform actions via hashtags.
Mobile News

Recapping day one at Google I/O 2016

Google I/O is almost upon us, and you can be sure to see more details on the upcoming version of Android, Android VR, an Amazon Echo competitor, and more.
Mobile News
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Android N has no name (yet), but it does have VR, split window, and more

Android N's latest developer preview is rolling out now, and it includes a new 3D rendering API, launcher shortcuts, and support for Emoji Unicode 9.
Mobile Guides
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You can now say ‘OK Hound’ in SoundHound to trigger voice searches

You can now ask SoundHound to play a song, or identify a song, with just your voice.
Mobile Features
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Sony’s newest Xperia X member is a phablet with a 16-megapixel selfie camera

Sony just announced a fourth device to its Xperia X lineup -- the Xperia XA Ultra. The 6-inch phablet has a 16-megapixel front-facing camera for selfies.
Mobile News
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Download these great apps: Gboard, Opera VPN, Dark Sky, and more

This week's top apps of the week include a mobile rendition of Uncharted's Nathan Drake, and a new keyboard from Google.
Mobile Products
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Designer’s socks look to keep one foot on each side of the digital/physical divide

A student at Boston University wants to find a balance between the physical and the digital -- his answer is a pair socks.
Emerging Tech Features
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WhatsApp encryption is affecting FBI’s work in ‘huge ways’

WhatsApp's decision to turn on encryption for its billion-plus users is certainly giving the FBI headaches.
Mobile News
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You can now use Alexa on your phone through an app called Roger

If you've been itching to use Amazon's digital assistant, Alexa, on your mobile device, there's now a solution, and its name is Roger.
Mobile News
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Google’s new iOS keyboard is the only one you’ll ever need to download

Google wants you to search on Google more. That's why the company has unveiled Gboard, an iOS keyboard that lets you run Google searches.
Mobile News
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The sun sets on Sunrise Calendar

It has been a long time coming -- Sunrise has gotten a date for its final day in existence.
Mobile Features
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Claims that Facebook suppressed conservative news spur letter from Senate panel

The Senate Commerce Committee wants to know more about how Facebook's Trending Topics feature works, after claims saying the company suppresses conservative news surfaced.
Social Media News
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Buy a Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge in a T-Mobile deal to get a Galaxy Grand Prime free

Looking to switch carriers? T-Mobile is offering a limited-time deal that will give you four lines for $120.
Mobile News
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India says it has a mobile forensics tool that can 'handle' iPhone encryption

First the LAPD managed to hack into an iPhone, and now India's Communications Minister says the government has a mobile forensic tool that can do the same.
Mobile News
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FTC and FCC shine a light on mobile security updates

The FTC and the FCC want to improve mobile security, and have issued orders to eight companies for information on their mobile update procedures.
Mobile News
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Siri’s creators just showed off Viv, a brilliant new AI assistant

Viv wants to be the one-stop place for you to interact with everything.
Mobile News
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Download these five great apps to send GIFs, wake up to The Rock, and more

Every week we hunt through the various app stores to find you the best to download. This week, we've got apps from The Rock, Giphy, and more.
Mobile Products
Apple Music

Did Apple Music delete these music libraries, or was it user error?

Users claim Apple Music has deleted locally-stored tracks, in favor of placing them strictly in the cloud.
Music News
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Heads up! More Android One devices incoming

Google's Android One program is a part of its "broader hardware strategy," according to Google executive Mike Hayes.
Mobile News
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Move over, FBI — the LAPD hacked an iPhone 5S in a murder case

Detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department hacked into the iPhone of April Jace, wife of actor Michael Jace, who is accused of killing her.
Mobile News
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Cupertino mayor is fed up with Apple: 'They abuse us,' Chang says

Cupertino's mayor, Barry Chang, says Apple fails to pay enough to the city to help improve infrastructure.
Mobile News
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The creators of Siri are now on a mission to destroy it

Siri's creators intended the virtual assistant to be more open, integrating with a variety of third-party services. That's why they created Viv.
Mobile News
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A Russian hacker has 272 million stolen Gmail, Yahoo, and Hotmail passwords

A Russian hacker, dubbed 'the Collector,' has been trading around 272.3 million email account credentials in Russia's criminal underground.
Computing News
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Android Marshmallow adoption rate grows, but still doesn't crack 10 percent

Google's Android is known for its fragmented update system, and the latest figures on Android adoption rates once again prove that to be true.
Mobile News
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Garmin Vívomove is more of an analog watch than a fitness tracker

In an age of fitness trackers and smartwatches aplenty, Garmin has made an analog watch that's a little smarter: the Vívomove.
Wearables News
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More delays and a new operating system for the super secure Turing Phone

The Turing Phone is described as almost "unhackable," but it won't make its December 18 ship date. The phone is delayed until 2016.
Mobile News
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Put some bling on it: Huawei’s Swarovski studded smartwatches are now on sale

The Huawei Watch has quite a few styles to choose from with various price tags. But the company is now expanding that lineup to include women.
Wearables News
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GIphy’s new keyboard will keep your favorite Beyonce GIFs on hand for quick access

Giphy, the self-proclaimed largest database of GIFs, is out with a new keyboard to make searching and sharing GIFs faster and easier.
Mobile Features
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NSA whistleblower Snowden, CNN’s Zakaria face off over encryption

A debate on whether the government should have lawful access to encrypted messages and devices saw Edward Snowden duking it out with CNN's Fareed Zakaria.
Mobile Features
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Get your ears 3D scanned for these earbuds to improve sleep and reduce stress

'Hearables' are a growing trend, packed with features you'd typically see in smartwatches such as step, calorie, and distancing tracking.
Emerging Tech Features
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