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With the elections nearing, it should come as no surprise that most of the people in your network are talking about politics and holding impromptu debates on Facebook. That is, if you live in the United States.

You could swear off Facebook until the elections are over. You could de-activate and spend your time doing more productive things. Or you could just get Unpolitic.me and continue wasting your time on the social network while blocking out anything that’s related to politics.

Unpolitic.me is an extension for Chrome that automatically detects and blocks out politics-related content with pictures of adorable cats. How great is that?

The extension is developed by the same group of people who came up with Unbaby.me, which blocks out baby-related stuff that people in your network are posting.

[via Geekologie]

Verizon, in partnership with LG, has officially announced the Spectrum 2. Sporting a  4.7-inch True HD display, the Spectrum 2 is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Krait 1.5 GHz dual-core processor and is backed by a 1GB RAM and 16GB internal storage. Verizon customers will also love the device for its NFC and wireless charging capabilities, not to mention that it’s built to ride the LTE wave. It even has a reprogrammable LG Tag+ sticker to program specific smartphone modes for different settings.

Other features that we can expect from the device are an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera, a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/a, a 2150 mAh battery, QuickMemo, and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The Spectrum 2 will be available beginning today for $99.99 together with a new two-year contract. It’s important to note that the LG Spectrum 2 has already been the subject of many rumors and talks earlier this year. Do you find this phone interesting? 

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Samsung Stratosphere 2 and LG Spectrum 2 spotted in Verizon’s Equipment Guide, Verizon LG Intuition Review,

Now Windows Phone 8 has arrived with Xbox Music in tow, what’s next for Nokia Music? Well, at a press briefing this week in London, it told the assembled tech press that its still going — and Nokia’s even adding features. The music service is apparently continuing to expand, with new tracks being added weekly — Nokia’s mix radio currently houses 338 curated mixes in the UK alone, across pretty broad selection of music genres. And yep, there was a mention of K-Pop.

New functionality improvements include an immediate share-to-Facebook option, while the Gig Finder feature nestled within the music app picks up improved search skills, capable of checking specific venues and areas, along with the ability to buy tickets for — and get directions to — future gigs. The app’s new audio equalizer has 18 presets while you’ll also be able to tweak the seven-channel system to your own personal preference. On top of that, Dolby tech is also embedded in, with Dolby headphone (a signal processing upgrade) in attendance on both the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820. Nokia also affirmed that the upgraded app will be included on its hardware that gets bumped up to version 7.8. We’re just about to get our review model and will give the new features a full rundown as soon as we can.

Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio/Video, Mobile, Nokia

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This week when the Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 hit the market with Windows Phone 8, you’ll be seeing updates to Nokia Music as well. This update will bring a variety of new features including no less than Dolby Headphone support – that’s high definition beat blasts for your eardrums like never before! Also included in this update to Nokia Music is full Artist Profile Pages – you’ll be able to get more information on the artists you love than you ever though you’d have wanted!

Each Artist Profile page will include a biography, Twitter messages from their official Twitter page, and upcoming gigs across the planet. These Artist Profile pages also include new Nokia mixes that can be triggered from one of their tracks directly from the page the track is on. This makes it easier than ever to get the lovely precision-collected sets of music you want!

UPDATE: Nokia has confirmed that this update will also be pushed to devices running Windows Phone 7.8 as well – good deal!

Worth noting is that Nokia Music only exists on Nokia devices at the moment and for the foreseeable future. At the moment it appears that this update will be hitting the Lumia 920 and 820 first, but no word has been confirmed on whether or not previous Lumia devices will be able to work with these new features.

The Lumia 920 and 820 will be in stores this weekend internationally and soon – very soon – here in the USA on carriers galore as well. We’ll be taking closer looks at the 920 and 820 in addition to the different carrier iterations of the phones in turn. Stay tuned to SlashGear for more Windows Phone 8 action as well!

Nokia Music update ushers in the Lumia 920 and 820 with Artist Profiles is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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MetroPCS might just be a smaller regional carrier compared to T-Mobile, who is trying to acquire MetroPCS, but the regional carrier posted up its third quarter earnings for this year, and it looks like the company is doing fairly okay. MetroPCS posted a massive net profit of $193 million this quarter, which is $44 million more than the carrier made last quarter.

However, MetroPCS lost just over 300,000 subscribers during the third quarter, but a combination of money-saving tactics and investments in securities earned the company a total revenue of $1.26 billion. MetroPCS reported that they have just under nine million customers, and one million of those customers subscribe to the carrier’s LTE plans.

The network has lost just over 500,000 customers in the last six months, but CEO Roger Linquist said that next quarter will be when the carrier “re-energizes” its subscriber growth at the expense of their bottom line. Revenue growth compared to this time last year is minimal, with a total revenue of $1.21 billion during Q3 2011.

However, the carrier netted only $69 million last year, with a total nine-month net income of $210 million, compared to this year’s $363 million. MetroPCS sure knows how to save cash this time around, and with the company’s focus on re-energizing its subscriber growth, they could be in for an ever better Q4.

MetroPCS posts up Q3 2012 earnings is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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