This week the folks at Google have introduced a total of 18 new features to the Google+ social network, including a new “Auto Awesome” feature for movies. This feature takes the same feature that’d been introduced for Google+ photos and applies it – in a unique movie way – to movies uploaded to Google+. This […]
Since its public debut in 2011, Google+ has quickly grown to include more than 540 million active users who upload roughly 1.5 billion photos every week. Using a converted San Francisco warehouse as an impromptu art gallery this morning, Google has announced a host of new features coming to Google+ that will not only drastically improve Hangouts but also make taking, organizing, retouching, and storing these photos easier than ever.
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Nokia has announced that it sold 8.8 million Lumia smartphones globally in Q3, 2013, registering a 19 percent quarter-over-quarter increase. The budget Lumia 520 contributed handsomely to this bump in sales, Nokia Lumia 520 has proved to be quite a popular smartphone in certain markets. Nokia revealed these figures as part of its third quarter results, ending September 2013. Net sales for the quarter brought in $7.85 billion. Nokia’s total number of units sold has also increased by 4 percent. Total smartphones and feature phone sales reached 55.8 million units, thus amounting to an operating profit of $162.4 million.
In the previous quarter, Nokia was able to sell 7.4 million Lumia smartphones, but suffered an operating loss of $150 million. Looking at the entire year so far, the company’s total sales have dipped nearly 22 percent. It is evident from the results that the company is gradually gaining ground in North America. Over the summer, Nokia sold 1.4 million phones in North America, an increase of nearly four times as compared to sales in summer 2012. The next quarter will be even more important for the company as we get to see how its new Lumia 1520, 1320 and Lumia 2520 tablet perform in the market. Its $7 billion acquisition by Microsoft is also expected to be completed by Q1, 2014. Nokia’s shareholders are going to vote on the acquisition on November 19th in Helsinki, Finland.
Nokia Sold 8.8 Million Lumia Smartphones In Q3, Sees 19% Increase Quarter-On-Quarter original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Finger-pointing over the NSA’s spying habits ascends to a new level of complexity with the latest revelations of how the United States spies on foreign officials. However, U.S. officials now tell The Wall Street Journal that the phone records at the center of the surveillance scandal in Europe were actually collected by European spy agencies, not the NSA.
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For the last few weeks, with little hesitation, game development sources have been telling Kotaku that the PlayStation 4 is more powerful and easier to develop for than the Xbox One. You may have heard this before
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If you’ve not tried to search through your images on Google+ with what Google calls Computer Vision, you really should take a peek. What Google had done today is to add a new wave of terms to what you’ve already been able to do since earlier this year: search through your photos with search terms […]
When a 10,000 ton meteor exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabisnk back in February, it was only a small taste of what Earth’s future could look like if we aren’t vigilant. Last week, the United Nations General Assembly approved of plans to form a dedicated anti-asteroid unit, a development that …
We reported last week that a truck containing 22,500 LG G2 handsets bound for Sprint was stolen from a truck stop in Gary, Indiana. The theft took place when the truck driver pulled over for a bathroom break, upon returning he found out that the truck was gone. Kentucky State Police announced today that they have arrested a man for allegedly stealing the handsets, the haul is said to be worth $12 million.
Kentucky State Police arrested a man named Juan Perez Gonzalez after he crashed his tractor trailer into a utility pole, the trailer was loaded with the stolen goods. Police says that they were contacted by the FBI last week, and that they had information about the theft that had taken place in Gary, Indiana. Gonzalez was arrested in Metro Louisville after he crashed the tractor trailer. He was charged with recovery of stolen property, leaving the scene of an accident and theft by unlawful taking. Local media reports indicate that Gonzalez is out on bail. Police says that the investigation into the theft of LG G2 smartphones bound for Sprint will continue, and that it could reveal a “number of people that are involved,” though its not sure right now just how organized this theft was.
Police Recovers Stolen LG G2 Handsets Worth $12 Million original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Comcast’s mobile video app is getting a huge revamp, adding around 35 channels of live streaming TV alongside the current on-demand shows and movies. The newly-named Xfinity TV Go app could arrive as early as this week for Android and iOS.
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