Apple Launches iPhone Trade-In Program Across U.S. Stores

We've been hearing rumors surrounding Apple's possible launch of an iPhone trade-in program for quite some time now with the latest rumor pegging its release to occur some time next month. It looks like the sources behind that prediction were slightly off as Apple has just announced they have indeed launched their trade-in program starting today. Apple's new trade-in program will allow customers with older models of its iPhone to trade up to a newer iPhone as they would receive credit for their old iPhone towards the purchase of a new one. The program launched across Apple's U.S.

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Fuel smugglers costing Europe $4B+ in lost taxes

Cash-strapped European governments have been fighting a parasitic drain on their tax revenues from fuel theft and the tax fraud that goes along with it. According to a report from Bloomberg, individual governments are losing anywhere from 100 million to 1.3 billion euros ($133 million to $1.7 billion at today's rates) due to the scams. The increase in theft and fraud is being blamed on a 52-percent jump in diesel prices.

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Cadillac flagship, possible production Elmiraj, caught testing

One of the biggest debuts at the Monterey car week, both literally and figuratively, was the Cadillac Elmiraj Concept. The massive coupe made quite a splash with the show's well-heeled guests. Now, we have what might be the very first images of the Elmiraj, or whatever it may be called when it reaches production, out testing. Don't let that modified Chevrolet Caprice body fool you, this car is about four to six inches longer than Chevy's US-spec cop car, from the A-pillar forward.

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Aio Wireless Launching Nationwide In September

While T-Mobile and AT&T debate who should have the right to use magenta for their logo, AT&T will proceed to take its Aio Wireless service nationwide. AT&T's Aio Wireless was originally launched just this past May as a direct competitor with T-Mobile, who has caused quite a stir with their new contract plans earlier this year. It was only available for customers in Florida, Chicago, Texas and Metro-Atlanta, but starting next month, the entire U.S.

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Scout ID is a low-profile alternative to pet tags

Pet safety is paramount to those of us who own and love them.  Road ID agrees and so they designed the Scout ID, a versatile,low-profile pet ID tag. Versatile because its two rubber O-rings can be slid over virtually any pet collar, low-profile because it sits up against the collar, not dangling below.  Personalized text is laser-etched into the satin-finish stainless steel tag in either the Original version (with multiple lines of text) or the Interactive version (directs to a 24x7 emergency response support).  Available in black, blue, pink, and red in both Large (1.0 inch wide) and Small (0.5 inch wide) sizes for $17.99 each.  Yes, it

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You might be held responsible if a driver you're texting causes an accident

There's no question that driving and texting at the same time is dangerous and illegal. But a lawsuit in New Jersey filed by a couple who were the victims of a texting accident blamed not only the distracted driver who caused it, but also the person who was texting him at the time, CNN reports. Kyle Best, who was 18 at the time of the accident in 2009, was driving on a rural highway when Shannon Colonna, the 17-year-old girl he was dating, sent him a text. Best allegedly was reading the text when he crossed the double-yellow line and drifted into a lane of opposing traffic. He hit David and Linda Kubert, who were riding a motorcycle.

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Plexus Concept Shirt Will Change Based On The Occasion

When it comes to outfits, there's usually an appropriate outfit for every occasion, such as one worn for sports, one for work, one for formal meetings, and etc. However if you're the sort of person who's schedule is packed to the max, constantly changing seems rather inefficient, not to mention it could rack up a pretty expensive laundry bill, so what do you do. Well the Plexus concept could be the answer to your problem. This shirt concept was designed by Vernon Chen and Joanne Lim Jin Xuan where the shirt will be able to morph into an appropriate look based on the occasion.

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Tech Ad Parody Video Is Hilarious

Over the past couple of years we have seen a variety of advertisements tech companies have released for their products. While each advertisement takes a different route, they do have a certain "theme" to it and it is this theme that the folks at College Humor have decided to parody. For instance they poke fun at how a majority of these ads seem to rely on indie rock music, or young people with creative-type jobs, cute children, and even similar editing styles.

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Malaise Era Busters

It was morning on Woodward Avenue again. 1984 Buick Grand National (above). At first glance, the Regal seemed like an unlikely platform for the second coming of Buick muscle. It was a bit upright compared to the fastback Skylark of the early 1970s, but it was relatively light, and in all-black trim it looked suitably menacing. One of the first American performance cars since the start of the Malaise Era (other than the Corvette) to break the 200-net-horsepower barrier, the Buick did it with a turbo V6 rather than traditional V8 power. It mattered little.





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Skype Looks Into 3D Calling System

It does seem as though the world is moving towards a 3D environment where computers and consoles are concerned, but some like the recently announced Nintendo 2DS is taking a step back by doing away with 3D support. Skype, however, looks in the opposite direction by working on a possible 3D calling system, according to Mark Gillett, Microsoft's corporate vice president for Skype. This particular announcement from Mr.

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Keeping your iPhone 5 charged is an iWALK in the park

I've found my iPhone 5 battery typically lasts at least 2-3 days between charges on my slow days, but when I'm traveling or using my phone a lot, the battery can drain pretty quickly.  The last thing you need is to find yourself with a dead phone while traveling, so a backup battery is a smart thing to carry in your EDC gear.  These new Apple-certified battery extenders from iWALK could be just what you need for your iPhone 5.  First up are the Link chargers for iPhone 5.

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Android VP Hugo Barra leaves Google for Xiaomi

In a surprising twist of events, Vice President of Android - Hugo Barra - has decided to move on from Google and join Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi. The news was first broken by AllThingsD and was later confirmed by Barra in a post on Google+. He would be joining Xiaomi Global in China as their Vice President and "help them expand their incredible product portfolio and business globally".
Barra joined Google back in 2008 and for the past few years has been the face of Android, appearing in all recent Google keynotes for product announcements.

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Volvo Concept Coupe is brand's 'next-generation P1800' (video)

Volvo is calling the Concept Coupe its "next-generation P1800.". Up front, T-shaped running lights bracket what the brand calls a "floating grille" with a "distinctive iron mark." The side profile is dominated by a distinct bow that can be seen, in a slightly more mellow form, on current Volvo vehicles, and the broad-shouldered rear end is bracketed by slender C-shaped taillight clusters. The interior, too, is unique. A handcrafted crystal gearshift lever is a highlight, as is a large touchscreen laid out in portrait (as opposed to landscape).



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Cadillac Elmiraj Concept slinks in Leno's Garage

Jay Leno's Garage has moved to Pebble Beach for the week. This time around, the affable comedian is taking a look at the Cadillac Elmiraj Concept that debuted during the Monterey car week, and is talking to General Motors vice president of global design, Ed Welburn. There's plenty of reminiscing about what concept cars were like when these two were kids, before a fairly deep dive into the striking Elmiraj Concept itself.

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HTC One Max spotted, fingerprint reader and dual-shot-like mode on board

There is no shortage of HTC One Max rumors and leaks lately. The gargantuan device seems to be quite the monster, both in size and functionality. It's one phone to look forward to if you like big devices, and if you are excited about it we have some more ninja shots for you today. The guys at ePrice got a hold of some new images and information about the phone. It looks as big as we have seen it in the past, with the fingerprint reader on the back and all. The source also swears that this is, in fact, a fingerprint reader we see.

There is no way to confirm, but we haven't seen shots of the device's actual buttons.



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Hyundai, Kia and U of M studying 'highway hypnosis'

Next up on the hot-button list of things that can kill you behind the wheel: "highway hypnosis." That's the zombie-like, autopilot phase you get into on a long highway drive when there isn't much to distract you, like curves or traffic. Digging further into what it is and how to combat it, Hyundai-Kia engineers and the University of Michigan are commencing a study that will measure brainwave activity in order to track the body's slide into highway hypnosis. We're not sure how much overlap this has with Mercedes-Benz's Attention Assist, which tracks more than 70 in-car parameters to determine when you're not focused on the road anymore.

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Twitter Tweaks Conversations View On Apps And Website

Twitter today announced that it has released update iOS and Android apps with a new conversations view, the same update has been made on twitter.com as well. This interface change will make it easier for users to view entire conversations on the microblogging network. Entire conversations between users will now be displayed instead of single tweets being displayed at a time. A vertical blue line will indicate non-chronological tweets in conversations.
The most recent three tweets from any conversation are now shown on the home timeline.

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Nokia Lumia 625 now available in the UK. Samsung Ativ S gets another price cut, down to £199.99

Right on schedule, the Nokia Lumia 625 is now up for grabs in the UK. To get a SIM-free and unlocked unit, you'll need to pay £239.99 or £252, depending on your choice of retailer. Expansys is offering Nokia's biggest Windows Phone yet for £239.99, while Clove is asking for £252 for the same device. The Lumia 625 isn't high-end despite its 4.7-inch screen, rather it's a midranger aimed at those who love big phones (and felt left out from the Windows Phone world).

Also in Windows Phone news from the UK, the Samsung Ativ S has received yet another price cut.


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Samsung Denies BlackBerry Takeover Rumors (Again)

With BlackBerry and Samsung signing a deal in which Samsung devices will come preloaded with BBM, and how there have been talks about the possibility of BBM being spun off into a separate company, there has been speculation (again) that Samsung could be interested in acquiring BlackBerry, or at least some of its assets. Samsung had to once again step forward and refute the rumors that the South Korean tech giant is not interested in acquiring BlackBerry and that their partnership basically ended with BBM.

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CTPayments go global with tt-forex

Charity Technology Trust partners with FTT Global to offer international money transfersLONDON – 28 August 2013 – Charity Technology Trust, in partnership with payment service providers FTT Global, today launched a new International Money Transfers service for UK charities – tt-forex. Charities will now be able to send and receive overseas payments and donations using tt-forex, which will be powered by FTT Global’s FCA regulated services.

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Chrysler 'at war' with world's largest Viper club?

The situation was bound to boil over at some point. Grumblings from former and current members of the Viper Club of America, and letters sent from Chrysler to VCA president Lee Stubberfield, allege that the non-profit club is being run illegally as a for-profit business, Jalopnik reports. The trouble reportedly started in 2007, when VCA member and former club national president Chris Marshall is alleged to have taken a paid position at the club courtesy of the acting board members at the time.

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BlackBerry Aristo Z30 Spotted On Video

We saw some leaked images of the BlackBerry Aristo Z30 that was caught alongside the Nokia Lumia 925, but there is nothing quite like a video to show off a device in all of its glory, don't you think so. After all, if a picture speaks a thousand words, a video would certainly have a whole lot more frames – and hence theoretically speaking, it would convey a far longer message. So far, BlackBerry did not manage to achieve the kind of rebound that they expected with their new models released this year, but will the BlackBerry Aristo Z30 actually be able to help turn the situation around.

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HTC One Max to be launched by China Mobile, specs show up once again

According to several Chinese websites, the unannounced HTC One Max will be released by China Mobile - the world's largest mobile operator. Naturally, China Mobile's One Max will have TD-LTE connectivity. There's no word on exactly when the new device will be launched China, but it will certainly happen sometime before the end of the year.
As previously reported, the One Max is basically a larger HTC One.


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LG G2 Flies To The Edge Of Space In New Promotional Video

LG is spending a lot of time and money on promoting its brand new smartphone, the LG G2. Just yesterday the company released a four minute video which details the device's exhaustive list of features. LG has now uploaded a new promotional video in which it sends the G2 to the edge of space. The video's purpose is to show off how the G2′s 13 megapixel camera with optical image stabilization performs. The device has brought back some stunning images from its trip to the edge of space.

The LG team on the ground attaches a G2 to a balloon and let it fly. It first reaches the troposphere and then makes its way to the stratosphere.

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LG Optimus L9 II photo leaks ahead of premiere, specs in tow

LG Optimus L9 was the only one from the L-lineup not to receive a successor at the last MWC but it seems this will change soon. As the rumor has it the LG Optimus L9 II will be unveiled and launched very soon. The handset looks a lot like its predecessor, but loses the hardware Home key in favor of a capacitive one. The Optimus L9 II will supposedly run on a Qualcomm's MSM8230 Snapdragon S4 chipset with a dual-core 1GHz Krait processor, Adreno 305 graphics and 1GB of RAM.

The rest of the L9 II specs include an 8MP rear and a 1.3MP front camera, 8GB expandable internal storage and a 2150 mAh battery.

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Moto X teardown gives us a look at the device's innards

There's something oddly satisfying about watching the boys at iFixit teardown our most beloved Android devices. Their latest victim. The all new Motorola Moto X. The Moto X doesn't feature a removable battery cover which means tools are necessary for prying the device open. After iFixit removed the Moto X's backplate — which was actually adhered to the inside of the device — they were finally able to expose all the inner workings of the device.


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Porsche 918 Spyder to birth stretched 2+2 version?

Porsche is known for its ability to spin off a litter of variants from a single model, and according to a report in Automobile the 918 Spyder (pictured here) might not be spared the house trick. Having taken too many brains and too much money for too much time, company chiefs are said to be examining ways to get more for their development euro out of the supercar, and Plan A is apparently otherwise known as Plan 984. That would be a four-seater, rear-wheel drive supercar that uses a stretched mold of the 918's carbon fiber tub, keeping the V8 in the same mid-mounted place and costing around 350,000 euro.

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Android 4.3 Jelly Bean Factory Images Now Available

Earlier today, we reported on the new Nexus 7 receiving a firmware update that will reportedly fix issues some users are having with its multi-touch. It looks as though that isn't the only update Google has planned for the Nexus 7 as well as additional Nexus devices as the company has just posted factory images of Android 4.3 Jelly Bean for a good chunk of these devices. Currently, the Nexus 7 2012 and 2013 versions, Nexus 4, GSM Galaxy Nexus, and Nexus 10 are capable of downloading the factory images of the latest version of Android 4.3 Jelly Bean straight from Google.

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Destiny Video Documentary Highlights Guns, Matchmaking And Customization

Gamescom is currently going strong, which means there's been a ton of gaming news coming out in the past couple of days. One game we're sure you're dying to hear more about is Bungie's upcoming title, Destiny. Well, you're in luck as the company has released a new video documentary, or ViDoc for short, highlighting a number of the game's features. The new ViDoc highlights the specifics of the three weapon slots you'll be allowed to use in Destiny, some of the game's locations, and character customization, which Bungie says your character will evolve from their humble beginnings to become even more badass as you progress through the game.

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iPad Used With Augmented Reality App In Liver Surgery

We know that Apple's iPad has been used in a variety of different ways, some for entertainment, some for productivity, some for medical use, and now it seems that the iPad has even been used as part of a surgery. This is thanks to the use of an augmented reality app that when used together with the iPad, allowed doctors to place a 3D vessel map on top of a live video of the patient. Basically what this does is help make the doctor's job easier and tell the surgeon where he/she needs to make their incision.

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Touchless Control App Now On Google Play Store

When it comes to rolling out smartphones, very little differentiates between one and the other, especially when we are talking about high end models. Sure, there will always be one particular model that spearheads the list of breaking features for the first time such as a Full HD display, but wait for a while and see how the other rivals will roll out devices of a similar nature. Motorola, however, intends to be different by offering smartphones which support touchless controls, and those will include support for always-on voice controls.

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Jaguar envisions future without V8 engines

With tighter emissions and fuel economy regulations looming, Jaguar may have to do more than make a small, fuel-efficient hatchback to lower its model range's consumption figures – it also might give up its venerable V8 power, Drive reports. But not anytime soon, says Steven de Ploey, Jaguar's product and marketing director, who recognizes that the V8 can be replaced only by something that offers the same, or better, performance. But he has a word of caution: "We are not wedded to V8s.". In the meantime, de Ploey says there are other ways to reduce emissions.

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2015 Audi A8 and S8 get some new goodies

Luxury car buyers are a demanding bunch. They've got this crazy notion that just because they're spending the better part of a hundred grand on a top-tier luxury sedan, they should get the very best and the cutting edge of what the industry has to offer. That has tended to come down to the S-Class even when it had grown long in the tooth, and now that Mercedes-Benz has rolled out an all-new version, the competition is falling all over itself to release updates to keep their flagship sedans in the running. Jaguar did that just yesterday with its XJ sedan, and now Audi has revealed the latest revisions to its A8 range.


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Bugatti says no Super Veyron, but a replacement is planned

Stop dreaming about a rumored upcoming Super Veyron, reportedly with 1,600 horsepower and a 0-60 sprint of 1.8 seconds, as it will never materialize despite countless reports to the contrary. That is the official word from Bugatti President Dr. Wolfgang Schreiber, who sat down with us at Pebble Beach this past weekend to extinguish the gossip and discuss the future of the supercar. As you may recall, Bugatti has promised a total production run of just 450 Veyrons. To date, they have delivered about 390 vehicles, including countless special edition models like the recent Legends models that debuted in Monterey.

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Nokia Here research brings map data to life (video)

She showed us a video of traffic flow in the Bay Area - San Francisco and Oakland, including the Bay Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge, Interstate 80, highways One and 101 - over a 24-hour period. With colors representing different vehicle speeds (green for fast, yellow for medium and red for slow) it's easy to visualize how the traffic changes during the day and when / where hotspots exists. This data gives city and highway planners invaluable insight into ways to improve our roads. Another example used CAN bus data collected from taxis in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, to study driver behavior around a sharp bend.

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Armadillo-T electric car folds for easy storage

We've seen folding cars before, but a group of researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have designed an electric vehicle that curls up like an armadillo. The folding process of the Armadillo-T prototype is particularly clever due to its four in-wheel electric motors and 13.6-kWh battery tucked into the front half of the car, which allow it to pull the rear shell with the rear wheels over the passenger compartment at the press of a button. Casters drop down from the center of the vehicle to facilitate the folding action, which shrinks its 110-inch length down to 65 inches.

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More Samsung Galaxy Gear smart watch specs, hardware and software details leak

As we get closer and closer to Samsung's September 4th event, more details regarding the Samsung Galaxy Gear — the company's rumored smart watch — have surfaced. GigaOM has the goods for us this time, with their sources chiming in to give us more details about the watch's specs and other hardware features. For starters, the watch is said to have a 2.5-inch 320 x 320 OLED display, one capable of showing a full range of colors. The device will also have a dual-core processor, specifically from the Exynos 4 family.

 

Earlier rumors suggested the processor would be Samsung's dual-core Exynos 4212 processor clocked at 1.5GHz.


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BMW M4 to debut in Detroit, lose manual transmission

BMW took the wraps off its M4 Concept at Pebble Beach last weekend, and many speculated that the highly anticipated production version of the sleek new two-door sports coupe would debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show later this year. But a well-placed source tells Autoblog that the E92 M3's successor won't arrive in Southern California this November. Instead, the German automaker will wait until the Detroit Auto Show in January for its first official reveal.

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