Motorola slashes Moto X Pure Edition price by $50 for limited time

If you are a Motorola fan, and are in the market for a good mid-range smartphone, here is some good news for you: the company has given its Moto X Pure Edition smartphone a decent price cut, although for a limited time only. The device - which was launched in September last year, and is also known as the Moto X Style outside the US - is currently listed on Motorola's US site for $349.99, down $50 from its usual price of $399.99. Although third-party retailers like Amazon are also selling the handset for around $350, getting it from Motorola will give you the benefit of customizing...

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Sony rumored to launch Xperia M Ultra with 6-inch display 23MP/16MP camera combo

According to a new rumor out of China, Sony will launch a new smartphone dubbed Xperia M Ultra. Specs-wise, the device is said to be powered by Snapdragon 652 chipset, and sport a 6-inch full HD display. The device will have 3GB RAM and 32GB internal memory, and pack in a large 4,280mAh battery. The camera department will be handled by a 23MP rear unit and a 16MP selfie shooter. It is also said to feature a USB Type-C port and a fingerprint sensor. Aside from the the Xperia M Ultra, the Japanese company is also rumored to launch the successor to last year's Xperia C5 Ultra -...

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Google Chrome's mobile app now has over 1 billion monthly users

Google has revealed that the Chrome browser mobile app now has more than 1 billion active monthly users. With this, Chrome for mobile has joined other Google apps - including the Google Play store, Maps, Search, and YouTube - in the 1 billion+ club. The milestone comes just five months after Chrome for Android and iOS hit the 800 million users mark. The search giant, however, did not reveal the total number of users on each mobile platform, although it would be reasonable to assume that Android leads the race. The Mountain View, California-based company in-fact released a complete...

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LeEco Le 2 Le 2 Pro and Le Max 2 hands-on

LeEco held a massive event in Beijing, China, to make few new product announcements. They touched upon a lot of different topics, including television sets and a particularly ambitious project involving making an electric car in cooperation with Aston Martin. However, the meat and potatoes of the event were the three new phones being launched, the Le 2, the Le 2 Pro, and the Le Max 2. The 2 in the name makes it clear that these are successors to LeEco's current line of smartphones, the Le 1s, and the Le Max. As such, they aren't dramatically different and represent a spec refresh for...

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You can now listen to podcasts inside the Google search app for Android

The rollout of a new podcasts section to Google Play Music for Android is ongoing at the moment for the US and Canada, as has been announced a couple of days ago. But the search giant has already worked on making podcasts even more accessible in its mobile operating system. From this point on, you can search for a podcast using the Google app for Android (or its persistent search bar widget on your home screen), and you'll be able to start paying that podcast straight from the search results. The screenshots below show this in action. The results screen will present you with the three most...

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Inbox by Gmail improves handling of events and newsletters gets a link saving option

The alternative (and still sort of experimental) Gmail interface known as Inbox is receiving a new update today. This one improves the handling of events and newsletters, and lets you save links inside Inbox - for reading later, presumably. The latter functionality can be achieved on a computer too, by using the new Inbox by Gmail Chrome extension, which basically does the same thing as the Google Keep Chrome extension we've discussed earlier - both save links, they just do it on different Google services. On a mobile device, just share the website you're interested in to Inbox, and...

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