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Mary Smith

Hi fellow tech enthusiasts! I'm Mary. I enjoy writing about tech, but I love tinkering with gadgets more. If it can take a screwdriver, leave it to me to fix it (or brick it). I'm passionate about Android and I'm all in for Google, but I don't stray from Apple nor Windows, so I'll keep you up to date on everything mobile (or stationary).

Apple Watch sales are not as high as expected, apparently

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The Apple Watch, when it was launched last month, became the news of the month in technology and analysts, as well as Apple, estimated sales by the number of preorders. That’s not always a good approach to calculate sales, especially when we’re talking about a product like the Apple Watch, …

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Oppo R7 and Oppo R7 Plus: bezelless heaven

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Oppo today launched the Oppo R7 and Oppo R7 Plus, two phones that have been repeatedly leaked in the past few weeks. There were a lot of expectations about these smartphones in the tech community, the most prominent of which was the bezelless aspect of the Oppo R7 that had …

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Is Microsoft Flow the future of email apps?

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Microsoft is reportedly building a new email app called Microsoft Flow that wants to be the go-to email app foe everyone in the future. Although Inbox by Gmail and Gmail generally is already one of the most popular email apps out there and most people are satisfied with what Google …

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NSA surveillance unlawful, about to be ended completely

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The NSA surveillance methods that have thus far been motivated as being authorized through the Patriot Act today got a big blow from a U.S. Federal Appeals Court. The court decided that the NSA surveillance of phone records and metadata is unlawful and that Congress should make changes to the surveillance …

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Oculus Rift release date set for Q1 of next year

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Oculus Rift, one of the most anticipated virtual reality headsets of the year is finally ready to become a consumer product. Although the now Facebook-owned Oculus had previously stated that Oculus Rift VR would be launched before the year comes to an end, that milestone seems to have been pushed …

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Wikipedia sues NSA over surveillance brawl

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Wikipedia and implicitly, Wikimedia Foundation sued the NSA (National Security Agency) and the U.S. Department of Justice, saying that these two government agencies are pursuing non-democratic ways in which they can gather intelligence on foreign nations and American citizens. Wikimedia Foundation executive director Lila Tretujiv describes perfectly well what the …

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