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Amazon offering $1 credit with slower shipping
Report: Samsung loses smartphone market share, Xiaomi the star performer of Q2
Amazon investing $2B in India to compete with Flipkart
LG G Vista goes official with 5.7-inch qHD screen, $100 on-contract price tag
Samsung confirms phone made of 'new materials' as Galaxy Alpha ETA shifts
Snapchat may be worth $10 billion
Wikipedia accepts Bitcoin donations, uses Coinbase
GeoTech: How to game the system for free travel
Hangouts separates from Google+, integrates with Apps
Virgin Mobile plan includes advanced parental controls
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Amazon offering $1 credit with slower shipping

Amazon offering $1 credit with slower shipping E-commerce giant Amazon is offering its Prime members an incentive to wait a little longer for their deliveries. If you choose to forego the free two-day shipping for a delivery of items that will take between five and seven days, Amazon will give you a $1 Amazon Instant Video Credit.

This special Prime delivery service is listed as "No-Rush…

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Report: Samsung loses smartphone market share, Xiaomi the star performer of Q2

Yet another research firm has come forward with interesting numbers for the way the smartphone market shifted during the year's second quarter, and like Kantar, Strategy Analytics suggests Xiaomi is the mobile device maker to watch.

Q2's global "star performer" leaped from a measly 4.1 million smartphones sold in Q2 2013 to no less than 15.1 mil between April and June 2014, thus making the top five for the…

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Amazon investing $2B in India to compete with Flipkart

Amazon investing $2B in India to compete with Flipkart E-commerce giant Amazon has just announced that it will be investing $2 billion in India in order to reinforce its burgeoning growth in the country. This comes a day after Flipkart, a local e-commerce giant, announced it had obtained $1 billion in funding.

"After our first year in business, the response from customers and small and medium-sized businesses in India has far…

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LG G Vista goes official with 5.7-inch qHD screen, $100 on-contract price tag

And the confusion ends now, as the oft-rumored LG G Vista is officially available on Verizon with a spec sheet that blends the recent optimistic and pessimistic projections. The good news is LG G3's overgrown, technically humble cousin packs a solid 1.5 GB RAM, not just 1 gig, as some tipsters suggested.

The bad news is LG took…

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Samsung confirms phone made of 'new materials' as Galaxy Alpha ETA shifts

Android might be doing as splendid as always everywhere from China to Europe, but Samsung's profits are shrinking, which is why the Koreans really have no choice left. They need to change their view on gadget build materials, and they need to do it… yesterday.

Also, they have to try their best to rain on Apple's reportedly grandiose fall 2014 parade, or else the iPhone…

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Snapchat may be worth $10 billion

Snapchat's move to rebuff a $3 billion acquisition by Facebook may have seemed a complete folly up until recently, but Snapchat could have made the right decision. According to a recent report from Bloomberg, the messaging application may now have a value of $10 billion, as it continues rounds of talks with several investors – Alibaba among them – about additional funding for the burgeoning company.

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Wikipedia accepts Bitcoin donations, uses Coinbase

Wikipedia accepts Bitcoin donations, uses Coinbase Wikipedia will now be accepting bitcoin donations. Wikimedia's partnership with Coinbase allows for the processing of these donations, according to a recent statement from the company.

This news isn't surprising, given that back in March, Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia, accidentally started a bitcoin donation campaign. Upon opening his Coinbase wallet, he revealed the wallet address on…

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GeoTech: How to game the system for free travel

Hey, it's me! Casually train conducting on my way to Virginia.

I tell my friends all the time to pay for everything in credit. This seems counterintuitive to most people, which is why I'm constantly being looked at like I have tentacles growing out of my eyeballs, but I assure you it's the best gift you can give yourself.

I grew up traveling all over the place with my family because my dad had "the bug". I can assure you I didn't grow up rich, though. My dad had Midas' touch when it came to gaming the credit card system; every card he touched turned into gold, almost literally. My financially adept daddy taught me about the art of finance, and believe me you, he should write a book. But he's not, so I'm kind of doing it for him here. Hi, Dad!

I've only recently gotten my first credit card. That's right, I got my first big girl credit card in 2013. Aren't I cute in my youthful naiveté? Good, I'm glad you think so, because I'm about to drop some knowledge on you, son.

So far, with only one credit card, I haven't paid a dime on travel…

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Hangouts separates from Google+, integrates with Apps

Hangouts separates from Google+, integrates with Apps Google+ birthed two incredibly satisfying products: Google+ Photos, and its video meetings service, Hangouts. While the latter could not previously be accessed without a Google+ profile, that requirement is now a thing of the past.

Hangouts can now be used without a Google+ profile. This means anyone with a Google Apps account can use…

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Virgin Mobile plan includes advanced parental controls

Virgin Mobile plan includes advanced parental controls For parents who don't want their kids spending too much time on their mobile phones, Virgin Mobile is launching a smartphone plan called Custom. A Walmart exclusive, this plan allows customers to modify their wireless plans to their specifications.

The plan will have up to four lines. Each line costs just $6.98, but includes only 20…

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