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Amazon offering $1 credit with slower shipping and more In This Issue... 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 Search GadgeTell 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… Continue reading Amazon offering $1 credit with slower shipping Related posts: Amazon Prime members can now opt for slower shipping in exchange for a $1 Amazon MP3 credit Amazon now offering same day shipping to select cities Amazon Prime users get 2-day shipping to UK from Europe The post Amazon offering $1 credit with slower shipping appeared first on GadgeTell.      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments •   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… Continue reading Report: Samsung loses smartphone market share, Xiaomi the star performer of Q2 Related posts: Xiaomi leads Chinese smartphone sales in Q2, Android eclipses iOS worldwide Samsung rules smartwatch market with 71 percent market share Samsung market share slipping, under siege on all sides The post Report: Samsung loses smartphone market share, Xiaomi the star performer of Q2 appeared first on GadgeTell.      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • 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… Continue reading Amazon investing $2B in India to compete with Flipkart Related posts: Flipkart raises $5 billion in investment funds Motorola sells 5 million smartphones in 5 months via FlipKart Alibaba investing in Singapore’s postal service The post Amazon investing $2B in India to compete with Flipkart appeared first on GadgeTell.      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments •   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… Continue reading LG G Vista goes official with 5.7-inch qHD screen, $100 on-contract price tag Related posts: LG G Vista now slated for July 31 Verizon launch, AT&T release also in the cards ZTE Boost Max goes official, costs $300 contract-free with LTE and 5.7-inch screen LG G Vista for Verizon pictured in the wild, LG G Stylus to replace Vu line The post LG G Vista goes official with 5.7-inch qHD screen, $100 on-contract price tag appeared first on GadgeTell.      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • 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… Continue reading Samsung confirms phone made of ‘new materials’ as Galaxy Alpha ETA shifts Related posts: Samsung Galaxy Alpha tipped for August 4 unveil with metallic construction Samsung Galaxy Alpha photos crop up, partial aluminum build ‘confirmed’ Rumor: Metal-clad Samsung Galaxy Alpha/Galaxy F destined for limited release The post Samsung confirms phone made of ‘new materials’ as Galaxy Alpha ETA shifts appeared first on GadgeTell.      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments •   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. Continue reading Snapchat may be worth $10 billion Related posts: Snapchat is the most popular NA messaging app Verizon will reportedly spend $5 billion in subsidies for the iPhone during first year If Bebo is worth $850 million, how can Facebook be worth $15 billion? The post Snapchat may be worth $10 billion appeared first on GadgeTell.      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • 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… Continue reading Wikipedia accepts Bitcoin donations, uses Coinbase Related posts: Dell uses Coinbase to accept Bitcoin Wikipedia fundrasier finishes with $20M Wikipedia reminds everyone that you should not be seeing any advertisements The post Wikipedia accepts Bitcoin donations, uses Coinbase appeared first on GadgeTell.      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • 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… Continue reading GeoTech: How to game the system for free travel Related posts: Triposo is Your Free, Pocket-Sized, Personalized Travel Guide BillMyParents.com – the online version of “Please, Mom, can I have it?” Yahoo Trip Planner makes travel planning easier The post GeoTech: How to game the system for free travel appeared first on GadgeTell.      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • 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… Continue reading Hangouts separates from Google+, integrates with Apps Related posts: Google announces Hangouts in Google Calendar Dell to use Google+ Hangouts for service and sales? Google launches Gmail Video Chats by way of Hangouts The post Hangouts separates from Google+, integrates with Apps appeared first on GadgeTell.      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • 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… Continue reading Virgin Mobile plan includes advanced parental controls Related posts: Sprint’s plan for Virgin Mobile: $25 a month plans Virgin Mobile is making changes to its Beyond Talk plans Virgin Mobile announces new $20 per month mobile broadband plan The post Virgin Mobile plan includes advanced parental controls appeared first on GadgeTell.      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments •

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