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Need a new USB or Lightning cable? Check these Kickstarter picks
Lenovo squeezes Chrome OS for education into 1L ThinkCentre Chromebox Tiny
The ultimate selfie budget phone is here, and it's called… BLU Selfie
T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 users breathe a sigh of relief at the sight of Lollipop
LG Watch Urbane goes on sale early at Clove UK in exchange for $390
Nokia quashes smartphone manufacturing return speculation… for now
'International' Samsung Galaxy Alpha jumps on the Lollipop bandwagon
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Need a new USB or Lightning cable? Check these Kickstarter picks

Good USB cables are hard to come by, at least when it comes to the cables included with many tech devices. It's rare to find one that is durable, can charge up to 2A (or more), and syncs data. And when we do – those are the keepers! There's little reason to hang on to sub-standard USB cables once you own a select, quality few. Or even at all.

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If you've been thinking about upgrading a new or replacement cable, you've probably been overdue for it. So check out these latest USB cables that are currently funding on Kickstarter!

If organization is your thing, then you might love the SBWLY USB charging cable for…

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Lenovo squeezes Chrome OS for education into 1L ThinkCentre Chromebox Tiny

Chromebooks and especially Chromeboxes continue to struggle in the mainstream consumer-oriented PC landscape, where Windows and OS X-powered laptops and desktops comfortably run the show.

Meanwhile, it's no big secret Google has been making great strides in the education and small business market segments, backed by a growing number of hardware-designing partners. Lenovo is just one of the industry's top dogs…

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The ultimate selfie budget phone is here, and it's called… BLU Selfie

Nursing a fad that we all hoped would go away sooner, everyone involved in the mobile industry and their mother recently catered to self-centered audiences with smartphones touting impressive front-facing cameras.

These were often called selfie phones, at first by the media and interested buyers when manufacturers weren't listening. Before long, several OEMs shamelessly adopted the dubious appellation, quickly turning it into an aggressive…

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T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 users breathe a sigh of relief at the sight of Lollipop

It certainly took (much) longer than expected, but the circle is once and for all complete as far as US carrier-locked Samsung Galaxy Note 4 variants are concerned. We mean of course the Lollipop circle, with T-Mobile dead last among the nation's leading five service providers to dole out Android 5.0 treats.

Yes, five, not four, as even US Cellular managed to pave the way for Magenta instead of trail…

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LG Watch Urbane goes on sale early at Clove UK in exchange for $390

Great news, our Great Britain-residing friends, as the talk of the Android Wear town has just touched down at one of your favorite tech retailers. Before the Google Store itself can stock perhaps Apple Watch's fiercest rival, the LG Watch Urbane is available via Clove UK for £216.66, excluding VAT, or £259.99, all taxes included.

That's roughly $330…

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Nokia quashes smartphone manufacturing return speculation… for now

Perhaps pressured by Microsoft under the terms of the 2013 handset division auction, sealed roughly a year ago, Nokia laconically came out to refute rampant rumors of an imminent industry comeback.

According to a four-line official statement, "Nokia reiterates it currently has no plans to manufacture or sell consumer handsets." Furthermore, they specifically refute "false recent news reports…

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'International' Samsung Galaxy Alpha jumps on the Lollipop bandwagon

AT&T sure caught the mobile world off guard nearly a couple of weeks back, green-lighting Galaxy Alpha's Android 5.0 promotion before the metal-framed phone could leave KitKat behind in Samsung's own homeland.