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Well, it's that time again. Time to talk about apps and games that happen to be cheaper than they are on "normal" days – and today's selection brings some mighty interesting options to the table. If you're into music creation, a couple of tools from developer niko twenty made the cut; there's also something for the aspiring meteorologists (or just someone who wants to know what the weather is like); as well as a pair of intriguing game titles. Sold? Here's the list. Electrum Drum Machine/Sampler – $0.99 (normally $3.99) ReLoop Loop Sequencer – $0.99 (normally $3.99) ShaqDown – Free (previously $0.99) Fangz HD – $0.99 (normally $2.99) AccuWeather Platinum – $0.99 (normally $2.99) Touch Racing Nitro – $0.99 (normally $1.99) 2Do – $3.94 (normally $6.99) Enjoy! Done With This Post? You Might Also Like These:[New Game] Mini Motor Racing Has Little Cars And Big Races In One Massive Download [Deal Alert] EA's Real Racing 2 On Sale For Just $0.99 (That's 80% Off) For A Limited Time [New Game] CSR Racing Revs Its Engine On Android As A Free Download [New Game] EA's Real Racing 2 Brings Immersive, Dynamic Racing Action To The Palm Of Your Hand [Tuesday App/Game Sales] AccuWeather Platinum, Fangz HD, ReLoop Loop Sequencer, And More was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

A U.S. Senate report alleges Apple’s complex corporate structures allows the company to dodge taxes and this morning CEO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer defended the company’s practices at the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in Washington, D.C. Earlier, Ireland publicly rejected claims it allows special tax rates with companies, even though it plays a part in Apple’s ingenious “double Irish with a Dutch sandwich” tax avoidance technique. Apple has now posted full opening statements from Cook and Oppenheimer for public viewing. Below is a segment Tim Cook wanted to make very clear about Apple’s tax practices: I would like to explain very clearly how we view our responsibility with respect to taxes: Apple has real operations in real places, with Apple employees selling real products to real customers. We pay all the taxes we owe – every single dollar. We not only comply with the laws, but we comply with the spirit of the laws. We don’t depend on tax gimmicks. We don’t move intellectual property offshore and use it to sell products back into the U.S. to avoid U.S. taxes. We don’t stash money on some Caribbean island. We don’t borrow money from our foreign subsidiaries to fund our U.S. business in order to skirt the repatriation tax. You can check out both documents full in PDF format here and here. Apple released its testimony to the investigation yesterday. Apple Publishes Senate Opening Statements from Tim Cook, Peter Oppenheimer is a post from: iPhone in Canada Blog - Canada's #1 iPhone Resource

Unless you've been living under a rock, you are probably aware of the recent improvements and updates to the Google+ experience, both on the web and in mobile apps. While Auto Awesome, Auto Enhance, Auto Highlight, Auto Backup, and other widely discussed features are certainly exciting, one subtle nicety managed to fly under our radar until a post by Google's +Tor Norbye pointed out just how awesome it is. Visual Recognition The feature I'm talking about is visual recognition in Google+ photo search. Remember when +Vic Gundotra mentioned during the I/O 2013 keynote that Google+ will now attempt to guess what you're talking about and auto-tag posts based on, among other things, attached pictures? Done With This Post? You Might Also Like These:Google+ App Updating To v4.0 Today With New Location Sharing, Automatic Hashtags, And Auto Photo Features Google Goggles Gets Updated, Now Includes Notes, Better Business Card Recognition, And Result Suggestions Google Packs Even More Google+ Into Your Search Results With "Search plus Your World," They Also Add A Handy Button To Turn It Off Google Instant Previews Are Now Mobile Google+'s Best New Unadvertised Feature: Photo Search With Visual Recognition - Try It On Your Own Pictures And Be Amazed was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

Samsung GT-N7200 (Galaxy Note 3) has appeared in an Antutu benchmark equipped with a 1.6GHz processor and running on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean.

I have traded my iPhone 5 for a HTC One, my first Android phone. After three weeks, here are some of my first impressions of the key features of the HTC One.

Sprint will launch the BlackBerry Q10 this summer as its first BlackBerry 10 smartphone. Lois Eichelberger Fagan, director of product portfolio for Sprint, revealed in an interview with CNET that the company had originally planned to launch the BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 together earlier this year, however the plan was abandoned after BlackBerry delayed the Q10 until June. The company decided the timing wasn't right for a Z10-only launch and felt more confident in the Q10, which it believes will sell better among BlackBerry users because of its QWERTY keyboard. The executive noted, however, that the carrier isn't done with BlackBerry and plans to release a second smartphone later this year. Fagan didn't go into further detail about the device, only saying that there is "more to come."

To help celebrate the launch of our latest responsive site redesign we have given away a 16GB TELUS iPhone 5 (unlocked!), an 16GB LTE iPad mini from Rogers and $1000 worth of ZAGGsparqs from ZAGG, to show our appreciation to our awesome readers. Now, we have another goodie heading your way and it’s a 16GB Nexus 4 from TELUS ($359 value). This Android phone is Google’s latest flagship smartphone which will allow users to experience what Android is supposed to be. Since all Nexus phones come unlocked, all you have to do is pop in your existing SIM card and voila. ‘Tired’ of your iPhone? Want to try something new? Enter our contest below! 1. Follow @iPhoneinCanada and @TELUS! on Twitter. 2. Send out the following tweet: Enter here to win a 16GB Nexus 4 from @iPhoneinCanada and @TELUS! http://bit.ly/1a2spaM 3. Leave a comment in the comments section below to confirm your entry. Contest ends on May 28 at 11:59PM PDT and the winner must have a Canadian mailing address. The winner will be announced shortly afterwards. Good luck! Contest: Enter to Win a 16GB Nexus 4 from TELUS is a post from: iPhone in Canada Blog - Canada's #1 iPhone Resource

This afternoon, Google and the team at Niantic Labs pushed out a major update for their hit game, Ingress. Inside the update, version number 1.26, information on portal health and faction controls are placed in the inventory carousel, as well the much-needed addition of notifications for portal attacks, neutralization and @codename messages.  If you still have yet [...] Ingress Receives Update to... Click the post title to continue through and join the conversation!

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Verizon HTC One Rumors Take Interesting Turn is a post by Adam Mills from Gotta Be Mobile.It appears that a Verizon HTC One may have been spotted running Android 4.2.2, just a day ahead of Verizon’s CTIA 2013 announcement in Las Vegas, an event that very well could be the carrier’s launching pad for the still unannounced device. The Verizon HTC One, while heavily rumored and thought by one insider to be coming in the near future, remains unannounced and unofficial, firmly tucked away in the shadows. However, with Verizon set to make an announcement tomorrow, one that it will be streaming live, there is a possibility that we could see the elusive Verizon HTC One finally emerge from those shadows. Read: HTC One: 5 More Things To Know. The HTC One for Verizon has been spotted, it seems. And while we have yet to see it in the flesh, it appears that at least one non-Verizon or HTC employee has as a member on the XDA-Developer Forums, courtesy of Droid-Life, claims that an HTC representative stopped by their Sprint store and whipped out a Verizon HTC One with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean on board. It appears that the device has Notification toggles, which emerged with the leaked HTC Butterfly Android 4.2 ROM, and it appears that a launch could be close. Keep in mind, HTC is thought to be coming out with the HTC One Android 4.2 Jelly Bean update in just a few days, possibly by the end of the month, and it could be that it times the arrival with the arrival of the Verizon HTC One. Verizon, in theory, could announce the phone tomorrow at CTIA and release the phone a few days or weeks later with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean on board. Of course, with no sign of the device other than this supposed sighting, the chances of this theory proving correct are slim. Still, we’ve heard numerous times that the Verizon HTC One is still on the way so it could wind up working out this way. The Verizon HTC One could arrive tomorrow. It’s unclear if the HTC One on Verizon will feature anything different from the other models other than Verizon branding. In addition, AT&T still holds an exclusive on the 64GB model so it’s unclear if Verizon will get it. Take this with a grain of salt, but with the event taking place tomorrow, this supposed sighting couldn’t have come at a better time.Verizon HTC One Rumors Take Interesting Turn is a post by Adam Mills from Gotta Be Mobile.