ZEN & TECH is our mobile lifestyle podcast, focusing not just on our phones, tablets, and gadgets, but how we can use technology to help us live better, richer, happier lives. It's how we center our inner geeks! Since it's security week on Talk Mobile 2013, Georgia and Rene talk about everything from camera phones in the locker room to wiretaps on the internet and how we, as...
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ZEN & TECH 57: From NSA to cameras everywhere: Coping with privacy violations

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Samsung to launch TDD/FDD dual-mode LTE GS4, S4 Mini

Samsung will launch new variants of its Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S4 Mini handsets with dual-mode TDD-LTE and FDD-LTE connectivity, the company has announced. While current LTE networks are primarily based upon FDD-LTEthe standard, Samsung's new devices will be able to operate on these networks in addition to TDD-LTE networks expected to launch soon in Asia and Eastern Europe. Samsung...
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Chromecast-a-day: And then there were four

OK, boys and girls. We're in the home stretch now. Just four Chromecasts remaining on our desk, and one of them can be yours today. We're declaring this "No-hoop Hump Day." To enter to win, just leave a comment on this post. We'll collect 'em through midnight PDT (anything after that won't count) and pick a winner in the morning. And congrats to the winners of the first two days...
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Vodafone UK offers unlimited calls and texts on PAYG

1GB, unlimited calls and texts for 30, 2GB for 40 on new PAYG plans Vodafone UK has announced some new additions to its Pay As You Go line-up today. The new "Vodafone Red Freedom Freebee" gives customers unlimited calls and texts much like the contract-based Vodafone Red service with the option of 1GB of data for 30, or 2GBfor 40. That's a large amount of money to be spending on...
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Google Catalogs app to be discontinued from August 15

Support for the Google Catalogs mobile app for Android and iOS is to be withdrawn from Aug. 15, an in-app message is telling users. Google Catalog, which launched with festive cheer around the 2011 holiday season, allowed users to browse through virtual catalogs from major brands. However 18 months later the app's installation count sits between the 50-100,000 install level, and...
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Microsoft Office now available on Android phones, for subscribers only

You can now get Office on your Android phone assuming you fit into a very specific group of people Microsoft has today launched Office Mobile for Android phones, a new app for Office 365 subscribers that allows them to view and edit their Word, Excel, Powerpoint and other documents on their Android phones. But you'll need to be an Office 365 subscriber to get in on the spreadsheet-based...
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Samsung to launch dual-mode TDD/FDD dual-mode LTE GS4, S4 Mini

Samsung will launch new variants of its Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S4 Mini handsets with dual-mode TDD-LTE and FDD-LTE connectivity, the company has announced. While current LTE networks are primarily based upon FDD-LTEthe standard, Samsung's new devices will be able to operate on these networks in addition to TDD-LTE networks expected to launch soon in Asia and Eastern Europe. Samsung...
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Developer demos Phone-to-Chromecast video streaming

Koushik Duttashows streaming of video through the gallery app, but a public release isn't on the cards just yet ClockworkMod developer Koushik Dutta has stepped in to plug one significant feature gap in Google's Chromecast dongle. At the momentChromecast allows content to be streamed directly through the web, or from a mirrored browser window. But there's been no easy way to view...
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Moto X may use iPhone 5-style nano-SIM

At this point, many of the Moto X's hardware and software features have already been the subject of extensive online leaks. It's a little surprising, then, to see Motorola's upcoming handset hiding one more surprise a nano-SIM tray. The photo on the left was snapped by GSM Insider in Hong Kong, and clearly shows a smaller SIM tray and matching nano-SIM card alongside the unreleased...
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LG G2 to feature ringtones and sounds performed by the Vienna Boys' Choir

LG has worked with the Vienna Boys' Choir to include nine ringtones and five notifications and alarms performed by the Vienna Boys' Choir on the upcoming LG G2. These are in addition to four musical "chimes" that are included, withBachs Air on the G String given as an example. The Vienna Boys' Choir has been in existence for almost 500 years, and they currently perform in over 300...
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NVIDIA Shield review

NVIDIA has long been a major player in the PC gaming industry, and that translates nicely to mobile with Shield The NVIDIA Shield is not the first Android handheld designed for gaming. Weve seen Archos try its hand at a small-form tablet with gaming controls, MOGA and others have created accessories that will transform your smartphone into a gaming unit, and using USB host with...
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