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• 16 April 2013

• How-Tos: How to pick the right fitness device for the great outdoors

  You own hiking boots, skis, snowboards, a kayak, a scuba regulator, climbing gear, and too many other contraptions to strap to the roof of your all-wheel drive vehicle. Gadgets today can keep you on track as you enjoy outdoor activities--and they can also play a key supporting role in proving your claim of the most ski runs crammed into a powder day.

• How-Tos: How to pick the right fitness device for swimmers

  Swimming a fantastic, low-impact form of exercise; and these days, fitness technology has plunged into the pool (or pond, or ocean, or lake). Like most other forms of exercise, swimming has undergone a high-tech upgrade. Now you can find tech tools to help you track your progress in the pool. Though the category isn't as expansive as running or cycling--mainly because relatively few devices can withstand repeated submersion in water--swimmers are by no means left out in the cold (or heated) and wet.

• News: Google Glass specs revealed along with Android app

  Google has revealed the specifications for its Google Glass smart glasses and released an Android app.

• Feature: When a smartphone fault isn't a fault: battery life, performance and storage problems explained

  If your smartphone battery lasts only a day, you can't connect to the internet or take photos and videos, the problem might be simpler than you think. Before sending it away for repair, try these tips and tricks

• News: Ofcom to make 080 numbers actually free from all phones

  Ofcom has announced it plans to make 080 freephone numbers truly free from all phones.

• 15 April 2013

• News: Wi-fi to handle majority of mobile data traffic by 2017

  Wi-fi networks are expected to handle the majority of mobile data traffic by 2017, according to a report by Juniper on mobile data offload.

• News: Boston cell networks stay online after blasts

  Cellular networks in Boston were still operating on Monday evening following the explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, contrary to earlier reports that they had been shut down to prevent remote bomb detonations.

• News: Dish says it can offer Sprint tech advantages that SoftBank can't

  Dish Network's offer on Monday to buy Sprint for $25.5, includes strategic and technology advantages SoftBank doesn't offer in its rival $5.5 billion bid for a 70% stake in the carrier, the satellite service provider claims.

• News: China's Alibaba bolsters mobile OS after clash with Google

  Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group is seeking to revive its mobile operating system, with a new name, new partners and more money, after Google threatened to block the companies from bringing aboard handset vendors for the OS.

• News: The best tower defense games on Android

  Tower defense games are what many in the industry would call an acquired taste. At the most basic level, they operate on the same concept: The gamer has a central point to defend, a bunch of turrets to construct, and waves upon waves of enemies to defeat. Though often criticized as repetitive and overtly brutal, fans of the genre know that tower defense games are an addictive, soul-sucking diversion. Whether you're a stoic fan or you're just curious, read on through our round-up of some of the most interesting tower defense games in the Google Play store today.

• News: SIM-only MVNO Vaya to sell Galaxy S III 4G

  Australian low-cost mobile virtual network operator Vaya is currently finalising a deal which will see the company sell the Samsung Galaxy S III 4G Android smartphone on its network.

• News: Nokia launches cheapest Windows Phone yet

  Nokia has today announced that its low cost Lumia 520 Windows Phone will be available in Australia this month.

• News: Nokia launches budget Lumia 520

  Nokia's low cost Lumia 520 Windows Phone will be available in Australia this month, the company announced today.

• News: Chinese iPhone dealers dupe Apple with fake components

  A group of Chinese iPhone distributors have been arrested for duping Apple with fake components in order to obtain replacement parts worth about 400,000 yuan (US$64,117).

• News: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 to use metal design due to HTC One

  Samsung will reportedly use a higher quality metal design for its upcoming Galaxy Note 3 smartphone.

• Opinion: All PCs great and small: how competition and collaboration is driving tech innovation

  A strange set of competitive and interdependent business relationships is driving innovation in PCs, laptops, smartphones and tablets. And for the consumer that's mostly good news.

• News: 6 fresh Apple iPhone 6, iOS 7 concept designs

  While it's still unclear when Apple will reveal its iPhone 6, iPad 5 or iOS 7 (or whatever it calls its next smartphone, tablet and operating system), the longer we wait the more intriguing ideas are being floated by would-be Apple designers.

• 12 April 2013

• News: Uber to take on Lyft, Sidecar with ridesharing service

  Lyft and Sidecar may be the kings of ridesharing right now, but Uber is coming up in the rearview mirror.

• News: BlackBerry challenges reports of high Z10 return rates

  BlackBerry is mad as hell and it's not going to take it anymore. The smartphone maker came out swinging Friday, one day after several market analyst reports said the company's first BlackBerry 10 handset, the touch-centric Z10, is not selling well in the U.S. The Z10 arrived in the U.S. in late March.

• News: Verizon kills the 20-month upgrade, halts device swaps

  Verizon Wireless will become a little less hospitable for subscribers who want the latest and greatest smartphones. Subscribers will now have to wait a full 24 months for discounted upgrades.

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