BGR Daily Breaking Stories

Daily Headlines THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2015

Could this be the Moto 360’s trump card over the Apple Watch? At the moment, there aren’t many smartwatches on the market that compete with the Moto 360 when it comes to user interface and design. It’s a well-made product and showpiece for Android Wear, but with the Apple Watch right around the corner, Motorola wants to ensure that the Moto 360 retains its status as the wearable to beat.  MORE → Samsung has an amazing smartphone for ‘The Avengers’ sequel… too bad it’s not actually functional It’s no secret anymore that you’ll see plenty of Samsung product placements in the upcoming The Avengers: Age of Ultron movie this summer, as the South Korean company made that abundantly clear not too long ago when it launched an exclusive extended trailer version of the first official trailer for the movie. But, in addition to existing Samsung devices you might see in the movie, the company has come up with other interesting never-before-seen gadgets that will appear in the movie. Unfortunately, as Business Insider reports, these special Samsung toys aren’t real, and you shouldn’t expect to see them in stores too soon.  MORE → Mozilla just showed Apple how to hurt Google where it matters most For what seems like an eternity, Google has had an iron grip on the search market. However, a recent deal between Mozilla and Yahoo to make Yahoo the default search engine of Firefox seems to have loosened Google’s grip just a little bit.  MORE → How Apple plans to make sure future iOS releases aren’t disasters like iOS 8.0.1 Apple’s recently released iOS 8 is already installed on almost 70% of existing iOS devices, but the launch was far from smooth, as Apple had to constantly deal with some very serious bugs that were affecting users and issue subsequent fixes for some pressing issues. 9to5Mac has learned from sources that Apple is planning to take additional steps to ensure that future iOS releases go much smoother, at least when it comes to bugs and issues.  MORE → Verizon’s huge victory is about to turn into a humiliating defeat Verizon was reportedly warned by both Comcast and AT&T not to push the envelope on net neutrality, but the company decided to sue the FCC over its compromise net neutrality rules anyway. It successfully got those rules tossed out nearly one year ago and many people assumed this meant ISPs would be free to charge companies more money to ensure the speedy delivery of their traffic. However, the huge public outrage at the prospect of letting ISPs create Internet “fast lanes” put renewed pressure on the FCC to take a tougher stance on net neutrality, and now it looks like Verizon is about to suffer a humiliating defeat.  MORE → Amazon wants to make it even easier for you to buy stuff online Amazon has been slowly rolling out a redesign for its website, The Verge reports, which is already available to a broader group of users in the U.S. The change, which Amazon has been working on for a few months, is likely meant to convince buyers to spend even more money on the wide variety of products the giant retailer has in stock, and can be seen on a many Internet browsers, regardless of whether the user is signed in or not.  MORE → Paid apps will be more expensive for some iPhone, iPad and Mac users Apple is about to increase paid apps prices for some users, the company told developers, with the change affecting both App Store and Mac App Store customers. The change will impact customers in Canada, the European Union, Norway, Iceland and Russia, 9to5Mac reports.  MORE → Apple’s future iPhones might have one surprising display feature Apple has traditionally stuck with LCD displays in its various iPhones over the years but that might change in the future, according to a new report from Japanese newspaper Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, as quoted by MacX.cn.  MORE → Yes, there’s an accessory to help you take better selfies of your… other assets If you thought selfie sticks were silly then you’ll probably hate this new smartphone accessory even more, but that’s only if you’re annoyed at people taking photos of themselves in all sorts of situations. On the other hand, if you definitely need to up your selfie game, and you’re tired of taking selfies in the mirror to highlight some of the otherwise more difficult body parts to photograph, then the Belfie Stick is definitely for you.  MORE → The Galaxy S6 ‘Edge’ might have some serious competition this year Samsung has already released a smartphone with a strange display — the Galaxy Note Edge that has an “Edge” screen on the right side — and it’s rumored to place two such touchscreen displays on either side of a special version of the Galaxy S6’s main screen. But the company isn’t the only handset maker looking to sell buyers on the idea of buying such smartphones with three-sided displays.  MORE →

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