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Daily Headlines TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Humiliation: T-Mobile’s network ranked worse than Sprint’s in major new study T-Mobile CEO John Legere absolutely loves trashing Sprint’s network quality, which is why he’s not going to be pleased to see that Sprint’s network has leapfrogged his own company’s in the latest major study from RootMetrics.  MORE → Awesome hack brings iPhone 6’s best new feature to Android Smartphones have gotten gigantic in the past few years. Samsung wasn’t the first phone maker to start churning out huge handsets, but it certainly played the biggest role in popularized the “phablet” category, and in increasing the size of the displays on non-phablet smartphones as well. Samsung caused such a major shift in the industry, in fact, that even Apple had no choice but to play follow the leader. And by following Samsung and making bigger iPhones, Apple ended up recording the most profitable quarter in history. Apple was late to the game when it comes to launching bigger phones, but the company did introduce a simple but brilliant new feature alongside the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. And now, Android users finally have access to that great new feature.  MORE → Leaked benchmarks show Samsung’s Galaxy S6 will be the most powerful phone ever made The Galaxy S6 Edge, the curved-screen version of the regular Galaxy S6 model, has supposedly been spotted in AnTuTu’s benchmark database, revealing the phone will offer significant performance improvements over last year’s model. In fact, the Galaxy S6 Edge broke all existing benchmark records, though it’s worth remembering that certain smartphone makers, including Samsung, have been found in the past to optimize their devices for such benchmark apps. As a result, benchmark scores might not always be the most important thing to take into account when comparing devices.  MORE → A top secret new Apple project may have just been uncovered Not too long ago, Tim Cook hinted that Apple is working on some amazing products that will be unveiled in the future, revealing the company is also developing some products that have yet to be mentioned in rumors in the press. Recently, however, various reports have taken stabs at what the company might be working on, and Business Insider may have now shed some light on one of them.  MORE → 2014’s sleekest Android phone finally starts getting Lollipop It might not have been the best-selling Android phone of 2014, but there’s little room to argue that the HTC One M8 isn’t the best-looking Android phone of 2014. And now, on the dawn of the HTC One M9’s debut, last year’s flagship smartphone is finally starting to receive its Android 5.0 Lollipop update in the United States.  MORE → Sony’s new Android smartphone isn’t the Galaxy S6 rival you’ve been waiting for Sony on Tuesday quietly unveiled a new Android smartphone, a 5-inch device that proposes interesting curved design lines and a slim body. However the new Sony Xperia E4 isn’t the Galaxy S6 rival Sony fans might have been waiting for.  MORE → Samsung’s stumbles mean there’s no one to stop Apple from crushing everything in its path Samsung’s smartphone profits have been taking big hits over the past year and that means Apple has become just about the only smartphone vendor in the world whose phones make significant profits. For a long time, Apple and Samsung ruled supreme as the world’s only two consistently profitable smartphone vendors but new data from Canaccord Genuity suggests Apple is now the only one left in the driver’s seat.  MORE → Major leak once again shows why HSBC is the world’s sleaziest major bank Surprise! The bank that in the past has happily helped launder money for drug cartels and terrorist organizations has no qualms about helping you evade your taxes too.  MORE → Dish just gave you another reason to subscribe to its awesome Sling TV service If you were on the fence about whether to subscribe to Dish’s Sling TV streaming service, the company just gave you a very tempting reason to take the plunge. Re/code notes that Dish has added AMC to its Sling TV package, which means that subscribing to the service will now give you access to Mad Men, The Walking Dead, Better Call Saul and other highly acclaimed shows.  MORE → Netflix’s list of America’s fastest ISPs in January – did yours make the cut? It’s been a while since we checked in on Netflix’s list of America’s fastest ISPs and it looks like longtime champion Verizon FiOS is finally getting some real competition. According to Netflix’s latest rankings, FiOS is now in a virtual tie with Cablevision Optimum for the fastest average Netflix streaming speeds of 3.43 Mbps.  MORE →