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If you value your personal information, you might want to think twice about selling your used Android phone. According to Robert Siciliano, identity theft expert for McAfee, it’s virtually impossible to completely wipe personal info from devices running Google’s OS, even if you adhere to manufacturer directions when restoring to factory settings. Siciliano conducted an

We’ve been hearing a lot of talk about a promotional push for HTC’s line of One handsets, but we weren’t aware what heights they were going to … literally. The manufacturer sent out a press release this morning detailing a television ad that will begin running next Wednesday to promote the new phones.  In the

T-Mobile has introduced all new meaning to the term junk mail. Customers are reporting that the carrier has apparently started to incorporate advertisements in Android users’ notification screen through its updated My Account application. The app is designed to be a tool for T-Mobile customers to better keep track and manage their account, but it

The hype has been building for months. We loved what we saw back at CES in January, and we’ve been foaming at the mouth ever since. The Lumia 900 is only a week and a half away from launch and, to prepare, AT&T and Nokia are making a huge push to ensure the device is a

While the HTC Droid Incredible 4G has still yet to be officially announced, it isn’t stopping Verizon from discussing it internally. A new image appeared today that was sent to AndroidCentral by an anonymous tipster of an internal Verizon document that refers to the HTC Droid Incredible 4G.  It even goes so far as to

Apple filed a new notification patent in Europe earlier this week that is designed to cover Mail, Calendar and SMS in a single icon. Presumably designed for iOS, the trademark application covers “computer software for the redirection of messages, Internet e-mail, and/or other data to one or more electronic handheld devices.” In addition, we could

Former Creative Strategist for Call of Duty Robert Bowling, who announced his resignation via his Twitter account early this week, has spoken out about Call of Duty and Activision’s DLC subscription services. Just weeks before stepping down from Call of Duty and Activision, Robert Bowling was asked about bringing back throwback multiplayer maps in future DLC. Bowling

According to at least one person who pre-ordered his HTC One X for AT&T from Best Buy, the retailer has now revealed the release date. A gentleman named Miguel sent in the screenshots you see above to AndroidCentral last night showing that Best Buy wanted to let him know when his HTC One X was

The guessing game of when your Android handset will get updated to Ice Cream Sandwich just came to an end for those folks on Bell up in Canada. Despite having been announced last fall, Ice Cream Sandwich updates have been slow coming for a lot of handsets.  Sadly carriers have also been a bit lax

Paul Allen (yes, that Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft) must’ve been shocked when he discovered that someone impersonated him to access his bank account. And not just anyone — 28-year-old Brandon Lee Price is an Army soldier who had gone AWOL two years before. It hasn’t been confirmed if the soldier knew who he was

On Thursday the Fair Labor Association released its investigative report summarizing the working conditions at three of Foxconn’s factories. The association found health and safety risks and also said that employees were working “excessive overtime.” Foxconn has decided to cut back the maximum number of hours an employee can work to 49 hours per week,

You can now download and install the pre-release files for Minecraft version 1.2.5. The rundown of additions and changes includes stuff like shift+click support in furnaces, Mooshroom fixes and a way to drop TNT without causing an explosion (fellow Minecraft nerds will be excited about this stuff, we promise). This comes yesterday after a Tweet that teased

Temple Run from Imangi Studios arrived on Android devices earlier this week, and there was no doubt in my mind that it was going to become a huge success. But is has confirmed that today, with Google Play showing that the title has surpassed its first 1 million downloads within just three days. With over

Sony has announced via its Sony Developer World website that an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich beta is now available to download for the Xperia Play. The company is asking developers to focus on gameplay performance and highlight which games work well, which ones don’t, and “any unexpected behavior.” The Japanese company writes: As games are such

Following the release of another battery fix for its Lumia 800 yesterday, Nokia has launched a new software update tracker that allows users to find out when updates are available to download for their Lumia smartphones. The page breaks down the availability of each update by country, carrier, and product code, allowing users to find

Recent reports have claimed that Google Drive — an online storage service that is expected rival the likes of Dropbox — is set to launch in early April. According to a leaked screenshot that has surfaced today, all users will receive 5GB of storage for free as standard, and they’ll have the ability to view

Square Enix has released a new gameplay trailer for its upcoming title Sleeping Dogs. From the looks of the gameplay video above, Sleeping Dogs is going to be action-packed and full of thrills. The trailer highlights “High Performance Action Driving,” “Cars, Bikes & Boats,” “Illegal Racing,” “Ramming,” “Action Hijacking,” “Stunts,” and, of course, “High Speed

Hulu announced today that it has released a brand new Hulu Plus app for seven Android tablets. For those of you with Android tablets out there, Hulu is hard at work making sure you get the best experience you can while using their streaming service.  The new app is currently available on the Google Play

Maybe the legal gray area was more than Micro Systemation could handle. A day after demonstrating its XRY application on camera, which showed how the security function on an iPhone could be side-stepped in under two minutes, the Sweden-based company has pulled the video due to what we can only speculate to be a result

If there’s one indie game that’s been dodging in and out of the spotlight for years on end, it’s Fez. This project has gone through announcements, trailers, release dates and delays like nobody’s business. Finally, the date is official. Fez, according to the folks at Polytron Corporation, will be launching for the Xbox LIVE Arcade

T-Mobile on Thursday updated its support documents to reflect the impending arrival of Ice Cream Sandwich on the HTC Sensation 4G and Amaze 4G. Unfortunately, both of the devices are tacked with big To Be Determined (TBD) schedules, so we’re not too sure when the updates will hit. Still, the carrier has acknowledged Google’s fancy

Google has just launched Account Activity, a new feature designed to give people access to all sorts of interesting stats about their Google usage. The company emails a secure link that directs users to a password-protected page that contains a variety of historical data. You can peep who your most emailed contact was, whether your

Journey, the PlayStation 3 exclusive downloadable title from thatgamecompany, has officially become the fastest selling game on the PlayStation Network. The news comes as Jenova Chen, thatgamecompany’s Creative Director, posted the announcement and subsequent thank you to users on the PlayStation Blog. We actually recorded and shared a video of us playing Journey before the game

If you were a victim of Apple’s abominable “antennagate” scandal in 2010, your relief is arriving in the form of a $15 payday. As a result of a class action lawsuit, iPhone4Settlement.com has gone live “to inform qualified individuals who are or were the original owner of an iPhone 4.” As always, restrictions apply: you

Verizon Wireless’ LG Lucid Android smartphone is now available. We recently filmed an unboxing of the $80 phone and were blown away by the super fast 4G LTE speeds we saw in New York City. The device is also equipped with a 5-megapixel camera capable of recording 1080p video, a front-facing VGA camera for video