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Sony’s new Xperia M5 and C5 Ultra handsets won’t be officially unveiled until next week, but that’s not stopping us from getting an early look at the unannounced devices. Earlier today Russian tech site  Hi-Tech.Mail.ru  leaked both devices in full, giving us a good look at Sony’s upcoming smartphones. Sony Xperia C5 Ultra The Xperia C5 Ultra is arguably the more interesting of the two. It has a big 6.0-inch Full HD display that extends all the way to the left and right sides of the chassis, giving it an almost bezel-free aesthetic . According to the leak, the bezels on the left and right sides measure only .8mm in length, which is very thin.   The C5 Ultra also sports a 13MP rear  and front-facing camera, complete with a front-facing flash. In addition, it’s powered by an octa-core 1.7GHz MediaTek MT6752 processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of on-board storage, microSD expansion, as well as a 2930mAh battery. According to recent leaks, the device could lau

Shutterstock As it stands today, the authorities have the ability to access a suspect’s mobile phone cell-site records without a court-issued warrant, even without taking into account the Fourth Amendment’s probable cause standard. That might change sometime soon, though, if a United States Supreme Court decision pans out in one defendant’s favor. The Supreme Court has just recently been asked to review a case concerning a certain Florida resident named Quartavious Davis who was sentenced to a life term for committing a number of robberies in 2012. The case build by the involved law enforcement officers was based on a long list of Davis’ mobile phone cell-site records that were obtained without a warrant. Davis is being represented by The American Civil Liberties Union, who wants the Supreme Court to overturn a decision filed in May  from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.  According to an ACLU attorney , this ruling against Davis was based on old cases that “don’t hold up wel

Country music fans looking for some free tunes need to look no further than Google Play. Right now Google is offering up its “Play: Country Hits” list for absolutely free, a list that is normally valued at $12. We’re looking at a total of 10 songs, from arts including Tyler Farr, Chris Young, Jake Owen, Josh Dorr, and a few others. There’s no word on how long the list will be offered for free, so we’d get to downloading now if any of these country songs are up your alley. Get it now on Google Play

Noodlecake Games is known for some pretty quirky titles, including the Happy Jump series and Small Fry , but their latest title certainly takes the cake . Shooting Stars is a new shoot em’ up that puts you on a mission to rid the world of alien invaders. Alien invaders that just happen to be disguised as various celebrities including Justin Bieber, Kanye West, and countless others — though their names have been changed slightly such as calling Bieber by the name Bieleber and Kanye is referenced as Kanye East. Here’s a full list of features, straight from the developer: Over 20 “celebrity” bosses Challenge your friends in a global and daily highscore battle Collect up to 50 amazing ultimate attacks and superfoods Stack superfoods for ultimate destruction Two different game modes: Card Hunt and Daily Challenge 16 beautiful collectible cards Thrilling soundtrack with stunning sound effects Weird and funny satire on pop culture Every game will be totally different Ride a fr

In December of 2014 Yotaphone took the veil off the YotaPhone 2 , an impressive upgrade to the original that took the concept of dual-screen e-ink/LCD to new heights. During its announcement, the company promised the phone would eventually make its way to the US. While it took its sweet time, Yota Devices finally looked to be making good on the promise when it launched its U.S. Indiegogo campaign in May.  Now in an unfavorable turn of events, Yota has canceled the U.S. launch of the YotaPhone 2 after all. Interview with Yota Devices ... Yotaphone 2 Review! Yotaphone 2 - First Impressi... Today the company sent out messages to its Indiegogo backers revealing that they are canceling release due to “unforeseen delays including both production and delivery of the North American variant of YotaPhone 2 from our manufacturer”. Furthermore, they go on to stress that the phones would end up showing up too late if they continued down this path and that it would interfere wi

Wireless Week When it comes to U.S. prepaid carriers, Cricket Wireless remains one of the best out there. With its “taxes included in pricing” structure to its excellent discounts for autopay and multiple lines, there’s a lot to love about Cricket. Now Cricket is getting even better for those who find themselves frequently making trips to Canada or Mexico. While Cricket Wireless already offered free calling and texting from the US to Mexico and Canada, now they are also adding free calling and texting to the US from Mexico and Canada. The new feature will go into effect on August 2nd for those in Mexico, with Canadian support coming “later that month”. For those that travel, this is certainly an excellent freebie. That said, this is a small restriction for calls made from Mexico to the US: they cannot exceed 50% of the total usage from the customer each month for any consecutive three-month period or the account could face termination. For more details on Cricket Wireless and its p

Smartphones are pretty quick these days, offering buttery smooth multi-tasking and packing enough grunt to push out plenty of pixels for high resolution gaming. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that the world of smartphones was quite different not so long ago. So, let’s take a little time to appreciate just how far our little smartphones have come. We could spend ages talking through every new chip, technological breakthrough and chip design under the sun, but I just can’t bring myself to type out that many model numbers, instead let’s talk performance. Although benchmarks might not be perfect, they’re not a bad guide to theoretical peak performance between devices running the same test. GeekBench is one of the more reliable and has achieves that go back quite a way, so we’ll be pulling some data from there. Android vs iOS There’s no better place to start than the old Android vs Apple grudge match, so let’s delve back in time to see who topped the smartphone benchmarks each year. Appl