• What Consumer Electronics Companies Must Do to Make 3D Profitable


    3D is emerging as one of the hottest trends in consumer electronics this year, especially in the digital camera and camcorder realm. Major brands including Sony, JVC and Panasonic all tout the technology that has finally reached a level of quality where it can be taken seriously. While 3D represents one of the most exciting enhancements to our entertainment experience, unit sales are still very low. Yes, even the earliest of adopters aren’t buying 3D TVs — yet.

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  • The 5 Biggest in Tech & Social Media This Morning
    Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on six particular stories of interest today.
    Recap: 12 Stories of Egypt in Turmoil
    We’ve been closely watching the rise of the protests in Egypt since they began, and in case you’ve missed our coverage, here’s a recap.
    Study: Android Now the Most Popular Smartphone Platform
    Google’s mobile platform Android has overtaken Symbian to become the top smartphone platform in Q4 2010, research firm Canalys reports.

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  • Intel identifies chipset design error, implementing solution



    As part of ongoing quality assurance, Intel Corporation has discovered a design issue in a recently released support chip, the Intel 6 Series, code-named Cougar Point, and has implemented a silicon fix.

    In some cases, the Serial-ATA (SATA) ports within the chipsets may degrade over time, potentially impacting the performance or functionality of SATA-linked devices such as hard disk drives and DVD-drives. The chipset is utilized in PCs with Intel’s latest Second Generation Intel Core processors, code-named Sandy Bridge.

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  • Google Launches Voice-to-Twitter Service Helping Protesters in Egypt
    A group of engineers from Google, Twitter and SayNow (which Google acquired last week) were hard at work building a speak-to-tweet service for protesters in Egypt this weekend. The service, which is already live, enables users to send tweets using a voice connection. Tweets sent using the service will automatically include the hashtag #egypt.
    People can also listen to the tweet messages by dialing the above numbers, and by clicking on the links posted to @speak2tweet.
    “We hope that this will go some way to helping people in Egypt stay connected at this very difficult time. Our thoughts are with everyone there,” Ujjwal Singh, co-founder of SayNow, and Google product manager Abdel Karim Mardini wrote in a blog post.

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  • Facebook Finally Adds HTTPS Support
    Facebook has finally added the ability to access the site via a HTTP Secure (HTTPS) connection, which
    should drastically increase security for users.
    HTTPS provides a combination of the HTTP and SSL protocols, enabling encrypted communication between your computer and a web server. Without it you’re exposed to sniffing attacks on the network; for example, if you’re using a public Wi-Fi to access

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  • Skype 5.0 for Mac Exits Beta, Group Calling No Longer Free
    Skype for Mac is out of beta, and version 5.0 is now available as a free download. No longer the poor stepchild of the PC, it’s finally catching up, matching most of the features of the PC version 5.0.
    Included in the new features are a call control bar, group video calling, the ability to search chat content, integration with the OS X Address Book, and a smaller floating contacts monitor. The only missing feature from the Windows version of Skype is its integration of the Facebook newsfeed.
    The beta version of Skype for Mac OS X has been available since last November (and the PC beta version was available in

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  • Visualizing Egypt’s Internet Blackout
    A scientist at the network security company Arbor Networks has used data from 80 Internet service providers around the world to create an image of the Internet block in Egypt. The graphic, which was compiled using anonymous traffic engineering statistics, shows traffic to and from Egypt dropping sharply around 5:20 p.m. ET. As of about three hours ago, traffic has not picked back up.
    Craig Labovitz, the creator of the graphic and chief scientist at Arbor Networks, says that he found no evidence of Internet disruption in Syria, debunking a report from Al Arabiya earlier Friday that

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  • Logitech’s Mouse for Couch Potatoes
    Logitech claims its Couch Mouse M515 is optimized for soft surfaces such as sofas, beds or carpets. No stranger to the wonders and allure of a comfy couch, I was eager to see if it could do better than other pointing devices at navigating a PC from, shall we say, more relaxing surroundings. I got the Couch Mouse working just a few seconds after plugging in Logitech’s signature “unifying receiver,” a USB dongle scarcely the size of a thumbnail that communicates flawlessly with most of its new pointing devices. Flipping on its switch underneath, the Couch Mouse was ready for action.
    Next it was time to try the mouse on a variety of surfaces, and it was able to navigate them all as if it were sliding around on a mousepad. Logitech calls the mouse “easy gliding,” and that’s a true statement.

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  • Google to Hold Android Honeycomb Event Next Wednesday


    Google will be holding a press event next Wednesday, February 2, at its Mountain View headquarters to show off Android Honeycomb, the company’s tablet-optimized OS.
    The invitation, which just landed in our inboxes, asks us to join the search giant “for an in-depth look at Honeycomb, Android ecosystem news and hands-on demos.” The stage presentations will begin at 10:00 a.m. PT. Google is calling it the event “A Taste of What’s New from Android.”

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  • Facebook for Android Gets Updated With Deals
    Facebook for Android has been upgraded to version 1.5.1, bringing access to Facebook Deals and fixing a number of bugs.
    Deals, which are only available in the U.S. at this time, show up when you check into a place, with the surrounding places displaying a yellow icon if they offer deals.
    Unfortunately, Android’s fragmentation rears its ugly head here, as many of the comments on the official Facebook post complain about bugs not being fixed, new bugs appearing or some features going missing – depending on what version of Android the commenters use.

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  • Top 10 Tips and Tricks to Train, Exercise, and Better Our Brain

    Top 10 Tips and Tricks to Train, Exercise, and Better Your BrainWhile we're always using our brains, we're not necessarily doing much to keep them in good shape. Here are the top ten sites and tools to train your brain and exercise your mental muscles.

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  • Difference Between the Human Eye and a Camera
    Pixiq has a great write up on the similarities and differences between the our eye and a camera. Apparently, we're the same in image focusing and light adjustment but different in lens focus and sensitivity to light. What else?

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  • The Best 3DTVs

    The Best 3DTVsSome 3D HDTVs actually kinda suck. The 3D effect can break down during fast movement and the active shutter glasses sometimes create a constant flickering effect. If you want decent 3D, check out these great sets recommended by Televisioninfo.com.

     

     

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  • The Best Notebooks of 2010 And Winner is
    The Best Notebooks of 2010













    To find out the best laptops of 2010, we checked in with Mark Spoonauer who, as editor-in-chief of Laptop Magazine and Laptopmag.com, oversaw 140+ notebook and netbook reviews this year. If you're buying, buy one of these.

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  • The Best Budget Camera Lenses
    The Best Budget Camera LensesIf you're shopping for a new lens of some sort, you've come to just the right place. Here's ThePhoblographer's list of the best lenses you can get your hands on without breaking the bank.

    Canon

    Canon 50mm F1.8/F1.4: When I first moved to Canon, I started out with the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II. Though it has some slight quirks to it (autofocus is a bit hard to do at time and can be slow) it is still a wonderful general purpose lens and an excellent lens for when videos need to be shot at something like a concert. Stopped down to F4, it is wonderfully sharp.

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  • The Best Gadgets - 2010

    The Best Gadgets
    "What gadget should I get?" is a timeless question. To answer it, here's our current leaderboard of favorite gadgets, including smartphones, laptops and cameras—updated with the latest and greatest of the whole year.
    We know you don't want to blow that paycheck on merely the shiniest, or the the simply newest. So we've considered a balance of price, features, reliability—and above all, quality—to make sure you're choosing a gadget that isn't just great, but one that's sensible. We've updated our roster of Giz-approved gadgets, and below, you'll find these picks—the best tech tools 2010 has to offer. 

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  • The Best Speakers Under $2,000
    The Best Speakers Under ,000You know who knows speakers? Audiogon, the high-end audio community knows speakers. So we asked them if it was possible to get kick-ass sound for under two G's. Their answer: a turned-up-to-eleven, room-shaking YES.

    $500 and Under

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  • Can I Port My Number to Google Voice?
    The one last barrier for you using Google Voice full time—number porting—just got knocked down. But should you use Google Voice? Almost certainly yes.
    Should I Port My Number to Google Voice?To quickly summarize, Google Voice is like a layer inbetween your regular cellphone/landline and the outside world. It can block calls, route calls on a schedule, record calls, transcribe voicemails, ring all (or none of your phones) simultaneously, send text messages over 3G data (or from your computer), and make and receive free VoIP calls on your computer using your normal phone number. It's really quite good, and I've been using Google Voice for almost two years now with no regrets.
    But should you switch?

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  • How Egypt Turned Off the Internet
    How Egypt Turned Off the InternetYesterday, something unprecedented happened: Egypt turned off the internet. A nation of 80,000,000 instantly disconnected. So how'd they do it?

    Phone Calls

    There was no giant lever or big red button involved, but in reality it was almost as easy: the Egyptian Government simply issued an order for ISPs to shut down service.

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  • Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Fan Page Hacked
    Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook fan page seems to have been hacked, with the hacker posting a message calling on the company to transform into a “social business.”
    The message, seemingly posted on Facebook from Mark Zuckerberg’s account, was quickly removed (together with the fan page), but not quickly enough to go by unnoticed, receiving more than 1,800 “likes” and hundreds of comments in the process.
    The message read: “Let the hacking begin: If

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  • Wireless Printing From Gmail Coming Soon to Android and iOS
    Using Google Cloud Print, Gmail users will soon be able to print documents from their iOS and Android devices.
    Similar to Apple’s AirPrint and HP’s line of ePrint printers, Cloud Print is designed to help users print from multiple locations or devices without having to worry about setting up a printer or installing drivers.
    Google Chrome gained Cloud Print support back in December. Right now, a computer running Windows is required for the initial setup; however, Google says that support for Mac and Linux is

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  • Facebook CTO: We’re Focused on Mobile in 2011
    Facebook CTO Bret Taylor says that the company will be focusing on mobile in 2011, specifically when it comes to delivering a consistent user experience across mobile platforms.
    At the Inside Social Apps conference in San Francisco today, Taylor revealed to Inside Network‘s Justin Smith that Facebook will be re-implementing many of its mobile websites and applications so they feel the same, no matter how they’re accessed.

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  • Facebook Cut Platform Spam By 95% in 2010
    Facebook CTO Bret Taylor revealed that the social networking site has cut spam on its platform by 95%, while cutting platform policies and rules by half.
    Taylor discussed the roadmap for the Facebook Platform at the Inside Social Apps conference in San Francisco. On stage with Inside Network‘s Justin Smith, the Facebook CTO started by discussing the current health of the social gaming market.
    “Gaming and apps have been growing like gangbusters,”

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  • First Look: Sony’s “Next Generation Portable”
    Sony rolled out its next-generation PlayStation portable gaming system today, with similar appearance to its current PlayStation portable, but with a higher-resolution 5-inch 960×544-pixel OLED touchscreen.
    Calling it the “Next Generation Portable” (but it’s clearly marked PlayStation), Sony showed a new user interface similar to the iPhone. It’s controlled by what Sony says are the first dual analog control sticks. Also on board are social gaming capabilities,

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  • Apple to Add NFC Functionality to iPhone and iPad
    Apple will add NFC (near-field communication) capabilities to its next generation iPhone and iPad, claims Richard Doherty, director of the consulting firm Envisioneering Group.
    NFC is a form of wireless data transfer over short (up to 4-inch) distances, which could be used to make purchases with a mobile device. If Apple ties the technology with customers’ iTunes account, making purchases might become as easy as swiping your phone over a specifically designed sticker or payment terminal.
    According to Doherty, Apple is thinking of starting a mobile payment service as early as mid-2011, integrating it into

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  • Sony Launches Vaio YB
    Sony India has launched the new Vaio YB range of notebooks based on AMD Vision CPU and GPU platforms, at a price tag starting Rs. 26,990 plus taxes.
    Sporting a 11.6-inch display the Vaio YB is available in three colors of pink, silver and green.
    The entry-level model comes with the AMD E-350 1.6GHz processor with Radeon HD 6310 graphics. It supports up to 4GB RAM, and ships with 500GB HDD.
    The new range will be available across all Sony Centers and major large format outlets from February 2011 onwards.

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  • Google Voice Now Supports Phone Number Porting
    If you’d like to port your existing phone number to Google Voice, you can now do so for $20.
    For current Google Voice users, this means you’ll no longer have to remember and use two separate numbers, one direct line and one Google Voice line, to get all of Google Voice’s features, including visual voicemail, conference calling, call screening and more.
    Last year, when Google Voice was still invite-only, Google announced some similar features that allowed users to use their own

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  • Twitter is Banned in Egypt
    Egypt Government decided to ban Twitter.com in Egypt on 25 January due to its role in dissemination of the revolutionary ideology among Egyptians.
    Although Facebook has a similar or may be larger role, it have not yet been banned, however some news sources claim that it will be banned during the coming hours.

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  • Abandoned Artwork

    Cleaning through my disks, and found some old renders from an unfinished animation.

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  • iPhone 4 Wait Over, AT&T FaceTime to Verizon iPhone
    DueliPhones.JPGWe are starting to see commercials for the iPhone 4 from Verizon Wireless.  Even Apple shows how lovely both the AT&T and Verizon iPhone 4s are performing an app waltz together.

    An iPhone commercial on YouTube, with the Blue Danube in the background, shows an AT&T iPhone and an Verizon iPhone performing the same steps and apps - each ending with two FaceTime video callers waving to each other.

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  • Apple Brings the App Store to Twitter
     
    Apple has launched @AppStore, a new Twitter account for its popular iOS and Mac App Store.
    The new @AppStore Twitter account only made its debut a few hours ago, but it has already amassed more than 35,000 Twitter followers as of this writing. For comparison, its sister account, @iTunesMusic, has more than 680,000 followers.

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  • What Technologies Are Getting You Through Monday?

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  • Phytonutrients ! Heard of it...

    What are Phytonutrients?

    Phytonutrients are nutrients derived from plant material that have been shown to be necessary for sustaining human life. Phytochemicals are non-nutritive plant chemicals that contain protective, disease-preventing, compounds. Their role in plants is to protect plants from disease, injuries, insects, drought, excessive heat,

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  • Mood-Food Relationships
       Research on the connection between a person's mood and the food he or she eats has reveled what many people have long believed, that eating a certain food can influence a person's mood—at least temporarily. Research by Judith Wurtman, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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  • Mobile Commerce Now Fueling Billions of Dollars in Transactions at eBay
    eBay is out with its latest earnings report, and with it, some intriguing numbers about just how big of a role mobile commerce is starting to play in its business.
    Overall, eBay’s revenue for 2010 hit $9.1 billion, $5.7 billion of which came from eBay’s marketplace business (from $53 billion worth of goods sold) and $3.4 billion of which came from PayPal transaction fees (from $91 billion worth of transactions).

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  • HANDS ON: Wireless Charger for iPhone 4 [PICS & VIDEO]
    Tired of dealing with wires to charge your mobile device? The Energizer Inductive Charger lets you place your iPhone or Blackberry on its shiny black surface, where it immediately begins charging wirelessly.
    Energizer’s $89 inductive charging station has been available for a few months, and the company’s been working on the various sleeves that must be placed on devices so they can work with it. So far, there’s a sleeve for the iPhone 3G and 3GS, a replacement door for the BlackBerry Curve 8900, and now,

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  • How to get more Tweeter followers

     

    by JD Rucker on Saturday, March 14, 2009
    As Twitter hits its stride and emerges as a juggernaut in social media, the top users on the site are distancing themselves from the pack.  The race to 1,000,000 followers will be achieved in a few months by some accounts.  With such strong followings, many new or inactive Twitter users may not think that there are top accounts that will follow them back.

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  • HANDS ON: Wireless Charger for iPhone 4 [PICS & VIDEO]
    Tired of dealing with wires to charge your mobile device? The Energizer Inductive Charger lets you place your iPhone or Blackberry on its shiny black surface, where it immediately begins charging wirelessly.
    Energizer’s $89 inductive charging station has been available for a few months, and the company’s been working on the various sleeves that must be placed on devices so they can work with it.

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  • The Internet is Running Out of Space
    On February 2nd around 4 a.m., the Internet will run out of its current version of IP addresses. At least that’s what one Internet Service Provider is predicting based on a rate of about one million addresses every four hours.
    Hurricane Electric has launched Twitter and Facebook accounts that count down to what it has termed the “IPcalypse.”

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  • Verizon Releases First iPhone 4 Commercial on YouTube
    Verizon has just launched its first commercial spot for the long-awaited Verizon iPhone on YouTube.
    The 30-second spot teases customers for the February 10 launch of the iPhone 4 on Verizon. It features lots of ticking clocks, dramatic music and people waiting in anticipation for the day the iPhone makes its way to largest carrier in the U.S.
    There is only one line in the entire commercial:
    “To our millions of customers who never stopped believing this day would come… thank you.”
    Let the Verizon iPhone countdown begin.

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  • See iPhone Multitouch App Switching in Action
    Here’s video evidence that lets you see the new multitouch, app-switching capability on the iPhone. We’ve seen this trick on a video featuring the iPad, but not one with the iPhone.
    Similar to the gestures available now on Apple’s laptops with their “Magic Trackpads,” a four- or five-finger multitouch gesture lets users move from one application to another. But don’t get your hopes up about using this on iPads or iPhones when iOS 4.3 is officially released. We obtained this from Apple’s official release notes for iOS 4.3, beta 2:

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  • 8 Fun Twitter Tools for Language Lovers

    Despite the undoubted popularity of third-party photo and video sharing services, it could be argued that Twitter is all about language.
    Whether it’s usernames, hashtags or that infamous 140-character limit, the service is built around using language in a very specific way. Even more fascinating to word lovers, Twitter has added a ton of vocab to our online lexicon, made abbreviations much more acceptable, and can spread new words globally in minutes.

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  • 10 Creative Uses of the New Facebook Profile
    Facebook users are showing off some serious creativity by taking advantage of the new profile page photo layout.
    French artist Alexandre Oudin (below) has been identified as the creator of the craze, and more and more designs are now emerging. People have been playing around with their profile pics since Facebook first launched, but the new redesign allows for some inspired fun including clever animations, typography and photography magic.

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  • Facebook Raises $1.5 Billion, Now Worth $50 Billion
    Facebook has just announced that it has raised $1.5 billion in venture funding from Digital Sky Technologies, Goldman Sachs and clients of the investment bank. With this round, Facebook is officially worth $50 billion.
    “Our business continues to perform well, and we are pleased to be able to bolster our cash position with this new financing,” Facebook CFO David Ebersman said in its announcement.

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  • Google’s Plan to Combat Search Spam
    Google admitted today that search spam has increased in recent months, and the search giant has outlined its plan to combat spam and the rise of “content farms.”
    Google search quality and SEO czar Matt Cutts published a detailed piece on the Google Blog regarding the company’s efforts to improve the quality of its search results. He starts off admitting what we’ve been suspecting for months: there are more spammers trying to scam unsuspecting Googlers.

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  • 5 Masterminds Redefining Social Media Marketing

      The Social Media Strategist Series is supported by StrongMail, which helps marketers forge meaningful, profitable and long-lasting connections with customers through e-mail marketing and social media. Learn more here.

    Social media marketing is a quickly changing area within the marketing discipline. Social platforms evolve, consumer needs change and businesses adapt.Within this space, a small set of leaders are paving the way for how businesses are using social tools. Whether they are reimagining platforms or creating new tool for analyzing data, these visionaries are steering the way towards innovation.
    Here are five masterminds that are redefining how businesses perceive, create, implement and analyze social media marketing programs.

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  • Is the White iPhone 4 About to Hit Stores?





    At long last, the mythical white iPhone 4 could finally be ready to reach stores.
    According to reports from Engadget and MacRumors, white iPhone 4 units are showing up in inventory systems at Vodafone Germany and Best Buy. Leaked screenshots of the Best Buy inventory system indicate a projected in-stock date of February 27, 2011.

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  • Facebook Launches New Mobile App for Feature Phones

    Facebook has just announced a new mobile application designed specifically for feature phones. The app will give feature phone users access to Facebook messages, events, pictures, news feeds, profiles and more.
    The app gives users a better, almost smartphone-like FacebookFacebookFacebook experience that includes simple homescreen navigation, contact syncing and fast scrolling of updates and photos.
    Users will be able to use the Facebook app without incurring data charges. The app is available on the following carriers in the following countries and will launch on more networks and in more areas soon:

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