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Google Hangouts
Google updates Hangouts app with combined SMS and IM conversations
Mobile phones

Google has updated its Hangouts Android app to combine both instant messaging conversations and SMS texts into a single stream per contact

Pioneer CarPlay
Pioneer adds Apple CarPlay to five existing in-car multimedia systems
Car accessories & equipment

Apple's Siri-controlled app system for cars is getting added to five existing Pioneer systems

Eyefi Mobi
Eyefi Cloud uploads your photos as you snap them
Cameras

Eyefi's new Eyefi Cloud app will now automatically upload your photos to the cloud using your Android or iOS smartphone, as you're taking them

Samsung Galaxy S5
Amazon and Samsung partner up for custom Kindle store on Galaxy smartphones and tablets
Mobile phones

Samsung has struck a deal with Amazon to develop a custom Kindle eBook store for owners of Galaxy smartphones and tablets

Harley Medical
Had a facelift? Harley Medical hackers have nabbed your personal details
Technology

Details of 500,000 Harley Medical customers have been stolen by hackers who then tried to extort money from the cosmetic surgery company

HTC One (m8)
Apple, Google and Samsung to add phone kill switch
Mobile phones

Smartphone thieves will soon be scuppered by a new high-tech feature that will make stolen devices useless

Samsung Gear 2
Samsung Android Wear smartwatch in the work
Technology

Samsung is actively investigating Google's Android Wear wearable operating system for an upcoming smartwatch

FMP-X10 Sony 4K media player
New Sony 4K media player comes with 4K Netflix
Media streamers

Sony announces new FMP-X10 4K media player in the US

Amazon smartphone
Amazon's long-rumoured smartphone may have leaked online
Mobile phones

Amazon's long-rumoured smartphone may have leaked online ahead of an official reveal from the company itself

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UK broadband speeds rise but rural communities are left behind
Technology

Average download speeds continue to rise in rural and urban areas, but experts argue that superfast connections are skewing the figures