Alex Wagner

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Alex Wagner

Editorial Director of News and Content for PhoneDog Media. Arsenal, beer, video games. Can be followed on Twitter at @alw. I participate in the Amazon Associates program, which means I may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links.

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BLU Life Pure XL official with 5.5-inch 1080p display, quad-core processor

Hot on the heels of its announcement of a T-Mobile LTE-compatible version of the Studio 5.0, BLU Products today took the wraps off of its newest flagship smartphone. Dubbed the Life Pure XL, this...

Snapchat update rolling out with Chat, video call features

Looks like Foursquare isn’t the only company announcing some major app news today. Snapchat today announced that it’s rolling out an update to its Android and iOS apps that adds a new Chat feature....

HTC One (M8) tipped to be coming in red, blue and pink color options

The HTC One (M8) is currently available in Gunmetal Gray, Glacial Silver and Amber Gold color options, and a leak recently revealed that a Glamour Red version is headed to Verizon. There’s some good...

Beats Music for iPad rolling out with version 2.0 app update

After first launching on Android and iPhone in mid-January and then hitting Windows Phone shortly thereafter, Beats Music today announced that it’s now making its way onto another device: the iPad....

Moto X 24-hour sale now live, pricing starts at $299.99

Motorola announced earlier this week that it was planning a special Mother’s Day sale on the no-contract Moto X that’d run on May 1. My calendar tells me that today is May 1, and just as promised,...

Verizon Xperia Z2 revealed by Sony [UPDATED]

Sony recently confirmed that the Xperia Z2 would be coming to this U.S. this summer, but the company would only say that it plans to sell the Z2 through its own online shop, saying that its...

Amazon smartphone reportedly revealed in clear image leak

The steady stream of Amazon smartphone news continues today with perhaps the biggest leak that we’ve seen to date. Today BGR has posted what it claims to be is an official image of the upcoming...

Foursquare to launch Swarm app for check-ins, Foursquare app to focus on discovery

Foursquare has long enabled users to check in to locations and see where their friends are, and more recently it began pushing the discovery aspect of its service as well. Soon Foursquare users won’...

Sprint Galaxy S III receiving Android 4.4 KitKat update starting today

Back in February, Sprint updated both its Galaxy S 4 and Galaxy Note 3 to Android 4.4.2, the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system. Now Sprint has revealed that it’s time for Galaxy S...

T-Mobile pulls in 2.4 million new customers during Q1 2014

Today T-Mobile announced its first quarter 2014 earnings, rounding out the quarterly reports of the big four U.S. carriers. T-Mobile reports that it added a total of 2.4 million customers during the...

Sprint reportedly planning to make formal bid for T-Mobile in the coming months

It’s been a while since we’ve heard any news regarding Sprint’s desire to acquire T-Mobile, but today a report has surfaced that claims that a formal offer from Sprint may not be far off. Source...

T-Mobile says 700MHz spectrum deal closed, details future LTE rollout plans

Last week, the FCC gave the green light to T-Mobile’s purchase of 700MHz A-Block spectrum from Verizon. Now the big magenta carrier has put up an official blog post to share the news of the deal's...

Google Search, Google Play Games receiving updates

If you took a survey of Android fans asking what their favorite day of the week is, I bet that many would answer “Wednesday.” And that’s not because they can go around saying “Uh-oh, guess what day...

Google releases standalone Docs and Sheets apps for Android and iOS

Google’s stable of applications is growing today on both Android and iOS with the introduction of dedicated Docs and Sheets apps. Google today announced standalone Docs and Sheet apps for Android...

Motorola's next smartphone to debut on May 13, will be 'made to last' and 'priced for all'

Looks like May is shaping up to be a pretty nice month for mobile fans. Huawei and LG are both expected to take the wraps off of their new flagship smartphones at the beginning and end of the month...

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