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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Twitter acquires Cover, an intelligent lockscreen replacement app for Android

Well, that didn’t take long. After officially hitting the Google Play Store in December 2013, the popular Android lock screen replacement Cover has officially been acquired. Cover announced today on...

NVIDIA Shield update now rolling out with Android 4.4.2, remote GameStream and more

Remember that NVIDIA Shield update that I told you about back at the tail end of March? Well it’s rolling out today, and if you’ve got NVIDIA’s Android-powered handheld laying around, you may want...

Leaked Samsung SM-T800 tablet specs include 10.5-inch 2560x1600 AMOLED display, Android 4.4.2

The unannounced Samsung device spec leaks continue! Less than a week after a report claimed to have details on Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S5 zoom, the feature set of a new Sammy tablet may have made...

Verizon Wireless agrees to buy Cincinnati Bell spectrum licenses

There’s some big carrier news to help us kickstart this week in mobile, as regional operator Cincinnati Bell has announced that it will sell its wireless spectrum licenses to Verizon Wireless....

Qualcomm Snapdragon 808, Snapdragon 810 announced with 64-bit support and LTE

Looks like Qualcomm is helping spec hounds get their week off to a good start. This morning the chip maker announced the two newest entries in its line of Snapdragon processors, the Snapdragon 808...

HTC posts loss for Q1 2014, predicts return to profit in Q2 thanks to One (M8)

HTC has been enduring a pretty bumpy road as of late, and while we may now be in a new year, nothing changed for the Taiwanese firm in the first few months of 2014. HTC today announced its Q1 2014...

Motorola may offer leather option in Moto Maker customization tool

Sunday funday? More like Sunday Motoday. Earlier today we got wind of a mysterious Motorola device known as the “Moto X+1” thanks to a leaked image of a logo, and now it appears that more of Moto’s...

Windows Phone 8.1 to include Start Screen backup and restore

When Microsoft made Windows Phone 8.1 official earlier this week, it revealed a number of new features that are included with the update. Some of the bigger additions include the Action Center...

Motorola 'Moto X+1' logo revealed

Motorola Moto X + 1: coming soon pic.twitter.com/7c8Gy16rdl — @evleaks (@evleaks) April 6, 2014 Earlier this year, Motorola teased that the next version of the Moto X will arrive sometime in the “...

Android TV details and screenshots leak out

Remember last year when a rumor claimed that Google was working on a new TV project dubbed “Android TV?” There weren’t many details available about the effort at the time, but that’s changing today...

BlackBerry Z3 caught on camera with its Z10, Z30 siblings

BlackBerry officially took the wraps off of the Z3 back at the end of February, giving us our first look at the newest full-touch ‘Berry. We haven’t seen much of the device since then, but that’s...

Samsung Galaxy S5 wireless charging cases debut in back cover, S-View Flip Cover varieties

After recently launching wireless charging covers for the Galaxy S 4 and Galaxy Note 3, Samsung has now introduced some wireless charging cases for its latest flagship smartphone. Some new wireless...

New comScore report shows growth for Windows Phone and Samsung, losses for BlackBerry and HTC

What better way to ease into the weekend than with some fresh market share stats? That’s precisely what I’ve got for you today, courtesy of research firm comScore. Today comScore reported the...

BlackBerry Kopi poses for new set of clear photos

It's not clear if the BlackBerry Kopi will ever see the fluorescent light of a retail store, but if it doesn't, at least we'll still have a good idea of what the Kopi is all about thanks to the...

Verizon HTC One max to begin receiving Android 4.4.2 update next week

A little over a week after Sprint’s version of the HTC One max began receiving its update to Android 4.4.2, we’ve learned that it’s nearly time for the Verizon variant to get its own serving of...

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