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China Mobile has announced that the carrier added about 1 million new iPhone users in February alone, following the device's mid-January launch.

CEO Li Yue and the company announced their first decline in annual earnings in 11 years earlier in the week, following an expensive upgrade to their network and increased subsidies for smartphones to help stave off competition from China Unicom and others.

Following years of rumors that the carrier would strike a deal with Apple, it finally occurred this year after 4G LTE licenses were awarded to China Mobile and the new iPhones were built with support for those networks. "We added 1.34 million new 4G users in February and most of them are iPhone users. We are happy with the progress as we are still building our 4G network and the coverage is only available in some major cities," said the company.

Toshiba has finally revealed the full spec sheet for its upcoming Satellite P50t notebook.

The company first unveiled the notebook, which features a 4K resolution display, at this year's CES event.

At the heart of the notebook is its 3,840 x 2,160, 15.6-inch touchscreen, powered by an Intel Core-i7 CPU, 16GB RAM, a 2GB AMD Radeon R9 M265 GPU, 4 USB 3.0 ports, an SD/SDHC slot, Bluetooth 4.0, 802.11ac WiFi and pre-installed Windows 8.1.

Strangely, the device does not have a hybrid storage option, opting for a 1TB HDD. There is no optical disc drive, leading to a relatively light 4.8 pound frame.

The device has seen all kinds of teasers and leaks over the past few weeks, but the Oppo Find 7 is finally official.

As expected, the Find 7 will actually come in two models, the Find 7a (Find 7 Lite) and the standard Find 7, which a premium version.

The Find 7a has a 5.5-inch 1080p display, a 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800, 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage and a 2800mAh battery. The premium model has a 5.5-inch quad HD (2,560 x 1,440) display, 3GB RAM, a 2.5GHz Snapdragon 801, 32GB internal storage and a larger 3000mAh. Both have Gorilla Glass 3, a microSD slot (expandable up to 128GB), LTE, MaxxAudio plus Dirac HD audio enhancement and VOOC rapid charging promising "zero to 75 percent" in just 30 minutes.

Both devices run on Android 4.3 (with Oppo's Color OS 1.2 user interface) and have 13MP Sony CMOS sensors that can take 50MP shots thanks to Oppo's image signal processor dubbed Pure Image 2.0. The device takes 10 quick shots, picks the best four, and combines them into a 50MP shot (8,160 x 6,120).

Google has confirmed that its Chromecast HDMI dongle is now available in 11 new nations.

The device is now available in 11 more countries: Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the U.K.

Depending on where you are, there will be some native local apps available, including the BBC iPlayer in the U.K.; France TV Pluzz and SFR TV in France with CANALPLAY coming soon; and Watchever in Germany with Maxdome coming soon.

Adds Google: "Chromecast will keep getting better. We recently opened up Chromecast to developers, and in a few short weeks more than 3,000 developers worldwide have signed up to bring their apps and websites to Chromecast. You'll soon have more TV shows, movies, videos, sports, music and games to choose from. Stay up-to-date on the latest apps that work with Chromecast at Chromecast Apps"

The device is available through many major retailers including Google Play, Amazon, Currys and more.

Last night, Sony gave even more credibility to the virtual reality market, unveiling its Project Morpheus headset for the PlayStation 4 at the GDC 2014 event.

The Kickstarter-backed Oculus Rift had already revealed a promising future for VR, but Sony's new prototype should speed up the consumer adoption of such technology.

Morpheus is two pieces, a closed eyewear display with a PlayStation Move-esque sensor.

The new prototype is "a culmination of three years of work" says the company, and the VR headset is now available as a dev kit.

Sony says the LCD is 5-inches, with panel resolution of 1920×RGB×1080 (960×RGB×1080 per eye). The full field of view is 90 degrees and the device will have an HDMI + USB connection and built-in accelerometer and gyroscope sensors. On the audio side, the headset has "true spatial sound using binaural audio" and there is the option for your own headphones, as well. The device also has positional head tracking with full 360-degree tracking that can work with the existing PlayStation Camera.

Microsoft has confirmed that Xbox Chief Product Officer Marc Whitten has left the company.

Whitten was with Microsoft since 2000, and will now be the CPO of audio devices for Sonos.

Throughout his tenure, Whitten was instrumental in the launch of all three Xbox consoles and also in the launch of Xbox Live, which now has nearly 50 million paying users.

"I have had the extreme pleasure over the last 14 years to work on the greatest product with the greatest team and for the greatest community," said Whitten in the announcement. "Xbox is so special because of the amazing team I've had the opportunity to work with and because our fans are the most incredible fans on the planet. It has been the highlight of my career to work on a product so loved. It's incredibly tough to leave but I am confident the best days are ahead for Xbox fans, in the capable hands of a very talented team."

Microsoft Studios corporate VP Phil Spencer also commented: "I've had the pleasure of working with Marc for more than a decade and he has always led Xbox forward with a focus on our fans and delivering a platform that developers and creators can embrace to deliver incredible entertainment. We wish Marc well, while looking forward to the next chapter of Xbox."

Google and Viacom has finally settled a copyright lawsuit brought forth in 2007 that accused YouTube of allowing users to upload copyrighted movies and television shows from the content giant without permission.

Over time, YouTube parent Google won multiple court cases after Viacom failed to prove that YouTube had knowledge of what its users were uploading and were purposely allowing it. As recently as last year, Judge Louis Stanton ruled that "the burden of showing that YouTube knew or was aware of the specific infringements of the works in suit cannot be shifted to YouTube to disprove."

As stated in the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (with "Safe Harbor" provision), YouTube should be granted protection from claims like those brought by Viacom as long as they take down offending content after being made aware of its existence. For its case, Viacom had an extremely tough time proving its case. Of the hundreds of videos it initially cited, 100 were uploaded by its own employees to YouTube and it later removed 187 from the suit, causing confusion and weakening its claims.

Over time, the two companies have become partners, and YouTube has also exploded in popularity. Viacom now posts clips and longer form content on the network and Viacom is also a syndication partner with Vevo, the music video on-demand streaming site that gets most of its traffic through Google.

Just hours after Google unveiled the Android Wear SDK for smartwatches, Motorola has shown off their first wearable to use the Google Now-based software and user interface.

The gorgeous new Moto 360 watch will see release this summer, in a number of styles. The device is the first true smartwatch to use a classic round design rather than the geeky square/rectangle design of current smartwatches.

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Researchers over at security firm Symantec have come across a new advanced phishing attack aimed at stealing your Google credentials.

The new attack specifically targets Google Docs and Google Drive users. An email will hit your inbox with a subject line of "Documents" or similar, claiming there is an 'important document' stored in Google Docs that you can open by clicking the included link.

By clicking, you are directed to a Google Docs login page where you are required to input your username and password. The page looks just like the official login page Google uses when you have not signed in for an extended period of time.

The attackers have created a folder on Google Drive to host the phishing page, so the address bar does show Google.com, making the phish very clever for unsuspecting victims.

"The fake page is actually hosted on Google's servers and is served over SSL, making the page even more convincing," Symantec security expert Nick Johnston says. "The scammers have simply created a folder inside a Google Drive account, marked it as public, uploaded a file there, and then used Google Drive's preview feature to get a publicly accessible URL to include in their messages."

Apple has dropped Windows 7 support for their Boot Camp multi-boot utility for the redesigned Mac Pro.

The utility allows Mac owners to run legacy Windows applications on their computers, as long as they are Intel-based.

If you try to install Windows 7, the utility will prompt you to install "Windows 8 or later," and Apple has updated their support documentation to reflect as such.

Many professional users have not yet embraced Windows 8, and were likely not preparing to in the near future, either. With the new changes, Mac users will need to either upgrade or begin emulating Windows 7.

The new Mac Pro is built in the U.S. and the base model starts at $2999 and features a 3.7GHz Intel Xeon E5 with 10MB L3 cache and Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz, 12GB (three 4GB) of 1866MHz DDR3 ECC memory, Dual AMD FirePro D300 GPUs with 2GB of GDDR5 VRAM each. Flash storage shockingly starts at just 256GB, but can be configured up to 1TB. For connectivity there are four USB 3.0 ports, six Thunderbolt 2 ports, dual gigabit ethernet, and HDMI 1.4 UltraHD.

Apple has officially unveiled an 8GB model of their poorly selling iPhone 5C mid-range phone, but not for the U.S. market.

The device is on sale in Europe for £429 unlocked, £40 cheaper than the 16 GB model. The iPad 4 is also back, selling for $399 in the U.S. for the Wi-Fi model, replacing the three-year-old iPad 2 which Apple kept alive following the release of the iPad Air.

Apple turned heads when it brought back the iPad 2 as the "low-end" iPad option last year, given that it has an ancient A5 processor and 512MB RAM. The iPad 4 has a Retina Display, an A6X chip and 1GB RAM.

Both the devices are available in-store and online.

Earlier this month, Chrome and Android boss Sundar Pichai confirmed that the company would be releasing a new SDK for wearable devices beginning with watches.

Today, the company has revealed "Android Wear" in developer preview, showing deep integration with Google Now functionality.

More importantly, the company has also confirmed OEMs and partners for product releases this year including Asus, HTC, LG, Motorola, Samsung, Broadcom, Imagination, Intel, Mediatek, Qualcomm and even watch maker Fossil.

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According to multiple new reports, Amazon's highly anticipated media streaming set-top box is set for imminent release, likely within a few weeks.

Reportedly, the retail giant has already begun distributing pre-production hardware to developers to begin working on native applications.

The set-top box will come bundled with the Prime streaming library, say the reports, although it is unclear whether that means buyers will get a full Prime membership which also includes free 2-day shipping on million of items.

Staples and Best Buy have already signed on to carry the set-top starting in early April, but the price has not been revealed.

The device will use the Amazon "Fire" version of Android, meaning there will be an Amazon app store, not the standard Google Play store.

Sony Computer Entertainment has released the latest mandatory software update for the PlayStation 4, version 1.62.

The update is a full 336MB but there is little information provided in the change log.

Sony says with the update, "operation quality during use of some PlayStation 4 software has been improved."

There is no update to the console's UI, so it appears it really is just a large-sized patch to tweak performance.

Google has significantly expanded its Play Movies and TV application, adding new international support and new language support, as well.

The app now has support for 40 new languages, and the update also adds "the ability to download movies in either HD or SD," compared to just HD previously.

Change log:

-Support for over 40 new countries
-Get your content offline faster – now HD movies and shows may be downloaded in HD or SD.
-Improved video streaming performance for select KitKat devices.
-Additional app improvements and bugfixes.