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Thanks to a premature Best Buy listing, we were already expecting Motorola’s second-generation Moto E. But the company today made the most affordable smartphone in its lineup official.

On sale today in the U.S. and other markets, the device comes with 4G LTE and Android 5.0 Lollipop pre-installed, and it can be yours for just $149.

BlackBerry 10 wasn't the savior BlackBerry hoped it would be. Photo: BlackBerry

BlackBerry 10 wasn’t the savior BlackBerry hoped it would be. Photo: BlackBerry

BlackBerry’s smartphone business is imploding in a big way in the U.K., where the company is currently losing around 56,000 users every month to Android, iOS, and Windows Phone, new research shows.

Just two years ago, the Canadian company had around 8 million non-business users in the U.K., but that figure is expected to fall below 1 million by the end of this year.

New notifications options inside Android 5.1. Screenshot: Android Police

New notifications options inside Android 5.1. Screenshot: Android Police

I don’t know about you, but I’m forever missing notifications because I forget to disable silent mode on my phone when I wake up. But in Android 5.1, you can have your volume turned up automatically when your alarm goes off.

"Get your hands on a bigger boom." Photo: HTC

“Get your hands on a bigger boom.” Photo: HTC

HTC’s BoomSound speakers are already the best smartphone speakers you can get — by far. But the Taiwanese company promises it’ll deliver an even “bigger boom” with the One M9, which makes its debut at Mobile World Congress next week.

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“While you were away” in action. Photo: Twitter

Twitter’s new “While you were away” feature, which helps you catch up with some of the interesting things you might have missed while you were offline, is now available on Android through the official Twitter app.

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