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USB Type C Chargers Reviewed: Charge into the Future (Safely)!

With the transition to the new USB Type C connection, there’s been a stark difference in the quality of the new USB Type C cables and chargers. I’ve covered quality USB Type C cables in a previous post, but you also need a USB Type C charger to make full use of those cables. Fortunately,…
Android Apps on Chromebook – Video

Last month I wrote a bit about an exciting development for Google’s Chrome OS laptops – the upcoming ability to access the Google Play Store and use Android apps – and now that ability is here. Sort of. Android Police has published a Youtube video of some of their first impressions of these Android apps…
Google Prompt Makes 2-Factor Authentication Easier

Two-factor authentication (2FA) is a somewhat new concept to many people, but with the wave of passwords thefts from popular sites (32 million stolen from Twitter, 117 million from LinkedIn, and over 270 million from various email services), it is almost a necessity nowadays. Google has provided 2FA for your Google accounts, for several years, and I…
Android Apps on Chromebook: A Better Android Tablet Experience

One awesome thing that the Google Chrome team at Google I/O demonstrated that I didn’t mention in my Google I/O 2016 roundup article was the announcement that the Google Play Store – and (essentially) all the apps within would be coming to ChromeOS in the coming weeks and months. You can watch a demonstration of a…
The Best Bluetooth Car Adapters for Any Car

If you have a car without Bluetooth and you want to add it, you’ve only got a few options. You can either buy a new car, buy an (for a few hundred bucks), or you can buy a Bluetooth car adapter. While new head units (and new cars) have their place, if you’re happy with…
Google I/O 2016: What’s In Store For Google

This week marks the beginning of Google’s I/O Developer Conference for 2016. This is often an interesting event since it, like WWDC for Apple, shows some of the future products and service that Google is working on. Here are some of the biggest things that have been announced and demonstrated so far: Google’s Amazon Echo…
Get the Most Out of Google’s Project Fi

I’ve been on Google’s Project Fi for a couple of weeks, and I wanted to put together a few things that I’ve found that can help new users to get the most out of Project Fi. If you don’t know about Google’s Project Fi cell phone service, I have a short introduction to Project Fi right…
Adapters Make USB C Transition (Mostly) Painless

If you’ve bought any sort of non-Apple smartphone or electronic device, you probably have a few (or a few hundred) Micro USB cables laying around. If you’re shopping for a new phone or other electronic device, you’ll notice that many use a new port – called USB Type-C – that is shaped differently than the…
Google Fi – A New Sort of Cell Phone Service

Recently, both my wife and I decided to upgrade our phones. Since we’re always looking to keep our monthly expenses as low as possible, I had been taking the opportunity to not only research the best phone value but other cell providers, if the price was right. Enter Google Fi – a cell phone provider with a…
App Review: Tunable

The second app in my series of musical app reviews is Tunable, by Affinity Blue. This is a much more well-rounded app than ClearTune, featuring a tuner, metronome, and a recorder. Tunable is available on both , , and even the (for Amazon Fire tablets) for $2.99. Like before, my screenshots and my thoughts come…