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Google Pixel Phone Initial Reviews Released
The Google Pixel and Pixel XL phones announced earlier this month at Google’s latest hardware event aren’t quite out yet (they will be in stores and arrive on doorsteps on October 20th), but the first wave of review are out, and right now, the overall opinion is positive but with a few caveats Review Highlights…
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Google’s Pixel C – Better With Android 7.0?
I wrote a little bit about Google’s supposed top-of-the-line tablet, the Pixel C, several months ago. In that post (which you can find here) I wondered aloud what Google was trying to accomplish this tablet. The Pixel C hardware was clearly ahead of Google’s Android software, and the overwhelming response from Google was “wait until…
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Requiem for the Headphone Jack: An Android User’s Perspective
The new iPhone was unveiled yesterday, and with it, one of Apple’s worst-kept secrets was finally made official. The iPhone 7 will finally do away with the 3.5mm headphone jack. This isn’t the first time Apple has “added” features to its hardware by removing them, but this one may be the most controversial. Apple’s previous…
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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,…
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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…
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How Much Does Google Know About You?
If you use Google search, Chrome web browser, Gmail, or an Android phone, Google knows a lot about you. Now, Google has made it easy to see just how much that is, with Google’s new My Activity page. This page, although certainly a bit creepy, also makes it easy to delete whole blocks of activities…
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OK-Google: A Complete List of Google’s Voice Commands
OK Google is, as you probably know, Google’s voice assistant, similar to Apple’s Siri or Amazon’s Alexa. However, like all voice assistants, it suffers from one major UI problem – it’s very difficult to know what commands will or will not work without trying them, and no one (well, almost no one) wants to spend…
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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…
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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…
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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…