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One of the more tricky parts to integrating Android apps with Chrome OS has been networking. It took a while for VPNs running on Chrome OS to apply to Android apps, and even longer for the opposite to work. Thankfully, VPN support for applications running in a Linux container has now arrived. Chrome OS 76 […]

For all the fanfare ultra wide angle cameras receive on the internet, it’s getting closer that has long presented the greatest frustration in smartphone photography. Digital zoom has been the stuff of tech-savvy humor for years, a feature reserved for those so illiterate in their usage of cameras as to not understand that it achieves […]

Update 1: 2019/04/24 9:08am PDT Update 2: 2019/04/25 1:32pm PDT The Galaxy Tab S4 is Samsung’s flagship tablet, and it’s one of the best Android slabs on the market. International models started receiving their Android 9 Pie updates a couple of weeks ago, and it’s now the US Wi-Fi (SM-T830) version’s turn. This update carries version numbers […]

Firefox for Android hasn’t received much attention lately from Mozilla — but for good reason. The company has been working on a new ‘Fenix’ browser designed to eventually replace the current Android Firefox browser. As part of an effort to shift all resources to the new browser, Firefox for Android will start to wind down […]

Update 1: 2019/03/30 11:39am PDT Update 2: 2019/04/26 6:18pm PDT After months of mediocre low-end Chromebooks, Asus finally announced a successor to its wildly-popular Chromebook Flip C302 earlier this year. The C434 is an upgrade in almost every respect, and now you can finally buy it — directly from Asus, anyway. The Chromebook Flip C434 has a […]

After missing its planned mark, LG is finally rolling out Pie for the V35 (ThinQ) in South Korea, which hopefully means that the rest of the world will see it in the coming weeks. Besides the G8, the V35 is now one of the only LG phones to be on Pie, but that list is […]

Update 1: 2019/04/24 9:08am PDT The Galaxy Tab S4 is Samsung’s flagship tablet, and it’s one of the best Android slabs on the market. International models started receiving their Android 9 Pie updates a couple of weeks ago, and it’s now the US Wi-Fi (SM-T830) version’s turn. This update carries version numbers T830XXU2BSD1/T830OXM2BSD1, and it weighs […]

Gboard’s latest update is out, but there no particularly notable differences have been spotted lurking in the interface. Instead, this update seems to be preparing a couple of changes that will end a year-long run for the Make A GIF feature and bring a couple data privacy options to users. Teardown <![CDATA[.teardown{color:black;font-family:Consolas,Monaco,'Andale Mono',monospace;white-space:pre;word-spacing:normal;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-hyphens:none;-moz-hyphens:none;-ms-hyphens:none;hyphens:none;display:block;overflow:scroll;}.token.comment,.token.block-comment,.token.prolog,.token.doctype,.token.cdata{color:}.token.punctuation{color:}.token.property,.token.tag,.token.boolean,.token.number,.token.function-name{color:}.token.selector,.token.attr-name,.token.string,.token.function{color:}.token.operator,.token.entity,.token.url{color:background:rgba(255,255,255,0.5);}.token.atrule,.token.attr-value,.token.keyword,.token.class-name{color:}.token.regex,.token.important{color:}.language-css .token.string,.style .token.string{color:background:rgba(255,255,255,0.5);}.token.important{font-weight:normal;}.namespace{opacity:.7;}.token.linebreak{opacity:0;display:block;}]]>Disclaimer: […]

We could start off this story by bagging the poor Apple technician that left a pre-production iPhone 4 at a bar and rehashing the Gizmodo saga from 2010. But the truth is that we’ve all lost things while we’re in the middle of doing something else like say, sitting on a train. One poor Honor […]

The first Wear OS smartwatches from fashion company Michael Kors were released in 2017, featuring bedazzled designs and high price tags. However, the ‘Sofie’ watch was lacking in features, even compared to other Wear OS watches at the time. An updated model was announced at CES 2019, and now it’s available for purchase. The new […]

With OnePlus, it’s easy to get caught up in the Open Beta program, since that’s where new features drop first. But in all that excitement and hype, it seems that the stable branch is often left to languish, which some people are quick to point out. Starting today, however, both the OnePlus 6 and 6T […]

Update 1: 2019/04/22 4:40pm PDT ATT Communications CEO John Donovan won’t be smiling now — while T-Mobile and Verizon calling out ATT’s “5GE” antics may have amused him, news of the federal lawsuit filed by Sprint against the company likely will not. In a strongly-worded complaint filed with the Southern District of New York, Sprint is looking […]