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Of the companies with skin in the smart lighting game, Philips’ Hue brand is perhaps the most well-known and reputable. Best Buy is currently offering a Hue starter kit with four multicolor LED bulbs, with two Google Home Minis thrown in, for just $169.99 — an impressive $128 less than the regular price. The Hue […]

By killing Inbox, Google is leaving many users without a comparable fallback solution, even though it’s arguing Gmail has the same features as the defunct client. Readdle is using this as an opportunity to bring Spark, its popular email client, to Android with hopes it will fill the gap left by Inbox’s demise. I’ve been […]

Today is apparently World Backup Day, which means there are sales on hard drives, NAS units, microSD cards, and other mediums of storage — sadly, I haven’t seen any discounts on Zip Disks. If you happen to have a phone with a microSD card slot, today is a good opportunity to get extra storage. For […]

Update 1: 2019/03/31 8:12am PDT Huawei’s cameras have become exceptional over the past few years, and earlier this month, the company unveiled more phones with excellent camera performance. While the P30 and P30 Pro have already turned heads with its 5x optical zoom, its low-light performance appears to beat the Pixel’s Night Sight in certain cases. […]

The 3.5mm headphone jack is now the exception instead of the standard in the flagship smartphone world. Many consumers have turned to Bluetooth options, but there are still some folks who prefer wired audio. If you’re in the latter camp and you hate dealing with dongles, you’ll probably want a set of USB Type-C headphones. […]

Update 1: 2019/03/26 6:54am PDT Update 2: 2019/03/29 4:48am PDT Samsung’s One UI is possibly the hottest update the company has issued for its devices. Owners of the S9, S9+, and Note9 have enjoyed it for a while, and so have those who bought the new S10/S10+/S10e, but users who have the older generation of flagships from […]

Update 1: 2019/03/29 2:13pm PDT Two days ago, Sony revealed a drastic change in its business organization going forward. Sony’s Mobile Communications division — responsible for the Xperia line of phones — will be merged with the Imaging Products Solutions and Home Entertainment Sound divisions. This “realignment” unifies all of Sony’s consumer electronics branches under a […]

Google may be working on a larger Hub, but not everything requires a big screen. If you don’t care to make video calls, the seven-inch Google Home Hub can likely fulfill all your smart display needs. It’s going for $130 just about everywhere lately, but right now, you can grab one in either chalk or […]

Motorola started the trend of cheap phones that aren’t junk with the original Moto G back in 2013. That was the first time you could buy a phone for a couple hundred bucks that would get you through a day without making you want to hurl it through the nearest window. The success of that […]

Apple released an updated iPad Mini earlier this month, with one of the new features being Apple Pencil support. Samsung also has released an updated version of its 8-inch tablet, complete with S Pen support. Coincidence? I’ll let you be the judge. As the name implies, the “Galaxy Tab 8 A with S Pen 8.0” […]

Update 1: 2019/03/27 8:45am PDT Samsung announced the Galaxy Watch Active alongside the Galaxy S10 a few weeks back, and it said the Watch Active would be its first smartwatch with blood pressure monitoring. However, the device has been on sale for weeks, and owners report there’s still no blood pressure monitoring. Samsung, meanwhile, remains silent […]

Update 1: 2019/03/26 6:54am PDT Samsung’s One UI is possibly the hottest update the company has issued for its devices. Owners of the S9, S9+, and Note9 have enjoyed it for a while, and so have those who bought the new S10/S10+/S10e, but users who have the older generation of flagships from 2017 have had to […]