Looks like Lenovo hopped on the bandwagon of releasing iPhone X lookalikes. The company announced the Motorola One and Motorola One Power on Friday at IFA 2018. The two phones feature a notched display with a 19:9 aspect ratio. They’re also both Android One phones, which means they’ll run a stock version of Android and …
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31 August
YouTube Giving makes contributing to charities easier
YouTube is making charitable donations through the site easier with new Giving features. These additions include beta versions of fundraising and donation-matching tools, as well as Super Chat for Good, a variant on the “tip jar” it added in 2017, the company said Thursday in a blog post. A Fundraiser feature allows creators and nonprofits to embed a Donate button in …
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31 August
Step aside, Super Soaker, the Spyra One shoots water bullets
If you were a kid in the ’90s you probably remember the reign of the Super Soaker. The plastic neon water guns would bring incredible joy (or fear, depending on the wielder) on hot days. But that was two decades ago, and water guns haven’t changed too much since. With the Spyra One, they could get the upgrade they deserve. …
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31 August
Walmart.com won’t sell certain items if you live too far away, report says
Have you noticed some regular household items you want to buy on Walmart.com are out of stock? There may be a good reason for that. Walmart changed its e-commerce systems to avoid orders deemed too expensive to ship and started telling customers those items are “out of stock,” according to The Wall Street Journal. If the item is stored in …
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31 August
Sprint’s new Unlimited Premium plan adds Amazon Prime and more
Sprint launched a new unlimited plan Friday called Unlimited Premium that includes Amazon Prime, Hulu, TIDAL, Lookout Premium Plus and a 50GB LTE mobile hotspot. It costs $90 a month. For a limited time, the plan also gives customers $20 per month in Uber rides. “We’ve heard from customers who literally ‘want it all,’ so we designed a plan that delivers …
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31 August
Siri will show you your passwords if you ask
I typically shun Siri because I find it’s easier to tap and swipe my way to what it is I need on my iPhone ($285 at Amazon). With iOS 12, though, Siri is getting smarter and has given me one very good reason to use Apple’s digital assistant. Siri will show me any of the passwords I have saved to …
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31 August
Google just reportedly said it won’t release a Pixel Watch this year
With all the recent updates to Google’s smartwatch platform and Google’s new phones expected Oct. 9 — not to mention a rather specific report — the company was widely expected to have its first Google-branded Pixel Watch in tow. But according to Tom’s Guide, Google has officially confirmed that it has no plans to release its own watch in 2018. Google …
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31 August
Watch Red’s ‘holographic’ Hydrogen One phone get first video unboxing
Here’s our full review of the Red Hydrogen One phone. Nobody’s made a phone quite like the Red Hydrogen One before — a $1,200 handset with modular parts (bolt-on batteries and swappable cameras), a rugged build with scalloped edges and squared-off corners instead of curves, and an intriguing ‘holographic’ screen. And while the jury’s still out on many of those features …
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31 August
The best Labor Day 2018 deals at Best Buy
Labor Day isn’t really a big “tech-deal” holiday, right? Tell that to Best Buy. The big-box store just took the wraps off some pretty sweet discounts, and I’ve rounded up the items I think are worth a look: Ninja The Ninja Coffee Bar Brewer with Thermal Carafe for $100 (save $100): Why monkey around with pricey, environmentally unfriendly K cups …
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31 August
Rumored Panasonic full
It’s a Photokina year, so it’s not surprising that Panasonic would be announcing something besides its Lumix LX100 II advanced compact, but the company has been firmly Four Thirds since its first interchangeable-lens model came out over 10 years ago. So the rumor that the company plans to show a prototype of a full-frame camera on Sept. 25 at the …
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