January, 2018

• 17 January

  Use the OnePlus Switch app to ditch your old Android phone

  

  OnePlus recently released a new Android app, OnePlus Switch, aimed at making it easier to keep all of your important information when switching to one of the company’s phones. Now playing: Watch this: OnePlus 5T equals a few key upgrades 1:24 As long as your old phone is running Android 6.0 or above, the app …

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• 17 January

  Google search gives priority to websites that load fast on phones

  

  Want people with phones to find your website? Better make sure it loads fast, because otherwise Google will punish you in its search results. Google long has given fast-loading web pages preferential placement in search results, but for now that only happens when people search on personal computers. Starting in July, particularly slow websites will be penalized in search results, …

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• 17 January

  Samsung Bixby: 7 things to know about the personal assistant

  

  Now playing: Watch this: See Samsung Bixby in action 1:49 Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant have a new frenemy. Samsung’s Bixby is a personal assistant that comes with the Samsung Galaxy S8 ($180 at eBay), Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus, and Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ($240 at eBay). Here are 7 things we currently know about the mysterious assistant. It’s mobile only… …

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• 17 January

  How to sign up for Google’s Project Fi

  

  In 2016, Google opened its wireless service, Project Fi, up to the general public. Before that, users had to receive an invite and jump through a few hoops.  Since then, users could sign up and use Project Fi as long as he or she owned a compatible device (more on that in a minute) and was willing to pay $10 …

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• 17 January

  5 ways to clean up your Facebook news feed

  

  Has your Facebook news feed become a jumble of uninteresting or annoying posts that you skip over to get to the stuff you do care about? It doesn’t have to be that way. Facebook offers a handful of tools that let you weed out the stuff you don’t want so you can more quickly get to the stuff you do …

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• 17 January

  Sprint says Verizon customers aren’t very smart

  

  Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Lacking in intelligence? Sprint/iSpotTV screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Have you ever been in an argument and called your opponent stupid?  How did that go? Generally, calling people dumb doesn’t exude emotional intelligence.  Yet here is Sprint suggesting that Verizon customers might not do too well …

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• 17 January

  The Surface Book 2 is on the way to the UK and Australia

  

  If you live in the UK or Australia, you’ll soon be able to get your hands on the Surface Book 2. Microsoft’s latest hybrid laptop is now available for preorder in 17 new markets. The Surface Book 2 features a powerful graphics card for gaming and offers both a 13-inch and 15-inch display. As a laptop, it’s meant to compete …

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• 17 January

  Google Home speaker crashing routers

  

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• 17 January

  Google’s art selfie app doesn’t work in some states

  

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• 17 January

  Google to expand massive network, new Android spyware discovered

  

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