Google hasn’t been shy in recent years when it comes to leaks and teasers for its Pixel devices. Last year the search giant preannounced the look and some features of the Pixel 4 four months before the full announcement, and this year’s Pixel 4A reveal included teases for the upcoming Pixel 4A 5G and the …
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Motorola Razr 2020 review: The iconic flip phone has done it again, this time with 5G
7.8 Motorola Razr $800 at Lenovo $800 at Best Buy Get Price Alerts You’re receiving price alerts for Motorola Razr Like Refined design Quick View display functionality Updated specs and cameras Better battery life Don’t Like The quieter “squeak” Back glass easily scuffs Poor camera performance in low-light High price The new Motorola Razr 2020 addresses most of the issues …
Read More »Restore Gmail contacts you’ve deleted by mistake with this simple trick
If you’ve ever deleted a Gmail contact and only later realized what a big mistake you’ve made, you can relax as long as you made the change in the last 30 days. Regardless of how many contacts you add or delete, Gmail keeps a 30-day history of every contact in your address book. So if you accidentally delete one or …
Read More »Judge to hold hearing Sunday on Trump administration’s TikTok download ban
A federal judge is expected to decide on Sunday morning whether to allow the US government to ban new downloads of TikTok in the Apple and Google app stores. The ban would take effect later that same day at 11:59 p.m. ET unless it’s blocked. The US Justice Department had until Friday to either delay the ban or file legal …
Read More »Friday deal roundup: New Amazon Echo discounts, a big Chromebook sale and more
Cheeps, I’m increasingly frustrated with coupons and promo codes that disappear or stop working — as I’m sure you are. I’m working with Amazon sellers to try to prevent this from happening so often. But the reality is that a few zillion Cheapskate newsletter subscribers and Facebook and Twitter followers often end up clamoring for what might be a few …
Read More »Amazon Luna: What we know about the new cloud gaming service
Amazon is getting into gaming. During Amazon’s big device announcement event on Thursday, the internet giant unveiled Luna, its cloud-based video game streaming service for Fire TV, phones, tablets and computers that rivals Microsoft’s xCloud and Google’s Stadia. A “Luna Plus” subscription will cost $5.99 per month as part of an invite-only early access program. A controller designed for the …
Read More »Apple Arcade one year later: Still delivering for casual gamers
Apple Arcade burst onto the mobile gaming scene in 2019 and made such an impression on me — a committed Android user — that I snagged a third-gen iPad Air on sale and subscribed. Since the service’s release, it has amassed a catalog of over 130 new and exclusive games, and with the release of iOS 14, you can see …
Read More »Updating to iOS 14 may remove Fortnite from your iPhone, Epic warns
Fortnite developer Epic Games is warning players that they could ax the popular battle royale game when they update to Apple’s iOS 14. “Fortnite iOS players updating to iOS 14 may lose access to Fortnite,” reads a tweet Wednesday from the Fortnite Status account. “If the message ‘Temporarily Remove Apps to Install the Software Update?’ is accepted, it may result in …
Read More »Epic, Spotify and other Apple critics form coalition to take on App Store rules
More than a dozen app makers and other companies have joined together to form the Coalition for App Fairness, a nonprofit group that’s taking aim at Apple and its App Store rules. Among the founding members are Spotify, Epic Games and Match Group, all of which have been vocal critics of the fees Apple charges developers. “As enforcers, regulators, and …
Read More »Amazon’s Fire TV Stick Lite brings the price of Alexa
With streaming more popular than ever during the pandemic, Amazon’s Fire TV family of streaming devices is getting an update. Or at least, a lower price of entry. The new Fire TV Stick Lite is now the company’s cheapest streamer at $30 (£30, AU$59), undercutting last year’s $40 Fire TV Stick. The Lite still offers access to Fire TV’s thousands …
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