Google’s new project may not make you a star, but you can help make a movie about one. Today, on August 21, the US will experience something it hasn’t had happen in around 100 years. A total solar eclipse will cross the United States. This event doesn’t happen again until 2024, so people are pretty …
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Supercheap phones are great to give to kids as their first devices or have on hand for backup. But the low-end components that make them cheap typically also make them slow and frustrating to use. Android Go, Google’s new, light version of Android Oreo (and beyond) promises to work smoothly on extremely inexpensive, ultra-entry-level phones. Specifically, those that have 512MB …
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The Essential Phone is here, but it may get overshadowed by a bunch of other hot phone launches from Samsung, Apple and Google that are expected to hit very soon. Despite that, there’s plenty to discuss about the first device from this startup, which was created by Android father Andy Rubin and has raised loads of funding already. Also on …
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As with movies and smart home devices, Australia, the UK and other countries come late to the new tech packing the US market. One of the latest is the Bixby voice feature in the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus phones, Bixby being the assistant software similar to Siri or Google Assistant — which itself just arrived in Australia with …
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That video there on your screen, the one demanding to be watched — is it basically just gonna eat a few minutes of your life for no good reason? That’s the question Google wants to help you answer with a new search feature announced Friday for its mobile app on Android and its Chrome browser on Android. Now, if you …
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Spotify has a treat for those who use the music-streaming service for free. Starting now, free users will be able to enjoy and control music through a Google Home device, just as premium subscribers have been able to do since the launch of the home hub, Spotify said Friday. The news could nudge some free Spotify users toward investing in …
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Google is now officially counting down to Monday, Aug. 21 — but not just because it appreciates a good solar eclipse. The company has just announced it will fully reveal Android O, the next revision of its popular operating system, as soon as the sun is blotted out of the sky. You can find the company’s countdown clock right here, …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Note 8 will try to win back burned Note 7 fans 3:32 On Wednesday, August 23, Samsung will reveal its most hotly anticipated phone in years — partly because the Galaxy Note 8 will almost certainly be the company’s highest-end flagship device and partly because the previous version had a tendency to burst into flames. …
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Watch out cable TV, YouTube is coming to get you. And now it’s after your paying subscribers in Boston, Tampa, Seattle and 11 other cities. YouTube TV, Google’s live TV streaming service that costs $35 per month, is available in 14 more US cities starting Thursday. Combined with the 15 cities already served, half of the households in America can …
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That new Essential Phone you’ve been eagerly awaiting? Essential has promised preorders will start shipping within a week. The announcement, sent today via email to customers who’ve preordered the device, promises the device will ship within seven days after payment is received. It’s been a rocky road for the Essential PH-1, as it’s officially known, with the company missing its …
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