Project Fi is expanding its phone lineup just a tad. The Google phone network announced Wednesday that it’s adding the LG V35 ThinQ, the G7 ThinQ and the Motorola Moto G6 to its services. Announced earlier Wednesday by AT&T, the V35 is a half-step update to February’s V30 ThinQ and features a 6-inch OLED display, the Snapdragon 845 chipset and …
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Google may join the phone-notch bandwagon. According to Bloomberg, one of Google’s next marquee phones may flaunt a black cutout on the top of its screen. That means the Pixel 3 XL, as it’s expected to be called, will join the likes of the iPhone X, LG G7, OnePlus 6 and a few other phones that have a notch. In addition, …
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If you have an Android device and you want to see something weird, type “the1975..com” into your Google app. Seriously, try it. What you’ll see is quite puzzling: a list of your recent texts. A Reddit user discovered the glitch after typing “the1975..com” in the search bar on the default Google Pixel launcher. They were trying to type the …
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Think you’re getting a 120Hz TV? Hold up just a second. You might not be. Many TVs today are 60Hz, despite having “motion rates” and “effective refresh rates” claiming much higher numbers, including 120, 240 and more. TV companies are deliberately hiding the actual refresh rate from you, and it’s been going on for years. In some cases some 60Hz TVs …
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At CES 2018 LG announced it was adding Google Assistant and Alexa voice control to its OLED and Super UHD TVs with ThinQ (its branded AI); now Amazon joins Google with LG’s roll out of Alexa support. Its LG SmartThinQ Skill for Amazon Alexa allows you to ask your Echo to play your favorite show, launch LG WebOS apps and …
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Memorial Day weekend is here, and the unofficial start of summer brings plenty of tech deals. We’ve poked around a bit, sifted through the bargain bin (so to speak) and come up with a few sales worthy of your attention. Huge sale at Best Buy: The electronics superstore has a wide range of discounts on TVs, MacBook laptops, smart home …
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HTC recently teased the launch of its next marquee phone, promising on Twitter, “A phone that is more than the sum of its specs.” The meaning of that statement has turned into a whole other kettle of fish, with HTC explaining that the parts in question “represent the jumble of parts (specs) that our competitors inelegantly cram into their phones, …
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By the end of June, a new wave of phones with trendy AI features will start to sell for less. That’s when the first handsets to use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 710 processor will be ready for business. Mobile processors, or chipsets, are the brains behind everything from photo processing to device security and data speeds. The nuts and bolts of chipsets …
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The LG G7 ThinQ will launch June 1, but you can preorder the new handset from major US wireless carriers beginning this week. Verizon will kick things off Thursday, with Sprint and T-Mobile following suit on Friday, all with different purchase options, of course. Sprint is offering the handset for $33 per month on an 18-month Sprint Flex lease, while …
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With sunlight pouring in from a giant sliding door in a suite at Palo Alto, Calif.’s luxury Nobu hotel, Carl Pei sits on a firm grey couch. It’s early April and he has a lot on his plate. The company he helped co-found is a month away from announcing the new OnePlus 6 in London. On top of that, nearly …
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