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[embedded content] It’s been almost three years since the episodic adventure series Life is Strange wrapped up on PC and console, and seven months since it debuted on iOS devices. Now Dontnod Entertainment’s acclaimed five-part story has finally arrived on Android on the Play Store With the original developer working on Life is Strange 2, […]
Continue ReadingArticle Contents Almost two weeks have passed since Google served us a slice of its official Android 9 Pie. Some of us had followed for months as the different developer previews landed and weren’t too fazed by the final release, but for those users who preferred to wait, there were many surprising changes from 8.1 […]
Continue Reading[embedded content] When it comes to smart assistants, Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa are the most competitive options out there. Both platforms can do just about the same thing, but Amazon has had a leg up by offering two smart speakers with displays. With Smart Displays, Google now has a product category that fully utilizes […]
Continue ReadingCrazy Rich Asians is a movie, due to its uniqueness and representation, burdened with unfair expectations. It has an all-Asian cast, Asian director, it’s based off a best-selling book by an Asian author, so it must be one of the best things that has ever happened to Asians (and be 100% accurate to all experiences) […]
Continue ReadingArticle Contents Chinese firm Mobvoi — founded by ex-Googlers — has a history of making connected watches that stretches back to its original TicWatch and TicWatch 2 running the proprietary TicWear OS. Around this time last year, the TicWatch S and E were launched with Wear OS (then Android Wear) on board, and they were […]
Continue ReadingBy Cory Doctorow <!– By Cory Doctorow –> Karl Schroder’s 2014 novel Lockstep featured tour-de-force worldbuilding, even by the incredibly high standards of Karl Schroder novels: the human race speciates into cold-sleeping cicadas who only wake for one day in ten, or a hundred, or a million, allowing them to traverse interstellar distances and survive […]
Continue ReadingXiaomi is coming full circle. The company that pioneered the “affordable flagship” model is launching a new sub-brand to sell even more affordable flagships. Ironically, Xiaomi is taking cues from Huawei and BBK, who copied Xiaomi with their budget-focused sub-brands, Honor and OnePlus. Editor’s Pick Android smartphones with the best battery life (July 2018) Some […]
Continue ReadingArticle Contents Two months ago, we reviewed the Acer Chromebox CXI3. Even though the CXI3 is a fantastic Chrome OS desktop, it’s somewhat expensive – the model we reviewed with a Core i5 processor and 8GB RAM costs $519.99. There’s a $469.99 Core i3 version and a $289.99 Celeron model, but those are also slightly […]
Continue ReadingArticle Contents Motorola is still pumping out successful mid-range and budget phones, but a smash-hit flagship device has eluded it for years. The Moto Z phones with their modular accessories have potential, but consumers aren’t running out to buy many $200 projectors or $130 photo printers. If you ignore the Moto Mods, past Moto Z […]
Continue ReadingWhen Motorola hosted a bunch of press at an event at their Chicago headquarters on August 2, the collective “Wait, what?” faces from those in attendance as a new phone was announced spoke volumes. We were all reacting to the Moto Z3, a phone we expected to be Motorola’s take on a 2018 flagship […]
Continue ReadingAt a press conference last month, renowned home audio brand Sonos made a big deal out of how its sound bar with built-in Alexa is going to change smart speakers and sound bars forever. But weeks before Sonos launched the Beam, a smaller audio company named Polk scooped it with an Alexa-powered sound bar of […]
Continue ReadingArticle Contents So-called smart speakers became the darling of every big tech company in the last three years, with Amazon, Google, and Apple all trying to push their digital assistants as a complementary and indispensable part of their locked-in ecosystems. Incremental advancement continues, and the Assistant-powered responses to Amazon’s trailblazing, screen-equipped Echo Show have started […]
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Categories: Products, Reviews, Smoking | by Jimmy Bell Tweet I am loving my new Mile High Hitter! Not only is the name cool, but the product itself is handy, unique, and lots of fun. First, the product […]
Continue ReadingOn Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Jerry Seinfeld drives famous comedians to various eateries to interview them over coffee. Now he’s leaving humorous reviews about the restaurants he’s visited on his show, reports Uproxx. Jerry and his guests give off a ‘coffee is coffee’ vibe as the show has always been more about comedians and […]
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Categories: Products, Relationships, Reviews | by Jimmy Bell Tweet Perhaps you’ve only just exited a long-term relationship and have never had any reason to consider online dating before. Or maybe you have friends who visit site after […]
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