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Opera is the first big web browser with a built-in VPN
If you've wanted to use a virtual private network to improve your web privacy or (let's be honest) dodge content
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Nova Launcher – THE BEST launcher on the Play Store. Period. (Review)
In the early days of home computing, if you wanted to access a program, you had to know how to speak your computer’s language. This language, or “code”, could be unique across multiple computer brands. You had to use a “command line” tool to talk to your computer. If you didn’t know how to speak
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Barrier X Review: Fast Paced and Fun
Overview Barrier X is a simple, fast-paced game where you dodge obstacles and continue as long as you can. Developer: PinkApp Cost: Free (In-app purchase for no ads) Review This is one of those games that fall into two categories. The first category is well known to everyone as a “Doctor’s Office game”. A game
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Find and play podcasts in the Android Google app
Google finally added podcasts to Google Play Music this week, but the episodic content is still rolling out to the
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Google Keep finally gets a Chrome extension for easier saving
Heads up, taskmasters and note-takers: Google Keep just got a few new features that should help it fit better into
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Pinterest rebuilt its app to speed up your board browsing
Pinterest regularly adds new features that make using its digital scrapbook of sorts a more pleasant experience. Features like shopping
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Skype’s chat bots come to Macs and the web
You no longer have to be quite so picky about where you chat with Skype's chat bots. The Skype
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This portable 7000mAh power bank from VicTec can charge your smartphone with no wires
Portable batteries are a dime a dozen on Amazon.com. They come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, materials, and charging technology. Most importantly, they all keep you going when you’re away from a wall socket. Today’s battery I am reviewing is the VicTec 7000mAh portable Qi Wireless Power Bank from Amazon.com. Specs 7000mAh Li-ion
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Bite Bite is a simple game of rhythm & patience, but needs more flavor (review)
Remember the children’s game where one player holds out their finger or hand, and can only retract it once the other person attempts to tap it? To pull out early is to risk being called a coward. To wait too long is to have your finger/hand being struck. While playing it, it takes a simultaneous sense of
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Roundup: Speck’s case lineup for the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
Here at AndroidGuys, we love phone accessories. Cases are the most popular type of phone accessory, everyone seems to have one! Today we’re going to be taking a look at the product lineup from one of the biggest brands in the world, Speck! Speck was gracious enough to send over some of its Samsung Galaxy S7
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Siri reveals Apple’s WWDC event will begin June 13th
When it comes to announcing plans for an event, the folks in Cupertino typically send out invites and info via
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Power Battery – Battery Saver: a feature (and ad) filled battery preserver. [Review]
Android’s battery life has improved by leaps and bounds over the past few iterations. Features like Doze and Android RunTime Compiler have reduced the battery draw of everyone’s favorite mobile OS significantly, and a combination of increased battery size and more efficient CPUs mean we’re getting some help from hardware, too. That said, though, you’ll
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Spigen’s Nexus 6P Case Collection, Ranked!
Spigen is one of the best case makers around; it makes great cases at reasonable prices. I had the pleasure of testing out its Nexus 6P collection, and I was not disappointed – every one of the four cases on this list is well worth your money, from aesthetic to protection. Ultra Hybrid Of the four units
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Tronsmart’s 5-port QC 3.0 power station can charge your Android smartphone from 0-80% in 30 minutes
I recently picked up an LG G5 to review, and one of the unique features it has is USB Type-C with Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 3.0. Most of these charging technologies can be confusing, because they’re always advancing so quickly. I also picked up the Tronsmart 54W 5-Port USB Charger Charging Station from Amazon since it is
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Hermit: Lite Apps Browser review
Overview Hermit is a unique app that lets you create desktop shortcuts to you favorite websites. This helps eliminate rogue apps draining your battery, frees up storage space, and helps simplify permissions requests from other apps. Opening Screen where all you bookmarks live. Developer: Chimbori Cost: Free (in-app purchases allows you to create unlimited apps)
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Bragi Dash review: The true wireless earphone
You know, when “wireless” earphones began to flood the headphone market, I was somewhat confused. They still had wires. Shouldn’t they be called semi-wireless? That fact kind of killed my interest in them all together. I wanted the real deal. Straight up earpieces, no cables. Fortunately, a company came along that recognized that problem as