Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Software

Facebook Messenger’s ‘Instant Video’ looks awfully Snapchatty

Bots have been all the rage in Facebook Messenger over the last few months, but today the social network is

Lumsing’s dual port charger covers all of your charging needs, including USB Type-C and QC 3.0

Quick Charge, Quick Charge 2.0, Fast Charge, Quick Charge 3.0 and the list goes on and on. Android smartphones are annoyingly confusing when it comes to charging terminology. All we really care about is that our phones and tablets charge as fast as possible. We shouldn’t have to do research on what exactly each charging

Moto Z Play Droid unboxing and first impressions

Motorola today announced its latest smartphone, the Moto Z Play Droid, which figures to be an exclusive smartphone for Verizon. With specifications that fall more in the middle of the pack for today’s handsets, it’s still quite the attractive package. We received a review unit of the Moto Z Play Droid on Friday and have

Surface Pro 3 battery issues disappear in today’s update

The Surface Pro 3 has been plagued with a software problem that causes some tablets to quickly lose power once

Blu Pure XR review: All the flagship you need and only $300

Miami-based Blu has released its latest smartphone, the Pure XR. Worthy of the title of flagship, it features just about every hardware detail you’d need or expect in some of today’s best Android phones. And, why not? It’s the first sibling to the Pure XL, a powerful device with a big screen and kick-ass hardware. What makes

Ocho welojes: The 8 latest smart watches on the market

Asus Zenwatch 2 The Asus ZenWatch turned some heads when it was released in 2014, but with more of the market moving towards round faces, nobody knew what to expect for its successor. The Asus ZenWatch 2 was announced at IFA in 2015 and released in September of 2015. The ZenWatch 2 was different from its

EasyAcc Monster 26000mAh power bank is freaky massive and can charge 4 phones simultaneously (review)

Battery life is one of the most important factors in a smartphone. One would logically think with a decade of building smartphones, that the battery life would be around two to three days by now. However, our smartphones are becoming increasingly powerful to handle our desire to do everything through our phones which leads to

Satechi’s Fast Wireless charger and multi-port station have all of your charging needs covered (including USB Type-C)

There’s a good chance that you own a new smartphone made in 2016. One of the biggest changes across Android smartphones is the change to USB Type C, the new charging standard. USB Type C brings a fully reversible plug that can be used on both ends of the cable, whereas the older microUSB standard

How dbrand skins made my cracked S7 edge glass look new and better than ever

Samsung’s latest flagship smartphones are without question some of the best looking devices on the planet right now. I’d argue nothing comes close when it comes to looks. However, its smartphones are made of glass which isn’t the most durable material as it is brittle and will crack or shatter under pressure. I used the

Parallel Space allows you to run 2 Android app accounts at once (review)

For a lot of us, our smartphones live a double-sided life. For some, it’s one life as a business tool (and often provided to us by our employer), and the other life as a personal digital sidekick. The business tool side of our device is all business and allows us to perform our work: responding to

CLARO changes your Android wallpapers for you (review)

Have you ever looked at your home screen picture and thought….that has been the same forever? It has become easy than ever to change just about anything you want in android. Changing your wallpaper while not difficult just plain gets forgotten. The fix, automatic wallpaper changers! They take pictures from the internet or your gallery

Microsoft Office for Mac gets 64-bit support for better performance

Microsoft announced in April that it would make the transition from 32-bit to 64-bit for Office 2016 for Mac. Well,

Tronsmart’s latest power bank is perfect for the Galaxy Note 7 and Nexus 6P

As you have witnessed, the mobile industry is slowly transitioning from microUSB to USB Type C. One of the first major smartphones to move to USB Type C was the Android enthusiast’s favorite, Google’s Nexus 6P. Since that phone was released there have been many other devices that followed suit including the LG G5, HTC

EyeCons is a speed-matching game that offers some fun! (review)

There are approximately 1 billion tile matching games in the Google Play Store. EyeCons is a a new 2-tile matching game that offers some unique twists as well as look & feel. It’s a great selection for all ages, as there is almost no text to get through. The game is actually a take on a

Google Duo: Finally, a FaceTime for the rest of us

Overview Duo is a simple, yet very well done video calling app from Google that aims to be the FaceTime for Android users. Developer: Google Cost: Free Impressions Long has the Apple community had access to a intuitive, simple and functional video calling service called FaceTime, and as long as Apple has had it, the

LimeLens: 2 Wide Angle Lenses For Your Android

The Low Down What it is: 2 Wide angle lenses Price: $49.99 Where to buy: Directly From Lime Lens  The Get Down For most of us, our phone is always with us, always within arm’s reach. We use it for everything from surfing the web, checking our email, looking at our bank accounts and even phone