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Google Goes All-In With Hangouts as a Business Tool, Breaks It Into Two Apps: Meet and Chat

Kellen March 9, 2017 133

Hey, I've got Hangouts news for you! Will you like the news? That depends! Will you be 100% f*cking confused by it? That also depends! Let's talk about it! Exclamation point! Today, at Google Cloud's Next conference, the company announced the future of...

T-Mobile Increases Throttling Cap to 30GB

Kellen March 9, 2017 59

Because wireless carriers don't trust their own networks, they set things like throttling caps in place on the "unlimited" data plans that they sell you. It's a way for them to have an excuse when they are worried that heavy data users will impact the...

Gboard on Android Gets GIF and Emoji Suggestions, Improved Voice Typing, More

Kellen March 9, 2017 23

Gboard on Android is receiving an update this week that introduces a decent list of new features. From emoji and GIF suggestions, to improve voice typing, and Google Translate within, Google's keyboard is turning into the little powerful input beast we always...

Unlocked Galaxy S8 and S8+ Hit FCC With Support on All US Carriers

Kellen March 8, 2017 87

Samsung will announce the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ on March 29 at events in NYC and London. When the phones will hit stores is now anyone's guess, though, but current rumors point to anywhere from April 21 to the week following. As we get there, in order for...

HTC U Ultra: First 10 Things to Do

Kellen March 8, 2017 35

The HTC U Ultra is going to be a tough sell, I fully understand that. The phone is expensive, it's not sold through a single US carrier, and HTC already told us to expect another upgraded phone in the near future with a Snapdragon 835. Still, we know that some...

DEAL: HTC U Ultra is Just $635.99 at eBay ($113 Off)

Kellen March 8, 2017 30

Pre-orders of the HTC U Ultra in the US are apparently shipping from HTC's store, but look, you should probably cancel yours and just order one through eBay if this is the phone for you. eBay has been selling them for a good week or two now, with one seller...

Google Assistant in Full Rollout Now, Here are Some Tips to Get You Started

Kellen March 8, 2017 279

Last week, Google Assistant started a slow rollout to all devices running Nougat and Marshmallow. Over the past several days, we've seen a number of you ask when you might actually see it arrive on your phones, as if that rollout might have been slower than...

Android Distribution Updated for March 2017: Whoa, Settle Down Nougat!

Kellen March 7, 2017 30

Google updated the Android distribution numbers today, showing a rise in Nougat to almost 3% of the pie (2.8% to be exact). That's an historically massive jump from the 1.2% it sat at last month. It's probably the largest jump of a new Android version in...