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Samsung Shipping One UI 3.1 Update to Galaxy S20, Galaxy Note 20 Lineups

Tim February 18, 2021 3

Samsung announced the news many Galaxy owners have been waiting for -- One UI 3.1 is coming to more devices outside of the new Galaxy S21 lineup. This is fantastic news, as One UI 3.1 is, in my opinion, the best iteration of Samsung's custom software yet....

LastPass Wants More Money, Will Require Premium Account to Access Service on Multiple Device Types

Tim February 17, 2021 54

LastPass announced big changes this week, changes that will undoubtedly affect each and every single one of its free users. Beginning March 16, LastPass will only allow free users to use one device type with their account, meaning users will need to choose if...

You Can Now Pay for Your Fare, Parking Right Inside Google Maps

Tim February 17, 2021 6

Google introduced quite the feature this week, one that allows users to pay for things like street parking and your public transit fare all from right inside Google Maps. In a world where we want to limit what we touch with our hands, this is indeed welcomed...

Verizon Galaxy Note 9 Gets February Security Patch

Tim February 17, 2021 2

Verizon and Samsung are on a tear lately with the Galaxy Note 9 -- this thing won't STOP getting updates. This time, it's the February security patch, coming in with software version N960USQS7FUA1. While it may not be Android 11, owners should be happy that...

ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning System Available for Pacific Northwest Starting Next Month

Tim February 16, 2021 1

This isn't exactly Android-related, but it is wireless industry-related and Pacific Northwest-related (we're based in Portland, OR), so that's good enough for us. Announced this week, the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system, the same system in use in...

Essential Now Owned by Nothing

Tim February 16, 2021 32

Nothing, also known as Nothing Technologies, is now the owner of Essential, the once darling phone company that could have been something very special if it wasn't for a large amount of misconduct concerning its founder Andy Rubin. With all of that behind us...

Android 12 is Snow Cone

Tim February 16, 2021 20

While Google is no longer doing a big public song and dance for dessert names and Android releases, internally things are a bit different. Android developers are utilizing the letters "sc" in the source code for Android 12, short for Snow Cone, and honestly,...

Galaxy Chromebook 2 Available for Pre-Order Starting at $549

Tim February 16, 2021 6

This year's all digital CES was extremely boring, but one product that caught our eye was Samsung's new Galaxy Chromebook 2. For starters, it's relatively cheap starting at $549, but it comes with some fine specs to make what should be quite the Chrome OS...