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HTC Valentine’s Day Deals Include $150 Off HTC 10, $200 Off One A9

Tim February 10, 2017 16

HTC Hot Deals are back for this year's hottest holiday - Valentine's Day. Starting today through Friday, February 17, folks can pick up a number of HTC devices, all with big savings attached. As listed, you can grab a HTC 10 for $150 off ($549), One A9 for $...

Honor 8 Getting Nougat, EMUI 5.0 Update on February 11

Tim February 10, 2017 9

According to the Twitter account for Honor US, Honor 8 owners can expect a massive update coming to their phones quite soon. As announced, EMUI 5.0 on top of Nougat will begin rolling out tomorrow (February 11, 2017) to all Honor 8 devices. Happy days, indeed....

Google I/O Ticket Application Window Opens February 22 at 10AM PST

Tim February 9, 2017 11

In past years, whenever Google opened up registration for Google I/O, swarms of people would blitzkrieg the website, typically leading it to crash. Thankfully, for the past couple years, Google implemented a lottery system -- not a first-come, first-served...

Ready Your Daydream Headset, VR-Enabled Sites Up on Chrome

Tim February 9, 2017 14

Following up on December's story that Google wanted to make Chrome a better place to find virtual reality content, sites are already going up to support the initiative. This week, there are a handful of websites that offer VR-supported content, such as light...

#TBT: TSF Shell and SBP Mobile Shell Were the 3D Launchers of the Future

Tim February 9, 2017 24

2011 through early 2012 was a time when "3D Launchers" were getting a lot of attention, but don't ask me why. They seemed janky, never running completely smooth on our underpowered Android smartphones, and for the most part, they were ridiculously expensive. ...

NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet, Tablet K1 Receiving Nougat Upgrade

Tim February 9, 2017 30

NVIDIA announced big news this morning, the shipment of Upgrade 5.0 (aka Android 7.0 Nougat) out to owners of the SHIELD Tablet and SHIELD Tablet K1. Inside this large update, users will find added support for the new SHIELD Controller (2017), Split-Screen...

Wednesday Poll: Are You Buying the Watch Sport or Watch Style?

Tim February 8, 2017 88

We have two new smartwatches from LG hitting the market this week, the Watch Sport and Watch Style. Both come with Android Wear 2.0, but each carries quite a different design -- one is more sporty (hence the Sport name), while one is, forgive my choice of...

List of Watches Receiving Android Wear 2.0

Tim February 8, 2017 27

For anyone who already owns an Android Wear watch, you're likely wondering if and when your smartwatch will receive Android Wear 2.0. I don't blame you. The latest build of the smartwatch OS features Google Assistant and access to Google Play, sure to be a...