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Completely Customize Your Android Phone With These Apps [My Life Scoop]

Kellen July 26, 2012 32

As I mentioned a few weeks ago, Intel asked if I would be willing to contribute some of my thoughts and tips for the connected lifestyle over at their My Life Scoop blog. My previous piece had to do with the first 5 apps that I figure every new Android user...

Kellen July 26, 2012 32

Our last "Show Off Your Home Screens Day!" was back in March, which was way too long ago. We can imagine many of you have gone through a dozen different looks since then, so we thought today (with the suggestion of a reader) would be a great day to show off...

Tim July 26, 2012 32

Gameloft has lowered the price on their newest racing masterpiece, Asphalt 7 to a single dollar. They haven't posted an explanantion for the change in Google Play, but if you were looking to pick up this epic game, then now would be the time. It's officially...

Kellen July 26, 2012 32

Moments ago, Google unwrapped their latest search feature called Handwrite. Once enabled on your mobile device, you can search for items by writing them out on your screen with a finger. As you can see in the screen shot above, the search works just as would...

Tim July 26, 2012 32

Today, Google announced Google Fiber for Kansas City. Google Fiber is the "journey to bring ultra-high speed Internet to Kansas City." With 1Gbps up/down data speeds, which is over 100 times faster than America's average broadband connection, Google is setting...

Tim July 26, 2012 32

According to the latest report from comScore, during a three month period ending in April, buyers moving from feature phones to smartphones, instead of feature phone to feature phone, increased almost 10%. More importantly to us, is that 61.5% of the folks who...

Tim July 26, 2012 32

Today, Sprint and AT&T announced that customers in the below-listed areas will see 4G LTE turned on, if not by now, then sometime very soon. More specifically, Sprint says that the four markets listed should have their 4G LTE fired up before Labor Day (9/3...

Kellen July 26, 2012 32

How can you not love Asus? And when I say that, try to envision me staring directly at Verizon's person in charge of network security. If you weren't aware, the Transformer Pad Infinity (TF700T) ships with a locked bootloader. However, if you want to unlock it...

How to Claim the $20 Verizon Outage Credit

Kellen January 15, 2026 11

Verizon announced today that it would give all of its customers a $20 credit after experiencing a 10-hour outage yesterday....

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Android 16 QPR3 Beta 2 Just Released for Pixel Phones

Kellen January 14, 2026 3

Google has released Android 16 QPR3 Beta 2 for all of its still-supported Pixel phones, tablets, and foldables. After...

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Google Just Gave Gemini “Personal Intelligence”

Kellen January 14, 2026 3

Google's Gemini now has Personal Intelligence and can reason across your data, assuming you give it access. For AI as an...

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2026 January Pixel Update Available for Your Pixel Phone

Kellen January 12, 2026 10

We've entered 2026 and the first Google Pixel update of the year is here. For those with a still-supported Pixel phone or...

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Apple to Use Gemini to Power New Features on iPhone

Tim January 12, 2026 5

Google and Apple released a joint statement today, announcing a multi-year collab which will bring Gemini to Apple's...

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Galaxy S25 Sales Going Up When It Should Be Going Down

Tim January 12, 2026 7

There's something funky going on with Samsung's Galaxy S25 series sales numbers. As one might imagine, after the first few...

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Google Gave Your Gmail 3 Actually Useful Gemini Features for Free

Kellen January 8, 2026 7

Not that any of us expected Google to dial back on the Gemini push as we enter 2026, but I'm also not sure I anticipated them...

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T-Mobile’s New “Better Value” Has Lots of Data and a 3-Line Requirement

Kellen January 7, 2026 9

T-Mobile announced its new Better Value plan with all of the data, included streaming perks, and a 3-line requirement. T-...

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Samsung Smacks $1,000 Off Galaxy Z Fold 7

Kellen January 16, 2026 32

The Galaxy Z Fold 7 remains the best foldable in the game. In my opinion, there isn't a foldable close to this one - it's...

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“Final Call” on Google’s $250 Off Pixel 10 Pro Deal

Kellen January 15, 2026 32

We know this isn't actually the "final call" on Pixel 10 Pro deals because Google is always running deals on its smartphones,...

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Galaxy Watch Ultra for $329 Currently Unbeatable ($320 Off)

Tim January 15, 2026 32

For Android users looking to match what Apple offers with the Apple Watch Ultra, the Galaxy Watch Ultra is currently the...

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Pixel 10 Pro Slapped With Fresh $250 Off Discount

Kellen January 4, 2026 32

Google opened up its New Year's deals this weekend, bringing a new wave of discounts to all of its newest and best products....

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Pixel Watch 4 Gets $100 Discount to End the Year

Kellen December 31, 2025 32

Grabbing a Pixel Watch 4 to end 2025 is a thing you can do at its biggest discount to date. The LTE models are all $100 off,...

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Samsung Likes Taking $250 Off Its Galaxy S25 Ultra

Kellen December 30, 2025 32

Starting off a new year with a new phone sounds like a pretty fun idea to me. As someone who switches phones every month or...

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Galaxy Watch Ultra at $399 Still Available ($250 Off)

Tim December 26, 2025 32

For those with an aging Galaxy timepiece on the wrist, now is a good time to consider an upgrade. Samsung is offering very...

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Samsung Takes $1000 Off Galaxy Z Fold 7, Provides Free Storage Upgrade

Tim December 24, 2025 32

The holidays are a great time spoil others, but maybe it's time you were just a tad bit selfish and thought about your own...

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