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YouTube TV is Finally Getting Custom Multiviews

Kellen April 23, 2025 3

To celebrate 20 years of YouTube, Google announced a handful of upcoming features on a couple of different YouTube products that you could soon take advantage of. From YouTube TV to YouTube Music to YouTube on TVs, we have incoming changes that sound like much...

Instagram Launches New ‘Edits’ Video Editing App

Tim April 22, 2025 2

Content makers have a new video editing app to play with called Edits. Launched by Instagram, the idea is to make the process of creating videos on your mobile device easier, which is fine because many people know that it can be quite frustrating. After...

Samsung is Doubling Your Galaxy S25 or Galaxy S25 Ultra Storage for Free

Kellen April 22, 2025 1

With the global economy swinging wildly from one day to another, we've sort of been sitting back and wondering what might happen to all of the excellent deals we have seen companies like Samsung run over the years. Will trade-in values hold? Will there be the...

Gmail Gets New ‘Manage Subscriptions’ Tab on Android

Tim April 22, 2025 5

Gmail users on Android should be on the lookout for a new Manage Subscriptions tab, making the action of unsubscribing from annoying email lists a very simple process. We received the tab as part of a server side change. Once live, you hit that new Manage...

Google Fi Introduces New Essentials Plan, Adds Upgrades to Unlimited Plans

Kellen April 22, 2025 9

Google Fi is celebrating 10 years today by bringing us a brand new Essentials plans, their most affordable in the plan lineup. In addition to that new option, their older plans are getting some decent upgrades, with name changes in there too, without any price...

Galaxy S24 Enters Renewed Program, Like-New Phones for Lower Prices

Tim April 22, 2025 2

The Galaxy S24 series of devices has entered Samsung's Certified Re-Newed program, meaning that if you go to Samsung' website to try to buy last year's models, you'll likely only find the Re-Newed options. Actually, I'm looking at it now and you can find the...

T-Mobile Introduces 2 New “Experience” Plans With Several Upgrades, Price Lock Promise, But Taxes Not Included

Kellen April 22, 2025 7

T-Mobile unwrapped two new plans today called "Experience More" and "Experience Beyond." They are introducing these as a response to Verizon pushing out an upgrade to its Unlimited Ultimate plan and a promise not to raise prices for 3 years. And it's obvious...

Galaxy S25 Lineup Gets April Security Patch

Tim April 21, 2025 4

Samsung is shipping out the latest security patch to owners of the Galaxy S25 series, that being the April patch. The changelog is beyond generic. It says, "The current software update provides performance improvements and the most up to date Android security...

How to Claim the $20 Verizon Outage Credit

Kellen January 15, 2026 4

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 4

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 4

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 4

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 4

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 4

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 4

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 4

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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Google’s Latest Ad Pokes at iPhone for Copying Its Features, iPhone 17 Rumors

Kellen May 6, 2025 3

The iPhone 17 won't arrive for months, likely after Google releases its Pixel 10 series. For the most part, all talk around...

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Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro Unboxing and Tour!

Kellen October 11, 2023 3

Some of you have been lucky enough to receive your Pixel 8 or Pixel 8 Pro pre-orders a day early, thanks to Google's wildly...

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Pixel Watch 2 Unboxing and Tour!

Kellen October 11, 2023 3

The Pixel Watch 2 has been on my wrist for a full week and my list of notes has only grown. I've tested sleep tracking, put...

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Video: Galaxy Z Flip 5, Z Fold 5 Unboxing!

Tim July 27, 2023 3

Samsung was gracious enough to send us its latest foldables devices, the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Galaxy Z Fold 5. Naturally,...

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Google Pixel 7a Unboxing and Tour!

Kellen May 10, 2023 3

Because the Google Pixel 7a is available today for you to run out and buy at $499, you may not want to wait around for our...

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VIDEO: Galaxy S23 Ultra Unboxing!

Tim February 3, 2023 3

Unboxing time, baby! We have the Galaxy S23 Ultra in-house, a bit before they're set to make their way to buyers later this...

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Pixel 7 Pro: First 10 Things to Do!

Tim October 13, 2022 3

Fancy new Pixel 7 or Pixel 7 Pro just show up at your doorstep? Perfect, then this video is for you. As is tradition, we've...

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Pixel Watch: First 10 Things To Do!

Kellen October 13, 2022 3

The day that most of you will receive your Google Pixel Watch from pre-orders is here. It's time for you to slap Google's...

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