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Amazon’s Prime Now 1-Hour Delivery Service Hits Atlanta, GA

Tim April 2, 2015 31

Prime Now, Amazon's delivery service that can get you your purchased items in as little as an hour, is now available for residents of Atlanta, Georgia. With this latest addition, Prime Now is currently available in New York City, Atlanta, Baltimore, Miami, and...

T-Mobile LG G3 Receiving OTA Lollipop Update on April 7

Tim April 2, 2015 40

According to T-Mobile's product guru Des Smith, the G3 from LG is set to receive an OTA update to Lollipop on April 7. With this rollout, most carrier variant G3 owners will be running Lollipop, including those on AT&T and Sprint. We ran through what...

Disney Launches DuckTales: Remastered to Google Play for $9.99

Tim April 2, 2015 47

DuckTales, the classic platformer from way back in the day, is now back, this time available as a Remastered edition from Disney on Google Play. Priced at $9.99, the game has you play as Scrooge McDuck, exploring various levels, beating up monsters, and...

HTC Announces the One M8s, a Cheaper Version of Last Year’s Flagship

Tim April 2, 2015 43

We have officially passed April Fools' Day, but HTC wants to keep the jokes going. The company announced this morning the One M8s, which is basically a clone to last year's flagship device, the One M8. Featuring an identical body, with a slight difference in...

Deal: Motorola P4000 Power Pack Just $19.99 (Normally $80)

Kellen April 2, 2015 34

Motorola's latest $140-off promo for the Moto X has come to a close, but as has been the case lately, they went ahead and replaced it with another price slashing. Their P4000 Power Pack is now $19.99, down from $79.99. The "4000" in the name is in reference to...

Motorola: 1st Gen Moto X, Moto G With LTE, and Moto E All Jumping Straight to Android 5.1

Kellen April 2, 2015 125

Ready for new info on the status of the Lollipop update for your 1st gen Moto X, Moto G with LTE, and Moto E? According to David Schuster, the senior director of software product management at Motorola, all of those phones just mentioned will be updated...

HTC One M9 Receives S-OFF, Not Yet Available for the Masses

Tim April 2, 2015 23

For all of you tinkerers in the crowd, who happened to pick up a One M9 already, or at least plan on ordering one, the device has reportedly received S-OFF thanks to well-appreciated XDA forum members jcase and Beaups. With S-OFF plus an unlocked bootloader,...

HTC Sense Home Replaces Blinkfeed on Google Play, Brings Themes to One M8 (Updated)

Kellen April 2, 2015 42

This morning, HTC pushed an update to its Blinkfeed app on Google Play that introduces a new name to the product (it's now called Sense Home), along with a couple of features that were supposed to be big selling points for the yet-to-be-released HTC One M9. We...

Galaxy Z TriFold In US Samsung Stores Tomorrow, But You Can’t Buy It

Tim January 22, 2026 42

Galaxy Z TriFold launch is literally right around the corner, with units headed to select Samsung Experience Stores across...

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What’s Your Carrier’s Device Unlock Policy: T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T

Kellen January 21, 2026 42

One of the hottest topics of the moment for the US wireless industry is device unlock policies or SIM unlock policies. With...

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Verizon Wastes No Time Switching Device Unlock Policy to 365 Days

Kellen January 20, 2026 42

When the FCC cleared Verizon of its 60-day device unlock policy a week ago, we talked about how the government agency, which...

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Samsung Makes New Bixby Official in One UI 8.5 With Perplexity AI

Kellen January 20, 2026 42

The betas of One UI 8.5, as well as supposedly leaked screenshots, showed a potentially renewed investment in Bixby from...

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How to Claim the $20 Verizon Outage Credit

Kellen January 15, 2026 42

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 42

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 42

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 42

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

Kellen May 6, 2025 31

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 31

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 31

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 31

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 31

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 31

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 31

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 31

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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