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Best Buy Offers Minimum of $100 Towards Nexus 9 When You Trade in Any Working Tablet

Tim November 24, 2014 154

From now until November 29, if you trade in any working tablet at Best Buy, you can get a minimum savings of $100 towards the Nexus 9. If your tablet is in working order, with no cracks on the display, you will receive a $50 gift card, as well as a $50...

Moto X (2nd Gen) on Verizon Gets Android 5.0 “Lollipop,” Here is the Full Changelog (Updated)

Kellen November 24, 2014 303

The Moto X (2nd gen) on Verizon is indeed receiving an update to Android 5.0 "Lollipop" this week. Well, a soak test of the software update is rolling out to members of Motorola's Feedback Network as I type this, but assuming it goes well, the rest of the...

Forgotten Shores Chapters for Monument Valley Now Available as $1.99 IAP

Tim November 24, 2014 16

The long-awaited Forgotten Shores chapters for Monument Valley are now available on Android through the app itself, priced at $1.99 as an in-app purchase. In the newest set of levels, you will help the same young girl as before, but taking her through much...

Morning Routine Update Brings a Material Design Explosion That You Have to Play With

Kellen November 24, 2014 59

Before you even read this, you may as well go install Morning Routine right now. Trust me, it will be worth it. Even if you don't need an alarm app (yes, this is an alarm app), I think you will enjoy this app's Material Design explosion. If you ever wanted to...

Best Buy Offers Verizon’s DROID Turbo in Blue, Same $199 Price

Tim November 24, 2014 75

Now available on Best Buy's site is the DROID Turbo, but in Blue. Usually coming in a Red or Black color option, anyone looking to separate themselves from the pack now has an option. Priced the same as in Verizon stores, you can grab this new colorway for $...

NVIDIA Hosting Black Friday Deal on Two SHIELD Bundles, Save Up to $88

Tim November 24, 2014 25

NVIDIA looks to be setting up for a few Black Friday deals of their own, two gaming packages to be specific, which could save you quite a bit of cash up front if you take mobile gaming very seriously. For a limited time, beginning November 28 at 12:01am and...

Nexus 6 Teardown Reveals a Device That You can Mostly Repair

Kellen November 24, 2014 44

When iFixit performs a teardown, they give us a score in a 0-10 range, with 10 being easily repairable by their standards. While few of us will ever try and repair broken parts on a phone, there is some comfort in knowing that if your $600+ device breaks, you...

T-Mobile Adds Google Play Music and Xbox Music, 12 Other Services to Music Freedom

Kellen November 24, 2014 125

T-Mobile added 14 new music services to its Music Freedom program, this morning, including Google Play Music, which won a popular vote contest put on shortly after the music program was announced earlier this year. T-Mobile also added Xbox Music and SoundCloud...

Verizon Wastes No Time Switching Device Unlock Policy to 365 Days

Kellen January 20, 2026 125

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 125

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 125

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 125

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 125

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 125

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 125

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 125

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

Kellen May 6, 2025 154

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 154

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 154

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 154

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 154

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 154

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 154

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 154

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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