#TBT: We Wrongly Thought Neptune Pine Would be Awesome

Please tell me you remember the Neptune Pine. Back in late 2014, the Neptune Pine finally launched, about a year after its debut on Kickstarter. Initially seeking only $100,000 in funding, the Kickstarter page shows the company received over $800K, easily...
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IFTTT Gets a New App Too, Renames Recipes to Applets

IFTTT, the service that brings you control over the physical world through digital means, announced big changes to its platform today. For one, a new app is ready for us while some of its older "DO" apps are on the way out. Also, Recipes are no longer called...

Sunshine Allows for Verizon Pixel Bootloader Unlocking

For folks concerned with bootloaders, make note that the Pixel and Pixel XL from Verizon have had their bootloaders unlocked, thanks to efforts of the Sunshine team and the release of dePixel8. With this somewhat straightforward process, your bootloader is not...

Here is the New Boot Animation for Moto Phones

Lenovo, randomly posted this video today to its YouTube channels and Twitter that is of the new boot animation accompanying "new Moto phones." We aren't sure if that means future phones, as in, phones coming months from now or if the current crop of newish...
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Pixel Phones, Eh?

Last night's bombshell news came from a report that suggested Google will ditch Nexus branding for its 2016 phones and loop them into the Pixel brand. As you can imagine, I have some thoughts on this move and would much rather talk about Pixel phones today...