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Talon for Twitter: The App Review

Talon for Twitter is a hot new Twitter app that boasts a number of great features and a solid, slick design. Is it worth the hype everyone’s been pumping into it? In this review, we’re going to find out. You can keep reading for the written review or check out the video above if you’d rather watch than read. Functionality Talon falls in the middle when it comes to functionality. It isn’t the most feature heavy Twitter app out there, but it’s worlds better than the stock Twitter app and for a lot of reasons.

ZTE Quartz specs, price, release date, and everything else you should know

There are plenty of uses for smartwatches in many folks’ lives. Receiving notifications on your wrist without having to pull out your smartphone can be super handy at times, and most of them make decent fitness trackers, too. The problem is, most of the current crop of smartwatches on the market are just too expensive. Not many people want to drop more than $300 just to get a watch that connects to their phone.

CloudReady turns your old (or new) computer into a Chromebook

How many of you have old computers laying around the house? I am sure plenty of us do, so it’s time to bring them back to life with CloudReady. But what is CloudReady? CloudReady is an operating system that is based on Chrome OS. But it has the added benefit that it can run on a plethora of older (and new) computers, essentially turning them into Chromebooks. It is built mainly for schools to be able to re-purpose old computers and avoid sluggish machines while saving money.

What the Snapdragon 865 means for your next smartphone

The Snapdragon 865 is Qualcomm’s latest flagship mobile chipset, aside from the Snapdragon 865 Plus. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 800-series inevitably end up powering the vast majority of each year’s premium smartphones and 2020 is no different. If you’re planning to pick up a high-end smartphone, it’s probably going to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865. The chipset brings familiar improvements. Qualcomm touts best-in-class performance across all the key areas, including sustained CPU, GPU boosts, and amazing gaming features, as well as cutting edge AI and 5G performance.

ZTE Grand X Max 2 Review

ZTE Grand X Max 2While its far from perfect in terms of build quality and camera, it's really hard to fault the Grand X Max 2 give its price. The Max 2 exceeds where it needs to with a beautiful display, great battery life, and an excellent software experience. If you're on Cricket Wireless and looking for a large affordable smartphone, you'll have a hard time finding anything that comes close to this phone in terms of performance and value.

10 interesting facts about Motorola

Let’s start by giving you one fact: Motorola was founded in 1928. It’s not easy to stay alive in this industry for that long. Needless to say Motorola is a historic tech company by now, as well as one of the most important mobile pioneers and a very praised Android manufacturer. There are plenty of factors that have helped it stay alive in this competitive market, and it’s not only their awesome handsets like the Moto X, Moto G and others.

AWS Free Tier: What is it and who qualifies?

With AWS Free Tier, even the smallest businesses and developers can benefit from powerful cloud infrastructure. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a cloud platform that provides businesses with a wide range of powerful online tools. These include tools to increase security, backup data, handle machine learning tasks, synchronize accounts across numerous devices, and much more. In short, companies use AWS to provide services that they could not otherwise. See also: What is AWS certification?

OnePlus 6 is not compatible with Sprint and Verizon

The OnePlus 6 isn’t compatible with major U.S. carriers Verizon or Sprint. Like its predecessors, you’ll have to use OnePlus’ latest flagship with a SIM card from GSM carriers like T-Mobile and AT&T. The information arrives via the official OnePlus 6 website, where the company notes that only one other carrier, U.S. Cellular, supports the new device. While the OnePlus 6 is compatible with many of the LTE bands required by Sprint and Verizon, support for crucial wireless frequencies are missing.

Red’s “holographic” Hydrogen One smartphone delayed until August

TL;DR The Red Hydrogen One smartphone has been delayed to August 2018 from its previous “summer” ETA. Red founder Jim Jannard announced the delay in a forum post, providing two reasons for the delay. Red has faced trouble organizing a simultaneous carrier launch for the device, but has also added native 4-View recording capabilities. Red’s upcoming smartphone, the Hydrogen One, has been delayed until August 2018. The “holographic” device had already been delayed to this summer from Q1 2018, but Red founder Jim Jannard confirmed yesterday it would take a little longer.

What's the safest way to lock your smartphone?

Based on the generalization that technology becomes more advanced over time, it’s likely that many of us just assume our devices are becoming more secure too. After all, we’re constantly buying the latest devices and receiving software updates, which are supposedly patching vulnerabilities like putting caulk around a leaky faucet. However, it sometimes feels like our devices are as vulnerable as ever. We may have hoped that cyber security would become more robust and impenetrable as consumer tech progressed, but in spite of how advanced our mobile tech has gotten, it might actually be getting easier for hackers to exploit the inevitable security weaknesses in our mobile devices.