The name of the game for Black Friday might be TVs and video game consoles, but do not overlook the smart speakers that Best Buy has on sale.
Starting with the familiar brands, the Google Home Mini will drop to $25. Meanwhile, the Amazon Echo Dot (3rd Gen) and Amazon Echo (2nd Gen) will drop to $24.99 and $69.99, respectively. Interestingly, you can grab the Amazon Echo Show (1st Gen) for $99.
You read the title right. Chrome OS has its roots in Mozilla Firefox, according to former Google employee Jeff Nelson. He has recently blogged about how the operating system came to be and shared some interesting facts, the first of which is that the then new operating system was not exactly built from scratch but was actually a barebones Linux distro.
When Jeff Nelson was still working as an engineer for the search giant, the Chrome OS used to be developed under the code name, “Google OS.
Think about the last smartphone you purchased. Consider the cost. Surmise the storage. Chances are, the device was a pretty penny and yet contains only 16/32GB on-board disk space if it’s a flagship, or 8/16GB if it’s a lower-end model. While many smartphones now have expandable storage via microSD, wouldn’t it be nice to get a lot more for your dollar? Samsung might have just the ticket.
Korea’s largest OEM has just announced the world’s first 128GB smartphone storage module that makes use of Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 2.
Xiaomi‘s second anniversary in India is coming up and to celebrate, the company is planning a massive three-day festival of price drops, flash sales and giveaways. Between July 20-22, Xiaomi fans in the sub-continent will get to enjoy all manner of discounts, games, surprises and other things designed to make buying electronics more fun. There’s a confusing array of stuff going on (like any good birthday party), so we’ve broken it down for you below.
Anybody who has spent any time actually trying to get a few things done has run into the same problem with standard earbuds: eventually you snag the cord and either rip the buds out of your ears or out of the phone they’re plugged into. If you’re lucky, that’s the extent of the trouble. If you’re not, you might be looking at your new earbuds at the bottom of a sink full of dishes.
To celebrate PUBG Mobile’s first birthday, Tencent Games and PUBG Corp. today announced a new version of the game that includes several in-game goodies and enhancements.
On the sillier side, the 0.11.5 update lets players hold birthday parties with fireworks on Spawn Island. Players can also find randomly-spawned cakes while playing a match and open collected crates to collect anniversary rewards. Tencent didn’t say what the cakes contain, so you’ll have to play a match to find out.
The Galaxy S3 might be a couple generations behind now, but it’s still a solid device and more than capable of providing a decent Android experience considering its age. For AT&T users of the GS3, a good thing is about to get even better, as Android 4.4.2 KitKat is beginning to roll out!
Unlike KitKat updates for newer devices like the Galaxy S4 and Note 3, the GS3 update includes a lot more than just new KitKat features, with several Samsung specific changes that affect Touchwiz’s look and feel.
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Microsoft has announced a pair of noise-canceling headphones called Surface Headphones. The company will release the headphones in the U.S. this fall, and they’ll cost $350. You can register to find out more at the Microsoft website. Microsoft unveiled a new pair of Bluetooth active noise-canceling headphones at its Surface event yesterday. Called Surface Headphones, Cnet reports that the company will release them in the U.S. in fall for $350.
Despite the fact that Miitomo has managed to get 10 million users worldwide in the span of a month, some feel that the lack of content in the product will mean that all but the most devoted will move on from it quickly. Currently, the offering consists of little more than answering random questions, dressing up an avatar in different clothing, shopping for clothing, and a Pachinko “game” to…get clothing. The product from which it was derived from, Tomodachi Life, is a much richer, much more interactive and creative piece of software, raising the question as to why Nintendo deemed it acceptable to remove so much content?
It was rumored that the Galaxy S8 could be the first Samsung device to house an in-display fingerprint sensor, but, of course, it wasn’t. The same rumors then popped up for the upcoming Note 8, but based on the leaked images, the phablet’s fingerprint scanner will probably be positioned on the back.
So, when exactly will the company announce a smartphone with an in-display fingerprint sensor? According to a report from KGI (via 9to5Google), this might happen in a little over a year.