If you’ve ever tested your internet speeds, you’ve probably used Ookla’s Speed Test or maybe even Netflix’s new Fast.com. There’s also a good chance that you’ve simply Google searched “speed test” to get you to one of those websites. In hopes to court users away from Ookla and Netflix, it looks like Google is building its own internet speed test tool right into search results.
First uncovered by Dr. Pete Meyers on Twitter, the speed test function can simply be activated by searching “check internet speed.
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LG’s new ThinQ brand will identify all of the company’s AI-driven devices. The products are able to communicate with each other and other services like Google Assistant. LG has been heavily focused on AI for the last year and opened Artificial Intelligence Lab in South Korea in June. CES 2018 is right around the corner and as you may have guessed, artificial intelligence will feature heavily at the show this year.
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It’s not hard to pick out a great camera phone this year. 2020 was absolutely full of them. To entice new purchases, smartphone brands tout bigger and brighter sensors than ever before, along with triple and quad-camera setups that offer a wider variety of shooting options.
Yet, if you already own a good camera phone from 2019, is there anything worth upgrading for now 2020 is coming to a close?
When it comes to rivalry in the smartphone Universe, the dispute does not come any more intense than it is between Apple’s iPhone line and Samsung’s Galaxy S line.
Samsung and Apple are the two absolute leaders in the smartphone market, account for 50% of the smartphones sold each month (Apple sells an iPhone for any two smartphones sold by Samsung) and 90% of all profits made during the first quarter by all smartphone manufacturers, not to mention that the two giants and are involved in numerous legal battles across the globe.
Cyber Monday 2017 hasn’t officially arrived yet, but some companies are getting a head start for what is supposed to be the biggest online shopping day of the year. For example, BlackBerry has started an extended Cyber Monday sale on the unlocked BlackBerry KEYone, selling the smartphone with its traditional hardware keyboard for just $449.99, or $100 off its normal $549.99 price tag.
These are the best BlackBerry phones (hint: there aren't many options)
Fans of 90s slasher films are about to get an exciting new series based on a classic. An I Know What You Did Last Summer show is headed to Amazon Prime Video just in time for Halloween.
The new series will take a new approach to the story first filmed in 1997, which was itself based on a 1973 novel … and it’s produced by horror master James Wan (Saw, Insidious, The Conjuring, Malignant).
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VRV has released a new channel called NickSplat to stream classic Nickelodeon shows. The service costs $6 a month for unlimited streaming. Shows like Rugrats, Invader Zim, and Hey Arnold! are unfortunately not currently available. Binge-watching TV shows is as popular today as they ever have been. To cash in on this, networks like Cartoon Network and Disney have been working to bring their classic series to streaming platforms. Now, Nickelodeon is doing the same thing by partnering with VRV to create a new NickSplat channel where anyway can stream every episode of some of its classic shows (via Engadget).
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Smart home tech is meant to make your life simpler — say, by turning off the lights when you leave for work or turning up the heat before you get home. The trick of course is not only picking the right gear, but picking it up at a reasonable price. We’re here with some of the better smart home products we can recommend hunting for Cyber Monday.
Many of us have files all over the place and no easy way to manage and store them all. Today’s deal is one solution — you can pick up 2TB of cloud storage from Rethink Files for just $0.41 per month and secure everything together in the cloud.
Rethink Files is more than just a storage space; it’s a hub for all your file types. You can manage everything from your Dropbox and pCloud contents to your Outlook emails or Slack chats and browse it all quickly.
If you’d rather buy a tablet that’s a little tougher than the Nexus 7 for kids, who like being a little rougher with their toys, then look no further than the Fuhu Nabi 2 tablet. It costs just as much as the Nexus 7 and comes with the same Tegra 3 processor! The resolution is a little lower, at 1024×600, but since this is a device for kids, that shouldn’t be much a problem.