Samsung Chromebook ProThe Chromebook Pro brings Android app support, a stylus, and a rotating touch screen to the simple and easy-to-use platform of ChromeOS, to turn this super portable Chromebook into a machine that can provide a well rounded experience for both work and play. Samsung took the wraps off two new additions to its Chromebook line at CES 2017 that were built in collaboration with Google: the Chromebook Pro and the Chromebook Plus.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 and Google Pixel 3 XL are great smartphones, but they also cost a pretty penny. That is where refurbished devices come in and end up costing less than their new counterparts. It gets even better when those refurbished devices are on sale, which is what Best Buy is currently offering.
For a limited time, Best Buy offers a select number of refurbished smartphones for even less than they normally go for.
Motorola fans are probably already familiar with this one. The Moto X and its ilk arrived with the ability to launch the default camera app using a rapid double-twist gesture that’s almost exactly like what you would do if your watch gets stuck too high up on your wrist. If you’re inside the camera, then performing this motion would swap between front and rear camera with a satisfying haptic rush. Now Google Camera v4.
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The sunrise gold color of the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus will be sold in the U.S. starting June 24. The new version will be sold on Samsung.com, BestBuy.com, and in Best Buy brick-and-mortar stores. This is the fourth color choice for Samsung’s latest flagship phones. The phone will be sold on Samsung.com, and Best Buy will also sell it in its retail stores and on its website. Pricing for the sunrise gold edition will start at $719.
The Sony WF-XB700 case provides an additional nine hours of battery life, yielding 18 hours of total listening.
Music and podcasts are an underrated motivator when it comes to hitting the gym, the trails, or wherever it is you get fit. Working out in silence is often boring — but with a good soundtrack, you can feel like a Norse god. At the very least you’ll be entertained.
Picking out a good set of workout earbuds or headphones can become really important, as a result.
WhatsApp is a pretty full-featured instant messaging platform, but it’s not in WeChat’s league when it comes to extra features. Fortunately, the Facebook-owned company has quietly revealed integration with the Any.do task manager.
The new integration, spotted by Android Police, lets you create reminders and tasks via an Any.do bot on WhatsApp. These reminders can also then be received in WhatsApp when the time comes.
Other neat features include the ability to forward messages to the bot to create tasks (e.
If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to become a professional comic book artist, a just released app in the Google Play Store might be able to help you out. It’s called, rather simply, Learn How To Draw, and it contains hundreds of tutorials on how to do just that. This app is from Will Sliney, an Irish artist who has drawn extensively for Marvel Comics, including many of the company’s Spider-Man titles.
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OnePlus didn’t include wireless charging on the OnePlus 6 because it didn’t “really feel the need” to include it. A spokesperson for the company provided the recent comment, adding that OnePlus didn’t want to “add a feature just for the sake of it.” The company has previously ruffled feathers with feature omissions, like NFC on the OnePlus 2. OnePlus has explained the reasoning behind why it didn’t include wireless charging on the OnePlus 6.
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The Spotify vs Apple fight just heated up with the former seeing a big win against the latter in the EU. The European Commission charges that Apple abuses its dominant position with the App Store as it pertains to music streaming apps. Apple, of course, disputes the EC’s finding. If you fire up the Spotify app on your iPhone and try to upgrade to a premium subscription, you’ll be stopped short.
A post on The Muse about the best way to balance work and break time got quite a bit of attention when it was published in the summer of 2014. In what is essentially a variation of the Pomodoro Method, the article touts the Rule of 52 and 17. Reportedly, the most productive workers are those who work for a little bit under an hour followed by a break lasting approximately 17 minutes before jumping back into the workflow.