The Samsung Galaxy line has been a name that many smartphone makers look up to. Two of the latest smartphones in the Galaxy line right now are the Galaxy S II and the Galaxy S II Skyrocket. Several people say that the only difference between the two is just the LTE connection support in the Skyrocket. Let’s go ahead and find out. The looks The size of these two smartphones is very similar.

TL;DR Google quietly announced you will be able to save Google Assistant’s shopping lists in Keep Notes. Google removed the feature early in April 2017 and shifted it to the Home and Express apps. Google Assistant support in Keep Notes will arrive “before you know it.” Even though Google refreshed Keep Notes with a coating of the refreshed Material Design, you still cannot create and store shopping lists in the app with Google Assistant.

OLED technology has provided a way to create thinner, more efficient, and brighter displays and lighting panels, starting a revolution in display technology. OLEDs, standing for Organic Light Emitting Diodes, produce their own light and are thin and flexible, unlike their older LED siblings. There has been a lot of ongoing research into the applications of OLED displays, with companies like Sony, Samsung, and LG all working towards flexible and bendable display capabilities.

There’s a reason everybody and their mom is throwing all their money at Kickstarter projects. The place is teeming with innovation and creative ideas, but it’s definitely a hit or miss venture. While some Kickstarter campaigns are awesome, some definitely leave us scratching our heads. The ‘Kickstarter project of the week’ series is an attempt to put together a curated selection of our favorite tech funding campaigns. Today we are taking a look at a Kickstarter project that will keep your home safe, protect your vehicle and re-purpose old technology.

If you have been hankering to try out the new look and feel of Android L but don’t have a Nexus device, or can’t be doing with installing new ROMs, then the latest Nova Launcher Beta might go some way to help tide you over until the official release of L. The 3.0.2 beta update for Nova Launcher includes a new look for folders and the app drawer icon, as well as Android L’s swipe up animation when launching new apps.

Gone are the days when only downloading from Google Play was enough to stay safe. Anti-virus and security company Symantec has released details of a new piece of Windows malware that tries to infect Android devices when they are plugged into a compromised PC.The new malware, called Trojan.Droidpak, installs itself as a system service on a Windows PC and then downloads a malicious banking .apk file. It will also probably download the Android debugging tool ADB.

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority It’s been nearly two weeks since the first Android 13 developer preview dropped. Like in previous years, this first release lays the ground for Google’s focus in the next few months. But unlike Android 12, this update is less of a groundbreaking change and more of a reiterative one. Material You improvements are in store, of course, along with more privacy and security enhancements, and some other cool features.

If you haven’t been following the seemingly never-ending drama that is the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco, let me recap. Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 7 smartphone was hailed with much praise and success when it first launched, but unfortunately the flagship device proved to have a nasty habit of exploding. The company issued a swift recall of the devices which were then outfitted with new batteries and freshly colored notification lights, letting people know that their phone was fixed and would not be blowing up in their face.

According to a new report from The Wall Street Journal, Samsung may have found some shady business practices within its own U.S. marketing team. Two thing are for certain, though: the company abruptly laid off many of its marketing employees and the head of marketing, Marc Mathieu, abruptly resigned last week. Reportedly, Samsung ran the internal audit on its own team. Although we don’t know what the results of that audit were, The Wall Street Journal report heavily implies that it could have been related to kickbacks and bribery related to social media influencers, particularly on YouTube.

Smartwatches have entirely shifted the way we uphold our fitness goals. Sadly, they can’t always hit the right blend of functionality with the timeless look of a classic watch. Fortunately, the Nowa Shaper Hybrid Smartwatch is here to change that. Nowa has seamlessly combined the elegant aesthetics of a traditional timepiece with the practicality of a smartwatch into an ultra-thin design. So thin in fact that Nowa claims its Shaper Hybrid is the world’s thinnest hybrid smartwatch.