Smartphones are useful, even necessary, but most of us are haunted by the dreaded charging woes which come with such powerful and portable computing devices. The situation has definitely been improving, but even fast charging is not enough for the street warrior who finds it a nuisance to be continuously tethered to an outlet. Many of us carry around special battery packs (here are our favorites) to aid our smartphone lifetime, but these can be bulky.

OLED vs LCD is a seemingly never-ending debate among smartphone enthusiasts, but the LG G7 ThinQ has just come along to derail the whole topic with its new MLCD+ display technology. The company seems to have already ditched LG Display’s revitalized POLED panels for something else it’s been quietly cooking up at its R&D labs. We managed to nab an early look at the company’s MLCD+ technology during a tour of LG Display in South Korea last year.

At Android Authority, we like to be reasonable with our views and opinions. While we’re big fans of the Android platform and ecosystem, we like being fair. We can admit when the competition — namely iOS and, to some extent, Windows Phone and other platforms — have a certain edge or advantage over our beloved Android. Competition is tough, especially between Apple and Google. It goes beyond the corporate level, however.

It seems that Google is all about wearable computer technology these days. First we had Google Glass and then a patent for Smart Gloves surfaced. Now it seems very likely that the company is moving forward with a smartwatch project. Technology moves quickly, that much is obvious. It wasn’t too long ago that smartphones barely existed and those that did were pretty much exclusively used for those in the business world. That’s why it is no surprise to hear that Google is actively working to find the next big thing.

TL;DR Amazon’s retail team informed Google’s Nest team that new Nest products would not be sold on Amazon.com In retaliation, Nest is pulling all its products from Amazon as soon as current stock is depleted. This is another chess move in the ongoing war between the two smart home giants. Late last year, a conference call between Nest, the Google-owned smart home company, and the retail team at Amazon resulted in some sobering news: Amazon would not be carrying any new entries in the Nest catalog.

This refurbished iPad Air is the perfect balance of power, design, and value. It has a gorgeous 9.7-inch Retina display, yet it's 6.1mm thin and weighs just 0.96 pounds! So, it's not just incredibly portable, it's also fast and responsive, with incredible battery life. With Touch ID and WiFi connectivity, you'll be able to connect with your family and friends like never before. Wireless communication technology. Easily connect to other portals & devices 64GB storage capacity.

Google’s cloud-centric laptop which is built around its Chrome web browser is now available from Walmart. The Chrome OS powered laptop, which was previously available from outlets like Best Buy and Amazon.com, can now be bought in one of Walmart’s 2,800 stores across the U.S.There are several different Chromebook models available each one built by a different manufacturer. Acer’s take on the concept uses a dual-core Intel Celeron together with a 16GB SSD.

You need to take care of your files. If your work docs or treasured photos are on a hard drive, then there’s a constant risk that they’ll be stolen by hackers, corrupted, or even accidentally deleted at your own hand. Cloud storage is the solution, and right now Degoo is a great option.Google Drive or Dropbox will do just fine if you only need a small amount of cloud storage space. However, if you want more than the free allowance then you’re faced with monthly subscriptions that soon get expensive.

With the growing number of social networks, messaging apps, and video chatting applications in the Google Play Store, sometimes keeping track of all of them can be daunting. Usually, to message someone on Facebook, you’ll need to open the Facebook application, click on the Messages tab, type in your friend’s name, then start typing your message. drupe, a new app in the Play Store, aims to streamline this process.

Google‘s trade-in program for the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL sounded great on paper, but it hit a snag in recent times over incorrect trade-in value assessments. It appears that Google has fixed some of those issues, though, if a recent post by Google community manager Orrin Hancock is anything to go by. According to Hancock, the search giant gives folks an estimated trade-in value for their devices. Once Google receives their devices, the company then checks their conditions against the information that people provided.