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The green bubble stigma faced by Android users who send messages to their friends with iPhones is real—even the U.S. government acknowledges it.Hey Google, Where Did My Watch's Battery Life Go?“Many non-iPhone users… experience social stigma, exclusion, and blame” when messaging people with iPhones, the Department of Justice stated in its landmark antitrust lawsuit against Apple on Thursday. However, the problems go way beyond simply the color of a text message. In the complaint, the DOJ highlighted the friction and…

So you need a budget laptop? Good, because nowadays you can find a perfectly serviceable or downright solid laptop that will cost you a relative pittance considering the gross prices of other, top-of-the-line machines. We’ve already offered you the best laptops you can buy at any price point, but there are far more that meet or even beat expectations for what you can get at bottom-rung prices.The HP Spectre Fold: One Device, Three Modes, All MehThere are plenty of laptops that do fine for everyday tasks below the fabled…

Google’s first-generation folding device was fine for the most part. The Pixel Fold had the Pixel’s fabled camera algorithms and Google smarts. For fans of digital books and magazines, its passport-like ratio worked better for the split-screen experience than Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 4/5 since it offered more space on…Read more... Google’s first-generation folding device was fine for the most part. The Pixel Fold had the Pixel’s fabled camera algorithms and Google smarts. For fans of digital books and magazines, its…

If you like vaporware and looking at phones and gadgets you’ll never own, then Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) is the trade show for you. This week’s annual menagerie revealed new devices like the TCL Nxtpaper 14 and a working model of Motorola’s rolling phone display. Other brands—namely Samsung—used the…Read more... If you like vaporware and looking at phones and gadgets you’ll never own, then Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) is the trade show for you. This week’s annual menagerie revealed new devices…

Image: tomeqs (Shutterstock)Android 15 preview is out today for developers, and with it comes the latest version of Google’s Privacy Sandbox, which killed third-party cookies just last month. The new OS will also make available extensions to give more control for a device’s camera so it can be used to its full capabilities, and it will provide more controls for developers to manage the heat and processing power of a device to improve games and app performance.Android 14 brought similar privacy features iOS users have…

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you need your parents to perform a complicated (well, complicated for them) task on their phone, but they can’t quite follow written instructions? Well, let’s hope your folks are better visual learners. It’s easy to screen record on both iOS and Android and now your ad-hoc how-tos can be clearer.Is USB-C Finally Coming To iPhone?How to Screen Record on iPhoneiOS makes screenshotting and screen recording a breeze. If you ever need to screenshot, there’s already the handy…

The Browser Company recently released an AI browser for iOS called Arc Search, and this is the quickest I have ever switched to a browser on my personal phone. I am not the biggest fan of AI and am critical of forcing AI into everything that comes out now. But this browser was quite good and might actually replace Safari as my default browser on my iPhone in the long term. Apple Unveils Its iPhone 15 and Apple Watch Series 9What is Arc Search?Simply put, Arc Search uses AI to browse the web for you. It will do a (very)…

I love Circle to Search on the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. It has added multitasking to Android that I have not felt in a long time. At its core, Circle to Search is not an entirely groundbreaking feature. It snaps a screenshot and then transcribes any words or pictures you highlight into a Google Search. But that’s precisely the point. It makes it easy to access the main reason I’m an Android user in the first place: immediate access to Google.Samsung Galaxy Flip 5: Hands-on first Impressions of Samsung's Pocket-Sized…

Since CES 2024, we have seen this adorable little bright orange (Leuchtorange, to be exact) device everywhere. Despite all the hype, many are still confused about what it is, who it’s for, and why it couldn’t have just been an app.Hey Google, Where Did My Watch's Battery Life Go?What Exactly is the Rabbit R1?The R1 is a $200 AI-powered device that aims to make using your phone less hassle. The goal is to provide you with an app-free online experience. This means it promises to do all the work you’d typically need ten apps…

If you’re not breaking laws or causing harm, it’s really up to you what you look at on the internet—we won’t judge. But there might be occasions when you don’t want someone in close proximity to see the contents of your open tabs, and that’s where a browser panic button, capable of shutting down your browser with a single key press, can come in handy.Some of the more innocent reasons you might need this are if you’re playing games when you should be working, and your boss walks past, or perhaps you’re planning a surprise…