Qualcomm, MediaTek, Samsung and Huawei might rule the mobile processor roost, but that doesn’t mean they’re the only players in town. In the past few years, we’ve also seen another player emerge in the form of China’s Unisoc, mainly gaining ground in the entry-level sector.
Unisoc (formerly Spreadtrum), founded in 2001, is slowly making waves thanks to deals with players like Nokia, Realme, and ZTE. In fact, Unisoc’s most high-profile customer in recent years is Samsung, so there’s a small chance you’ve used a device powered by this brand before.
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A good charger is one piece of the puzzle as far as charging your phone is concerned. A shoddy cable can easily ruin your experience, or worse, harm your smartphone. Picking the right cable also takes more than simply making sure that it plugs into your phone and charger. In fact, you’ll find plenty of cables that look the same but might not work at all.
When it comes to Android customization, the launcher is the holy grail.
How might you go about creating your own Android launcher? Read this post — and the upcoming part two — that’s how!
The game plan Creating an Android launcher is obviously a rather in-depth project with a lot of factors. It is almost always running, so it needs to be as perfectly bug-free as possible.
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It would be too large an undertaking to do a completely start-to-finish tutorial here.
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ShowBox is a popular third-party media streaming and downloading app for Android. It’s currently not available to download directly from the Google Play Store. To download and install ShowBox on your Android smartphone, you’ll need to change a few settings on your device.
It’s pretty easy to get your phone ready to download and install ShowBox for Android, so let’s dive in.
iOttie iTap Magnetic 2The iOttie iTap Magnetic 2 keeps a very strong hold on your smartphone, but it's a bit pricy considering the cheaper build quality. There are better car phone holders out there, but if you've got a really heavy phone, this might be the mount for you.
The right car phone holder will efficiently hold your smartphone within arm’s reach and in an optimal viewing position. It should allow you to control your music, navigation, and hands-off communications as quickly and effortlessly as possible, so as to keep your driving as safe as can be.
Google took the somewhat unconventional step of using Reddit to announce that Google Fi SIM cards are now available at Best Buy. Previously, the only way to get Google Fi SIM cards was to go to the website.
The main caveat is with the price. Whereas the website offers Fi SIM cards for free, you’ll have to fork over $9.99 if you want to pick one up from Best Buy. Luckily, Google offers a $10 service credit on the first bill to new and existing Fi subscribers if they activate their devices on Fi.
A digital artist is someone who creates digital art for a living. That means art that uses software and hardware tools and is suitable for a range of commercial applications.
If you have a creative streak and you enjoy drawing and painting, this can be an extremely rewarding and low-stress method to earn money on an as-needed basis. What’s more, knowing how to create digital art is just one of the useful tools that can help you with a host of other business models and side hustles.
There are a variety of reasons to install a font on your Mac. It lets you use the font in other apps and is also used in theming. Luckily, this is a straightforward process that you should be able to do in just a few minutes. Here is how to install fonts on just about any Mac.
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To install a font on a Mac, download the font file you want to install.
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Rock-solid Wi-Fi connectivity is one of those things that people take for granted, but it isn’t a given. And for me, it is more than a simple necessity. As someone who has worked remotely for over a decade, it is the backbone of my livelihood.
Over the last decade and a half, I’ve spent thousands of dollars chasing seamless connectivity across my apartment. From expensive routers to DIY mesh solutions and, more recently, mesh routers with dedicated backhaul connectivity, my chase has sent me down a path of balancing speed with range, but the perfect solution has always evaded me.
Mechanical keyboards aren’t a new range of computer peripherals by any means. Membrane keyboards have largely replaced mechanical keyboards as the go-to affordable keyboards in the larger PC peripherals market. The former reigning champions that are mechanical keyboards have made a smashing comeback in recent years.
If you want reliability, modularity, and the freedom to pick just the right kind of keyboard for you, mechanical keyboards are the way to go.