Chromebooks have risen as a credible alternative to Windows laptops because they can outdo them on several fronts. Chromebooks are generally less expensive, offer longer standby times, and are more secure. One area where they lag behind, however, is compatible products and services.
Of course, Chrome OS is a far younger operating system, so it’s to be expected, but this nevertheless means Windows is your only option if you have specific software needs.
Starting with the Galaxy S6 earlier this year, Samsung finally introduced the world to a major design overhaul, ditching plastic in favor of a glass and metal unibody design. The new look was well received by consumers and the media alike, though the change wasn’t without its sacrifices. The new design did away with Samsung staples such as removable batteries, microSD, and removable backs. While many were excited to see the Note series get a similar premium upgrade, others weren’t so optimistic about the idea of losing power user staples.
The first smartphones with dual-core processors reached the market in 2010. Before that smartphones used single-core processors maxing out at around 1.4GHz. Since then the number of cores has grown and the norm today is eight cores, however, six-core and four-core processors are still used.
Ignoring (for a moment) the Heterogeneous Multi-Processing (HMP) aspects of these processors via tech like big.LITTLE and DynamIQ, today’s smartphones have up to eight individual CPUs which can independently run tasks inside their own virtualized memory space.
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A review has provided early photos of Samsung’s Galaxy S21 Olympic Edition. The special smartphone looks great between its blue back and gold-hued metal trim. Buying this outside of Japan may be a challenge. Samsung has finally shipped a Tokyo Olympics phone after the pandemic scuppered last year’s plans, and this model might have been worth the wait. SamMobile reports that Garumax has reviewed the Galaxy S21 Olympic Edition — complete with photos illustrating what the rare Android device looks like in real life.
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Samsung is offering a Galaxy skin for Fortnite on Android. The Galaxy skin makes your character look a trippy god from outer space. Fortnite players using a Galaxy Note 9 or Galaxy Tab S4 have exclusive access to the Galaxy skin. The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 finally hit store shelves on Friday. While the device is certainly a beast when it comes to specs (and its sheer size), it’s also going to allow gamers to unleash their own kind of beast in the form of an exclusive Galaxy skin for Fortnite on Android.
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There are so many streaming services to watch movies and TV that it’s hard to know which ones are worthy of your viewing time. While it’s not quite as competitive as the streaming market in the U.S., there are a bunch of TV and movie apps and services available to UK media lovers too.
In this list, we’ll be running down the best UK TV and movie streaming apps and services available now.
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I’m not the movie and TV show enthusiast in my household. I usually prefer to play video games on PC or console instead. Still, there are times when I’d like to just laze on the couch and watch something instead of playing a game.
I have a Netflix account and one or two accounts for niche streaming services, but recently I’d been looking for additional options.
The LG V20 is now official. We’re here to bring you a full rundown of the LG V20 specs, features, price, and availability. Got any LG V20 questions? Ask away in the comments.
LG has been going through a bit of a rough patch lately, but it would be a mistake to count this resilient and resourceful company out for the year. That said, there’s a lot resting on the V20’s success, so we were a little anxious to see if LG,s V20 will fare better in the market than the G5 before it.
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With with close to 40 million subscribers in the US, Hulu is one of the biggest premium video streaming services. In addition to its many exclusive, current and classic TV shows, it’s also the home for thousands of movies as well, some of which are also exclusive to the service. But which are the best movies on Hulu?
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There are a lot of places to write words. Some obvious places include a blog, a diary, a journal, a word processor, or even a notepad. Maybe you want to learn more words? Word apps is a fairly large genre. Thus, we hit as many different niches as we could think of. Unfortunately, a good writing app only comes along once in a great while so this list probably won’t change much from year to year unless something really good hits.