OnePlus OnePlus Bullets WirelessThe OnePlus Bullets Wireless earbuds are showing their age due to Bluetooth 4.1 firmware and average battery life relative to OnePlus' other offerings. Upsides include aptX support and a comfortable fit. Plus, the magnetic housings are an effective form of cable management when the earbuds aren't in use. However, most are better off saving up for the second-gen model or saving money with the Bullets Wireless Z. Table of contents
Over the past few years, you’ve had a handful of choices of brands if you wanted to buy a Roku TV. In 2020, however, you’re going to have a lot more. At CES today, Roku revealed that there will be at least 15 manufacturers making Roku TVs this year, including its own branded units.
Partners will include Walmart’s ATVIO, Element, Hisense, Hitachi, InFocus, JVC, Magnavox, onn., Philips, Polaroid, RCA, Sanyo, TCL, and Westinghouse.
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HMD Global is now banned from selling most Nokia phones in Germany and Switzerland. Nokia devices are also currently unavailable across multiple other markets in Europe. The company is being sued for its use of Enhanced Voice Services. HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, seems to be facing some major issues in multiple countries across Europe.
The Finnish phone maker was recently banned from selling most of its inventory in Germany and Switzerland.
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It’s come to light that the Apple weather app you find on current iPhones won’t show totally accurate information. Evidence suggests the app will round up or down whenever the temperature is 69 degrees. Nice. Or rather, not nice. This only appears to be the case for the most current stable version of iOS, suggesting the possibility of a bug. Update, July 13, 2021 (01:45 PM ET): Thanks to the Twitter-verse, we may have found a possible cause for the Apple weather app issue described below.
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Alcatel looks to have replaced its default gallery app with a sketchy new app called Candy Gallery. Candy Gallery asks for numerous permissions and features advertisements. Android Authority has reached out to TCL for comment and will update accordingly. Like other manufacturers, Alcatel publishes many of its default apps to the Google Play Store for easy updating. However, the company has recently made a sketchy decision regarding its gallery app.
Gmail is a great email service, but the one thing they’re not known for is respecting your privacy. After all, their business model is to monitor your online activity to serve you “relevant ads.” They may be up-front about it, but that doesn’t excuse it. So what do you do if you want your emails to remain secret? Here’s how to encrypt your email in Gmail like a secret agent.
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Oppo sub-brand Realme has released a Moonlight Silver version of its Realme 1 smartphone. The device is available via Amazon India and costs 10,990 rupees. It comes with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage. Oppo sub-brand Realme has released a Moonlight Silver version of its budget Realme 1 smartphone in India. The device went on sale at midday on June 18. It costs 10,990 rupees (~$162) and is available on Amazon India.
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YouTube’s dark mode has been live on the web and on iOS for months now. After a long wait, Google is finally testing dark mode on Android. When the feature has fully rolled out, the option can be turned on and off by the user. After YouTube on the web received a dark mode late last year, Google announced that the option to change the theme would be coming to iOS and Android back in March.
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The Bose Sport Open Earbuds leave your ear canal completely open, so you can hear your surroundings at all times. The earbuds have an IPX4 rating and support Bluetooth 5.1. They’re available now for $199.95. The Bose Sport Open Earbuds take a sharp turn from the company’s typical noise-cancelling offerings. These open-type earphones sit gently atop the ridge of your ear and let outside noise in. Some listeners may find this counterintuitive, but being aware of your surroundings is absolutely imperative for outdoor athletes.
Is your Galaxy Note 7 running slower than usual? Has it stopped working altogether? Rebooting or resetting your device can help out with a lot of performance issues, and this guide will walk you through all the steps you need to know. First, we should figure out what type of reset you need to perform.
If your device is running slowly, is unresponsive or if an app isn’t working properly, you’ll want to reboot your device, or perform a soft reset.