We’ve seen some pretty handy smartphones from Huawei in 2019 thus far, such as the P30 series. But what if you’re looking for a cheaper device? Well, the firm has just announced the Huawei Nova 5 series in China, the latest entry in the upper mid-range family. The standard Huawei Nova 5 is the first to ship with Huawei’s new 7nm Kirin 810 chipset. The new, octa-core chipset offers two 2.

Eufy Video Doorbell DualThe Eufy Video Doorbell Dual is worth it if you want to avoid cloud subscriptions and absolutely, positively need to know when boxes arrive. For the everyday smart home enthusiast, however, the Dual is a hard sell when you can get other video doorbells with decent enough vertical camera coverage for much less. Table of contents One of the predominant reasons to get a video doorbell is keeping porch pirates at bay.

Samsung hasn’t officially released the Galaxy A8 and A8 Plus (2018) in the US, but you can now pick up either of the mid-range devices complete with a one-year warranty from B&H. The Galaxy A8 is available for $479, while the larger model is priced at $529.The first thing to note is that these are not true US models as they technically doesn’t exist just yet. Instead, we’re looking at the A530F (A8) and A730F (A8 Plus), dual-SIM versions produced for the European/Global market.

BB-8, the adorable droid that stole the spotlight at the Star Wars Celebration convention last week, is coming to stores this fall thanks to collaboration between Disney and connected toy maker Sphero. Earlier this week, Sphero CEO Paul Berberian confirmed rumors that Sphero is involved in the creation of BB-8 and that a retail version will be hitting stores later this year. Sphero (or rather Orbotix, as the company’s formal name goes), a Boulder-based startup that has received funding from Disney, is best known for its eponymous motorized ball, which users can control with their smartphones through Bluetooth.

“Hey Google, tell me a story.” When you utter those words to your Google Home speaker or smartphone, the Google Assistant will cheerily launch into a short story most often meant to help young kids with bedtime. Today, the story was about Ray, a tired alien, who has antennae and speaks 62 languages. Ray was sleepy and wanted to go to bed, unlike my daughter, who’d prefer to stay up until midnight every night.

You remember Go90, right? Yeah, it’s that video streaming application Big Red released last October. You probably downloaded it because Verizon was offering 2 GB of free data per month (for 3 months) to whoever tried the application. Go90 is back on the news and this time with yet another incentive! Verizon is now making Go90 streaming completely unlimited in terms of data usage. This means video streaming via this app will not count against your data pool, even when using it over their fast 4G LTE network.

TL;DR A third-party tool that installed the Play Store on Windows 11 PCs also brought a variety of other nasty additions. Windows Toolbox installed a malicious Chrome extension and sketchy scripts. The extension redirected users to questionable affiliate and referral links. Microsoft launched Windows 11 late last year, and the most notable addition was Android app support via the Amazon AppStore. Users can sideload apps with some effort, but there were also several unofficial ways to install the Google Play Store.

Original story: Google has officially launched the first preview version of Android Q, the next major update for the mobile operating system. However, we will still have to wait several more months before we learn the official public code name for Android Q. So, what will the next major Android update’s name be? Everything new in the sixth Android Q developer preview News Historically, Google has used the names of desserts, candy, treats, or cookies as the official codenames for big Android updates.

CyanogenMod 14.1 nightlies have arrived to another handful of Android devices. The latest CyanogenMod version, based on Android 7.1 Nougat, was introduced in early November and since has been rolled out to a number of popular devices. The list of newly supported handsets includes: Samsung Galaxy S3 (AT&T) (d2att) Samsung Galaxy S3 (T-Mobile) (d2tmo) Samsung Galaxy S5 (Korea) (kltekor) Motorola Moto X Play (lux) Motorola Moto E LTE (2015) (surnia) Google Android One 2nd Gen (seed) HTC One A9 (GSM International) (hiaeuhl) LG Optimus L70 (w5) Yesterday, we reported on the news that CyanogenMod may change its name to LegacyOS (or possible Legacy Android Distribution) following Cyanogen co-founder Steve Kondik’s exit from the company, and followed up with a discussion on where Cyanogen went wrong.

The Huawei Ascend P7 is the best phone Huawei has made, but falls short of really differentiating itself from the titans of the smartphone game. A great front facing camera compliments a decent rear facing shooter, and an accessible software experience compliments an equally accessible handling experience. We’re seeing some good releases out of the Chinese market this year, and in this review we look at an update to a phone from veteran company Huawei known for being one of the thinnest around.