Samsung Experience 9.0 ditches horribly designed Emojis

TL;DR Samsung Experience 9.0 alters the design of some Emojis. Previous versions of Samsung Experience had confusing Emoji designs that, in some cases, caused the Emojis to lose all meaning. You will finally be able to see cookies instead of saltines when someone uses the cookie Emoji. Life makes sense again. While the design of Samsung Experience is light years ahead of the original TouchWiz, one area of contention remained all the way up to Samsung Experience 8.

Signal not working? You're not alone (Sept. 27)

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Signal not working for you? You’re not alone, as the service featured a significant outage today. The platform has largely remedied the issue, but there may still be people worldwide who can’t access the service. A “hosting outage” caused the issue. If you tried to message someone using Signal today, you might have faced some issues. No, it’s not your phone — it’s the service itself.

Sprint's ZTE Flash made official by Best Buy and Wirefly

After it’s been the subject of quite a few leaks and rumors lately, Sprint’s ZTE Flash is now official. The 4.5-incher is however still not up for grabs per se, being listed as “coming soon” by Best Buy and Wirefly. As usual, Wirefly offers the best possible deal for the phone, undercutting both Best Buy’s offer and the rumored prices from the past weeks. If you choose to get the Flash from the retailer therefore, you’ll only be asked to pay $99.

Thermaltake Massive 20 RGB review

Thermaltake Massive 20 RGBThe Thermaltake Massive 20 RGB corners the market on big laptop coolers. Its size is not just marketing jargon. This thing is actually really big. The cooling does well enough in many cases, but struggles on occasion. This is one of the few reasonably decent options for people with larger laptops, but it could've been better. This is an above average laptop cooler. Plus, it's called the Massive 20 RGB and it's massive and it has RGB.

Verizon Just Kids is a smartphone plan made for children

If you are a parent, it’s easy enough to buy a smartphone for your son or daughter and sign them up for a monthly plan from one of the major carriers. However, giving a phone to a child is a big responsibility. A standard plan may not protect both kids and parents from potential issues like kids accessing objectionable content, spending too much time texting with friends, and more. That seems to be the reason Verizon Wireless has launched a smartphone plan targeted at parents for their children.

Would you buy Sony's latest compact phone?

Sony / NTT DoCoMo TL;DR Sony has unveiled its latest compact phone, the Xperia Ace II. It’s one of the few compact Android phones from a major brand, although it’s aimed at budget buyers. It will be available in Japan on May 28 for about $202. If you’re looking for a new small Android phone from a major brand, you’ve finally found it — although whether or not you like it is another story.

5 problems with the Nexus 7 (2013) and how to fix them

Despite it being more than a year old, the Nexus 7 (2013) is still one of the best Android tablets you can buy today, with its still decent specifications, a promise of timely software updates, and its unbeatable price tag. As is the case with every electronic item, some users have faced some difficulties with their devices along the way. Today, we’ll be taking a look at a few such problems with the Nexus 7 (2013), and offer potential solutions to help fix them.

Almost all specs confirmed for Moto G6 line via retail listing

Display Motorola Moto G6 Play5.7-inch IPS LCD 1,440 x 720 282ppi 18:9 aspect ratio Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Motorola Moto G65.7-inch IPS LCD 2,160 x 1,080 407ppi 18:9 aspect ratio Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Motorola Moto G6 Plus5.93-inch IPS LCD 2,160 x 1,080 407ppi 18:9 aspect ratio Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Processor Motorola Moto G6 PlayQualcomm Snapdragon 427 1.4GHz octa-core Motorola Moto G6Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 1.8GHz octa-core Motorola Moto G6 PlusSnapdragon 630

Here's how to watch the Parks and Recreation special

Photo from the episode "New Slogan" Update: May 1, 2020 – The Parks and Recreation special is now available for subscribers of Hulu to watch on demand. It’s also available on the NBC app and NBC.com (with ads) and on the NBC YouTube channel. In this age of COVID-19, a ton of people are either forced to stay at home or want to remain inside, for work or play. If there is any silver lining to this tragic time, it’s caused the main creators and stars of one of the best TV sitcoms of all time to come back together, remotely, for a one-shot special.

How to build, shoot, and win

In case you have been under a rock for the past year, Fortnite: Save the World launched first for PC, Xbox One and PS4 in July 2017 as a paid survival shooter. In September 2018, developer Epic Games released a new free-to-play mode for the game, Fortnite: Battle Royale, where 100 players parachute onto a map and then try to shoot each other, with the one player left standing declared as the winner.