YouTube is awash with ridiculous insurance scammers who throw themselves onto near-stationary cars and slide down the hood. The vids can be funny to the neutral, but sometimes it’s only a dashcam saving the drivers of the cars from being defrauded.
A dashcam can save you your insurance premium, and even someone’s life if you provide evidence to stop a bad driver causing future damage. The Anker Roav Dash Cam C1 is a feature-packed model and, thanks to a flash sale, you can pick it up from Newegg for just $60.
Update, February 11, 2020 (11:30 AM ET): A recent announcement by Google revealed the company is taking active measures to stop users from utilizing any hacks to get RCS messaging on their devices in unsupported regions. Users should expect to see this change by the end of the month. This appears to be a server-side update so no version of the Google Messages app should be immune to the patch.
Realme 2
The Realme 2 is still good value for money, but it's a real head-scratcher that the company chose to take two steps forward and two steps backward with this one.
It’s only been about three months since the Realme 1, and yet here we are with the Realme 2 — an iterative update to an incredibly affordable device, bringing some additional features without inflating the price much. However, for every step forward, the phone takes another step back.
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The Italian Authority for Market and Competition just issued a $5.7 million fine to Samsung. The fine is tied to the “Samsung slow down” — the drop in performance smartphones sometimes show after receiving new updates. Apple’s “Batterygate” was similar in practice. In fact, the Italian watchdog group also fined Apple $11.5 million. A watchdog group called the Italian Authority for Market and Competition just issued South Korean electronics giant Samsung a fine for 5 million euros (~$5.
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Samsung is rumored to be releasing the Galaxy Tab S8 in early 2022. This could include a new 14.6-inch model. Does Samsung risk losing ground in the tablet market if this happens? You might not want to count on buying a new Galaxy Tab S this year. According to SamMobile, a Korean rumor purveyor has claimed the Galaxy Tab S8 might not be released until early 2022 — later than some might expect given early buzz for the Android tablet.
Over the past few years, Chinese phone vendors have been gobbling up smartphone market share around the world. While these companies continue to grow, it inevitably leads to a smaller piece of the pie for all the other companies.
It seems that Apple and its line of iPhones are now eating up a much smaller portion of that pie. According to Counterpoint Research, Apple’s smartphone market share for the second quarter of 2019 dropped by a whopping 11.
Every now and then I talk about smartphone stuff with my girlfriend. She is half-listening most of the time as the subject only marginally interests her, but she perked right up the other day when I mentioned the launch of the Sony Xperia 1 II. She sat up and said, “There are Sony smartphones?”
I told her yes, there are Sony smartphones available for people to buy. “Actually,” I said, “Sony’s smartphones are really nice.
The OnePlus 7 Pro has launched, and it remains one of the best bargains in the smartphone industry. It has tons of high-end hardware, including a near bezel-free screen, the fastest mobile processor, lots of RAM and storage, great onboard cameras and much more for prices that remain much less than its competition with the same hardware levels.
Naturally, you would not want just to get the OnePlus 7 Pro by itself.
CES 2020 is one of the biggest showcases for PC gaming hardware. That includes the latest in monitors, which are not only getting bigger but are also getting faster refresh rates. Here’s a look at the best PC monitors at CES 2020.
Asus ROG Swift 360Hz monitorSay you are a serious online PC gamer. You likely want to compete online with friends, or maybe you are even a pro esports competitor.
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A near-final version of Windows 11 has leaked online. The OS features a slew of design tweaks seemingly taken from Windows 10X. Microsoft will officially debut the OS on June 24. After plenty of hints and teases, Microsoft’s next operating system is finally out of the bag. A set of leaks posted to Chinese site Baidu (via The Verge) seemingly confirmed the Windows 11 title. Now, a leaked ISO of Windows 11 Pro build 21996.