Multi-touch hack comes to Nook Simple Touch

If you don’t want to cough up the extra money to get Barnes & Noble’s Nook Color, which is one of the cheaper Android tablets in the market, but you are willing to engage in some Frankenstein-style experiments with the Nook Simple Touch, the following hack will turn the monochrome e-reader into a respectable Android tablet, complete with multi-touch capability! The bright minds at XDA-Developers have found new ways for you to be more productive when using the Nook Simple Touch.

OnePlus 2 Marshmallow update to OxygenOS 3.0 now available in public beta

OnePlus has released a beta build of the Marshmallow-based OxygenOS 3.0 ROM for the OnePlus 2. While this might not be the official OnePlus 2 Marshmallow update everyone has been waiting for, it is in the final stages before being finalized. The best part is you can download it right now. Android 6.0 Marshmallow updates roundup News OnePlus is calling the beta release a “community build”, meaning it is essentially targeted at the die-hard OnePlus faithful to help identify any last minute bugs and help get everything ready for widespread release.

OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition announced with 10GB RAM, faster charging

TL;DR OnePlus and McLaren have announced the OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition. The new phone sports faster charging and 10GB of RAM. The device will retail for $699 when it goes on sale later this week. Ever since OnePlus and McLaren announced a partnership, the entire tech world thought a special edition OnePlus 6T would be inevitable. Now, the two companies have held a launch event and, yes, we’ve got the OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition.

Patent reveals LG's potential answer to the Galaxy Fold and Mate X

Dutch publication LetsGoDigital has uncovered an LG patent depicting a double-folding device equipped with a stylus. LetsGoDigital created the renders based on schematics from a design patent awarded to LG in April 2019. The patent, registered with the Korean patent office, shows a device that folds twice, similar to the foldable prototype that Xiaomi teased back in January. The design cleverly incorporates a stylus that can be stowed away in one of the two hinges.

Pixel 3 XL speakers reportedly exhibit sound imbalance and distortion

Update, November 15, 2018 (01:27 PM EST): The Google Pixel 3 speaker volume problem detailed below has probably been pretty annoying for many Pixel users over the past month. However, the imbalance of sound likely hasn’t been nearly as annoying as the distortion that occurs when you play something at a low volume. Fortunately, the distorted speaker issue is getting a fix from Google soon. This information comes from a tweeted conversation with a Google support rep.

Power-packed but no Galaxy S22 killer

Xiaomi 12 ProThe Xiaomi 12 Pro packs plenty of raw power for blazing-fast performance and charging speeds, but falls short in vital areas such as the battery and the camera. A good enough buy for those with a need for speed, but you can get truly great phones for the same price or less. Table of contents Xiaomi’s 2022 flagship phones are now available globally and that includes the Xiaomi 12 Pro.

Skype picture-in-picture mode allows you to multi-task during calls

Skype 4.5 is rolling out today, and there’s actually a pretty useful feature being introduced: the ability to have a picture-in-picture window that can stay open and viewable even when in different Android apps. In short, you can now participate in a Skype video call and still do other tasks like browse the web, play a game and so-forth. While Samsung might have multi-window support that allows for multitasking, this is one of the first apps we’ve ever heard of that actually allows you to “float” itself on top of the homescreen and even other Android apps.

Skyrim Very Special Edition for Amazon Alexa is somehow real

Bethesda rocked up to the E3 2018 gaming expo last night and proceeded to unleash a barrage of long-awaited reveals and surprise announcements. Yet, nestled among demos of Fallout 76, our first look at a new Elder Scrolls RPG for mobile, and confirmation that Elder Scrolls 6 will exist one day, you might have missed what was by far the strangest of the bunch: Skyrim for Amazon Alexa. Under normal circumstances, the news that Skyrim — the fifth main Elder Scrolls game first released back in 2011 — is being ported to another new platform would hardly be a surprise.

Xposed Framework gets official support for Android Nougat

Xposed Framework‘s lead developer, rovo89, said back in January that development on the tool was in progress but that it could take hundreds of hours more to complete. After committing to it in his spare time, and receiving a bit of help along the way, the new version has now been released. The news arrives via XDA Developers, which noted that both Xposed Framework and the Xposed Installer have been upgraded with support for Android 7.

You can now tag yourself in Google Photos for more personalized creations

Google has rolled out an update to its Photos app allowing you to tag yourself in pictures. When you login online or launch the Photos app, you may soon be asked to identify yourself so that the Google Photos algorithms can find your face in other pictures. Google lists three benefits of doing this; you can: Get more personalized creations. For example, a movie that has photos of you. Get personalized search.