Google’s Android Instant Apps lets you run Android apps instantly without requiring installation, and now the company claims it can be accessed on 500 million devices globally. After kicking off live test of Android Instant Apps with select developers earlier this…
Yakuza 6 Release Date Revealed
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life‘s western release date has been announced. The action game is coming to the west on March 20, 2018–just over a year after it originally launched in Japan. In addition, publisher Sega revealed a special…
Essential Phone Just TRUMPED Google’s Pixel In Every Regard
The Essential Phone, by Andy Rubin, is basically the perfect Android phone – and this probably isn’t good news for the Google Pixel 2 I’ll readily admit I am a huge fan of the Google Pixel XL. I’ve used it…
Essential Confirms The PH-1 Starts Shipping Within A Week
Essential on Wednesday started sending emails to customers to confirm that the Essential PH-1 is to start shipping within the next seven days, several consumers who pre-ordered the device from the company said. The Palo Alto, California-based original equipment manufacturer (OEM) still…
Samsung Portable SSD T5
Solid state drives like the 2TB Samsung Portable SSD T5 ($799.99) buck the 2.5-inch form factor of their portable hard drive predecessors. Since SSDs don’t need to house a spinning platter, they’re a whole lot smaller and easier to slip into a…
Microsoft devices face reliability woes
Consumer Reports has removed its coveted “recommendation” designation for four Microsoft Surface laptops it had previously blessed with such status. At issue, the publication says, is the “predicted reliability” of the Microsoft machines compared to most other brands, which Consumer…
Asus ZenFone 4 Pro to feature a 3600mAh battery, reveals leakster
Last week, Asus France eShop had listed four ZenFone 4 models on its website, revealing the key specs, as well as press, renders of the devices. However, the flagship ZenFone 4 Pro wasn’t listed by Asus France. Leakster Roland Quandt, in a new tweet,…
Anker announces its own $35 version of the Echo Dot
Given the fact that the Echo Dot runs $50 a piece or three for $130, I suspect price isn’t a major factor hampering Alexa adoption. But leave it to the folks at Anker to undercut the price of Amazon’s cheapest Echo by…
The new iPhone could have a resizable home button and face recognition for payments
There’s been a host of leaks about the upcoming iPhone recently, most of which have been sourced from accidentally-released HomePod firmware, which also runs iOS. In the latest discoveries, developers have uncovered what looks like a resizable home button for the new…
Sharp’s new phone is half Essential, half iPhone 8
Sharp keeps making smartphones with incredible, almost bezel-free displays, and today it’s announcing another one: the Aquos S2. The S2 looks like the exact average of a flashy phone in 2017. It has a 5.5-inch 2K screen that wraps around the front camera…