Android phones fit a wide variety of users. Their line ranges from budget smartphones to high-end flagship phones. They also love to customize their phones according to their lifestyle, personality, and needs. Take the time to learn about your Android phone and make appropriate changes that will make your phone better. Make Your Lock Screen…
For gamers across the world, finding the perfect setup is more of an art than anything else, and it can be tricky deciding how to go about creating the perfect setup. For serious gamers, there are plenty of things to consider, such as how to place each console/PC for easy access to each and how…
Shopping for LED light bulbs based on wattage is a bad idea for multiple reasons.
Artificial intelligence implementations often run on a powerful server and then client devices such as Alexa, Google Home, and mobile apps that utilize them send commands and requests to that server. This is done on the premise that client devices such as phones and home assistants have limited processing power, and should therefore just have…
LaCie has launched a new USB-C SSD line with data transfer rates up to 500 MB/s — impressive for an external hard drive. They offer capacities up to 2TB, and start at $114.99 for the 500GB model. The 2TB model is $509.99. USB SSDs, and SSDs in general have historically been prohibitively expensive. However, prices…
Internet users around the world have been duped with Internet speeds well below those advertised. Internet service providers (ISPs) have been throttling Internet speeds and users often do notice (for example: When you pay top dollar for your Internet connection but it’s still slow). You can (and should) check your Internet speeds every now and…
Your mobile phone is a gold mine of information for app developers, marketers, and unfortunately hackers, but not everyone wants to be tracked. Android does provide permissions to control access to your camera, microphone, photos, contacts, precise (GPS) location among other things. However it is difficult to give up the features offered by apps. Some…
The Audi R8, a 2-door Audi performance car initially released in 2006 has been redesigned (somewhat) with improved handling (especially in the braking area). The R8 LMS GT3 has shorter braking distances and an improved suspension. It can decelerate from 62.1 MPH to a stop 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) shorter than the previous model, and…
Several years ago, I was hard pressed to find an LED light bulb offering reasonable efficiency without an exorbitant price. We’re talking about $10-$20 for a dim bulb (40-Watt equivalent/450 lumens and less in some cases) achieving 45 lumens per Watt (lm/W). An efficiency of 45 lumens per Watt (usually up to 55) was common…
Motorola is now officially supplying spare parts to iFixit for users looking to repair their phones. This is the first major phone manufacturer to supply iFixit with parts for their repair kits. iFixit is an online repair guide. Consumer electronics manufacturers are not usually accommodating of repairs, so that led to the growth of the…
Bloatware is nothing new, but it isn’t going away anytime soon. Fortunately, there are many apps that are made with not only your phone’s storage in mind, but your CPU, battery life, and RAM too! This article focuses on the apps that use the least storage, and links to their source code are included (if…
Gone are the days when CPUs were only able to address 16GB of RAM. Intel’s new 9th generation CPUs (the ones coming out on October 19) are capable of addressing 128GB of DDR4 RAM. These are the i9-9900k, i7-9700k, and i5-9600k. 128GB of RAM is a bit much for normal usage, and is overkill even…