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USB Type C has not really caught on quite as quickly as I personally had anticipated. The new platform offers faster data transfer speeds, faster charge speeds, and the all important reversible charge cable! I have actually owned a hand full of USB Type C devices, but the only one I have used...

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Alongside the Nexus 6P announcement a few months ago Google announced some pretty awesome new Google Photos features. One of the main new additions to Photos was the fact that you are able to store unlimited high quality images for life! This would make it the go to cloud storage option, or at...

The Nexus 5X has to be one of the best budget phones of the year. It is just really hard to beat stock Android. The only thing you may find lacking if coming from a skinned version of Android is the lack of features in the stock Google camera. The Google Camera is pretty simple but gets the job...

Google Now On Tap can be a pretty useful tool. It allows you to easily extract extra information from the information already on your screen. Now On Tap brings up search results based on what you are currently viewing. There are other features like a share option which allows you to quickly...

I love to read as much as the next guy. It's hard to find time to read, and the best time for me to read always ends up being once I hit the hay before I go to sleep. My wife always ends up going to sleep before me which means lights are off. This is no big deal since most of my books are...

It seems that older versions of Android which do not use full disk encryption can be remotely accessed by Google. The passcodes can also be bypassed using any of a variety of forensic techniques. Google is even able to reset passcodes remotely. This can be done if Google is court ordered. This...

Now that flagship devices are no longer coming with expandable storage options for the most part most people would be better off to spend a little extra money on devices with extra storage built in. However if you really want that new smartphone and don't have the extra $100 or so to spend on...

Google has started testing streaming apps! This allows you to use an app without ever actually downloading the app. The app is streamed through Google search. If your search turns up an app in the results there will be an option to stream the app. This cloud based technology will allow you to...

A few weeks ago we found out that there was an issue with some third part cases blocking the Nexus 6P sensors in the camera hump. When case manufacturers build cases based on build schematics they are normally dead on, but when you buy cases early you still run the risk of something not fitting...

This is what happens when OEMs make a hard promise on when an update will be available for a specific device. They should take the lead of our Rom community developers and shun ETAs. It is nice to have a time frame for an update release, but inevitably something will hold up development and then...

Google Play will soon be adding a pretty exciting feature! Before long you will be able to subscribe to podcasts through Google Play! This is pretty awesome. My go to podcast app has always been stitcher, but I know I am missing out on so much content because not everyone links their podcasts to...

One day hundreds of years from now future civilizations will unearth our Android phones and iPhones. The images they see will baffle them. How will they decipher all the cute images contained within our text messages? Our modern day hieroglyphics can really help us to get our message across. A...

As part of my New Nexus adventure I plan on giving Project Fi an evaluation. I'll keep my Note II on VZW for a couple of months and get Project Fi on my new 6P. I plan on testing coverage vs. VZW by taking both phones out and comparing coverage. My Area is a heavy VZW area and both T-Mobile...

The Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X were just launched in India today. Several news outlets received units and immediately began to upload video tests for us to examine. The camera was a huge selling point in Google's announcement. Google was mainly touting low light performance. The new Sony 1.55 micron...

Google has just released an awesome new live wallpaper called "Meter". This live wallpaper gives you phone stats at a glance. Android has information built into various parts of the OS already, but this is just a more elegant way to deliver you device stats. The live wallpaper gives stats...

For Nexus fans we are a day a way from officially seeing the 2015 editions to the Nexus line. At one time the Nexus line was meant to set the standard for where android can go in the future. Now we can clearly argue that Samsung has taken that title and left the nexus line to being the budget...

Google Now On Tap is the awesome new Android feature that was demoed way back at Google IO that we have still yet to see on our devices. It has finally made its way over to the Android 6.0 Developer Preview 3. This means that if you own a Nexus device with the preview build you can install the...

Google offers freebies and rewards from time to time. In fact I have watched at least 4 movies on Google's dime over the past few years. Free movies is not all that Google has to offer either. You can get free music and books among other things. Google now shows rewards available to you in the...

Well, well, well...This is more than just shifting a letter over a few pixels. Google unveiled today, a brand new logo, complete with a new typeface that they created themselves. The biggest reason for this change? Mostly, the fact that we're using Google on smaller screens than just our...