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Believe it or not there are still plenty of Galaxy Note 7 devices out in the wild. In fact there are about 15% of Note 7 users actively using the device. We have been hearing murmurs that Samsung will send out an update to cripple the battery on the device in an attempt to protect Galaxy Note 7...

Chainfire is well known for his development work on the SuperSU app which gives root users admin access to their Android devices. He has a less known project called DSLR Controller. This gives you complete control of your DSLR controller from your Android device. This is great for the budding...

EMUI is the lackluster Android skin featured in Huawei devices. It is often the one factor in Huawei phones that users and reviewers alike are not stoked about. EMUI tends to be very heavy and often causes some slowdowns and lag. EMUI has come a long way in the past few years. My time spent with...

Its the little things that make life better. When a huge company takes the time to focus on the minor details it can really make the overall experience great of the customer. This is one of the reasons I love Disney World you could spend a day in the parks just checking out all the intricate...

Shout it from the rooftops! Rejoice, all ye nations! A spokesperson from Verizon has told Ars Technica that Verizon will, in no way, stand between Google and it's Pixel phones when it comes to updates. Many were concerned when a statement from Google explained that Verizon would be in charge...

There are many reasons to root your device. Xposed Framework, remove bloatware, and true full phone backups are all great reasons to root your device even in 2016. There are also plenty of reasons you would want to hide root on your device. Mainly being able to use Android Pay and the ability to...

If you are multilingual then you already know how annoying it is to have to switch back and forth between languages in your keyboard settings. Swiftkey is one of my go to keyboards because it offers one of the best swiping keyboards and does pretty well with predictions and corrections. They...

This happens less in Android, but sometimes as you are going through your gallery you will find a photo laying on its side. The latest version of the Photos app gives you a notification to rotate these photos. This option appeared in a photos app teardown in March. The suggestions appear as...

With Nougat hitting the full list of current Nexus devices the question remains, "When will my device receive Nougat?". It turns out if your device is part of the Moto Z family you will be receiving the update to Nougat some time in Q4. We won't even see the new lineup of Nexus devices until the...

Niantic is constantly tweaking and perfecting Pokemon Go for those of you still playing this viral game. Unfortunately the update sees no major changes. Niantic has decided to bring back the feature that shows you the location where your pokemon was caught. The PokeMon Go Plus accessory can now...

If it weren't already pretty obvious Samsung will be bringing the Nougat update to their latest devices including the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge. We now have confirmation that Samsung is working on Nougat for the Galaxy S7 Edge. Nougat has been spotted running on the Galaxy S7 Edge on...

There are now two versions of the Galaxy Note 7 in the wild now that Samsung has started shipping replacement devices. Whether you have replaced your recalled Verizon Note 7 or not you will soon receive an update if you haven't already. The recalled version of the Note 7 will receive an update...

Chainfire has just updated SuperSU. If you are a root user you will want to get on the latest version which is v2.78 SR1. The latest version includes a major bug fix which updates supolicy. Chinfire explains the update in supolicy below. Apparently the chances of someone actually exploiting...

Google has announced a new Preview Program for Chromecast devices. They are also quick to point out that this is not a beta program. This opt-in program updates your Chromecast to the latest firmware prior to the wide release, but these updates are said to be of the same quality as production...

File this one in the "It's about time" drawer. Android Police is reporting that Nougat will finally be coming to Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 lte devices in the coming weeks, though they have no concrete timeline at this time. This is another in a short list of very strange occurences with the Nougat...

It turns out that Samsung will not be totally bricking Note 7 devices to prevent further explosions. With more than 70 reported cases of Note 7 devices catching fire in the US alone extreme measures need to be taken. Therefore it wouldn't be entirely unjustified for Samsung to remotely disable...

you are a power user then one of the first things you probably to when you get a new phone or after you flash a custom rom is run a benchmark to see how well your new phone or setup will perform. GeekBench has always been the go to benchmarking tool for iOS, but has recently began to build some...

Nexus devices have already started to see the rollout of Android N on their devices. LG will have the first device in the LG V20 to feature the update out of the box even before the new Nexus devices. Samsung has already said they would be providing a Nougat update for Note 7 devices within the...

Nougat Beta has been around for several months for Nexus devices. It has also been available to companies like Samsung so developers can get it integrated into their skin overlays. Samsung looks to have a pretty good start here. They have officially announced that they will have Nougat ready for...

The NVIDIA SHIELD tablet was first released about 2 years ago. It seemed to have been an overall success. NVIDIA rereleased the tablet later as the Tablet K1. Not to long ago we saw an FCC filing for an updated tablet by NVIDIA. It was assumed that this would be the next generation Tablet K1...