2015

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• Did the Android 6.0.1 update kill your battery life?

  December 31, 2015

• How Android can really do split-screen multitasking right

  December 24, 2015

• How many Bluetooth devices do you have paired to your smartphone?

  December 22, 2015

• Adoptable Storage: Android Marshmallow’s hidden feature that your phone probably can’t use

  December 18, 2015

• Google Now just got answering machine-like functionality – here’s how to use it

  December 16, 2015

• An anthem for our day: Disturbed covers The Sound Of Silence

  December 9, 2015

• Life with the Lenovo 100S Chromebook: pros and cons

  December 8, 2015

• What is LiFi and why you should care: the next generation light-based WiFi

  December 1, 2015

• The future of Bluetooth: what to expect and why you should care

  November 24, 2015

• What is Factory Reset Protection and why is Android Marshmallow forcing OEMs to include it in their devices

  November 24, 2015

• Android Launcher: Lightning Launcher

  November 20, 2015

• The Pros and Cons of 5GHz WiFi 802.11ac

  November 18, 2015

• Is Android Pay safe?

  November 13, 2015

• Verizon DROID Maxx 2 Review: MAXX is the proper word to describe it

  November 10, 2015

• Bendgate Redux: Nexus 6P bending is a non-issue

  November 10, 2015

• Here’s how Google and OEMs can fix Android OTA updates

  November 4, 2015

• 5 cool things you can do with Google’s low-end Nexus

  November 3, 2015

• This was the best Nexus of all time

  October 30, 2015

• Do Not Disturb Mode: Android Marshmallow finally got it right

  October 19, 2015

• Google Chromecast and Chromecast Audio Review: the future is now

  October 18, 2015

• Nexus Quick Charging explained

  October 14, 2015

• Battle of the Beasts: Nexus 6P vs Nexus 5X vs Nexus 6

  October 13, 2015

• A liquid cooled smartphone: an inevitable, and very smart move

  October 7, 2015

• LG is doing with a second screen what Motorola and Nokia did with the main screens

  October 1, 2015

• Speaker of the House Boehner Resigns

  September 25, 2015

• Wake me up when September ends

  September 24, 2015

• Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

  September 22, 2015

• Ditto: a wearable unlike any you’ve seen before

  September 18, 2015

• Android Marshmallow should be embracing the Dark Theme, not getting rid of it

  September 16, 2015

• Five ways to keep your cellular data usage under control

  September 15, 2015

• Making money writing apps isn’t as easy as you think

  September 10, 2015

• Force Touch? Android has had that for years

  September 7, 2015

• What Windows 10 Phone needs to do to woo Android users back

  September 4, 2015

• What’s the most disappointing smartphone you’ve owned?

  September 3, 2015

• HTC Desire 626 Review: affordable, but it falls short of awesome

  September 3, 2015

• Reversible cameras: genius or gimmick? (TL/DR)

  August 28, 2015

• Who will benefit from the vacuum the Note 5 left in the “hardcore” phone market?

  August 18, 2015

• Power users are pissed that the Note 5 might ditch removable storage and battery, but do regular users care?

  August 13, 2015

• I am pro-choice - just maybe not how some define it

  August 6, 2015

• AMOLED vs IPS: which is better?

  July 23, 2015

• How Google killed its Play Music app for me

  July 20, 2015

• My new house is going to be intelligent, and controllable from my smartphone

  July 16, 2015

• Chocolate bar versus silver bar: Which one would you pick? (video)

  July 13, 2015

• Is the new T-Mobile JUMP On Demand plan a good deal for you?

  July 2, 2015

• Google Maps Offline completely misses the point, but it’s a great feature

  June 29, 2015

• Why do we still need SIM cards?

  June 3, 2015

• Hands on with the Neo smartpen N2

  May 27, 2015

• Android Wear watch faces: my digital favorites

  May 26, 2015

• WHAT’S WRONG WITH SB54 AND ‘COUNT MY VOTE’?

  May 15, 2015

• Voting by Email is a bad idea

  May 13, 2015

• We've got bees!

  May 12, 2015

• Why Android fails to deliver a Microsoft Continuum experience

  May 6, 2015

• Is the Snapdragon 808 inside the LG G4 a huge mistake? (poll)

  May 5, 2015

• I failed as a "hero" today

  April 29, 2015

• Baltimore is burning (video) (UPDATED 4/28)

  April 27, 2015

• The Prius and the Useful idiot (video)

  April 24, 2015

• How and Why to plant Lombardy Poplar trees (video)

  April 15, 2015

• Ads vs paid apps: Which do you prefer? (poll)

  April 14, 2015

• An HTC Sense-running tablet is a fantastic idea

  March 31, 2015

• Layton Home for Sale! (UPDATE: Sold!)

  March 31, 2015

• Utah: Good guy with a gun prevents stabbing (video)

  March 24, 2015

• How to set up Android 5.1’s anti-theft Device Protection

  March 23, 2015

• 4 ways USB 3.1 will change how you use your smartphone

  March 20, 2015

• A curved LG G4 makes a lot of sense

  March 19, 2015

• The Apple Watch retail launch is the best thing yet to happen to Android Wear

  March 18, 2015

• The BlackBerry Passport from an Android Perspective

  February 27, 2015

• Who's behind the ironically named 'Count My Vote' initiative?

  February 19, 2015

• Do you support Fair Elections in 2016?

  February 18, 2015

• Networking tweaks to help your Android perform better, faster, and safer

  February 13, 2015

• ARM vs x86/x64

  February 13, 2015

• Are you a wild pig?

  February 12, 2015

• BLU Vivo Air: pros and cons of the thinnest phone

  February 12, 2015

• Utah: Do you value your privacy?

  February 11, 2015

• I cut up my Discover Card - another step to financial freedom

  February 11, 2015

• Pros and Cons of Google’s Nexus 6

  February 5, 2015

• Syracuse Jr. High caught violating State Law?

  February 3, 2015

• How Android could compete with the Microsoft Surface Hub

  January 30, 2015

• Three things I envy about Windows Phone 10, as an Android user

  January 28, 2015

• The end-game is a nationwide car-tracking system

  January 27, 2015

• Taxed by the mile is a really bad idea!

  January 26, 2015

• I’m Joe Levi, and I play with dolls

  January 26, 2015

• Tablet lessons Samsung needs to learn this year

  January 25, 2015

• A Simple Solution to the Deflated Balls Situation

  January 23, 2015

• Google banned one of my ads, the reason why will leave you astounded

  January 23, 2015

• One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter

  January 23, 2015

• What if you could stuff your whole computer into your mouse? (video)

  January 21, 2015

• What is build.prop and my 5 favorite tweaks

  January 15, 2015

• Here’s why cellular-connected tablets are a horrible idea

  January 14, 2015

• Here’s why Android Lollipop is laggy

  January 7, 2015

• Does wireless charging make sense for tablets?

  January 5, 2015

• How to re-enable tethering in Lollipop on the Nexus 6

  January 1, 2015