Google Fit’s Neat Heart and Respiratory Rate Features for Pixel Phones Arriving

A few weeks back, Google teased two new Pixel-exclusive features coming soon to Google Fit that help people without a fancy sports watch or band keep track of a couple of health items. Using cameras in Google Pixel phones, Google found a way to track both heartrate and respiratory rate. On Monday (March 8), those features will start to go live. In...

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AUKEY’s Latest Deals Include 25% Off Popular Power Strip Tower ($32)

AUKEY has a new round of deals on Amazon this week, with plenty of money to save on items like wireless earbuds, power strips, phone mounts, and more. There is a good list of deals to view below, with all of the links and coupon codes you need for max savings shown, but there are a couple items I want to draw attention to. AUKEY’s power strip tower...

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What Do You Use Google Assistant For?

Google Assistant is one of those tools in my bag that I don’t come close to fully using. That embarrasses me some, since the damn thing is spread around my house in every room on several gadgets and I write about it for a living, but its capabilities are so broad that I think it also intimidates me at times. For example, if you head over to the “What...

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Undo Tweet Button Coming to Twitter

Ever since the service’s launch, folks have been interested in the idea of an Edit button for Twitter, capable of allowing users to correct typos and whatever other imperfections are present in their tweets — as if anyone actually gives a shit. Well, it appears Twitter is working on something similar, though, it’s not technically an Edit button. Thanks...

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TicWatch Pro 3 Gets First Big Discount at 15% Off, But You Have to Hurry

Mobvoi gave us a taste of the discount we’ve been asking for a week or so ago when they shaved off $15 from their excellent TicWatch Pro 3, the only watch currently running the Snapdragon Wear 4100. Today, they are going bigger in a limited-time deal on Amazon (and their own store) that is only good for the next few hours. The TicWatch Pro 3 is 15%...

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OK Samsung, We’ll Take $800 Off the Galaxy S21+

Whenever Samsung launches a new Galaxy S or Galaxy Note phone, they run a pre-order period where they ask you to trade-in your current phone to get the new one. They typically offer values for your trade that are higher than usual to convince you to get the new hotness. It’s the best deal in smartphones and it typically ends a couple of weeks after...

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Pixel Buds Bug Fixes Now Include People Just Turning Off Features

When the new Pixel Buds arrived last year, the sales pitch from Google certainly got me. The thought of a pair of true wireless buds with a focus on comfort and appearance in addition to sound and smarts was exactly what I was looking for. In my review, I made it clear that these were the buds I enjoyed the most, at least at the time. Fast forward...

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Verizon Galaxy S21 Lineup Receives March Security Patch

Verizon is shipping out the new March security patch to the Galaxy S21 lineup. That’s timely! So timely that we have no issues continuing to declare that Samsung is the king of Android updates. Sorry, we love ruffling those feathers. Once updated, owners of the Galaxy S21 will have software build version G991USQU1AUB3, S21+ will have G996USQ1AUB3,...

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Chrome Switches Its Release Cycle for First Time in a Decade

Google Chrome releases will soon arrive more frequently than ever. In an announcement this morning from the Chromium blog, Google said that they are updating the Chrome release schedule for the first time in over a decade. For a cool 10+ years now, Chrome stable releases have shipped every 6 weeks with new features, security fixes, etc. With improvements...

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T-Mobile WFX Designed to Meet Demand of Booming Home Office Customers

T-Mobile made a number of announcements for small businesses and enterprise customers this morning, with the entirety of the new stuff falling under the branding of T-Mobile WFX. For those who may ask, the WFX stands for Work From Anywhere, a play on the WFH (work from home) and WFO (work from office) acronyms. T-Mobile WFX is a combination of things:...

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