Assistant, AI, Android, and more!
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Google I/O 2018: All the big announcements!
Google's I/O 2018 developer conference kicked off with a bang with a huge keynote revealing the latest projects coming out of Mountain View.
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Giving away the farm
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Facebook never earned your trust and now we're all paying the price
No laws were broken when Cambridge Analytica collected the data of 50 million Facebook users and used it to influence the election for president of the United States. There was no leak and no breach; just gross negligence — and that's terrifying.
Knee-jerk reactions to business as usual
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A government-owned 5G network? Not gonna happen
A new report claims the US government has a proposal to create a government-owned 5G network. This... seems very unlikely to actually happen for so many reasons. (Updated with comment from the FCC Commissioner.)
Why are these things... things?
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Fingers-on with the new and weird Vital and Keyboard Moto Mods
Motorola is offering both a blood pressure cuff and a slide-out keyboard as Moto Mods. The question, though, is why?
The dream... maybe
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Razer's Project Linda turns your phone into a laptop
So many companies have tried and failed to make a dockable phone that turns into a usable laptop. Has Razer cracked the formula with its newest concept?
Paying the toll
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Net neutrality, consolidation, monopolies, and you
A fair and open internet is vital to the national and global interest. It promotes our democracy and economy. Recent moves at the FCC threaten to undo rules supporting "net neutrality", which would unfairly tilt the playing field in favor of ISPs.
Hold on to your butts
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Huawei Mate 10 will be unveiled on October 16, run on Kirin 970
Huawei's next-gen Mate flagship phone is coming on October 17th: get ready for the Huawei Mate 10. Details are still few on the phone, but here's what we know.
Manual video with LOG format? Oh yes.
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LG's focus on the V30 cameras is great for pros and amateurs
There's no substitute for a quality camera. And while many of us will take every photo and video on full auto, there's a place for manual camera controls, RAW and LOG files, Hi-Fi audio, focus peaking, and everything else the pros love.
Pick up your lightsaber, young padawan
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The Star Wars Jedi Challenge is AR-awesome and all I want is more
They say that greed and desire are the path to the dark side. I don't care. I want to get my hands on the Star Wars Jedi Challenge that Lenovo and Disney have cooked up. Now.
G6 + GS8 = V30 ❤️
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The LG V30 is the phone the G6 should've been from the start
Is the LG V30 a successor to the V20, a true G6+, the phone the G6 should've been, or the stylish lovechild of a G6 and a Samsung Galaxy S8? Maybe it's all of the above.
Survey time!
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The State of Android Central Survey: Help us help you (and win big!)
Our sites at Mobile Nations are living things, always changing and evolving to meet your needs. So we're checking in with you to see how we're doing — what you like, what you don't care about, and where we can improve.
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A guide to finding the best wireless plan
Let us help you find the best wireless plan. Save time navigating confusing carrier websites and allow our experts to provide you with the information you need to know to find a plan that's best for you!
Photographic throwdown
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Results: YOU love the cameras on the Galaxy S8 and Pixel!
Who makes the best smartphone camera? The results from our blind camera comparison are in and it was a closer race than you might expect…
Blind Tests!
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You be the judge: Which camera reigns supreme?
We're putting the latest and greatest smartphone cameras to the test — but this time, we want you to tell us which one you like best.
$6,000 of leather, sapphire, and real people
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Vertu Constellation Review: The Billionaire's Phone
Most of us live in a world of phones that around in the ballpark of $600. What happens when a phone costs ten times that? That's the Vertu Constellation, with luxury materials and a do-it-all real humans concierge service that AI can't yet beat.
Take photos like a submarine captain
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Oppo's 5x optical zoom camera is like a periscope inside your phone
We live in a glorious age of dual-camera smartphones, and Oppo is jumping into the fray with a periscope-style 3x zoom lens and image-merging tech that promises up to 5x lossless zoom.
You probably don't need this
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Alcatel could've made a decent mid-tier phone, instead we got an LED back
There's a market for decent, inexpensive phones. Not everybody needs a high-end Snapdragon processor or 6GB of RAM or a super-thin case stuffed with a physics-defying battery cell. The Alcatel A5 could have been that phone. But instead it has LEDs.
Standard slates doing standard slate things
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Lenovo launches four models of Tab 4, none are weird
Lenovo has brought four — FOUR — new tablets to MWC 2017. They're all part of the Tab 4 line-up, coming in 8-inch and 10-inch sizes and standard and improved Plus variants.
What's old is new again
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Hands on with Nokia's new Android phones: the 3, 5, and 6
Nokia's back, baby.
Vegas calling
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CES 2017 Day Three: How many pixels do you really need?
Laptops that are thinner and longer lasting, displays with more pixels than we've ever seen, everything connected to the web in ways we can't yet comprehend. This is CES.