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The Android Q beta program is already fragmented
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When it comes to the Android Q beta, the OEM gets to call all the shots. That never looks good.
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It's a great and horrible time to set up a smart home
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Until one company makes every piece of the puzzle, your smart home is going to be a mess.
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What's next for Android?
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Innovation isn't always an improvement for everyone. How does Google balance the need for new with the experience for the enthusiast?
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Will somebody make me a Chromebook with a 'real' graphics card?
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The only thing missing for a true power-user Chromebook is a discrete GPU.
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One Galaxy Fold screen issue is unfixable, and you can blame physics
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Nothing, no matter how flexible, is impervious to damage. Or science.
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The Pixel Slate (still) doesn't suck
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The Pixel Slate doesn't really suck. It's just misunderstood.
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5G will drive a bigger wedge between the haves and have-nots
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The current 5G deployment strategies mean you won't find it in rural America any time soon.
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Google's Stadia brings more to worry about than just the technical details
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This could kick off a future where games are only something you rent while you can. I hate that future.
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How can sending data off to China be a mistake?
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It's not a mistake when software was written to explicitly collect and send user data, so why does this keep happening?
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Android Q is (almost) here to remind us all about fragmentation
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Android Q addresses one of my biggest gripes about Android. Too bad I'll have to wait forever to see it on my phone.
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Samsung wins in all areas but the most important: The camera
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The best display, the fastest processor, and a camera that's great but not the best — that's how you can describe the past few Galaxy S phones.
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Samsung DeX is the best product that nobody cares about
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Does nobody really want to carry a desktop PC in their pocket?
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The Galaxy S10 has one thing other phones in 2019 lack: Courage
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A phone that has everything you want — and everything I want — really does exist.
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For some people, their phone is the only computer they need
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It's not as crazy as it sounds, thanks to the right apps and services ... and those gigantic displays.
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Interstitial ads are terrible and they need to disappear
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Interstitial ads are the modern equivalent of punch-the-monkey Flash banners and I'm sick of them.
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How I saved hundreds of dollars a year getting rid of zombie subscriptions
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A few dollars each month can quickly add up.
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After 10 years, Android apps are still worse than their iOS counterparts
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Even with 80% or so of the smartphone market, Android is still behind iOS when it comes to the apps we use. Why?
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Help! Choosing a console is just as hard as choosing a phone
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I really want to play the new Super Smash Brothers. And Spiderman. And State of Decay 2. But I'm not made of money.
Phone makers need to stop abusing Android's memory management
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Every phone maker is guilty of trying to artificially extend battery life by closing background processes that they shouldn't be closing.
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Thanks to Google Photos, I'll always be able to remember the best dog ever
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Sammy was a good dog who loved everybody. I can't bring him back, but I can always see his scruffy face thanks to Google Photos.