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Google Launches Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL Smartphones
Google Pixel 3 Now Official Google has launched their Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL smartphones during their Made By Google event in New York. Both feature the powerful Snapdragon 845 SoC. This processor has 4x Cortex A75 based Kryo 385 Gold at 2.8GHz and 4x Cortex A55 based Kryo 385 Silver…
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Mojang is Developing a Minecraft Dungeon-Crawler Spin-off
Say Hello to Minecraft: Dungeons Minecraft developer Mojang recently announced a new game at Minecon, and unsurprisingly, it is Minecraft-related. The game title is Minecraft: Dungeons and it is a dungeon-crawler style game. Naturally, it also retains the same blocky voxel style graphics which made the series endearing. According to…
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Google Quietly Discontinues Pixel C Android Tablet
The Google Pixel C tablet is no longer available on the Google store. The once flagship tablet is simply too high priced for its sake and now Google redirects users to its original product page to the Pixelbook. Pixel C is an Android tablet, but it originally was intended to…
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Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL Officially Launched
Google has officially debuted their next generation Pixel phones at a California event. Senior VP of hardware Rick Osterloh himself took to the stage to do the unveiling. The larger 6-inch Pixel 2 XL features a plastic-OLED curved edge display similar to the LGV30. In fact, comparisons to the LG…
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Google Picks Up Pixel Part of HTC for $1.1 Billion
Over its relatively short lifespan, Google has picked up a habit of acquiring random hardware companies. The latest acquisition is a longstanding Android OEM partner, HTC. Unlike most other purchases, it looks like this time Google doesn’t want to bite off more than it can chew. Interestingly enough, Google is only taking…
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Google Confirms Premium Pixel 2 for 2017
As we’ve learned to expect, Google often abandons brands for no apparent reasoning, cycling through a number of them quickly in the same segment. One of the beloved brands that got the axe somewhat recently was the Nexus smartphone and tablets. Replaced by the new high-end Pixel brand late last…
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Google Kills Android Google Now Launcher
One of Google’s biggest strengths is how quickly they move into new areas that are being underserved. On the flip side, Google also often drops support for seemingly popular products only to replace it with a substandard replacement or not all. The latest project to get axed is the popular Google…
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Google Reportedly Bringing Android One to US
At the same time Google launched their new Pixel lineup last year, they killed their beloved Nexus brand as well. With the death of Nexus, it has also meant the end of moderately priced Android devices direct from Google, with Pixel targeting the high-end with high-end prices. According to a…
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Google Has No Plans for New Nexus Phones
After launching their new Pixel lineup of phones, the big question is what will happen to their longstanding Nexus lineup. Right now the official word from Google is that there are no plans for new Nexus phones anytime soon. This is going to a major blow to budget minded Android…
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Google Launches Premium Flagship Pixel Phones
As part of the latest Google event, the company has finally revealed their latest flagship smartphones. Instead of the usual lineup of Nexus branded phones, the company has decided to shake things up with their new Pixel branding. Google is starting things off with the 5-inch Pixel and the 5.5-inch Pixel…
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Google Pixel And Pixel XL Photos Leaked?
We’re just days away from the official reveal of the new Google Pixel handsets, but you know what that means, the leaks are coming thick and fast! Leaked images of the device show off the Pixel and the larger Pixel XL in all their glory. The images confirm a lot…
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Google Announces October 4th Hardware Event
Every year during Autumn, Google holds a major event to announce some of their new hardware products. Chief among them of course, are usually the new line of Nexus smartphones and tablets. This is quite similar and it appears that Google will be ready to unveil their latest products in just over…
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The True Cost of Using USB-C Cables
Remember the story of a Google engineer who declared war on USB-C cables that failed to meet specifications? His continuing battle took a turn so grim even he was surprised at how dangerous it had become. Back in November, Benson Leung, who works on Google’s Pixel range of computers –…
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Google Engineer Goes to War Against Bad USB Type-C Cables
The new USB Type-C standard has been adopted by many laptop and smartphone manufacturers this year for its superior power and data transfer capacities – with the added bonus that, unlike previous USB cables, there is no top or bottom – including Google’s Pixel laptops and tablets. However, it seems…
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