Putting the reader first
Derrick Miyao
Smart speakers come loaded with thousands of features. There are so many features that it’s nearly impossible to get the most from them. However, beyond listening to music, controlling your smartphones, and playing the news, there is one feature you should know how to use: how to make phone calls. The Google Home, Google Home Mini, and Google Max are all capable of making … Continue Reading >
No matter what psychologists claim about smartphones and our addictions to them, they won’t be going away. Sure we might overindulge from time to time, but we generally tend to control our smartphone usage. However there are plenty of times when we’d like our smartphones to leave us alone, and if we truly want to get control of them you need to take the … Continue Reading >
Despite the Trump administration’s best efforts to keep Huawei out of the US market, it’s digging its heels into US soil. It’s going to continue to sell its smartphones, tablets, computers, and accessories with or without Verizon and AT&T. Starting April 1, Huawei is dropping the price of its flagship, the Mate 10 Pro, to $649.99, or $150 off MSRP. It’s also dropping the … Continue Reading >
Technology companies are firing back at its users to be more aware of the information they agree to when they sign up to use their services. However, most of us have chosen to ignore all of the disclaimers and rules companies make us agree to – there can be pages and pages of useless jargon written by lawyers to protect them in the event … Continue Reading >
Without question, the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ have the best displays you can get in a smartphone today. Heck, they’re even better than any television you can buy when it comes to detail, color, pixel density, and contrast ratio are unmatched. Now that you have your hands on the Samsung Galaxy S9, you probably want to customize it to your own personality. One … Continue Reading >
Social media is a relatively new phenomenon. Facebook, the world’s largest social media site, is just 14 years old founded back in 2004. Whenever we come across something new, we sometimes have to learn lessons the hard way. Chances are very slim that you’ve ever read an online agreement in full when you’ve signed up for an app or service online. As a result, … Continue Reading >
Samsung’s take on Android is vastly different than what you’d find on a stock Google smartphone. It runs a heavily modified version of Android called TouchWiz and comes with so many features there are guidebooks dedicated to helping you sort through them. There’s one very useful feature which we use to manage multiple social media accounts where we don’t want to sign in and … Continue Reading >
The Samsung Galaxy S9 is the hottest Android smartphone you can buy right now. Every year the S9/S9+ is the best selling Android smartphone on the planet for good reason. It’s got all of the latest specs, has a first-ever dual aperture camera, and comes with industry-leading designs. The S lineup is one of the few Android smartphones that come in more than one color, … Continue Reading >
Hear me now? The tagline from Verizon’s once popular commercials touting its service is a solid “NO” for me on the AT&T Wireless network. I pay for unlimited data, and while that service is great, my call quality has been in the dumps as of late. My daily driver has been an Apple iPhone X for a couple of months now and it’s been nothing … Continue Reading >
In a world of plastic and expensive headphones, one company is doing its best to make high-quality and great sounding audio products that last a lifetime (when it comes to electronics) while looking incredible. Master & Dynamic, a New York based company, has a modest lineup of headphones from wired to wireless, in ear to over ear, where each product is designed and tuned to … Continue Reading >