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Google Store international birthday sale kicks off earlier than usual this year

Google celebrates its inception every year on September 27 and marks it internationally with deals on first-party hardware. The Google Store will be having that one-day 24th birthday sale a bit early next week. Across most European and some Asia-Pacific (Japan and Taiwan, but not Australia) Google Stores today, you’ll find the following banner: “Our 24-hour sale is starting 9/9. The countdown…
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Watch Material You and Android UIs interpreted ‘in more physical ways’ [Video]

Google Design today shared a video “collage of animated experiments inspired by #MaterialDesign,” specifically Material You. Coming in at under two minutes, it’s the culmination of artwork created by someform Studio that Google Design commissioned and has been sharing over the course of August. Meanwhile, Zelig Sound is responsible for the audio you hear behind the animated work. We see…
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iPhone 14 chip news: What to expect

Apple is set to unveil the all-new iPhone 14 lineup this fall, bringing new features such as an always-on display and upgraded camera hardware. What about the iPhone 14 chip? As it turns out, things are going to be interesting this year. The iPhone 14 chip will be different…
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Beeper lets you use iMessage on Android and Windows – but it comes at a price

As you probably already know, iMessage is Apple’s instant messaging platform. It was introduced in 2011, and Apple never made it available for Android or Windows. This has frustrated many users, especially those who want to switch from iOS to Android but don’t want to lose access to iMessage. With Beeper, Android users can finally have iMessage on other platforms – but it comes at a…
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Galaxy Z Fold 4 holds up to dust in torture test, but nothing has changed from older models [Video]

Foldable smartphones have come a long way since launch, but even Samsung’s latest and greatest ship with a huge list of warnings for how you should treat the device. In a torture test putting the Galaxy Z Fold 4 through the worst of the worst, it holds up well to dust and dirt, but that’s not really a surprise. Zach from the JerryRigEverything channel this week published his routine torture…
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