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Honor 60 SE appears on Geekbench with Dimensity 900 SoC

February 1, 2022
A new, unannounced Honor smartphone made an appearance on Geekbench’s database with model number GIA-AN00 and it is believed to be the Honor 60 SE. Information regarding this handset is rather scarce so the Geekbench listing is more than welcome. The device is running MediaTek’s Dimensity 900 chipset and at least one of the memory configurations will offer 8GB of RAM. The sheet also…
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TWRP support comes to OnePlus 8/8 Pro, plus more budget phones

February 1, 2022
Popular custom recovery TeamWin Recovery Project, better known as TWRP, has now added builds that support the OnePlus 8, 8 Pro, and a small pool of budget Android devices. If you are dead set on slapping a custom ROM on your Android device, you might look to TWRP to get…
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Chromebooks had a rough end to 2021 especially for Lenovo and HP, despite yearly growth

February 1, 2022
Google’s Chrome OS made a huge impact early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, with the quick shift to working and educating at home necessitating more machines, and often super affordable ones. However, the following year has seen those numbers drop quickly. In Q4 2021, Chromebook shipments dropped even further, down over 60% compared to the same period in 2020. IDC reports that tablet and…
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Google could soon limit WhatsApp chat backup size on Drive

February 1, 2022
It seems like Google may introduce limits to WhatsApp chat backups when linked to your existing Drive account. All good things must come to an end, and that appears to be the case with WhatsApp backups as evidence uncovered by WABetaInfo hints that as yet unspecified limits are going to be placed upon Google Drive accounts. This makes sense given Google’s greater push towards paid-for cloud…
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Jabra brings multipoint Bluetooth and Google Assistant to Elite 7 Pro and Active

February 1, 2022
The Elite 7 Pro and Elite 7 Active earbuds has seemed to be the black sheep of Jabra’s line – the only pair of true wireless earbuds without multipoint pairing. Fortunately, Jabra is finally bringing the feature to these earbuds via an OTA update. On the Jabra Elite 7s, multipoint pairing is a fantastic feature to have. Really, it’s welcome in any pair of earbuds and is a huge time saver for…
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