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Quick Charge Podcast: January 7, 2021

January 8, 2021
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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Google One may soon offer free trials of increased storage

January 8, 2021
The latest update to Google Photos points to the app offering a free trial to Google One’s increased storage quota. About APK Insight: In this ‘APK Insight’ post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store. When we decompile these files (called APKs, in the case of Android apps), we’re able to see various lines of code within that hint…
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LG's webOS 6.0 smart TVs have a new UI, NFC-equipped remote

January 8, 2021
Seven years after introducing webOS as the platform for its Smart TV lineup, LG is introducing version 6.0 with a new look and feel for its 2021 4K and 8K TVs. The old blade lineup of apps is gone, with a more modern tile-based layout. LG Home Entertainment president Park…
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iPhone leads December smartphone activations in the US, significantly outpacing Samsung

January 8, 2021
More data is coming in on iPhone and smartphone sales in the US during the important December timeframe. We saw in a previous report from Flurry Analytics that iPhone took the top 9 of 10 smartphone activations on Christmas Day. Now the firm has shared data on how iPhone stacked up against the competition for all of December and the iPhone handily dominated the market, which included beating…
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Acer Chromebook Spin 514 launches next month with AMD Ryzen, starts at $479

January 8, 2021
For years Chromebooks have arrived with mostly Intel and some MediaTek chipsets, but in late 2020 AMD announced a new series of Chromebook chips. Now, Acer is adopting AMD Ryzen in its new Chromebook Spin 514. Available in Q1 2021, the Acer Chromebook Spin 514 is the company’s first release using AMD instead of Intel. Specifically, you’ll find an AMD Ryzen 5 3500C or a Ryzen 7 3700C in this…
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