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Start off 2023 with a VPN – How to install the Google One VPN on your desktop and Android phone

January 3, 2023
A virtual private network (VPN) is one of the best things you can take advantage of on your devices. The tool protects your online activity from malicious activity, whether you know it or not. This guide will take you through finding out if you can use the Google One VPN and how to install it on your desktop or Android phone, even if you don’t use a Pixel. In order to use Google’s VPN, you…
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LineageOS 20 based upon Android 13 officially launches w/ new camera app, more

January 2, 2023
In the world of third-party Android ROMs, LineageOS is among the most popular. Months after Android 13 was officially released for Pixel phones, LineageOS 20 has arrived based upon the latest mobile OS. Announced in a lengthy blog post by the Lineage team, LineageOS 20 has been in the works since October 2022 but is now ready for a sizable pool of devices. Because much of the hard work has already…
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Got a new iPhone? Here’s a suggested way to organize your iPhone apps

January 2, 2023
There are probably almost as many ways to organize your iPhone apps as there are iPhone users, and most of us have probably experimented with a bunch of them. But more than eight years later, I’m still using a method I first tried back in 2013 (that screen size! those icons!). Instead of organizing my apps by what they do, I organize them by where I am when I use them. For quite a while, I…
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New Honor 80 Pro appears in renders, will sell only offline

January 1, 2023
The Honor 80 family has four members, and it looks like a fifth is on its way. A new device appeared online with a flat display and camera island just like the 80 Pro, and sources claim it will also be named “Honor 80 Pro.” However, the upcoming device will have…
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Ice Universe: Oppo is working on its own smartphone chipset

January 1, 2023
Smartphones are constrained by batteries and thermals and perform optimally when specialized hardware does the heavy lifting – hardware like Oppo’s MariSilicon X ISP and the new MariSilicon Y Bluetooth chip. Of course, these are partial solutions, for best results a completely custom chipset is what is needed. That seems to be the thinking over at Oppo HQ as reports that the company is…
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