Author Archives: Josh Hendrickson

Google Assistant’s New SDK Speeds Up Smart Homes, Works Offline

More and more, smart speakers are acting as a smart home hub that controls all your devices. But true smart home hubs often have a significant advantage over smart speakers—local control. By skipping the cloud, smart hubs react more quickly and c… Continue reading

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You Can Now Watch Some Apple TV+ Original Shows for Free

Today, Apple is making some of its original Apple TV+ content free for everyone to watch. The company joins HBO, Plex, and Roku in handing out free content while we all stay home. You can access the shows today through a link in the U.S., and everyone … Continue reading

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LEGO’s Super Mario Set Sold out in Less Than a Day—Here’s Where You Can Still Get It

Sometimes you blink and miss. We recently told you about a LEGO’s new $59.99 Super Mario set, complete with LCD-powered Mario. The building block company started pre-orders immediately and sold out in less than a day. The good news? You can still… Continue reading

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Ring’s New Alarm System Adds One-Touch Access to Police, Fire, and Medical Services

Today, Ring announced an upgraded version of its home security system. The Amazon-owned company says the second-generation Ring alarm hardware is sleeker, smaller, and easier to use. And with one-touch buttons, you can quickly request police, fire, or … Continue reading

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Google Introduces a Braille Keyboard for Android

Today, Google announced a new keyboard, dubbed TalkBack, for Android. But it’s not like any keyboard the company has introduced before—this one is for Braille users.Read This Article on Review Geek › Continue reading

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[Updated] Microsoft Teams Will Make Group Video Calls Less Painful

Right now, people from all over the world are working from home for the first time. That’s evident by Team’s skyrocketing usage numbers. The service went from 13 million daily active users (DAUs) last July to 32 million DAUs last week to 44… Continue reading

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Google and U.S. Senate Ban Internal Zoom Use

Zoom, once one of the biggest beneficiaries of the global pandemic, is lately seeing more bad news than good. After several schools and companies banned Zoom, two more entities have followed—Google and the U.S. Senate. For its part, Zoom is tryin… Continue reading

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Twitter Says It Will Share More of Your Data With Advertisers

No free service is genuinely free. If the service doesn’t charge you for access, then it’s selling your data to recoup the cost of servers, employees, and hopefully net a profit. With that in mind, Twitter is alerting users it will start sh… Continue reading

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Researchers Use 3D Printers to Fool Your Phone’s Fingerprint Scanner

Fingerprint scanners are a convenient method to access your phones and devices, but they aren’t secure. If you want security, you should stick with a long PIN, or better yet, a password (if possible). Researchers from Cisco Talos underscored that… Continue reading

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Facebook’s New Tuned App Is a Couples-Only Messenger Alternative

It’s a tale as old as time. Boy meets girl. Girl and boy go on a few dates. A pandemic outbreak forces them to stay at home, thus cutting off a new relationship. Well, maybe that’s a fresh tale for the times, and for it, a new app from Face… Continue reading

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