Should you be worried about sharing your data with Google?

Ever since the Cambridge Analytica scandal hit the news, a lot of people have been deleting their Facebook or at least making an effort to use it less. But for a lot of people, this has been a complete awakening to the whole internet privacy controversy and consequently, there’s been a growing trend to boycott all internet services known to be collecting user data. The one other company talked about most in this regard is Google. There have been complete guides going around the internet on how to stop using Google services completely and instead use alternatives for each of its services. That means no Google search, no Google Maps, Photos, Drive, or YouTube, and there are people actually trying this. Believe it or not, there have actually been people attempting to replace their YouTube usage with Dailymotion! As a Google-centric news blog, we are obligated to address this madness. Continue reading “Should you be worried about sharing your data with Google?”

In-Depth: Why phone manufacturers continue to eliminate the headphone jack despite all the backlash

Ever since the iPhone 7, there has been an addition to the list of things smartphones can usually endorse as features – the inclusion of a headphone jack. Not that Apple was the first to exclude what for years has been considered a mandatory part of any personal computing device from their smartphone. But because it’s Apple and the iPhone is the most popular phone in the world. So it sets the standard.

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Why the LG G6 is the best phone hardware design ever—even better than the new S8

When the LG G6 was released in February this year, it was widely accredited with being the best-looking smartphone in the world. It was also popularly theorized, however, that it would hold onto this title for a short time only with the new Galaxy phones coming out the next month. And sure enough. That’s exactly what happened. The new Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus are almost unanimously accepted to be the best-looking smartphones to ever grace humanity.

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Before you buy a Galaxy S8+—stop and think

So you’re planning on buying “that new Galaxy phone?”

Which one are you getting?

“The S8 Plus, obviously.”

Yeah. Because you’ve always preferred the bigger phone. You love smartphones and don’t want to hold back on spending all you can to get the best possible. You don’t want to get the smaller, compromising version just to save up a few bucks. You’ve always liked the bigger, 5.5-inch screens and you know from experience that your hand can handle using a phone that big.

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Nokia unveils the Nokia 5, 3, and a new 3310, also announces a global Nokia 6

In a special event at the ongoing Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the company announced its very first Android smartphones—three of them in fact: Nokia 6, Nokia 5 and the Nokia 3. They also announced a modern day reincarnation of the legendary (and heavily memed) Nokia 3310—“for fun,” they said. I foresee a lot of people going to buy it for the exact same reason.

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