Google I/O doesn’t kick off for another two months, but Google won’t wait that long to drop its next-generation Android N upgrade. Its first developer preview is out today for Nexus devices, and it comes packing a number of features swiped from iPad Pro and iOS, including split-screen multitasking, picture-in-picture mode, and bundled app notifications. If you thought

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It turns out that Tim Cook’s old high school in Robertsdale, Alabama, isn’t quite as fond of the MacBook is he is. Robertsdale High, from which Apple’s CEO graduated in 1978, has swapped the company’s notebooks it was giving to every student for significantly more affordable Chromebooks built by Lenovo. MacBooks have been given to Robertsdale

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Did you promise yourself you would finally learn to code in 2016? Have you done nothing about it so far? It’s not too late to get started. With the 2016 Learn to Code bundle, you can get over 92 hours of training that’ll teach you HTML5, Ruby, PHP, MySQL, and more. And thanks to Cult

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Google’s next three iterations of the Nexus could all come from HTC. According to a new report, the Taiwanese company — which made Google’s last Nexus tablet and the very first Nexus phone — has secured a three-year deal that will see its name plastered on Google smartphones beyond 2018. Recent rumors claimed HTC would be tasked with building

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If you’ve bought a Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 edge from Verizon, you may have noticed that it’s missing one big feature: Samsung Pay. Fortunately, this isn’t part of a plan to block the mobile payments service on Verizon handsets, and it will be available later this week. It’s not totally clear why the Samsung Pay

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If you still can’t decide whether Samsung’s new Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 edge are worth the upgrade fee, T-Mobile might have something up its sleeve that will help you pull the trigger. According to a leaked internal memo, the carrier will offer both devices in a buy one get one free deal to qualifying

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Trust.Zone VPN steers prying eyes away from your Internet activity, so you can browse freely and anonymously. Use country-restricted streaming services, download files, and use BitTorrent without the usual risk. It’s everything you love about the Internet without the danger of hackers and the restrictions of borders — and for a limited time only, you can

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As the iPhone’s biggest rivals, Samsung’s latest Galaxy smartphones have to be good enough to convince consumers that they’re a better buy. None do that better than the new Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge. According to the overwhelmingly positive reviews published today, the duo have a number of big advantages over the iPhone 6s. Here are

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What better way to market your latest products than to get them into the hands of the most powerful people in America… or at least actors pretending to be the most powerful people in America. That’s exactly what Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus did when it coughed up $300,000 to get the OnePlus One, OnePlus 2,

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Amazon has promised to bring back encryption for its own Fire OS operating system after removing it in its latest update. The retail giant’s decision was met with anger and confusion by Fire tablet owners when Fire OS 5 rolled out last week. Amazon says it removed encryption from Fire OS — along with other

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