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After my initial review of the Earfun Go Portable Bluetooth Speaker, Earfun was kind enough to send me the Go’s

The Earfun Go: Impressive Power in a Small Package

September 9, 2019September 9, 2019 Ben K 0 Comments

Recently, I had the pleasure of receiving the newest speaker from EarFun – The EarFun Go. This is some incredible hardware

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UPDATED: It’s Official – Android Nougat Has Been Released! (Nexus 6P Update Available)

August 22, 2016August 22, 2016 Ben K 0 Comments 7.0, Android Nougat

As has been speculated by many different tech sites, August 22, 2016 marks the official release date of Android 7.0

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Day 14 With The Ring Video Doorbell

August 22, 2016August 22, 2016 Ben K 0 Comments Ring Video Doorbell

It’s now been a full two weeks with the Ring Video Doorbell, and the word that comes to mind more

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Day Two With The Ring Video Doorbell

August 11, 2016 Ben K 2 Comments

Day two with the Ring Video doorbell, and the excitement at my fancy new security gadget has faded. To

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Day One With the Ring Video Doorbell

August 9, 2016August 10, 2016 Ben K 1 Comment Ring Doorbell, Video Doorbell

Due to an uptick in the amount of break-ins in the neighborhoods surrounding my house (and a generous promotion from

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Hands-On With The New Nexus Launcher

August 8, 2016 Ben K 0 Comments Nexus Launcher

It’s been several days now since the new Nexus Launcher was leaked into the wild. As a Nexus 6P owner currently

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Substratum Is A New Way To Manage RRO Layers

August 5, 2016 Ben K 0 Comments Layers, ROM, Root, RRO, theme

Those Android users fortunate enough to have a device that supports Android Marshmallow may be familiar with the term RRO

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Magisk Mod Enables Root+Xposed+Android Pay

August 5, 2016August 5, 2016 Ben K 4 Comments

In the latest update in the cat-and-mouse game that is the current state of Android Pay on modified devices, XDA-Developers

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Dear HTC…What Happened?

August 4, 2016 Ben K 10 Comments

HTC recently released their Q2 earnings report, and the results were not positive. Despite the marked success of the HTC 10

Paul King Also on the WiFi connection - something I did was put it behind a router that was not using my ISP for DNS. That seemed to clear up most of the issues with it being unable to connect. I think the ISP...
Midea U Inverter 12,000 BTU Smart Window AC review (week 2) · June 14, 2021
Paul King Where can you turn off the beeping that the AC does when a change is made? I'm in the app now. Hamburger menu "function" has express run setting, schedules, sleep curve, check, units, about device,...
Midea U Inverter 12,000 BTU Smart Window AC review (week 2) · June 14, 2021
Anthony So, uh, you can turn off the beeping. "Sound" toggle in the app. I'll admit it's crap with wifi connections. That aside, it's amazing. The U shape makes a huge difference, it's gorgeous, it's quiet, I...
Midea U Inverter 12,000 BTU Smart Window AC review (week 2) · June 14, 2021
Paul King Might want to check out Lan Speed Test - will give you a little better idea on what the upper limits are without having to guess at your ISP or upstream.
I got WiFi in my garden thanks to Rockspace AC1200 · June 11, 2021
Paul King Thanks to Omar Hijab for pointing out my hotspot recommendation wasn't exactly clear - I have attempted to clarify as much as I can (gotta get kids to camp this morning) in the original piece as well...
How to set up that 2.4GHz device on your dual 2.4/5 network · June 11, 2021