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Lilbits: RISC-V chips, foldable phones, troubleshooting OxygenOS, and more

Oppo may be the next company to introduce a foldable phone, and it looks… kind of familiar. Meanwhile, folks who installed the new Android 12 update on the OnePlus 9 may be experiencing issues and there’s a fix… it’s just not an attractive one. And the RISC-V Summit has drawn to a close, but this […]

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Microsoft is putting app stores in its app store (starting with Epic Games Store and Amazon Appstore)

The Microsoft Store first debuted with Windows 8, giving Microsoft’s desktop operating system an official app store for the first time. But many of the most popular Windows apps haven’t been available in that store for a variety of reasons. With Windows 11 set to debut on October 5th, Microsoft is launching a brand new […]

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Daily Deals (8-20-2021)

The Epic Games Store is giving away Void Bastards and Yooka-Laylee for free this week. B&H is selling Logitech’s popular C920s HD Pro and C922x Pro Steam webcams for $60 and $75, respectively. And the GMK NucBox 2.4 inch mini PC is on sale for $50 off the list price when you use the coupon […]

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Lilbits: A Tiger Lake Chromebook, a $349 Windows on ARM laptop (maybe), and Epic put a game store in its game store

You can now buy a laptop with an Intel Tiger Lake processor, although at $569 it’s relatively pricey by Chromebook standards and with an Intel Core i3 processor and Intel UHD graphics, it’s not going to be as powerful as other upcoming models which may have Core i5 or better chips with Iris Xe graphics. […]

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Daily Deals (4-22-2021)

The Epic Games Store is giving away two PC games for free this week (including one that was part of an earlier giveaway, since I already seem to have Alien: Isolation in my library). If you’d rather just read about video games, StoryBundle has a bundle of eBooks for you. And Humble Bundle is offering […]

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Daily Deals (4-15-2021)

The Epic Games Store is giving away three PC games for free this week. B&H is selling the OnePlus 8 smartphone for half price. Amazon is running a sale on Anker charging accessories & USB hubs. And you can pick up thin and light laptops with Intel Core i5-1135G7 Tiger Lake or Ryzen 7 4700U […]

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The Epic Games Store is now an app store too (starting with Spotify)

The Epic Games Store made a splash when it first launched as a Steam competitor in early 2019, at least partly due to Epic’s decision to give away at least one game for free every week. But now it looks like Epic isn’t stopping with games. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney just announced the first non-game […]

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Lilbits: All your games in one place (OK, just some of them)

Steam has dominated the PC gaming space for much of the past two decades by giving gamers a single place to buy games, track stats and achievements, stream games over a home network, and more. But in recent years the company has seen increased competition… and now two of those competitors have announced that their […]

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Daily Deals (7-09-2020)

The Epic Games Store is giving away three free games this week. Twitch is giving away 16 (somewhat less impressive) titles to Amazon Prime/Twitch Prime members. And SiriusXM is offering up a 3-month subscription to its streaming music service for a buck and throwing in an Amazon Echo Dot to sweeten the deal. That’s kind […]

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Daily Deals (4-16-2020)

The Epic Games Store is giving away Just Cause 4 and Wheels of Aurelia for free fro the next week. And Humble Bundle is offering a name your price deal for nearly $700 worth of games, tools, and subscriptions. Here are some of the day’s best deals. PC games and digital downloads Just Cause 4 PC […]