Some Android phone makers are starting to get serious about offering long(er) term support for their phones, while others ship phones that may never see a single security update, much less a major operating system update. You’d think Google would be at the head of the class here, since the company’s Pixel phones run Google-made […]
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Hole punch cameras killed the pop-up selfie cam
Over the past few years smartphone makers have declared war on bezels. The black borders that surround displays have gotten smaller… and phone makers have found new places for the fingerprint sensors and cameras that used to hang out in those borders. But it looks like one solution is on its way out. Pop-up selfie […]
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Weekend poll: Liliputing comment voting — like or dislike?
For the past few years Liliputing’s comment system has been powered by a WpDiscuz, a plugin that takes the native WordPress comment system and supercharges it with additional features. But one of those features seems to be at least a little controversial: voting. So I figured I’d ask the community what you think: should we […]
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Would you rather have a phone with a slide-out camera, or a hole in the screen?
As the war on bezels continues, smartphone makers seem to be falling into one of three camps this year. There are phones with slimmer-than-in-the-past bezels. There are notch-phones with a cut-out near the top of the display for a front-facing camera. And recently we’ve seen the addition of a third category: phones with slide-out or […]
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How much storage space do you need on a PC? (At least 155GB if you want to play Final Fantaxy XV in 4K)
10 Comments on How much storage space do you need on a PC? (At least 155GB if you want to play Final Fantaxy XV in 4K)Most Windows PCs with hard drives come with at least 500GB of storage. But if you want the advantages of a solid state drive (including speed, durability, and smaller size), you’ll also pay a higher price per gigabyte, which is why a lot of laptops come with just 128GB or 256GB of solid state storage. […]
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How much would you pay for a Google Reader replacement?
It’s been a little over a month since Google Reader shut down, and the RSS reader landscape is starting to enter a new frontier. Plenty of folks who used to use RSS readers to keep up on the latest news say they now use Twitter, Facebook, or other social networks for much the same thing. […]
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The Apple iPad 2 is now available for purchase — are you getting one?
Apple has started taking orders for the iPad 2 through its web store, and the tablet will go on sale in retail stores later today. The first generation iPad was the most successful consumer tablet of all time, selling almost 15 million units in 8 months. While there’s no way to say how many of […]
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Poll results: How much you would pay for a tablet
Consumer oriented tablet computers are hitting the streets faster than anyone can count. Some of the tablets coming out this year will be budget models meant to function primarily as eBook readers, web surfing devices, or portable video players. Others will have high performance multi-core processors, high resolution displays, long battery life, and these high […]
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How much are you willing to pay for a tablet?
Next week Apple is expected to unveil a second generation iPad. But while the first iPad took the world by storm last year as one of the only tablets of its type, the iPad 2 will enter a somewhat more crowded market. It won’t just have to compete with Apple’s first tablet for your attention, […]
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Poll results: Which Linux distro is best for netbooks
I probably should have seen this one coming. Last week I asked which Linux distribution was best suited for netbooks, and the overwhelming majority of people voted for Ubuntu. This Linux distro has only really been around for a few years, but already it’s become one of the most popular flavors of Linux. For many […]