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If you saved $15 on Amazon yesterday, don't forget to save another $15 today
Think of it as a 2-day e-commerce gymnastics tournament
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Amazon is closing out August by giving customers free money: up to $30 over the course of 2 days, in fact. If you took advantage of this deal yesterday, here's how to get the full value of it today.The savings come in the form of two $15 coupons valid for separate $25 Amazon purchases. It gets a bit tougher from there, but you might be able to squeeze out an extra back-to-school purchase or two from this opportunity.To get your first $15 coupon, access this Amazon promo page (which we got through SlickDeals), enter your email in the "Receive a download link" field, then wait for an email to arrive with the very next link you need to tap on with your mobile device. If you don't have the app on your device, you'll need to download it.
Aukey Hybrid ANC Wireless Earbuds long-term review: Long in the tooth
It works, but it's a nightmare to use
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You don't need to break the bank for a pair of true wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation. Hell, you probably won't even need a whole Benjamin. Aukey's Beyond ANC Hybrid earbuds, otherwise known as the EP-N5, only cost $59 most days and can be found for way less sometimes. But can your ears live with them? Check out our appended update below.
You can save $400 on a Galaxy Z Flip3 if you're willing to give Boost Mobile a try
Dish is hoping this deal will give its carrier a boost
Pre-orders for Samsung's most affordable foldable smartphone yet are over, but the deals screaming out at us about free Galaxy Z Flip3 devices are still fresh in our minds. If you're willing to make some compromises, though, you can get a Flip3 for just $600 right now. No kidding.
T-Mobile has been working on expanding both its cellular and retail coverage to rural areas in the country. Some weighty events have helped spread its network out like the merger with Sprint and 5G deployment on 600MHz. As for the brick-and-mortar situation, it appears that the company will be standing on the shoulders of giants Best Buy and (eventually) Walmart.
Spreadsheets: you build them up with data points, make the rules by dropping down formulae, then watch them not make sense when an exception occurs. We can't help you with that, but maybe Google Sheets can make the interminable process more tolerable with its new context-aware formula suggestions.
YouTube Music arrives for Wear OS smartwatches, but not yours
Right now it only supports the new Galaxy Watch4
For a second there, it looked like Google was just about done with Wear OS. That was until the roadmap started unfolding with plans for, among other things, a new YouTube Music app and, later on, the big reveal of new Samsung smartwatches running the platform. Today, the plot has finally culminated with the soft launch of the new YouTube Music for the Galaxy Watch4 series.
Take movie night outside on the cheap with this one-day Anker projector sale
Small prices to pay for a couple of small projectors
Whether you're hosting a big movie night outside or just like to fill up empty wall space in your house, you might want to pick up one of Anker's Android-powered portable projectors. The Nebula Astro Mini and Nebula Apollo are on sale at their best prices to date.The Astro Mini (seen above) prizes size above everything else and it shows: the cube measures less than 4 inches each side and weighs just 13 ounces. The device can throw a 100" image at 480p with its 100-lumen lamp, estimated to last 30,000 hours, and has a 3W speaker. A remote is included in the box — there's obviously Bluetooth and Wi-Fi support — but the projector can also be controlled through your phone with the Nebula Connect app. Similarly, content can be fed through other devices via Casting or HDMI and the Astro Mini takes data and charge with its USB-C port. The battery is rated to last about 2.5 hours.
Nest's new battery-powered security camera and video doorbell now shipping in the US
Buy them today, install them this weekend
After announcing a bumper crop of smart security hardware earlier this month, Google appears ready to begin delivering its new battery-powered Nest smart home devices to the masses. Google Store shoppers can now cart both items and get actual ship dates.
Play Store ratings will soon reflect the experience of users more like you — yes, you
The incumbent Viewers Like You contingent will also be pleased with this
After plenty of feedback from app developers and their users alike, the Google Play Store will soon begin letting everyone filter reviews and ratings based on where users are. Publishers will also be able to better track ratings by device type.
Foldable phones have arrived, and Samsung has the pre-order figures to prove it
Acknowledge the folding smartphone before it takes over the world
Samsung's big pitch for the Galaxy Z Fold3 and Flip3 appears to have landed a hit. The company has confirmed that it has logged the most global pre-orders for the new foldable phones ever, eclipsing sales of existing Galaxy Z models year-to-date. Unofficial numbers from South Korea may give us an idea of how big this stack actually is.
Keep juiced up even while you're lost in the woods with $125 off this long-lasting power station
Camp? Cabin? Cottage? This baby's for those
Camping and cabin seasons are going long and strong and if you have any reason to participate in them without leaving the grid, you'll definitely need a power plant to match your needs. Consider, then, Anker's 500W portable power station, on sale now for 25% off.The PowerHouse II is capable of 500W of typical output and 770W of peak output with a capacity of 777Wh — that's about 5 days of power for a lamp or internet router and 3 hours of power for an 85" TV. It has all the ports: two AC, two DC, two USB-C, four USB-A, and a car socket. It's able to take in charge at up to 120W via dedicated DC or Anderson inputs (if you've got a solar panel with you) as well as the car and USB-C ports.
Google Photos gives the Mars rover a trip down Memories lane
We're far from Yonkers OR Delmonico's at this point
It's been 6 months since NASA's selfie-capable Perseverance rover hit the iron oxide floor of Mars. "Percy," as some affectionately call the bot, has been exceptionally useful in that short span despite only trekking just under one-and-a-quarter miles of surface. It's also taken more than 125,000 captivating pictures during its stay. Some of them made the creative folks at Google wonder "what if Perseverance had a Google Photos account?"
We're one step away from officially being able to call Saygus a 'fraud'
Right now, we can say it's an alleged fraud
You may barely remember Utah-based Saygus as a vaporware company that was constantly promoting a revolutionary smartphone for the power user that it never actually released. The federal government, though, wants to officially stick one particular title to its founder: fraudster.
Facebook's slow roll on encryption has made it to video and voice calls on Messenger
But not by default
Facebook has been slow to implement end-to-end encryption for its messaging apps, but the baby steps continue to happen nevertheless. Today, it announced the introduction of opt-in E2EE for voice and video calls in Messenger.
Good riddance to bubbles as Google's dialer app starts adopting 'chips' on Android 12
Goes great with fish
"Chat heads" have been roundly criticized by Android users as one of the most annoying user experiences and design aspects on the platform. Those peeved by the so-called bubbles may soon find at least some relief with Android 12, as Google's dialer app looks to go in a new direction with chips.
Android 12 Beta 4 makes notifications in landscape easier or harder to use
We screenshot, you decide (and complain)
Those using Android 12 Beta 4 in landscape orientation are looking at a lot more space and a lot less notification content today. As part of the new release, Google seems to have adjusted padding to the left and right of items in the notification shade while in landscape — a potential ergonomic and consistency boon, but it might upset those that actually liked the extra content.
Don't order your Galaxy Z Fold3 or Flip3 before checking out these carrier deals
They cover a range, though. Some are bad.
The announcement's out. In the U.S., the Galaxy Z Flip3 is priced at $1,000 for the 128GB version and $1,050 for the 256GB version while the Fold3 with 256GB or 512GB of storage sits at $1,800 and $1,900. Both come up for pre-orders today and they'll ship from August 27. Now comes all of the ways to cut down that total and fill up your cart from your friendly neighborhood carrier, retailer, and/or Samsung itself.
The $1,800 Galaxy Z Fold3 doesn't come with a charger
But if you can afford to buy it, does it matter?
How does a manufacturer fill a product box? Does it do so with the consumer in mind where everything required for a rich and full user experience is included? Or does frugal intent take over, nickeling and diming accessories like a wall adapter or a stylus in order to recoup margins missed by pricing your third series of foldable phones at their lowest prices yet? For the Galaxy Z Flip3 and Fold3, it seems Samsung is counting on the latter's resulting wow factor beyond all else as its leading motive.
Meet the Galaxy Z Fold3 and Flip3: The crown jewel and the new mainstream
Will you buy a foldable phone now?
Samsung has christened its third generation of mobile phones with folding displays. The debut of the Galaxy Z Fold3 phablet also comes support for an S Pen for the first time in the series while the clamshell-styled Flip3 brings plenty of flexing display surface for the lowest price offered yet, at least from this company. This refresh also introduces an even clearer divide in sorting out what type of consumer is meant to buy which device.
All-in-one PCs are hot again as HP sticks Chrome on a display that swivels
The company thinks it fits the bill as a new age 'family computer'
In addition to a new Chrome OS convertible tablet and a plug-and-play monitor, HP is getting freaky by announcing an all-in-one Chrome machine with a rotatable display. The company is hoping to redefine how a family computer serves its users by fueling good performance for basic tasks with a more tactile experience.