In defense of fake smartwatches

by dbadmin | Jul 23, 2025 | Features, smartwatches, Wearables

Here in the mobile tech world, we absolutely love slapping labels on products, breaking the market down into categories. Some of those are clearly defined: While they come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, no one’s really debating what counts as a “foldable”...

The Pixel 10 is proof that the iPhone camera strategy isn’t working for Google

by dbadmin | Jul 23, 2025 | Features, Google, Google Pixel, Google Pixel 10

Credit: Android Headlines Google will launch the Pixel 10 series phones on August 20, and we’re excited about the standard Pixel 10. Leaked renders show that the base phone could offer a triple rear camera system for the first time, as a telephoto camera joins the...

Yes, you can disable Gemini permissions on your Android phone — here’s how

by dbadmin | Jul 23, 2025 | Android apps, Features, Google, Google Gemini

Any burgeoning new technology is almost always met with criticisms — some justified, and others not so much. Lately, Google’s Gemini has been the focus of such critiques. Last month, Gemini was under the microscope for an email that suggested it would soon gain a...

I continue to use Google Home and its speakers, but I hate everything about it

by dbadmin | Jul 23, 2025 | Features, Google, Google Home, Google Nest Audio, Google Nest Hub, Google Pixel Tablet, Smart Home

I’ve been in the Google Home camp since the first speaker launched in November of 2016, though you might even say that I started earlier, with the first Chromecast in 2013. Since then, I’ve had a couple of Lenovo Smart Displays, some JBL Link speakers, the JBL Link...

I fired ChatGPT for a week and hired a European AI instead

by dbadmin | Jul 23, 2025 | AI, ChatGPT, Features

I’ve cut my ties to a bunch of American tech. Gmail became Fastmail, Keep turned into Obsidian, and I replaced Tasks with ToDoist. I figured AI would be the hardest one to give up. I’ve been using ChatGPT in an unorthodox way, not for chatting, but as a full-on...

The Pixel 10 Pro is copying one of the worst things about the Galaxy S25 Ultra

by dbadmin | Jul 23, 2025 | Features, Google, Google Pixel 10, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy S25

Just a day after official Google Pixel 10 renders leaked (showing the phone in some really striking new colors), we now have the same treatment for the higher-end Pixel 10 Pro. While the Pixel 10 Pro’s design hasn’t been a secret up until now, these latest renders do...