Written by Joey Peters
Today Google took over as America’s most valuable company briefly knocking Apple down to second place. Apple then shortly took back the number one spot but things are changing because the last time the Google overtook Apple was a long time ago. That wasn’t the only Tech Story today, watch the full video to catch up on today’s Tech News.
Watch the YouTube Video Here: https://youtu.be/ZXqTtrLugKM
Dear Instagram peoples,
You are awesome. You are the main reason why I am on my phone, and I love the way your new app looks. The white bottom nav looks great and the new user interface all around is pretty okay. Except for one major, major thing. Your icon.
I am not even proud to have that piece of garbage icon on my home screen. That gradient[?] on behind a rather attractive new icon is awful. It makes my eyes crawl into the back of my head. It is the reason why I want to drink bleach.
Please, re-do your new icon. And don’t go back to the old one, just re-do this one. Please.
Please.
Please.
PLEASE.
A (somewhat) happy user,
Lance
Written by Joey Peters
Samsung has added a new application to their Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge called DT Ignite and with this app comes the power of Samsung to put any app on your phone so basically they will be getting companies that want to pay Samsung to put their app on the device and Samsung just wants the money. That wasn’t the only Tech Story today, watch the full video to catch up on all of the Tech News of today!
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Written by Joey Peters
The Samsung Galaxy S7 Active was leaked and looks very familiar to last years Active but with a major physical feature. In this picture it has a camo back on which is pretty interesting because their will probably be new designs that you can get to better yourself. That wasn’t the only Tech Story today, watch the full video to catch up on todays Tech News.
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I am a huge Casey Neistat fan. That means that I watch his vlogs, and I know about his company, Beme.
What is Beme?
I don’t really know how to explain it, so let Casey Neistat (the creator) explain it…
You don’t stare into your phone when you’re recording something, you just go like this… [holds phone to chest], and Beme captures whatever is in front of you, and then when you take the phone away, it shares it. It’s pretty much magic.
–Casey Neistat
Want to follow? Sure! @5_cent_nickel
Oh, and you can follow on Android!
Written by Joey Peters
Google will soon use Material Design on YouTube and drop the design they have right now and I think it is a good idea because personally I think that it looks great. That wasn’t the only Tech Story today, watch the full video to catch up on today’s Tech News!
Watch the YouTube Video here: https://youtu.be/Sb8JdCfHanw
Will Google be making a HTC Nexus this coming time? That wasn’t the only Tech Story that happened today, watch the full video to catch up on all of the Tech News that happened today!
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Written by Joey Peters
There is a new scam going around for iPhone users which gets you to put in your credit card information thinking that it will save your Apple ID from terminating. DO NOT CLICK THE LINK IF YOU GET A TEXT THAT LOOKS LIKE IT!!!! That wasn’t the only Tech Story today… Watch the full video to find out what happened in the Tech World today!
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Written by Carly Heindel
Amazon has made another speaker similar to the Echo, except, this one is only 1.5 inches tall. Although the speaker is small, so is the price you have to pay for it. The original Amazon Echo costs $179, while the Dot only costs $89.
The Dot can connect to any third-party speakers through Bluetooth or through an AUX cord.
The Amazon Echo and the Dot both contain a Siri-like personality given the name Alexa. Connecting the Dot to powerful speakers means it could be harder for Alexa to hear you while you are blaring music. Instead of saying “Alexa” in a normal speaking voice, you may need to yell “Alexa” a couple times until it can hear your voice.
The Dot and the Echo were tested side-by-side, and their performances were pretty much the same. The speakers both reacted the same when they were not plugged into an external speaker and picking up quiet “Alexa”s from a far distance.
Written by Joey Peters
Check out this blog post in video form on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ALitmw-hgG4
The Samsung Galaxy Note series is known for being very powerful and one of the most powerful phones on the market. Apparently that is not good enough because they want to raise the RAM storage from 4GB to 8GB.
Most modern computers now have a base of 8GB of RAM inside to keep the computer running smoothly. Phones on the other hand don’t need that much RAM. The base RAM storage for a smartphone is at about 2GB. Samsung is thinking that they need 8GB of RAM which is just so freaking fascinating seeing that smartphones are going to be just as powerful as our home computer. That could either mean a good thing or a bad thing to you. If you are on the go and need to get work done, instead of pulling out the computer you can just pull out your smartphone from your pocket and do the same exact thing. It is bad if you are selling computers because then sales will probably go down because of this trend. Why buy a computer when your phone is way more portable and can be just as powerful.
This whole thing about the 8GB of RAM is all thanks to the new Snapdragon 823 which will be super fast, faster than a Chromebook. It will be a Quad Core processor running at about 2.6 GHz. My Mac runs at 2.7 GHz so it is really close to having the same amount of power as my Mac.
Just because the Snapdragon can hold 8GB of RAM, Samsung will probably only put 6GB in which is better and doesn’t sound like total overkill. I mean even we thought the 4GB this year was total overkill on a smartphone. Just imagine 8GB.
