2020 Winners and Losers: Google

2020 was an interesting year for Google. After releasing its first mid-ranger with the the Pixel 3a in 2019 the company eschewed the flagship segment altogether in 2020. The Pixel 4a, Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5 all use Snapdragon 700 series chipsets and have a total of 8 cameras between them including the selfie snappers. The shift from proper flagship hardware, meant Google doubled-down on software as the core of a great experience. A very "in-character" decision for the search giant, but Pixel traditionalists found it a bit hard to accept. Loser: Google Pixel 4a Going in...

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Happy New Year 2021!

The terribly bizarre 2020 is finally behind us and here we are, hoping for a fresh start. We can only hope the next twelve months will be calmer, safer, and happier. Thank you for being with us through this loooong year that felt like a rollercoaster, but we’re ending on a high. The year has been extremely busy, even from the confinements of our own homes. With hard work and perseverance, we surpassed 1 million subscribers on our YouTube channel, even if we were on the brink of actually closing it after it got hijacked. We posted over 6,100 news articles, trying to filter all the...

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Top stories of 2020: Q4

As the year winds down it's a great time to reflect on the top stories of the past 12 months. This is the fourth and final installment where we look at the stories that shaped this year. It's time to close out the 2020 issue of our top stories. We're looking at the months of October through to December and for the first time ever, this is the time Apple unveiled its phones. After many reports and leaks, the iPhone 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max, 12 mini and iPhone 12 were all unveiled on October 13. It was only the 6.1-inch iPhone 12 Pro and 12 that went on sale the week following the event,...

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Android 11 is rolling out to the Xiaomi Mi A3 and bricking phones left and right

As a rule, whenever we talk about new software updates, especially major ones, we advise you to install as soon as possible, in order to get all the new features and security fixes. Sometimes, though, rollouts are botched and updates do bad things to phones. That's exactly what seems to be happening to the Xiaomi Mi A3. The update to Android 11 has started rolling out for this Android One device, but a lot of reports from users have popped up saying that the update is basically rendering their handsets completely useless after installation - this is otherwise known as bricking. So...

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LG Wing update makes it easier to move apps between screens

LG's saying goodbye to 2020 with a bang, releasing a new software update for the Wing that brings some nice user experience enhancements. First and foremost, after installing the new software you'll be able to easily move an app between the two screens by swiping with three fingers. Additionally, app, widget, and folder names are now displayed on the second Home screen, the camera app gains support for scanning QR codes, there's a new screen showing up if you skip the Wi-Fi menu in the Setup Wizard, the 5G icon is now white instead of gray, and you get an expanded wallpaper selection too....

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Xiaomi Mi 11 gets an A+ from DisplayMate, with perfect color accuracy and impressive brightness

DisplayMate has concluded its tests of the Xiaomi Mi 11 display and found it to be an excellent panel – it got a final score of A+, the highest in the DM ranking system, earning a Very Good or higher rating in almost every tests performed. The display has close to perfect calibration when running in sRGB or DCI-P3 modes, it t has perfect 100% coverage of those color gamuts in the respective modes. Auto Color tends to boost saturation and contrast to make images pop, while Saturated mode goes above and beyond and reaches 139% sRGB and 111% DCI-P3 coverage. Spectra for the Auto Color...

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