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The Galaxy Note 9 comes with a hefty amount of storage with the base model at 128GB, but if you want to get more with the 512GB variant, you need to cough up another $250. Granted that version also comes with an extra 2GB of RAM, but that's still a lot more money on top of an already expensive phone. Thankfully, you don't have to splurge for the 512GB Note 9 just to get more storage space. Instead, you can pick up a microSD card for a lot less money and still give yourself some more wiggle room. All-rounder Samsung 128GB EVO Select For $30, you can get Samsung's 128GB EVO Select microSD card and bring you total available storage up to an impressive 256GB. Read and write speeds are rated at 100MB/s and 90MB/s, respectively, and the card's rated to perform in temperatures ranging from -13°F to 185°F. $30 at Amazon Reliability you can count on SanDisk Extreme SanDisk's Extreme series has been the go-to MicroSD recommendation for several years,

If you are looking for a portable power supply solution, then look no further than Jackery's full lineup of portable power supply solutions . Today we have two separate portable power supplies on offer. The first is the Jackery Explorer 160, and it's a robust option for when you need a power supply that is portable and quiet. The second item in our giveaway is the Jackery Explorer 240, which is the big boy of the two, should you ever require a whopping 240Wh capacity while you are out and about. Item #1 is the Jackery Explorer 160, and one of our dedicated readers will win one of these when the drawing for this contest takes place Friday morning. The Jackery Explorer 160 offers an AC outlet, one USB Type-C port (5V/3A output), and two USB-A ports (5V/2.4A output and DC 42W input). The generator inside is very quiet, and its lithium battery packs ensure consistent output. You can fully charge the portable power supply in five hours, and it even supports Jackery solar

The Mate 20 Pro just arrived on the market and we are already talking about the new high-end series from Huawei. The P30 and P30 Pro will be launched in a few months, most likely after the MWC in Barcelona. However, thanks to the manufacturer of cases Olixar we can already take a closer look at the two devices. Here are the first high-resolution images! Have you ever heard of OSIRIS? Choose "Yes, I have!" or "Never heard of it.". Oops! Seems like something went wrong. Reloading might help. Yes, I have! Oops! Seems like something went wrong. Reloading might help. Never heard of it. As it's now happening more and more in the world of smartphones, it is no longer the manufacturers who lift the curtain to give us the first appearance of a flagship. This is also the case with Huawei's top-of-the-range P30 and P30 Pro, which will be arriving next spring. The first images of upcomi

We're not sure if Zack Nelson has done something like this before but this is the first time we're featuring a dual screen phone getting scratched, burned, and bent. Sure, there's the ZTE Axon M but that one has a different design. The Nubia X is a new phone that rolled out with dual screens and absentee selfie camera. There is no front-facing camera because the main camera system at the rear is enough. You can preview your selfies on the secondary display. ZTE didn't implement a notch on this phone but the front display is almost bezel-less. The additional screen at the back helps to minimize the need for a front camera. Instead of a notch or a cutout hole, the company decided to just take advantage of the high-specced rear camera. The main display is a 6.26-inch IPS LCD screen with 2280 × 1080 pixel resolution while the second display is smaller at 5.1-inches OLED with 1520×720 resolution. They are protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3 and both scratch at l

Have you ever had a package stolen from the front porch? To the annoyance of many, local law enforcement doesn't always give that the priority one may hope for, which can be quite frustrating. Here's what happens when a vigilante rises from the masses. Mark Rober, a NASA engineer turned YouTuber, is best known for using scientific principles to help us with everyday useful tasks, like surviving a grenade blast, getting out of escape rooms and creating playing card machine guns . After having a couple of packages stolen and being met with an unsympathetic police department, he decided to take things into his own hands. Over the course of several months, he worked with a friend to create the perfect package thief trap, complete with custom silicon, fart spray,  and projectile glitter. Nestled in the packaging of Apple's HomePod, his trap had wide-angle touting LG G5's on all four sides, with an active mobile data plan to track where the thief takes it. A

Samsung is introducing their three flagship phones to Google's ARCore in China. ARCore, the basis for Google's best augmented reality experiences, is normally available to install from the Google Play Store. In China however, the Play Store is not accessible. According to an update to the official Google support page , the Samsung Galaxy S9, S9+ and Note 9 are all now ARCore compatible in China. Clearly, the company is letting their 2018 flagships lead the charge for ARCore in the country, and we'll likely see more devices gain support in the coming months. Previously, the only two brands with support for ARCore in China, Huawei and Xiaomi, were both Chinese companies, making Samsung the first international company to offer ARCore in the nation. As there is no Play Store in China, Samsung will need to distribute the ARCore app themselves, possibly through the Galaxy Apps store. We're not sure when the ARCore app will be made available for download, if it

... Google first established office space in New York in 2000, in a space that had formerly been a Starbucks. Since then, the company's New York operation has ballooned to more than 7,000 employees working on a range of products, including big-ticket services like Search and Maps. Google has announced that in order to accommodate its growing East Coast workforce, it's set in motion plans to move into three new Lower Manhattan office spaces. With the new properties, the company's full Hudson Square campus will span 1.7 million square feet. Google has leased office space at 315 and 345 Hudson St., and signed a letter of intent to do the same for property at 550 Washington St. The company plans to begin moving into the Hudson Street offices by 2020, and the still-under-construction Washington Street space in 2022. Google has been expanding aggressively lately, this year opening a number of new offices and data centers in Detroit, LA, Alabama,

We have known for quite some time that AT&T 's first mobile 5G-ready device wouldn't be a smartphone, but rather a puck-sized mobile hotspot from Netgear . And now we know when it's launching. AT&T on Tuesday officially announced that it will make the Netgear Nighthawk 5G Mobile Hotspot available on Friday, December 21, in a limited capacity. AT&T is proud to announce that the device will mark the big blue wireless carrier's first mobile 5G-ready device for consumers and business customers. And yes, this means that AT&T will be able to yell out, "First!" when it comes to launching a mobile 5G product, along with its own mobile 5G network, for customers to actually access. The launch is very limited to start. AT&T today turned on mobile 5G, based on the mmWave spectrum, in 12 markets: Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Louisville, Oklahoma City, New Orleans, Raleigh, San Antonio and Waco. However, it&#

Surprise, surprise: the first smartphone equipped with SoC Snapdragon 855 to be officially presented, including prices and availability, comes from Lenovo and its name is the Z5 Pro. The Chinese company has just announced that there will be a variant of the Z5 Pro with the latest Qualcomm chip combined with 12GB of RAM! Have you ever heard of CERBER? Choose "No, I have never." or "Yes, I have.". Oops! Seems like something went wrong. Reloading might help. No, I have never. Oops! Seems like something went wrong. Reloading might help. Yes, I have. Some call it the Z5 Pro, others the Z5 Pro GT or even the Z5 Pro 855. There is still some confusion following the official launch of the smartphone, but what is certain are the monstrous specs of Lenovo's new flagship. Externally the new smartphone offers nothing new. We find the same sliding mechanism already seen on the variant of Z5

The Huawei P20 , P20 Pro and Mate 10 Pro along with other flagship smartphones from the company have been running the beta version of the EMUI 9 software based on Android 9.0 Pie and now, the final and stable release is ready to roll out. So if you are a P20, P20 Pro or Mate 10 Pro owner and you live in Europe, you should see a message prompting you to update to the latest version. Expect a new UI design overhaul, added gesture-based navigation system, all the perks that Android 9.0 Pie brings and some of the EMUI 9.0 features that are already available on the new Mate 20-series. Be patient, though, as rollouts typically happen gradually so chances are it will take a while before the update hits all units. Via #Google #Android #Smartphones #OS #News @ndrdnws #ndrdnws #AndroidNews

All the things. You can watch all the things. (And this will tell you when they're on.) The sports giant that is ESPN continues its push into the 20th Century with ESPN+, which already has amassed more than a million subscribers. (And at $4.99 a month or $49 a year, that's definitely starting to pay off for its owner, Disney.) The question, then, is this: What the heck can you watch on ESPN+, and when can you watch it? The answer is a whole lot of stuff . There's original programming. There's live sports. There's news. There's opinion. There's new stuff all the time. A cool thing about ESPN+ (and streaming services in general, actually) is that you get a free seven-day trial. So if you're not 100 percent sure you're going to want to stick with things, you can give it a whirl and then get out. Or just sign on for a month and take it from there. Your call. Either way, you're about to get a whole bunch more sports — available pretty

Amazon is offering up some great discounts on a selection of Rosetta Stone Bonus Packs . Each pack costs $118.30, and most of them usually sell for at least $200. No matter which language you go for, you'll be getting one of the lowest prices in its history. We've only seen a better discount once, when these bonus packs included a $20 Amazon gift card, but that deal is long-gone. This one is your next-best option. As of press time, your options include English , Italian , French , and German . Each pack gets you two years of Rosetta Stone access, which is usable across your desktop, mobile, and tablet. You'll also receive a software download that gets you lifetime access to offline practicing capabilities. That means whether you need to brush up next year or 40 years from now, you'll be able to access that software. Finally, you'll also receive the Barron's Grammar Guide for your chosen language, which helps teach you essential grammar tips, as well as

One of the most frequently requested Google Home features is support for G Suite calendars. For many of us, our personal calendar doesn't have many events, it's our work one that's filled to the brim with appointments and meetings. However, until recently, Google Home couldn't read events from those if they were shared from a G Suite account. Now, it can. Multiple calendars on Google Home have been available for over a year, but the limitations were many. They didn't support birthday and holiday calendars, or shared calendars created by a G Suite account, or even imported calendars, and so on. Imported iCal and URL calendars were added a few months ago, and now it seems that G Suite-created calendars are finally supported as well. Our tipster Dave mentioned that for the first time today, when he said "Good Morning" to his Google Home, it read events from his work calendar, which is shared from a G Suite account. I tested the same on my G

Lenovo's mobile division has pulled the rug out from under us before with false expectations , but with its latest launch, the company is blowing expectations out of the water. The new Lenovo Z5 Pro GT is not only the first device with a Snapdragon 855, but also packs a whole lot more. The best gifts for Android users Looking at the spec sheet first and foremost, there's no word aside from impressive that can describe what we're seeing here. The Snapdragon 855 processor which just debuted last month is at the core of this phone, and the Z5 Pro GT's January release date sets it as the first device to launch with the processor. That processor would already have this phone making headlines, but more impressively it also packs the most RAM we've ever seen in a smartphone – 12GB of RAM. Just recently OnePlus brought huge amounts of RAM to the "mainstream" with its McLaren Edition OnePlus 6T and 10GB of RAM , but Lenovo is breakin

... First released in 2011, IFTTT is still going strong nearly eight years later thanks to its impressive library of compatible devices and platforms - and as the smart home industry grows it seems this free automation platform will continue to expand along with it. Most of the 17 new channels that have recently opened up are smart home-related, allowing users to manage products like smart lights, blinds, and even water heater controllers.  Below, see the 17 newest IFTTT channels: Aquanta : Set this water heater controller to send notifications about leaks, hot water use, and more. Smart Home Solution by A1 Telekom Austria Group : Manage geo-aware smart home triggers like: "Set my Netatmo thermostat to away when the home is empty" or "Turn on favorite Sonos playlist when someone arrives home." Magic Home International : Automate triggers for turning on and off a Magic Home Wi-Fi IoT controller and tracking use. Powered

Amazon has the 3rd-gen August smart lock on sale for $99.99. This lock averages around $125 and today's discount is only the third time we've seen it drop below $100. The deal is live today only, so add one to your smart home for less while you can. The August smart lock adds secure, keyless entry to your home. Using your phone you can lock and unlock the door and keep track of who else is using that door. It attaches to the existing deadbolt so you don't have to get rid of the keys you currently have. If you need to give your kids or a guest a way into the house when you're not home, you don't have to hide a key somewhere outside. You can send them a guest access code from the August app. It also has automatic features that can lock when you leave and unlock as you arrive. If you want to get the most out of the smart lock, it's worth connecting it with an August Wi-Fi Bridge to work with Alexa-enabled devices so you can lock or unlock the door wi