The Paranoid Android team today releases the first alpha build of their ROM based on Android 5.0.2. Since this is the first release of the ROM that is based on Android 5.0 Lollipop, it does not come with signature Paranoid Android features, though the team is working on bringing them back. For now, the first Alpha build is very close to an AOSP build of Android with only some minor useful features that will improve the day-to-day usability of Lollipop....

The Chase Sapphire Preferred is already a lucrative card for general travelers. The new offer makes it even more enticing for consumers looking to add a travel card to their wallet. 80,000 points equates to $1,000 to put toward travel through Chase Ultimate Rewards or when cardmembers redeem with Pay Yourself Back. And while the rewards are impressive, where the card truly shines is in its redemption options. When cardholders redeem rewards for travel through Chase Ultimate Rewards, they’ll get a 25% point bonus....

The Snapdragon 712 remains in place, with a slightly smaller battery The hardcore mobile gamers might feel just a teeny bit let down by the fact that the processor powering the Z1x is pretty much the same as the Z1 Pro, the very decent Snapdragon 712 AIE, which is a notch above the Snapdragon 710 and supposed to be more than a match for the Snapdragon 675. It is aided in its efforts with 6 GB of RAM and two storage variants of 64 GB and 128 GB, though alas there is no expandable memory option....

If you’re ever doing business over the phone, recording calls is one way to settle disputes that may arise later. It’s just one way to protect yourself and your business. Tap or click here for the seven essential online security steps you can’t skip. You’ll most likely need an app to complete the recording process. Unfortunately, as with many apps, they could come with security flaws that bad actors can take advantage of....

After Ashampoo Music Studio 2009, Corel Paint Shop Pro X & Iolo System Shield 3 Free promotions in the last few days, here is yet another exciting Free promotion from Paragon – Paragon Drive Copy 9 Special Edition. With Paragon Drive Copy, you can quickly and easily create an exact copy of your hard disk, including the operating system, applications, preferences, settings, and data. Paragon Drive Copy 9 Features Copy your entire hard drive or individual partitions to a new drive * Create a quick disk-to-disk backup copy of your hard drive * Make the new drive bootable in the event your hard drive fail * Schedule drive copy or partition copy operations for backup and archive You can have a look at this link for detailed information on Paragon Drive Copy 9....

Last week, Samsung unveiled its flagship phablet for 2015: the Galaxy Note 5. The device is scheduled to go on sale in the United States on August 21, but certain users who pre-ordered the device have already received it. One of them was kind enough to even upload all the beautiful Quad HD stock wallpapers from the Galaxy Note 5 for other Android users to download. You can find a gallery of the six wallpapers extracted from the Korean variant of the Note 5 below....

Even the mobile app of YouTube allows you to download videos for offline viewing, but the problem is that not all videos are available for download. Another thing to note here is that the videos downloaded from the YouTube app stay within the app, which means that you can’t play or share the video anywhere else. To avoid all such things and to download videos on your local storage, you need to use dedicated software, online video downloaders, or YouTube video downloader chrome extensions....

Later this month, Google will formally unveil Android 4.4 KitKat to the world and detail all the new features within. Today, however, we got a sneak peek at KitKat courtesy of GadgetHelpline, who somehow managed to score a build of Android 4.4 from August 28th. Back then, the OS was still known as Key Lime Pie, but I digress. So what’s new? Printing support is now baked into the operating system itself....

The company outlined its ambitions in a new filing with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, has not been shy about sharing the company’s ambitions to connect transport systems with his constellation of Starlink satellites. He’s already outlined its plans to put Starlink satellites on trains in Europe and North America via tweets. SEE: Hiring Kit: 5G Wireless System Engineer (TechRepublic Premium) But the company made those plans more official last week with an application to the FCC regarding the 4,400 satellites the FCC has approved it to operate at about 550km (340 miles) above Earth....

“Fortnite’s” unprecedented surge in popularity is staggering. Epic Games, the maker of “Fortnite,” is reportedly making around $300 million a month from the game, thanks in large part to its in-game purchases. So far, Epic has already made over a billion dollars since “Fortnite’s” launch. Wow! The game is definitely big business right now and, as usual, scammers are looking to capitalize on “Fortnite’s” massive popularity. With assorted scams, fraudsters are creating fake websites and services to lure “Fortnite” players into giving away their account details and financial information!...

In Summary The Galaxy A52 is the successor of the Galaxy A51, which was the highest-selling Android phone of 2020. It comes with an old-ish Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G chip but adds a 64 MP sensor with OIS, an IP67 rating, a Super AMOLED display with 90 Hz refresh rates to the mix. At its starting price of Rs 26,499, the Galaxy A52 faces tough competition from the likes of the OnePlus Nord, the Oppo F19 Pro+, and the Xiaomi Mi 10i....

The smart lighting company is introducing a full Dynamic Effects entertainment line to the market Tuesday ahead of CES 2023, with features designed to make lighting by Cync part of a truly immersive experience. The Cync Dynamic Effect line features new neon rope lighting that permits custom shapes, hexagonal wall panels, and some new A19 and BR30 light bulbs that can display up to four different colors at once. These all offer up to 16 million colors to choose from, pre-set and custom-created light shows, music syncing using integrated microphones, automations, and integrations with Alexa and Google Assistant – with no hub required....

Some of the most popular theories circulating right now involve 5G, the latest wireless data standard. 5G is blazing fast, but that hasn’t stopped conspiracies from forming about how it causes COVID-19 or brain cancer. Tap or click here to get the facts behind 5G and coronavirus. Understandably, some people might be skeptical about new technology. But some conspiracy theorists have started advising readers to enclose their routers as a form of protection....

We’ve already seen an elaborate scheme where scammers are using stimulus checks as bait. Tap or click here for ways to protect against this nasty scam. But stealing economic impact payments isn’t enough to satisfy the dregs of society. They’re also going after your Netflix account to rip off payment information and credentials. What can you do? Keep reading. Are you sure that’s Netflix? We’ve been warning you a lot about spoofed websites lately and for good reason....

Other things about it felt very right indeed. So I stared and stared again, wondering whether it was a setup or a skit even. Here was a video emitted on Twitter. It showed three sprightly youths storming a Best Buy. They tried to rip some phones from a display. It really wasn’t going perfectly. Those security cords can be sturdy. Meanwhile, seven Best Buy employees began to line up in the aisles as if they were an NFL defense in an attempt to block the shoplifters from leaving the store....

That’s the Motorola Droid Turbo’s biggest setback, one that will likely keep it from becoming a best seller. I’m impressed with how much thought Motorola put into this hset, but the fact that it’s tethered to Verizon’s network means that only a limited few will have the option to experience it. And its basic, manly design makes it hard to justify switching carriers for. A basic phone for a basic bro Remember when Android phones were plain bricks with a bit of red or silver trim around the edges?...

You’ll get up to 40 minutes of runtime with this handy vacuum which is perfect for smaller apartments. The suction is perfect for picking up pet hair and works across all kinds of surfaces, from wood floors to carpeting. It also breaks down to store easily in a drawer or a closet, which also works really well if you need to clean up a car or upholstery. What also works great are the two separate vacuum heads that come with it, one specifically designed for said upholstery and the other designed for floors....

An Iranian cleric bizarrely claimed that women in sexy clothes cause earthquakes, which ticked off many women, specially Jennifer McCreight, who has now kicked off a campaign on Facebook and Twitter called ‘Boobquake‘ which now has more than 38,000 women attendees and more than 130,000 confirmed guests. The event is scheduled to take place on April 26th 2010, Monday. Jennifer McCreight, a self-described “liberal, geeky, nerdy, scientific, perverted, atheist female” from Indiana created the Boobquake Facebook page, requesting women all over the world dress as immodestly as possible without getting arrested on Monday....

Facebook Messenger which started as an online messaging service offered by Facebook and slowly morphed into a stand-alone app, has now gone a step ahead and has gained the ability make group voice calls. So far, the app was constantly playing catch-up to other messaging and calling apps, and this is the first time it has overtaken its competitors: WhatsApp (the one that killed SMS), Viber (the prodigal child) and Skype (the one that started VoIP)....

Facebook is absolutely not a stranger to launching standalone apps for features that have been baked into its stock app for years. And now there’s one more. According to Facebook, over 100 million daily users use the Events function on Facebook, which apparently means the company has deemed it essential to launch another standalone app. So, here we are, with a brand new, standalone “Events” app for iOS. It works like the standard Events platform in the regular Facebook app, or on the desktop: You can browse the events that are taking place in your town or nearby, and you can say you’re going to that event or not....