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Blue Lola Review: Unique, Eye-Catching Headphones
Blue Lola headphones are available in two colours, black or white. But not blue. Blue is the brand name, an acronym for Baltic Latvian Universal Electronics. But the company’s location is nowhere near the Baltic, it’s in Westlake Village, California. Westlake Village is not a village, it’s a city. I’ll try to make the rest…
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Alcatel 1C Review: An $89 Smartphone With (Some) Flagship Features
Flagship phones might grab the headlines, but not everyone wants to spend top dollar. In fact, the lion’s share of Android smartphone sales now come from the budget sub-$200 segment. As manufacturers continue to push the envelope in the premium end of the market, the trickle-down effect of technology has resulted in better quality smartphones…
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Samsung Galaxy Note9 Hands On With A Stylus-Hater
Hello, my name is Tegan and I am not a fan of Stylus’. Not on tablets. Nor laptops. And especially not on phones. I have often questioned the point of them. After all, I have a perfectly good pointer finger to do the job. I haven’t even opened the one that came with my Dell…
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Plume Made Good Wi-Fi Cheap
Photo: Patrick Lucas Austin (Gizmodo) I’ve always had a frustrating relationship with the Internet thanks to where I lived. Long hallways or brick walls were in the way of a strong connection, requiring me to get inventive with Ethernet cables, antenna extenders, and SSID names. Mesh networks, which use multiple routers working in tandem to…