Google Announces Cellular Support for Android Wear

Google has just announced that Android Wear now supports cellular connectivity. Your smartwatch (the LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE supports it) will automatically switch to cellular when it is out of range of Bluetooth for your smartphone and WiFi networks. With this feature, users will finally be able to leave their smartphone behind when running an errand or going out for a run.

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Nexus Protect is Now Available in Canada

Google introduced Nexus Protect with the Nexus 5X and the Nexus 6P this year and it pretty well received. Those of us in the United States were excited about the service because, in typical Google fashion, it was launched exclusively in the US. This changes today as the Mountain View tech giant has just announced that Nexus Protect is now available in Canada.

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Acer’s 8-Inch Gaming Tablet is Now Available for Pre-Order

At Computex 2015, Acer showed off the Predator 8 Android tablet that is targeted specifically at mobile gamers. The $299.99 8-inch tablet is finally available for pre-order and it comes with with a 1080p LCD display, an Intel Atom x7-Z8700 Cherry Trail SoC, 2GB of LPDDR3 RAM, 32GB of storage, a 4,550 mAh capacity battery, Android Lollipop out of the box, and four external speakers in its corners.

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Designing for Physical Boundaries with Project Tango

Project Tango is a Google-led project aimed to master motion tracking on mobile devices. Google hopes to usher in a revolution in virtual reality, but to do so they need to get developers on board with their project. Thus, the Google Developer’s YouTube channel has recently uploaded another video in a series designed to help developers, this time discussing how to avoid physical boundaries causing an issue with space in VR.

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Enable Stock Multi-Tasking View on BlackBerry Priv

If you recently picked up a BlackBerry Priv to satisfy your hardware keyboard needs but find the multi-tasking interface to be unsatisfying, you can easily change it back to the stock interface thanks to a settings option hidden away. As pointed out by a redditor on /r/Android, you can change the interface by going to Settings –> Display –> Recent and choose “Rolodex” for the multi-tasking view.

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Samsung Scores 38 Innovation Awards at CES 2016

Spanning across 18 different categories, Samsung was able to win 38 different Innovation Awards at CES 2016. The convention takes place between January 6th and 9th and Samsung says they will be showing off some of the winners. A few of the winning products included the Galaxy S6 Edge+, Gear S2, Gear VR and the brand new Galaxy Gear View.

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LinkedIn v4.0 APK Download

LinkedIn has received a major visual overhaul in its latest update, finally bringing the infamous professional networking app up to date with Material Design. The update bumps it up to version 4.0, and features a bunch of UX changes as well, such as a few items being shuffled around, and a complete rethinking of the app’s navigation process.

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