Author: Clinton

If you are in the need of a desktop multi-port USB charger, there is a great deal over at Amazon for you today.  The Anker PowerPoint 6 Lite, 6-Port USB 30W charger is only $16.99 today as part of the online retailer’s Today’s Deals program.  Normally priced at $49.99, this desktop charger is designed to allow you to charge up to six devices at once, providing up to 2.4W per port to charge your devices fast and efficently.  I personally used the Anker 5-port USB charger (the one released before this model) and I reviewed it last year.  That unit I rated at 4.8 out of 5 stars and both me & my wife use them at our desktops.

AT Mobile World Congress today, Acer announced the Liquid Jade 2, a well appointed device that will be running the Snapdragon 808 processor, have 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage and a 21MP camera.  But the really interesting part of the device is what the company is calling hybrid cloud storage.  The Liquid Jade 2 will comes with 1TB of such storage that the company states will “seamlessly integrate” with the device.  How exactly that integration will work is not 100% clear but it sounds strikingly similar on the surface at least to that of Nextbit and their new smartphone, Robin.

To the surprise of nobody, Samsung has announced the Galaxy S7 Edge at Mobile World Congress today.  The rumors about this new phone and it’s sister device, the Galaxy S7, have been floating for months and for sure, they did not disappoint.  With significant car integration, VR functionality and more, these two devices are going to be a hot item when they hit the market.  Pre-orders with AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon and U.S. Cellular all start on Tuesday, February 23rd with the devices being available in stores the next Tuesday, March 1st.  Prices will be around $26 per month on payment plans through the carriers and devices will also be available through Best Buys, Target, Staples and Walmart as well.

With the LG G5 officially announced today at MWC 2016, the question many have asked is if the phone will come to the US.  The answer is a resounding yes.  Both AT&T and Verizon have announced that they will be carrying the new LG device later this Spring when it hits US shores.   Both companies will be carrying the device itself along with the modules that are available for it as well.  For their part, AT&T has already put up a pre-release page for the G5 on their site which promises more information is coming soon.

As expected, today at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, LG has announced the LG G5, their latest flagship Android device.  Sporting a 5.3″ quad-HD display, 4GB of RAM and a 16MP camera, this device is certainly worthy of the term flagship.  LG uniquely is also offering a module concept for the G5, allow you to have extra features or functionality in the phone by adding one f these modules.  The two announced where the LG Cam Plus which gives you a camera grip and an additional 1100 mAh of battery, as well as the LG Hi-Fi Plus for improved audio play out of the device.

Yesterday I posted about a security fix that was released for the Chrome browser for Windows, Mac and Linux.  As I suggested in that post, an update to Chrome OS shouldn’t be far behind it and this morning, it is now out.  The update is build 48.0.2564.116 (Platform version: 7647.84.0) and it is available for all devices that run the platform.  As was the case yesterday on the browser, the Chromium team is not releasing full details of everything that was addressed in the update until a majority of devices have the update installed.  Once that happens, usually in a week or two, you can go to the Chromium blog to get the gory details on what was fixed.