Jon Chica / Shutterstock.com For many years, Android was known for its quirky dessert nicknames. Froyo, Ice Cream Sandwich, Lollipop, Oreo, and more. It was a yearly tradition to find out the new name, but then that came to an end. What happened? A Brief History of Android Desserts The first version of Android—Android 1.0—was released in October 2008 on…

Joe Fedewa / How-To Geek The Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro are Google’s best smartphones to date. You might know what they look like on the outside, but what about on the inside? There are already many teardown videos on the web, but Google’s own repair manual is packed with details. Google has just released repair manuals for three…

Justin Duino / How-To Geek If your Android phone’s screen doesn’t rotate, make sure the auto-rotate option is enabled for apps and your home screen, and that you and your case aren’t touching the screen when you try to rotate. Restarting your phone, calibrating your screen, and removing recently installed apps may also fix the issue. Does your phone’s screen…

Samsung Display is sharing a preview of the new “OCTA” display technology that will debut in a Galaxy Book laptop during next week’s Unpacked event. This technology, which is already utilized in smartphones, significantly reduces the thickness of touchscreen OLED panels. Existing OLED laptops deliver touchscreen functionality using a TSP (Touch Screen Panel). This panel, which is really a sheet…

OnePlus’ final announcement of 2022 was, oddly enough, a collaboration with Keychron. The brands are working together to build a “fully customizable” OnePlus Mechanical Keyboard. Now, a new teaser video shows us what to expect from this keyboard before its February 7th debut. The Oneplus keyboard features an aluminum chassis, an adjustable riser (which is really a swiveling metal bar), RGB…

Reading two web pages on a single screen should be a simple task. Sure, you can open two browser windows, but only if you have a reasonably large screen and the patience to tidy everything up when you’re done. But what if I told you that things are about to get easier? As discovered by Reddit user u/Leopeva64-2, Microsoft is working…

In honor of Apple Lisa’s 40th birthday, the Computer History Museum is releasing the source code for the historic machine as part of its Art of Code project. The museum states that Lisa is “a milestone in computing history for its innovative use of a graphical user interface in a personal computer.” In a separate blog post from the announcement,…

The average USB docking station is just an ugly gray box. So, for those who want something a bit more flashy, Anker is launching the 675 12-in-1 USB Docking Station, which doubles as a monitor stand. It’s an impressive-looking product, and it offers plenty of ports for all of your peripherals. If you enjoy using a laptop with your computer…

In a press release, T-Mobile confirms that it detected a data breach in its systems on January 5th. A “bad actor” managed to steal personal information (but not financial data) from around 37 million customers. This is the eighth T-Mobile data breach since 2018. The hacker (or group of hackers) obtained customer names, billing addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, dates…