Sinji Smart Wifi Camera – Get serious about home security for $60

CCTV is dead. Outdated. Archaic low-quality footage which you have to review the next day just to get an idea if you've missed something. The Sinji Panoramic Smart WiFi Camera is the game-changer to step things up to 21st century. 

The camera (or cameras) get put up in the location of your choice, but that's where the similarities with CCTV end. This cool piece of tech gives you live 960p HD streaming to your smartphone via the app. If you don't want to monitor it you can get push notifications via motion sensors. If the lights are off the camera has infrared capabilities. Best of all, there's two way audio to let you speak to whoever might be near the camera.

It boasts the following features:

• High resolution recording lets you clearly see what's going on in the space you're monitoring
• Infrared technology enables you to get a good view in light or dark
• Able to zoom in or rotate the image in the app
• Connects w/ multiple cameras to monitor multiple rooms in the same app
• Can save footage onto a microSD card, expandable up to 128GB
• Sends push notifications when connected to WiFi to alert you to new motion detection
• Two-way audio communication lets you touch base w/ anybody on the camera side

So if you worry about what your pets get up to you can watch (and even reassure) them. If you're away and there's a break-in, you can record the footage while contacting the police at the same time.

But let's be honest, it really comes into its own when you've left the kids at home. Boy am I glad this tech didn't exist when I was 15! Staying home alone was one of those formative year pleasures. Imagine if your parents could keep an eye on you live, and give you a tongue-lashing without you having to pick up the phone. It's a teenager's nightmare.

Boy am I glad this tech didn't exist when I was 15!

The Sinji Panoramic Smart WiFi Camera would usually cost you $140. You may think that's good value for peace of mind anyway. But for the next few days you can get a massive 57% off the retail price at Tech Deals – You can get pick up this camera for just $60. It's so cheap that you could get two or three to wire up your whole home!

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Huawei introduces the MediaPad M3 Lite 10 to its tablet lineup

The Android tablet market might not be what it used to, but that seemingly matters very little to Huawei, which continues to make its mark with the MediaPad M3 Lite 10.

The latest addition to Huawei's MediaPad tablet portfolio, the M3 Lite 10, as the name suggests, packs a 10.1-inch 1920 x 1200 resolution display. Below that display is a home button that doubles as a fingerprint sensor. Around the back is an 8 MP sensor, but selfie lovers will enjoy the 8 MP front-facing shooter.

Continuing our design tour, the 310-gram (0.68-pound) weight of the tablet is plenty light enough for when you want to hold it for an extended period of time. Unfortunately, you cannot rely on USB Type-C when it comes time to charge the M3 Lite 10 – the tablet relies on the older Micro USB standard, likely as a cost-saving measure.

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Under the hood, Qualcomm's octa-core Snapdragon 435 and either 3 GB or 4 GB of RAM run the show. The RAM amount depends on the amount of storage you opt for – 3 GB of RAM are available with 16 GB or 32 GB of native storage, while the 4 GB of RAM are reserved for the variant with 64 GB.

Even though the M3 Lite 10 runs EMUI 5.1 on top of Android 7.0 Nougat, the tablet's claim to fame seems to be its four Harman/Kardon front speakers. Similar to the iPad Pro's, the M3 Lite 10's sound output adjusts to what is on your screen and the tablet's orientation. Given the 16:9 ratio of the tablet, however, it might be best to use it horizontally.

The M3 Lite 10 already launched in Poland, but this is the first time its English-language official page has surfaced. As such, it could be another indicator of an impending U.S. launch, since the tablet received FCC certification a few weeks ago.

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Sling TV announces a new interface for Android users to improve navigation and content discovery

I have watched Sling TV steadily grow in both popularity and size in the time since its birth. The channel count is now quite ridiculous (in a good way), but with that comes the need for easy navigation and new content discovery. Luckily, Sling has that covered with the new update rolling out soon to Android users (with additional platforms coming soon).

The first element is the Grid Guide, which feels very traditional and should be comfortable to most users who have spent any time with cable or satellite television in the last few years.

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Google says inconsistent Trusted Places behavior is fixed in Play Services v11

Smart lock can be a life saver if you're unlocking your phone constantly, and Trusted Places is one of the most frequently used options. With Trusted Places, you can set locations where your phone will skip the secure lock method, but it hasn't been working so well as of late. Google says that's fixed in the latest version of Play Services, though.

Symptoms of this issue include smart lock failing to keep your device unlocked while in a trusted area, and the opposite happens, too.

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ASUS ZenPad 3s 8.0 hands-on

ASUS hasn't given up on Android tablets — its latest ZenPad looks like a decent metal-clad slate, though you'll need have to contend with the company's typically odd software UI.

Once upon a time it seemed like everyone wanted to release a cheap, small Android tablet. But unspectacular tablet sales — in part fuelled by the rise of larger phones — has cooled enthusiasm for the form factor among device makers. Nevertheless, Taiwanese manufacturer ASUS continues to push out Android tablets; its latest, the ZenPad 8s 8.0, wasn't included in its glitzy Computex press conference, but it was on display on the show floor in Taipei this week.

The physical hardware of ASUS's new ZenPad draws inspiration from the company's Android phones, with a slim (6.9mm) aluminum unibody accented by diamond-cut chamfers. Up top there's a glossy cutout around the camera module — otherwise, it's all-metal, with pleasantly curved side walls.

ASUS knows how to make pretty metal gadgets.

The ZenPad's button setup takes its layout from the ASUS ZenFone line, which is to say it borrows it (vicariously) from Samsung's 2014-2016 Android phones, with capacitive back and recent apps keys flanking a physical home button. The home key was a little stiff on the demo units I played with, perhaps a consequence of the pre-production hardware on show at Computex.

The display itself looks great, though — it's a 2K panel that looks sharp, and provides ample pixel density at a 7.9-inch form factor. The only downside, it seems, is the tablet runs a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 chip as opposedo something with a little more oomph, and UI performance wasn't exactly fluid on the units I played with. The 625 is a fine chip, with an Adreno 510 GPU at its disposal, but it feels out of its depth running a 2K panel.

An Android experience more fitting of a device from 2013.

On top of that, you'll have to deal with ASUS's hodgepodge ZenUI, which is feature-rich, but inconsistent. It manages to copy parts of Samsung's older Android UIs, but overall remains a mess of different visual styles. Combined with the ample lag I experienced, it's not a great look — which is a shame considering how nice the physical hardware is.

(A side note on software: The spec sheet on the show floor lists Android 7.1, however the units themselves were running version 7.0. Make of that what you will; obviously everything's still pre-production here.)

ASUS ZenPad 3s 8.0 specs

Category	Specification
Operating System	Android 7.1 (currently 7.0) ZenUI 3.5
Processor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
RAM	3GB/4GB
Storage	32GB/64GB
Battery	4,680mAh
Main Camera	13MP f/2.0, 5-part lens, LED flash
Front Camera	5MP ASUS PixelMaster
Audio	DTS headphone: X 7.1 channel surround 5-magnet dual speaker / Smart Amplifier technology
Display	7.9-inch 2K LCD with ASUS VisualMaster
Chassis	6.9mm aluminum unibody

At least battery life should be solid, with a respectable 4,680mAh cell inside the ZenPad's svelte body. Given the Snapdragon 625's reputation for efficiency, you're likely going to be looking at multiple days between charges, particularly if you're mostly using it for streaming and web browsing.

So the hardware is nice, the software is weird, and on the latter point, ASUS is still its own worst enemy with a bewildering loadout of branded custom technologies and features like VisualMaster and PixelMaster. Hopefully future versions of ZenUI will show more polish and restraint.

The ZenPad 3s 8.0 isn't going to be a major release for ASUS — after all, it didn't even get so much as a mention in the company's Computex press releases. What we have here is another commodity Android slate that'll probably sell for a fairly cheap price, before being largely forgotten. That's a shame, because with the right software and perhaps a little more horsepower, this could've been a promising little gadget.

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Gboard v6.3 beta is rolling out with improved search interface, search emoji by drawing, and more [APK Download]

There's a new version of Gboard hitting devices tonight, right after Google accidentally sent an internal v6.3 "dogfood" test build out to some users. Oh well, the version that's rolling out in the Play Store right now (also v6.3) is the proper consumer build, and it has some cool new stuff. Searching is now quicker and more powerful, whether you're looking for a webpage, emoji, or a GIF.

The app is just beginning its slow roll, so we're not certain what all the new things are.

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WSJ: Samsung's English-language Bixby rollout delayed because English is hard

Samsung launched the Galaxy S8 several months ago without the promised voice Bixby voice control. It said at the time the feature would be launched soon, but so far only the Korean-language version has rolled out. The company imposed a deadline of "spring" for the English launch, but the WSJ says we're still at least a few weeks away from release.

According to the new report, Samsung is having issues getting Bixby to understand all the little idiosyncrasies of English.

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[Update: Now $157] Deal Alert: Samsung Gear 360 1st gen down to $168.55 on Amazon

• Update 1: 2017/05/31 7:04pm PDT
  The Gear 360 has dropped even further on Amazon, now only costing $157.

Summer time is almost here and if you're planning a trip or vacation somewhere, or if you have a couple of months full of activities and fun, then you're probably looking at grabbing a new camera. Action cams are awesome, but what if you're not the super adventurous kind and you just want to capture the moment in a unique way?

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Unlocked Galaxy S8/S8+ now available in the United States

The Galaxy S8 and S8+ are pretty fantastic phones, but until now, they were only available to purchase from a carrier if you were in the United States. Pre-orders for the unlocked models started earlier this month, but now you can buy them from a variety of retailers.

Buying an unlocked S8 in the US is a bit complicated, so bear with me here. There are two unlocked variants for sale in the US - the actual US unlocked model, and the International unlocked model.

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