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Huawei’s Premium Mate 9 Dual-SIM Dual-Camera Unlocked Android Smartphone

Huawei unleashed their top tier premium unlocked Android dual SIM and dual camera smartphone, the Mate 9. For the amount of engineering from multiple companies, like Leica, this smartphone rivals many others out there today. Dual is a word I use when describing what is inside. Dual-cameras, dual-unlocked SIM slots that also doubles as a micro SD card slot.

Huawei Mate 9 Speed

The Mate 9 phone runs EMUI 5 with Android Nougat 7 underneath. The AI (first Android phone to include Alexa), Machine Learning and optimizations in the operating software, combine to put its 4GB of RAM and octa-core CPU to full use with its huge 4,000 mAh battery. Their cutting-edge Machine Learning algorithm delivers stable performance by prioritizing RAM, ROM and CPU resources based on how the phone is utilized. Continue reading Huawei's Premium Mate 9 Dual-SIM Dual-Camera Unlocked Android Smartphone

Chris @24k Invited To Tokyo for Huawei's Mobile Is The Future Conference

Chris Rauschnot @24k will be live posting and engaging his following during his trip to Tokyo, Japan via Las Vegas, Nevada. Chris has been invited and is sponsored by Huawei to attend their Mobile Is The Future Conference. In addition, he will be touring parts of the World’s Largest City.

Huawei communications technology is utilized by a third of the world’s population. In 2014, they ranked third in the world in mobile phone shipments. Manufacturing and design facilities, luxury travel experiences and points of interest in each city will be explored. Huawei is all about, “A better connected world.” I look forward to finding out more about what they are working on in the mobile space, design and see a 5G wireless demonstration. Continue reading Chris @24k Invited To Tokyo for Huawei's Mobile Is The Future Conference

Avast SecureLine VPN Proxy iOS Review

Connecting to open insecure wireless networks is a big problem for those who want to communicate securely and privately. Facebook, Email, Pokemon Go and Gmail passwords are susceptible to snooping while on non-secured Wi-Fi networks in coffee shops, restaurants, airports and everywhere else it is open. Avast has recently updated Avast VPN SecureLine Proxy – WiFi security and privacy shield by AVAST Software to 4.0.8 for iOS, which is priced at $2.99 per month or $19.99 per year.

Avast SecureLine Privacy

SecureLine is a free downloadable app, with two trial options, from the Apple App Store and it takes a few taps to install on the iPhone. Once it is downloaded and opened, it will ask you to confirm the installation of a Virtual Private Network or VPN Wi-Fi profile for iOS. If you have setup a passcode for your iPhone, it will ask for it to finish the installation. Continue reading Avast's SecureLine VPN iOS App Secures Open Wi-Fi Networks

Linksys WRT3200ACM MU MIMO Gigabit WiFi Router Review

Gamers are always looking for the fastest connection and a wireless router that can handle multiple connections anywhere in the home. Linksys has been producing reliable wireless connectivity hardware for more than 15 years. So when Best Buy gave me the chance to try out their new open source firmware enabled WRT3200ACM WiFi router, I said, “Yes please.”

Overview
The Linksys WRT3200ACM WiFi Router is an easy to setup, yet highly powerful router. From unboxing to connecting computers, smartphones and gaming systems to the router’s wireless signal should take no more 15 minutes. Continue reading New Linksys WRT3200ACM WiFi Router Is a Gamer's Delight

HomeAway Stage Austin City Limits Music Festival 2016 by Chris Heuer

Chris Rauschnot @24k spent the last weekend of September in Austin, Texas covering the Austin City Limits Music Festival. Chris was invited and sponsored by HomeAway to live in one of their rented condos in Downtown Austin, where all of the action is during ACL. The condo was conveniently located about six blocks away from the ACL shuttle stop and a few blocks away from the Four Seasons Austin. To get to Austin, Chris flew nonstop from Las Vegas via a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 airplane.

The Austin City Limits Music Festival is in its 15th year and entertains about 450,000 people over three days and two weekends. There are many stages setup around Zilker Park, which is across the river from Downtown Austin. One thing to note about Austin is that it does not have Uber or Lyft. They have multiple ride-sharing options however and the one Chris choose to travel with happened to have helpful and fun drivers. Continue reading Austin Becomes My HomeAway From Home At The 2016 ACL Music Festival

ZTE Spro 2 AT&T Smart Projector Hotspot

Finding a feature-rich and portable projector to travel with can be difficult with so many options out there. ZTE’s Spro 2 takes most of the guesswork out of the decision making process by combining three great features in one small package. It puts you in control with an integrated AT&T 4G LTE hotspot and enough dual-band wireless signal to share that up to ten WiFi devices. It operates on Android 4.4 KitKat with access to the Google Play App Store and is a decent personal projector, for about $299.99, a qualifying data plan required for this model.

The ZTE Smart Projector has a 5” LCD display touch panel on top that is very responsive to finger taps, switching apps and setting up its projector functions. It comes with a micro SD card slot, a SIM slot, an HDMI port, power adapter port, USB ports and a headphone port. Continue reading Review: ZTE's Spro 2 Streams Videos & Is A Fast 4G LTE Hotspot