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Prime Day 2019: 53 Percent Off A Ring Video Doorbell Plus A Free Echo Dot - Forbes
Waze now shows road toll prices along your driving route - TechCrunch
Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 855 Plus is a natural fit for tomorrow’s gaming phones - The Verge

Prime Day 2019: 53 Percent Off A Ring Video Doorbell Plus A Free Echo Dot - Forbes

Posted: 14 Jul 2019 12:00 PM PDT

Ring Wi-Fi Enabled Video Doorbell in Satin Nickel with Echo Dot 3rd Gen (Charcoal Gray)

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The long-awaited day has finally arrived: Prime Day officially begins this Monday at midnight Pacific time. But Amazon is starting the party early — right now, take an incredible 53 percent off a Ring Doorbell, in Satin Nickel or Venetian Bronze, and get a free Echo Dot in Charcoal Gray with your purchase.

The doorbell itself usually goes for $100, and the Echo Dot costs $50. But starting right now, Prime members can scoop both products up for just $70, saving $80.

Stay connected to your home no matter where you are with the Ring Video Doorbell. The Doorbell works with Alexa and is Wi-Fi enabled, which means it can send your phone, tablet or PC automatic video alerts when anyone comes to your door. You'll be able to see what's going on whenever the Doorbell detects motion or when the Doorbell is pressed, no matter where you are.

With the Doorbell, you can check in on your home in high-quality, wide-angle 720HD video whenever you want using Live View. Whether you're in or out of town, you can see what's happening. The camera also has infrared night vision, so you can see what's happening outside around the clock.

You can also check out the Ring Video Doorbell Pro here. It also comes with a free Dot this Prime Day as well as a 43 percent savings. The Doorbell Pro offers a higher 1080HD video quality and advanced motion detection, so you can focus on the most important areas of your yard.

Both Ring Doorbells work with any Alexa-enabled Amazon product, like the Echo Dot. You can use the Dot, a voice-controlled speaker, to hear and speak to your visitors, thanks to the Doorbell's speaker and microphone. Any Alexa-enabled device or your smartphone can be used for two-way talking.

The Dot also has many other incredible functions, all activated by voice control. Simply begin with "Alexa," and the Dot is ready to help. Set reminders to walk the dog or find the answer to any question you can think of, using only your voice. Echo Dots also receive automatic updates, which means Alexa is always improving and adding more skills as time goes on.

With Alexa, life becomes a little bit easier.

Prime Day deals are only available for Prime members. If you aren't a Prime member, you can snag a free 30-day membership here.

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Waze now shows road toll prices along your driving route - TechCrunch

Posted: 15 Jul 2019 06:16 AM PDT

Navigation app Waze is making getting to where you're going even easier – or at least more transparent. A new feature rolling out today will show you any tolls along your route, including the actual amount you're going to pay, across both the U.S. and Canada.

This is above and beyond what you'll get in most navigation apps, where you might get a visual or text indicator that there is a toll on one of the roads in your path (and you can opt to avoid them if possible) but you won't know what you're actually paying. With Waze, you'll get the amount – sourced from its community of user drivers, rather than direct from the official toll road operators, however, but Waze's crowd-sourced navigation data often has a leg up on the official source in other cases.

Waze will show you the toll prices up front, too, before the navigation actually gets under way, which is great because that's when you actually have the opportunity to do something about it, whether it's scrounging seat cushion change or just choosing to drive a different way.

This will be rolling out beginning today, so keep an eye out if you're trying to get somewhere in the U.S. or Canada.

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Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 855 Plus is a natural fit for tomorrow’s gaming phones - The Verge

Posted: 15 Jul 2019 05:44 AM PDT

Qualcomm has announced a mid-year refresh of its flagship Snapdragon 855 chipset. The new Snapdragon 855 Plus is further optimized for gaming, VR, AI, and 5G connectivity. It sticks to the same overall design and chip layout as the 855, but Qualcomm says the Plus' eight-core Kryo CPU runs at higher peak clock speeds of up to 2.96GHz.

But more important to gamers is a 15 percent performance improvement from the Adreno 640 GPU. That will likely result in the 855 Plus making its way into the next wave of gaming-focused smartphones like those we've seen from Asus, Razer, and other companies. As for AI and VR improvements, Qualcomm is continuing to talk up its fourth-generation AI Engine that's capable of "more than 7 trillion operations per second."

The Snapdragon 855 Plus will deliver "best-in-class cellular performance, superior coverage and all-day battery life in premium 5G devices," according to the company. It's still using two separate modems to get there, however, with both a Snapdragon X24 LTE 4G modem and Qualcomm's X50 5G modem on board. I guess we won't see a more efficient approach until the inevitable Snapdragon 865.

The 855, announced late last year, has already led to a generation of premium Android smartphones — such as the Samsung Galaxy S10, OnePlus 7 Pro, and LG G8 — that have felt more responsive and lag-free than ever before. The natural question is whether the 855 Plus will make a noticeable improvement to that speed. We shouldn't have to wait much longer to find out, with Qualcomm saying the new chipset will debut in consumer devices during the second half of this year. That makes it a prime candidate for inclusion inside Samsung's Galaxy Note 10 or Google's Pixel 4. Maybe launching so late in the year will pay off for Google this time.

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