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Trim review: This AI assistant finds ways to save you money
Trim is an AI-driven financial assistant that analyzes your bank accounts for expenses to cut, then cancels or negotiates bills on your behalf. The savings could be worth the small commission it charges.
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Simple review: Breezy, branch-free banking and budgeting for people who live on their phone
Simple is a combination bank account and budgeting tool helps tech-savvy users spend (and save) smarter. But if your finances aren't simple, Simple will be, well, too simple for you.
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Wally+ review: It’s actually enjoyable to track your spending with this app
Wally+ is far from a full-featured budgeting tool, but this free app makes it dead-simple—and even enjoyable—to track what, where, and with whom you spend your money.
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BlackBerry KEY2 review: How the keyboard became my Android power tool
While the BlackBerry KEY2 focuses on business users, it's keyboard makes this phone a powerhouse for any Android user.
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MiniTool ShadowMaker Pro 2.0 review: Fast image and file backup, with minor foibles
MiniTool ShadowMaker Pro 2.0 backs up files and creates images of your hard drive. Bootable rescue media and disk cloning sweeten the deal.
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OVPN review: An ideal VPN except for one big drawback
OVPN gets so many things right, but the service's performance makes us nervous about recommending it.
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Avira Phantom VPN Pro review: A homegrown service that’s pretty good
Avira's Phantom VPN Pro offers serviceable speeds in key locations, an easy-to-use service, and the right privacy promises.
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Mobvoi TicWatch Pro review: A second screen doesn’t solve any of Wear OS’s problems
The TicWatch Pro's best feature is its long-lasting battery, but you have to sacrifice most of the watch's smarts to use it.
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BolehVPN review: A capable service that’s not for novices
BolehVPN has an overly complex interface, and its logging policies will concern some, but its speeds are good, and it loves cryptocurrency payments.
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Foxit PhantomPDF Business 9 review: A capable Acrobat alternative
This strong PDF editor delivers business-ready document management at an affordable price.
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PDF Architect 6 Professional review: This PDF editor is ready for busines
With a full set of conversion, collaboration, and security tools, it packs much of the power of Acrobat at a fraction of the price.
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Nitro Pro 12 review: A better document workflow
With full Nitro Cloud integration, Nitro Pro makes it easier to prepare PDFs and get them signed.
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HTC U12+ review: One too many pressing problems
The HTC U12+ has a great camera and is loaded with the latest components, but its bloated UI and dumb buttons are too much to bear.
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Hide My Ass Pro 4 review: A noticeable upgrade with great speeds
HMA Pro 4 looks similar to version 3, but it adds some excellent design improvements, new features, and faster speeds.
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CloudBerry Backup Free: Cloud storage syncing that’s worth the learning curve
Though really designed for IT, the free version of CloudBerry Backup is super handy for backing up to, or syncing between online services. It does local backup as well, although the means may not be immediately obvious.
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Bullguard Premium Protection review: A solid security suite that likes to bark
Bullguard Premium Protection can do a good job at protecting your PC, but mid-range PCs may see a performance drop under heavy loads.
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LG GizmoGadget review: This touchscreen GPS watch for kids is loaded with features
Tough, light, and packed with features, the touchscreen LG GizmoGadget for Verizon Wireless is an enticing watch-style GPS tracker for kids and parents alike.
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LG GizmoPal 2 review: A cheap, rugged and fun GPS tracker watch for younger kids
The Verizon Wireless-exclusive GizmoPal 2 is a relatively cheap, simple, and fun way to keep track of your kids.
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TruSense GPS Pendant review: This GPS tracking device for the elderly needs a mobile app
The TruSense GPS Pendant is an affordable way to monitor an elderly loved one, but the lack of an accompanying mobile app is a frustrating omission.
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AngelSense GPS review: A durable, accurate tracking device tailored for special-needs kids
AngelSense GPS offers constant tracking, easy two-way calling, and frequent location alerts for the guardians of special-needs children.
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OnePlus 6 review: The Android rebel phone grows up
The OnePlus 6 doesn't just have top-of-the-line specs—it also has a premium design and one of the best displays you can buy.
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The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset review: Don’t leave this elf on the shelf
ESO's latest adventure takes us to the home of the high elves, along with a few otherworldly realms along the way.
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VPNhub Premium review: Pornhub’s new VPN service needs to work out the kinks
VPNhub has fair speeds and a good desktop app for Windows, but the privacy policy isn't great and there are better options if you're looking for anonymity.
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LG G7 ThinQ review: Big brains, bigger yawns
With a Snapdragon 845 processor, Boombox speaker, and an AI camera, the LG G7 ThinQ isn't a bad phone by any stretch. But it's not a particularly memorable phone either.
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LibreOffice 6 review: The open-source favorite gets an update
This Office alternative gets even better with productivity improvements.
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Bitdefender Total Security 2018 review: A solid choice for your PC
Bitdefender is a simple solution that stays out of your way and has all the essential features you need.
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MultCloud review: Syncing multiple online storage services for free
MultCloud syncs data among multiple online services or even your local NAS box, for the low, low price of free.
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Kerbal Space Program’s ho-hum first expansion is a great excuse to revisit a PC gaming paragon
Kerbal Space Program's Making History expansion is lackluster, but the game itself is one of the all-time PC greats.
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Lenovo Tab 4 8 Plus and Home Assistant Pack review: A middling tablet is a poor Alexa speaker
The Lenovo's Tab 4 8 Plus is an OK Android tablet on its own, but the Home Assistant Pack accessory doesn't do Alexa justice.
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CloudBerry Backup review: Back up anything to just about anywhere
With backups to, from, and between numerous online storage vendors as well as to your local network and direct attached storage, CloudBerry Backup is the Swiss Army knife of data safety. There's a free version for those that just want file backup, but things get expensive from there.
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ZenMate VPN review: This simple VPN clears your mind of complexity
ZenMate VPN from ZenGuard is very easy to use and offers enough country locations and speeds to satisfy most users.
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ibVPN review: A no-frills VPN with everything you need
ibVPN from Romania is a good VPN with acceptable speeds in most locations, and a nice number of options for specialized servers.
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Far Cry 5 review: Rocket’s red glare
Far Cry 5 offers a fun, vivid take on rural Americana, but doesn't dig into the questions its Montana setting raises.
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Surviving Mars review: Spreading humanity to the stars isn’t easy
Surviving Mars has a lot of interface annoyances and other small issues, but its blend of optimism and dread makes a compelling foundation for a city/colony builder.
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Q.U.B.E. 2 review: A bigger sequel and a better sequel, but the novelty’s long gone
Q.U.B.E., a.k.a. "The most Portalesque of Portal-style puzzle games" is back with a gorgeous and ambitious sequel—but maybe there's a reason the physics-puzzle subgenre disappeared.
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Samsung Galaxy S9 review: Incrementally better in all the right places
Samsung's Galaxy S9 isn't the revolutionary design breakthrough that the Galaxy S8 was, but it's no less of a great phone.
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Speedify review: A mobile-focused VPN with zippy upload speeds
Speedify is a unique mobile-focused VPN with the ability to combine internet connections, and prevent download pauses when your phone's Wi-Fi drops.
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Where the Water Tastes Like Wine review: Finding truths through myth and legend
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine offers a fascinating deconstruction of America through the myths, folklore, and scraps of history we tell each other—if you can stand its slow pace.
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Cyberlink PowerDirector 16 Ultra review: Ahead of the pack, especially in 360 video
Cyberlink PowerDirector 16 Ultra aims to bring every feature under the sun to a video editor that is accessible and affordable, and it largely succeeds.
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Magix Vegas Pro 15 review: Major overhaul makes it one of the best
Vegas Pro 15 adds numerous modern features that serious video editors expect. The result is one of the best semi-pro video editing applications for the price.
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Age of Empires: Definitive Edition review: A classic remastered, but not remade
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition might always live in the shadow of its younger sibling, but Forgotten Empires has crafted a gorgeous update for diehard fans of the original or fans of ancient history.
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VPN Unlimited review: Good speeds, but what’s with that map?
VPN Unlimited is a capable service that needs to improve its Windows interface, but the speeds are good and it works with Netflix too.
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Essential Phone PH-1 review: Sorry, even limited-edition colors won’t make it less terrible
Essential has announced that the PH-1 is finally available in ocean depths blue, but a new color won't fix what ails this phone.
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EveryDollar review: Baby steps to budgeting
Dave Ramsey's budgeting app helps users implement his "baby steps" method, offering plenty of support along the way.
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance review in progress: This realistic Skyrim rival is a true role-playing game
Kingdom Come: Deliverance is equal parts unique and janky. We've spent 20-odd hours in the Holy Roman Empire circa 1400—throwing manure at people's houses, killing bandits, and trying to earn enough money to buy clothes.
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YNAB review: This budgeting app also instills better money habits
Built on a four-rule philosophy, the YNAB (You Need a Budget) budgeting app also instills better money habits.
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Quicken Deluxe review: The dominant budgeting software still has plenty to offer
Quicken's supremacy has been challenged by a growing list of competitors, but it remains one of the most full-featured personal finance programs, with real-time tracking, bill reminders, and financial planning tools.
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Personal Capital review: It’s more about managing money than teaching financial skills
Personal Capital's free budgeting tool can help you follow your money, but this app is designed with affluent investors in mind rather than novices.
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Mvelopes review: A solid system for basic budgeting
Once you get comfortable with Mvelope's old-school interface, this financial tool will keep you on track with its envelope-based budgeting.
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