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This week’s top stories: new Android phones, Alphabet earnings, apps, & much more

In this week’s top stories, new Android phone leaks, Alphabet announces its Q1 2016 earnings, we go hands-on with the Oppo F1 Plus, LG G5 and much more. Head below for the quick links to all of this week’s top shared posts:

Android |

We start things off with news that the LG G5 and HTC 10 are not USB Type C compliant, some Moto G4 leaks, and the LG G5 SE gets real with details on specs for the device. There was also word that future Samsung smartphones may have huge 24MP 1/1.7 camera sensors and LeEco announced the Le 2, Le 2Pro & Le Max2, the latest in its affordable but powerful ‘superphones’.

Alphabet |

We move onto Alphabet’s Q1 2016 earnings and some other company news, including word that Baidu opened a self-driving car R&D center in Google’s backyard and the EU accusing Android of breaking antitrust rules.

Chrome |

And we finish off with Chrome’s Material reDesign rolling out for Chrome OS users and the latest app news and top videos:

Apps |

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This week’s top video |

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Avatar for Jordan Kahn Jordan Kahn

Jordan writes about all things Apple as Senior Editor of 9to5Mac, & contributes to 9to5Google, 9to5Toys, & Electrek.co. He also co-authors 9to5Mac’s weekly Logic Pros series and makes music as one half of Toronto-based Makamachine.


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