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Vector graphics are awesome. They’re useful in marketing, website design, social media, and pretty much everything in between. If you’ll need them at some point in your life, check out today’s deal from VectorGrove . This is your opportunity to get lifetime access to the entire VectorGrove library of vector graphics for just $23 with our  promo code . Most of us don’t have the time or money to develop unique vector graphics every single time we start a new project. It’s so much easier to download them from the library on-demand. Choose from over one million vector graphics in any size. VectorGrove has over one million graphics that are completely royalty-free . You can use them as much as you want, wherever you want. It’s almost like having your own design team that’s done all of the hard work already. VectorGrove has all of the graphics conveniently divided by category, and you can sort by any number of filters to find that just-right piece for your project. The li

I’ll be honest: I don’t love the look of the Samsung Galaxy S11 , or the Galaxy S11 Plus , or the Galaxy S11e . Now, I don’t 100% know what the devices will end up looking like, but if the leaked CAD renders are anything to go by, the next Galaxy phones will have big rectangular camera bumps and curved edges around the sides. I’m just one person though, which is why I asked you last week if you thought the Galaxy S11 is shaping up to be hot or not. Samsung Galaxy S11, S11 Plus, and S11e: Hot or not? Results Out of nearly 1,200 total votes, 55.9% of voters said the Galaxy S11 line is hot, while 44.1% aren’t feeling the look. I can’t say I’m surprised — I’m not a huge fan of their aesthetics so far, but I know a lot of my colleagues are fine with the way they look. Of the folks who voted “Not,” many of them gave us their reasons why in the comments section (see below).  Android Authority readers clearly don’t want Samsung to copy Apple. More posts about Galaxy S11

Welcome to the 294th edition of Android Apps Weekly ! Here are the big headlines from the last week: Google Play put up a lot of offers for Black Friday . Luckily, they are available for a few extra days. Some of the games include Absolute Drift, Civilization Revolution 2, Bloons TD 6, Monument Valley 1 and 2, Pandemic: The Board Game, The Room: Old Sins, and most of the Worms series. Many of those games are going for well over 50% off. Hit the link to see the complete list and get your gaming on! Facebook and Instagram had some struggles on Thanksgiving this year. Both services went down for a few hours. There wasn’t an explanation for the outages, but it was probably all of those images and videos going up of people with their families and food. Both services were back online as of 1PM on Thanksgiving Day. It was a bit of a slow news week and the world’s two most popular social media sites going down on a US national holiday is noteworthy. There is a way to play Google Stadia

Cloud storage is the only surefire way to avoid losing your important files . Premium storage options can be pricey, but this is your chance to get lifetime access to 5TB of Polar Backup cloud storage for a one-off payment of  just $69.99 . Polar Backup is a complete backup solution to protect your prized photos, videos, important documents, and thousands of gigabytes of irreplaceable data. Intuitive and user-friendly , this platform gives you full control of your data, letting you easily manage, sort, locate, and preview files with just a click.  Manage, sort, locate, and preview with just a click. Many cloud storage services boast that they have the most secure platform or the easiest way to find your files, but Polar Backup lives up to its word. It relies on Amazon Web Services and GDPR compliance to keep your data safe and accessible to only you. With Polar Backup , based in Finland, there’s a strong emphasis on cutting-edge technology . Duplication and redundancy

Signing up to be a parent is a huge commitment that forever changes your life. Your finances are now slashed apart and you have a child that comes first no matter what. You have much less time for your significant other and your nice car gets replaced for a minivan that’s riddled with cheerios in the back. One thing that parenting magazines don’t focus on is what having a child means for your tech toys. As a geek dad, I’ve seen a lot of good tech end up taking some pretty notable abuse from my children. Here’s a look at just some of the victims my three children have terrified throughout the years. Editor’s note: If you’re not a parent or thinking about becoming a parent, perhaps the following article won’t directly relate to you. Still, if you’re curious just how destructively evil children can be, feel free to stick around and enjoy my misery. Sony PlayStation 3 meets nine DVDs My now-ten-year-old daughter was around three when this incident happened. I bring it up because it w

To launch a career in web development , you’ll need a very specific set of skills. Thankfully not Liam Neeson type skills, rather some top-notch programming skills . Learning these skills is more affordable than ever this Black Friday weekend, as you can pick up the Python and Django Web Development Bundle for the promotion price of only $11 using our coupon code . Build web development fundamentals in just 10 hours. This hands-on learning kit starts your training with the very basics, so don’t worry if you’re not a natural coding whiz. From there you’ll move on to manipulating strings, while loops, fizzbuzz, and a whole load of other techy techniques. That’s all just the first hour.  After you’ve become a Python wrangler, you’ll start practicing Django . I promise it’s less intimidating than the Tarantino flick , and by the time you’re done, you’ll be able to build a website where you rate your own favorite films. You’ll even have the opportunity to practice with a proj

There might come a time when you run out of storage on your laptop hard drive or simply want to back up all of your files. You can open your computer and upgrade the storage inside, assuming your computer is repair-friendly. Alternatively, you can buy an external hard drive. Not only is it a useful way to back up your data, but it lets you easily move files from one device to another. These are the best external hard drives you can buy today. The best external hard drives: Seagate Backup Plus Slim Western Digital My Passport Ultra Samsung T5 SanDisk Extreme Portable External SSD Samsung Portable SSD X5 Western Digital My Book LaCie Mobile Drive HyperX Savage Exo Editor’s note: We will update our list of the best external hard drives over time. 1. Seagate Backup Plus Slim Our list starts with the Seagate Backup Plus Slim . The headline feature is how slim it is relative to other external hard drives with similar storage configurations. Another nice touch is th