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If you are sending in your Android phone for repair, or if you’re thinking about trying a different operating system like iOS, then take note that you should either choose to backup your Android phone locally on your computer, or ensure that you return to your Android device (or a new Android device) within 2 months, otherwise your backup will be deleted.

This is according to a recent post on Reddit in which it seems that some users are finding out the hard way that no device usage after 2 months will see your Android backup deleted. According to Google’s support page, users will be “notified” when they go to Google Drive and their Android backup will be marked with a countdown that tells users that it will expire in X number of days, but it seems that many users feel that this is a poor way to inform users about it.

The post on Reddit reads, “There was no warning from Google. They just deleted my data. There’s apparently an expiration date that shows up under the backup if I had checked the Backup folder sooner, but there was no notification, no email, no proactive notice at all, and most importantly, no option to use the 100gb of my Drive storage to keep my fucking backup.”

This means that even if you are paying for Google Drive storage, it does not matter because it will be deleted. We’re not sure why Google has chosen to do this, but this is something to take note of if you’d like to avoid such a situation in the future.

Google Deleting Android Backup After 2 Months Of No Device Usage , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

Andy Rubin’s Essential Phone was launched a few months ago and the phone came with Android 7.0 Nougat bundled with it. Given that this is a brand new phone from a brand new company, it does give Rubin and co. a chance to prove themselves to their customers, and one of those ways is through timely updates.

With Android 8.0 Oreo already making its way to Pixel handsets and with various OEMs already working on the update for their devices, the question is when will the Essential Phone receive its tasty treat? The good news is that owners of the phone won’t have to wait too long, according to a recent AMA held on Reddit in which the company confirmed that the phone will receive the Oreo update in the next couple of months.

In response to one of the questions asked by users, Rebecca Zavin, Essential’s VP of Software was quoted as saying, “We are excited about supporting 3rd party developers. We’ll be releasing our kernel and factory images in the next few days. Android O will be coming in the next month or two.”

Given that the company pretty much only has one phone to update at the moment, we guess it makes sense that they will be able to push out the update faster than other OEMs. Apart from the 1-2 month time frame, no specific dates have been mentioned, but we’ll keep our eyes peeled for more information.

Essential Phone To Receive Android 8.0 Oreo Update In Next Few Months , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

Stay productive while on the go with ASUS’ latest 14-inch Full HD notebook ‘E403NA-US21 VivoBook’. Specs-wise, this travel-friendly notebook is packed with a 14-inch 1920 x 1080 Full HD matte display, a 1.1GHz Intel Pentium N4200 quad-core processor, an integrated Intel HD Graphics 505, a 4GB DDR3 RAM and a 128GB eMMC storage.

The system also comes complete with a webcam, an SD card slot, 1x USB 3.0 Type-C port, 1x USB 3.0 Type-A port, 1x USB 2.0 Type-A port, 1x HDMI port and built-in stereo speakers.

Running on Windows 10 Home 64-bit OS, the E403NA-US21 VivoBook provides WiFi 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.1 for connectivity. The ASUS E403NA-US21 will set you back just $399. [Product Page]

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Mouse Computer hits back with another workstation desktop PC namely the DAIV-DGX750H2-M2SH5. As part of the DAIV series, this creator-friendly desktop PC is configured with a 3.30GHz Intel Core i9-7900X ‘Skylake-X’ processor (w/ Mouse Computer’s original water-cooled CPU cooler), an Intel X299 Chipset and a GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB graphics card.

Not just that, the system also boasts a 64GB PC4-21300 DDR4 RAM, a Samsung SM961 512GB SSD (NVMe compatible), a 3TB 7200rpm hard drive and an 850W 80PLUS PLATINUM power supply.

For operating system, the DAIV-DGX750H2-M2SH5 runs on Windows 10 Home 64-bit OS. The Mouse Computer DAIV-DGX750H2-M2SH5 is available now for 409,800 Yen (about $3,729). [Product Page]

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IBM’s quantum computer has made a small advance that could ultimately lead to a major chemistry breakthrough. A team of IBM researchers has successfully used IBM Q to accurately simulate the molecular structure of beryllium hydride (BeH2), the larges…