With perfect timing for shipping to arrive just before Christmas, Google have been offering premium subscribers a free Nest Mini. The offer appeared on my phone this morning when I opened YouTube. I was somewhat surprised, but quickly followed the bouncing ball and grabbed myself a free Nest Mini. A …
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All manufacturers have seen what has happened to Huawei after being placed on the US’ Entity List and even though Chinese nationalism has them closing in on Samsung for the world’s top smartphone manufacturer they are unfortunately struggling in the western world. In what is most likely a bid for …
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Google announced the Pixelbook Go a few months ago including a beast mode version but at the time the high end version was not available. While the Core i5 and Core m3 models were available for some (myself included) their wants often exceed their requirements. For them there is now …
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Bluetooth speakers are a dime a dozen these days, hundreds of options at various price points. Even now there are huge discrepancies in the dollars you can spend and what you get for your dollars. The dollar range is just as broad as the feature set of these speakers, you …
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Sennheiser is a big name in audio, with a reputation for delivering quality hardware and stunning audio. The most recent addition to their hardware catalogue is the PXC 550-II, the second generation of the range and they’re next level. They make no secret of the fact that these aren’t for …
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Night Sight is possibly the best feature about the Google Pixel cameras and with good reason Google loves to remind everyone just how good it is. Overnight Google released a new ad for Night Sight and the Google Pixel smartphones which as you would expect is fun and light hearted. …
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The Reno series has been a boon for OPPO this year with some great premium, mid-range and entry-level phones. What we haven’t seen though is a successor to the successful ultra-premium Find X but it seems we will in the next couple of months. Over in China at OPPO’s Innovation …
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SMS security has been becoming a bigger and bigger issue with more bad actors looking to either hijack the system or simply use it as a method of delivering phishing attacks. Today Google has rolled out a couple of updates designed to address those very issues. Verified SMS The first …
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Earlier this year Google Assistant on smart speakers received the ability to translate conversations in real time. Unfortunately though this was limited to the smart speakers and never made it to smartphones, until now. Google have today announced on their various blogs that interpreter mode is now rolling out to …
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With the imminent release of the final (possibly, who knows really) Star Wars movie – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – on December 19th, Disney has teamed up with Facebook to get fans of the movies into an intergalactic spirit with limited edition features for Facebook’s Messenger app that …
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Google Assistant is receiving a long awaited integration with Keep Notes, through which users can take notes from Assistant devices. To add Keep Notes to Google Assistant, you’ll have to dive into the settings menu. Open the Google app on your phone, tap More on the bottom right, tap Settings …
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Since the Google Pixel 4’s release, we’ve moved on to Galaxy S11 leaks. Details like the camera module design, 5G benchmarks, and local hardware specs have all been rumoured already. But the biggest question remains, when can we buy one? Prolific Samsung leaker Ice Universe claims the Galaxy S11 series …
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Google Maps continues to get better and better. Personally I’m a big fan of the hazard notifications, in fact yesterday it potentially saved me from a serious road incident. I was notified of an object on the road ahead, I found quickly (110kph zone) that a truck had a blow …
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Earlier this week we brought you the news about the “New Assistant” coming to Australia soon – well, it seems soon is now, because Google has announced the new arrival in Australia overnight. Aussies who own a Pixel 4 can now start enjoying the all new Google Assistant in English. …
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In recent times we have always received Samsung’s Exynos versions of their high end Galaxy phones but this may change with the Galaxy S11 according to a new report. Korean site, The Elec is reporting that not only will Korea be receiving the Snapdragon 865 as the Galaxy S11 chipset …
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