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  • Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) is now on sale in Europe

    After some Asian markets, the Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) has now been launched in Europe. The device is currently listed on the South Korean company’s Netherlands website for €499 (around $595). The A8+ (2018) isn’t currently listed and chances are it won’t be coming to the Old Continent. The blue color variant of the Galaxy…

  • Russian language support coming to Google Assistant

    Quite a lot is going on with Google Assistant these days. New Assistant-powered TVs and speakers are being announced and the company just announced Assistant for smart displays as well. And now, it has come to light that the virtual assistant may learn a new language soon: Russian. Yes, the company is reportedly running a…

  • Allo/Duo product head leaves Google to join Facebook

    Amit Fulay, who was Head of Product for Real Time Communications at Google, has left the company. Fulay announced the development on Twitter, revealing he has joined Facebook. Today is my first day at Facebook – accepted their friend request 🙂 Excited about the opportunity to serve so many users.— Amit Fulay (@amitfulay) January 8,…

  • Google Assistant coming to smart displays, Lenovo already announces one

    Google has announced that Assistant will soon be available on smart displays. In a blog post, the company confirmed that companies like JBL, Lenovo, LG and Sony will launch such products later this year. You’ll be able to use Assistant-featuring smart displays to watch videos from YouTube, video call with Google Duo, find photos from…

  • AT&T decides not to sell Huawei Mate 10 in the US after all

    Rumors about Huawei being in talks with AT&T regarding flagship smartphone sales first popped up last March. We then saw firmware files confirming a deal, and everything seemed to be on track. A few days before New Year’s Eve word got out that the Mate 10 Pro launch at AT&T got pushed to February, but…

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