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The Google Assistant inside the Google Home device and Alexa from Amazon's Echo line of smart speakers may soon be able to make and take phone calls for you. This information comes from a new report allegedly originating with "people familiar with...

With just eleven days to go until Huawei's big MWC event in Barcelona on February 26, today we're treated to some leaked promotional images for its upcoming P10 Plus. This is expected to be unveiled on the aforementioned occasion alongside the P10,...

Lenovo's sub-brand took the wraps off the ZUK Edge in December, on the 20th to be precise. But even though two months from that day haven't passed yet, it looks like the company is almost ready to launch a successor to that device. That seems...

The makers of Pokemon Go have announced that the game will finally add loads of new monsters later this week. Over 80 new Pokemon should be up for discovery in the next few days, including Chikorita, Cyndaquil, and Totodile. The new monsters were...

Last November we brought you news of a deal that saw the Samsung Galaxy S7 Duos being offered for just $469.99 unlocked. Now though it's gotten even cheaper than that. You can purchase an S7 Duos for only $439.99 if you don't have anything...

It's long been rumored that Lenovo would unveil the Moto G5 and G5 Plus midrangers at its MWC event in Barcelona, and this is pretty much confirmed now by a new leak. What's more, you don't need to wait until February 26 to find out everything about...

In the words of HTC's CFO, Chia-lin Chang, the Taiwanese business has positioned itself as "a VR company". It might be overreaching, but it's true that while the mobile division is struggling, the HTC Vive is winning battles on its own...

Apple sold 42.5 million iPads in 2016, way ahead of Samsung, which shipped only 27 million units last year. Yet the tablet market sinked 6.6% YoY so it's mostly bad news for everyone. The Cupertino-based company itself registered a 14.1% decline...

Huawei announced that we should expect Huawei P10 at MWC on February 26. Less than two weeks before the official unveiling the device, named VTR-L29, got certified by the Federal Communications Commission of the US. From a document we see Huawei...

Microsoft has increased the price of its Surface Book in the UK, citing aim to "align with market dynamics" as the reason. The price of the hybrid laptop has been increased by £150 across the range, which works out to about an 11.5% increase....

You may have heard of the Right to Repair legislation in the US, but if passed it will require manufacturers to sell original parts and disclose service and diagnostic manuals to third party repair shops and consumers. This should allow those shops...

The Phone house, one of the bigger smartphone retail chains in the Netherlands, has filed for bankruptcy. The request was sent in for a total of three subsidiaries: Phone House Netherlands BV, The Phone House Retail BV and Typhone E-concepts BV. The...

Canon announced three new camera models today, which include the EOS Rebel T7i (also known as 800D outside the US and Kiss K9i in Japan) and the EOS 77D DSLRs and the EOS M6 mirrorless camera. The Rebel T7i is a budget DSLR and an update...

Samsung is indeed working on a 2017 version of the Galaxy J5. The device surfaced in a certification filling with the Wi-Fi alliance. Very little is divulged from the form itself, other than the model number SM-J530F, the dual-band Wi-Fi...

The Sony SmartWatch 3 was not on the Android Wear 2.0 update list and the reason was easy to guess. Now you can hear it from the horse’s mouth - Sony’s latest (or should that be last?) smartwatch will remain on version 1.5. *** SmartWatch 3 SWR50...

Uber announced its app would be available for Android Wear back in 2015. Almost 2 years have passed since the announcement but with the unveiling of the first devices with Android Wear 2.0 the platform is finally ready to work on your...

Huawei is beta testing Nougat for the Honor 5c in Ukraine. In limited beta test the company is making sure the ROM is ready for release before it actually delivers it to the mid-ranger. The test for the handset also known as GT3 started on...

Amazon is offering a decent deal on Samsung Gear Fit 2 in the US. The band is now worth $129, down from its usual price of $179.99. Samsung is still officially selling it for $179.99, so purchasing from Amazon will save you around $51....

Sony has started rolling out a new update to its Xperia XA Ultra smartphone. It's a minor update that arrives as build number 36.0.A.2.146 for the single-SIM variants and 36.0.B.2.146 for the dual-SIM variants. Sadly, the official change-log...

Facebook has just announced a bunch of new features that will improve viewing video on its platform’s mobile app. Among the features announced were: auto-play videos will also play sound, portrait video viewing will improve, watch videos as you keep...