Polk Assist smart speaker review: Sound quality above all else

Google has its own set of Google Home smart speakers, but they’ve also opened up Google Assistant to other speaker manufacturers to essentially craft their own unique, Assistant-powered speakers to compete with Google’s own lineup. The results have been a mixed bag, with some speakers offering excellent takes on the smart speaker market, while others […]

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OnePlus 6T is available now available to buy in matte of glossy black

Having launched just a couple of days ago on October 30th, the OnePlus 6T is now available to buy from the widest range of retailers and carriers ever (for OnePlus). Besides ditching the audio jack and moving to a slightly bigger AMOLED display with a teardrop notch, the OnePlus 6T also features an in-display fingerprint […]

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WhatsApp confirms they’ll start bringing ads to the service soon

Ever since Facebook acquired WhatsApp there have been quite a few questions over exactly how the social media giant planned on monetizing the much less profitable messaging service. WhatsApp on its own doesn’t really have many avenues to generate much revenue, but you know a company like Facebook wouldn’t be getting involved if they didn’t […]

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[TA Deals] Save up to 70% off multi-year subscriptions to Private Internet Access VPN!

It’s 2018, and if you don’t already have a reliable VPN, you’re doing something wrong. If you’ve put that off until now, we’ve got a deal to help you kick off the new year with a much more secure outlook on the internet and your digital security. Talk Android Deals is offering discounted subscriptions to […]

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Sonos delays Google Assistant integration until 2019, private beta to launch in 2018

Sonos today announced that Google Assistant will not be available on its products until at least 2019. The service was supposed to launch in 2018 but the company said in a blog posting it needs a bit more time. Additional information about timing will be released in early 2019, Sonos says.

Eager customers can sign-up for a private beta as long as they agree to use the service extensively and respond to surveys within a few days.

Sonos products already have access to Amazon Alexa. Given Sonos’s long-standing notion of supporting all platforms, it makes sense that the company would want customers to have access to both Alexa and Google Assistant. That’s what makes Sonos compelling: They provide the hardware, and owners use whatever software platform they want.

This is clearly critical for Sonos. For a long time, Sonos provided the best-sounding smart speaker system on the market but Amazon, Google and traditional speaker brands are quickly introducing speakers that provide similar sound quality. To keep up and justify the higher price of its hardware, Sonos needs to offer owners the best sound and the best software, and offering Google Assistant on its products is a key part of that goal.

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Defakto releases the stunning Mitternacht minimalist watch

Last year, Defakto released the limited edition Stille Nacht (Silent Night) in collaboration with artist Friederike Bellman. The watch featured a hand-painted star field throughout the dial. Now, the independent German watchmaker is back with the successor to the original: the Mitternacht (or in English, the Midnight). It’s even better than the original.

Like the original each time piece features a star field airbrushed by hand making each watch unique. But this time, the dial is even darker allowing the stars, painted in Superluminova, to shine even brighter. The new version’s hands are now also coated in lume to make it easier to read in the dark of midnight.

The watch features a 40mm face, a sapphire crystal and a Swiss-made Ronda 712 Quartz movement. It retails for around $400 US after conversion from EUR, without import duties.

As detailed in John’s excellent piece on the modern state of timepieces, traditional watches have survived the smart watch onslaught and some brands are seeing sales increase. Defakto is among the growing number of independent watch makers emerging without the massive might behind the biggest names in watches. While technology has paved the way for a smartwatch, it has also allowed independent companies to access parts and services traditionally guarded by legacy watchmakers.

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ZTE’s dual-screened Nubia X ditches the notch and the selfie camera

If 2018’s smartphones with their notched displays have left you feeling a little underwhelmed, ZTE may have the perfect pick-me-up with its Nubia X handset that features dual screens, dual fingerprint readers, no selfie camera, and more importantly, no notch. The omission of the notch and the front-facing camera is made possible by the 5.1-inch […]

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