MWC 2019: Wear that foldable display on your wrist with Nubia Alpha

Foldable phones not your thing? Well, what about wrapping that display around your wrist. Nubia, an associate company of Chinese phone-maker ZTE, showed off a smartphone-smartwatch hybrid at MWC. The Nubia Alpha has a 4.01-inch flexible OLED display that you can navigate through with the swipe of your finger—or you can even use gesture controls to navigate if you want.

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Swatch files lawsuit against Samsung over cloned watchfaces

One of the watchfaces Swatch claims Samsung copied is this Jaque Droz Tropical Bird Repeater, a one-of-a-kind design on a timepiece that costs around US$650,000

After what Swatch considers an "inadequate response" from Samsung, the watchmaker is suing the tech company for $100 million over watch faces on its smartwatches it deemed were "identical or virtually identical" to trademarks that Swatch owned. The Swiss watchmaker accuses Samsung of unfair business practices, and that its copied designs could mislead consumers to believe they had an ongoing partnership (which they apparently don't).

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Facebook delays release of Clear History privacy tool to later this year

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Facebook is still refining its Clear History tool and has announced it'll be coming out later this year. David Wehner, Facebook's chief financial officer, made the announcement at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference. This tool is designed to let you clear information the social network collects about you from third-party apps and websites. The clamor for this feature to exist was heightened during the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal. It was supposed to be an answer to that problem, but it looks like the company is still working out its kinks.

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MWC 2019: Google Assistant is coming to Android Messages

Google is rolling out "over the coming months" an easier way to pull up information when you're on Android Messages. The messaging app is getting Google Assistant support. This means you'll be able to see a Google Assistant button appear in the smart replies section of the app. When you tap it, it'll ask Assistant a question and give you options of what you can answer in your thread. Like if you want to find out about restaurants in the area where you're meeting up with a friend. For starters, the feature is limited to English.

Google claims it isn't reading your messages. The only information that gets sent to Google is the text of the Google Assistant button you tap. The "suggestions chips" are based on a local analysis of what's in your conversation thread. When you tap on a chip it'll send you a card with information and options. From there you can send the results of your search to the chat. This feature basically helps you do your search right from within the thread.

Source: The Verge