Google starts rolling out Call Screen to Pixel 2 and 2 XL in the US

One of the new handy features launched along side the Pixel 3 devices is a new Call Screen feature. This lets Assistant answer calls on your behalf and record messages for you. It’ll ask the caller to explain the reason for the call and pass this message on to you. You can even customize Assistant’s responses and even listen in on the call and decide if you want to answer or not. It’s a feature particularly useful for nuisance phone calls. Well now, the rollout for said feature is coming to some Pixel 2 and 2 XL devices in the US. Unfortunately, there is no word yet when it’s coming this way. But we’re hoping it’s sooner rather than later.

Source: Android Authority

EA will be remastering ‘Command & Conquer’

If you’ve been a fan of the classic real-time strategy game series Command & Conquer, then you’re going to like this news. Electronic Arts (EA) just announced it will be remastering the first game of the series, Tiberian Dawn for the PC. There are also plans to develop the original Command & Conquer: Red Alert game and its expansion packs: Covert Ops, Counterstrike, and Aftermath. These games are planned to be bundled in one collection sans microtransactions.  

There is no release date yet as the development has started but EA is working with Petroglyph Games Games. Three of the developers from said company worked on the original title. They’re also working with CGI studio Lemon Sky to “bring these original games to 4K glory.”

Source: Inquirer.net 

Fresh Air: The 2018 MacBook Air Review

Having Touch ID on the MacBook Air is transformative upgrade. Why jog your memory for passwords when your fingerprint is good enough. This also means quicker check outs for online sales for stores that accept Apple Pay. Simply touch to pay. Brilliant.

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

For 2018 Apple has listened to its users and delivered refreshes on not one but two of its most beloved products. The venerable MacBook Air and the plucky Mac mini both got a new lease on life after years of languishing at the back of Apple’s product catalog.

The MacBook Air defined what modern laptops are all about. Its iconic wedge-shaped and slim and light design has been cloned ad nauseam, and it was the genesis of the ultrabook segment. 

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Flagship Apple Champs-Élysées retail store mixes modernity with rich Parisian history

Apple is opening a new flagship store in France. The Apple Champs-Élysées, paying tribute to Paris’s rich history and creativity. Housed in a Haussmann-era apartment building, the inner courtyard has been transformed into Apple’s grandest Forum, dedicated to free Today at Apple sessions. 

Apple offers more than 18,000 Today at Apple sessions around the world every week, focused on creative passions like photography, music, coding and design. In the first week, Apple Champs-Élysées will host sessions with popular musicians, filmmakers, animators and more. 

“The energy in Paris is electric and it will be one of our premier cities for Today at Apple,” said Angela Ahrendts, Apple’s senior vice president of Retail. “I hope that everyone who visits Apple Champs-Élysées will be inspired to unlock their creative curiosity and learn something new.” 

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