Google Home now lets you set location-based reminders

The latest Google Home update will now let you tell it to set location-specific reminders. You can prompt it with things like “Hey Google, set a reminder to pick up more coffee at the grocery store.” If your location services are on, you’ll get a reminder once you arrive at the place you set, like the aforementioned grocery store. You can even be more specific and ask for Google Home to remind you of a specific store, like say a Starbucks, and it’ll alert you if it finds you in any Starbucks. This gives Assistant an advantage over Siri because you need to specify a specific location to get the reminder. This feature is available for both Android and iOS devices.

Source: Android Authority

Amazon is recalling 260,000 AmazonBasics power banks due to ‘fire and burn hazards’

If you purchased an AmazonBasics power bank recently, you should expect to get an email from Amazon notifying you that the product is being recalled due to overheating reports. According to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, “the power bank’s battery can overheat and ignite, posing fire and burn hazards.” Amazon has reportedly gotten 53 reports of these incidents happening so far and it’s asking users to stop using the product. The power banks affected have the model numbers B00ZQ4JQAA, B00LRK8JDC, B00LRK8IV0, B00LRK8I7O, B00LRK8EVO, and B00LRK8HJ8 and come with 16,100mAh, 10,000mAh, 5,600mAh, 3,000mAh, 3,000mAh (with microUSB cable), and 2,000mAh (with micro USB cable) battery capacities.

The company is asking consumers to confirm through the link in an email that they still have the product and that they follow disposal instructions. A gift card will be issued within 10 working days for those confirmed to have the unit. If you bought one of the units and you still haven’t been contacted by Amazon, you can get in touch with the retailer online through this link or call Amazon toll-free at 855-215-5134 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Saturday.

Source: Android Authority

Review: Spectre x360 13 2-in1

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

There's been a design renaissance over at HP for the past couple of years.  The company has actually been creating some of the sexiest and slimmest hardware in the PC market. A far cry from the nondescript and cheap devices we remember from years ago.

The new HP Spectre x360 13 is a slim Ultrabook that converts into a folding 2-in-1 and it is quite a remarkable device all around.

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Google Assistant comes to the iPad

While limited in terms of functions, if you’ve been waiting for Google Assistant to come to the iPad, your wait is over. Google has finally brought it to the iPad. Some of the things Assistant can do on the iPad include things like dimming the lights, texting or making video calls, setting reminders, or casting to your TV. And since the tablet has a bigger screen, it allows for multitasking with other apps. It also works in both portrait and landscape modes.

Source: The Verge