Are we finally getting an 18:9 Sony Xperia Compact?

Is the nex Sony Xperia Compact going to be bezel-less?

Is Sony finally ready to leave behind its 16:9 displays? A new FCC certification suggests this might be a possibility. It shows a Sony Xperia Compact with a tall aspect ratio—or at least that’s what the dimensions suggest. Based on the description, it has a 5-inch screen (126mm) with 135.43 x 64.63mm measurement. If you compare this with the Xperia XZ1 Compact with its 129 x 64mm measurement, it has the same width but it’s shorter. The FCC certification only shows the display diagonal and not the aspect ratio or sides. GSMArena tried to compare these measurements to see how it would look. Whether we’d see this device soon is not something we can say just yet. But it does give us some pretty good evidence that perhaps Sony is ready to let go of its bezels.

Office 365 and OneDrive for iOS now support drag and drop functionality

iOS on the iPad is getting a productivity boost thanks to Microsoft who has enabled support for drag and drop functionality in the iPad and the Files app in iOS 11. This approximates functionality on PCs and Macs and makes it easier for users to interact with files and data.

We can now use drag and drop on iPad to drag content into documents, presentations, and spreadsheets from other Office apps or OneDrive. Drag and drop files to and from OneDrive and other sources—such as SharePoint or iMessage.

OneDrive for iOS now natively supports the Files app in iOS 11. Upload, access, edit, and save content to OneDrive or SharePoint from any iOS app. A big one is the ability to co-author in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel for iOS and Mac.

Netflix’s sci-fi film ‘Mute’ gets first trailer

February is an exciting month for sci-fi fans on Netflix. Aside from Altered Carbon coming out in a couple of days, Duncan Jones’ film Mute is hitting the service on the 23^rd. We got a quick look at it earlier this month but now we finally get the trailer, too. And let’s just say with stars Paul Rudd, Alexander Skarsgard, and Justin Theroux we’re intrigued already.  

Google might soon let you use custom hotwords to launch Google Assistant

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If you don’t quite feel like saying “Hey Google” or “Ok Google” to activate Google Assistant, you might not need to do so in the future. 9to5Google found some code in the latest Google app update that seem to be laying groundwork for being able to use custom hotwords to activate the AI assistant. The code shows how you can create a new custom hotword and teach Google Assistant to recognize it. The original two hotwords will still work even with the new addition. The feature hits Google’s mobile app first it seems but there is no word when it’ll come to Google products like the Home speaker. We’re confident we’ll hear more from Google when this gets official.

Source: Lifehacker