iPhone X coming to 13 more countries

Apple's iPhone X will arrive in 13 additional countries across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa as well as Macau on Friday, November 24. 

iPhone X started shipping in Canada last Friday to long lines of buyers as well as unprecedented pre-orders for the new flagship devices. iPhone X brings an all-new glass design, a beautiful 5.8-inch Super Retina display, A11 Bionic chip with neural engine for powerful machine learning, augmented reality and immersive 3D gaming experiences, wireless charging and Face ID, delivering an innovative and secure new way to unlock, authenticate and pay.

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As Xbox One X ships, Microsoft Canada has a contest to win limited edition consoles

Xbox One X is the world's most powerful console and Microsoft's gaming platform for a 4K and HDR future. As the console hits stores today, Microsoft Canada is marking the occasion by offering gamers a chance to win ultra-rare Xbox One X consoles.

Teaming up with Bryan Espiritu to create custom consoles based on the different neighbourhoods in Toronto. 

Using the Frenzy app, anyone in the dropzone—the south end of Trinity Bellwoods Park—can vie for a chance to win one of four custom Xbox One X consoles at 4:00 p.m. ET today, November 7^th, 2017. Once the countdown reaches zero, the first four people to complete their order will win.

You can now fully disable Bixby on Galaxy S8 devices and Note8

It seems like a hard-fought battle but finally Samsung has acquiesced to the demands of the users of being able to disable the Bixby button. It can now be physically disabled so it would no longer summon up the Bixby Home screen. At first, they disabled it but it could still wake up the phone’s display like the power key would. The latest update though completely disables the button. The caveat, though, is you need to update all Bixby-related apps (Bixby, Bixby Home, and Bixby Service) on your Samsung Galaxy S8, S8 Plus, and Note 8 to the latest version to disable the feature.

Source: Android Authority

Google Assistant can now identify songs playing near you

Now you no longer need a third-party app to identify songs for you. Google Assistant can now name songs for you. All you need to ask is “What song is this?” or “What song is playing?” for it to answer you. Google Assistant will then pull up a card with the title of the song, the artist, release date, genre, possibly lyrics as well as links to YouTube, Google Play Music, and even Spotify. It takes a few seconds to a minute for it to work and it might not work on lesser known songs—and for that you might have to rely on the likes of Shazam.

Source: The Verge