Apple squeeze UI patent imagines a resistive-touch smartphone

Remember resistive touch displays where the processor had to work out what pinches were? Perhaps Apple may be aiming for the same... or make it better.

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Google Assistant not listening to Bluetooth headset on Pixel 2

Setting up Google Assistant's hot phrase detection on a Bluetooth earpiece does not seem to produce the results that Pixel 2 users would like to hear.

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Google Pixel 2 XL teardown reveals many modular components, extra-hard to remove battery

Not exactly a DIY nightmare, Google's Pixel 2 XL is slightly harder to repair than its predecessor, but also much more innovative in key areas.

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We’re getting closer and closer to wrapping up those Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL spec sheets

Several insiders and tipsters have come together to offer us a nearly complete picture of probable Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL specs.

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“Edge Sense” will become “Active Edge” on HTC-made Google Pixel 2

Might you be able to squeeze to get Google Assistant on the next Pixel? It's pretty likely, but HTC has to call it something different.

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