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Google Maps, the travel guide: Here are the inside tricks

Google Maps offers more than just maps, Street View and navigation. This map service, with its enormous data collection, can provide more help than you expect on your vacation. We’ll show you a few tips which make Google Maps an amazing assistant to your travels and everyday life.

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Here’s where Bixby is now available

Samsung’s entrant into the voice assistant arena arrives in the form of Bixby, where it will recognize English and Korean languages as a start. Having been released in more than 200 countries around the world after debuting in its home country, South Korea and the US, Bixby is also now available in the UK, Australia, Canada, and South Africa.

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How you can get Alexa without Amazon Echo

Amazon’s Alexa service has managed to embed itself in mainstream consciousness ever since it debuted three years ago. Inspired by the technology showcased in the sci-fi series Star Trek, Alexa has been popularized with the Amazon Echo and the Amazon Echo Dot devices.

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Google Pixel problems and solutions

The Google Pixel is attracting a lot of attention and, once again, it’s for all the wrong reasons. A number of Pixel users running Android Oreo have been reporting that they’re getting notifications that their “mobile data has run out” even when it hasn’t. Google is aware, but there’s no fix yet.

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With Android Oreo you can now change themes without root

One of the primary reasons users love Android is that they can customize their smartphone, from the launcher, to the look of the icons, to a full change of theme. This type of customization is reaching a new level with Android 8.0 Oreo, since now, you don’t even have to root the device!

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How to switch from an iPhone to a Galaxy Note 8

You have decided that you would like to make the switch from using an iPhone to the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, but one particular issue has continued to bug you: What will happen to all of my contacts and data when I make the jump? Will I be able to transfer my old messages and media as well? The good news is “Yes”, and here is how you can get the job done.

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How to deactivate Bixby button on Galaxy S8, S8+ and Note 8

With the recent Galaxy S8, S8+ and Note 8, Samsung has introduced a new physical hardware button dedicated to the Bixby virtual assistant. For several months, the South Korean manufacturer has fought to prevent it from being remapped or reprogrammed, but thankfully Samsung now finally allows you to disable the Bixby button.

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