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Amazon brings Alexa's Follow-Up Mode to Fire TV Cube - Engadget
Multiroom audio is also available on the device as part of your Echo setup.
• https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/12/amaz...

Google Playground and its AR Playmoji come to Pixel and Pixel 2 phones, new Travel pack lands [APK Download] - Android Police
When the Pixel 3 debuted two months back, Google made sure its new flagship lineup was adorned with all the latest bells and whistles, introducing us to a whole bunch of new features in the process. From the get-go, we were curious to learn which of these mig…
• https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/12/12...

Overwatch Skins For Winter 2018 Revealed - GameSpot
Mercy as a Sugar Plum Fairy, Junkrat haunting Christmas as the creepy Krampus, and more Winter Wonderland holiday skins for your collecting enjoyment are now available.
• https://www.gamespot.com/gallery/overwat...

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in-game event adds special spirits - Polygon
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will host its first in-game event later this week. Starting Dec. 14, specific spirits — all wearing glasses — will be available on a recurring basis and appear more frequently on the Spirit Board.
• https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/12/18138...

Save up to $150 off the iPad, iPad Pro, and new MacBook Air at Amazon during this Apple sale - Mashable
Amazon's prices are better than Best Buy's Apple Event.
• https://mashable.com/shopping/deal-dec-1...

The State Of The Nintendo Switch In 2018 - Kotaku
As sophomore slumps go, the Nintendo Switch’s wasn’t so bad.
• https://kotaku.com/the-state-of-the-nint...

Apple discounts HomePod for Apple Music subscribers in UK - Business Insider
Apple has sent individual promo codes to Apple Music subscribers in the UK offering 15% off of a HomePod.
• https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-di...

Facebook and ZeniMax settle legal battle over Oculus VR and stolen secrets - The Verge
ZeniMax Media and Facebook settled a long-running legal dispute over the creation of the Oculus Rift VR headset, which ZeniMax claimed was the result of stolen trade secrets (including code and research) shared by ex-ZeniMax employees who had been hired by Oc…
• https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/12/1813...

Apple now has dozens of doctors on staff, showing it's serious about health tech - CNBC
The hires could help Apple win over doctors and suggest it will build applications that can help people with serious medical problems.
• https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/12/apple-ha...

Google relents and hands duck.com to privacy-centric rival DuckDuckGo - BetaNews
It may well just be coincidental timing, but shortly after DuckDuckGo accused Google of personalizing search results even for people not signed into their account, Google has handed control of the Duck.com domain over to its rival.
• https://betanews.com/2018/12/12/duck-com...

Microsoft starts testing splitting Search and Cortana in two - OnMSFT
Windows Insiders are continuing to discover some unannounced new features in recent Windows 10 Insider builds. Some Windows Insiders are now testing a new header in the Settings app that includes shortcuts for Microsoft Rewards, Phone settings and more, but o…
• http://www.cprtestcenter.com/states/OR/W...

NVIDIA SHIELD TV update brings Amazon Music and 5.1 audio for YouTube, holiday discount also launches - androidandme.com
Today NVIDIA's got some big news for both existing SHIELD TV owners and anyone that's been thinking about picking up the Android TV box. First up, an update to SHIELD Experience Upgrade 7.2 is now ...
• https://androidandme.com/2018/12/news/nv...

Report: Apple’s news and magazine subscription service to launch in early 2019 - TechCrunch
Bloomberg today updated its earlier reporting on Apple’s plans for a news and magazine subscription service. Earlier this year, the outlet said Apple would relaunch the digital newsstand business Texture, which it acquired this spring, as part of the Apple Ne…
• https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/12/report...