Google partners with uBreakFix for Pixel 2 repairs in US and Canada

uBreakiFix, an industry leader in electronics repair, today announced an extended partnership with Google to provide an exclusive walk-in repair option for the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones, the new flagship phones from Google which launched on October 19.

With features like a water-resistant unibody, a smart camera with dual-pixel autofocus and up to 7 hours of battery on 15 minutes of charging, it’s easy to see why Business Insider dubbed the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, “the best Android phones you can buy.” Consumers can bring their Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL phones to uBreakiFix stores for repair support.

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13 original Xbox games now available to Xbox One consoles

Xbox fans are getting an embarassment of riches this week. Not only is Xbox One X around the corner (most powerful console ever made, 6 teraflops, 12 GB of RAM, 4K gaming with HDR!), the original Xbox games are now coming to Xbox One.

The games in question are:

Black, BloodRayne 2, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, Dead to Rights, Ninja Gaiden Black, Fuzion, Frenzy, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, The King of Fighters Neowave, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time,Psychonauts, Red Faction 2, Sid Meier’s Pirates! and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

The 13 original Xbox games that are now available across all Xbox One consoles now all render with 1080p graphics and expanded color details. But because they are, in fact, the original games running in a Hyper-V-based emulator, and not remastered games running natively, some features no longer work. If you happen to have the original game disc, these will work as well. 

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iPhone X pre-orders begin on October 27

The time to pre-order the iPhone X is close at hand. Canadians who want to ensure delivery of the completely redesigned iPhone flagship on November 3, will have their browsers or Apple Store apps locked and loaded on on Friday, October 27 at 12:01 a.m. PDT . That's 3:01 a.m. for us East Coast folks, which is pretty brutal but since a lot of people will presumably be calling in sick for the premiere of Stranger Things 2 on Netflix (that kicks in at midnight, y'all).

iPhone X is the statement device from Apple and the culmination of 10 years of iPhone evolution. While the company released the perfectly capable and similarly specced iPhone 8 last month, iPhone X brings a bezel with notch design (for FaceID) that removes the home button and uses facial recognition as as security and payments feature.

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Review: Sonos One Smart Speaker

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Sonos is considered the originator of wireless streaming audio. The company’s innovative MESH network solution enabled high fidelity audio streamed across multiple rooms simultaneously (or independently). Sonos speakers have been considered the gold standard in audio quality and precision while their software has long been the envy of other speaker manufacturers.

2017 has been a challenging year for Sonos. While the company continued to unveil well-received speakers and sound bars, they are seeing unprecedented competition not just from cheaper smart speakers with built-in assistants. They are also seeing companies like Google and Apple jump into the premium connected speaker space, presumably with smart assistant functionality. Now, Sonos has answered that challenge.

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