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Samsung Galaxy S Light Luxury now Official

The Galaxy S Light Luxury was just announced in China packing very modest specs, the device is pretty much a "lite" variant of the Galaxy S8. The 5.8' screen from the S8 makes a return keeping the same dimensions as its bigger brother. The Light S features the same Super AMOLED panel with 1,080 x 2,220 px resolution (18.5:9). The phone has a single camera on the back - 16 MP sensor and an f/1.7 aperture. It can record 4K video at 30 fps, but OIS is absent (surprisingly). The selfie camera has an 8 MP sensor with an f/1.7 aperture. The Snapdragon 660 chipset inside the Galaxy S Light Luxury should offer similar CPU performance to the Galaxy S8's 835. It does have 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage. Given the Galaxy S Light Luxury's size, it shouldn’t be a surprise that there’s a 3,000 mAh battery – the same capacity as the Galaxy S8. There’s support for fast wireless and wired charging, the latter of which goes over the USB-C port....

Now you can ask follow up requests on Alexa without Saying 'Hey Alexa'

Alexa users around the globe would be forever grateful to Amazon Inc for this one, cos you and I know how annoying it can be having to use the "Alexa" command every time a request is to be made. With this innovation, having a conversation with the Alexa AI becomes a bit more natural. This new feature is available in all hands-free Amazon device, talking about the echo, echo dot and echo spot. For those thinking " what if I'm not referring to Alexa in my next request would Alexa reply nonetheless", Well, the good news is that, the AI has also been programmed to discern direct requests from background noise. According to Amazon, the follow up won't work if Alexa "isn't confident you are speaking to her". According to Megan Rose from TechCrunch, This opt-in feature enables Alexa to listen for five seconds after she’s served up her first response. You’ll know if Alexa is ready for a follow-up question if the blue indicator light is on after A...

Fortnite Battle Royale to be available on iOS devices next week.

Epic Games, developers of Fortnite, have announced a mobile version of the game coming to Android and iOS users. The gameplay mechanics of the mobile variant of the game will be the same as the PC version. What makes this announcement more interesting is the presence of cross-platform gameplay between consoles, PC, Mac and mobile. iOS users can sign up from Monday to receive invites to try out the game before anyone else. Selected users will also have a friend invite codes to bring their buddies into the game. Android users are not left out though, but a variant of the game for the platform should be ready within the next couple of months. What do you think about Fortnite on mobile? Leave your thoughts in the comments section below. Source ,  Twitter