How hard would it be to wire up mics and speakers in every room and have them connected to an Android device (even a phone) which is permanently looking to do a voice-driven search provided there is a three second gap before the word “house” (or, y’know, HAL, Gort ...

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Just before Christmas I got a Motorola Milestone to replace my Nokia N95. At the time it was the latest and greatest Android device to be released in the UK, and it’s my first non-Nokia device in a decade. All in all, it is not the step change I was hoping for in upgrading f...

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It’s easy to add a link to a URL to the home screen on the iPhone. When you’re looking at a web page, just hit “+” and select “Add to Home Screen”. On Android it’s slightly more involved: Bookmark the page you want to add to a home screen Go to the home screen you want to add the link to long-press in an empty space to bring up the “Add to Home Screen” menu

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