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Amazon Alexa comes to its first Android phone, the Huawei Mate 9

Amazon Alexa on an Android phone is here, and Huawei Mate 9 owners in the US will get it first in an over-the-air update (and later through the Google Play store). But if the thought of Amazon Alexa on a phone conjures images of an always-listening digital servant to answer your every whim and summon taxis to your exact locale, …

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Google says it’s stopped a ton of ‘dangerous’ Android apps

Google wants you to know it’s got your back, Android users. The company on Tuesday released its third annual Android Security Year in Review (PDF), a look back at Google’s progress in keeping bad apps away from more than 1.4 billion users of its mobile operating software. “In 2016, we improved our abilities to stop dangerous apps, built new security …

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