Morning brief: Allo, tout le monde, let's talk about the price of a Pixel

Allo launches around the world, Samsung sets out a timeframe for Note 7 sales in Europe, and Xiaomi has a fancy new camera. As we count down to the weekend, let's mull over the next major phone launch we're all looking forward to: Google's Pixel handsets. There've been rumblings of a $649 starting price for the smaller of the two HTC-built phones (the 5-inch "Sailfish" model), which seems to suggest both will compete in the premium segment. By all accounts the phone will have the latest internal...