Thursday, July 14, 2016

Download: Hangouts 11 Brings Video Messaging To The Table and other top stories.

  • Download: Hangouts 11 Brings Video Messaging To The Table

    Download: Hangouts 11 Brings Video Messaging To The Table
    There are tons of messaging apps for Android available out there, and Google's very own 'Hangouts' service is one of the most popular ones. If you're an Android user chances are you've used Hangouts at least once, and if you're a regular user of the ...
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  • Google Launches Smarter Ads For Broader Searches And Holiday Shopping

    Google Launches Smarter Ads For Broader Searches And Holiday Shopping
    Google said it is planning to improve the way in which its mobile ads help retailers and tourist enterprises reach their customers. Smarter ads were announced, and they should boost the numbers of holiday shoppers and travel enthusiasts.  ( Google ) Google offers new ways for travel and retail businesses to get to their market niche via smarter search results and ads. The company announced the updates during a New York City event, and followed up with an AdWords blog post. Retail..
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  • No More Shipping Delays: Oculus Rift Preorders Are Finally Are Shipped

    No More Shipping Delays: Oculus Rift Preorders Are Finally Are Shipped
    Oculus announced all Rift headsets that were preordered have all been shipped, with new orders arriving to consumers within two to four business days starting this week.  ( Oculus ) After the successful release of the mobile game Pokémon GO, it appears that more people than ever are getting into augmented reality gaming. However, many consumers have been waiting for months to be able to further immerse themselves into the virtual world with their Oculus Rift headsets. Now, all th..
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  • ZTE Axon 7 preorders begin today, ships out July 17

    ZTE Axon 7 preorders begin today, ships out July 17
    Interested buyers in the US will be able to preorder ZTE's latest marquee handset, the Axon 7, starting today. The phone costs $400 unlocked, and will ship out on July 17. You can purchase it through retailers including Amazon, Best Buy and ZTE's own online site.The device is the company's most powerful phone yet and features a 5.5-inch display, a 20-megapixel camera and Google Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. Its Snapdragon 820 processor also makes it powerful enough to satisfy Google's VR initiativ..
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  • Samsung ups its budget game with the Galaxy On5 Pro and Galaxy On7 Pro

    Samsung ups its budget game with the Galaxy On5 Pro and Galaxy On7 Pro
    Samsung might have one foot firmly entrenched in high-end territory, as far as phones are concerned, but the company has its other foot in budget territory. That is why Samsung unveiled the Galaxy On5 and Galaxy On7 in October, and that is why the company just released upgrades to both phones. Starting with the Galaxy On5 Pro, the phone features a 5-inch, 1,280 x 720 resolution display, with a 5-megapixel selfie shooter above it and an 8MP main camera around back. Similar to the Galaxy Note 4, ..
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  • Google acqui-hires Kifi team to improve Google Spaces

    Google acqui-hires Kifi team to improve Google Spaces
    Another day, another Google acquisition.This time, Google is acqui-hiring (you know, acquiring a company just to hire its employees) the small team at Kifi to work on Google Spaces. But what does this mean for Spaces, or Kifi for that matter? In IT Blogwatch, we acqui-hire the answers.Ok, first things first. Google Spaces -- that sounds familiar, but you can't quite place it, right? Don't worry, you're not the only one. We have barely heard a thing about it since it launched. Luckily, we ha..
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  • Overwatch's New Sniper Hero, Ana, Is So Much Fun To Play

    Overwatch's New Sniper Hero, Ana, Is So Much Fun To Play
    Mother knows best. Overwatch’s new hero, Ana, is currently on the game’s public test servers. I’ve spent the past hour-and-a-half trying her out, and while this should hardly be taken as an in-depth appraisal, she is, so far, damn fun to play. Ana is a support sniper. The basic idea—a sniper who shoots people in the head with love and kindness—is comically preposterous, a perfect example of how Overwatch grabs stone-faced first-person shooter tropes and turns them to goofy gold. It’s the way t..
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  • Pokémon Go: How the Pokéconomy Is Changing Business, One Lure at a Time

    Pokémon Go: How the Pokéconomy Is Changing Business, One Lure at a Time
    Pokémon Go is a worldwide phenomenon. It's fun, it's addictive, and it's absolutely everywhere. You can't walk down a street without bumping into a few wandering trainers flipping Pokéballs at New York City's bursting population of Duduos, or a group of strangers huddled over their smartphones on a street corner for no other reason than the Lure Module brought them together for 30 minutes at a time. Pokémon Go is what happens when you take a beloved video game property with two decades' worth of..
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  • Tesla says autopilot involved in second car crash

    Tesla says autopilot involved in second car crash
    Image copyright Reuters Image caption Tesla cars use radar and other sensors to detect other vehicles and road markings Tesla has admitted that its autopilot feature was activated when one of its cars crashed on Sunday.However, the electric carmaker has suggested that the function was not being used correctly at the time.The motorist survived the accident, but another Tesla owner died in an earlier crash blamed on the driver-assist function failing to..
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