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Here are Facebook’s most popular 360-degree videos

Here are Facebook’s most popular 360-degree videos

Support for the platform was introduced in September of last year.

After Facebook introduced support for viewing 360-degree videos, the amount of content that has been share don the social network as grown since the past few months it was introduced.

“360 video lets you choose which angle you’d like to watch from, letting you move around and explore the scene from different perspectives. On the…

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YouTube introducing a native messaging feature

YouTube introducing a native messaging feature

So you can talk more about those cat videos.

YouTube is rolling out a new update on it iOS and Android apps that will add a new messaging functionality, letting you talk to other users also watching the same video.

All of these functions will be located on the new share menu that include a new share sheet where you can choose people to send the video to, along with the option to add text and…

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Smart Wearables – Turn your arm into a touchpad!

Smart Wearables – Turn your arm into a touchpad!

A new technology might soon turn your forearm into the best input method for your PC.

Researchers at the Carnegie Mellon University have developed a new wearable called SkinTrack that well, tracks touch movements being made on skin, including various levels of touch similar to how to use input devices.

It means that SkinTrack can effectively use the skin on your arm like a touchpad,…

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Raymond Weil goes fab with Beatles Limited Edition

Raymond Weil goes fab with Beatles Limited Edition

Series is limited to 3,000 pieces

Raymond Weil has a history of honoring musicians and composers, starting with their Amadeus collection in 1983 and continuing with artistes like Frank Sinatra.

Which brings us to Raymond Weil’s Beatles Limited Edition watch, which will be part of the Maestro collection and commemorate the brand’s 40th anniversary. For Beatles fans, and that means anyone who…

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Google Translation: Tap to Translate on Android, iOS offline

Google Translation: Tap to Translate on Android, iOS offline

during the holidays approach for some, Google updated its Translate app. It is thus question Tap to Translate on Android to avoid having to switch applications, the offline mode on iOS and support for the Chinese instant translation with the camera.

Google has just updated its Translate app which, as the name suggests, translate text from one language into another. The first change concerns the…

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New line of gaming monitors launched by AOC

New line of gaming monitors launched by AOC

To be launched under the company’s new gaming brand ‘AGON’.

AOC has just launched new gaming monitors under its recently revealed gaming brand AGON, in which all future peripherals will be released. AOC says that AGON is the company’s commitment to the PC gaming segment.

The name AGON represents AOC’s commitment to the PC gaming segment and the spirit of competitive gaming. AGON is an ancient…

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Toys For Boys: Berluti table football set

Toys For Boys: Berluti table football set

Perfect for getting into the Euro Cup mood

Euro Cup 2016 is upon us, and Parisian shoemaker has designed a leather-clad table football set for lovers of the beautiful game. Ok, make that seriously loaded lovers of the game.

Part of Berluti’s Toys for Boys collection, the brand designed this table football set in collaboration with Bonzini, who have over 60 years’ experience in designing…

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Arabic is one of the most used languages on Google Translate

Arabic is one of the most used languages on Google Translate

Bridging the gaps between languages.

In the 10 years since Google Translate was launched, it has already translated by more than 500 million people – and one of the most common languages used for translation is you guessed it, Arabic.

Arabic, along with Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Portuguese and Indonesian are the most commonly used languages being translated from English.

According to Google,…

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HoloFlex is a smartphone you can bend

HoloFlex is a smartphone you can bend

It can also render 3D images and videos sans the glasses.

If this is the future of how smartphones will be then sign me up! A couple of researchers in Canada has just developed what seems to be the world’s first holographic smartphone – and it’s flexible too.

Called the HoloFlex, the smartphone’s screen uses a FOLED (Flexible Organic Light Emitting Diode) display that supports a full HD…

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Unboxing the Asus ZenBook UX303C

Unboxing the Asus ZenBook UX303C

Unboxing the Asus ZenBook UX303C

Check out the new Asus ZenBook UX303C that features the essence of ASUS design spirit to another level of sophistication with fresh and gorgeous new colors including Smoky Brown, Icicle Gold and Rose Gold.

The classic lines of the ultra-light, all-aluminum ZenBook have been enhanced with a slimmer profile, tapering to just 3 mm at the front. It’s certainly thin…

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Prototyping the Future: Sony files patent for contact lens-camera

Prototyping the Future: Sony files patent for contact lens-camera

In the blink of an eye, Google Glass may soon be reduced to just a gimmick. Sony has one-upped Alphabet with its stakes in the eye-wearable sector, after filing a patent for an ocular technology which marries contact lenses with cameras.

The Japanese tech giant made a name for itself as the all-seeing visionaries of unprecedented tech with milestones like the Walkman, Playstation and a slew of…

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Google Keyboard for Android updated with one-handed mode

Google Keyboard for Android updated with one-handed mode

Rolling out to the Google Play Store now.

Android’s already awesome Google Keyboard has just gotten a pretty significant update that included the ability to use the keyboard on handed mode. This means that the keyboard can shift to a smaller size on one size so you can easily use it with one hand, perfect for those big-screen Android devices.

Other functions such as a left swipe to delete…

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Smart Wearables: Addicted to caffeine? This the caffeine bracelet might help!

Smart Wearables: Addicted to caffeine? This the caffeine bracelet might help!

Meet Joule, the caffeine bracelet.

For those who love coffee, the effect of caffeine can sometimes be euphoric, and some claim it even helps them be more productive. But then again, drinking coffee regularly isn’t always a good thing – especially if you like your teeth sparkly white.

Joule, also known as the ‘caffeine bracelet’,…

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Kayako:Even scary ghosts have Instagram accounts

Kayako:Even scary ghosts have Instagram accounts

Kayako from ‘The Grudge’ has just launched its own Instagram account.

You may remember Kayako, the vengeful ghost from the movie ‘The Grudge’ and while I haven’t seen that movie in ages, her face is something that still strikes fear in me.

Well if you would want to scare someone with her ghostly images can do so now since Kayako has opened her own Instagram account. The account, complete with…

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LG just made a display with a built-in fingerprint sensor

LG just made a display with a built-in fingerprint sensor

This could be the future of smartphones.

LG has just announced a new display that includes a fingerprint sensor that does not need a physical button and is in fact built into the display.

The new breakthrough in display technology can greatly improve smartphone design, which mostly still uses a physical home button that usually stores the fingerprint reader.

On LG’s display, the sensor is…

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Let The Rock clock wake you up in the morning

Let The Rock clock wake you up in the morning

Dwayne Johnson launches a new alarm clock app.

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is one busy fellow. Aside from his wrestling and acting duties, the superstar has just launched his first app. Not that apps endorsed by celebrities matter, but The Rock Clock app is a one of a kind alarm clock app.

The Rock Clock is part of the celebrity’s own…

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Facebook just paid a 10-year-old $10,000

Facebook just paid a 10-year-old $10,000

Because he successfully hacked Instagram.

Jani, a 10-year-old kid from Finland has just successfully hacked Instagram, which is currently owned by Facebook. In return, Facebook paid the id $10,000 as part of its promise to reward anyone who can report vulnerabilities on the social network.

Jani discovered a bug that would let him edit a comment or caption on Instagram even without the need of…