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Amazon has patented a way to unlock your smartphone using your… ear

Passcodes and patterns have been the standard unlocking method for smartphones since they were first released. A few of the more flagship devices also come equipped with fingerprint scanners which...

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Game developers are having a lot of fun working with the Oculus Rift

Gaming isn't the only potential use for the Oculus Rift, but its definitely the most popular. Even though the virtual reality headset isn't supposed to be released until next year,...

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An actual iCould Drive app is going to be hidden inside iOS 9

When Apple released iCloud Drive, the service was more of an addition to other services than an actual standalone app, but that's all going to change with this year's iteration...

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Google will now share monthly reports on its self-driving vehicles

It's hard to believe Google's claims that self-driving vehicles are safer than human-driven ones when the company is loath to actually give us details on its drivelers vehicle technology. Google must have realized this,...

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Twitter wants to lure in more businesses with Official Partner Program

Twitter is an excellent way for businesses to reach their customers, and it wants to get more businesses using the platform to do so. In order to do so, the company...

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Freaking finally! Facebook now officially supports GIFs

Have you guys heard of this new thing called a GIF that's getting popular on the Internet? Oh wait, GIFs have been the de facto king of Internet content for...

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An empty city is being built in New Mexico to test bleeding-edge tech

New Mexico is already filled with ghost towns, but a group of investors plan to build an empty city that will actually be of use. On a fifteen square mile...

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Google and Yahoo are interested in acquiring Flipboard as well

Hot on the heels of a report claiming that Twitter was in talks to acquire Flipboard, the Wall Street Journal is now reporting that Google and Yahoo are interested in...

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How long can SoundCloud maintain its precarious position?

Content creators, investors, record labels, and users. These four groups are essential to SoundCloud's success, but unfortunately, not all of the four want the same thing, and this often leads to...

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World White Web wants to diversify Google’s search results

Searching up the word "hand" on Google gives you numerous results, but all of them have something in common: they're white. In order to get yourself some more colorful images,...

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Mozilla is bringing Android apps to Firefox OS

It doesn't matter how cheap your smartphones are, if the operating system they're running on doesn't have any apps, nobody is going to buy them. That's a problem that Mozilla...

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You can now live-stream videos at 60FPS on YouTube

YouTube implemented support for 60FPS videos a while back, but it wasn't until now that the service supported the same playback for live-streamed videos. Starting today, albeit in the form...

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