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Facebook Messenger already lets you send texts to your friends and other billion people on the social network, and also make voice calls and video calls. The social juggernaut is now also introducing support for SMS messages. The move comes a day after… Continue reading Facebook Adds SMS Support To Messenger
AMC has threatened the people behind The Spoiling Dead community with a lawsuit, asking them to not reveal who gets killed in the last episode of The Walking Dead’s ongoing series. The Spoiling Dead community, which has over 350,000 followers on Facebo… Continue reading AMC Threatens Copyright Lawsuit Over Walking Dead Spoiler
An anonymous reader shares an Ars Technica report: Ubuntu’s “snappy” new way of packaging applications is no longer exclusive to Ubuntu. Canonical today is announcing that snapd, the tool that allows snap packages to be installed on Ubuntu, has been po… Continue reading Adios Apt and Yum? Ubuntu’s Snap Apps Are Coming To Distros Everywhere
Chinese startup OnePlus is only three years old, but you will be surprised with just how much importance and traction it receives from the Android community. Its well-built, high-end Android smartphones are priced fairly aggressively, allowing it to co… Continue reading OnePlus 3 Featuring 5.5-inch FHD Display, Snapdragon 820 SoC, 6GB RAM Launched at $400
On Monday at its Worldwide Developer’s Conference, Apple announced a new app called Breathe as one of the new headline features for watchOS 3, the latest version of its operating system for Apple Watch. The health-centric app reminds users to take a mo… Continue reading Developer Accuses Apple Of Stealing His Breathe App
More ads are coming to Instagram. The Facebook-owned photo and video sharing network has begun rolling out a feature that links ads to profile pages. When someone clicks on a profile, for instance, they will see a banner at the bottom, reports AdWeek. … Continue reading Instagram Ads Now Include Mobile Banners
Russian government hackers penetrated Democratic National Committee’s database and stole research on Donald Trump (could be paywalled; alternate source), according to a report on Washington Post. DNC officials and security experts say the hackers were … Continue reading Russian Government Hackers Penetrated DNC, Stole Opposition Research On Donald Trump
Andrew M Harris and Todd Shields, reporting for Bloomberg: The Federal Communications Commission won a major appeals court ruling supporting its efforts to prevent broadband Internet service providers from favoring some types of web traffic over others… Continue reading Tom Wheeler Defeats the Broadband Industry: Net Neutrality Wins In Court
Razer has announced its second Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR) headset. Dubbed HDK2, the new headset from the gaming-hardware company is priced at $400. As for the specifications, the HDK2 offers dual OLED display of screen resolution 2,160×1,200 pi… Continue reading Razer Announces Open Source VR HDK2 Headset, And $5 Million Developer Fund
On the sidelines of its Worldwide Developer’s Conference, Apple also quietly unveiled a new file system dubbed APFS (Apple File System). Here’s how the company describes it: HFS+ and its predecessor HFS are more than 30 years old. These file systems we… Continue reading Apple Introduces New File System AFPS With Tons Of ‘Solid’ Features