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Social media giant Facebook has announced a hike in its number of users on the Messenger application by up to one billion, which marks a key milestone as it seeks to expand the platform to new services.
The growth in Messenger gives greater reach to Facebook, which is moving to create a family of applications beyond the social network.
Facebook Vice President David Marcus in a statement said, “As part of this journey to one billion, we focused on creating the

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, which is not yet announced by the smartphone maker, is available for pre-order in some countries, if reports are true.  According to an online mobile portal ‘SamMobile’, some Dubai-based retailers are accepting pre-orders of the much anticipated smartphones for 500 Arab Emirates Dirham. The same website also claimed that T-Mobile will start accepting pre-orders for the smartphone a week prior to its launch. As the Samsung is all set to launch th

So, if you are a BlackBerry fan and have been waiting for a new smartphone from the technology firm, your wait is coming to an end as the smartphone maker is all set to launch more than tree phone by the end of 2017. As per the latest leak reports, BlackBerry is ready to add at least three phone to its portfolio which includes BlackBerry Hamburg or (Neon), BlackBerry Argon, BlackBerry Mercury. BlackBerry Argon is appeared to have the

Japanese authorities on Saturday urged visitors to stop playing augmented reality smartphone game Pokemon Go in popular tourist sites.
The most emphatic protest came from the Izumo-taisha shrine, considered the second most sacred in Japan, which banned the use of Pokemon Go within its premises on Friday after the game had launched, according to its website.
Officials argued that the ban is to preserve the “solemn” atmosphere of the sanctuary and ensure the safety of its six million a

The massive popularity of the augmented reality game Pokemon Go has broken many a record. While on a daily basis, it is being used twice as much as the Facebook app on Android, the insanely popular app from Niantic Labs has the most first-week downloads since Apple launched its iOS app store eight years ago, media reports said.
During its first week, Pokemon GO users spent 75 minutes per day playing, versus only 35 minutes on the Facebook app, Forbes.com

Pokemon Go, the augmented reality game from Niantic Labs, has been creating hype since its inception, whether it is about privacy or the number of downloads, it appears that it will go on shattering records. Earlier, experts believed that the game will not break Facebook’s user base. But a Forbes report, citing 7Park Data said that the Pokemon Go is being used double the Facebook app on Android.
The report said that a user spent an average 75 minutes playing

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