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• Apple made two versions of the iPhone 7 — and one of them sucks

  21-10-2016 22:32 via thenextweb.com
  
  Much like last year, Apple made two versions of its iPhone. In last year’s 6s, Apple chose to utilize two separate processors — one marginally better than the other. In this year’s iPhone 7, Apple again chose different components, this time for the modem. One iPhone 7 has a Qualcomm modem, while the other uses hardware from Intel. Unlike last year, the improvement for the better of the two wasn’t exactly marginal. According to a report from Cellular Insights, the Qu
  
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• Rez Infinite Rocks Worlds

  21-10-2016 22:30 via technewsworld.com
  Rez Infinite, one of the first virtual reality games for Sony's new PlaystationVR, this week earned praise from early reviewers for its graphics and immersing qualities. Sony announced the game -- an update of a remake -- last year. Featuring support for 1080p resolution graphics, along with 3D audio sound, Rez Infinite is designed for the PSVR, but it's also compatible with the regular PlayStation 4. Sega introduced the original Rez for the Dreamcast in 2001 and the PlayStation 2 a year later.
  
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• PSN and Xbox Live are down for some users — it’s time to panic

  21-10-2016 21:16 via thenextweb.com
  
  After today’s massive DDoS attacks we’re left with a barely functioning web that’s basically hit-or-miss when it comes to visiting our favorite sites. Hell, even TNW is affected (you may notice a lack of images on some posts). The one solace we all had on days like today is that we can turn off our laptops and instead zone out to some chill time playing Thumper, Arkham VR, or Madden 17. Not today though, dear friend. The internet gods have seen fit to take
  
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• Sony XPERIA XZ First Impressions: The Real Sony Flagship?

  21-10-2016 21:09 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Facebook says it will stop censoring ‘newsworthy’ posts and images

  21-10-2016 20:27 via thenextweb.com
  
  A few weeks ago Facebook faced widespread backlash over its decision to ban a historic Vietnam war photo often referred to as “Napalm girl.” The company apologized, and now it’s changing its policies. Facebook says that “in the weeks ahead” it will allow more images that are “newsworthy, significant, or important to the public interest” – even if they violate community standards.   The company is providing specifics on how it will vet im
  
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• Pokémon Go grosses $600 million in record time

  21-10-2016 19:55 via phonearena.com
  
  Even though Pokemon Go has not been attracting new players at the incredible rate it did when the game first launched, the mobile game is still setting records. According to a new report, from the game's launch in July through September, Pokemon Go brought in $600 million in revenue; no mobile game has ever hit that revenue figure faster. The game reached that revenue figure 2.5 times faster than Candy Crush Saga. The latter reached the $600 million revenue mark 200 days after its launch, compa
  
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• DNS provider Dyn facing another massive DDoS attack — Twitter, Reddit, and more impacted [Updated]

  21-10-2016 18:41 via thenextweb.com
  
  After this morning’s massive DDoS attack affecting the likes of Twitter, Reddit, AirBnB and many others, everything seemed to be fixed and functioning as usual. Dyn, however, just gave word to TechCrunch that its struggles are ongoing and that it’s facing another massive attack. The attack centers around Dyn’s managed DNS servers and started at approximately 11:10 UTC. These servers turn numbered web addresses into human-readable URLs — e.g. thenextweb.com rather than&nb
  
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• Why the Nintendo Switch might make us all gamers again

  21-10-2016 17:58 via thenextweb.com
  
  Yesterday’s announcement of the Nintendo Switch — the new console from the Japanese giant — was a big deal for everyone who’s into games, and it turned out to be one of the biggest reveals of the year. But after watching the trailer for a few times, I’m left thinking it might be big news for everyone. I’m not a gamer. Right now, the only time I ever play games is on my phone, when I have a few minutes to kill on a flight or when waiting for someone.
  
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• Ektra: Kodak bringt Smartphone - planet of tech

  21-10-2016 17:32 via planetoftech.de
  
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  Kodak ist eigentlich ja als Kamera-Urgestein bekannt. Jetzt versucht sich das Unternehmen in neuen Gefilden und bringt sein erstes Smartphone auf den Markt. Kodak will mit dem Ektra laut eigener Aussage vor allem Fotografie-Enthusiasten ansprechen.
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• Smarp is the perfect toolkit for turning your employees into brand ambassadors

  21-10-2016 17:19 via thenextweb.com
  
  Each week we’re profiling one promising company that’s been selected for SCALE – our early-stage startup growth program. Catch up with 60 of the world’s hottest startups at TNW NYC in New York on November 16th. This week we bring you Smarp, the company that helps employees become influencers and companies achieve their own goals online by humanizing brands through employee advocacy. We asked Smarp’s Co-Founder and COO Mikael Lauharanta some
  
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• Trump parody game lets you grab them by the pussy, but not quite literally

  21-10-2016 17:09 via thenextweb.com
  
  Say what you will, but the internet loves Donald Trump – especially when it comes to poking fun at him. We’ve previously seen a Trump-themed game about building walls, a virtual simulator that lets you tear his body apart, as well as a Facebook plugin that swaps out reaction icons with the presidential candidate’s face. And now, there’s a Trump-inspired game that lets you grab them by the pussy – but not quite as you’d expect. Trump’s Pussy Grabber
  
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• Facebook has a new trick to speed up the News Feed

  21-10-2016 16:33 via thenextweb.com
  
  The News Feed comprises the bulk of what you do on Facebook, the company is always looking for ways to make it more relevant to you. The latest tweak tries to make sure you have a proper amount of content even if your connection is really, really slow. Basically Facebook will now prioritize fully cached stories into your NewsFeed, even if they’re a bit older. It’s putting posts that have all media content- images, video, link previews – already downloaded at the top,
  
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• High-quality screen recording with HYFY Pro (58% off)

  21-10-2016 16:02 via thenextweb.com
  
  Share your work as you see it with HYFY Pro, a high-quality Google Chrome extension that records your screen and voice, as well as your mouse cursor. A great tool for communicating effectively with a team, HyFy is ideal for developers, teachers, QA, support and beyond. For a limited time, you can get 58 percent off a 1-year plan on TNW Deals. Using HYFY Pro to record and share your work is refreshingly simple. Just click the extension button, select Tab or Full Screen recording and select
  
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• Is Zuckerberg onto something? Why you should tape your webcam

  21-10-2016 15:11 via thenextweb.com
  
  In the past I’ve tried to emulate Mark Zuckerberg. Become a billionaire, celebrity, philanthropist, wear a sweatshirt or t-shirt everyday, drop out of college and don’t have to go to class anymore, what’s not to like? Sadly, for the most part, it hasn’t worked out so well for me. For example, after seeing The Social Network I got exceptionally drunk and tried to write a college midterm paper – a la Zuck’s coding of the predecessor to Facebook while toasted. I
  
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• Best new Android and iPhone apps (Oct 11th - Oct 17th)

  21-10-2016 14:48 via youtube.com
  
  
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• A massive DDOS attack against Dyn DNS is causing havoc online [Updated]

  21-10-2016 14:41 via thenextweb.com
  
  A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against DynDNS is causing havoc online, with many major websites reportedly unavailable. According to Dyn DNS, the attack started at 11:10 UTC, and it targeted its managed DNS service. The Domain Name System (DNS) is a tool used to resolve human-readable web addresses (like “thenextweb.com”) against IP addresses. Many sites and services use DynDNS as their upstream DNS provider, including Github, Twitter, SaneBox, Reddit,
  
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• A massive DDOS attack against Dyn DNS is causing havoc online (update: service restored)

  21-10-2016 14:41 via thenextweb.com
  
  A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against DynDNS is causing havoc online, with many major websites reportedly unavailable. According to Dyn DNS, the attack started at 11:10 UTC, and it targeted its managed DNS service. The Domain Name System (DNS) is a tool used to resolve human-readable web addresses (like “thenextweb.com”) against IP addresses. Many sites and services use DynDNS as their upstream DNS provider, including Github, Twitter, SaneBox, Reddit,
  
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• A massive DDOS attack against Dyn DNS is causing havoc online

  21-10-2016 14:41 via thenextweb.com
  
  A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against DynDNS is causing havoc online, with many major websites reportedly unavailable. According to Dyn DNS, the attack started at 11:10 UTC, and it targeted its managed DNS service. The Domain Name System (DNS) is a tool used to resolve human-readable web addresses (like “thenextweb.com”) against IP addresses. Many sites and services use DynDNS as their upstream DNS provider, including Github, Twitter, SaneBox, Reddit,
  
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• Obama pokes fun at Samsung’s fire-bursting Galaxy Note 7

  21-10-2016 14:15 via thenextweb.com
  
  Samsung has been dealing with a lot of harsh ridicule in light of the recent controversy with its exploding Galaxy Note 7, and the latest to roast the South Korean tech titan is President Barack Obama himself. On Thursday, President Obama spoke at an event in Miami where he briefly discussed Obamacare. Speaking in defense of his Affordable Care Act, the president made an interesting analogy, comparing the healthcare plan to a company releasing smartphones. “When o
  
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• Tesla: Everyone Gets a Self-Driving Car

  21-10-2016 14:00 via technewsworld.com
  Tesla has announced plans to install hardware that will allow all of its cars to become driverless. The equipment will enable self-driving at a safety level substantially greater than human-driven cars, according to the company. The hardware includes eight cameras to provide 360-degree visibility; 12 ultrasonic sensors to detect hard and soft objects; and forward-facing radar capable of seeing through rain, fog, dust and other vehicles. Tesla also will install a new onboard computer with 40 time
  
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• Bumpers for iOS takes all the hassle out of podcasting on the go

  21-10-2016 13:39 via thenextweb.com
  
  If you’ve ever tried recording a podcast – whether at home, in a studio or on your phone – you know how much work it takes to get it right. Between scripting your episode, recording a clean take and adding music and segues, it can be quite a task to pull off on your own. That’s why I was excited to try Bumpers. This new iOS app makes it dead-simple to record a podcast with no additional hardware, while allowing you to achieve pretty decent results. Its unique interface m
  
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• Play Your Old NES, SNES, GENESIS/Mega Drive Games RIGHT NOW

  21-10-2016 13:36
  
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  Wanna play classic NES, SNES and Mega Drive Games? Then you NEED to check out the Retro Bit Super Retro Trio 3 in 1 Console Richard Goodwin12:36, 21 Oct 2016The Retro Bit Super Retro Trio 3 in 1 Console lets you play your old NES, SNES, GENESIS/Mega Drive games, which is handy if you’re a retro-gamer looking to get your fix but are constantly let down by your ageing hardware.
  I still have my original NES, SNES and N64 but only the latter is still fully function
  
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• This weird Twitter bot generates the best and worst sexts you’ll ever see

  21-10-2016 12:57 via thenextweb.com
  
  If you’re a young adult with a mobile phone, there’s a big chance you’ve sent at least one or two sexually charged texts, or sexts, in your life. But none of them have been as good as these. Thanks to @sextsbot, there’s no reason anymore to run out of inspiration for sexy texts to that special someone. Put together by law school student @aliceavizandum, it sends out piping hot tweets every few hours. The content ranges from ‘very sexy’ to ‘borderline ap
  
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• Uber launches its own debit card to get more Mexicans riding

  21-10-2016 12:46 via thenextweb.com
  
  One of the barriers to Uber’s growth in Mexico is the country’s archaic banking system. Many banks prevent their customers from using their debit and credit cards online. Which is why Uber just launched its own debit card, called (what else?) the UberCard. The sleek black MasterCard is being issued by Bankaool, which is Mexico’s first online bank, and their local equivalent to Monzo and Simple. To request a card, customers first have to top up MXN$200 ($10 USD).
  
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• Android 7.1: What's New and What's Missing

  21-10-2016 12:12 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S8 battery plans, Nintendo Switch re-invents & more - Pocketnow Daily

  21-10-2016 12:10 via youtube.com
  
  
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• BlackBerry's October Android update brings improvements to Hub+, Launcher, Keyboard, more

  21-10-2016 12:06 via phonearena.com
  
  Since October is the month of Halloween, BlackBerry has decided to offer some nice treats to its customers. No, there are no candies to eat, but if you're using any of BlackBerry's Android apps, you'll more than pleased with what you'll get.The Canadian company has just announced that the October Android update comes with lots of new features and improvements for several BlackBerry applications that are already very popular among users.First of all, the BlackBerry Hub+ is getting Facebook Messen
  
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• Surfer claims his iPhone 7 burst into flames and blew up his car

  21-10-2016 11:59 via thenextweb.com
  
  Another day, another phone explosion – but this time, it’s not Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7. Surf instructor Mat Jones claims his iPhone 7 burst into flames and set his car ablaze, Australia’s 7 News reports. The surfer was giving a lesson when the vehicle caught on fire, but maintains he has no doubt the iPhone was the source of the flames. Jones says he left his phone wrapped in a pair of pants only to discover his car filled with smoke when he returned. The allegedly
  
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• How Sony’s PS4 Pro will deliver 4K resolution in games

  21-10-2016 11:30 via thenextweb.com
  
  We’re less than a month away from the launch of Sony’s upcoming PS4 Pro and there are a lot of questions surrounding the console’s computing power and its ability to achieve 4K resolution. We now know a little more about how it’ll work, thanks to Sony’s chief PlayStation architect Mark Cerny, who spoke to The Verge about exactly what the PS4 Pro can and can’t do. Cerny noted that the PS4 Pro doesn’t represent a new generation of consoles; it’s int
  
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• iPhone thieves jacking $13,000 worth of goods from Apple Store caught on camera

  21-10-2016 10:25 via thenextweb.com
  
  Thieves these days sure have a penchant for the iPhone. On Tuesday, a group of seven unidentified individuals burgled a total of 19 iPhones worth over $13,000 from an Apple Collection outlet in Natick, Massachusetts, The MetroWest Daily reports. According to Natick police, the criminals swiftly cut the security cords and exited the store with the phones in a rather “orchestrated” fashion, wearing hoodies and hats to shield their identity. Described
  
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• Tiny Hand font mimics Trump’s handwriting and is now available for free

  21-10-2016 09:32 via thenextweb.com
  
  If you want to strategize like Donald Trump, you need to not only think the way he does, but also write like him. And now you can, thanks to Tiny Hand. The free font, designed by BuzzFeed News’ deputy art director Ben King, is based on The Donald’s handwriting. King scoured the Web looking for examples of Trump’s penmanship to figure out a way to illustrate this satirical piece on the presidential candidate by James Hannaham and decided to create a font with the help of h
  
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• King of the Hill intro gets the pixel art treatment, and it’s glorious

  21-10-2016 08:35 via thenextweb.com
  
  If you’re old enough to identify with Hank Hill and his buddies from the excellent animated Fox sitcom King of the Hill, you’re going to get a kick out of this beautiful pixel art-style rework of the intro clip by Brazil-based designer Mauri Helme, complete with a chiptune remix of the theme song. Helme’s creation is reminiscent of retro 8-bit and 16-bit video games, and features an art style that requires working on imagery one pixel at a time. If you like what you see, follo
  
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• Wikileaks has revealed President Obama’s personal email address, but don’t bother writing to him

  21-10-2016 08:06 via thenextweb.com
  
  One of the caches of emails from Senator Hillary Clinton’s campaign head John Podesta released by Wikileaks revealed President Obama’s personal email address: [email protected]. Messages sent to and from that address show that Obama near the end of his 2008 presidential campaign was working on setting up his new administration – even before he’d won the seat. The emails show that Podesta recommended Daniel Tarullo’s name in a discussion about who should run Obam
  
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• Google’s Daydream VR viewer is now available to pre-order

  21-10-2016 07:06 via thenextweb.com
  
  Following the success of its low-cost Cardboard VR viewer, Google revealed a comfy-looking new option, the Daydream View VR headset, at its hardware launch event earlier this month. The $79 headgear, which works with your phone and bundles a handheld controller for more immersive VR experiences, is now available to pre-order for folks in the US, UK and Germany. It’s set to ship in November. It’s draped in a breathable fabric and is available in three colors. Google recommends using
  
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• This person wants a DTEK60 so bad they're willing to trade a car

  21-10-2016 05:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Look, I know there are a lot of folks out there wondering where the DTEK60 is and can't wait to get their hands on one but this person on Craigslist pretty much takes the cake.
  Look, I know there are a lot of folks out there wondering where the DTEK60 is and can't wait to get their hands on one but this person on Craigslist pretty much takes the cake. If you happen to be in possession of three DTEK60's and want to get your hands on a 2001 Volvo T5 V70 FWD wagon, they've got just the trade offer
  
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• Survey shows millennials fall for cyber scams more often than seniors

  21-10-2016 02:01 via thenextweb.com
  
  Millennials aren’t as savvy online as they might lead on. A new survey found that half of all tech support scam victims were 18- to 34-year-olds. For comparison sake, the next age group (36 to 54) made up just over a third (34 percent), and the old-timers (over 55) were only 17 percent as likely to be conned. The recent Ipsos poll took place in 12 countries and surveyed 1,000 people on behalf of Microsoft. Two out of three had experienced a tech support scam over the last year. Tech suppo
  
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• The CrackBerry app for Android is smoother now, and uses less battery!

  21-10-2016 01:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Yep. It's true. We tested it. The latest update to the CrackBerry app for Android is now rolling out through the Google Play Store and overall, the app will run much smoother now, and use less battery!
  Yep. It's true. We tested it. The latest update to the CrackBerry app for Android is now rolling out through the Google Play Store and overall, the app will run much smoother now, and use less battery!Hello! It's been awhile. But we have not been at rest. No, sir! We've been diligently adding the
  
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• Nintendo Switches It Up

  21-10-2016 00:10 via technewsworld.com
  After months of speculation and buildup, Nintendo on Thursday officially unveiled its new gaming system, the Nintendo Switch. Previously known only by the codename "NX," rumors about this latest video game console began last year with a hint from Satoru Iwata, the company's late president.
  At the time Iwata suggested only that Nintendo was working on a new video game system, and few details have leaked since then. The Switch is Nintendo's first home gaming system since it launched the Wii U in 2
  
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