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• Mark Zuckerberg outlines the future of Facebook

  21-02-2016 22:56
  
  For a teenage Mark Zuckerberg, high school mathematics class meant dreams of traveling to distant worlds through virtual reality. Those ideas stayed with him as he grew Facebook into the mammoth it's become today, and they're now guiding him as he ponders the future of the social media platform.
  It will be immersive, it will be bring people closer together, and it will happen sooner than you might think, he said on Sunday in Barcelona.
  "I’ve been waiting for the day to come when we can de
  
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• You can't hurry love, nor the next Nokia phone

  21-02-2016 22:53
  
  Nokia is looking for a licensee to make a phone carrying its brand, but it's not an urgent mission at the mobile network behemoth.When the company sold its handset business to Microsoft in 2014, it retained the right to make phones under the Nokia name starting in the fourth quarter of this year. It's still searching out the right partner, CEO Rajeev Suri said Sunday."There's no rush. Could happen in 2016, could happen later," Suri said. If there is another Nokia handset, the company won't make
  
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• 5G could be done long before 2020

  21-02-2016 20:17
  
  5G is coming faster than most people think, Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri says.The next generation of mobile networks will start to get defined "in real terms" by the end of this year, Suri said at a press briefing in Barcelona on Sunday, the eve of Mobile World Congress (MWC).Official estimates say the 5G standard won't be complete until 2020. Suri thinks there's too much demand to wait that long."2020 is probably when we'll see global volume deployments, but we'll probably start to see a lot of action
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S7 phones get graphics charge for gaming, virtual reality

  21-02-2016 19:03
  
  Samsung has given gaming and graphics performance a big boost in the new S7 and S7 Edge phones as it attempts to build on its partnership with Oculus and make virtual reality a key application for smartphones.
  Samsung and Oculus launched the $99 Gear VR headset in November last year, and the S7 phones are the first flagship models that Samsung is putting out since then.
  The graphics processors are roughly 64 percent faster than chips in the Galaxy S6 handsets – something that should trans
  
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• What chip will your Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge have?

  21-02-2016 19:00
  
  Samsung's new Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge smartphones will sport either the company's  homegrown Exynos or Qualcomm's Snapdragon processor, depending on where you buy it. What's the difference between the chips, and which one will your Galaxy model have?If you're in the U.S., it'll be a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip, a Samsung spokesman said, without revealing further details. It's almost an open secret that the chip will be the Snapdragon 820, designed for premium handsets.Countries in Europe and Asi
  
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• Samsung announces next-gen flagship smartphones

  21-02-2016 19:00
  
  Samsung announced its next-generation flagship smartphones on Sunday as expected -- the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge running Android 6 (Marshmallow).
  Both phones look strikingly similar to last year's models (the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge), but include features like a return to water resistance that was last seen in the Galaxy S5. The S7 has a 5.1-in. display while the S7 Edge features a 5.5-in curved display.
  Samsung also included an "always on" display feature, similar to the LG G5,another
  
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• Lenovo gets creative with new Yoga hybrids, for a price

  21-02-2016 19:00
  
  Lenovo's new Yoga hybrids -- which can be used as laptops or tablets -- are an avenue for the company to roll out new features to its larger computer line, but the products could be expensive for users.Case in point: Lenovo's new Yoga 710 hybrid, with prices starting at €899 (US$1,287). The 14-inch model can be configured with an optional GPU from Nvidia and up to 8GB of DDR4 memory, making the thin PC useful for gaming and multimedia.The Yoga 710 is 17.3-millimeters thick and weighs 1
  
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• Lenovo aims at global Internet connectivity without SIMs

  21-02-2016 19:00
  Lenovo has launched a new mobile broadband service so its smartphone, tablet and PC users can get quick access to the Internet in different countries.
  The company's goal with Connect is to eventually provide a "global roaming service" for mobile broadband services. Access to the Internet will be priced competitively, Lenovo said.
  Users usually have to buy SIM cards in different countries for mobile broadband, and many laptops don't have SIM slots. With the service, users won't need a SIM card a
  
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• 7 things to love about the Galaxy S7 and GS7 edge (and 3 to hate)

  21-02-2016 19:00
  
  Samsung today unveiled its two latest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S7 and GS7 edge at an elaborate Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona. Rumors about the GS7 and GS7 edge hit the Web (hard) months ago. Many of the most widely circulated reports proved accurate. However, Samsung did keep a few surprises under wraps.I spent about an hour with both new Android phones last week at a media event in New York City, and I brought along my GS6 and GS6 edge+ for comparison. Of course, 60 minutes i
  
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• Forthcoming update to Parallels Access boosts support for iPad Pro

  21-02-2016 18:19
  
  Users of the iPad Pro that want to connect to remote desktops will soon get some relief from problems they face using Parallels Access.The virtualization software company is testing a version of its remote access application specifically written for the big-screen iPad, which fixes some trouble the software has been having with the device’s massive touchscreen.On Sunday, the company demonstrated it at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
  The Parallels Access app lets people with mobile
  
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• Inside HP's plan to turn smartphones into wire-free laptops

  21-02-2016 18:00
  
  HP's decision to return to the smartphone market with the Elite X3 wasn’t an easy one, especially given the company's history of failure in the market for handsets.
  HP's ill-fated, 2010 acquisition of Palm, which it ended up jettisoning by 2014, has weighed heavily on the company.
  After HP's high hopes for Palm's WebOS for smartphones were dashed, there was mixed opinion and many internal discussions over the viability of a return to the market. In the end, HP concluded that smartphone bu
  
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• With Samsung Connect Auto, your car could run Tizen

  21-02-2016 12:11
  
  Samsung Electronics wants to turn even old clunkers into smart cars by plugging dongles running the Tizen OS into their diagnostics ports.The Samsung Connect Auto dongle contains an LTE modem, a Wi-Fi hotspot, a GPS receiver and a tiny computer running Tizen, and connects to a car's on-board diagnostic system via the OBD II port under their steering wheel. The company will show it at Mobile World Congress, which runs Monday through Thursday in Barcelona.Samsung is touting the dongle as a way to
  
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