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HTC will unveil its next flagship this month
Taiwanese phone maker HTC is all set to reveal its next flagship handset on May 23. We’re pretty certain it’ll be the U12+. Tipster Evan Blass gave us a look at the device back in […]
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Facebook animates photo-realistic avatars to mimic VR users’ faces – TechCrunch
Facebook wants you to look and move like you in VR, even if you’ve got a headset strapped to your face in the real world. That’s why it’s building a new technology that uses a […]
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Google beats expectations again with $31.15B in revenue – TechCrunch
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, reported another pretty solid beat this afternoon for its first quarter as it more or less has continued to keep its business growing substantially — and is growing even faster than […]
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LG promises to speed up bringing Android updates to its smartphones – TechCrunch
LG is making efforts to improve the user experience on its devices after it opened a “Software Upgrade Center” in its native Korea. The new lab will be focused on “providing customers worldwide with faster, […]
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GIF search is coming to LinkedIn messaging through Google’s GIF engine Tenor – TechCrunch
Tenor is now going to exclusively power GIF searches in LinkedIn messaging after Google a few weeks ago, adding yet another service to its already pretty large portfolio of messaging platforms. Tenor has long positioned […]
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Dictionary app Reverso learns new tricks – TechCrunch
Dictionary app Reverso is getting new features with its 8.0 update. There are new exercices and games to help you learn new words. Reverso also now has an integrated thesaurus. Reverso is one of the […]
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Facebook demands ID verification for big Pages, ‘issue’ ad buyers – TechCrunch
Facebook is looking to self-police by implementing parts of the proposed Honest Ads Act before the government tries to regulate it. To fight fake news and election interference, Facebook will require the admins of popular […]
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Amazon rolls out remote access to its FreeTime parental controls – TechCrunch
Amazon is making it easier for parents to manage their child’s device usage from their own phone, tablet, or PC with an update to the Parent Dashboard in Amazon FreeTime. Since its launch in 2012, […]
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Messenger adds support for sharing HD video, 360-degree photos – TechCrunch
Perhaps aiming to snag some attention away from Snapchat’s big group video call update out this morning, Facebook also announced an update to its chat app Messenger, which will now allow users to share 360-degree […]
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Facebook retracted Zuckerberg’s messages from recipients’ inboxes – TechCrunch
Facebook says it was for security, but is it a breach of user trust? Josh Constine@/8 hours You can’t remove Facebook messages from the inboxes of people you sent them to, but Facebook did that […]