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By itself the Oculus Rift headset priced at $599 isn’t cheap, but from the beginning we also knew that only a powerful PC would be capable of running the VR headset. Oculus has now announced that it will sell Rift bundles along …
Super Bowl 50 turned-out to be a streaming record breaker, but that’s not surprising
It turns-out that this year’s Super Bowl featuring the Broncos and Panthers, some amount of drama, and the usual avalanche of highly expensive advertising, also broke some records. According to CBS this year’s competition was the most streamed ever, with 3.96 million …
Inside the Dark Net episode 1: Isn’t that technically virtual pedophilia?
Showtime’s new eight-part documentary series Dark Net begins unsurprisingly disconcerting. For those of us that have lived sheltered lives, even with Google around to lead us astray, episode one of the series, Crush, delivers some amusing, frightening and provocative examples of what …
Nintendo still dreaming about a mysterious device that helps you sleep better at night
Back in 2014 Nintendo Co. Ltd. announced its plans to release a “Quality of Life” (QOL) device that purportedly would help people sleep better at night. The company was to team-up with medical technology company ResMed to create a non-wearable, non-contact, non-operating …
Google self-driving car faces its toughest test yet: Crappy weather in the Pacific Northwest
Google’s self-driving car is to experience a less enjoyable climate than it has been experiencing so far in Mountain View, California and Austin, Texas. It will now take to the often rainy streets of Kirkland, Washington, where, according to Google, the car will …
Ouch: Microsoft recalls power cords for Surface Pro models due to cases of fires and electric shocks
Earlier this month news broke concerning Microsoft getting ready to replace power cords for its Surface Pro, Surface Pro 2 and Surface Pro 3 models sold prior to March 15th, 2015 (first reported July 2015). This was confirmed by a Microsoft spokesperson …
More than one billion people are now using WhatsApp, making it the world leader in messaging
Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp has seen a surge in popularity over the last few years with the number of users reaching a whopping one billion this week, according to a WhatsApp official blog post. That means one in seven people who live …
Who the hell is Steve Jobs?
“I actually wanted him to die,” was the response I heard from the only person I could find who had also watched the film Steve Jobs. I can’t say I shared the sentiment; in view of my own understanding of the man …
This will be huge: Facebook live-streaming video coming to iPhone users in the US and soon to the rest of the world
iPhone users in the U.S. will now be able to stream what’s happening to them on the go via Facebook’s new live video feature. Although the feature is only available to people in the U.S., Facebook announced that live video will be …
To like or not to like is probably a silly question: Facebook finally yields to consumers and adds cutified sentiments
‘Like’ was never enough for Facebook Inc. users, considering many feeds consist of news reports detailing things such as massacres and missing Malaysian planes, not to mention the break-up of a school friend you haven’t seen or cared about for 20 years. …