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Anki Overdrive robot car racing game
TechnologyVideo Games

Anki Overdrive robot car racing game unleashed, which will create a next generation gaming experience. Anki Inc. is a robotics startup which was founded in the year 2010 by grad students who met at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute, while studying their Ph.D.s. In 2013, the company’s first product Anki

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Solar Impulse 2
Air & SpaceScienceTechnology

Solar Impulse 2 makes longest solo flight record in the world, while flying from Japan to Hawaii on the seventh leg of its journey. While crossing the Pacific, it has broken the longest solo-flight record of 76 hours set by American Steve Fosset in 2006 on board the Virgin Atlantic

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Apple Disabled Home Sharing for music
GadgetsTechnology

As part of the update that introduced Apple Music, Apple disabled Home Sharing for music in iOS 8.4. Apple Music offers a lot of amazing features including a 24/7 radio station called Beats 1, streaming music with playlists curated by music experts and a social feature called Connect. But it

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Facebook working to equip drones with laser beams
SocialTechnology

To make the internet and particularly Facebook more accessible to the people worldwide, Facebook is working to equip drones with laser beams to transmit internet connectivity to the earth. According to Facebook official, this project is designed to provide internet connectivity to those users who are out of range from

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Skype for Business services
InternetSocialTechnology

In April 2015, Microsoft unleashed Skype for Business, and Skype beta features replaced its Lync services. Now, Microsoft has unleashed 3 new Skype for Business services including PSTN Conferencing, Cloud PBX with PSTN Calling and Skype Meeting Broadcast. Microsoft said in an official statement “The Office 365 Skype for Business

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new Facebook logo
SocialTechnology

The new Facebook logo has been unveiled, but you may not notice the difference because there are only some minor changes made to it. Facebook has changed out the logo for the first time since the company launched in 2005. Yesterday, Christophe Tauziet, Facebook’s Product Designer, unveiled the new Facebook

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Google Photos labelled black people as Gorillas
InternetTechnology

Google apologized as Google Photos labelled black people as Gorillas. The issue was reported by an African-American, Jacky Alcine on Twitter who posted a picture of him and a friend that had been labelled as Gorillas. Google Photos app was launched in May this year at the annual I/O conference,

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Volcano Alert at Mount Hakone
NatureScience

With Rising Japan’s Volcanic Activity, The Japanese Government Raised the Volcano Alert at Mount Hakone With rising Japan’s volcanic activity, The Japanese Government has raised the volcano alert at Mount Hakone, which is south-west of Tokyo, restricting access to the area for tourists after an apparent small eruption. Mount Hakone experienced a

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GTA 5 Independence Day Celebrations
TechnologyVideo Games

Rockstar Games announced that GTA 5 Independence Day celebrations will be offering double RP and GTA$ in GTA online events. Grand Theft Auto 5 online mode, Grand Theft Auto Online, will celebrate the Independence Day with a number of events and in-game promotions, just like last year. Some details of

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Snapchat Updated Its App
Technology

Snapchat updated its app with “Tap to View” feature to replace the press-and-hold functionality. Evan Spiegel, CEO of Snapchat, said in the Code Conference in May, “It’s just kind of annoying to hold your finger there for so long.” Earlier, when users wanted to view a story or snap within

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