Daniel Van Boom

Amazon preparing 32GB Kindle Paperwhite to hold your manga

Amazon‘s Kindle Paperwhite is big in Japan — literally. The company this week started taking preorders for a 32GB version of the device, the most storage you’ll find on a Kindle. Sadly, it’s Japan-only for now. The “cartoon edition” is geared toward manga readers, thus the need for more storage. Most Kindles, like the premium …

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Drake’s ‘One Dance’ is Spotify’s most streamed song ever

All hail Drake, the king of music streaming. The rapper and singer’s “One Dance” is Spotify‘s most played song, the company said in a tweet. It’s been streamed over 880 million times. James Blunt last year said, possibly in jest, that he gets paid £0.0004499368 per Spotify stream. If Drake is on the same pay grade, he’d have netted £395,000 …

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Netflix throws the towel in on China

Earlier this year, Netflix launched in pretty much every country — except China. That hasn’t changed 10 months later, and it looks like it won’t. The company on Monday told shareholders that it’s ditching efforts to bring its popular streaming service to the People’s Republic, the world’s most populous nation. Instead, it’ll sell its shows, like “Narcos” and “Daredevil“, to …

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Apple: ‘No evidence’ of photo theft from phones left with store

Apple has investigated the alleged theft of photos from female customers’ phones at an Australian Apple Store and stated it found no evidence data was transferred inappropriately. The Australia-based Courier Mail reported this week that employees at an Apple Store in Queensland, Australia, had been fired after they were discovered sharing photos of female customers and employees. Staff at the …

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Vodafone taking Samsung Galaxy Note 7s in exchange for S7 Edges

Carriers the world over are once again recalling the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 but with production of the phone today being halted, what are you meant to swap your Note 7 for? If you’re a Vodafone customer, the telco announced today, you can trade your Note 7 for a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge — or anything cheaper. The Note 7 …

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South Korea invests $450 million to make awesome robots

South Korea has brought us Samsung, the world’s biggest phone maker. Now, the country’s government is investing big bucks so that the world’s biggest robotics maker hails from South Korea, too. The country will invest $450 million, or 500 billion won, to cultivate a strong robotics industry, Yonhap News reports. Vacuum robots are the most widely used type of robot …

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Can Joker save the ‘Suicide Squad’ extended cut?

“Suicide Squad” wasn’t received as well as Warner Bros. would have liked, but perhaps the newly announced extended cut could turn things around. The cut, to be digitally released on November 15 ahead of a December 13 Blu-ray launch, could remedy an issue some had with the original: The conspicuously small role of The Joker. Jared Leto, who plays the …

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Quickflix brought back from dead by US media company

Quickflix in April became the first casualty in the Australian streaming war, but a US company is resurrecting its corpse. The Australian streamer has been acquired by Karma Media Holdings for AU$1.3 million, meaning Quickflix will live to stream another day. The company last made news in April, when it went into voluntary administration. At the time, Quickflix had over …

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This trick lets you navigate around your iPhone’s busted bits

Now playing: Watch this: No home button, no problem: Navigate around your iPhone’s… 1:06 Phones break, no matter how advanced they get. Especially if their owners are uncoordinated, like me. Thankfully, iPhones have a workaround that’ll help you navigate even if one or more of your buttons are broken. In the video above you’ll find how to activate assistive touch, …

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This keyboard is designed entirely for speech recognition

Are you tired of typing your messages like some kind of 20th century doofus? If so, you’ll be glad to know an Android keyboard designed from the ground up to work around your voice is being released today. The app comes courtesy of Baidu, often referred to as the Google of China. The company teamed up with Stanford University for …

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