Google really wants to make buying things easier, adding a transactions function to its virtual assistant that will enable payments, identification, notifications, receipts and account creation. Plus, you’ll also be able to send peer-to-peer payments with your voice. At Google I/O, the search giant’s annual conference for developers, it was announced that Google Assistant will …
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2 years later…it’s happening. #Tidelands will be Netflix’s very first Australian original series. https://t.co/iPamxzo768 — Netflix ANZ (@NetflixANZ) “> Netflix has announced its first Australian original series, “Tidelands,” which will be made available on the streamer globally. The show follows a former criminal who returns home to her small fishing village, where a local fisherman’s body washes ashore. A mystery …
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Apple‘s virtual assistant came to the rescue when three Florida fishermen encountered rough seas off the coast of Key Biscayne, Florida, Fox 4 is reporting. As the 18-foot boat took on water and began to sink, the fishermen donned life jackets and one attempted to call 911. Hampered by cold, wet fingers, he was unable to use his phone’s touchscreen. …
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VR is about to get a creative filmmaker’s touch. Ridley Scott’s RSA Films production company is launching a new imprint “dedicated exclusively to the creative development and production of VR (virtual reality), AR (augmented reality) and mixed media.” It’s called RSA VR. RSA VR’s first project is a VR Experience for “Alien: Covenant,” in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox and …
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Did you get a golden ticket to the new Facebook icon? It’s a little rocket ship that appears in the apps of select Facebook users, next to the News Feed button, and is part of Facebook’s latest global experiment. The icon takes you to a separate feed that pushes popular content customised to your interests from pages you haven’t liked, …
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Jake Gyllenhaal fans, it’s time to get more intimate… with his voice. If you’re an Aussie subscribed to Kindle Unlimited, Amazon is now offering you thousands of books with professional Audible narration — and it won’t cost you an extra cent. You can listen to bestselling Audible titles such as Richard Adam’s “Watership Down” and Benjamin Law’s “The Family Law”; …
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