Learning a new language isn’t easy, but what if you could do it while watching your favorite Korean drama? Viki thinks it’s a winning combination. The video streaming service released this week a new Learn Mode designed to help viewers build language skills by enabling them to interact with subtitles of videos in foreign languages. …
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The Bank of Canada wants to prove that it’s as much of a geek as anyone of us. So it (or its social media team anyway) decided to plant a cheat code on its website announcing the newly released commemorative $10 bills, reports CTV News. When users key in Konami’s Contra code sequence (up, up, down, down, left, right, left, …
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You just can’t stop Uber, as Taiwan has just discovered. The global ride-hailing service will relaunch its operations in the nation this Thursday after exiting two months ago, reports the Central News Agency. Uber ceased operations in Taiwan in February after it was dealt with penalties amounting to nearly $36 million under a new law barring unlicensed taxi services. Taiwan’s …
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Huawei has scored a victory over rival Samsung in its home market of China. A Chinese court has ordered the South Korean giant to pay Huawei 80 million yuan (around $11.6 million) for patent violations, reports ZDNet. Both companies have been notified of the court’s decision. In a string of claims filed in California and Shenzhen, China, Huawei alleged that …
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Alibaba founder Jack Ma made the headlines last month when he took to Weibo (think Twitter but Chinese) with a lengthy post urging the Chinese government to crack down on counterfeiting in the country. Today, Ma and Alibaba have been taken to court for allegedly allowing the sale of a fake fire-extinguishing ball, reports Bangkok Post. Fake goods are a …
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Facebook has been packing in new features recently, and it looks like WhatsApp is following suit. The Facebook-owned app is working on launching a person-to-person payment service soon in India, reports The Ken, citing sources with knowledge of the matter. As the publication points out, WhatsApp’s career page hosts an advertisement that says the company is hiring a digital transaction …
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We may not yet be ready for Star Wars-style holograms, like the iconic one of Princess Leia in “Episode IV – A New Hope.” But we could soon be a step closer. Verizon and South Korean carrier KT on Monday carried out what they called the world’s first live hologram international call over their 5G trial networks, The Korea Herald …
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Good news to Apple fans in Indonesia — Apple will finally bring its flagship phones to the country this year. The company will open the doors to its first R&D center in the country in the second quarter of this year in the city of Tangerang, reports The Jakarta Post. This means Apple will officially be able to retail its …
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LG Electronics wants a chunk of the meaty mobile payment market that is estimated to reach $780 billion worldwide this year. The South Korean company told CNET on Wednesday that it will roll out its new mobile payment service via its LG G6 flagship smartphones in South Korea in the third quarter. The service will be called LG Pay. The …
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Someone just liked your tweet. Someone else followed you. Do you know them? No? They could be among the nearly 48 million bots on Twitter, according to study released last week by the University of Southern California and Indiana University. The study, which used more than 1,000 features to identify bot accounts on the site across six categories, estimated that …
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