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Facebook’s Zuckerberg unveils privacy tool ‘clear history’ ahead of F8

Facebook is introducing a new privacy tool called “clear history,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday with a personal Facebook post.  The tool will allow you to see information about the apps and websites you’ve interacted with, and you’ll be able to clear this information from your account.  Now playing: Watch this: Zuckerberg unveils ‘clear history’ software tool 1:30 The news came …

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Workplace, Facebook’s Slack rival, adds cloud and news integrations

Facebook wants to make Workplace — a version of the social network designed specifically for the, well, workplace — more of a one-stop shop for employees. On Tuesday, the company announced that Workplace will now let other services create integrations for Workplace. What that means is that businesses using the paid version of Workplace will be able to tap into …

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Facebook is building a virtual memory palace out of your photos

Facebook’s F8 Conference started today and has been dreaming big about the future of augmented reality and virtual reality, but one of the most fascinating plans has to do with memories. Or, Facebook’s interpretation of them. A several-stage plan to create 3D spaces and experiences from personal photos is underway, starting this summer with the ability to upload 3D photos, …

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Facebook wants people to make more realistic AR experiences

Facebook wants artists and creators who may lack technical backgrounds to be able to make better augmented reality content. So on Tuesday, the social network unveiled a new version of AR Studio, a software that lets people build experiences that overlay digital graphics on top of what you see through your phone’s camera lens. Part of the update is a …

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The ‘holographic’ Red Hydrogen phone has been delayed

“Specs and delivery dates can change any time, for any reason,” Red warned us, when preorders began in August 2017. No kidding. The full launch of the Hollywood camera company’s first phone — a $1,200+ titanium beast known as the Red Hydrogen, with a “holographic” screen, swappable camera modules and more — has been slightly delayed until August 2018. It …

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iPhone shipments rise in down smartphone market

Apple’s slice of the global smartphone market grew in the first quarter of 2018 despite an industry seeing cooling demand for handsets. Global shipments in the quarter fell 2 percent year-over-year to 345 million units, market researcher Strategy Analytics reported Tuesday. Samsung held on the smartphone sales crown by shipping 78.2 million units, a decline of 2 percent year-over-year, giving …

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