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Samsung wants its new app to make you a better driver

You might find it hard to wrench your eyes from the Galaxy S8‘s huge display, but this can be especially dangerous when you’re behind the wheel. That’s why Samsung announced its new In-Traffic Reply app to prevent distracted driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that at any given daylight moment there are 660,000 people on their phones …

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How to watch the NFL draft

As a Cleveland Browns fan, the week of the NFL draft is my favorite week of the year. I’m far enough removed from last year’s disaster of a season to remember too many of the depressing details and still months away from more losses piling up and the team’s draft picks revealing themselves to be busts. Hope springs eternal each …

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Can Twitter save itself?

It appears that on social media, we’re way more into pics showing the chicken dish you made last night and selfies of Selena Gomez and the Kardashians than President Donald Trump’s tweetstorms. On Wednesday, Twitter said it gained 9 million more monthly active users since the end of 2016, jumping up to 328 million users overall. That’s 7 million more …

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Delhi University proposes a course on Facebook posts

A university in India wants to boost its students’ social-media game. The English Department at Delhi University (DU) has proposed a new course that will teach its students to write better Facebook posts, reports Hindustan Times. It would also help students craft blogs and cover letters. “The draft has taken approximately 2 years to complete and has been cleared by …

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Onkyo unveils universal streaming speaker

Onkyo has announced its first wireless speaker, the Onkyo NCP-302, is shipping now as of April 25, and as you’d expect after waiting this long, it’s packed with pretty much every streaming technology you could ask for. The NCP-302 is a compact desktop radio-type design that offers dual 3-inch woofers and a 1-inch tweeter housed in a wooden cabinet. It’s …

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Netflix is finally making headway in China, or sort of

Netflix is making good on its promise to find a way into China. The streaming giant yesterday inked an agreement with Chinese video-streaming service iQiyi, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Owned by Chinese search engine Baidu, iQiyi reported 481 million monthly active users in December 2016. The deal marks the beginning of Netflix’s entry into one of few remaining markets it …

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Vizio unveils 2017 sound bars with Chromecast and Bluetooth

Now playing: Watch this: Vizio’s 2017 speakers get Chromecast support 1:13 Update April 27 4:13 pm ET: Vizio has advised that the previously-announced $180 SB3630-E6 and $150 SB3621n-E8M will not be released Vizio has unveiled its 2017 range of sound bars, with the top-of-the-line models featuring Google‘s Chromecast built in. The company has four new sound bars for 2017, priced …

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