LinkedIn is updating a key feature that could make the difference in someone getting that new job or big promotion. The professional network relaunched on Wednesday its popular “Skills & Endorsements” feature that allows people to verify the strengths and abilities of fellow members. Now, viewers can see key endorsements from important people such as …
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3 ways to make Spotify’s killer feature even smarter
One of the best things about using Spotify is the Discover Weekly playlist — a custom playlist that’s tailor-made to your music taste. Available to all Spotify users (you have to use it for at least two weeks before one generates), Discover Weekly playlists (found under the Browse tab) are based on similar users’ music taste, as well as your …
Read More »LeEco’s Explore VR is yet another VR headset we probably don’t need
For a hot five seconds, Chinese tech company LeEco showed a VR headset at its debut US press conference. From there, well, it’s anyone’s guess. The Explore VR has USB-C, “lag-free” VR, and LeEco promises that it’s “not a VR headset.” But it is a VR headset. LeEco gave us the quickest look at its Explore VR headset +5 more …
Read More »LeEco US launch event: Live stream, how to watch and what to expect
The Chinese tech and media company LeEco is ready to make its debut in the US. The launch event takes place today inside the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. The teaser invite doesn’t give any specific details, but instead offers simple drawings of a TV, a car, a bicycle and a VR headset as hints. LeEco became known …
Read More »Ladies, this AR app wants to apply your makeup for you
In the future, women will be able to use augmented reality to beautify themselves without makeup. A Japanese company is working to bring that future to the present. TeleBeauty is an app developed by Shiseido, Microsoft Japan and Skype for Business. It’s aiming to bring cosmetics to telecommunication, using technology to apply augmented reality makeup to women’s faces who work …
Read More »Will new MacBooks finally make it easier to pick the perfect Apple laptop?
Now that invites for the October 27 Apple event have seen sent out, there’s much speculation about what we will, and won’t, see from a purported new generation of MacBook Pro laptops. Thus far, the generally agreed-upon predictions — as rounded up by Macrumors — are: New MacBook Pros with a thinner, lighter design and a secondary touchscreen at the …
Read More »Google’s Android Pay mobile wallet arrives in Hong Kong
Android Pay, Google’s mobile payments service for phones running the OS, arrived in Hong Kong on Wednesday. The launch will allow Android handset owners to use their devices to complete transactions at more than 5,000 retail locations in Hong Kong, including 7-Eleven, Circle K, McDonald’s and Fortress, Google said in a statement. The search giant’s latest attempt to spur people …
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T-Mobile has agreed to a $48 million settlement with the Federal Communications Commission for misleading consumers about its “unlimited” data plan. On Wednesday, the FCC said an investigation found the wireless operator didn’t make clear to customers the speed and data restrictions on its unlimited data plan. Specifically, the FCC received complaints from customers who said they were unaware that …
Read More »Trump, Clinton get ugly in debate; social media is sick of it
Here’s what social media tells us about the final presidential debate: We’re sick of politics. Analysis of social media data pulled before, during and after Wednesday night’s showdown between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton in Las Vegas yielded dismal, if predictable, results. Neither candidate inspires the electorate, at least in the social media landscape. But Trump inspired voters …
Read More »Debate fever heats up social media early
It’s the final debate before Election Day, and Twitter is already revving up. The previous face-off between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton became the most tweeted debate in Twitter’s history. Wednesday night’s showdown is poised to break the record again. Social Cues is a daily feature on what’s buzzing across Facebook and Twitter. Here is what’s trending across social media …
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