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Hey, NBA fans! MVP Steph Curry has an emoji for your smartphone

Hoop fans, can’t get enough of Golden State Warriors sharpshooter Stephen Curry? There are now several emojis to feed your fix. The two-time NBA MVP has released “Stephmoji,” a series of emojis and animations available on Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android mobile software. Emojis include Curry shooting a jumper, doing a shimmy dance after hitting a big 3-point shot, and …

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How Microsoft plans to win VR without making a VR headset

Now playing: Watch this: Microsoft wants to own the next reality 1:34 Virtual reality is here, but Microsoft’s HoloLens is not. Microsoft doesn’t want to build a traditional VR headset, and it doesn’t know when its augmented reality (AR) headgear will be ready for market. Until then, Microsoft has a plan. It will use the combined allure of VR and …

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Surprise! Cable companies suck a little less than last year

Cable TV and Internet service providers have a poor reputation among consumers, but a new survey shows they’ve made some small gains. The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) report for 2016 suggests customers are now happier overall with their cable TV and Internet services than they were a year ago, with the biggest gains occurring in customer service and online …

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Facebook Messenger gets emoji

If you want to text a friend that you’re having pizza and beer, sure, you could type all of that out. Or you could go full-millennial and send a two-tap response: the pizza emoji and the beer one. The point is emojis are everywhere. And now Facebook is bringing its own specially designed set of the tiny picture symbols to …

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​Windows Holographic devices coming ‘in months’ not years

When Microsoft’s Mr. Virtual Reality, Alex Kipman, took to the stage at Computex in Taiwan today, there were plenty in the room who might have expected him to reveal a launch date for Microsoft HoloLens. Those people were ultimately disappointed. Instead, Microsoft revealed that it would be opening up the “mixed reality” platform that drives HoloLens, known as Windows Holographic, …

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