August, 2017

• 5 August

  Solar eclipse safety glasses buying guide

  

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• 4 August

  Is this the Google Pixel 2?

  

  Were you expecting Google’s Pixel 2 to have a bold new design? Don’t count on it.  Reputable phone leaker Evan Blass has just revealed two pictures of what’s very likely to be Google’s next phone, and it looks decidedly like the flagship phone we know (and loved) starting last October.  While Google head of hardware Rick Osterloh had previously confirmed …

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• 4 August

  67 Emojis added as candidates for 2018

  

  You can never have too many emojis. Unicode’s president and co-founder Mark Davis announced that 67 new emojis have been marked as “draft candidates” for 2018. This means that they will be voted on in the upcoming months with final candidates included in the Unicode 11.0 launch June 2018.  The emoji candidates come in a wide array. You’ve got your …

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• 4 August

  What it’s like to play Super Mario in AR, and why it matters

  

  Now playing: Watch this: What it’s like to play Super Mario AR 2:51 I’m on the corner of Madison Square Park, slipping a Microsoft HoloLens headset over my face. It’s my first time trying one outdoors. I’m already conspicuous with a massive visor-helmet on. Now I’m jumping over invisible things, and suddenly I’m a sidewalk obstacle. One man watches from …

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• 4 August

  Three years later, are Mozilla and Firefox in a better place?

  

  Three years ago CNET addressed whoever might step into Mozilla‘s then-empty CEO slot and asked 10 questions about the future of the nonprofit organization behind the Firefox browser. It was a chaotic time, with Mozilla co-founder Brendan Eich quitting after a controversy over his stance on gay marriage, and Google‘s Chrome increasing its threat as the browser of choice for …

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• 4 August

  China trains companies to censor the internet more quickly

  

  How effective is tight government censorship if companies aren’t any good at censoring? China on Thursday held a training drill to help internet service providers, including data centres, get better at emergency requests to pull “harmful” content from the net, reports Reuters.  The country’s Ministry of Public Security ordered the drill in an attempt to “tackle the problem of smaller …

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• 4 August

  Google will reportedly launch a Snapchat Discover competitor

  

  Google reportedly offered $30 billion for Snapchat early in 2016. But it looks like Google may have decided to compete with Snapchat instead. The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg are both reporting that Google is on the verge of launching a news service that echoes Snapchat Discover, by creating similar mini-magazines of slides (containing text, photos and videos) that you’d swipe …

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• 4 August

  Market analysts see a coming boom in virtual and augmented reality

  

  The battle to build a new generation of virtual and augmented reality experiences is already well underway, and if a new report from International Data Company is correct, the stakes might be higher than you might expect. Spending on virtual and augmented reality could double each year for the next four years, says a new report. Sarah Tew/CNET Worldwide spending …

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• 4 August

  A cellular Apple Watch is reportedly coming this year

  

  Like most smartwatches, the Apple Watch usually needs to be connected to a phone for most apps. But according to a new Bloomberg report, that could change by the end of the year.  Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple is planning a new version of the Apple Watch, one with its own LTE cellular data connection, by the end of …

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• 4 August

  Apple Glasses could be a long way away

  

  Apple Glasses. They’re fun to think about, and multiple rumors suggest they might actually be in development.  But they’re probably not coming anytime soon.  According to a Friday report in the Financial Times, Apple is still experimenting with multiple different prototypes of augmented-reality glasses — including some where you might have to wear your iPhone on your head. While the …

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