Ever feel bothered by the same old boring selfie poses because your hand is permanently attached to your camera? Well this Australian-made Roam-e Flying Selfie drone camera should help you get a bit more creative, if you can stomach the fact that it looks like a flying carrot. Retailing at $399 (around £300) online and …
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27 June
Singapore becomes the third country in the world to get Android Pay
Singapore is quickly becoming a testbed for the mobile payments scene. With the recent announcements of Apple Pay and Samsung Pay’s availability in the island state, Google’s Android Pay makes its official debut here — its third market after the UK and US. The service is immediately available in Singapore, and can be used at any store that accepts contactless …
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27 June
Streaming to outstrip pay TV as Aussie SVOD services loom large
Streaming subscriptions are set to outstrip pay TV subscriptions in Australia within three years. That’s the assessment of tech analyst firm Telsyte, which is predicting that the number of paid subscription video on demand (SVOD) services in Australia will more than double, from 1.9 million subscriptions in June 2016, up to 4.1 million in June 2019. Australians may well subscribe …
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27 June
Get friends or family on a group call for free
Ever try to coordinate a group for something? A party, an outing, soccer practices, all that stuff — it can be a serious challenge to get everyone on the same page. Email tends to be slow, with threads often veering off in unwanted directions. And group texts can be utter chaos, especially with more than a few people participating. Sometimes, …
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27 June
Facebook’s Slideshow feature takes on Apple Memories
Now playing: Watch this: Facebook app builds slideshows for you 1:11 Facebook loves it when you share photos and videos: It’s sort of like cat videos without the cats. You love to post them and your friends like seeing what you’ve posted. Now when you’ve taken more than five photos or videos over 24 hours, the social network will give …
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27 June
Report: Google
Now playing: Watch this: Google to release its own phone, report says 1:16 A report from the Telegraph says Google will introduce its own Google-branded phone later this year. Google also is speaking with wireless carriers, which suggests the phone would be available from more places than Google’s online store. It’s hard to tell what impact a move like this …
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27 June
Brighten up your selfie with this power bank protective case
If you’re one of those people who feel the urge to take selfies all the time, including at night, here’s something that will make you happy. Pyle Audio today introduced the Lite-Me selfie lighted smart case. Basically, this is a slim protective case for the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus that includes LED lights on the front-facing edges. You can …
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27 June
Music download and streaming 2018 directory
CNET’s Music download and streaming directory has favorites like Amazon Prime, Pandora, Spotify and Apple Music, all with your favorite artists, songs, or genres for anytime-anywhere music streaming. This is all available on our music download and streaming directory below. Use a streaming service already? Share your personal experience and let us know if we are missing any top providers. …
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27 June
Tour de France will use high
The Tour de France has been rooting out “enhanced” cyclists for years. Now the race is turning to special equipment to find actual motors that cyclists may hide in their bikes to give them an extra edge. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) said Monday it will conduct between 3,000 and 4,000 tests over the two-week event. (Teams typically bring multiple …
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27 June
Lady Gaga is now banned in China
China is known for having a heavily censored internet, with a system dubbed the Great Firewall of China blocking local access to sites like Facebook and Twitter. Now, it looks like that same Firewall will also block access to any mention of musician Lady Gaga. Chinese officials soured on the singer after she had a meeting with the Dalai Lama …
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