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Pop-up posts may be next thing on Facebook
Facebook is testing out a new feature that pushes posts at the bottom edge of the web browser, akin to chat windows, when you receive a notification on a post. Continue reading Pop-up posts may be next thing on Facebook
Create, share favourite hangouts on Google Maps now
To help users mark out their favourite hangouts they love and the places they want their friends to go to, Google Maps on Monday added a new feature called “List”. Continue reading Create, share favourite hangouts on Google Maps now
Cellphone, satellite data can map poverty
In a first, anonymised data from mobile phones and satellite imagery data can be combined to create high resolution maps to measure poverty.
YouTube rolls out mobile live streaming feature
YouTube has rolled out mobile live streaming feature to every creator with more than 10,000 subscribers to share their thoughts and lives.
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Virtual reality adds transparency to narrative journalism
Memesys Culture Labs, founded by National Award-winning filmmaker Anand Gandhi, has launched a virtual reality (VR) app ElseVR channel. Its members said that it will help to bring a transparency in storytelling and narrative journalism. Continue reading Virtual reality adds transparency to narrative journalism
Facebook’s new feature will tell your boss, strangers where you are
Facebook is one social networking platform that never ceases to surprise us! Continue reading Facebook’s new feature will tell your boss, strangers where you are
This thin, flexible light-absorber gives you stealth feature
This thin, flexible and light-weight material can cool your room on hot sunny days, may give you stealth features by blocking thermal detection and absorb light from every angle.
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Normalise heart rate with world’s smallest pacemaker
A pacemaker similar to the size of a nickel can be implanted in patients to restore the heart’s normal rhythm, when it is unable to pump enough oxygen-rich blood, experts have said.
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Paralysed patients communicate thoughts via brain-computer interface
Scientists have developed a brain-computer interface that reads the brain’s blood oxygen levels and enables communication by deciphering the thoughts of patients who are totally paralysed and unable to talk.
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