E3 Day Two: I tried Sony’s virtual reality headset and it’s absolutely amazing
The first day of E3, as you can read in my Day One Report, was relatively tame. In between my meetings with Microsoft, I had plenty of time to explore the show floor, take some pictures for the inevitable E3 gallery and eat lunch at a reasonable hour. On the second day, that was not the case.
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You really have to check this out: 50+ of the strangest things on Google Street View
Google Maps completely changed the way we travel. Planning even the shortest of trips to unfamiliar areas had been a huge hassle, but Google changed all that. Then the company took things a step further when it launched its Street View initiative, which provides users with actual imagery of the areas they search in Google Maps.
Of course, the vehicles Google uses to photograph the world’s roads also catch some peculiar things from time to time.
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You really have to check this out: 50+ of the strangest things on Google Street View
Google Maps completely changed the way we travel. Planning even the shortest of trips to unfamiliar areas had been a huge hassle, but Google changed all that. Then the company took things a step further when it launched its Street View initiative, which provides users with actual imagery of the areas they search in Google Maps.
Of course, the vehicles Google uses to photograph the world’s roads also catch some peculiar things from time to time.
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New leak reveals Galaxy Note 4 details that no one saw coming
We’ve seen some killer specs for the Galaxy Note 4 leak recently but a new report from The Korea Times says Samsung is planning on doing something with its next flagship phablet that no one has seen coming so far. An executive at one of Samsung’s supplier partners tells The Korea Times that Samsung is actually planning to release two versions of the Galaxy Note 4: One standard version with a flat display and one with a curved display that will be similar in shape to the Galaxy Round that the company released last year.
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2014 Brand Image Award winners chosen by Kelly Blue Book [w/video]
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Kelley Blue Book has announced the winners of its 2014 Brand Image Awards, which look at brands with “attributes that capture the attention and enthusiasm” of customers in the market for a new car. The award is divided up into luxury brands and everyone else non-luxury brands, with a number of sub-awards in each group. There’s also a single award for truck brands.
Click here for the list of winner and watch the video of KBB’s recap of the award winning attributes of each automotive brand.
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Security Improvements on Chrome for Windows
Google announced back in November that it would start requiring all Chrome extensions to be hosted in the Chrome Web Store for its Windows stable and beta channels (starting in January). Google announced today that it is now enforcing this.
Extensions will only be able to be installed if they’re hosted on the Chrome Web Store. Previously installed extensions may be automatically disabled, and will have to be re-installed if they become hosted on the Chrome Web Store.
“We’re constantly working to keep Chrome users safe as they browse, with built-in features like Safe Browsing, which blocks many types of malicious websites and downloads,” says Erik Kay, Engineering Director in a post on the Chrome blog. “In the case that malicious software has managed to hijack your settings, we’ve added a “reset browser settings” button, so you can get things back to normal. But since the bad guys continue to come up with new ways to cause our users headaches, we are always taking additional measures.”
“Malware can change how browsers work by silently installing extensions on your machine that do things like inject ads or track your browsing activity,” Kay adds. “If you notice strange ads, broken web pages or sluggish browsing after installing some new software or plugins, you could be affected.”
Hence the changes.
Google says it will continue to support local extension installs during development for developers as well as installs via Enterprise policy. More on that here.
Chrome users on the Windows developer channel and other operating systems are not affected by the changes.
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Facebook started sharing your history with advertisers – here’s how to stop it
Good news, Facebook users: the ads Facebook shows you is about to hit much closer to home now that Facebook is selling your history to advertisers so they can better target ads. Don’t worry, though — if that doesn’t actually sound like “good news” to you, there are ways to prevent it.
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Verizon has done the seemingly impossible: It’s made Comcast look good
It takes a lot of work to make Comcast look good but Verizon seems to have pulled off the trick. Ars Technica’s Jon Brodkin has done some nice work trying to figure out how Netflix’s performance on Verizon’s network has actually gotten worse even though the two companies reached a peering agreement earlier this year. It basically boils down to this: Comcast was completely prepared to upgrade its interconnectivity infrastructure after signing its deal with Netflix while Verizon was not.
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How to take awesome iPhone photos in the dark
Apple’s iPhone lineup has always been among the best in the business when it comes to photography. Case in point: look at how amazing the photos that won this year’s iPhone photography awards were. Low-light photography is still an issue for every camera of course, but there are some ways to ensure that your iPhone photos come out as clear and flattering as possible even in a dark room.
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GALAXY F LEAK: New leak shows the Galaxy S5 you want next to the one you actually bought
Samsung’s upcoming premium Android smartphone – known as the Galaxy F, which may or may not be the same as Galaxy S5 Prime – has appeared in many leaks so far, although the South Korean giant is yet to announce it. Now, Phone Arena has just scored a picture showing the Galaxy F side-by-side to the Galaxy S5, with both devices’ displays turned on.
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