Netflix is interested in keeping you glued to your screens for as much as possible, as long as you’re watching content available through the popular online streaming service, as the company plans to release even more original shows in the future.
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Now that police in New York City have started wearing body cameras, Funny or Die has decided to have some fun at New York’s finest’s expense by making a satirical video of “leaked footage” from one officer’s first day on the job wearing a camera.
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Based on what we’ve seen from Windows 10 so far, Microsoft has been listening closely to its users ever since the ill-fated launch of Windows 8. The Start menu is back, the interface is cohesive and the operating system will run across each of Microsoft’s product categories, from computers to tablets to phones. But how much is it going to cost?
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The Blackphone, supposedly the most secure Android handset around when it comes to safeguarding the privacy of the user, is soon going to get even better, as the company behind it will release a special app store for secure applications for the handset. The company on Tuesday revealed that Blackphone will receive a major operating system update in early 2015, which will bring several new features to PrivatOS.
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At some point in the future when your drunken self will think it’s perfectly fine to upload certain embarrassing selfies to Facebook, the social network will be so smart that it will be able to prevent it. The company is currently working on such advanced artificial intelligence that’ll be able to determine the content of pictures beyond simply recognizing your face or the face of your friends, and tell whether you’re intoxicated or not before offering an automated advice against uploading a picture that the entire world could see.
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So much of our entertainment in the 21st century is filled with CGI, from blockbuster motion pictures and cable TV shows to Internet shorts and fan films. With a decent computer, the right software and the prerequisite skills, anyone can dabble in computer animation, which explains why practical effects are less common than ever before.
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Never one to stop thinking of clever new ways to add new customers, T-Mobile on Tuesday unveiled a new limited-time promotion that will offer a new Simple Choice family plan that features unlimited LTE data. According to T-Mobile, the new promotion will start at $100 a month for two separate lines and can go “all the way up to 10 people for just $40 more per line.” In other words, the plan will cost $140 per month for three lines, $180 per month for four lines, $220 per month for five lines, and so forth.
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Google’s latest Nexus smartphone, the Nexus 6 phablet, is the company’s best handset to date, but the device could have been even better. Ars Technica reports that at least one prototype of the Nexus 6 also had a fingerprint sensor that could have offered users additional security features. However, for some reason, Google decided to scrap this particular feature, even though it clearly explored the possibility, as various bits of Android 5.0 code suggest.
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Apple appears to have removed Google from one crucial iPhone online service that many people have used to track down a lost or stolen iPhone, 9to5Mac reports. The Find My iPhone/iPad/Mac feature, if enabled, allows users to precisely locate a missing Apple device on a map and take appropriate action.
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Trying to decide what to do with all the money you saved after Black Friday, Cyber Week and Green Monday? Sony wants to lend you a hand with its second week of deals in its annual Holiday Sale on the PlayStation Store. A long list of games and movies are on sale for up to 60% off this week (and up to 80% if you’re a PS Plus subscriber). Read on for more details.
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