Facebook on Thursday announced a new feature for its social network, the addition of a Legacy Contact, or a person who will be allowed to control your account after you pass away — certainly, that must have been a problem for various Facebook users who might not have been able to access accounts of deceased relatives or close friends after their passing.
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If you think American Google engineers are wacky, just wait until you see what Googlers in Japan come up with. Google Japan has posted a new video made by Japanese Google employees in which they set up more than 300 different Android devices as a virtual choir to sing the “Ode to Joy” from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.
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You’d be surprised what can be done with the iPad Air 2 — or at least, with a jailbroken version of the tablet. In fact, one Reddit user took it upon himself to play Fallout 2 and other games on Apple’s latest iPad… but only after installing Windows 98 on the device.
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After teasing its release earlier on Thursday, Microsoft has made the Windows 10 technical preview for phones available to download for all Windows Insiders. If you’ve been itching to see how Microsoft has adapted its latest operating system to mobile platforms, you’re probably going to want to check this one out.
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OnePlus has never been one to follow the crowd. After launching with the custom CyanogenMod ROM, the company began work on its own dedicated Android spinoff called OxygenOS. We still don’t know much about the software, but on Thursday, OnePlus opened up about the team behind the Lollipop-based ROM and their vision for the future of the OnePlus One.
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You know what really suck? Free-to-play games that are actually miserable to play unless you fork over money for in-app purchases. Thankfully, Apple is doing something to help steer people away from these horrible creations and help them find games that will charge you once upfront and then never ask you for money again.
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You know what really suck? Free-to-play games that are actually miserable to play unless you fork over money for in-app purchases. Thankfully, Apple is doing something to help steer people away from these horrible creations and help them find games that will charge you once upfront and then never ask you for money again.
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Mobile gaming just got a huge boost.
On Thursday, Apple announced that it has officially doubled the size limit for apps uploaded to the App Store from 2GB to 4GB. This means that in the coming weeks and months, developers are going to be able to release far more complex and expansive apps.
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Want to significantly improve your typing on your iPad? If so then you may want to check out Phorm, a keyboard case that you might love even if you hate most traditional iPad keyboard cases.
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Upstart Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has had an incredible rise over the past couple of years and is giving Samsung all kinds of headaches thanks to its ability to mass produce and ship incredibly cheap hardware at an astonishing pace. Xiaomi held a press event in San Francisco on Thursday and offered up some amazing facts about the company that we’ve never heard before. We’ve picked our three favorites and listed them below.
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