Wednesday, December 16, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Digital Trends) 17/12/2015

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Google launches nine new fancy-schmancy designer watch faces for Android Wear
Google announced nine new Android Wear watch faces from "iconic" fashion brands. They are currently available on Android for the low price of free, with iPhone owners getting treated to the watch faces in a few days.
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Forget the Republican debate, House of Cards Season 4 gets a start date
Fantastic news for anyone that's a fan of the popular political drama on Netflix, the fourth season of House of Cards will be available on the streaming service during early March 2016.
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Kurt Russell may star in Guardians 2 as Star-Lord’s father
Kurt Russell, the veteran actor and star of Tarantino's The Hateful Eight, is director James Gunn's top choice for the part of Star-Lord's father. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is set to debut on May 5, 2017.
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With 4,700 and counting, VinylHub aims to catalog every record shop on the planet
VinylHub, from the creators of vinyl database Discogs, hopes to catalog every record shop and record event on the planet. It currently catalogs 4,700 record shops across the globe.
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Facebook unveils new process for reporting fake names in effort to protect all users
Facebook has unveiled a new system to report fake names on the social network, which includes a support mechanism aimed at victimized users from the LGBTQ community, ethnic minorities, and victims of stalking or abuse.
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Washington Redskins Twitter blunder leads to accusations of fake community profile
The Washington Redskins have been forced to come out on the defensive following a Twitter blunder that saw identical tweets posted to the official team profile and that of a supposed fan page.
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Save your Rdio music collection: Spotify introduces new import tool
Rdio subscribers in need of a new home for the music collection are receiving an eager welcome from Spotify. The streaming service has added a tool to allow them to import their tracks, albums, and playlists.
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Best TVs under $500
Just because it's cheap doesn't mean it's worth buying. Many budget TVs look great on paper, but fail to deliver the kind of picture quality you expect from an HDTV. To help steer you in the right direction, we've assembled our favorite TVs around $500.
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Goodbye SLK, hello SLC: Mercedes’ entry-level roadster drops ahead of Detroit debut
Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the 2017 SLC ahead of its debut at the 2016 International Auto Show in Detroit. The vehicle is a replacement for the current SLK and will officially launch in the spring of 2016.
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LG goes big on thin laptops and ultra-wide monitors for CES 2016
With all the excitement around CES, it's not hard to believe LG just couldn't hold onto its secrets any longer. The company has announced its upcoming 4K and ultrawide monitors, plus a new 15-inch laptop.
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Physicists produce 1.8 million degree plasma burst in first run of Wendelstein 7-X fusion reactor
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) are breathing a sigh of relief after last week's inaugural launch of their experimental nuclear fusion reactor proceeded smoothly.
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Fargo's winter aesthetic means we won't see season 3 till 2017
Hawley explained that Fargo is a winter show, and there isn't time to shoot before the end of this winter. He also gave some hints about the next season, which will take place in 2010, and air in spring 2017.
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Amazon Studios turns to rock legends The Grateful Dead for new bio series
Amazon Studios is catering to Deadheads with a bio series currently in the works. The series will focus on the iconic rock band The Grateful Dead and is based on a 2003 book by roadie Steve Parish.
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Let the New Lamborghini Huracan LP580-2 drift into your heart
Lamborghini has revealed an early Christmas gift in the form of its new LP580-2 Huracan drifting at Imola Raceway. The rear-wheel drive sports car shows exactly what it was built to do.
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Wield your phone as a lightsaber with Google’s latest Chrome experiment
Google has launched a new Chrome Experiment that pairs your phone with your desktop and allows you to wield it as a lightsaber. You'll start off traversing through a Star Destroyer, battling storm troopers who still have trouble aiming.
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Trice Imaging's Emergency Medicine Project saves lives at home and abroad
The Emergency Medicine Project uses portable tablet ultrasounds with Tricefy medical image sharing platform to give EMS and emergency room doctors a head start, while Trice's Mobile Ultrasound Patrol gives prenatal ultrasounds to women who might otherwise die without them.
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Project Fi is now available on data-only devices and doesn’t charge a fee
If you're an early adopter of Google's carrier service, you'll be happy to hear that you can now add tablets, or data-only devices, to your Project Fi subscription for free. The devices share the same budget as the one used for your primary phone.
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Unboxing a Pi-Top, the laptop you build yourself
The Raspberry Pi is great for learning the basics of computer hardware and coding, but did you know it can be turned into a full-fledged laptop? Discover how as we unbox, assemble, and use the Pi-Top.
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Remastered Turok: Dinosaur Hunter launches for PC this week
A remastered version of Acclaim's Nintendo 64-era first-person shooter Turok: Dinosaur Hunter will launch for PC platforms via Steam, GOG.com, and the Humble Store this week, publisher Night Dive Studios confirmed.
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Based on These eBay Listings, Devil’s Third is Already a Collector’s Item
Retailers didn't expect anyone would be interested in Devil's Third so they didn't buy many copies. By doing so, they made the retail game into a prized commodity for North American game collectors.
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Elon Musk and other tech titans just donated $1B for artificial intelligence research
To help foster the study of artificial intelligence, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and others pledged $1 billion to the AI research company, OpenAI. The goal is to facilitate research of safe AI and to benefit humanity.
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Showtime to debut aptly-named election docuseries The Circus
There has been no shortage of coverage of the 2016 presidential election, but Showtime is looking to offer a new angle. The network will premiere The Circus, a political documentary series examining the fight for the White House, in January.
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Everything you need to know about Android Pay
Android Pay allows users to pay through their smartphone at any retailer that accepts contactless payment. Google has now also brought the ability to use it for in-app purchases, eliminating the need to grab your card when buying on your phone.
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Guitar Hero Live adds GHTV online versus mode
Guitar Hero Live's GHTV mode just got lot more competitive with the introduction of Rival Challenges, a new feature that pits veteran players against one another in a series of online head-to-head matches.
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All "gamers" play video games, but not everyone who plays games is a gamer, study says
A new study from the Pew Research Center suggests the connection between playing video games and identifying as a "gamer" are not as strongly related as you might think.
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NBA dominates all other sport leagues, reaches 1 billion vine loops
The NBA has surpassed all other sport leagues and organizations by reaching a record one billion video loops on video sharing platform, Vine. The feat coincides with the NBA also reaching over 1.45 million Vine subscribers in less than two and-a-half years. This caps off a year in which the NBA has added over 200 million fans on social media
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Destiny's new microtransactions let you pay your way to the top
The latest batch of DLC for Bungie's spacefaring first-person shooter Destiny allows players to skip the game's lengthy leveling process, instantly boosting character classes and weapons with one-time purchases.
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Acer Predator 17 (2015) review
Acer is known to offer bargain hardware for gamers, but has lost previous battles in the high-end, hardcore gaming arena. Can the company’s new 17-inch Predator change its fortunes?
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Striking gold: This Audi R8 V10 Plus is fit for a king
Audi recently won the Golden Steering Wheel award from German magazine Auto Bild, and the brand celebrated in a unique way. To match the award trophy, the brand wrapped an R8 V10 Plus in gold.
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More comedy coming: MTV greenlights 3 new series, with one to star Nicole Byer
After finding hits with female-driven scripted comedy series, MTV has plans for more. The network has given three projects a series order, each with "a unique and provocative point of view," according to MTV President Sean Atkins.
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