Category: Internet
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Is Facebook An Online Echo Chamber?
Politically speaking the internet is now one of the major battlegrounds in the ongoing conflict of ideologies. Social media erupted into election fever recently, as well as the infamous backlash that followed the results. However, some have said that certain topics, which are apparently important, are often absent from news feeds. Facebook has been blamed…
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Google Play for Android Introduces Pre-Register Option
If you’re an Android user and like getting to grips with the latest apps first, Google has started adding a handy feature for you on its Play Store listings that will allow you to pre-register for future software releases and receive a notification of when your next favourite downloadable becomes available on your device. Despite…
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Steam Withdraws Paid Mods Feature
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The announcement that Steam were to begin allowing users to charge for their home created modifications was met with mixed reactions. We reported on the feature being opened for The Elder Scrolls Skyrim a few days ago, and since then the service has swiftly been withdrawn. Apparently the addition of the feature that lets modders…
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Facebook Messenger Updates to Include Free Video Calls
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Following in the footsteps of Apple FaceTime and Google Hangouts, Facebook has finally raised its social game to include video calling via its Messenger app. Face-to-face video chat will be included in the latest update for the Facebook add-on software for mobiles and tablets and will be free to use for anybody with an account…
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Now You Can Download Your Google History to Your PC!
You can now download your entire Google search history to your computer. Meaning you have a backup of your most visited sites. Why on God’s green Earth would you want that! Let’s be honest here there are dangerous things in your search history, I know where most of you minds just went and I don’t…
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Drones May Soon Include Electronic ‘Brain’
Drone tech is getting increasingly more complicated and more accessible to users looking to get their hands on their own flying camera. Recent reports suggest that newer models are set to include their own thinking methods and automated flight using neural networks. This means in layman’s terms that the previously remote control devices could evolve…
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Netflix Charges According To Piracy Rates
More and more media outlets are waking up to the fact that piracy is not only inevitable, but also a clear indicator of popularity. Last week we reported that the creators of Game of Thrones were not only aware of their show’s status as the most pirated online, but also welcomed it as the biggest…
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Browser Flaw Shows The Country You’re In
One of the big problems cited by critics of popular sites online is just how much of your location information is broadcast out online. Not only do mobile phones and social media apps leak your location to the internet, but also websites do too, according to new research out of the University of Singapore. The…
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Google Project Loon Almost Ready
We’ve talked quite a bit about Google’s balloon powered internet project, known as Project Loon, recently. The initiative is attempting to put balloons up in the sky on an orbit around the Earth which will hopefully be able top broadcast internet to the people below. New batteries, balloons and other wireless tech have all been…
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Steam Now Locks Out Chat Prior To Payment
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There’s always been a certain lingering problem of fake or bot accounts on game distribution service Steam. There are occasionally benefits to subscribing with a separate account on the game app, but now owner Valve has decided that in order to fully use the service and messaging functions users must spend a minimum amount of…
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Netflix Subscribers And Stock Values Soaring
Netflix is drawing ever closer to becoming a full time competitor with normal older ways of watching TV as the months go by. Subscribers, stock market values and countries where the service is available are all growing rapidly. Netflix now even create their own shows in partnership with Marvel, like Daredevil and Agent Carter, and…
