Tag: feature
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Steam Withdraws Paid Mods Feature
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on the feature being opened for The Elder Scrolls Skyrim a few days ago, and since then the service has swiftly been withdrawn.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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Xbox One Setup Adds Energy Saving Option
The Xbox One likes to be on a lot more than you think. the current default setting for the console is to remain ‘on’, so to speak, as long as it’s plugged in. The console doesn’t power on in order to receive files, instantly power on, and also to listen out for the ‘ Xbox […]
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Twitter Adds Feature Explaining Hashtags
Twitter hashtags can get pretty obscure – the text limit and acronyms often leave users confused as just to what the topic is about. Often a quick Google search is in order, but sometimes you want to hear what the company itself has to say about a particular hashtag. Twitter’s now defunct Discover tab previously […]
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Google Confirms Android Pay Feature
Payment systems are another new feature in emerging tech today – Apple’s Apple pay, contactless card payments in the UK, software systems from various payment companies and phone app developers, they’re all on the list of up and comers in the new interconnected internet and mobile payment world. Android meanwhile, pretty much the biggest phone platform, […]
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Facebook Adds Memorial Option For Users
When someone passes away, they leave behind a lot of things, such as family members and of course all the things in life that people relied on them for. What’s more, Facebook profiles and other social media pages are left unattended, even though they’re not the most important. Now, Facebook has made it much easier […]
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Google To Use Video Chat For Sales
Getting face to face with someone with real technical know-how is often difficult for consumers, especially when they’re in the market for expensive tech. Whilst any company offering sales advice is likely to steer consumers towards their devices, a new video chat sales service from Google may be a bit more personal as it gives you […]
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WhatsApp Voice Call Feature Spotted
WhatsApp is one of the most popular text based instant messenger apps around at the moment, with recent user figures saying that the service has over 700 million users globally. The WhatsApp app runs on Android and iOS, as well as Windows Phone operating systems on mobiles and tablets, as well as a recently released […]
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Skype Debuts Real-Time Translation
Skype’s revolutionary translation system is about to go live in a public test initiative. The system is designed to translate what people say to each other into the other’s native language as it’s said, hopefully breaking down language barriers and subsequently making it a lot easier for people to communicate worldwide. The translation system went […]
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Facebook Readying In-House Search Tool
Microsoft have reported that Facebook have officially ended their partnership with Bing and now the social network is ready to deploy their own search tool on their website following the new tool’s announcement earlier in the week. The new Facebook search tool is optimized for the site itself and features several unique features that […]
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Google announce new Chromecast guest mode lets your friends connect without using your Wi-Fi
I think that a lot of people will agree that Google’s Chromecast is a great bit of technology; it allows users to easily “cast” video from various sources, whether it’s YouTube, Netflix or perhaps some home movies or pictures you have stored on your phone. Also, on some supported Android devices users are able to […]
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Steam Enables Streaming For All Users
Valve, the company behind Steam, are famed for their trend of being fashionably late in just about every release to date. Whether it’s the fabled ‘Half life 3’, the equally fabled Steam Controller or keeping up with the market in general, the gaming industry’s most talked about developer often arrives late to the party. With […]
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Nokia’s HERE launches Predictive Traffic feature
HERE is the new name for the formerly known Ovi Maps, and also more recently Nokia Maps. It’s a Nokia business that collects location content such as road networks, building, parks and also traffic patterns which it then sells or licenses as mapping content to the likes of Garmin, BMV, Oracle and also Amazon. One […]