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Instagram extends video length to 60 seconds
Instagram to bring users fun, creative and flexible ways to watch and share videos
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Snapchat ramps up messaging service with 'chat 2.0'
Upgrade comes as part of the social network's efforts to be the preferred service for young users
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Microsoft's AI Twitter bot goes dark after racist, sexist tweets
It was shut down by Microsoft after it made a series of inappropriate tweets
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Netflix admits to downgrading video quality on AT&T, Verizon phones: WSJ
In the blog, it said it had limited its video quality for mobile viewers globally
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Moon's 'wandering poles' shifted long ago: study
Six-degree tilt, which happened several billion years ago, was likely caused by an ancient volcanic formation
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Tinder wants to hook you up with a presidential candidate
Mobile dating app launches feature called 'Swipe the Vote' that allows users to find a political 'match'
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The next big thing in phones may not be a phone
Innovation in smartphones is giving way to phone functions popping up as software in all manner of new devices
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Facebook tests new feature to target online harassment
Social network is testing a new feature that will alert you if it detects another user impersonating your account
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Google's cloud business nabs Home Depot as client
The deal is expected to be announced formally on Wednesday
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Apple cuts price for new, more compact iPhone
The iPhone SE will debut at $399 for US customers
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Apple expected to launch smaller, cheaper iPhone today
The launch of such a phone would represent Apple's second bid for the crowded mid-tier market
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9 ways to fix your iPhone with common household items
Minor problems can be solved at home with stuff you already have lying around
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Apple aims to bolster lineup with new iPhone
Apple is widely expected to release a small-screen iPhone to encourage replacement of the 5S and 5C models
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Apple signs up for Google's cloud services: Re/code
The iPhone maker is spending between $400 million and $600 million on Google's cloud services
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Nike fitness app, new products get more personal
Nike+ users also will have exclusive access to new products such as HyperAdapt 1.0
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Instagram to ditch chronological user feed for 'interest' based one
Sequence of posts to be based on interest in content, the user's relationship with the person or timeliness of post
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The Facebook rejection letter that turned into a $4 billion cheque
Brian's optimism and good grace with which he handled his rejection, is a lesson for us all
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PlayStation virtual reality gear to launch in October
Virtual reality represents a new frontier for gaming, one that will forever change the way users interact with games
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Computer wins final game against South Korean Go master
After Lee managed to pull one back for humanity in game four, AlphaGo returned to its best destructive form
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Google launches turn-by-turn navigation for Pakistan
Feature is currently only accessible for beta users and can be accessed on any Android phone
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Striking back against the machine: Korean Go player beats Google programme
Lee, holder of 18 international titles, recovered from three consecutive losses against the AlphaGo
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Technological advances: Fourth industrial revolution – understanding transformation
It is feared benefits may not reach all segments, could widen income gap.
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Apple sets March 21 event, Wall Street sees new, smaller iPhone
Some Wall Street analysts expect the company to use the event to unveil a four-inch (10-cm) screen phone
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Google now helps you plan entire holidays with a single search
Destinations on Google allows travelers to discover and plan their next vacation using Google Search on their phones
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Facebook snaps up face-swapping app creator Masquerade
It is unlikely that Facebook would use Masquerade to significantly draw away Snapchat users
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Developers get early look at new Android software
New features touted by Google included ability for applications to launch split-screen modes on smartphones or tablets
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Mars robot launch now scheduled for May 2018: NASA
InSight's primary goal is to study how the solar system's rocky planets, including Earth, formed and evolved
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Lahore-based start-up launches app to replace car keys
The app was initially only intended as a do-it-yourself project for themselves, Yasir says
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Ransomware aimed to shake down Mac users
If a Mac user tries to open a known infected version of Transmission, a warning message appears on screen
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Email inventor Ray Tomlinson dies at 74
His work changed the way the world communicates
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Apple users targeted in first known Mac ransomware campaign
Ransomware, one of the fastest-growing types of cyber threats, encrypts data on infected machines
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Electric supercar wins young Croatian global fame
Rimac Automobili is selling Concept One supercars for 850,000 euros each
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Hubble telescope's latest find pushes back clock on galaxy formation
Astronomers discover galaxy formed 400m years after Big Bang explosion
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US tech companies unite behind Apple ahead of iPhone encryption ruling
Support from Apple's rivals showed the breadth of Silicon Valley's opposition to government's anti-encryption effort
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Popular smartphone app fails to measure blood pressure: study
The app, which was available for $4.99, was removed from the Apple store in August 2015 for reasons that are unclear
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It’s official: Uber launches in Pakistan
Service is operational in Lahore, but will eventually launch in Karachi and Islamabad as well
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German watchdog says Facebook may breach data protection rules
Company enables its advertising customers to better target users activities, Federal Cartel Office says
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Here's why you could be banned from using WhatsApp
App will stop supporting many older phones – all Blackberry, some Nokia and Android – by end of this year
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Google says it bears 'some responsibility' after self-driving car hit bus
The crash may be the first case of one of its autonomous cars hitting another vehicle
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New internet-connected bags can help you track your luggage
Smart luggage can perform tricks such as fingerprint-activated unlocking and built-in phone charging
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Frankfurt seeks to win over FinTech whizzkids
FinTechs use computer and Internet technology to develop innovative financial services and applications
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Indian villages ban single women from owning "distracting" mobile phones
The ban applies to girls under the age of 18 and unmarried women
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Facebook donates servers to speed up research into AI
The first four servers will be donated to a laboratory at Berlin's Technical University
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US looks to Facebook, private groups to battle online extremism
US Justice Department convened meeting with Facebook Inc, Twitter and Alphabet Inc's Google
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Google speeds news to smartphones, challenging Facebook
AMP said to load mobile Web pages an average of four times faster than the current norm, and use 10 times less data
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Air New Zealand to use 3D printing to create aircraft cocktail trays
The airline aims to install the trays in the coming weeks once it receives regulatory approval
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EU to launch action plan to develop superfast 5G mobile network
EU commissioner says cannot afford being left behind in most important transformation since industrial revolution
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Internet by light promises to leave Wi-Fi eating dust
Tests have shown theoretical speeds of over 200 Gbps - fast enough to "download the equivalent of 23 DVDs in a second
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Startup sells Pakistani handcrafted women’s shoes to the world
Fuchsia’s founders Afshan Abbas and Rameez Sajwani quit jobs at Microsoft and Amazon to start the venture
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Ever wondered why ‘F’ and ‘J’ keyboard keys have bumps? Here’s why
Placing fingers on bumps are called ‘home row’, meaning the row where one rests his fingers without seeing...