Robots Could Be Tickled In The Future

Do you think that we take the small things in life for granted. Take for instance, you holding on to an egg without breaking it, or how about closing your eyes and feel the breeze caress your face. Of course, we might think nothing much of those, but pause for a moment and reflect on how robots are. I suppose if they were capable of emotions, then they would certainly want to "kill" (hopefully not literally) to be able to have the sense of touch built-in.

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Mazda books first yearly profit in half-decade, NA still a drag

Automotive News reports Mazda has posted its first annual profit in five years. The company made $364.3 million in the last fiscal year, following a $1.14 billion loss the year prior. Operating profit also jumped up by $91.3 million to $572.8 million, thanks in part to a revenue increase of 8 percent to $23.42 billion. But the news isn't all rays of sunshine. North America continues to be a problem for Mazda where the automaker posted yet another loss. The manufacturer lost $519.1 million last year, up from $427.8 million the year prior.

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Nokia Reportedly Interested In Lytro-type Camera For Future Smartphones

For those who have not heard about the Lytro camera, it's basically a camera that allows users to shoot their photos first, and choose which points to focus later on. It is pretty handy as it allows photographers to capture the moment without having to worry about having the correct focus. Interestingly a report on Bloomberg has suggested that Nokia could be interested in a similar technology and could be looking to invest in a Californian startup company which creates Lytro-style camera technology which could be slim enough to fit into mobile phones.

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WhatsApp Could Get Push-To-Talk Functionality [Rumor]

WhatsApp is a popular messaging platform available for smartphones. It allows users to send videos, photos and even audio clips to one another, but could the developers behind WhatsApp be thinking about possibly adding push-to-talk capabilities in the future. According to the folks at 9to5 Mac, they claim to have received several tips so far which has suggested that the developers behind WhatsApp could be looking to add a push-to-talk feature in the app. This was revealed via an email allegedly from the WhatsApp team to a Hong Kong developer, asking the developer to help the company translate several new strings into Chinese.

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Synrgic Uno debuts as one of the last TI OMAP-powered Android phones

This 9.5mm-thick, 133g-heavy phone also packs 16GB of built-in storage along with up to 32GB of microSD expansion, which should give plenty of space for the 8-megapixel main camera (with 1080p video capture) plus 2-megapixel front imager. And in case you're wondering, yes, the 2,300mAh battery is removable. As for radios, the Uno comes with quad-band HSPA 3G (up to 21Mbps) as well as the usual package: 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP, GPS, FM and NFC. The software.

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Rumor: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 to be 6 inches, house 3GB of RAM

If today's rumors are to be believed it looks like Samsung is about to be the first to take the next big step in mobile computing. The company is apparently gearing up to launch the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 with a whopping 3GB of RAM. That sounds tiny in relation to computers, but in mobile technology — including most ARM-based tablets — 3GB of RAM is quite amazing. Beyond that little nugget, we're told to expect the phone to have a 5.99-inch display (which we'll just round up to 6 inches for the sake of not indulging in Samsung's .99 tactic that has become so widespread in retail pricing).

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San Francisco Cops Go Undercover To Prevent iPhone Thefts

Statistics show that the percentage of iPhone ownership in San Francisco is very, very close to the ratio of 1:2, which clearly places it at the highest rate of any major city in the US. This does not come across as a surprise considering how the city's population has a soft spot towards Apple, and not only that, it would naturally mean that the percentage of iPhone theft in this city would be the highest among all major cities, too.

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Chrysler investing $20M in Toledo plant to support 9-speed auto production

In 2011, Chrysler announced a $72-million investment in its Toledo Machining Plant to modernize production of the eight- and nine-speed torque-converters for automatic transmissions made there. That upgrade work won't be finished until Q3 of this year, but Chrysler has already announced a further $19.6-million investment to increase production capacity for the nine-speeders. The extra units will be necessary because the nine-speed transmission they'll be mated to is going into three popular models: it will debut on the 2014 Jeep Cherokee, then go into the Chrysler 200 and Dodge Dart.

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7-year-old boy steals dad's car to avoid church

Police in Utah were in for a shock when they spotted an erratic driver recently. After following the white Dodge Intrepid for a spell, the pursuing officers watched as the driver parked the car, jumped from behind the wheel and ran into his father's house. Standard fare, you say. Not quite.
The driver was actually a seven-year-old boy who had pilfered his dad's keys to skip out on going to church.

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Hennessey unleashes 445-hp Ford Taurus SHO (video)

There's plenty to love about the madness that goes on at Hennessey Performance, but for us, it's the fact that the company has no loyalty to any brand or nameplate. If it's quick, it flies at Hennessey. The team recently turned their attention toward squeezing a bit more thrust from the latest-generation Ford Taurus SHO, and the result is the MaxBoost 445. Thanks to a cold-air induction system, new hard piping for the turbo, engine management calibration and a Corsa stainless steel cat-back exhaust, the car dumps 445 horsepower to all four wheels – a bunch more ponies than the standard car's already plentiful 365 hp.



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Google Officially Acquires Wavii Resulting In Shutdown Of App

We recently reported on Wavii's possible acquisition by Google earlier this week, and it looks like the cat is officially out of the bag as the company has announced that it has indeed been acquired by Google. The news comes from Wavii's CEO Adrian Aoun, who published a statement on its homepage: . You probably know us best for our app that takes the deluge of information streaming across the web and condenses it into fast, fun updates.

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Motor Trend does the Cuban classic car thing

As car enthusiasts, we all know the little gem about classic American cars driving around the streets of Cuba, but few of us will ever be able to see these sites first hand. Fortunately, Motor Trend recently spent some time in the land of cigars, mojitos and Yank Tanks to create this incredible mini-documentary about the cars and the country for the latest video in its Epic Drives series. While the cars look like they came straight out of the 1950s, most of them are powered by modern-ish engines for the sake of fuel economy and ease of repair.



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The Pirate Bay Finds A New Home In Iceland

A couple of weeks back we reported that The Pirate Bay had been kicked out of Greenland after merely two days. Tele-Post, a telecom company which monitors .GK registrations in Greenland, said that it blocked two Pirate Bay domain names because it fears they will be put to illegal use. The world's number 1 file sharing website has now found a new home in Iceland, and has switched to the .IS domain. The Icelandic registry, ISNIC, has said that they are not responsible for a registrant's use of their domains and that they will not take any action against the .IS domain names of The Pirate Bay, unless a court order compels them.

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Europe and related markets face historic productivity crisis but businesses can look to CRM for relief

Research from Maximizer Software shows that, after five years of economic stagnation, governments are stumped and companies need to solve output problems themselvesBRACKNELL, UK (25 April 2013) – An overwhelming body of statistics shows that, five years into the current economic slump, businesses are facing an unprecedented productivity decline but individual companies have the means to improve their own output rate through effective Customer Relationship Management, as indicated by a new study from CRM solutions provider Maximizer Software.In the report, entitled The Productivity Puzzle, Maximizer analyses statistics from the Europ

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T-Mobile HTC One S finally gets Jelly Bean

It might be a bit hard to believe that a high profile device like T-Mobile's HTC One S still hasn't received Jelly Bean, but that is the rock and hard place users have been stick between for quite some time. We're not exactly sure what has taken so long, but the day has finally come for those users to get their own taste of sweet, hardened jelly. You're looking for build 3.14.531.11, and it's a hefty 675.5MB download. That means you're going to want to hop on WiFi for this one, and you'll want your battery charged up to at least 50% before you proceed.

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Mazzanti introduces production Evantra V8 at Top Marques Monaco [w/videos]

Mazzanti Automobili showed its Evantra last December, but this month's Top Marques Monaco show has finally unleashed the production beastie. The internals make for good reading: all-aluminum 7.0-liter V8, 701 horsepower, 624 pound-feet of torque, 0-62 miles per hour in 3.2 seconds, six-speed manual or sequential paddle-shift transmission, bodywork in either aluminum or carbon fiber laid over a steel and chromoly chassis, that second bodywork option making for a curb weight of 2,860 pounds. It's the shape of the body by which Mazzanti plans to make its name.





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UTEL Appoints Max Penfold to Head-Up International Development

Former Noyes and AFL executive to bolster UTEL’s international team Suffolk, UK April 24th 2013 Europe’s leading independent research and development company for telecommunications systems, UTEL, has appointed industry specialist Max Penfold as International Sales and Marketing Manager. Penfold, who has 30 years of experience in the industry, began his career covering the UK, US and Australasia for STC, a British company.

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Kia unveils Horki sub-brand in China, kicks off with concept car

While we were busy ogling new vehicles like the Mercedes-Benz GLA Concept, Maserati Ghibli and Hongqi L9 at the Shanghai Motor Show, Kia was busy unveiling an entire brand. Through its Chinese joint venture, Dongfeng Yueda Kia (or DYK), the South Korean automaker has introduced its new Horki sub-brand and a concept car, simply called the Horki Concept. The name Horki comes from the combination of two Chinese characters "Hor" and "Ki," which translates to "China driving." As this suggests, the brand will only be offered in China, and this concept sedan shares its platform with the 2014 Kia Forte.

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HTC One Preliminary Ban Lifted In The Netherlands

A couple of days ago, we did bring you some news on a preliminary injunction being awarded to Finnish smartphone manufacturer Nokia against Taiwan-based HTC for the use of a microphone in the HTC One which was meant for exclusive use on Nokia smartphones only, and late yesterday evening, additional developments concerning the situation pointed to the microphone's manufacturer claiming to understand the deal they had with Nokia differently from what was penned and inked.

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T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S4 release date pushed to April 29th

Folks on T-Mobile were supposed to get up eager and excited to purchase a great, new phone this morning after reading our awesome Samsung Galaxy S4 review, but those guys won't have the chance to do that just yet. Some unfortunate news has come through the pipeline in regards to the carrier's launch plans for the device. Online availability for T-Mobile's Samsung Galaxy S4 has been pushed back to April 29th, according to a statement by the UNcarrier. T-Mobile says the unfortunate push back was due to some unexpected delays with inventory deliveries.

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Watch these videos of an NHRA racer's bodywork blowing off into a crowd

Just a few months ago, fan safety at racetracks was a hot topic following the last-lap NASCAR Nationwide Series crash at Daytona that sent large pieces of racecars into the grandstands injuring 33 fans. Now, a freak incident at a National Hot Rod Association event resulted in a drag racer's bodywork flying into the crowd at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Charlotte over the weekend. The carbon-fiber body of Robert Hight's Ford Mustang funny car blew off toward the end of a run when his engine exploded, but fortunately, the two fans evaluated after the incident were later released without serious injury.





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Asus Zenbook UX31A Review

We were first introduced to the Asus Zenbook UX31 back in late 2011 and last year, Asus introduced a new wave of Zenbooks, one of which was an improved version of the UX31, the Asus Zenbook UX31A, which is now equipped with an Intel Ivy Bridge processor, a higher-resolution screen and now comes with Windows 8. We were already pretty impressed with the original Zenbook UX31, so we certainly have been looking forward to checking out the same ultrabook design with some seriously improved internals. The UX31A is extremely light at 3.08lbs, has a 50Whr battery, and it also happens to have an Intel Core i7 processor inside of it.










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Lettrs For iPhone Lets You Mail Physical Letters From Your Smartphone

These days, it's much easier to correspond with people through instant messages, texts and e-mail, but we know there are those of you who absolutely would prefer to receive an actual physical letter from your friends and family on a regular basis. Years of typing on a keyboard have probably made your hands quite feeble, which means writing with a pen might result in a pulled nerve, which is why lettrs is looking to mail out letters for you through their iPhone app.

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Syrena Sport returns as rebodied Nissan 370Z

We wouldn't hold it against you if you'd never heard of the FSO Syrena Sport. FSO built the long-enduring Syrena for some 17 years nonstop, and while the machines were mostly plodding family sedans, engineers at FSO did create one version with a bit more zest. The Syrena Sport was a two-door coupe that borrowed design cues from Ferrari and was powered by a two-cylinder, air-cooled boxer engine.

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Voice-to-text Just As Dangerous As Texting While Driving, According To Study

Texting while driving is as big of a no-no as talking on the phone while driving, especially since both activities are distracting and could cause accidents. With the introduction of voice assistants, such as Siri and S Voice and etc. and their ability to convert voice to text, and text to voice and so on, logically it would seem like we might have found a safer alternative to reply and read text messages while driving, right. However a survey conducted by the Texas Transportation Institute thinks otherwise and believes that voice-to-text activities can dull reactions the same way texting while driving might.

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Pre-Ordered AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 Handsets To Arrive On 25th Of April

Earlier today we reported that AT&T had put the Samsung Galaxy S4 up for pre-order, but one of the many questions customers had was when would the device be released. Prior to the release, there were rumors surrounding a possible 30th of April date, a date which appeared on AT&T's website, but since a recent tweet by AT&T has indicated that the phone would arrive in store on the 27th, it doesn't make sense that the phone would arrive for customers who pre-ordered later than those who could just walk into a store, right.

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Olympus Rumored To Announce E-P5 And E-PL6 Mirrorless Cameras

Yesterday we reported that according to the rumors, Fujifilm was expected to announce an entry-level mirrorless camera in the near future, and now according to the folks at digicame-info, they might not be alone as word on the street has it that Olympus will be announcing two new mirrorless cameras as well. At this point in time, the specifications of either camera remain something of a mystery, but they are expected to feature the model numbers E-P5 and the E-PL6. The E-P5 is expected to be the higher end of the two and could be priced at $1,000 for the body only. The E-PL6 will be priced cheaper at $700 for the body-only as well.

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Campaign For Killer Robot International Ban

We have yet to arrive in the age of SkyNet, which is a good thing when you think about it, but chances are we might very well be on the way there already. We have seen how the military, whether in the sky, on the ground or under the water have begun to make use of robots for their operations in the battle to overcome the enemy. Jody Williams, from the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, has mentioned to the BBC that such weapons of mass destruction (meaning, killer robots) that while do not exist at the moment, can be regarded as “repulsive” when the day eventually arrives.

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Intel Update For USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Increase Power Output As Well

Intel has announced that they will be introducing an update to their USB 3.0 SuperSpeed interface, where this spanking new update will not only increase the total available throughput via the interface, but will also bump up the power output as well. In a nutshell, this would allow you to transfer data to your USB 3.0 devices at a faster rate in addition to having the potential of powering a bunch of other peripherals connected to it, sans a dedicated power cord. Now we're talking.

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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX30 Digital Camera

Planning on replacing your old digital camera with a new one anytime soon. Why don't you take a look at this new Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX30. This waterproof, shock-proof, freeze-proof and dust-proof camera sports an 18.2MP Exmor R CMOS sensor, a 5x optical zoom lens, a 3.3-inch 1229K-dot OLED touchscreen monitor, Sony's BIONZ image processor and 1080x60i Full HD video capture. The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX30 is currently available for pre-order for $348.

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iPhone 5S Fingerprint Technology Might Be Causing Delays

There's no shortage of iPhone 5S rumors these days. Much has been said and written about Apple's next generation iPhone. Many analysts believe that it will come with a 12 megapixel camera and will be thinner and lighter than its predecessor. It has also been reported more than a couple of times that iPhone 5S launch will suffer from delays as the company has hit production issues. According to a new Reuters report, the iPhone 5S launch that was previously slated for summer, now faces delays as iPhone 5S fingerprint technology is causing development issues.

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How and where to recycle or sell your old phones to celebrate Earth Day

It's Earth Day in case you weren't aware, and it's the perfect time to remember the simple values of recycling electronics, turning things off when you don't need it, or simply just remembering to make sure your burger wrapper finds the trash can when you're finished with it. Here at Phandroid, though, we're especially concerned with proper disposal of cellular phones. The real truth is that we hate selling or getting rid of phones, but sometimes it has to be done. Instead of throwing them into the trash, it's best to sell them, donate them, or trade them in.

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Fiat builds 1 millionth 500, still a ways to go before passing original

There are now 1.1 million examples of the new Fiat 500 cruising the roads of 83 countries, one million of them made at the Fiat's Tychy plant in Poland, the rest in the Fiat plant in Toluca, Mexico. It's taken 69 months since the car's 2007 launch to reach the milestone, the capstone hatchback being an Abarth 500. Where does that fit into the historical context. We'll never know, since you can't really compare. But if we played with the numbers, according to Automania, Fiat built 3,893,294 of the original 500 (and variants) from its inception in 1957 to the last model being sent off in 1975.

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Leap Motion And Google Earth Are Now In Cahoots

Recently, we were talking about how Leap Motion and HP worked together in order to integrate Leap Motion's technology in its upcoming devices. Doing their bit to honor Earth Day, both Google and Leap Motion have just announced (and it is not even April Fool's!) that there is an update to Google Earth available today, where this update would be able to detect input from the Leap Motion Controller. Basically, you are now able to "reach in" and "grab" the world within your display using Leap Motion, not to mention flying around at will. Of course, this particular freedom to fly around does come with a catch.

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Yahoo iPhone App Updated With Summly Integration

Summly, a mobile news app developed by a British teen, was acquired by Yahoo for a reported sum of $30 million. Nick D'Aloisio, the developer of this app, is ranked among the world's youngest self-made millionaires. After teaching himself to write code just when we was 12 years old, he developed this app at the tender age of 15. Today Yahoo has updated its main iPhone app which now comes with Summly integrated.
Yahoo says that the new mobile app for iPhone is all about delivering the best of web. It capitalizes on Summly's natural language algorithms to quickly deliver summaries of stories to the user.

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Sony Projectors Does Wireless Image Transfer

We have seen our fair share of projectors in the past, ranging from portable ones to models that are meant for classrooms, but this time around, Sony Japan has announced yet another five more business class LCD projectors, where these are divided into two different series. The new Sony interactive LCD projectors sport one interesting capability, that is, it is able to transfer images sans wires from smartphones and tablets, in addition to letting you write text as well as graphics on the projection screen with ease and with speed.

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Smart shows production version of winged ForJeremy (video)

The SmartForJeremy is a reality, a limited run of the haute couture Smart Fortwo being announced at the Shanghai Motor Show. It has been toned down for production since we first saw it at last year's LA Auto Show but its signature flourish, the wings, remain. Instead replacing the brake lights, though, a smaller set of red-accented wings sit above them. The white interior remains, though the KITT-style wheel has been swapped for a traditional unit.
A collaboration between Mercedes-Benz Cars Advanced Design Studios and Jeremy Scott, it will come in white with white wheels and alubeam accents outside and in.



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Fast and Furious 6 not out yet, but next installment already has a release date

Good news, Fast & Furious fans. The cast of the sixth installment of the street-racing film franchise recently took the stage at CinemaCon in Las Vegas to preview a few more clips from the newest installment of the franchise and answer a handful of fan questions. More importantly, Vin Diesel confirmed that we won't have to wait very long for the next installment. Diesel said, "The next one, which is probably going to be the biggest one of all, is going to be in theaters on July 11, 2014."

That puts Fast & Furious 7 out just a year after Fast & Furious 6 hits theaters. James Wan is set to direct number seven with both Neal H.



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Volkswagen lays off 500 Chattanooga workers

The redesigned Volkswagen Passat has been a decent seller since its debut in 2011, but sales have apparently dropped off enough that the automaker is trimming some of the employees from its Chattanooga, TN assembly plant. According to Automotive News, Volkswagen will be cutting shifts and laying off 500 contracted workers in response to slowing sales. Currently, the plant has three teams running 10-hour shifts Monday through Saturday, but starting May 13, this will be reduced down to two teams running 10-hour shifts Monday through Thursday.

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Forza Horizon releases free 1000 Club DLC with two cars, new challenges

Forza Horizon has released a new, and free, downloadable content pack. The 1000 Club DLC features two new cars – the 1956 Ford F100 pickup and 1995 RUF CTR2 – but the more important part is the fact that players can now partake in a rash of new challenges. How many. Try five challenges for every car in the game. The DLC will even recommend challenges for you depending on which cars you already have in your garage.



Autoblog , Forza Horizon releases free 1000 Club DLC with two cars, new challenges, Forza Horizon releases free 1000 Club DLC with two cars, new challenges

ItalDesign Giugiaro Parcour concept gets a move on

The rather awesome ItalDesign Giugiaro Parcour concept first seen at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show hasn't been affixed to some museum plinth just yet. The high-riding assemblage of curves, wedges and prisms laid over the carcass of a Lamborghini Gallardo – in both coupe and convertible forms – was sent out to play for the cameras, solely for our benefit. We're not sure what we'd do with a 550-horsepower off-road coupe with a 13-inch maximum ride height and a track mode that can get to 60 miles per hour in 3.6 seconds and goes 200 mph. Oh, that's right, we do know: we'd call it the Lamborghini LM003 and line up to buy one.



Autoblog , ItalDesign Giugiaro Parcour concept gets a move on, ItalDesign Giugiaro Parcour concept gets a move on

LinkedIn for Android gets brand new user interface

LinkedIn's user interface was never the greatest work of art on Android, but the company hopes to change all of that today with a great, new upgrade in the Google Play Store. Along for the ride is a completely revamped user interface that uses Holo elements that have been prominent in Android since Ice Cream Sandwich. Things are much cleaner and simpler to navigate, and the app looks like it actually belongs on the platform.

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Google+ Comments Can Now Be Added To Blogger Based Websites

It looks like Google is wandering in to Facebook territory, the latter has a comments system that websites owners can add, now the internet search giant has brought over Google+ comments for Blogger based websites. It seems as if Google is just testing the waters, perhaps in the near future they might allow platforms other than Blogger or WordPress to integrate Google+ comments as well. This new comments feature can be activated from the Blogger Dashboard, its purely opt-in and won't be enforced on all websites based on Blogger.

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