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  • New Google Pixel 2 XL leak shows the phone's front display

    Google’s big Pixel 2 launch is just a couple days away but the leaks just keep coming. It looks like we can now add the display to the growing list of what we know about the Pixel 2 XL.  SEE ALSO: Leaked pics show Google’s new high-end Chromebook ‘Pixelbook’ and stylus Images of what appear …

    October 2, 2017 | by Raheel

  • Apple is years ahead of Android competitors with the iPhone X, says analyst

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    October 2, 2017 | by Raheel

  • Snapchat is about to launch an augmented reality art project with Jeff Koons

    Snapchat has a surprise planned, and per typical Snap fashion, it was shrouded in mystery. The company launched a countdown clock on the site art.snapchat.com Monday afternoon. The only piece of art on the site is a photo of Central Park in New York City with people sitting about in an open lawn.  SEE ALSO: …

    October 2, 2017 | by Raheel

  • Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg creates scholarship to honor late husband

    Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg found a way to share the generous spirit of her late husband, former SurveyMonkey CEO Dave Goldberg, on what would have been his 50th birthday.  The Facebook COO announced in a post today that the Sheryl Sandberg and Dave Goldberg Family Foundation will partner with KIPP schools, a non-profit network of …

    October 2, 2017 | by Raheel

  • Snapchat to launch augmented reality art platform tomorrow

     Snapchat plans to launch a new augmented reality art platform featuring pop artist Jeff Koons and others. It will allow art to be pinned to specific locations in augmented reality so users can see it when they hold up their phones in the right spot. Snapchat will solicit sign-ups from artists who want their art …

    October 2, 2017 | by Raheel

  • Dating app uses AR to make your search for love even weirder

    Augmented reality is changing the way we buy furniture at IKEA, but can it change the way we find love?  That’s what one new dating app is betting onFlirtAR, pronounced “flirter,” launches Monday for iOS. (It’ll be available for Android at the end of this month.) It uses AR to help you find potential matches …

    October 2, 2017 | by Raheel

  • Lines to donate blood in Las Vegas are six hours long

    Las Vegas came out in full force to donate blood in the wake of Sunday’s tragic concert shooting. Volunteers headed to a city blood center Monday morning and joined the effort to help in the aftermath of 58 dead and hundreds injured in a mass shooting Sunday night at an outdoor concert near the Mandalay …

    October 2, 2017 | by Raheel

  • Is Superman coming back for 'Justice League' in a black suit?

    Look, up in the sky! It’s a raven! It’s a Blackbird SR-71! It’s … Superman? That’s right, rumor has it that when Superman comes back to life for Justice League — OOPS, SORRY, SPOILER ALERT — he’ll have taken the black. This little tidbit coming to you by way of a baseball cap that’s for …

    October 2, 2017 | by Raheel

  • Celebrities and musicians react to the death of Tom Petty

    News of Tom Petty’s death shocked the world Monday as it’s still reeling from a terrorist attack during a concert in Las Vegas on Sunday. Petty was 66 years old.  With over 40 years in the music industry, Petty touched and inspired countless listeners with his timeless songs. The prolific guitar player, songwriter, and singer …

    October 2, 2017 | by Raheel

  • Tom Petty, American rock 'n' roll everyman, reportedly dead at 66

    Tom Petty, the gaunt, unassuming rocker with the sly grin, sleepy demeanor and biting voice whose decades of rock ‘n’ roll hitmaking put him among the best-selling music artists of all time, has died, TMZ reported Monday. He was 66. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers had just wrapped their 40th Anniversary tour in Los Angeles …

    October 2, 2017 | by Raheel