Gear VR gets social with Oculus Rooms and Parties
A few months ago at Oculus’ annual developer conference, the company announced a couple of social VR features known simply as Parties and Rooms. Parties is basically [...]
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London fintech startup Curve brings mobile wallet and all-your-cards-in-one app to Android
After launching on iOS, all the way back in February, London fintech startup Curve has finally brought its wares to Android. The mobile wallet lets you sync your debit and [...]
Inside Dubai’s Quest to Build the First Hyperloop
In recent weeks, the hyperloop has gone from a concept touted by Elon Musk to something realistically achievable within the next five years in a city that is fittingly [...]
Ramsay Health app gives doctors more hours in a day
In the world of healthcare, time is everything. It’s why CIO John Sutherland and his team at Ramsay Health are striving to give clinical staff the right tools to best [...]
Microsoft has big plans for VR and AR in 2017
Ever since Microsoft announced earlier this year that it would be opening up its Windows Holographic platform to other device makers, the company has been an intriguing [...]
Netflix adds offline viewing for smartphones and tablets
Netflix has finally delivered on something users have been asking for basically since it first arrived; offline playback. The streaming media company announced that users [...]
Uber wants to track your location even when you’re not using the app
Some riders feel ‘icky’ about the new permissions. Should Uber be able to track you even when you’re not using its app? Uber seems to think so, but some customers are [...]
1 million Google accounts compromised by Android malware called Gooligan
86 apps available in third-party marketplaces can root 74 percent of Android phones. Researchers say they’ve uncovered a family of Android-based malware that has [...]
Siren Care makes a “smart” sock to track diabetic health
Diabetic health tracking startup Siren Care has created smart socks that use temperature sensors to detect inflammation — and therefore injury — in realtime for [...]
These phone apps have got your number
The mobile phone numbers of former Prime Minister David Cameron, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, celebrities and millions of other people are being stored in databases that can [...]
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