Hate wired internet connection? Superfast, wireless Internet is coming

Can your broadband connection be faster, cheaper and wholly wireless?

A startup called Starry thinks so and intends to take the place of your cable or phone company.

The New York- and Boston-based startup, created by the folks who tried to shake up the television industry with the now-defunct Aereo, hopes to create fresh competition for major cable and telecommunications players that sell Internet.

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Source - CNET   

Microsoft's new HoloLens details are out!

Microsoft's augmented reality headset called the HoloLens has already won over a number of fans eager to try the device, but details about how it works have been scarce.

However, a few more bits of information about the HoloLens leaked during a recent event in Tel Aviv, Israel, courtesy of Bruce Harris, a technical evangelist at Microsoft.

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Source - Mashable 

Credit card-Sized Device Charges Your Phone with Water

A sleek new device could help you charge your phone without an electric outlet.

Swedish startup MyFC unveiled its cool technology, dubbed JAQ, at CES on Jan. 6. The device, which is small enough to slip into your back pocket, is a fuel cell charger. It uses saltwater and oxygen to convert chemical energy into electricity. Then it uses that electricity to charge your phone's battery.

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Skype Brings Group Video Calls To Mobile Devices soon

Six years since Skype introduced video calls on phones, the company hasannounced that it’s bringing group video calls to mobile devices.

The much-needed feature will launch on Android, iOS and Windows 10 mobile in the coming weeks. It comes as Skype celebrates 2 trillion minutes spent by users on its free video calls.

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3D Printing Pen Lets You Draw in Thin Air

Back in 2012, Bogue, Cowen and Dilworth were having a hard time with a 3D print. Somewhere along the hours-long process they endured to make a toy prototype, the printer they were using missed a few layers. They lamented about how much easier the whole process would be if they could just take the nozzle off the printer and fill in the gaps. This was their eureka moment.

They knew what they were making was something unique. "It's a massive game-changer," explains Cowen. "You could never just pick up a pen and create an object in 3D before. Now you can." The ability to draw in thin air was definitely something new, so creating a machine small enough to fit in your hand to allow users to draw with ease was going to be a challenge.  

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Source - Mashable 

Microsoft is launching its own data SIM for Windows devices

Microsoft is working on a SIM card to allow you to get online using your Windows 10 device wherever you go, while paying only for the data you use.

The company hasn’t yet announced its plans, but it has launched an app in its store that will let users connect to a nationwide high-speed mobile data network using a Microsoft SIM card.

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Facebook messenger is used by 11% of world's population each month

Facebook has outlined its plans for Messenger in 2016, saying it will continue to innovate across the platform to bring new features to users.


Part of that focus will be on expanding its trials of its human-trained virtual assistant ‘M’. Right now, it can do “simple, every day tasks like booking a restaurant, sending flowers, and making plans,” the company says.


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Good news - Twitter considering 10000-character limit for tweets

Twitter is still looking to let your tweets house more than 140-characters, according to a new report. This time, we’re hearing the company is planning to release the feature sometime in the first quarter of 2016.

Re/Code reports that Twitter staff will only discuss the longer tweets as “beyond 140-characters,” but the company is entertaining a 10,000-character limit — just like DMs.

Long tweets would show in your timeline just as you see them now, but have a call-to-action button that would expand them.

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2016 - Year of the Drone in the Business Sector

When business leaders used to speak of reaching for the sky, it was taken as a metaphor for setting high business goals.

But now, whether your firm is in retail, construction, security or sports, the skies may be a genuine source of commercial advantage. Rapidly improving technology and lower costs mean civilian and commercial drones – or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – are hovering on the very edge of the mainstream.

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Use An Apple Watch To Fly Your Drone

A team of researchers in Taiwan have managed to turn an Apple Watch into a sensor that can be used to control a drone using only hand gesture.

PVD+, a team of technologists and engineers worked with National Chung Hsing University to develop a programming language they called Dong, that can be used to turn smartwatches into remote controls.

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