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Relaxnews As Google gears up to launch its digital wallet service, Android Pay in the UK, many experts are still less than convinced that the idea of replacing a credit card with a smartphone is really going to gain mainstream consumer appeal. According to Juniper Research, by the end of 2016, 148 million people around the world will be reaching ...

Relaxnews While Virtual Reality (VR) headsets were the stars of the show at the 2016 Mobile World Congress, new smartwatches wore noticeably more thin on the ground. Here’s a roundup of the hottest devices from both fields that were on show at the trade fair in Barcelona, Spain HTC Vive First revealed at last year’s MWC, the HTC Vive has ...

AFP Facebook rolled out a platform for quick, immersive ads with the potential to become a tempting rival to television commercials. The leading social network made Canvas available globally as a free tool marketers can use to turn smartphone or tablet ads into “experiences” mixing videos, photos, text and “call-to-action” buttons. Mobile ads built with Canvas entice people to scroll ...

Relaxnews The two new Galaxy S7 handsets from Samsung were the most-tweeted about Mobile World Congress topics during the annual tech conference’s 2016 edition. The Mobile World Congress has increasingly become a destination for technology manufacturers of all kinds, but at the eighth MWC in Barcelona, February 22-25, it was the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge that won out ...

Relaxnews YouTube has launched a new custom blurring tool that allows users to blur objects in any video. Available on desktop versions of YouTube, the Enhancements feature lets creators blur objects — from license plates to wardrobe malfunctions — even while moving. The tool, which uses new technology that analyzes the motion of any video, simply requires users to draw ...

ABU DHABI / EMIRATES BUSINESS To reiterate the cloud presence in the market, Microsoft will be hosting a free two- day training at the Hyatt Dubai Creek Heights on the 22nd and the 23rd of February. The cloud roadshow will bring technology experts to your city, who’ll be sharing valuable tips and techniques throughout this training period, allowing organisations and ...

Relaxnews Instagram is rolling out an authentication process that will ask users to verify a phone number, a tool that will serve to reassure its 400 million users including celebrities and brands. According to TechCrunch, the photo-sharing site is testing out the new feature following calls to beef up security from hackers. The two-step authentication process is modeled after Facebook’s ...

Relaxnews Yahoo is shuttering a slew of their digital magazines in an effort to restructure the flagging brand. In a note to readers, global editor-in-chief Martha Nelson announced that the company will begin phasing out their food, health, parenting, makers, travel, auto and real estate sections. “While these Digital Magazines will no longer be published, you will continue to find ...

Vancouver / AFP Clad in virtual reality headgear and computerised vests, intrepid explorers at the annual TED event into a temple adventure reminiscent of a scene from ‘Indiana Jones’ — and billed as a major entertainment breakthrough. Attendees at the conference in Vancouver were among the first to sample a pulse-raising new breed of immersive virtual reality, pioneered by a ...

Relaxnews Google has added 13 new languages to their translation service including Samoan, Hawaiian and Scots Gaelic. Ten years after first launching the online translation service between English and Arabic, Chinese and Russian, Google now counts 103 languages which they say covers 99 percent of the online population.The newest additions to the translation service are: