Google has rolled out the updated design of the website to everyone. The redesign is only focused on improved product pages more than anything else.

If you click on any item on the website now, you will be greeted by a narrow view that looks almost like someone copy pasted the Google Play app UI on to the web page. The narrow column wastes quite a bit of space on the side.

It's only when you widen your window that a 'similar apps' section pops on the side but even then you can't help but feel like a lot of space is being wasted. Google also moved the +1 button at the bottom, which was actually a convenient to tell others you approve of an app, but that might be a sign of greater things at Google+.

Overall, not the greatest UI design, especially for people with widescreen monitors (so, like, most of…

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Say what you want about Google Cardboard, but the low-budget stereoscopic headset can be a lot of fun. Sadly, compatible and amusing content still seems to be scarce and hard to come across. Which is why we are happy to share every new bit of fun we find, like Legendary Picture's new app.

It is available for both Android and iOS devices and should work fine as long as your smartphone has enough power to play back the content, which shouldn't be an issues for most. And since it is simply done in stereoscopic 3D, you are not even limited to using only Google Cardboard. A lot of third-party products exist for a variety of devices and screen sizes and a quick search online should get you quickly geared up for some VR fun. Even if you don't have a headset and curiosity hasn't really convinced you to splurge a few bucks, Legendary has also included a traditional 2D viewing mode.

The content within the app itself naturally doubles up as a promotional material for the studio's work. There are three experiences to go through. First up is a chilling tour of Allerdale Hall – the creepy gothic mansion featured in the upcoming film Crimson Peak. Then, for a quick change of pace, you get to see what it is like to pilot a 250-foot robotic warrior, taken straight from the set of Pacific Rim. Last, but definitely not least, you can take an enchanting ride on a Gryphon across the skies over Azeroth – a mythical realm inside the Warcraft universe, which is also set to appear on the big screen – namely this June in the epic World of Warcraft movie.

So, if you have a few minutes and a Google Cardboard lying around, we encourage you to give the app a quick…

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The News Feed is one of the most important parts of Facebook, so this is pretty big news. The social network has announced that it's giving its users more ways to tweak what shows up in the News Feed.

This comes by way of a revamped News Feed Preferences menu, which launches on iOS today and will become available for Android and the Web "over the coming weeks".

The new News Feed Preferences let you prioritize whose stuff you see first, easily unfollow people or reconnect with those you've previously unfollowed, and discover new pages. To make sure you don't miss posts from specific friends and pages, you can prioritize them. Then, every time you launch Facebook, you'll see the stuff they shared since you last visited the social network at the top of the News Feed, with a star attached (so you know why that's there). If you scroll down, you'll then get the rest of your News Feed normally.

"Discover New Pages" is basically just a collection of recommended pages that Facebook thinks you should like, based on the types of pages you've liked in the past. You've always been able to unfollow people from their profile, but now you can choose to do that from the new Unfollow menu in News Feed Preferences too, if you so wish. Presumably this should be more useful for bulk operations. You can also see who you've unfollowed in the past, and choose to re-follow them.

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If you happen to be an avid reader and like the whole idea of an e-book device, then you probably own a Kindle. Yet, Amazon's signature device does have quite a few alternatives, most-notably the Barnes & Noble Nook, which a lot of users do find to be more-convenient than a Kindle.

All seems to be good and well with the company's e-ink readers, but a new email sent out to international users paints a different story for the company's Windows client base.

It informs user outside the US and UK that the Windows Nook app will stop functioning on August 7. Furthermore, payments form Microsoft accounts are no longer supported, so any purchase made through that channel may be eligible for a full refund. Here is the original memo:

Dear Customer,We recently announced that Barnes & Noble and Microsoft have agreed to terminate their commercial partnership. As a result, payments through your Microsoft account no longer supported. In addition, the NOOK App for Windows will from August 7, 2015 are no longer available outside the United States. This means that your NOOK content can no longer open on a Windows platform.

Our records indicate that you are outside the United States and that you are using your Microsoft account as a payment method in your NOOK App for Windows account. Therefore, you may be eligible for a refund from Microsoft for any purchases you have made with your Microsoft account.

This has all the signs of a bitter retaliation from Barnes & Noble. As some of you surely remember, Microsoft initially had an investment in the Nook store, which Barnes & Noble bought out last December. Apparently, the two sides weren't getting along too well, judging by the abrupt termination of the partnership. Still, it could just be a radical step to streamline the company's business which has shrunk significantly and is in need of some…

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While the Nokia sub-unit that Microsoft acquired is going through some hard times, the Nokia company still musters some excitement and continues to develop its launcher replacement, the Nokia Z Launcher.

The latest update brings a short changelog but it's all welcome improvements. New functionality allows you to change the wallpaper from the launcher settings. Some visual feedback has been added to show where you touched the screen.

The rest includes unnamed bugfixes and performance improvements and those are always welcome. You can update the Z Launcher (still in Beta) from the Play Store.

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Microsoft has released the final version of Office 2016 for Mac. The company had released a preview back in March but now you can purchase the full version from Microsoft.

Office 2016 for Mac is a complete revamp of the old Office 2011. The new app brings the new UI design seen on the Windows and mobile versions of Office while harmonizing with the new design and features of OS X. It supports features like fullscreen mode, multi-touch gestures, and also has Retina assets for all the high resolution Macs.

Office 2016 for Mac comes with five applications – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. If you are an Office 365 user, you can just download it for free. If you are a student, you could get it for free or at a substantial discount. If you are a home user, you can get it for the same monthly or yearly subscription price as the Windows version or from your local…

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The ZTE Spro 2 is an odd (but probably useful) pairing between a pico-projector and an LTE hotspot. Oh, and it runs Android. With full access to the Google Play Store. And it has a 5-inch touchscreen. You're probably intrigued by now.

Well, if your interest has been piqued, you should know that starting today there's a version of the Spro 2 out which works with Verizon's network. Up until this point you were only able to get an AT&T-compatible model, which retails for $499.

The bad news is that, for whatever reason, the iteration which supports Verizon's bands is $100 more expensive. ZTE will gladly sell you one, through its official website, for $599. That's hefty, yes, but then this is a pretty unique device, and it stands in a niche of its own.

The Spro 2 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chipset, it's got 150Mbps LTE, 2GB of RAM, Bluetooth, as well as HDMI and USB ports. The projector part spits out a 120" 720p image at 200 lumens. There's a 6,300 mAh battery inside, keeping things running, which will last for 3 hours when projecting, and up to 10 hours when you use the Spro 2 solely as a Wi-Fi hotspot.

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The latest smartphone that can boot an OS it will likely never need is Asus ZenFone 2. A crafty XDA Developers member ported Microsoft Windows 7 to the Intel Atom-based smartphone.

The desktop OS was ported on the ZE551ML variant of the ZenFone 2. Windows 7 runs on the smartphone as an aSPICE KVM virtual machine.

The desktop OS runs a tad slow on the mobile device, but is still surprisingly usable. See it in action below.

As you have probably guessed by now, getting Windows 7 to run on your ZenFone 2 is not a casual exercise. You will need to root your device, keep its bootloader unlocked, as well as install a number of additional tools on it before you can even get started.

A large capacity microSD card is also recommended alongside a partitioner for it. The whole exercise is explained in detail at the source link below.

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