Facebook has been working on Live video feeds for a little while now. Over the past couple of months, Facebook has launched the Facebook Live feature which notifies you when anyone on your friends list starts a live video feed.

Up until recently, the maximum amount of time you were allowed to stream live video was just 90 minutes. Today, Facebook has changed these rules and will now allow continuous video streams that well surpass the original 90 minute time limit. The initial downside of being able to host longer Live streams is that viewers won’t be able to advance or rewind the live…

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Just a couple of days after the ‘Xperia E5’ moniker leaked, Sony has officially confirmed the existence of the device in a Facebook post. Not only this, the company also released the first official render of the handset, showing off both the front as well as back of the device.

In case you missed, the Xperia E5 leak from a couple of days ago effectively revealed that it’s the Sony F3311 that was spotted on GFXBench last month. The benchmark listing had revealed MediaTek’s MT6735 chipset, 4.6-inch 720p display, 1.5GB of RAM, and 16GB of storage, suggesting an entry-level…

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No longer are the days that Amazon would honor you a partial refund if the price of the item drops within a week of purchasing it. The only cases where the partial refund will still be offered is with TVs sold from the online retailer.

This news came about with to price-tracking services and customers posting on Reddit. There were a bunch of online services that would automatically contact Amazon on your behalf in case there was a price drop within a reasonable amount of time soon after purchase. These services are what likely have made Amazon change its mind about such…

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If you recall, back at last year’s I/O conference, Google introduced us to Project Abacus, an effort aimed at ditching passwords-based logins in favor of a completely different system that takes into account various factors including your typing and walking patterns, location, and voice.

Well, the company has now given a heads-up on the project, revealing that the new password-free system will be made available to Android developers by 2016 end.

But before that, the project – which has been under testing at over 30 universities in the US – will be tested by “several very large financial…

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LeEco (formerly LeTV) has started sending out media invites for a product launch event set for June 8 in India. While the invite doesn’t say anything about the product(s) that’ll be launched, it’d be reasonable to expect that the Le 2 along with its Pro variant as well as the Le Max 2 are coming.

The phones were unveiled in China last month, and went on sale a week later. A total of one million units were up for grabs, and reportedly, the complete inventory was sold in just two hours.

The Le Max 2 is the leader of the pack. It is powered by Snapdragon 820 chipset, and sports a…

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Lyft has been in direct competition with Uber for a while. The hot pink driving service and Uber are constantly competing for the lowest fare in cities all around the world. Apparently a highly requested feature for Lyft users is a scheduler that allows you to perfectly schedule a car to await you within minutes of a specified time.

This feature comes in handy especially when punctuality might be a priority such as leaving to the airport or leaving to arrive to an event on time. This feature has already been used by another rideshare service called Gett in New York City and Lyft is…

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Microsoft has rolled out a new update to Skype’s iOS app, bumping it to version 6.16. It’s a small update that includes what the software giant is calling “big improvements” as well as a new feature.

The big improvements the Redmond, Washington-based company is talking about are related to how Skype works with external microphones, interfaces and devices.

As for the new feature, you can now save video messages to your device, and then share them with your contacts or on social media. Head to the Source link below to grab the updated Skype app.

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A new rumor out of China is claiming that the upcoming Meizu MX6 smartphone will be made official next month – June 20 to be precise. That’s broadly in-line with the already-rumored H2 2016 launch time-frame for the device.

Specs-wise, the MX5 successor is said to be powered by a MediaTek Helio X20 chipset, and sport a 1080p display. Latest rumors say there’ll be two RAM variants – 3GB and 4GB – with 32GB and 64GB internal memory, respectively.

The camera department will be handled by a 20.7MP rear unit and an 8MP front-facing snapper. The phone is also said to pack in a 4,000 mAh…

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According to reports from 9to5Google, a select number of alpha testers have been testing version 5.112.0-alpha.423 of Twitter for Android which features the new night mode which can automatically switch from a white background-with black text UI to a darker blue background with blue elements (gotta keep with the Twitter theme) and white text based on location and time of the day. In this alpha version of the app, there is no toggle for switching this mode on or off. We expect this to be fixed for the final stable release.

The idea of a “dark” or “night” UI is not a new one. Many…

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Alternative Android OS developer Cyanogen has released the Android 6.0 Marshmallow-based CyanogenMod 13 nightlies for a bunch of devices, including the Sprint, US Cellular, And Vodafone Galaxy S5, as well as the AT&T LG G3 and the Xperia SP.

Keep in mind that we’re talking about nightly builds here, which aren’t usually stable. Plus, their installation can not only result in a bricked device, you may also end up voiding your handset’s warranty.

If you’re a Galaxy S5 user on T-Mobile, it’s worth mentioning that the carrier has now started rolling out the Marshmallow update to the…

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