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OnePlus 2 teaser video features fan who has actually seen it

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OnePlus is revving up its teaser campaign for the device it's going to announce on July 27 in virtual reality. After having revealed some specs for the OnePlus 2 bit by bit over the past few weeks, we're now treated to a promo video.

Starring in it is a "OnePlus superfan" and forum moderator, who has actually seen, touched, and played with the OnePlus 2. He tells us what he likes about the phone, while using the word "awesome" way too many times.

Hopefully you weren't expecting to find out some hard details about the upcoming smartphone. This has to be the most bleep-filled teaser video ever to be created for a new handset.

While no new information about the OnePlus 2 has been outed this time around, we already know that it will sport Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810 SoC, aided by 4GB of RAM. It's going to have a fingerprint scanner, a 3,300 mAh battery, and support for more 4G LTE bands than its predecessor. It will cost less than…

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5.5-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 passes through TENAA

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Back in January we thought we saw the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 passing through TENAA, China's equivalent to the FCC. However, that may not have been the case, since phones going through the agency's tests usually launch a few weeks after. And the Redmi Note 2 still isn't official.

That said, a handset that very well may be it has now been certified by TENAA. It's got a 5.5-inch touchscreen, just like its predecessor, but is smaller than the Redmi Note by every measurement.

This means Xiaomi was able to make its bezels smaller, which is also quite obvious from the images above. The new device will measure 152.05 x 76.2 x 8.05 mm. For comparison's sake, keep in mind that the original Redmi Note measured 154 x 78.7 x 9.45 mm.

Another thing that TENAA has helpfully revealed about the Redmi Note 2 is that it will sport a 3,020 mAh battery. That's smaller than the original's, so hopefully battery life won't be affected.

Two versions of the Redmi Note 2 have been tested by the Chinese agency, and you can see from the pictures above that they are identical in looks. Yet while one comes with the necessary bands for China Mobile, the other seems tailored for China Unicom as well as the international market. It looks like China Telecom, the country's third carrier, won't be getting in on the action for whatever reason.

Past leaks talked about the Redmi Note 2 coming either with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC or a MediaTek MT6795, 1080p screen resolution, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, and perhaps even a metal build.

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Google Play web design gets an update

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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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Legendary Pictures has a new set of VR experiences for Google Cardboard

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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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Facebook News Feed changes to give you more control over what shows up

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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.

The new News Feed Preferences can be accessed in the iOS app by tapping on More in the bottom right corner, then going to…

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