Just a few days ago, Instagram revealed that all its users would get to use multiple accounts inside its apps starting later this week. And today the Facebook-owned photography-focused social network is at it again, with yet another new feature being announced.

It’s something much simpler this time around, but should prove very useful for the content creators using Instagram. “Over the next few weeks”, view counts for videos will be shown underneath them, as portrayed in the screenshots below. A view is registered once a video has been watched for at least three seconds.

This introduction comes as apparently “views are the most widely expected form of feedback on video”. The information about how many times a video was viewed will replace that about how many likes it’s received. To get to the number of likes, you’ll need to tap on the word “views”.

Instagram promises that this is only the first of many ways in which it plans to improve its handling of video content this year.

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By all accounts, HTC’s next flagship will skip MWC 2016 and possibly come out a bit later, on April 11, but the delay hasn’t deterred eager fans and leaksters from gathering info on the handset.

An new source now claims to have the inside scoop on the camera info of the handset, codenamed “Perfume”. According to the info, the phone is going to have a 12 MP Sony IMX 377 sensor on the back with a pixel size of 1.55 um. It will be supported by laser autofocus as well as phase detection autofocus.

As for the front camera, HTC is apparently referring to it as an UltraPixel one. However, its sensor is said to be a 5MP Samsung s5k4e6 one, which has 1.34µm pixel size – much smaller than the 2µm of the original UltraPixel cameras. OIS was previously said to appear in both the front and back shooter.

HTC Perfume “UltraPixels”:Main Camera – Sony IMX377 12MP 1.55um + Laser Autofocus + PDAFFront Camera – Samsung s5k4e6 5MP UltraPixel— LlabTooFeR (@LlabTooFeR) February 11, 2016

As far as we currently know, other specs on the One M10 include a QHD AMOLED display, with a diagonal of either 5.1 or 5.2 inches. The smartphone will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 chipset, which will be aided by 4GB of RAM and 32GB of storage (of which around 23GB will be user-accessible). A microSD card slot will be available too.

A fingerprint scanner is also suggested, most-likely in the home button below the screen. In terms of OS, it will most-likely boot Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow with HTC Sense 8 on…

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A few days ago Google announced the latest version of Android Wear, 1.4, which is based on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, along with the new features this will bring to a smartwatch near you. Then, shortly after that, we saw the rollout of the update commence for the second-generation Moto 360.

While that’s still not reached all units, Motorola has also started pushing out the update to its first smartwatch, the original 360 from 2014. The image below confirms that at least some people have already received and installed it.

The new software has support for more languages, screen dimming, new wrist gestures, Doze mode (which should improve battery life), manual settings for date and time, audio improvements for Bluetooth headsets, and the ability to send messages with your voice through popular third-party apps.

As with all staged rollouts, it could still be a few days until every Moto 360 device out there pops up the coveted notification, so all that’s required now is a bit of…

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Samsung Pay is expected to launch in the UK and Spain early this year. The head of Samsung Pay Europe revealed that the launch will be “very soon,” but said the exact date and other details will be revealed at the MWC.

The Samsung Galaxy S7, the start of Samsung’s MWC show, will be unveiled on February 21 and we’ll most likely see Pay piggyback on its media attention (the MWC is held in Spain, after all).

Also in the first wave of expansion for this year is China, with Australia, Singapore and Brazil following later. It’s not just the S7 that supports Samsung Pay, the new Galaxy A (2016) series does…

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Samsung Galaxy S7 is going to premiere at a special UNPACKED event at the MWC next week. It has been in Rumorland for quite some time and the speculations have gone wild throughout the past few days.

Samsung is also keen on getting a piece of the growing VR market, and as suggested by Rory O’Neill, Vice President Brand & Product Manager of Samsung Electronics, most of the VR content will be in fact produced by the consumers. That’s why Samsung will be offering a free Gear VR headset with each Galaxy S7 smartphone or at least in the Netherlands.

As per some reports Samsung Netherlands will be throwing a free Gear VR headset with each Galaxy S7 pre-order placed between February 21 and March 10. The Galaxy S7 is going to be unveiled on February 21, which means it will go on pre-order in Europe on the very same day.

It’s unclear whether this promotion will expand to other markets, but if Samsung wants some nice share of the VR universe, the logic says yes.

In just a few days the Galaxy S7 will say ‘hi’ from Barcelona for the first time. Naturally, we’ll be there to cover the event for you as it unfolds.

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Qualcomm’s on fire today. Not only has the US chipmaker announced 3 smartphone SoC’s, but it’s also followed up with a brand new platform for wearables, dubbed the Snapdragon Wear. The sole chip in the new range at this point is the Snapdragon Wear 2100, bringing significant improvements over the so far default smartwatch choice, the Snapdragon 400.

The dedicated solution for smart devices you’ll be strapping to you wrist or chest this year is 30% smaller in physical size than the S400, enabling more compact designs and thinner wearables. It also boasts 25% better power efficiency than the old model.

The Snapdragon Wear 2100 chipset packs a quad-core Cortex-A7 CPU clocked at up to 1.2GHz, and its Adreno 304 GPU (featured in some of the 200-series chips) can feed displays up to 640×480 pixels at up to 60Hz. Two versions of the chip will be available, one tethered (Bluetooth/Wi-Fi only), the other – connected, with full 2G/3G/LTE cellular connectivity. The chip also supports NFC and GPS, and comes with Quick Charge 2.0 capabilities.

LG was also keen to point out the collaboration between the two companies in the field. Wearables branch vice president David Yoon indicated that the Korean giant is already working on smartwatches, but also other wearables, to be launched later this year.

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Here’s the mid-range chipset from Qualcomm that we’ve been waiting for, the Snapdragon 625. The company also brought faster LTE connectivity to the 400-series with the 425 and 435.

Snapdragon 625

Despite its low model number, the S625 is the first 600-series chipset to be built on a power-efficient 14nm process. This allows its eight Cortex-A53 cores to be clocked at over 2GHz.

This is also the third 600-class chip (after the 650, 652) to record 4K video (with both AVC and HEVC codecs); it also supports up to 24MP cameras with its dual ISP.

It’s paired with an X9 modem for Cat. 7 LTE – up to 300Mbps downloads and 150Mbps uploads. The chipset also supports Wi-Fi ac. Other goodies include an Adreno 506 GPU and Quick Charge 3.0.

The only limiting factor is the display support – the Snapdragon 625 tops out at 1,900 x 1,200 at 60fps or 1080p at 30fps. So, we won’t see it in QHD flagships, but premium mid-rangers are about to get better. You can expect new devices with the 625 in the second half of this year.

Finally, Qualcomm mentioned that the 625 uses up to 35% less power than its Snapdragon 617 predecessor, so all the goodies won’t cost you anything in terms of battery life.

Snapdragon 435

This one is built on the old 28nm process, so its eight Cortex-A53 cores top out at 1.4GHz. Also, it comes with Adreno 505 GPU and supports displays up to 1080p at 60fps.

It’s still a solid offering with an X8 modem (Cat. 7 for 300Mbps down, 100Mbps up), Wi-Fi ac and Quick Charge 3.0. This is the first 400-series chipset with Cat. 7 LTE.

The S435 chipset supports 1080p video recording (AVC and HEVC) from 21MP cameras.

Snapdragon 425

A small difference in model number, a huge difference in hardware. The Snapdragon 425 chipset has a quad-core processor, Cortex-A53 up to 1.4GHz (28nm build), and an old Adreno 308 (which means no OpenGL ES 3.1 support).

Display support is capped at 1,280 x 800 at 60fps. At least you get to keep the 1080p video capture (max camera resolution is 16MP, though).

The Snapdragon 425 uses an older X6 modem, which puts its maximum speeds at Cat. 4 levels – 150Mbps down, 75Mbps up. You still get Wi-Fi ac. Quick Charge version 2.0 is supported.

Both the Snapdragon 435 and the 425 are pin-compatible with last year’s S430, so phone-makers have an easy upgrade path to the new chipsets.

X16 modem

You may have glossed over the modem designations, but to compare it quickly to the high end, the upcoming Snapdragon 820 chipset has an X12 chipset. It boasts download speeds of up to 600Mbps.

Today Qualcomm also announced the X16 – the first modem to reach 1Gbps (that’s 1,000Mbps) download speeds. It’s also the first modem to be built on a 14nm process (the X12 is at 20nm). This modem won’t arrive in consumer devices until 2017 though.

Anyway, the X16 modem also supports LTE-U, aka LTE-Unlicensed, which operates in the 5GHz spectrum, sharing room with household…

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Google offers the ‘right to be forgotten’ option for all EU citizens, by EU regulations. If a person asks Google to remove all information about him, Google is obliged to remove any references and information from its search engine.

As this rule applies to EU citizens and for the EU only, Google scrubs such information only from its .fr, .co.uk, .bg, .de, and similar EU Google Search domains. This allowed for an easy workaround – just open Google.com or any other non-EU Google Search website and repeat the search string.

This is about to change in just a few days, though. Google is going to address this workaround, and the ‘right to be forgotten’ rule will apply to all Google domains when used within the EU (detected by IP address). Soon, the only way to see results under the ‘right to be forgotten’ rule will require you to be out of the EU or use a proxy server.

According to BBC, Google will apply the new rules in mid-February and if some information is under the ‘right to be forgotten’ rule it won’t be accessed by any Google Search engine invoked within the EU borders.

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As expected, the HTC One M10 will break away from the old M-design and inherit that of the One A9. We had a peek at a murky photo a week ago, but now we can gawk at smooth 3D renders.

The M10 does look quite a bit like the A9 with its flat back with beveled sides. One noticeable change is that the camera is below the top antenna line, just like it was on the previous M models. You can see the laser focus element below the flash. The big camera on the front will reportedly be quite impressive too.

One disappointing feature of the A9 was also brought over to the One M10 – no stereo speakers, not on the front, not on the back. On the plus side, the HTC logo below the screen, the one that needlessly took up vertical space, is gone. Now the M10 is expected to be the same size as the A9, despite the slightly bigger screen.

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The phone is expected to have a 5.1″ QHD AMOLED screen, a Snapdragon 820 chipset and a 12MP UltraPixel camera. The updated Sense UI is expected to be much closer to stock Android. The HTC One M10 may not show up at the MWC, but it should launch on April 11.

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The Alcatel OneTouch Idol 4s was recently accidentally listed on the company’s website, revealing all specs ahead of the alleged MWC announcement. What it didn’t tell was that the upcoming smartphone will come bundled with a VR headset.

Or rather, inside one. The retail packaging of the Idol 4s will double as a Google Cardboard-style rig, only made of plastic. Having in mind that Samsung sells one of these (the Gear VR) for $99 or $199, depending on generation, the inclusion of a VR headset with the smartphone is a nice touch, especially considering its alleged sub-$400 price point.

The Idol 4s will also have the hardware to facilitate its VR use – a 5.5-inch QHD AMOLED display, Snapdragon 652 and 3GB of RAM. There will also be a 16MP/8MP camera combo, each with a flash, and the reversible design of the Idol 3 will be taken to the next level.

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