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Why Debt Consolidation Could be a Great Move

High debt levels can affect people in many ways these days, with a lot of people under severe financial strain as a result of their debts. For some people, the sheer...
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Airbnb Tests Early Payout to Hosts

By: Nick Gambino Airbnb is testing a new feature that will allow hosts to see a portion of the money from a booking earlier than they have up to this point. The way...

Is the Uptake of AR Technology Dependent on the Adoption of Face-Mounted Technology?

In the public eye, augmented reality (AR) technology came to the fore in the summer of 2016, when the mobile game Pokémon Go took the world by storm. Within the game,...

Disney Imagineers Created Realistic, Westworld-Like Robots

By: Nick Gambino Disney Imagineers have been behind some of the most impressive spectacles Disneyland and other Walt Disney theme parks have produced in the last 50-plus years. But now they’ve really...

NFL Games Coming to CBS Mobile App on Smartphones

By: Nick Gambino CBS has just extended the streaming agreement it has with the NFL to another four years and will include the ability to stream games right through its mobile platform. CBS...

Netflix To Launch Its First Original Indian Show Next Month

Netflix is one of the biggest companies out there today. What started as a VHS subscription service is now the biggest online streaming site creating hours of original content. The company is...

How the Big Businesses Use the Emotional Power of Logos

The big businesses harness the emotional power of their logos to increase the flow of their customers. The logos of some of the businesses have so much power that their brands...

Instagram Ups Video Limit to 10 Minutes with IGTV

By: Nick Gambino Instagram has just announced a YouTube competitor app called IGTV. The long-form video app is part of an overall plan by the social media platform to take over the...

5 Apps Who Put Users First

Gone are the days when the consumer had to accept what they were given and get on with it. Across all sectors, businesses bend over backwards to provide their users with...

Android Messages Lets You Send Text Messages from Your PC

By: Nick Gambino Starting Monday, Android smartphone users can now send and receive text messages on their PCs. This is a feature that has been noticeably missing from the Google-owned OS. iPhone users...