Dec 8th 2016
Tech News Today 1657
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Samsung Galaxy S8, HBO in VR, NASA GIFs
LinkedIn is now a Microsoft entity, a mere two days after receiving EU regulatory approval for Microsoft’s biggest acquisition deal to date. Upcoming integrations include LinkedIn Notifications in Windows 10 Action Center, and interactivity between LinkedIn's resume building and Microsoft Word.
Sources at Bloomberg say Samsung's Galaxy S8 will have a bezel-less all screen design and no home button. Bloomberg's sources also say that the release could be delayed due to additional testing in order to avoid the catastrophic disaster that was the Samsung Note 7.
Developers interested in creating bots that run on Google Assistant by way of Google Home can begin to build their own Conversation Actions now with early access partners hitting the platform in the coming weeks. These conversational actions will eventually also roll out to Pixel and Allo users as the platform progresses.
As we move from an industrial age to an information age and automation replaces more and more jobs, the future of work for all of us is uncertain. Now according to Quartz, a group of technologists, investors, and activists have vowed to spend ten million dollars over the next two years to come up with ideas of how Universal Basic Income might solve this problem.
Magic Leap has, according to former employees, been misleading in its portrayal of what its highly anticipated mixed reality technology can do. The company released a promotional video earlier this year showcasing the technology, but sources say it was actually created by Hollywood special effects companies.
- Russell Holly from VRHeads.com talks about the sad state of the HBO app for Google's Daydream.
- Alex Wilhelm from Mattermark explains why Spotify backed away from its deal to buy SoundCloud.
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Links
- Here's what's first on Microsoft's LinkedIn integration to-do list
- Samsung Plans All-Screen Design in New Galaxy S8 Phones
- Exclusive: Galaxy S8 is not going to feature a 3.5mm headphone jack
- Xiaomi's Mi MIX is all about its gorgeous edge-to-edge display
- Google Home’s door is open to developers, but users have to wait outside a little longer
- Would a universal basic income fix US economic inequality? One group is spending $10 million to find out
- A Canadian Province Just Passed a Resolution for Universal Basic Income
- The Reality Behind Magic Leap
- Peter Jackson: Augmented Reality Will Be Bigger Than Mobile
- HBO in VR is not a great experience
- Every Daydream app you can install right now, and a look at what comes next
- Sans Spotify, Who Can Afford SoundCloud?
- NASA has shared its massive GIF archive with Pinterest and GIPHY