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The Pixel Kit is Kano’s latest product to get your kids psyched about coding

 Following a host of delays, Kano is finally shipping its latest coding product for kids, the Pixel Kit. It’s cute, compact and colorful and looks like a blast to play with. The device, which retails for $79.99, bears some resemblance to a pixelated lucite etch-a-sketch, but at its heart the kid-friendly gadget is all about getting kids to engage with technology and learn that they can… Read More from TechCrunch via April 19, 2018 at 01:00PM

Facebook brings Live to its beta Spaces virtual reality app

 In an effort to seemingly combine a couple of the top tech trends of the year, Facebook will soon be allowing users of its Oculus Rift virtual reality system to livestream themselves inside VR to their Facebook friends of followers as avatars. The Facebook Live functionality will be arriving on the Spaces app, which is still in beta. Users will be able to go live to all their friends and… Read More from TechCrunch via April 06, 2018 at 01:00PM

Wiz Khalifa overtakes Psy to claim the most-watched YouTube video of all-time

 Wiz Khalifa’s Furious 7 homage, See You Again, has overtaken Psy’s Gangnam Style for the title of YouTube’s most-watched video ever. The music video, which serves as a bit of a tribute for the late Paul Walker with various scenes from his role in the Fast and the Furious movies, has garnered more than 2,897,575,000 views. The video was releases in April of 2015. Gangnam… Read More from TechCrunch via February 09, 2018 at 01:00PM

Wiz Khalifa overtakes Psy to claim the most-watched YouTube video of all-time

 Wiz Khalifa’s Furious 7 homage, See You Again, has overtaken Psy’s Gangnam Style for the title of YouTube’s most-watched video ever. The music video, which serves as a bit of a tribute for the late Paul Walker with various scenes from his role in the Fast and the Furious movies, has garnered more than 2,897,575,000 views. The video was releases in April of 2015. Gangnam… Read More from TechCrunch via February 08, 2018 at 01:00PM

These 13 gifs show Apple ARKit’s massive potential

 Apple’s latest operating system may still be chugging along through the phase of developer betas, but we’ve already been seeing a lot of the projects developers have been building for the company’s ARKit augmented reality platform for iOS. The set of developer tools carries out the heavy-lifting of location mapping, allowing creators to focus their energies on what makes the… Read More from TechCrunch via December 18, 2017 at 01:00PM

Qualcomm lashes back at Apple, seeking import ban on iPhones that violate key patents

 The white glove legal battle between two of the most important companies in mobile technologies is getting a lot hotter. Today, Qualcomm levied accusations against Apple suggesting that the Cupertino tech giant was infringing on six patents that aided iPhone battery life. Qualcomm wants U.S. trade regulators to ban imports of the affected iPhone models. “Apple continues to use… Read More from TechCrunch via October 08, 2017 at 01:00PM

RED launches pre-orders of bizarre $1,600 titanium ‘holographic’ smartphone

 Camera companies have had to adapt their business models quickly over the past decade to account for the rise of smartphone cameras. Part of that has involved some interesting developments on the high-end. RED has built incredibly high-powered cameras that have become the darling of many in the film industry, now they’re setting their sights on the smartphone market with what seems to be… Read More from TechCrunch via October 03, 2017 at 01:00PM