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With Realtor.com, simply taking a photo unlocks a wealth of info about a home

Realtor.com is leveraging image recognition and augmented reality to make your homebuying experience the most immersive it's ever been.
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Getting a smart thermostat may have gotten easier as Nest expands globally

Beginning February 15, folks in Austria, Germany, Italy, and Spain will be able to purchase a smart thermostat or any other Nest product.
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Zurich, Switzerland, just may be Google’s next big tech hub

Silicon Valley is moving overseas. It looks as though the new hub for Google's research and development efforts may be in Zurich.
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Apps were more popular than ever in 2016, and it was largely thanks to China

The appification of the world is going strong, and its epicenter appears to be in China. That's according to App Annie's latest report.
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Newly released patent shows the Google Chromecast that could have been

Coulda, woulda, shoulda, but Google didn't do that -- "that" is electing a sleeker, sexier design for its second-generation Chromecast.
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Think you feel a cold coming on? ColdSense app will tell you if you’re right

You might be able to predict the future with ColdSense, an app meant to help you evaluate your chances of catching the common cold.
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Flying off the shelves: Demand for the Pixel and Pixel XL now exceeds supply

As per new data from Wave7 Research, the Pixel made up 9.5 percent of all smartphone sales at Verizon in the last month.
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Best app deals of the day! 6 paid iPhone apps for free for a limited time

Everyone likes apps, but the best ones often cost money. Here are the latest and greatest apps on sale in the iOS App Store for a limited time only.
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LeEco continues U.S. expansion with introduction of TVs, phones on Amazon

Just a few days after broadening its U.S. horizons at Target, LeEco is selling its phones and televisions on Amazon, too.
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Samsung says it knows why the Galaxy Note 7 exploded — and it's no surprise

Reuters reported that Samsung had concluded its investigation of the Galaxy Note 7 and determined that the battery was the culprit.
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Best app deals of the day! 6 paid iPhone apps for free for a limited time

Everyone likes apps, but the best ones often cost money. Here are the latest and greatest apps on sale in the iOS App Store for a limited time only.
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Use military-grade materials to protect your iPad with the Buckingham Case from Gear4

Meet the new Buckingham iPad TPU flip case range from Gear4, an impact protection case brand from the U.K.
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Twitter competitor App.net shuts down after years of struggle

Five years after the ambitious app first launched, with high hopes of becoming the Twitter alternative, it has thrown in the towel.
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Bring AR, VR to your homebuying experience with new app from roOomy

With the new app roOomy Reality, home buyers and shoppers will be able to virtually decorate various rooms and see what they look like IRL.
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Learn a new language (or 14) with Babbel app for desktop, iOS, Android

Meet Babbel, a language app that promises to help users expand their linguistic horizons by learning up to 14 different languages.
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Weekly rewind: Nintendo Switch incoming, incredible space photos, Vegas' self-driving buses

In the tech world, a lot happens in a week. That’s why we’ve compiled a quick and dirty list of this week's top 10 tech stories.
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Tesla reveals just how owners will be charged to Supercharge

Tesla has informed the public of some of the details of how it plans to "make long-distance travel a seamless experience for drivers."
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YouTube's live-stream will put you in the middle of Inauguration Day festivities

YouTube will be live streaming inauguration coverage on January 20 with partnerships with more news outlets than ever before.
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Look out, London — Nissan's self-driving cars will begin tests there next month

The race to the autonomous future has taken to the streets -- this time, in London. Nissan will begin tests next month.
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Keeper unveils 2016’s most common passwords, and they look a lot like 2015’s

A new survey from password manager and digital vault company Keeper has revealed 2016's most common passwords.
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Best app deals of the day! 6 paid iPhone apps for free for a limited time

Everyone likes apps, but the best ones often cost money. Here are the latest and greatest apps on sale in the iOS App Store for a limited time only.
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New Telegram desktop app may just make users forget about security concerns

Amid concerns over its security, Telegram is hoping to turn users' attention to its aesthetics instead with a new redesign.
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T-Mobile is stepping up its coverage game at the National Mall just in time for the inauguration

T-Mobile has stepped up its efforts to service customers in the heart of the action -- right in the National Mall.
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Google Classroom is hoping the new year will be the best one yet for teachers and students

Google Classroom has rolled out a number of updates to better the experience for students, teachers, and administrators.

Let Smart Reply answer that email for you — it's already doing it quite a bit

Google has revealed that its Smart Reply feature is responsible for an impressive 10 percent of mobile responses sent in the app.
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Best app deals of the day! 6 paid iPhone apps for free for a limited time

Everyone likes apps, but the best ones often cost money. Here are the latest apps on sale in the iOS App Store for a limited time only.
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Flying JetBlue? You'll have Wi-Fi from the moment you board the plane

On Wednesday, JetBlue introduced "always-free and speedy Wi-Fi connectivity on every aircraft from the departure gate to the arrival gate."
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Startup Transmit Security wants to bring biometric authentication to more people

The age of the password has come and gone. Meet Transmit Security, a new security company looking to bring biometrics to the masses.
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Don't upgrade your phone — just upgrade your phone case with the Zee Smart Core

You don't need to get a new phone to upgrade your mobile experience. You just need a smart phone case. Meet the newest device from Hello Zee
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Consider this an intervention — Verizon cuts off unlimited data customers

Verizon confirmed on Wednesday that it would be cutting off customers on unlimited data plans who burn through more than 200GB a month
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Tesla keeps hiring more ex-Apple employees to help with autonomous car design

Tesla is starting to look a lot like Apple -- not in its products, per se, but rather in its team with its recent hires.
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New year brings new news for Facebook with unveiling of its Journalism Project

On Wednesday, Fidji Simo, the company's Director of Product, unveiled The Facebook Journalism Project to improve the network's news coverage
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Best app deals of the day! 6 paid iPhone apps for free for a limited time

Everyone likes apps, but the best ones often cost money. Here are the latest and greatest apps on sale in the iOS App Store for a limited time only.
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You won't be able to find Pokémon Go in China, which is refusing to license the game

According to Reuters, Nintendo's hugely popular augmented reality game Pokémon Go will not make its way to China anytime soon.