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Turtle Beach Ear Force Recon 30X Xbox One Headset Review
Introduction Picking the right headset can be a virtual minefield as there are a seemingly endless range of products to choose from. Of course, if you pick out what you really want from your headset and set a budget, things do get a lot easier. The latest headset from Turtle Beach…
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This Happens When You Mix Real Life With FPS Games and Take It to Chatroulette
We all love our video games, whatever type they might be. They are fun to play while they relax or challenge us. But what happens if you take that game into real life? The UK-based production team RealmPictures must have asked themselves the same question as that is just what they…
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Facebook-Less Messenger Is a Thing
First there was MySpace and Bebo, then came along Facebook. Now everything from your computer to your phone can have Facebook on it, be it the social website or just the messaging aspect of the social site. Now it would seem that users are able to use the messaging platform,…
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Twitter Prepares to Launch Human-Curated News Service
Twitter is a massive social network, implying that its primary use to help people connect and chat to one another but over the past few years it has become clear that a lot of users don’t actually interact with other people on the platform. Sounds crazy right! There is actually…
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Valve Improves Dota 2 Reborn and You Can Play the Beta Now
The long wait for Valve’s latest Dota 2 title, Dota 2 Reborn, is now over. Despite the many bugs and features which are not fully functional just yet, fans and curious gamers can now play the beta version alongside Dota 2 on Steam. Dota 2 Reborn brings a lot of…
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These Eight Characters Crash Skype
Users have found a rather interesting bug in the popular voice and video calling application, Skype. The problem (now fixed in an update) caused skype to crash when you sent “http://:” via an instant message. Once the message has been sent, if you re-open Skype – it will instantly crash…
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Valve Restricts Steam Service Features to Users Who Don’t Spend At Least $5
If you’ve ever been bullied or targeted on Steam by spammers or phishers, then you might be excited to know that Valve has set some restrictions to its online service. Valve stated on their Support Page that they are adding this security measure to deal with the latter problems. Therefore,…
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Voice Messaging Feature Arrives This April for the Xbox One
Microsoft is planning to get a voice messaging feature up and running on its Xbox One, which is due to arrive with the new firmware this April. Xbox One dashboard preview testers are said to be able to test the new feature this week, having them be the first to…
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Outlook.com Removing Support for Google and Facebook Chat
Outlook.com, Microsoft’s popular webmail service, has announced that it is to remove support for Facebook Chat and Google Talk. Currently, users of Outlook.com can access the two chat service within their account. Microsoft says that the feature will be removed “within the next couple of weeks.” In an email to Outlook.com users,…
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Steam Chat Censors Kickass.to Mentioning
Steam is installed on a lot of computers, so it’s only logic for people to use the built-in instant messaging chat to talk to friends, about games but also all sorts of other things. Last week the torrent site KickassTorrents went offline and created headlines. Naturally people were talking about this…
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Video Chat App Renders in ASCII Text
Video chatting online has become pretty good over the years. Two people can have quite a normal conversation with each other, from the other side of the planet. However, there’s some people who think this is just too good and that it needs to be worse. Much worse. I say worse,…
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Kim Dotcom to Launch Secure Video Chat Service
Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has announced plans to release an encrypted, in-browser video chat service through his Twitter account. The service, called MegaChat, will also integrate high-speed transfer of large files, through Dotcom’s Mega sharing software. Mega will soon release a fully encrypted and browser based video call & chat service…
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Wire: The New Skype Rival Backed by Skype Co-Founder
A new upstart has entered the instant messaging arena, positioning itself as more than just a chat service. Wire, pitched as a thoroughly modern messaging app, is supported by Skype co-founder Janus Friis and developed by former Skype employees. With their experience – helped by former Apple, Nokia, and Microsoft…
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Barclays Announces Video Banking
Barclays has announced that from 8th December, a select number of its customers will be able to talk directly to banking staff at any time of day. The service will allow customers to speak face-to-face with a Barclays staff member, possibly one they’ve spoken to before, about their account and…
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Facebook at Work to Launch in January
The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook’s ‘Facebook at Work’ product will be launching in January. The report suggests that the product may be available for free without ads at first, in an attempt to expand its user base. The product was revealed last week in a report by the Financial Times, with Facebook…
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