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The  Mi Mix  smartphone felt like  an experimental phone  when it launched, because its party trick was something very few manufacturers have done. That is, it had an almost bezel-less front display that covered 91% of the whole front face of the phone. But  Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun  is feeling bullish enough about the concept phone to announce that a 2nd generation Mi Mix is being developed. Lei Jun announced via his Weibo page that  Xiaomi  will be collaborating with French designer Philippe Starck for the development of the  Mi Mix II , which will probably try to follow the bold design aesthetics seen in the original model. See the beauty of the Mi Mix below, if you don’t remember it. We doubt that you’d forget such a stunning piece of technology. To remind you, the Mi Mix sported an unorthodox 6.4-inch bezel-less display with FullHD (1080p) resolution and an unusual 9:17 aspect ratio. That was powered by a robust Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 p...

Hay muchas aplicaciones de correo electrónico para Android pero no todas son tan rápidas e inteligentes como  EasilyDo , que llega a este sistema operativo. Android tiene por defecto la aplicación de Gmail preinstalada, y es que esa es una de las razones por las que Google desarrolla este sistema. No obstante hay muchas alternativas  si queremos un gestor de correo más personalizado. ProtonMail, el correo cifrado, ultraseguro y libre creado en el CERN Así es ProtonMail, el correo cifrado más utilizado del mundo. Creado por científicos del CERN y el MIT. Una de estas acaba de llegar a Android tras un año en iOS. Se trata de  EasilyDo , una app que se centra en aprender cómo usamos el correo y permitirnos gestionarlo de forma cómoda, integrando los gestos de deslizamiento que son casi obligatorios desde que  Mailbox  los implementara. Sencillo y rápido Lo primero que llama la atención es que es muy rápido. Podríamos pensar que es una imitación de Inbox ...

GIFs are commonplace in our conversations today, and messaging apps are constantly taking advantage of them and making it easier to insert them into a conversation. Facebook Messenger added native support for GIF search last year, and now it’s adding further support for GIFs on Android by taking advantage of  Gboard’s built-in  search feature… In case you missed it, Google’s Gboard keyboard for Android recently, and quietly, expanded support for GIFs outside of Android Nougat, allowing for users on almost any OS version to quickly search for GIFs via the keyboard. Granted, the process is a little smoother on Nougat with supported apps. Twitter  added the feature  earlier this month, and now Facebook Messenger is too. However, with built-in GIF search already in Facebook Messenger, you might be wondering why you would want to use GIF search via a keyboard like Google’s Gboard? The simple answer is diversity.  Android Police  points out that Mess...

Five year investment period with AI start-up Argo will lead up to 2021 - the date Ford has set for the launch of its self-driving car Ford  has announced plans to invest $1 billion into an artificial intelligence start-up called Argo AI, as the company accelerates development of fully autonomous cars. The $1 billion investment will be seeded over a five-year period, with the marque planning to launch a vehicle capable of driving itself completely by 2021.  •  Self-driving cars: Everything you need to know Founded by former  Google  and  Uber  engineers, who were working on self-driving projects at those companies, Argo AI will be tasked with developing the software platform for Ford’s production self-driving system. Ford engineers are to be placed within the start-up firm. The technology which will be created by the collaboration may not be limited to just Ford vehicles either – the manufacturer says it could be licenced to other...

Don’t get me wrong — I love Likes. They continue to serve as a simple way for people to show support for a thought, product offering or opinion, and they have provided marketers with a valuable tool to measure media effectiveness. Unlike the one-way nature of other media, social feedback mechanisms allow you to see how your audience is responding to different types of content with one lightning-fast, simple metric. But ever since  Facebook Reactions  were introduced, things have become a bit more complicated. A Like has always signified support for a message, where negative thoughts had to be expressed in comment feeds, or perhaps, not at all. Facebook Reactions (represented as Love, Sad, Wow, Angry and Laughing icons) have changed the way users can express their feelings for a piece of content. As marketers who love data, we should be taking advantage of any information that can help us create better posts. Reaction data is exactly that — signals fro...

Kif Leswing Getty Images/Stephen Lam AAPL Apple Rg  133.25 1.16 (+0.90 %) Disclaimer Get real-time AAPL charts here » The world's most valuable company is breaking new records. Apple's shares closed on Monday at $133.29, up $1.17 for the day, and above its record close of $133, set in February 2015.   However, Apple hasn't yet broken its intraday high, $134.54, set in April 2015. Still, investors are clearly finding their appetite for the company's stock. Apple is valued at about $699 billion, the largest market cap for a publicly traded American company.  The stock has risen more than 9% since Apple reported  a solid beat on quarterly earnings , breaking three straight quarters in which the company reported an annual decline in sales.  During much of 2016, there were serious concerns about whether Apple's iPhone, which contributes about two thirds of Apple's revenue, had saturated its market. And Apple's sales in China are still ...

Image: Alex Cranz/Gizmodo It’s time to replace your computer. Maybe it was purchased during the last Republican administration, or you ruined it was a spilled drink, or maybe you’ve just got some money to burn and you’d like to blow it on Intel’s  new Kaby Lake microarchitecture . Whatever the reason, you’re ready to upgrade your computer, and you’re going to be left with a big choice. Do you spend the extra cash for the categorically faster i7 processor, or do you pinch a few pennies and go with the i5. After running both processors (the 4.5GHz i7-7700K and the 4.2GHz i5-7600K) through the ringer in a computer that was otherwise the exact same, we can say, without a doubt, that you should save your money. For most people the i7 just isn’t worth it. Intel introduced the i7 and i5 brands back in 2007 as a way of guiding customers. The i5 was for “mainstream” use and the i7 was for “high-end” and business use. Spend...

Snap and Google will be partnered for the next five years, according to Snap’s S-1 filing released last week. Completed on January 30, the deal commits Snap to purchasing $400 million in Google's cloud services annually until 2022, totaling $2 billion over the period. The new lease is a formal continuation of a partnership that began around 2013,  TechCrunch notes .  The deal is a big win for Google Cloud, as mobile video is poised to make up a larger portion of the data storage space. Snapchat users are highly engaged, with the average daily user turning to the app 18 times each day, according to Snap's S-1. And although Google doesn’t break out revenue from its cloud business, instead lumping it together with nonadvertising, which includes the Google Play store, the $400 million deal will give it a hefty annual bump. In Q4 2016, nonadvertising accrued $3.4 billion in sales. Mobile video already accounts for more than half of all mobile traffic. In 2015,...

Starting today, those of you selected for our beta program will get an early peek at some of the new features coming to PS4 with our next major system software update, version 4.50 (codenamed Sasuke). If you signed up for the beta and were chosen, you’ll receive an email with instructions on how to download and get started. Even if you’re not participating in the beta, we still wanted to give you a quick glance of the key features that will be rolling out with this update. We’re refining the user interface of PS4 even further, and adding highly requested features like external HDD support and custom wallpapers. External HDD Support It’s easy to  upgrade the HDD  that came with your PS4, but if you’re still looking for more storage space on the console, we’ve got you covered. With this update, you have the option to store content to an external HDD. Just plug a USB 3.0 HDD into your PS4, and voilà, you now have more space on the conso...

Courtesy of the NBA In 2016, Cleveland Basketball great LeBron James made over $77 million between his pay ($23 million) and endorsements, Forbes reports. New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning made $45 million, and LA Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw made $32 million. There's no question being an elite pro athlete pays very, very well. But consider this: The career span for an athlete is short and the rank-and-file pros don't get paid nearly so much as the top players. In the NFL, the average career length is 3.5 years with the lifetime earning potential of $3,010,000,  according to tech job site Paysa.  In the MLB, the average career length is 5.6 years with the lifetime earning potential of $2,912,000. Things are better in the NBA, where the average career lasts 4.8 years with the lifetime earning potential of $12,027,456. None of that is chicken scratch. But if you factor in the number of people who try to become pro sp...