Facebook recently revealed their latest financial results, they also
revealed some details on how many people are using Facebook each month,
there are now a total of 1.11 billion Facebook users each month.
They also shared some information about how many people use Facebook
on a daily basis and also how many mobile users the company has, you can
see more details below.
Daily active users (DAUs) were 665 million on average for March 2013, an increase of 26 percent year-over-year.
Monthly active users (MAUs) were 1.11 billion as of March 31, 2013, an increase of 23 percent year-over-year.
Mobile MAUs were 751 million as of March 31, 2013, an increase of 54 percent year-over-year.
Earlier we heard that the new LG Optimus G Pro will go on sale with
AT&T next Friday the 10th of May, the handset will also be available
to pre-order from this Friday the 3rd of May and now we have a video of
the handset in action.
The LG Optimus G Pro features a 5.5 inch full HD IPS Display with a
resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, processing comes in the form of a quad
core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor clocked at 1.7GHz, the device
will also come with 2GB of RAM.
Other specifications on the LG Optimus G Pro include front and rear
facing cameras, on the front of the device we have a 2.1
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Valve has this week rolled out a major update for a number of its
games including Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat:
Source, and Half-life 2: Deathmatch, which now allows them to be
delivered via Valve’s new SteamPipe content distribution service.
Valve SteamPipe has been designed to provide players with faster
downloads, faster map load times and much faster boot times, easier
distribution, installation, and management of mods.
The new SteamPipe upgrade will change how the games are downloaded and how they are stored on your computer. Valve explains:
"A one-time conversion process will occur, which will take a bit
longer than the usual download. You should
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It looks like more evidence has been revealed that Android 4.3 Jelly
Bean is about to be released, as the guys from Android Authority have
spotted a number of Nexus devices with Android 4.3 on their server logs.
The devices that were spotted with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean include the Galaxy nexus, the Google Nexus 4, the Google Nexus 10 and the Google Nexus 7, and there were a number of versions of Android 4.3 spotted including 4.3.1 and 4.3.3.
It looks like Google may launch Android 4.3 Jelly Bean at their Google I/O developer conference later this month, so it doesn’t looks like they will launch Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie at Google I/O after all.
Toshiba has this week added a new addition to their range of Windows 8 tablets, in the form of the newly launched Toshiba WT310.
The Toshiba WT310 is fitted with a 11.6-inch Full HD screen and
provide a number of way to interact with Microsoft’s latest Windows 8
operating system.
Toshiba has powered their new Toshiba WT310 tablet with an unspecified Intel Core processor, support by a solid state disk (SSD) for storage and a DigitiserPen for note taking and drawing when required.
Other features of the Toshiba WT310 Windows 8 tablet include
Bluetooth 4.0 and optional HSPA+ / LTE connectivity, together with
HDMI-out, an SD card slot
and USB 3.0 port. Toshiba is also making a dock availab
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Mike DiGiovanni has this week released a new application for Google’s
Google Glasses eyewear, called Winky which required him to decompile
GlassHome to get the functions working correctly.
Winky for Google Glasses has been designed to enable users to quickly
capture a photo by winking and lets you lifelong without very little
effort. Check out the quick video after the jump to see the Winky App in
action.
Mike DiGiovanni explains a little more about his Winky Google Glasses application:
"The big technical hurdle turned out to simply be that at least
one spot on Glass does some checking against the build type and disables
the wink gesture completely if it’s a user build and it ever detects a
wink. I was able to get around this by intercep
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If like me you have been patiently waiting for the launch of the
awesome new Star Command game to land on mobile devices. Those of you
that have an iOS device will be pleased to learn that your wait is now over.
Star Command is now available to purchase for $2.99 directly from the iTunes App
Store and brings to life the challenges and joys of managing a
starship. Watch the video after the jump to learn more about the Star
Command iOS game and see it in action.
"Upgrade your ship, get out into the unknown and watch your crew
die grizzly deaths all at your command. Strange and exotic alien
civilizations await you at every turn. Manage each of your ships roles,
focusing on science skills, tactical combat and s
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Since Google started shipping out their new Google Glasses Explorer
editions to lucky winners of its Google Glass Project competition and
who also had $1500 handy.
More and more aspects and functions of the Google Glasses have been coming to light, however one feature that seems to be lacking from the Google Glasses eyewear is security features.
Now Google Glasses user Mike DiGiovanni has developed a new
application called Bulletproof for the eyewear that will automatically
lock the device when it is removed from your face. Allowing you to
re-activate your Google Glasses using a combination of taps and strokes
on the Glass touch interface. Watch the very quick video below to see a
glimpse of the new Bulletpro
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Samsung
first unveiled their new 85 inch Samsung 4k Ultra HD TV at CES in
January of this year, and if you have been patiently waiting for its
arrival in the UK, you will be pleased to learn that your wait is now
over.
The massive 85 inch Samsung 4k S9 Ultra HD Tv will be arriving in the UK via Selfridges and will cost a mere £35,000, and offer users a resolution 3820 x 2160 pixels.
Selfridges technology buying manager Richard Jones explained:
"This is the world’s first Future Ready UHD TV, the quality and
design breaks new boundaries in the world of HD TV,”-”Our customers
expect the latest and finest technology for their homes and personal
use. We hope to pioneer th
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MadLab Industries have combined a six-bladed hexacopter and a
6-legged hexapod to create a new type of terrifying hexadrone that can
not only walk but fly as well.
The Hexapod is a modified PhantomX kit from Trossen Robotics, and a
custom MLI hexacopter, have been spliced together using carbon-fibre and
aluminium to keep the weight to a minimum. Watch the video after the
jump to learn more about the Hexadrone project and see it in action.
Back in December the development team behind the creation explained
that if they could successfully get the creation to function as they
wanted, they might consider starting a Kickstarter campaign to raise the
required funds to take their creation into production. The development
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