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Google News Showcase launches in India with 30 publishers

Last year, Google announced a $1 billion licensing program to support publishers and surface new card-based content across services. Google News Showcase is now coming to India. The effort today has signed over 700 deals with news publications in Germany, Brazil, Canada, France, Japan, the UK, Argentina, Australia, Czechia, and Italy. In India, News Showcase is working with 30 national…
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Oculus update set to enable impressive mixed reality capture on iPhone XS and later

Oculus is close to releasing a new update for its Quest headsets and one of the most interesting new features is Live Overlay casting. Previously, capturing a mixed reality view required lots of hardware, but now the new version of the mixed reality casting can be used with just an iPhone XS or later. Reported by The Verge, Oculus will be launching version 29 of its software for the Quest and…
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Google ‘I/O Adventure’ is a virtual world for demos, chats, & easter eggs [Gallery]

One task for Google in 2021 is making I/O more than just a developer conference that strictly takes place over video livestreams. Google’s answer is a “virtual event experience” and digital space called I/O Adventure. Update 5/17: Google shared a video of the experience this morning with a ‘bump’ mechanic to do most things in this virtual world. Mini-games — besides finding easter…
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Google teases that a ‘brand new Wear version’ will be announced at I/O 2021

With less than 24 hours until I/O 2021, Google is teasing a “brand new Wear version.” It comes amid a flurry of developments in recent weeks from Gboard to rumors about Samsung’s next wearables. To advertise I/O Adventure, Google this morning detailed what experience each product will have in the virtual world. The description for the “Android & Google Play” space is as…
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