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Tech News Flash: Monday -- March 14, 2016

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USA Today to Experiment With Virtual Reality News Show
Philips Gets Biological With Home Lighting
Is Donald Trump Batman?
Devs Get to Noodle With Android N
Oculus Opens Social Doors for Gear VR
Apple Lassos Attention With 'Loop You In' Tease
Opera Desktop Browser Comes With Ad Blocking Baked In

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USA Today to Experiment With Virtual Reality News Show
The USA Today Network last week announced VRtually There , a virtual
reality news program that will evolve alongside the nascent VR sector.
Set to launch this spring, VRtually There will air an assortment of
regularly scheduled programming, according to the Gannett-owned company.
It will lean on the network's newsrooms to deliver original reporting
for the VR platform.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83231.html

Philips Gets Biological With Home Lighting
Philips Lighting on Monday unveiled its Philips Hue white ambiance
connected light bulbs. Designed to feature more natural light, the bulbs
can gradually brighten in the morning to help users wake up naturally,
while at night they can dim to help ease users to sleep. They also
deliver a color temperature range that can be adjusted via a connected
dimmer switch or through an app.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83229.html

Is Donald Trump Batman?
There's an old rather funny movie called The Mouse That Roared .
Basically, it is about a little no-name country that decides to go to
war with the U.S. and lose, so that the U.S. will pay it reparations.
Only it somehow wins, to everyone's surprise. It isn't clear whether
Donald Trump declared war on Silicon Valley or the other way around.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83227.html

Devs Get to Noodle With Android N
Google last week announced a developer preview of Android N, the
forthcoming release of its mobile operating system. The release comes
early; it was widely expected to be announced in May at Google I/O 2016,
the Google developers conference. Releasing a work-in-progress build
earlier in the development cycle will give Google more time to
incorporate feedback from developers.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83228.html

Oculus Opens Social Doors for Gear VR
Oculus VR on Wednesday launched Oculus Social for Samsung's Gear VR
viewer. Gear VR users can create profiles on Oculus Social and search
out friends via real names or handles. The company, which has yet to
ship its own virtual reality headset, also released two social games to
encourage more friending on Oculus Social: Herobound: Gladiators and
Social Trivia .
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83226.html

Apple Lassos Attention With 'Loop You In' Tease
Apple on Thursday sent out media invitations to a March 21 event at its
Cupertino, California, headquarters, with the cryptic teaser, "Let us
loop you in." Speculation is rife that the company will unveil a new 4-
inch iPhone called the "iPhone SE." A 9.7-inch iPad Air also is
expected, as well as some new Apple Watch bands and minor hardware and
software updates.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83224.html

Opera Desktop Browser Comes With Ad Blocking Baked In
Opera on Thursday announced that new version of its desktop browser will
have ad blocking built in. Users can block ads in other browsers, but
only through add-on programs called "extensions." With ad blocking built
in, Opera's Web engine can perform the task better than extensions.
"People care about speed in a Web browser," said Krystian Kolondra, SVP
for global engineering at Opera.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83223.html

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