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- When did the Eiffel Tower open, and why was it ‘a truly tragic street lamp’?The Eiffel Tower, celebrating its 126th anniversary, was not always revered as an icon of love and beauty.
- Goodbye to imaginary conversations. Hello Barbie is here.Mattel announced it is developing Hello Barbie – a doll that uses Wi-Fi voice recognition in the cloud to remember her owner's likes, dislikes, and previous conversation topics.
- LG Watch Urbane looks to class up smart watchesLeather, stainless steel, and 512 megabytes of RAM? LG makes a fashion conscious smart watch as the Apple Watch release date draws near.
- View-Master 2.0: Mattel teams up with Google for virtual reality toyMattell is set to release a virtual reality version of its popular View-Master photo slideshow toy this fall, based on the smart phone powered Google Cardboard hardware.
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- With Phorm, physical keys grow on your iPad MiniPhorm, a new iPad Mini case from Tactus, adds raised keys to your screen at the slide of a button. Not only will this solve flat surface finger slips, it could improve the iPad as an educational device.
- Samsung tiptoes toward foldable screens with Galaxy S6 Edge's wraparound screenWill a double curved edge screen on the upcoming Galaxy S6 Edge be enough to bring Samsung back to the top of the global mobile game?
- Flipboard hops to desktopFlipboard adds a desktop app with splashy designs and hooks from social media.
- LG will turn every new G3 phone into a VR headset, free of chargeBy packaging a free virtual reality headset with its LG G3 phone, LG will make virtual reality a reality for the masses.
- Tesla takes a bite out of Apple's talentTesla chief executive Elon Musk is enamored with Apple and has the workforce to prove it. What will this mean for Tesla's route to electric car innovation?
- Swatch reveals smart watch you don't need to charge each night – or everWith the Apple Watch debut only months away, legacy timepiecemaker Swatch made waves with the announcement it is set to drop its own smart watch, that won't need to be charged, in the next three months.
- iTunes Beats for Android? Apple leaks hit the right note.Apple is reportedly developing a streaming music service that would integrate with iOS, iTunes, and Apple TV, but also with Android devices. Could this integration launch Apple to streaming music stardom?
- Eero promises to solve your Wi-Fi woesEero, a sleek white box that offers a seamless 'mesh network' of Wi-Fi could mean the end of buffering troubles and tricky set-up configurations. Will the promise of good Netflix woo people?
- Cops can't kill The Pirate Bay, but maybe Spotify canTorrent website The Pirate Bay went back online on Saturday after being shut down by Swedish police in December. But a new question arises: will cheap streaming websites tempt people away from free, though illegal, download websites?
- Verizon offers silver bullet for immortal 'supercookies'Privacy experts pushed Verizon Wireless to suspend its required use of 'supercookies' – automatically regenerating data tracking cookies that create advertising profiles of its customers.
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