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Facebook Serves 4 Billion Video Views Per Day

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In its first quarter earnings call Wednesday, Facebook CEO and cofounder Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the social network now serves more than four billion video views a day, 75% of which come from mobile.

One thing worth keeping in mind: Facebook defines a video “view” as watching only three seconds or more, which is a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it metric for videos that play automatically. Other platforms, such as YouTube, require users to linger much longer on a video before it counts as a “view.”

Facebook declined to spell out exactly how much advertising revenue is coming from its videos, but executives repeatedly stressed just how much marketers flock to video generally.

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Virtual Reality App Puts You At The Scene Of The Trayvon Martin Murder

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Headed up by veteran journalist Nonny de la Peña and her company, Emblematic Group, the experience puts you on the same street in the gated community in Sanford where the incident occurred, complete with rain effects and nighttime atmospherics that add to its realism.

Using the audio files of real 911 calls, architectural drawings of the area and witness testimony from the subsequent trial of Zimmerman, who was found not guilty of second-degree murder in 2013, the VR experience is disturbingly effective in transmitting what being at the scene of the incident might have felt like.

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Nike Air Force One Phone Cases For The iPhone

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Japanese company UNICASE has come out with an iPhone case that’s a must have for any sneaker lover out there. The soft phone case resembles the sole of the iconic Nike Air Force 1, and is of a similar texture to a real outsole. Besides offering a cool look, the case is very durable and will protect your phone from any scratches. Preorder for the case are open now, with the official release happening on April 22 through theUNICASE website. The Nike Air Force 1 iPhone Case has a price tag of ¥3,300 JPY (approximately $30 USD).

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Halo 5 Guardians Has A Release Date

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Last night during an episode of The Walking Dead on AMC, the first official live-action trailer for Halo 5: Guardians premiered. Microsoft has now formally revealed the first native Xbox One installment in the franchise will be releasing worldwide this October 27, 2015. In comparison to its past November releases, Master Chief will now be following Forza Motorsport 6 – currently slated for a September release later this year.

Rise of the Tomb Raider is still without a release date, so Microsoft could position its Killer-App a sole exclusive release in November. Take a look at the live-action tease above featuring Agent Locke and Master Chef’s confrontation and look for more details in the coming weeks regarding the big release.

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First there was Warren Buffett, then Mark Zuckerberg and now Tim Cook. The Apple CEO told Fortune magazine on Thursday that he intends to donate his $785 million nest egg to charity. He just needs to pay for his nephew’s college education first.

Cook, 54, is the subject of a lengthy profile in Fortune, which estimated his net worth at $120 million and another $665 million in stock if it was all fully vested. While Cook isn’t worth the billions of dollars that Buffett and Zuckerberg are, his pronouncement catapults him into the ranks of the richest executives in the world who have turned to philanthropy.

“You want to be the pebble in the pond that creates the ripples for change,” Cook told Fortune.

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The New Ford Car Will Stop Drivers From Speeding

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The new system, called the intelligent speed limiter, was unveiled by Ford of Europe in Germany on Tuesday. But Ford’s European division said the technology will be available worldwide.

The S-Max can read signs with its traffic sign recognition system and adjusts for speed accordingly. And it doesn’t need to pull down the brake to slow down the car.

“The system does not apply the brakes but smoothly controls engine torque by electronically adjusting the amount of fuel delivered,” the company said in a press release.

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Internet Explorer’s Time Comes To An End

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While the news leaked months ago on social media, Microsoft just made it real; they announced yesterday that starting to phase out the jalopy of a browser just before it hits its 20th birthday later this year. While some have said that the program is dead, that’s a bit of an exaggeration as of now, but it’s definitely on life support, and Microsoft has its hand loosely on the plug. IE will still exist on some versions of the new Windows, but it’ll have to share some hard drive space with its shinier successor, the new Microsoft browser codenamed “Project Spartan.”

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Breitling B55 Watch Connects To Your Phone

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Say what you will about the new Apple Watch, the world’s best timepiece makers continue to tick forward with big advances of their own. Breitling’s latest entrant is the B55 Connected Watch, which connects via Bluetooth to your smartphone to unlock even more features and precision to the Swiss watch maker’s resume. The B55 is the natural evolution of the B50, powered by a proprietary Superquartz movement exclusive to Breitling that features a rechargeable battery, automatic back-light sensors, and a host of standards like a perpetual calendar, 1/100 of a second chronograph, time zones, and an electronic tachometer.

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