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Slingshot, Facebook’s new Snapchat competitor, has today been made available internationally on Android and iOS. The free service, which first made its debut in the U.S. last week, allows users to send “shots” containing pictures or videos to each other — but only after they’ve sent a shot back.

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Samsung is the only major OEM in the emerging smart watch market with four devices on sale, giving the company a key advantage over its competitors. Today, the company confirmed its dominance in the smartwatch market where it managed to grab a market share of 71.4% in the first quarter of this year.

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Just a few hours before Google I/O is scheduled to start, Google has gone ahead and announced a major software and hardware update for the Google Glass. On the hardware side, the company has bumped the RAM to 2GB to help alleviate all the performance issues Glass users frequently complained about.

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Unlike Apple, Google has always released a new version of Android within a short time of announcing it. However, it looks like the company is going to do things differently with its upcoming ‘L’ release of Android.

In an interview with BusinessWeek, Sundar Pichai, head of Android and ChromeOS at Google, revealed that the company would be previewing the next version of Android at Google I/O, which is scheduled to kick off in less than 24 hours from now.

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The great thing about having virtual navigation buttons on Android is that they can disappear when you don’t need them to provide you with more screen space. They can also be modified. Using a new tweak called Xtended NavBar, you can turn the standard Android navigation buttons on your rooted device into handy shortcuts and quick settings toggles.

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