Fitbit to build an app store stuffed with third party apps; is a smartwatch incoming?

Is Fitbit about to make its own smartwatch? The company"s CEO, James Park, says that he wants to build an app store ASAP. That would seem to be a big clue that Park has a Fitbit built-smartwatch in mind. If you"re not familiar with the brand, the company builds activity trackers that monit..

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Google is pulling the plug on the Hangouts API and third-party app support

For all the amazing work and achievements Google can credit itself in the tech realm as a whole, there is one area which has seemingly and rather inexplicably always eluded the online giant. Social efforts in all shapes and forms, including messengers and the infamous Google+ have always been a weakpoint in the chain and the current situation isn"t really that much better.
Allo and Duo seem to be center-stage in the IM package Google is currently trying to push to end users. Thus, Hangouts" faith is still quite uncertain and while Google is sticking to its promise not to retire it, it is now clear that a major course readjustment is already underway.
As part of that, the platform"s API, or at least the part used by many third-party developers will be going down on April 25. Apparently, Google intends to use Hangouts as a specialized tool for meetings and market it for enterprise use.
At the Google Horizon event in September 2016, we previewed a new experience for Hang..

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On April 25th, most third party apps using Google Hangouts will be shutting down

Even with its Allo messaging app launched, Google has said that it has no plans on shuttering Google Hangouts. Still, it has started pre-installing Allo on new Android handsets instead of Hangouts. While Google might not be ready to eliminate Hangouts, it is no longer allowing third party apps to us..

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Social care funding: MPs urge "swift" cross-party review

Image copyright Science Photo Library Image caption Social care includes care homes, nursing homes and home help with daily tasks The heads of three Commons committees have urged the prime minister to find a “political consensus” on funding social care in England before 2020.
They say a cross-party review is the best method of finding a “sustainable way” to fund rising social care costs.
The MPs say agreement must be found quickly if it is to be reflected in the next spending round.
The government says adult social care will receive an extra £900m funding over the next two years.
The Local Government Association estimates there will be a £2.6bn funding gap in providing adult social care in England by 2020 – because of pressures from an ageing population, inflation and the cost of paying the National Living Wage.
Care: The alternative optionsHow the care system works across the UKThe government announced in December it would allow councils to raise council tax further to pay for social..

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Where"s the party?! Man Utd"s New Year "feast" looks painfully lame

Ander Herrera posted an Instagram photo of himself and team-mates eating their final meal of 2016, but despite celebrating a win, the menu was far from five-star
EXTRA TIME Manchester United may have won five Premier League games in a row to end the year in style, but their New Year"s Eve feas..

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Best mobile party games for the holiday season

It"s the holiday season and we all know what happens during this time of year. We go home for the holidays, spend some quality time with our friends and family at the dinner table, and when we"re all full, we start to wonder what to do. Conversations start to repeat themselves, our mothers..

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Political party conferences 2016: At-a-glance guide

Image copyright PA Here is an at-a-glance guide to the 2016 party conference season…
Conservative conference Media captionIn full: Theresa May"s conference speech The headlines:
In her first big conference as leader, the prime minister set out her vision for the party and country, as she vowed to build a “united Britain” in which “fairness is restored” Home Secretary Amber Rudd set out plans to make firms do more to employ British people – but they provoked a furious backlash from political leaders and businesses. Chancellor Philip Hammond said he was ready to boost spending and axe his predecessor George Osborne"s plans to balance the nation"s finances by 2020 to help guard against Brexit “turbulence” Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced plans to increase the number of medical school places by 25% – to 7,500 a year – from 2018, under plans to make England “self-sufficient” in training doctors Education Secretary Justine Greening announced six “opportunity areas” ..

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Put your Gears on we are going to have a party.

Gadgets Put your Gears on we are going to have a party.
DailyTech Staff – December 17, 2016 1:00 AM
Recipient E-mail Sender E-mail Ever since the Facebook acquired Oculus, the virtual reality company, 2.5 years ago everyone was curious when social media giant will bring its core..

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Microsoft plans to open Cortana to third-party developers to compete with Amazon Echo and Google Home

In line with recent rumors that Microsoft is going to harness the ubiquity of Windows and the smarts of Cortana to compete with Google and Amazon in the smart home niche, the tech giant has now opened its AI assistant to third-party developers and device makers. This way Cortana can be integrated in..

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Political party conferences 2016: At-a-glance guide

Image copyright PA Here is an at-a-glance guide to the 2016 party conference season…
Conservative conference Media captionIn full: Theresa May"s conference speech The headlines:
In her first big conference as leader, the prime minister set out her vision for the party and country, as she vowed to build a “united Britain” in which “fairness is restored” Home Secretary Amber Rudd set out plans to make firms do more to employ British people – but they provoked a furious backlash from political leaders and businesses. Chancellor Philip Hammond said he was ready to boost spending and axe his predecessor George Osborne"s plans to balance the nation"s finances by 2020 to help guard against Brexit “turbulence” Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced plans to increase the number of medical school places by 25% – to 7,500 a year – from 2018, under plans to make England “self-sufficient” in training doctors Education Secretary Justine Greening announced six “opportunity areas” ..

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Google Cast branding for third party devices to be replaced with "Chromecast built-in"

In what is the latest confusing branding move from Google, third party devices that support its Cast standard will no longer actually promote the Google Cast name to consumers. Instead, what you"ll see on the box of that new TV or speaker will be that it has “Chromecast built-in”.
In a way, this makes sense, since the Chromecast name has a lot more brand recognition than Google Cast ever had, so it will be easier for people to tell what such TVs and speakers can do – given the success of the Chromecast line of devices.
On the other hand, Google should probably stop changing the names of its products and services so often. Even in the Chromecast realm, we went from Chromecast (the device and the app) to Google Cast (the protocol, the new name of the app, and branding for third parties), to the situation we have now – where Chromecast is the standalone streaming stick, and third party devices come with “Chromecast built-in”. All OK and pretty logical, right? Well, not really, if y..

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"Mad dog" general tipped for Trump cabinet

Video: Donald Trump continues cabinet talks Donald Trump and Mike Pence are having further discussions at the President-elect"s New Jersey golf club over who should be in their cabinet.
Several senior posts in the administration have already been filled including US attorney general, CIA director, national security adviser, White House chief of staff and chief strategist.
But there are a number of top jobs still up for grabs and among those seeing Mr Trump have been former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
“Numerous patriots will be coming to Bedminster,” Mr Trump tweeted, adding that he is continuing to “fill out the various positions necessary to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Speaking to Fox News, Vice President-elect Mr Pence refused to be drawn on whether retired Marine Corps General James Mattis would become defence secretary.
Mr Trump had earlier tweeted that the four-star General had been shortlisted for the job of leading the Pentagon, ref..

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Who is Francois Fillon and why does he matter?

Image Caption: Francois Fillon is now favourite to be the centre-right"s candidate for the French presidency Mark Stone Europe Correspondent Twitter Follow Mark He was the third man in the race just a few weeks ago, trailing in the polls.
Now Francois Fillon has emerged as the landslide winner in what was a vital night for French politics.
A former prime minister, he has surged ahead in the first round of Les Republicains primaries, emerging as the front runner in the second round next weekend.
So what"s the vote for? Who is Mr Fillon? And what does the result mean – for France, for Europe and even for Brexit?
What are the Les Republicains Primaries?
Rather like the US primaries, France has now introduced elections for the public to choose the leaders of its political parties ahead of Presidential elections.
No longer are leaders decided on in closed rooms but by the voting public.
The centre-left Socialists have been doing it for several years. The centre-right Les Republi..

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