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YouTube Launches pay-to-watch subscriptions!
Google is trialing a paid subscription service on popular video sharing site YouTube to a small number of users. It is currently on 53 channels and cost around £0.64 a month with a 14 day free trial available. Google says that the new scheme will enable "content creators to earn revenue for their creativity". YouTube said on their blog that "this is just the beginning and that they'll be rolling the service out more broadly in coming weeks.
US government orders removal of 3D Gun designs from website
The United States government has written to the Gun's designers, demanding that they be taken offline and that they may be a breach of arms-control regulations. The Gun is made out of plastic and the designs are able to be downloaded and printed via a 3D printer. However, it is unlikely to stop the spread of the design as they have already been uploaded to file sharing sites, such as pirate bay where the gun is the most downloaded item in their 3D printer section.
Amazon building a Smartphone with 3D display?
New rumors are suggesting that Amazon is working on an addition to it's Kindle tablet and E-book reader line with a Smartphone featuring a 3D holographic display. The Wall street journal has reported that people 'familiar with the companies plans' say that the phone will have a 3D display but will not require glasses. It will use eye-tracking technology to display a 3D image from any angle. We've already seen 3D in a portable device: the Nintendo 3DS. However this was a huge failure for Nintendo and did not prove at all popular. Will Amazon's attempt be successful, if true?
Samsung Galaxy S4 faces storage criticism
Samsung is now being investigated by a BBC watchdog programme as consumer rights are questioned after storage criticism Samsung advertises 16GB of storage their new flagship device but it turns out that just half of that is actually available for the user to fill. However Samsung have played it down, telling C-net: "6.85 GB occupies the system part of the internal memory" and that the rest is because of the High-res display and extra features. They have also said that you can still put in a memory card with up to 64GB of expandable storage- However this will come at a price.
Watch the trailer for the BBC watchdog programme here:
Watch the trailer for the BBC watchdog programme here:
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