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Be whatever or whoever you want to be: Facebook updates name policy
LG G Flex Frame: bent phones are not an accident this time
Nexus 6 pictures leak: Motorola’s Shamu Nexus 6 is a reality
Luxy Is the Tinder App of the One Percent
MOTA Smartring: the true One Ring

Be whatever or whoever you want to be: Facebook updates name policy

Posted: 02 Oct 2014 10:15 AM PDT

After receiving quite some backlash from the LGBTQ+ community on their name policy, Facebook has decided to update it and apologize.

Facebook has been receiving some negative backlash after some members of San Francisco’s drag community had their accounts closed for not using their “real names” (that is, their legal names). The LGBTQ+ community made a point out of this: these people chose to not identify as their biological sex, so whether their legal name is used or not doesn’t matter: they can choose to identify as whatever they want to.

Facebook has issued an apology, via Chris Cox’s personal page. The statement claims the company will “fix the way this policy gets handled”, but we don’t know any specific measures yet. The point, though, is that Facebook’s policy “has never been to require everyone on Facebook to use their legal name.” differentiating Instead that “everyone on Facebook uses the authentic name they use in real life.”

The issue that sparked it all was apparently caused by one single user who decided to report hundreds of accounts and profiles from drag and transgender people as fake. This is particularly awkward, because Facebook is notorious from taking no offense from pages that are clearly offensive. Still, good for them for acknowledging issues, and working to fix them.

Via Mashable

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LG G Flex Frame: bent phones are not an accident this time

Posted: 02 Oct 2014 06:00 AM PDT

Where the iPhone 6 had issues with getting bent and cracked. the LG G Flex Frame might actually turn that into its strength. This time, the phones are supposed to be curved.

Whether or not a product will come out of this remains to be seen, but the fact is that LG has filed patents for three new model names: LG G Flex Frame, the G Frame, and F Frame. Considering LG already has a curved display smartphone on the market, the LG G Flex, media is buzzing, calling this a successor or a product in the same vein. Maybe a new family of smartphones will come out of this? They already seem to be sharing the “frame” denomination.

We had heard before that we would see an LG G Flex 2, a phone with a smaller screen which could actually be one of these, likely the G Flex Frame. The other two, though, the G Frame and F Frame have us asking questions without any certainties.

Via Ubergizmo

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Nexus 6 pictures leak: Motorola’s Shamu Nexus 6 is a reality

Posted: 02 Oct 2014 05:00 AM PDT

Up until days, hours ago, everything about the Nexus 6 was a secret. Not anymore, though, as a few pictures of the device have leaked online.

Turns out there’s a new picture going around the web now of a working version of the Nexus 6 displaying Android’s ‘About phone’ screen. Based on this, we can confirm the 5.92-inch QHD screen and rounded corners, one of Motorola’s trademarks.

The pictures and mock up that illustrate this story came via Android Police, who clarified that the kernel seen in these images is way more recent than previous leaks for up to two months. The official unveiling has not happened yet, but journalists around the web are reporting a possible announcement date for October 15/16.

As more pictures and information surface you can be sure we’ll let you know what’s up, after all, this is only the other second phone family with a 6th main iteration coming out this year. Let’s just hope this one doesn’t bend.

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Luxy Is the Tinder App of the One Percent

Posted: 01 Oct 2014 01:08 PM PDT

~~Snobs~~ Rich people already have a social network only for themselves in the form of Netropolitan, but in order to communicate there, they first need to meet and know each other, and the Luxy dating app was made exactly for that.

The one percent seem to get more and more attention on the Internet lately, as more and more platforms are developed so that they can meet and brag about their bank accounts, fancy trips and bling-bling, in general. Somehow, their snobbishness reaches new limits, since they don’t realize how ridiculous is all this.

“Tinder was pretty awesome when it came out, but there’s a lot of riff raff on there,” explains an unnamed user who got cited in the press release. The developers claim that “It’s Tinder without low-income dating prospects. In fact, the average income of male users on LUXY is over $200k and those who are unable to keep up financially are immediately removed from the service.” After all, you’re dating for money, not for a happy life near someone you love, don’t you?

Luxy‘s CEO, who is simply known as Tim T., pointed out why an app like this was necessary: “With the rise of high-speed digital dating, it’s about time somebody introduced a filter to weed out low-income prospects by neighborhood.” Spokesman Darren Shuster made this point even clearer: “If you show up in a 20-year-old VW Bug, and request to meet at McDonald’s, you won’t last very long on LUXY. Look, these members drive the best cars, hang out at the fanciest hotels, live in the biggest houses, wear the best clothes. It doesn’t take long to weed out those who belong on a different kind of dating site.

Judging by the description of the app, Luxy is also for people who skipped grammar lessons, or school altogether: “Our members include CEOs, entrepreneurs, investors, millionaires, beauty queens, fitness models, Hollywood celebrities, pro athletes, doctors, lawyes [sic] and successful people, juast [sic] name a few.” Yeah, right! Netropolitan, the exclusive social network for the rich, claims the same thing, but I think this is a strategy used for attracting those exact categories of people. It’s like they’re saying: “You belong here! There are others just like you!”

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MOTA Smartring: the true One Ring

Posted: 01 Oct 2014 05:00 AM PDT

The MOTA smartring won’t make you invisible like Tolkien’s One Ring, but will really put the internet on your fingers, and nowadays, that’s just as useful.

Because pulling your phone out in the middle of a meeting might be considered rude but sometimes you just need to stay in touch with someone or on top of something, here comes the MOTA SmartRing. Sure, it does what almost every other smart-gadget does thanks to its app functionalities and its BlueTooth 4.0 connection to any smartphone, but the fact that it’s so small, discreet, and literally at your fingertips whenever you need it makes it a gadget worth considering for those who are in need of an elegant but reliable way of staying connected 24/7, in any context.

The MOTA SmartRing was designed to cut everything superfluous from your smart experience, and display only what you so choose: Twitter mentions, FB updates, or any other social media interaction can be further filtered, so only the few you personally choose are displayed. Also, the ring’s display will let you know who’s calling or texting before you even pull out your phone.

The project was being crowdfunded at Indie Gogo where it surpassed the goal already with almost a whole week to go still, so you can be sure we’ll be seeing more of the MOTA Smartring in the future. Who knows, maybe this is the next smartwatch after all.