On-demand hotel porn just not what it used to be

Hyatt is joining Marriott and Hilton in eliminating on-demand adult entertainment offerings from hotel rooms.

As smartphones, laptops and tablets have grown in popularity, revenue from in-room entertainment — adult or not — has steadily and rather speedily decreased. In 2000, movie rental revenue per hotel room averaged $339 annually; in 2014, it had dropped to just $107.

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Clearly, Hyatt, which owns 618 properties in 51 countries, has taken notice.

“This content will not be introduced to any new Hyatt hotels, and it will be discontinued or phased out at all hotels,” the company said in a statement on Wednesday. …

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WedPics Team Releases Photo, A Collaborative Photo-Sharing App For iOS, Android And Web

The makers of the popular social app for weddings, WedPics, is today launching a new app for social-photo sharing in an effort to retain customers after the big day has wrapped. The sister app, simply called “Photo,” is meant to serve as an extension or companion to the company’s flagship application, offering couples and their guests a way to continue to take and share… Read More

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WedPics Team Releases Photo, A Collaborative Photo-Sharing App For iOS, Android And Web

Jeb Bush wants to name Washington football team 'Northern Virginia Redskins'

WASHINGTON — Jeb Bush’s latest foray into the debate over the Washington Redskins’ name debate has a glaring geographical error.

According to a Washington Post sports columnist, Bush has suggested a new name for the Washington football team, the “Northern Virginia Redskins — or something like that.”

See also: Jeb Bush says the Washington NFL team should keep its name

There’s just one problem with that: The Redskins play in Maryland

But they’re in Maryland………………………………………..https://t.co/TswGhhdaFl

— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) October 15, 2015

Back in September, Bush said he didn’t believe the team should change its name and that he didn’t find it offensive. …

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Samsung Galaxy Note5 now comes in two new colors

The Samsung Galaxy Note5 smartphone, which was launched back in August this year, now comes in two new colors: Silver Titanium and Pink Gold. As of now, both variants will only be available for purchase in the company’s home country of South Korea.

Technically speaking, the Silver Titanium variant isn’t new given that Samsung showed off the variant at the smartphone’s launch in August. However, it was only now that it’s being released. On the other hand, Pink Gold is a completely new color for the Note5.

While Samnsung didn’t provide an exact date for the launch of the Silver Titanium variant, the Pink Gold model will be available for purchase in South Korea from October 23. As for the price, the former will carry a price tag of 899,800 won ($800) and 965,800 won ($860) for the 32GB and 64GB model, respectively, while the latter will set you back 965,800 won ($860) for the 64GB…

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Samsung Galaxy Note5 now comes in two new colors

Nexus 6P reportedly delayed in Canada until November 2

If you’ve been waiting for the Google Nexus 6P to land in Canada, there’s potentially some bad news for you; the launch of Google’s latest flagship has reportedly been delayed until November 2nd, a week after it was first meant to launch.

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According to an internal document from carrier Bell, which has been published by MobileSyrup, the Nexus 6P has been delayed until November 2nd due to supply issues. It’s unknown exactly what the issues are and while shipping to dealers and corporate stores will begin on October 23rd, none of these will be able to sell the actual handset to customers until November 2nd.

Over the past weekend, the Nexus 6P was removed from the Google Store in Canada and prior to this, delivery dates were being quoted as between Thursday, October 29th and Thursday, November 5th. It’s unknown whether these supply issues are affecting just Bell, all Canadian carriers or even other countries around the world but we’ll let you know if there’s any other countries experiencing delays.

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Google’s Nexus 6P was developed in partnership with Huawei and is the company’s latest flagship handset, sporting a 5.7-inch QHD AMOLED display with 518ppi pixel density, an octa-core Snapdragon 810 CPU, 3GB RAM, 32/64/128GB storage and a 12MP rear camera with laser autofocus and super-large 1.55µm pixel size. There’s also USB Type-C, NFC, a 3450mAh non-removable battery with quick charging, – Source      

Nexus 6P reportedly delayed in Canada until November 2

A bug reveals how popular you are on Facebook

The bug only affects the Facebook mobile site, not the app or the desktop site; Facebook plans to remove the view-counts from user posts on its mobile website.

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A bug reveals how popular you are on Facebook

Engineers attempt to clean the ocean with a 3D-printed bikini

Want to help clean polluted water? It might be as easy as slipping on this bikini

Mihri and Cengiz Ozkan, professors at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering, along with Ph.D student Daisy Patino and Ph. D graduate Hamed Bay, developed a material named Sponge. The engineer designed it to clean up oil and chemical spills and desalinizing water

See also: Design your own actually fashionable 3D-printed jewelry

The material, which is created from heated sucrose, has “a highly porous structure that is super hydrophobic, meaning it repels water, but also absorbs harmful contaminants,” a press release …

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Facebook bug lets you see how many people viewed your post

What if you could see exactly how many people saw your post on Facebook, and compare that to other users posts? That’s exactly what recently started happening to a number of users, due to a bug that shows view counts on some posts, both by individual users and pages.

The bug was reported by several users on Twitter on Wednesday, who started noticing view counts next to their posts

See also: Facebook is working on its own real-time news notification app

Normally, “reach” — a stat similar but not identical to the view count is only visible by page owners for their own posts; individual users should not be able to see any kind of statistics beyond the number of likes and shares, even for their own posts …

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Lady Gaga teaches us how to thrive as a bloodsucking sex maniac on 'American Horror Story'

If there’s a recurring image in American Horror Story: Hotel thus far, it’s a blood-covered Lady Gaga having orgies that end in death.

It first happened in last week’s “Checking In,” and once again in “Chutes and Ladders,” the second episode of the fifth iteration of AHS and an hour that shed a surprising amount of light on Gaga’s killer Countess.

See also: Lady Gaga checks into ‘American Horror Story: Hotel’ with a big, bad, bloody orgy

Not that there was much doubt before, but there’s absolutely none now: Elizabeth, the countess of the Hotel Cortez, is very much a vampire and very much interested in attaining new lovers. Case in point: Tristan Duffy, a narcissistic male model with an unquenchable thirst for cocaine and an unreasonable hatred for Kendall Jenner. (“Bitch blew me off at Coachella,” he reasons.) …

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Google Translate update brings instant visual translation between English/German and Arabic

The Google Translate app has been updated with a couple of new and useful features, including instant visual translation between English (or German) and Arabic, and support for Split View on iPad.

The updated app now lets you instantly translate printed text between the aforementioned languages. You can use this feature by simply opening the app, clicking on the camera, and pointing it at the printed text you need to translate. You’ll see that the translation will happen in real-time.

The update also brings along split view support on compatible iPads, allowing you to use the Google Translate app side-by-side with another app. “So if you’re sending an email or text and need to translate, you can see both apps at the same time. And it even works with text from online books or websites,” Google said in a blog post.

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Google Translate update brings instant visual translation between English/German and Arabic

Teaching a robot to fall over without making a fool of itself

Roboticists at the Georgia Institute of Technology are teaching robots how to brace themselves for a fall.

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Teaching a robot to fall over without making a fool of itself

LG G4 will begin getting Android 6.0 Marshmallow next week

LG will begin updating the G4 smartphone to Android 6.0 Marshmallow next week. The Korean manufacturer announced the rollout of the latest Android build to its flagship handset in an official press release.

Just like the LG G3 a year ago, the G4 will first receive the new firmware in Poland. More markets in Europe, Asia, and the Americas will follow soon thereafter.

The tech giant has worked closely with Google to make the update a reality. The update should hardly catch anyone by surprise, as the G4 packs the same chipset as the recently launched Nexus 5X by LG.

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LG G4 will begin getting Android 6.0 Marshmallow next week

Customs computer glitch traps angry travelers at airports nationwide

Dozens of angry travelers took to Twitter to report long delays in customs lines after technical malfunctions at major airports throughout the country Wednesday.

The technical issues have affected U.S. Customs & Border Protection Agency computers at John F. Kennedy International in New York, Boston Logan International, Hartsfield-Jackson International in Atlanta, Dallas Fort-Worth International and several other airports.

Travelers tweeted that they were told the outage could take several hours to fix, and were at risk of missing their flights due to the mishap.

#Jfk customs computer system down. They don’t know when it’ll be fixed. Typical#welcometousa @cnn @nytimes pic.twitter.com/LxK5f0lOyx

— B Lee (@mixiebug) …

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