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BlackBerry launches 2 keyboard-less phones with huge batteries in India

Aug03
by on August 3, 2018 at 5:54 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, gear, Mobile, Plugged


BlackBerry unveiled its Key2 Android-based handset just two months ago, and the brand is already set to launch a couple more devices through Optiemus, its hardware partner in India. The new Evolve and Evolve X don’t have physical keyboards like the iconic models that made BlackBerry a household name, but they do come with 5.99-inch 18:9 FHD+ displays, Android 8.1, 16-megapixel selfie cameras, and large 4,000mAh batteries. Take a step into the future and evolve with BlackBerry. Presenting BlackBerry Evolve and Evolve X.#YesItsABlackBerry #BlackBerryEvolve #EvolutionBeckons pic.twitter.com/Xf09nu8twi — BlackBerry Mobile IN (@BBMobileIndia) August 2, 2018 The lower-end Evolve gets a 1.8…

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Social media users are turning to cosmetic surgery to look like their favorite Snapchat filters

Aug03
by on August 3, 2018 at 1:34 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media


Cosmetic surgeons have always fielded seemingly odd requests to recreate body parts from celebrities: Angelina Jolie’s lips,David Beckham’s calve, or perhaps Salma Hayek’s breasts. Teens today, however, are a different breed. Whereas a decade or two ago, looking like their favorite celebrity — or at least the version that’s airbrushed to within an inch of reality — might have been the request du jour, today teens want to look like their favorite Snapchat filters. Dr. Neelam Vashi, director of the Ethnic Skin Center at Boston Medical Center coined the term “Snapchat dysmorphia” to explain the worrying new trend. Teens, she says in…

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People are turning to subreddits in lieu of traditional counseling

Aug02
by on August 2, 2018 at 11:44 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media


“I want to die.” “I wish I’d said goodbye.” “I give up.” “Please help me.” Cries for help echo. These aren’t quotes from a suicide hotline, or a group therapy session. They’re all posts on Reddit, just a few out of the hundreds a day that are made on the dozens of subreddits dedicated to helping people with mental health problems, life crises, or emotional torment. For more people than we can count, Reddit — the same place we house silly memes, AMAs and raucous political commentary — has become their place to open up and receive nonjudgmental support the…

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