Instagram ditches Shop tab

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Instagram is shelving the Shop tab the company placed in the main navigation bar. In its place, the Create button will make a comeback. According to Instagram head Adam Mosseri, they wanted to "simplify" the app and refocus its priorities to "bring people together over what they love." This means, the options you get in the navigation bar include Home, Search, Create, Reels, and Profile. The changes will take effect in February.

Shopping won't take a backseat in the app, though. You can still shop in the app. The Meta-owned company also stated on its help page that it would “continue to invest in shopping experiences that provide the most value for people and businesses across feed, stories, reels, ads and more.”

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Lenovo introduces security-focused ThinkPhone

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In honour of the 30th year of its business-oriented ThinkPad line, Lenovo launched its first smartphone for IT professionals. The Lenovo ThinkPhone is built to work seamlessly with its ThinkPad PCs. 

This smartphone gets a discrete processor core that isolates sensitive data like PINs, passwords, and crypto keys. The ThinkPhone also supports Lenovo's ThinkShield security suite and Moto Secure, a hub for security and privacy features. And IT admins can use tools like Moto OEMConfig or Moto Device Manager to customize lock screen settings, pin layout scrambling, and network alerts.

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TCL RayNeo X2 AR glasses will start shipping to developers early this year

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TCL continues to build on its augmented reality glasses ambition. The new pair it showed off at CES 2023 still isn't as "subtle" as it claims. But for now, the TCL RayNeo X2 AR isn't being made for consumers anyway. It's still a developer platform meant to grow over time as the tech gets better. TCL wants to recruit developers to prepare for its eventual release, with the dev kit being offered to software makers "in select regions" by the end of the first quarter.

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Displace TV has vacuum suctions to stick on any surface

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One of the more ambitious products we've seen at CES 2023 is a new television called the Displace TV. This wireless 55-inch 4K OLED TV features an active-loop vacuum technology to suction itself into place. So, you can stick it to any wall or glass in your home. There are handles built into the frame, so it's easier to lift. According to the company, each unit weighs less than 20 pounds. 

It also has four hot-swappable onboard batteries, eliminating the need for a power cord. You can swap out the batteries even as someone is watching TV. The company hasn't shared information on battery size and charge time, but its representatives said you can expect around a month's use if you watch six hours of TV daily. 

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