Facebook will let you enable two-factor authentication without SMS

Enabling two-factor authentication is an essential feature you should be enabling. Now, you can protect your Facebook account without handing over your phone number. You can use authentication apps like Google Authenticator, TypingDNA, and Authy. You can enable this by heading to Settings > Security and Login and then head over to Two-factor authentication. You can check this link to see what you need to do. Or you can check under the cut:

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Samsung releases ‘Incredibles 2’ AR Emojis

With Samsung’s partnership with Disney, it’s not surprising that the Incredibles 2 are getting the AR Emoji treatment. All five members of the superhero family as well as Frozone are available for you to play around with. AR Emoji has been likened to Apple’s Animojis. These emojis use your facial expressions to animate the characters you see on the screen. This latest pack is already available in the camera’s AR Emoji mode. Just a reminder that only the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus have access to this feature.

Source: Android Authority

Car-sharing service Car2Go ceases service in Toronto over prohibitive parking regulations

Car2Go is considered one of the most recognizable and popular car sharing services which has allowed many Canadians to get by without owning a car, which can be expensive in a city like Toronto where most of the parking spaces have been converted into high-rise condos.

Car2Go, which has 80,000 customers in Toronto, announced it is shutting down operations in the downtown core due to what it calls prohibitive parking permit fees. The familiar blue and white SmartCar vehicles will soon disappear from 350 parking spaces in Toronto.

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Amazon Prime Music brings Alexa hands-free functionality to mobile devices

Starting today, Prime Music is bringing Alexa wake word capability to the Amazon Music mobile app, providing customers with a full integration of voice capabilities. Now, when customers open the Amazon Music app, they can ask Alexa to play music wherever they go without touching to talk – a completely hands-free listening experience!

When the Amazon Music app is open and in the foreground on any iOS and Android smartphones, customers can safely utilize all of the innovative voice features they use on Echo devices to play music by mood, genre, artist or song title and much more, no searching or browsing required. Customers can now simply say “Alexa”, to play, pause, move back and forth between songs, and much more.

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