Google closes Play for Education program

Google’s shuttering its Play for Education program three years after it was first announced and made available in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. The program was meant to encourage the use of tablets in the classroom. Starting March 14, the company will stop selling licenses for Play for Education but they will continue to support existing license holders for an unspecified period of time. The Next Web speculates that the focus of Google at the moment is getting more Chromebooks into the classroom. We hope that becomes a more viable solution to help kids learn in school.

Source: The Next Web

Instagram reportedly started rolling out two-factor authentication

Two-factor authentication is possibly one of the best ways to keep your online accounts secure. It took Instagram long enough to adopt the feature but it seems that’s about to change soon. The app has reportedly started rolling out the feature to some of its users. When it’s available to you, you just need to verify your phone number. Once you open the app and try to sign in with your account name and password, you’ll get a text message with an authentication code that you need to log in with. Basically, it’s the same application with other two-factor authentication logins. There is no official word yet from Instagram when they’ll roll it out for everyone. But it should be making its way to you soon.

Source: TechCrunch | Via: Lifehacker

Ultimate Ears and Red Bull Music Academy partner on UE MEGABOOM Shockwave Edition

Ultimate Ears has expanded their range of mutlifunctional Bluetooth headphones into various special editions. Ultimate Ears just announced UE MEGABOOM Shockwave Edition in partnership with Red Bull Music Academy, an international traveling series of festivals for those artists who make a difference in today’s musical landscape.

Bringing to life the natural synergies of Ultimate Ears and Red Bull, as both brands value the importance of music in people’s lives, appreciate the energy that music provides, and celebrate an adventurous spirit, the limited UE MEGABOOM Shockwave Edition features Red Bull colors and essence, as well as the epic, 360-degree sound Ultimate Ears is known for.

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Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge to feature wireless charging and water resistance

The above video is an Indonesian advertisement for the Next Galaxy and clearly shows a smartphone that, while looking nearly identical to the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, also brings a certain feature that those devices do not have, namely water resistance.

The above  ad also shows that the Galaxy S7 will have wireless charging/ Even the Galaxy S7 name was all but confirmed in the accompanying product pages and text but has since been removed. Good to see that Samsung has heeded user's requests to return the water resistance feature that set the Galaxy S5 apart from the pack. It looks doubtful if we will see removable backplates and batteries come back to the Galaxy S7 though.

Another inidication of the new Galaxy's design comes from case maker Spigen which similarly showed off what the new device will look like.

Source: The Verge