Xiaomi's Hugo Barra will now spearhead Oculus VR

Former Googler and Xiaomi executive Hugo Barra exited the Chinese company recently stating that life in China, 'had taken a huge toll on my life.' Citing that he misses Silicon Valley, Barra said he'd take an advisory role at Xiaomi. Now we find out, via Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, that Barra will head Facebook's VR initiatives and is being tasked to take Oculus VR into the mainstream. Zuckerberg made the announcement showing his and Barra's avatars hanging out together in VR space.

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5 things you need to know about the 2017 Chevy Bolt EV

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The Chevy Bolt EV is a transformative vehicle. Not only is it going to be the first EV to sell  in Canada for $30,406 Starting MSRP (after $12,389 incentives, in Ontario) and will have a EPA-estimated KM range on a full charge.

Here are five things to know about the Bolt EV and the new era of electrified emissions-free driving it ushers in.

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Brydge makes it possible to convert Surface Pros into notebooks for $130

Surface Pro 3 and 4 users who have Surface Book envy now have the option to get a proper metal keyboard for their Surface devices. Brydge is offer two versions of the Brydge 12.3, one which functions simply as a Bluetooth keyboard ($129) and another which adds another 128GB of storage to your Surface Pro ($229). Set to ship in Spring, the Brydge 12.3 models are available for preorder now.

Short LG video hints at what features might be coming in their next flagship

LG's latest ad can be considered a teaser on what the company will reveal on Mobile World Congress. We already know the LG G5 isn't the platform they are going to go with so they've created something entirely new. The ad seems to hint that LG has been listeing to customers to find out what they want in a mobile device. The features mentioned here are bigger screen but smaller body, one-handed use, waterproof, a camera that captures it all and a shatterproof display which really sounds like a dream phone if your think of it.