A virtual reality refresher course; Google and privacy concerns; Snapchat visits the dugout; WeChat has some homework for Chinese student; and more …
- Google extends reach of “right to be forgotten” to all search sites. (Kelly Fiveash, Ars Technica)
- Virtual reality and augmented reality have already notched $1.1 billion in investment in 2016. (John Gaudiosi, Fortune)
- Let’s have a refresher course on what actually is, and is not, virtual reality. (Joshua Goldman, John Falcone, c|net)
- UK startup Babylon plans to launch an app that will listen to symptoms and provide advice. (Simon Parkin, MIT Technology Review)
- Google patents an augmented-reality-based “storytelling device.” (Mark Sullivan, Fast Company)
- MLB gives Snapchat a workout in the dugouts at spring training. (Eben Novy-Williams, BloombergBusiness)
- WeChat ups the ante for that bane of student existence … homework. (Yiting Sun, MIT Technology Review)
- In little over a week, the app Being gets 50K downloads, tons of press … and its API access pulled by Instagram. (Sarah Perez, TechCrunch)
- Facebook acquires video-selfie startup Masquerade. (Paul Sawers, VentureBeat)
- An Amsterdam judge orders Google to release contact details of fake reviewers. (Kevin Rawlinson, BBC.com)