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Swipe right or left? Just let your heartbeat decide PSFK

A new app for Apple Watch, Hands-Free Tinder, monitors your pulse as you flick through faces to decide which people literally make your heart tick.

Facebook Place Tips finds interesting local places using iBeacons Facebook

Place Tips show people relevant info about the places they visit using their phone’s Blietooth settings and the Facebook Bluetooth beacon.

Your mobile phone will become the ‘centerpiece of everything’Wired

Microsoft has announced a scale-down of mobile hardware, saying the cellphone is dead. It’s not- it is the future - but Apple have absolutely cornered the market.

Harpers puts branded content – a Samsung phone - on cover In Publishing

The “Powered by Samsung” cover fuses fashion and technology and showcases a beautifully crafted shot of a model holding a Samsung Galaxy S6 edge phone,

Mastercard lets you take a selfie to make online payments CNN Money

The finance giant will start experimenting with a new program that approves online purchases with a facial scan via a mobile app.

Mark Zuckerberg explains why Facebook is investing in virtual reality Venture Beat

‘We’re working on VR because I think it’s the next major computing and communication platform after phones.’ Read more in Geek Wire.

BBC to give ALL children in Year 7 a tiny computer BBC

The BBC has revealed the final design of the Micro Bit, a pocket-sized computer set to be given to about one million UK-based children in October.