Three UK owner Hutchison Whampoa has agreed to purchase O2 UK from Telefónica for £10.25 billion.

Talks between Hutchison Whampoa and Telefonica began in January of this year.

Three UK owner Hutchison Whampoa has agreed to purchase O2 UK from Telefónica for £10.25 billion. Talks between Hutchison Whampoa and Telefonica began in January of this year. Now this is all but a done deal, with approval needed from British regulators, which is expected to take up to a year.

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Microsoft has now decided that “Project Spartan“, the code name for their next-generation web browser for Windows 10, will also be the only browser that will use the company’s new web rendering engine. Internet Explorer 11 will keep the same engine for Windows 10 that it currently has for Windows 8.1.

Facebook announced a new feature for the social platform called “On This Day” that let’s users take a nostalgic trip down memory lane.

The feature works much like the Timehop posts you’ve no doubt seen on your Facebook news feed, surfacing things that you either posted or were tagged in from a specific date in the past. From Facebook:

On This Day shows content from this date in the past. For example, you might see past status updates, photos, posts from friends and other things you’ve shared or been tagged in – from one year ago, two years ago, and so on. Only you will see this content unless you decide to share it with your friends.

After checking out “On This Day” for the first time, users also have the option to subscribe to receive notifications whenever there is something to check out.

Facebook notes that users will be able to access “On This Day” on the web, as well as through a menu item in its mobile apps. The feature is still rolling out to users, however, and doesn’t look to be live as of this writing.

Source: Facebook; Via: The Next Web

Three UK owner Hutchison Whampoa has agreed to purchase O2 UK from Telefónica for £10.25 billion. Talks between Hutchison Whampoa and Telefonica began in January of this year.

Facebook announced a new feature for the social platform called “On This Day” that let’s users take a nostalgic trip down memory lane.

The feature works much like the Timehop posts you’ve no doubt seen on your Facebook news feed, surfacing things that you either posted or were tagged in from a specific date in the past.

Information security is always one of those topics that is hard to report on, especially with the sheer number of devices available today. The problem lies in what is dangerous, what is bad, or what is no-big-deal. Frankly, opinions vary on the risks and threats involved.

One neat feature in Windows Phone is the ability to select text and hit the Search key. The Windows Phone OS copies the information over to Bing (or Cortana), and it lets you search without having to copy/paste the selection. It is super useful and certainly convenient for speedy searches.

However, there does seem to be one instance where this feature works where it should not: password fields.

Samsung’s wireless everything strategy doesn’t seem to have a downside yet, but it’s still early.

There are a lot of reasons to be excited about the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge. The curved display on the edge and overall improved design with Samsung’ latest Galaxy generation takes this brand to new heights, but more than that there’s an opportunity to be truly wireless with this phone. The dual Qi/PMA charging solution baked into the back and Samsung’s integrated payment solution are the closest thing to being able to comfortably leave the house with just your phone that we’ve seen yet. As we’ve seen in the forums this week, that wireless freedom raises some natural questions regarding accessories. Specifically, if you’ve got a thick case on your Galaxy S6 or Galaxy S6 edge, will wireless charging or Samsung Pay even be an option.

The short answer is no, but as is often the case when things like wireless charging and digital payments are involved it’s a little more complicated than that.

This is everything you need to know about Google+, in one handy guide.

Google+ is the social backbone of the Google platform and a pretty decent social network for the millions of users who inhabit it. Thanks to its ties to Hangouts, Google+ can also become your own personal podcast, meeting space, or impromptu concert. Google+ Photos‘s freedoms and features have attracted photographers from around the world, and its simple editing tools and ability to share beautiful, full-size photos both with your friends and with the world have made it one of the better photo services out there today.

Even if you’re not looking for a new social network, that little red logo for Google+ does a lot of things for you. You use it to log into websites without filling out the same 20 questions every time you want to comment on a blog. It unifies your experience across the Google platform, from commenting on YouTube videos to leaving a bad review on the Play Store or Google Maps to bringing in results from your circles whenever you do a Google web search.

And here’s how to get the most out of it.

A new Windows 10 developer video uploaded by Microsoft showed a slide where the phone version of the OS displayed both a flashlight and a quick note selection feature in its Action Center.