Report: “YouTube Connect” will be a livestreaming Periscope competitor | Ars TechnicaVentureBeat has the scoop on another YouTube service: YouTube Connect. Connect would be a livestreaming service which would take on "spur-of-the-moment" live video services like Facebook Live and Twitter's Periscope.

The report says the service would include apps on Android and iOS with "much of the same functionality" as Periscope and Facebook Live

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Apple admits to Imagination Technologies talks, declines takeover bid "Apple on Tuesday acknowledged having held discussions with British graphics processor design firm Imagination Technologies, but the iPhone maker has reportedly chosen not to attempt an acquisition — for now."

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Everything Apple Announced at its March 2016 Event The iPhone SE is a 4-inch device that comes with a 64-bit A9 chip and an M9 motion coprocessor – making it equivalent to the iPhone 6s. It has a 12-megapixel camera with all the standard features, such as panorama, time lapse, slow-motion, 4K video capture, and Live Photos. The selfie cam has a true-tone flash as well.

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Let us loop you in: What to expect from Apple’s March 21 event | Ars Technica "Next week, Apple is expected to remedy that with a new 9.7-inch tablet that's basically an iPad Pro Mini."

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At the Dubai World Drone Prix, where a UK teen won the $250K grand prize | Ars Technica DUBAI—As the dust settles on Dubai’s World Drone Prix, the first truly global drone-racing event, it’s one of the youngest pilots on the scene who walks away with the top prize. 15-year-old Luke Bannister, flying for the UK-based Tornado X-Blades team, out-performed 150 global teams here in Dubai to become the first World Drone Prix champion, netting a cool $250,000 (£175,000) in the process.

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'Let us loop you in' live: Apple's March 21 event will be streamed online "Apple's March 21 keynote will be streamed live on Apple TV, Mac, iPhone, iPad and more, giving consumers around the world the opportunity to be among the first to see its latest products."

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