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We’ve known for a while now that ZTE has been working on a new wearable device. Reports suggested that it was going to offer an affordable smartwatch powered by Android Wear 2.0. ZTE has officially announced its latest product today, it’s the Quartz smartwatch, and it will be released later this month.

The ZTE Quartz is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 2100 processor coupled with 768MB of RAM and 4GB of onboard storage. Powered by Android Wear 2.0, it features a 500mAh battery, a built-in speaker and mic, GPS and LTE connectivity, and happens to be water resistant. ZTE Quartz also features a 400×400 1.4 inch AMOLED display.

The smartwatch itself has been fashioned out of metal and features removable watch bands that allow users to customize the look to their preference. Features missing from the smartwatch include wireless charging, a heart rate sensor, and NFC which means it’s not compatible with Android Pay.

ZTE has confirmed that the Quartz is exclusive to T-Mobile at this point in time so it’s unclear if it’s going to be offered by any other carrier as well. T-Mobile is selling it for $199 outright or $192 on its payment plans.

T-Mobile is going to start selling the ZTE Quartz from April 14th online and sales will begin in its store from April 21st.

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It feels really bad when your expectations are not met. You paid hundreds of dollars for a hotel room that looked straight out of your dreams in the pictures but when you finally get there after hours of traveling and you find that it’s not that it was made out to be, you tend to get disappointed. Travel-booking company Expedia wants to make it a more immersive experience so that its customers can get a proper feel for the room, and for that it’s relying on virtual reality.

Expedia is working on providing virtual reality versions of its hotel listings so that customers can check them out in an immersive environment. It has embarked upon this endeavor as more and more people have access to some form of a VR device at home.

“If you’re going to make the decision of [booking] a cruise, wouldn’t it be cool if you could check out the ship [virtually] before you spend that much money?” asks Arthur Chapin, Expedia’s Senior Vice President, Product and Design.

Virtual reality can play a vital role in helping people make their travel decisions. It will enable them to virtually step inside a hotel room and experience it right from the comfort of their own couch. Users will even be able to interact with their surroundings by sliding the doors open and stepping out onto the balcony.

It will take some time before VR is implemented on a wider scale for properties listed on Expedia, but it’s an exciting possibility nonetheless, one that Expedia is working hard to bring to reality.

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It would seem that consumers in South Korea aren’t shying away from the Galaxy S8 because of the Galaxy Note 7 battery debacle. In just two days, Samsung’s new flagship phone has managed to hit 550,000 pre-orders in Korea, surpassing the other flagships that came before it. Moving half a million pre-orders over April 7 and April 8 is impressive … Continue reading

There’s a lot of leeway you can take when it comes to cooking ― if you’re out of peanut butter, for example, almond butter will do in a pinch. But some culinary decisions are downright sinful. Twitter has called out the worst culinary cardinal sins with the hashtag #culinarycardinalsins, and we have to admit: they are spot on.

Margarine will never be a suitable substitute for butter ― just as a recent Dunkin’ Donuts lawsuit points out ― and raisins are the worst things to happen to oatmeal cookies, Twitter reminds us.

Read on for the worst culinary cardinal sins to happen in the kitchen.

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When a group of rowdy white supremacists infiltrated Saffiyah Khan’s home city of Birmingham, England, she chose the “kill ‘em with kindness” approach ― and it made for some incredible photos.

A group of marchers with the far-right English Defense League were demonstrating in Birmingham’s city center in response to the attack on Westminster Bridge last month. The Islamophobic group is known for its often rowdy and violent protests. 

“I ended up going to the EDL demo because there is a history of harassment and assault of Muslims, vulnerable members of the public, and people of color at the demos and outside of it,” Khan told Buzzfeed. 

She was calmly hanging around the demonstration when she saw one woman in hijab completely surrounded by dozens of angry white men, and chose to step in. That’s when Press Association photographer Joe Giddens captured the incredible moment between Khan and EDL member Ian Crossland. 

Khan said she “didn’t feel threatened in the slightest way” ― and it’s fairly obvious. Throughout her interaction with Crossland, she remains smiling with her hands in her pockets, clearly unfazed.

Her photo quickly went viral, with thousands on Twitter celebrating her badassery.  

One Birmingham MP, Jess Phillips, hailed Khan as “the real Brummy” (a nickname for British folks from Birmingham, with a Birmingham acccent) while referring to the EDL as a group “who migrated for the day to our city and failed to assimilate.”

In a follow-up interview with the BBC, Khan said that “Sometimes it’s more important to smile than to shout.” 

Hear, hear. 

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