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Prime Minister Mark Rutte will end this month with Neelie Kroes, the special envoy for start-ups, to California in Silicon Valley to visit major technology companies, universities and startups.

Obviously you know a long time that you are irresistible, but now you can also provide evidence. Scientists have developed an algorithm that analyzes faces and then indicating how old you estimated what sex you are and how clever you are.

VIDEO Drinking is most enjoyable with a good friend of flesh and blood. If not close, the solitary drinker can contact Drinky.

The smart wristbands gadget manufacturer Fitbit users are under less astute than forecast. Thus, they often do a very erratic heart rate measurement.

The CEOs of tech giant Apple earned last year per person approximately $ 25 million. According to a report from the US company by stock market watchdog SEC. Thus they earned more than CEO Tim Cook, who accounted for 'only' $ 10 million.

The Chinese company Ehang has developed a drone capable of carrying a human being. The futuristic vehicle seems to be the solution to the congestion problem. Though it may take years before the vehicle gets green light from the authorities.

Privacy Conscious seekers have a new search engine. After previously DuckDuckGo success thanks to the introduction by Edward Snowden exposed wiretapping of US intelligence, hope Fred Cornell (formerly Yahoo) and Rob Perin (ex-BlackBerry) now achieve the same success with Oscobo.

The Dutchman Pieter Swinkels, together with his colleague Dave Anderson was appointed executive vice president of e-reader maker Kobo. Swinkels was until Wednesday serving as a director of the PR department for non-English speaking markets.

Manufacturers equip more and more items with computer chips and sensors. A smart collar for the dog to a door lock. Gadgets Freaks feast of all these innovations, but the ordinary consumer takes out yet on his shoulders.

In the two weeks to January 3 customers have more than $ 1.1 billion (approximately € 1 billion) was spent on purchases within apps and apps. That Apple has announced today.

Samsung launches its mobile payment service in the short term in Australia, Brazil and Singapore. In addition, the service will soon be used via the gear S2 smart watch of the company.

After an absence of more than six years turns the famous Technics SL-1200 turntable back on the market. Parent company Panasonic has shown at CES in Las Vegas know that there is a seventh generation of the SL-1200 turntable.

Samsung introduces a refrigerator with three built-in cameras. Every time the refrigerator door is closed, taken photographs of the interior. Using a smartphone to consumers, wherever they are, always see what's in the fridge. The whole family is so informed.

Lenovo launches world's thinnest combination of laptop and tablet. Thanks carbon Yoga 900S weighs less than one kilo, while it is 12.8 mm thick. However, the battery is powerful enough to watch 10.5 hours of video.

Sony will equip a large part of its Ultra HD TVs with the 'image enhancement' HDR. Earlier, competitor LG already announced a similar move.

Struggling to your Twitter message in 140 characters to cram? The messaging comes you might meet soon. The company would consider to raise the limit to 10,000 characters per tweet.

Gadget Maker Fitbit has a new product on offer: a competitor for the Apple smart watch, but with a longer battery life. However, the smart watch could not count on applause at the fair.

HTC is hoping to pick up a piece with the fitness craze. Along with sporting goods manufacturer Under Armour launches a fitness system that sleep, activity and dietary measures, monitors and manages.

BREIN frontman Tim Kuik Tuesday put by the film industry in the limelight. He received the Jan Nijland Silver Rose at the New Year reception of cinema operator and film distributor NVBF union federation NVF.

In addition to televisions and smartphones electronics CES also a good place to spot the latest gadgets. There is special activity meter is looking for your dog or a spoon to smart metering to carry your child. Here is a selection of the six most striking accessories.

In Melbourne, Australia is a family left homeless after a hoverboard, received as a gift cherry, caught fire during charging. The fire started in the bedroom, it spread quickly. The house has been badly damaged.

Politicians must again be careful with what they put on Twitter. The service Politwoops will return Tuesday. The service keeps track of what politicians from 25 countries, including the Netherlands, delete. Politwoops Twitter was blocked in August, but comes back there now.

Piracy Group Hive-CM8 regrets the leaking of Quentin Tarantino's latest film The Hateful Eight before it turned into cinemas. That leaves one in a statement to TorrentFreak. However, the director should also be grateful.

Facebook has a small number of users deliberately leave the app crashing, to see how the victims could respond. Reported that the tech website The Information. The social network would thus examine whether the affected users of the app could turn back or not.

Legalization of online gambling is a lot closer. Government parties VVD and PvdA jointly submit proposals in order to arrive at a single tax rate for gambling.

Wifi hotspots are very useful, but it is important that you make use of it in a responsible way, so that you walk as little as possible risk.

The consumer websites benefits agency UWV and SVB are again accessible. Monday was log on to the sites through a fault not possible.

AMSTERDAM- The Dutch Human Fitness app is from Tuesday also available for Android devices. The free app distinguishes itself by not specifically targeting fanatics, but by ordinary people who want to live healthier.

Netatmo already had a camera in the collection for indoor use, but the company has now presented an outdoor security camera. Presence can detect people, vehicles and animals apart.

LG will present at the Consumer Electronics Show CES a new smartphone line. The K Series is in the middle, but contains a number of features of the more expensive models such as LG's advanced camera technology and the UX interface.