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On Feb. 4, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) celebrated its 13-year anniversary. Facebook has deemed Feb. 4 “Friends Day,” a celebration of its goal of connecting the world online. 13 For The 13th Anniversary Here’s a look back at the biggest milestones from the world’s leading...

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Virtual reality technology used to be considered a distant possibility for much of the population. Large, cumbersome machines and expensive devices were the only way for an average person to experience films and video games from the inside out. However, Oculus' latest headset is looking to...

When Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) announced a little more than a year ago that it had acquired Oculus VR, a leader in virtual reality technology, investors knew something big was on the way. While widespread use of virtual reality technology may still be several years in the future, Oculus and...

For more than a decade, virtual reality technology has been heralded as the future for the tech space. However, bulky equipment and sky-high prices have kept virtual reality from really taking off. Now, with Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)'s Mark Zuckerburg promising to invest heavily in virtual...

Oculus VR, which Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) bought for $2 billion in 2014, announced Wednesday that it would release its commercially-available Rift headset in Q1 2016. The move confirms that the headset will not be available for Christmas 2015. Oculus Vice President of Product, Nate Mitchell,...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) continues to tease new features for its upcoming virtual reality headset, including spherical videos. It sounds intriguing, but industry experts aren't convinced that this will have a major impact on Facebook. "VR in the social reality space is sort of a non-...

Virtual reality continues to pick up steam – especially now that Valve, the creator of the online game service Steam, has entered the fray. Benchmark analyst Michael Hickey thinks these companies could collectively bring about a revolution in entertainment consumption. "We're...

Smartphones, tablets and laptops are old news -- it's time for new tech products to take center stage. Read on to see which ones are most likely to make a splash in 2015. Virtual Reality Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE: SNE) and Facebook Inc's Oculus VR are already doing their part to advance virtual reality...

Virtual reality is still in its infancy, but Next Galaxy Corp's (OTC: NXGA) founder has big plans for near-term growth. "I think definitely, five years from now, we're going to have mainstream adoption of virtual reality," Mary Spio, founder, president, chairman and CEO of...

Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is rumored to be on the verge of a massive investment in Magic Leap, a virtual reality company that promises to redefine the VR industry. Some bloggers assume that this is Google's answer to Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) acquiring Oculus VR. That is certainly possible...

Last November, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) reportedly offered $3 billion to acquire Snapchat. The offer was puzzling on two fronts. First, why would Snapchat (which was only two years old at the time) turn down a bucket of cash? Big exits are hard to come by, and Snapchat -- an app of the moment --...

Is Normal the new normal for earphone manufacturing? If the company's unique concept takes off, it could spawn an entirely new subset within this growing industry. Unlike Beats Electronics and other one-size-fits-all manufacturers, Normal is a startup with one goal in mind: to produce custom...