Louie Baur

  Louie Baur is Editor at Long Beach Louie, a Long Beach Restaurant Review site as well as Skateboard Park. Find him on Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.

   

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1301 Stories by Louie Baur

Walmart has launched its own mobile payments service

There are thousands of Walmarts scattered across the country, so it’s no surprise that companies like Apple and Google have been trying to get...
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China claims it doesn’t censor the Internet, it just manages content

Well everybody, it looks like we’ve all been wrong about China this whole time! Contrary to popular belief, the Chinese government doesn’t actually censor the...
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Information on the OnePlus 3 may already be popping up

There may have been a few (or several) bumps in the road, but this year has been great for OnePlus. Not only was the...
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HTC and Valve’s virtual reality headset is being delayed until April

HTC and Valve’s co-developed virtual reality headset has been delayed by a few months. We’ve known the device wouldn’t fully hit the market until...
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Snapchat’s publisher platform is becoming a little too crowded

A little under a year ago, there were less than a dozen publishers using Snapchat, but after seeing how useful the app’s Discover platform...
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A large chunk of consumers still prefer 4-inch smartphones

Although many consumers have acquired a taste for big smartphones and phablets over the last few years, a significant chunk of Americans still prefer...
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Facebook’s live streaming feature is now available to regular users

Live streaming is the name of the game right now, and Facebook wants in on the action. The company launched a live streaming feature...
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Yahoo Messenger is back as an image-centric messaging app

Those of you still using the older web-based version of Yahoo Messenger will be sad to hear that Yahoo will be ending support for...
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Google is taking a page out of Pinterest’s playbook

One need only look at Pinterest’s 100 million active monthly users to know that image bookmarking is really popular at the moment, and Google wants...
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Xiaomi’s all-metal laptop may launch sometime around Q2 2016

It’s odd to see a smartphone manufacturer expanding into the laptop market, as it’s usually the reverse that happens, but that’s what Xiaomi appears...
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This startup wants to turn your food scraps into something useful

It’s embarrassing how much food we throw out every day, and even though some of us may feel guilty when we think about it, that’s still not...
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The virtual reality market will be worth $15 billion by the end of 2017

Everyone knows that virtual reality is the future of entertainment, but we still have a few years before the technology really starts to pick up,...
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The Apple Watch is surprisingly popular with holiday shoppers

Every year, holiday shoppers practically (or literally) trip over each other to get their hands on the latest Apple products, and it looks like...
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Apple may be ditching the 3.5mm headphone port for the iPhone 7

Apple has jumped through hoops to ensure that nearly every new device it releases is thinner than its predecessor, and it looks like the...
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Google will donate to charity every time you use Android Pay

I’ve always believed that the best kind of charity is the kind that you can profit from while still helping people out, and it...
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Bing just received a bunch of shopping features for the holidays

Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Microsoft has added a plethora of new features to Bing that will improve the online shopping...
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Xiaomi might unveil its first smartwatch next week

In three days, Xiaomi will throw its end-of-the-year Grand Finale event, where it’s expected to unveil a bunch of new products, including the Redmi Note...
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Why does Google have so many different music streaming services?

Google Play, Google Play Music, Google Play Music All Access, YouTube, YouTube Music Key, YouTube Red, YouTube Music. Google doesn’t really care about keeping...
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