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Scientists have developed a straightforward way to assess blood pressure where the user takes a selfie video. The technique works well with some people, but it is less effective with certain skin tones.
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By AFP
Paris -
President Emmanuel Macron has shrugged off a controversy over a photo of him posing with a bare-chested youth who is giving the middle finger during a trip to French territories in the Caribbean.
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The company Sun Dermatology has launched an app aimed at treating severe acne, to help patients track progress in relation to different medications. The app works by the patient taking digital images of their skin.
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Nottingham -
Technologists have developed technology that is capable of producing 3-D facial reconstruction from a single 2-D image -- the so-called '3-D selfie'. The technology will have several business applications.
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By AFP
New Delhi -
Three college students were killed by an express train Tuesday while taking photos of themselves on a track in India, the country with the world's worst record for selfie deaths.
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By AFP
Tehran -
Iran's newspapers were dominated on Monday by accusations lawmakers had embarrassed themselves by clamouring to take selfies with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini during her visit to parliament.
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Launceston -
Police officers gave a lift to a drunk man in Tasmania. After they tucked him into bed, the officers posed for selfie before leaving.
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By AFP
New Delhi -
Next time you're at the Taj Mahal, find yourself standing on a precarious cliff or see an approaching train, maybe just enjoy the moment rather than trying to capture the perfect selfie.
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The craze of taking ‘selfies’ (photographs of oneself) shows no sign of abating. Neither do the bizarre accidents associated with the act of selfie taking.
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MasterCard has started rolling out in at least a dozen European countries a new online payment technology using a selfie.
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Lima -
The body of a 28-year-old South Korean tourist who died after he fell from one of the world’s highest waterfalls while taking a selfie has been recovered.
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Sugar Land -
The city of Sugar Land, Texas recently installed two statues in the town square's public plaza, part of a 10-piece collection donated by a Sugar Land resident to the City. One statue, called "Selfie," has residents up in arms.
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Goa -
A group of five tourists who were all friends decided it was time to take a group shot while they were on vacation in Goa, India.
However, they apparently forgot to look behind them and tumbled off a cliff, and two in the group were seriously injured.
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By AFP
Chennai -
An Indian teenager was struck and killed after he tried to take a photo of himself in front of an oncoming train, police said Monday, in the latest deadly accident involving selfies.
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By AFP
Mumbai -
Mumbai police said Tuesday they have identified 16 dangerous selfie spots across the Indian city after a man drowned trying to save a girl who fell into the sea while taking a photo of herself.
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San Diego -
The man who was distracted by the electronic device he was holding and fell 60 feet to his death at San Diego's Sunset Cliffs has been identified, lifeguards say.
The incident happened around 4:50 p.m. on Christmas day.
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Sudbury -
Two brothers from Canada found a bald eagle with its talon stuck in a fur trap. They took action and freed it. After that, they took a selfie with it.
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Snapchat has launched a store that lets users pay to get more Lenses to use in the app, animated filters that can be applied to snaps. In a unique move, the company has surprised unhappy users by retweeting their annoyance alongside positive responses.
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Credit card provider MasterCard has announced it has begun rolling out a new biometric authentication technology previously known as Selfie Pay. It will allow card holders to complete transactions by scanning their face or providing a fingerprint.
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San Diego -
A man from the San Diego area found himself in a hospital bed, as well as with a huge hospital bill, after he tried to snap a selfie with a rattlesnake.
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Yellowstone National Park -
A Mississippi woman who was visiting Yellowstone Park with her daughter on Tuesday found out something that several tourists have had to learn the hard way.
Give large and imposing animals their space. Bison are no exception.
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By AFP
Mumbai -
Move over selfie, India is embracing the "velfie" with Bollywood stars, sporting heroes and even politicians taking and posting videos of themselves online using a range of new mobile apps.
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Card provider MasterCard has begun a trial of a new technology that could see its customers verifying purchases with a quick selfie as opposed to a password. The aim is to make something "cool" that is quicker and easier than a password.
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By AFP
France -
The man suspected of decapitating his boss and pinning his head to the gates of a gas factory in France sent a "selfie" with the severed head, a source close to the investigation said Saturday.
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Vancouver -
An enterprising elephant grabbed a Vancouver tourist's GoPro camera and snapped an "elphie" with the student.
It was definitely a once-in-a-lifetime photo opportunity for Christian LeBlanc, a University of British Columbia student.
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Hundreds of Leg selfies are flooding social media in Algeria after a student was banned from her exam for wearing a skirt which came above her knees.
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The selfie stick was the hottest item in stores leading up to Christmas last year. In fact, according to Spencer Soper, writer for Bloomberg, an estimated 100,000 selfie sticks were purchased in America in just the month before Christmas.
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Apple may be building facial recognition into the lock screen of its next iPhones, allowing users to unlock the phone by taking a selfie with the front-facing camera and eliminating the need for a cumbersome passcode.
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On Monday, women in Thailand were warned about posting "selfie" photos of the lower parts of their breasts, known as "underboob selfies."
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During 2014, Alex Pall and Drew Taggart were transformed from struggling producer/DJs into global EDM superstars. Touring the world with their mega-hits "#SELFIE" and "Kanye," Pall admits it has been a crazy year but they're digging every moment of it.
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selfie Image
A macaque behind the camera is probably the greatest "monkey" photographer in the world. J Unrau
A selfie photo taken by Ellen DeGeneres at the Oscars Sunday night Via Twitter account @TheEllenShow
The selfie taken by Germany's Lukas Podolski moments after his team wins the 2014 World Cup Via @Podolski10
These are a few photos of mine that are my personal favorites! Hope you like them too!
Malik Whiter's selife taken with teacher in background going through contractions. Selfie photo by Marik Whiter
Man seated playing the guitar. The detail of this statue is quite nice, lending realism to the figure. Sugar Land, Texas City Council
MasterCard lounge at Budapest Airport. Ato 01
The supposedly offensive statue, "Selfie" Sugar Land, Texas
Flirting with Helle Thorning-Schmidt not sure
These are a few photos of mine that are my personal favorites! Hope you like them too!
Curiosity takes a "selfie" to celebrate its One Mars Year Anniversary.
Curiosity landed on sol 0. So the end of sol 668 marked one trip around the Sun for Curiosity's surface mission. NASA/JPL-Caltech
A photo from Oscar Aguilar's Facebook page shows him "showing off" in a fancy vehicle. This is the only photo on his Facebook page since his death on July 28, 2014. Facebook
Darth Vader. YouTube screen grab
The alligator is a fun statue. Wouldn't you like a picture of one of your children with their head in the creatures mouth? Sugar Land, Texas City Council
Black cats are perceived as being less photogenic, but you should decide about that. Chris Yarzab
Palouse Falls State Park PJ Blalock
Just one of the most dangerous selfies ever made. YouTube
An astronaut takes a "selfie" in space. Oxford Dictionaries' word of 2013 was "selfie" Courtesy NASA
These are a few photos of mine that are my personal favorites! Hope you like them too!
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