A beloved Mac retail shop in Manhattan named TekServe is closing its doors this week after almost 30 years in the business. It’s also selling off its museum of vintage Macs. The bidding is currently at $29,000 for the walk down Apple’s memory lane. Of the 35 computers, TekServe b … | Continue reading
Yesterday, Great Britain’s Andy Murray and Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro matched up yesterday in a four-hour marathon of an Olympic final tennis match. The epic session also happened to take place on a court that looked like a giant green screen. It didn’t take the internet l … | Continue reading
Instagram is starting to surface video feeds from major events in its Explore tab. In addition to the ‘for you’ video feed and images the app thinks you might like, videos Instagram will also surface videos coming from a single place near you — like a concert. Instagram notes the … | Continue reading
In the coming years, Disney is planning 14-acre tracts in both California and Florida to house its new Star Wars area. If that’s enough to get you stoked to visit a Disney theme park, wait ’til you find out about the lightsabers. According to a patent application, Disney Enterpri … | Continue reading
Twitter’s Crashlytics has iOS developer’s backs with a new out of memory (OOM) reporting feature, a first for any crash reporting platform. For users, OOM crashes are just like any other app crash, and most reporting platforms file them as a basic crash. The problem is developers … | Continue reading
Google is letting parents snoop on their kids’ school work with a new feature for Google Classroom. When a teacher invites a parent to Classroom, they can see daily and weekly summaries of what their child has accomplished, and view any class announcements. Now parents won’t be t … | Continue reading
Telling people you’re an associate professor in Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University after having completed your PhD at 26 sounds very impressive. For Luis von Ahn, it’s just a bullet point on his long, formidable résumé. When he was 12 years old, Luis von Ahn came up w … | Continue reading
Several sources indicate the iPhone 7 may come with up to 256GB of flash storage. Previous reports suggest the bottom-tier option will be 32GB, as Apple is expected to drop the 16GB version. The latest source for the 256GB rumor is DigiTimes, which has a spotty track record with … | Continue reading
It’s no smell-o-vision, but it’s close… enough to reaffirm that it’s probably a bad idea to start. In an upcoming game, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, the main character’s superpower is farting. He uses what Ubisoft says is “the power of the ass” to move around and fight en … | Continue reading
Are you a Silicon Valley bro? Do you live in a tech bubble? Hey, then maybe this startup dog bed is perfect for your pet companion. No, seriously, there’s now a dog bed option from the mattress startup Casper. The company, a “Warby Parker for beds” of sorts, ships its mattress ro … | Continue reading
Angling for a project management role? Mastering the Lean Six Sigma methodology is your surest bet for getting hired. And earning a certification will surely seal the deal for any recruiter looking at your app. When you’re ready to take that leap, the Lean Six Sigma Project Manag … | Continue reading
Your Product Hunt submissions might now be influential enough to appear on Amazon Launchpad‘s featured list. In a new partnership, Amazon’s section for startup products will now curate a selection items that were “Featured on Product Hunt” so you can browse items upvoted by the c … | Continue reading
If you’ve ever wanted to learn more about all of NASA’s extraordinary research, you’re going to love this. The space agency has launched PubSpace, a new portal that lets you sift through its research results easily. The searchable archive is a trove of science journal articles bo … | Continue reading
Connection: It’s something that we as human beings have sought out since the invention of fire. To feel that warmth and bond with others, both community and that special someone. Over the years, history has shown us time and again that we’ll do anything to make that connection — … | Continue reading
After legendary video game director Hideo Kojima parted ways with developer Konami, it was clear to fans that their beloved Metal Gear franchise would never be the same. But no one could have predicted just how different the next game in the series would be. The trailer for Metal … | Continue reading
Uber has launched a new mobile site that makes it easy for people to hail a cab without having the app installed on their phones, and to pay for their rides without a credit card or mobile wallet. It’s currently live in a few Indian cities: Nagpur, Kochi, Guwahati, and Jodhpur. A … | Continue reading
I spent the past weekend binging Netflix’s brilliant new show, Stranger Things. I loved everything about it, from the supernatural mythology to the 80s-themed setting and soundtrack. There’s something in it for design nerds too: the gorgeous title sequence effectively sets the to … | Continue reading
After launching it in China last month, Huawei announced that it’s bringing its Honor 8 flagship smartphone to the US today. It’s the company’s first device to arrive on American shores with dual cameras and the Kirin processor, developed in-house. The Android Marshmallow-based H … | Continue reading
With the amount of muscle required to utilize HTC’s Vive or Oculus’ Rift, we might still be a few years away from penetrating the mainstream virtual reality market. Microsoft has other plans. Today at Intel’s developer conference, Windows chief Terry Myerson announced a partnersh … | Continue reading
Today, TV network and digital publisher Univision has agreed to pay $135 million to purchase Gawker Media. The deal encompasses all seven Gawker properties: Gawker.com, Lifehacker, Deadspin, Gizmodo, Jalopnik, Jezebel, and Kotaku. In the end, the bidding came down to two parties: … | Continue reading
Intel and ARM have struck a deal that will see the best of both worlds merged in a single manufacturing process at Intel’s Custom Foundry. ARM’s Artisan IP can now be blended with Intel’s incredibly tiny 10nm process to achieve” best-in-class PPA (power, performance, area)” chips … | Continue reading
Although Microsoft started adding Bluetooth support to its latest Xbox One controllers, the older controllers still proved to be a bit of a pain in the ass when it came to using them on a PC. To date, they required you to remain tethered to the PC with wires or to hack together s … | Continue reading
Everyone is making a virtual or augmented reality headset these days. Joining the likes of Microsoft, Sony and (possibly) Apple, Intel is currently developing a headset that uses its own RealSense depth-sensing cameras, Replay graphics-creation software and other Intel intellectu … | Continue reading
Ford is planning to release fully autonomous cars within five years. The cars will have no brake or gas pedals, and be devoid of a steering wheel. In Ford’s view, we’ll get in, sit down and enjoy the ride. But there are no vehicles to show off yet. Instead of a product announceme … | Continue reading
If you’re not already tired of the artsy, paintbrushed-look thanks to the popular photo filter app Prisma, now there’s an alternative straight from within Facebook Messenger. The Icon8 bot is a service for both Telegram and Facebook Messenger that adds an artistic filter to your … | Continue reading
Logitech has a new high-end gaming mouse. While you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s an entry-level mouse given the company produces products like the MX Master, a closer look shows it’s pretty much tailor-made for the very best FPS gamers. The fittingly named G Pro is all about m … | Continue reading
Lyft is adding detailed drop-off locations for airports around the US, saving you from clumsily telling your driver which airline you’re traveling from. It’s the same functionality as the pick-up request; you simply enter in where you need to be in the Lyft app, and the driver wi … | Continue reading
Google Duo is a mistake. The app itself looks the part, and has some cute features like Knock-Knock which lets you see who’s on the other end of a video call, but there’s no reason for it. Google Duo’s simplicity Speaking to various outlets Google bestowed early Duo access to, it … | Continue reading
Notorious NSA contractor-turned-privacy advocate Edward Snowden today took to Twitter to discuss the details of yesterday’s ‘Equation Group’ hack. The Equation Group — allegedly an offshoot of the NSA — saw its defenses penetrated by a group calling itself ‘The Shadow Brokers.’ E … | Continue reading
Fall in New York is the best – the weather is perfect for visiting farms to pick apples, pumpkins, go on hayrides, and get lost in a corn maze. New York’s Stoughton Farm is already vying for your visit early, with an awesome Super Mario Brothers-themed corn maze to please your in … | Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago, Apple released an ad that implied the iPad could replace a real computer. We wrote about how silly a concept that is, at least in the iPad Pro’s current state. Here it is again, for reference: Microsoft’s answer? An ad that basically says “Lol, no.” It poke … | Continue reading
Amazon is sharing free full-length episodes of some of its popular original shows – which you normally need an Amazon Prime subscription to watch – right on YouTube and Facebook. Of course, you can only watch the full seasons right on Amazon, but it looks like the company is tryi … | Continue reading
Developers can’t be everywhere, but a new service from Logz.io named Cognitive Insights can — and it might keep developers from wasting valuable time on Stack Overflow. Currently, development teams have to search for fixes to their problems on the internet when they’re stumped. I … | Continue reading
We’ve already seen how cool playing Pokémon Go on HoloLens looks, but have you ever wondered what it’d be like to play Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda II, Donkey Kong and a bunch of other oldschool games in mixed reality? Thanks to independent developer Andrew Peterson and his N … | Continue reading
Anyone who tells you it’s hard to charge your devices in the wilderness is wrong. But it’s not their fault they haven’t heard of the Mophie Powerstation XL External Battery. Packing a whopping 12,000 mAh capacity, the Powerstation will easily keep all your devices powered. And yo … | Continue reading
Are you registered to vote? Are your friends? Every election, we hear about disappointing voter turnout rates, so one designer decided to use the medium everyone enjoys to remind and encourage people when they should be registered by. Brooklyn-based Erica Gorochow created VoteGif … | Continue reading
Announced at its F8 conference earlier this year, Facebook is updating its Account Kit with simpler pricing for developers. Specifically, Facebook is suspending pricing related to SMS messages used to authenticate a user’s sign-on. Apps involved in FbStart, the company’s early-st … | Continue reading
Computer crashes happen, but there’s a way to avert a nightmare in those cases. For reliable file backup, Carbonite Unlimited Cloud Backup is one of the most trusted solutions on the market. For a limited time, you can get a subscription for up to 35 percent off, courtesy of TNW … | Continue reading
You just poured everything you had into an epic piece of content. You spent hours Googling information and examples. You toiled over the perfect way to organize and present the information. You figured out how to get all the info out while sounding smart and – dare I say it – eng … | Continue reading
The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is a far cry from its early predecessors. When Samsung first introduced its oversized flagship line, there was nothing else like it. The first Note’s 5.3 inch screen was huge, and much of the press saw it as a one-off gimmick. But users liked having such … | Continue reading
Thought leaders command respect, and becoming one is the dream of most people and organizations today. When you become an industry thought leader, expansion (even in sales) usually follows organically. In fact, a study on business buying behavior by Corporate Executive Board (CEB … | Continue reading
Since the 1970s, thousands of people across the globe have reported hearing a strange humming sound incessantly pulsating in their ears – and we’re not talking about tinnitus. In fact, some claim the weird sound has persisted for so long that it has started driving them nuts, dis … | Continue reading
Innovation is essential in today’s business environment. Building innovation into your company’s DNA is vital but as soon as you hear that the HR department is trying to ‘foster a culture of innovation’ you may as well throw in the towel. Is the fear of failure stunting innovatio … | Continue reading
Hell hath no fury like a security expert scammed, or so goes the saying. A group of online scammers learned this the hard way when they tried to trick researcher Ivan Kwiatkowski’s parents into paying for phony antivirus software. The scammers ran an elaborate scheme with people … | Continue reading
Instagram trolls can be so ruthless. Following a slew of hate comments targeted at his new girlfriend, Justin Bieber has resorted to deleting his Instagram account to curb the insensitive abuse. The decision came after earlier threats the Canadian star made to make his his accoun … | Continue reading
Samsung sent out invites to its event ahead of the upcoming IFA trade show in Berlin, and it contained what appears to be a clue hinting at the unveiling of the Gear S3 smartwatch. The company is hosting an event on August 31 in the German capital, and the event invite reads ‘Tal … | Continue reading
A bug that was first found in version 3.6 of the Linux OS kernel (released in 2012) allows attackers to terminate a device’s connections to servers and applications. It could also be exploited to spy on unencrypted traffic or inject malware into the user’s data stream. The securi … | Continue reading
After unveiling Duo at its I/O conference in May, Google has finally launched its free cross-platform video calling app on Android and iOS today. Duo lets you make one-on-one video calls with anyone else who has the app; all you need to hit them up is their phone number. At prese … | Continue reading