While manufacturers like Motorola are trying to make smartphones more versatile with expandable modules, others are fighting the good ol’ fight of sticking more stuff into a phone than you ever thought possible. Take the Chinese manufacturer Akyumen and its dual-OS beast of a pho … | Continue reading
Instagram is giving you a bit more control over what you see on your feed. In a comment to the Washington Post, the company said it will soon let you filter comments on your own post. Instagram recently introduced this feature for businesses, allowing them to auto-hide any commen … | Continue reading
Let’s get one thing straight about the Dyson 360 Eye: It’s first and foremost a vacuum cleaner that happens to be a robot, not a robot that’s a vacuum cleaner. Dyson wanted to make this point clear in our initial meeting with the company’s first automated vacuum cleaner, and insi … | Continue reading
If you’ve been eyeing the iPhone 7, your wait is just about over. Apple hasn’t officially announced anything, but as we get closer to the event the information is seemingly leaking out of every corner of the Web. According to leaks multiple sources, including Evan Blass, the noto … | Continue reading
The Windows 10 Anniversary Update may be rolling out next week, but that doesn’t mean Microsoft is resting on its laurels. While it took a while after Windows 10’s first release for Microsoft’s beta-testing Insider program to continue, this time the company says it’s planning on … | Continue reading
Virtual Reality has come leaps and bounds in recent years, to the point where it actually feels viable. Despite that, if you want to join the VR revolution, you’d best be prepared to open your pocketbook. First, you’ve got to get a headset, like a HTC Vive or an Oculus Rift. Then … | Continue reading
Hot on the news of Comcast doing the same thing, AT&T is raising its data cap for U-verse users to 1TB beginning August 21. All U-verse users on plans up to 300Mbps will receive the cap increase but those on its GigaPower 1Gbps plans are going to benefit the most as AT&T is dropp … | Continue reading
Trolls are everywhere online — we even have a few of our own. The problem, until now, has been in correctly identifying what constituted abusive language. As it turns out, even humans are pretty terrible at identifying abuse. Yahoo’s newest algorithm is different. In 90 percent o … | Continue reading
Almost one week ago, KickassTorrents was delivered what many thought to be a death blow, as the US government seized its domain name, switched off its servers, and arranged for its alleged owner, Ukrainian national Artem Valin, to be arrested in Poland. But this was by no means t … | Continue reading
A new patent awarded to Disney may have the theme park changing its tagline from “The happiest place on earth” to “The creepiest place on earth.” In its efforts to expedite lines, customize the Disney experience, and make your overall visit more enjoyable, Disney’s new patent det … | Continue reading
We had the pleasure of having Facebook’s VP of Product Design Julie Zhuo speak at TNW Conference back in May. This November, catch similar tech giants at Momentum – our new event for New York. The art of building new products is an exercise in navigating ambiguity. How do you kno … | Continue reading
It’s a rainy Friday afternoon in Amsterdam, and the working week is coming to an end. You see, I write content for a living. My weekdays exist of mostly staring at a screen, scrolling through endless feeds of news, videos and cat images across the internet. Yes, it’s extremely bl … | Continue reading
Oh dear. SwiftKey – the Android and iOS virtual keyboard bought by Microsoft earlier this year for a cool $250 million – has suspended a key component of the app after it was found to be leaking other users’ private data. According to The Telegraph, multiple SwiftKey users have f … | Continue reading
Analytics makes the business world go round. The ability to effectively gather and analyze data is critical to the success of any company, and establishing an ability to forecast business trends and deconstruct financial data will set you on track for high-level success in any in … | Continue reading
Just another day on the internet. Someone decided to test out their speaker system by playing the world's single loudest orgasm. | Continue reading
A few years ago we realized that people tend to spend most of their waking hours at work. And if that is true wouldn’t it make sense if the office would be a place even more comfortable and awesome than their homes? That kinda made sense to us, so we strive to make the TNW office … | Continue reading
I was out of cereal for breakfast this morning, which kind of sucked. However, it’s good to remember there are always people out there having a worse time than you. This truck driver in Russia is a perfect case in point. Just driving along with a load of yellow paint. In an unluc … | Continue reading
WhatsApp took its own sweet time to introduce end-to-end encryption for keeping users’ data private – something that rival services offered a long time ago. But as it turns out, the service isn’t entirely secure as it still doesn’t do a great job of erasing your messages when you … | Continue reading
Not so long ago, people used to actively complain when an online video was filmed in portrait mode. Nearly all video was viewed landscape and these viewing habits dictated the format. However, in just the past year or so, this silent yet pervasive trend has been completely flippe … | Continue reading
I love watching YouTube videos on my phone, but I don’t like being restricted to having the app open to enjoy them: why can’t I have it play clips in the background or in a small window while I continue to browse Reddit or flip through my to-do lists? That’s where Flytube comes i … | Continue reading
Want to make half a million dollars disappear in no time? Try using a VPN in the UAE and the government will fine you that amount right quick. Last week, UAE President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan issued a new federal law that bans the use of VPNs for any sort … | Continue reading
Sure, Pokémon Go is the only game people want to play right now. But come August 9, the world will have another incredible title to obsess over. No Man’s Sky, developed by indie studio Hello Games, is a procedurally generated survival adventure set in space, that will see players … | Continue reading
The Samsung Note 7 is believed to be on its way, and one Redditor with a good track record of Samsung leaks is dumping all the details in an AMA. Samsung’s Note 7 is said to have 4GB RAM and 64GB Memory standard, and a “body is similar to the S7 edge” with rounded edges and a nea … | Continue reading
Proving the sharing economy is dominating every aspect of our lives, we now have an app for cleaning up dog poop. The new app, Pooper (seriously), is designed to keep dog owners from having to pick up after their four-legged friends when they do their business. Its motto? “Your d … | Continue reading
Whether you're playing Pokémon Go, texting, sending an email, or just checking out fantasy baseball scores. In some cases, this leads to dire consequences. | Continue reading
Have you ever been curious what the person in front of you in line at Chipotle is thinking about while Snapchatting? Now you can find out with Whatsgoodly. Whatsgoodly claims to be “the largest database of millennial attitudes,” and is now searchable by anyone. Via a familiar Goo … | Continue reading
According to a new report, Apple’s mysterious car project is now focusing on software, and may end up serving as a platform for existing manufacturers. It’s said Apple has hired Dan Dodge, the former head of BlackBerry Ltd.’s automotive software division (and former CEO of QNX, w … | Continue reading
According to a new report from The Wall Street Journal, the reason we don’t have actual TV channels on the Apple TV is because the company tried to strong-arm networks — and failed. Apple’s Senior Vice President Eddy Cue is said to have taken the wrong approach. In one meeting, h … | Continue reading
Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump took to Reddit yesterday to participate in an AMA (ask me anything) in the pro-Trump sub-reddit, r/The_Donald. The AMA, for the most part, royally sucked. Trump answered a total of 12 rather weak questions and stuck to broad generaliti … | Continue reading
Web design sounds like a simple principle, but it’s not easy — and there’s a lot to it. There’s a GitHub repo that promises to get you up and running in as little as four minutes. Really, its a base for a tutorial that seems to show how the website you end up on was built. It wal … | Continue reading
I’ll be the first to say this is a first-world problem, but it’s been bothering me for a while: Android’s navigation bar – the space with three virtual buttons at the bottom on many phones – is pointless. They waste space, add nothing to the experience, and sometimes hinder it to … | Continue reading
Starting today, Chicago’s annual music festival Lollapalooza kicks off at around 7pm ET. If you can’t make it to Chicago to catch the likes of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Future, Major Lazer, Bloc Party, M83, A$AP Ferg and others, have no fear, Red Bull is here to save the day. To wat … | Continue reading
Sony is making a lantern for camping, but it’s also a speaker — and costs $800. The ‘Glass Sound Speaker’ (what a terribly boring name) is a lantern up top, but basically speaker everywhere else. Just under the lighting module is a two-inch woofer for midrange sound, while the to … | Continue reading
Way back in the mid-90s. people around the world were breaking their heads about this weird new technology that was taking the world by storm — the Internet. It’s hard to believe, but there was a time when people were still writing about the internet with a capital I, while using … | Continue reading
Here’s something you probably don’t want: future Apple iOS devices may have a rotary wheel on them, much like the Digital Crown on an Apple Watch. Via a recently published patent application (discovered by Patently Apple), we find that Apple may put a ‘rotary input’ add-on for it … | Continue reading
When New York City launched its public Wi-Fi kiosks, our ears perked at the sound of 300 megabits per second… for free! And while you may be using this speedy Wi-Fi to download an MTA subway map or look for cool new restaurants to check out, some men are here to remind you why we … | Continue reading
Wikipedia is getting a fresh new look on Android and set of features, following up on an update to the iOS app a few months ago. The main screen of the app now shows you an ‘explore’ feed which will recommend photos, articles and other content based on your previous reads and cur … | Continue reading
God knows Facebook is the only reason you remember most of your friends’ birthdays. Well, the company is now taking advantage of that monopoly by introducing birthday recap videos, according to TechCrunch. Recently Facebook’s been on a roll with automated videos. It introduced th … | Continue reading
Ideas about design or products are great, but especially useful when you have someone to bounce them off of. A new platform called Hatchli is just that, and could take the world by storm. Instead of just giving people a place to showcase ideas, Hatchli lets other users vote on th … | Continue reading
For anyone who’s ever flown on Virgin America, you’ll come to recognize that the airline is a bit quirkier than most of its competitors. It’s got purple mood lighting on board, DIY food and drink orders straight from the screen in front of you, of course, that annoyingly catchy s … | Continue reading
As you may know by now, I’m a Brazilian expat living in the Netherlands. I left Brazil in the search for an experience abroad and better life quality. Work and life balance, earn in a stronger currency and most importantly, safety. If you’ve read recent news about Brazil, you’ll … | Continue reading
A couple of months ago, we said that Netflix created “the simplest internet speed test ever” when it launched fast.com. But Ookla – makers of the original speedtest.net – may have just outdone it. The company just released a speed test Chrome extension that lives next to the Omni … | Continue reading
Aspiring developers, rejoice! There’s no longer a need to scour the web for piecemeal tutorials on your desired programming training, thanks to The Hot and In-Demand Programming Bundle, a four-course introduction to key tools and languages necessary for opening the doors to your … | Continue reading
OK, I get it: Regulation isn’t the most exciting subject in the world. But when red tape threatens our enjoyment of the digital services we’ve all grown to love, it may be a sign that we need to find better ways to ensure that consumers are well served and that competition is hea … | Continue reading
Emoji are getting closer and closer to becoming the language of the internet. LA-based art gallery, Cantor Fine Art, has been creating and sharing custom emoji based on various artists. Their Instagram features their emojified portraits referring to their personal style and artwo … | Continue reading
While a Mac is generally an all-inclusive computing experience, many people enjoy the features of Windows software, or find useful options in connecting to a peripheral Windows system. Instead of spending a chunk of money on a Windows license of using a virtual machine, simply pi … | Continue reading
Usually when you are among friends and make a joke there’s an opportunity to say ‘just kidding’ if they don’t get that you are joking. Online that’s harder. Last week, after watching the Pokémon Go phenomena explode we read reports of employers prohibiting their employees from pl … | Continue reading
Everyone’s already talking about Millennials. Congratulations! But what about their younger siblings? Get ready for the new generation of digital natives charging into the marketplace. In fact, the next generation is already here. Born in the late 1990s through the mid 2010s, we’ … | Continue reading