This Fall, iOS users (and likely some Android converts) will have a decision to make: iPhone 7 or 7 Plus? If the phone’s design is of any concern to you, you’ll want to check these pictures out. What we’re seeing are images (via Techtastic) and videos (still not in Space Black!) … | Continue reading
Remember Facebook’s Surround 360, the company’s open-source, $30,000 360-degree camera? The company has just released the parts list and assembly manual – which just so happens to look suspiciously like an IKEA one. Lets take a look at some of the materials you you need. Seventee … | Continue reading
After acquiring Yahoo for nearly five billion dollars, Verizon’s plan is slowly coming into focus. During an earnings call today, the telecom giant — that just got giant-er — wants to create a juggernaut that can directly compete with the likes of Google and Facebook in the mobil … | Continue reading
The guy leading the charge at Cyanogen, which once proclaimed it was going to “put a bullet through the head” of Google and Android with its own open-source operating system, uses an iPhone. While tweeting that Cyanogen was not pivoting to apps, some noticed Kirt McMaster was usi … | Continue reading
We all feel a little bit down sometimes. Maybe it’s because you forgot to buy groceries, or because you pissed off the entire internet. In any case, it’s always nice when someone reaches out to you. Thanks to Kruzo, that someone can now be a cute cat on your phone. Simply send a … | Continue reading
Adobe Lightroom has arrived for the Apple TV — well, at least some of it is. Rather than open up a full editing suite (which would be a terrible idea), Lightroom on Apple TV is just a slideshow viewer of your latest images, which sync with Creative Cloud to show your latest edits … | Continue reading
A quick PSA to ninjas, goths, and other lovers of black: Twitter now has a night mode on Android. Just swipe from the left to bring out the navigation menu, and click on the Night Mode switch. Your AMOLED screen will thank you. No word on iOS for now, but we imagine it’s a matte … | Continue reading
At the worst possible time — during a heatwave — Nest thermostats around the US have gone offline. A quick poke through Twitter shows that the outage is pretty significant, and widespread. @nest how long do you expect this nest thermostat offline issue to occur? #NestOffline #nes … | Continue reading
BlackBerry has just revealed its first smartphone to follow the Priv, the awfully named DTEK50. In something of a surprise move (the phone has been leaked for a while now), the device appears to be built by Alcatel, given it’ s virtually identical to that company’s Idol 4S. The s … | Continue reading
Google bought Zagat 5 years ago in a bid to take on Yelp, but so far the latter remains more popular. But now Google iss relaunching a core aspect of the food guide in order to better fit modern standards of restaurant reviews. Basically Zagat’s iconic 30-point scoring system is … | Continue reading
When the police, fire brigade or ambulances need to respond quickly to an emergency call, accurate information about the caller’s location is crucial to helping them arrive in time to be of assistance. With that in mind, Google has introduced a feature in Android that beams your … | Continue reading
Whether you know him as the founder and CEO of Amazon or the man who offered to send Donald Trump on a vacation to space, Jeff Bezos has been a household name on the tech scene since the very beginning of the Web. While these days you can mostly catch Bezos talk about the future … | Continue reading
There’s a flood of Bluetooth headphones on the market, but you likely haven’t seen anything like this. Using bone conduction technology to deliver astoundingly clear sound directly to your inner ears, the KOAR Bone Conduction Bluetooth Headset is pulled right out of science ficti … | Continue reading
The Olympics are about to begin. How does one celebrate the compendium of the greatest feats of human athleticism? With emoji, of course. WhatsApp has been quietly updated with an Olympics emoji; the emoji is now available in the Web app, as well as the latest versions of WhatsAp … | Continue reading
I love it when video games fuck up. A lot of people spent a lot of time and effort trying to create a convincing virtual world, but you have the power to mess it up entirely. When this guy was playing Heavy Rain he came across a chase scene that’s one of the the worst I’ve ever s … | Continue reading
Want to conquer the one skill that intimidates nearly everyone in the office? Once you tackle the courses provided in the Master Microsoft Excel 2016 Bundle, you’ll have established a comprehensive fluency in the essentials of Excel to take your career – and newfound confidence – … | Continue reading
Microsoft is announcing a whole slew of updates throughout Office, using the cloud and artificial intelligence to help you work more efficiently across Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint. Word Word is getting two big updates. The first makes both researching and citing sources a lot e … | Continue reading
The first few days were so exciting. As one of the first people in the Netherlands to download Pokémon Go, everyone around me filled with excitement when the game finally arrived here. At last, I wasn’t the only one jumping out of my seat to run downstairs every few minutes — tha … | Continue reading
Twilio is making it easier for developer to make cross-platform apps that display information in real-time, no matter where users go. A new API called Sync provides state synchronization regardless of platform, and aims to offload much of the issues that dog an app’s development … | Continue reading
When co-founder of Thinknum Justin Zhen decided to blog about his observations on the dwindling number of WeWork tenants, he didn’t expect that his post would soon get him and his company thrown out of their office in midtown Manhattan. Titled “Deep Dive into WeWork’s User Base a … | Continue reading
The use of ransomware has been on the rise in recent times. Earlier this year, a hospital in Hollywood paid $17,000 in Bitcoin to hackers who’d encrypted its files so they’d unlock them; a Canadian university paid $20,000 to attackers for the same reason just last month. And no, … | Continue reading
If you’ve been struggling on your quest to catch ’em all in Pokémon Go, PokeNotify is certain to help you step up your hunting game. Available for Android, it’s an app for the smash-hit AR game that sends you notifications anytime there are Pokémon in your vicinity, completely el … | Continue reading
Although Final Fantasy XV’s console release is still more than two months away, fans of Square Enix’s immensely popular RPG franchise won’t have to wait as long to check out the companion movie. Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV is coming to theaters in North America on August 19. Th … | Continue reading
We’ve previously heard about individuals crowdfunding their way through school or other less noble initiatives, but it’s not often we come across world class athletes using such platforms to earn a chance to compete. 17-year-old Daniah Hagul from Libya has successfully completed … | Continue reading
Amazon is inching closer to a reality of delivering products using airborne drones. It’s now partnering with the UK government to expand trials of its drones to cover various delivery scenarios. In collaboration with the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Amazon will test drones … | Continue reading
I can’t believe I’m typing this: two pilots just completed a 24,584 mile-long trip around the world in a plane over the course of more than a year, without a single drop of fuel. Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg flew the Solar Impulse 2 across Europe, North America and Asia … | Continue reading
Three years after it set up shop in India, ecommerce giant Amazon has launched its Prime Delivery program in the country. For Rs. 499 a year, subscribers in more than 100 cities will receive their orders of eligible products within one or two days at no extra charge, as well as d … | Continue reading
Leaders of the Democratic National Committee issued a formal apology after last week’s WikiLeaks dump of DNC leaders’ email. The statement reads: “On behalf of everyone at the DNC, we want to offer a deep and sincere apology to Senator Sanders, his supporters, and the entire Demo … | Continue reading
News of Cyanogen’s demise is premature, says its cofounder. In a blog post, Steve Kondik tried to lay out what is going on with the company, but raises more questions instead. In the post, Kondik says “CyanogenMod isn’t going anywhere, nor has Cyanogen Inc. discontinued it’s effo … | Continue reading
MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) has created movie screen technology that lets you watch 3D movies without the stupid glasses. Better yet, the technology actually makes the picture more crisp. Dubbed Cinema 3D, the technology also makes the on-screen … | Continue reading
A month after updating its satellite imagery with higher resolution photos, Google Maps is now cleaning up its standard road view to make its maps a bit easier to digest. The company says its goal was to balance information without overcrowding maps, so its removing elements “tha … | Continue reading
Norway has an ambitious plan to ease the congestion of local ferries by building a series of underwater tunnels that allow travelers to cross the nations bodies of water. The “submerged floating bridges” would consist of large tubes suspended by pontoon-like support structures 10 … | Continue reading
Facebook has acknowledged it blocked links to WikiLeaks’ DNC email dump, though (again) hasn’t explained why. On Twitter, WikiLeaks noted that there was a workaround for posting links. For those facing censorship on Facebook etc when trying to post links directly to WikiLeaks #DN … | Continue reading
Bitcoin has made millionaires nearly overnight, lost some their life savings, and fluctuates more than a politician during election season, but make no mistake: it’s not currency, at least to this Florida court. A Miami-Dade judge ruled in favor of a man, Michell Espinoza, charge … | Continue reading
Apple is reportedly tapping former executive Bob Mansfield to lead its not-so-secret car project, which many believe is called ‘Titan.’ If you’re not familiar with Mansfield, you’re definitely aware of the products he’s helmed. On top of the iMac, MacBook Air and early iPads, the … | Continue reading
One of the most-voiced concerns about cord-cutting being a viable alternative to cable/satellite is the lack of live sports. After today’s announcement from Sony that it’s bringing NFL Network and its subscription service, RedZone, to PlayStation Vue, it’s clear this is becoming … | Continue reading
There’s a Tinder verification scam going around, and being caught up in it means you may end up spending a lot of cash on porn instead. It’s basically phishing; a bot tries to talk you into migrating awy from Tinder to be verified. Instead, your personal information and payment d … | Continue reading
If we haven’t jumped the shark on Pokemon Go yet, this should do it: there’s now a Tinder-style dating app for Pokemon enthusiasts. PokeMatch (if you say it wrong, it’s pretty dirty) is designed to let you swipe right or left on nearby PokeNerds as you’re swiping up to toss balls … | Continue reading
Though Marissa Mayer is openly stating she plans on staying on at Yahoo after its merger with AOL under Verizon ownership, she’s got $57 million reasons to leave. As part of a regulatory filing for the acquisition, it’s been discovered that Mayer has a $57 million golden parachut … | Continue reading
I've held a few tennis balls in my life, even though I don't play. There are also 360 million of them made every year - this is how. | Continue reading
Windows 10 has been out for almost a year. 350 million devices later, the company is preparing to release its biggest update to the OS yet on August 2 – the creatively-named Windows 10 Anniversary Update. We’ve been running the final build of the update for several days now – and … | Continue reading
Every week we send out a weekly update with some of the best stories of the week, a few apps we like and the ‘Red faces of the week’. Sign up now to get it delivered to your inbox every week. Here’s my introduction text for last weeks issue: We published a story earlier this week … | Continue reading
Before seeing this video I’ve never heard of photogrammetry, but it sure can be beautiful. Artist Julien Horsthuis calls Amsterdam his home, and wanted to take a different look at his surroundings by capturing and editing the things he sees every day. His work normally involves c … | Continue reading
Well, this should be fun. Donald Trump is hosting a Reddit AMA this Wednesday, July 27, at 6:30 PM EST. If you’re not familiar, AMA stands for Ask Me Anything, and AMA sessions with celebrities are popular events on Reddit (Obama held one himself a few years ago). This is new pic … | Continue reading
Twitter is starting a new ad campaign. The purpose? To get people to know why they should actually use Twitter. Called ‘See what’s happening’ the campaign is focused on showing newcomers a glimpse into the conversations that happen on the platform. The company says as much as 90 … | Continue reading
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Hot on the heels of Nintendo’s announcement of its Classic Mini retro console, Sega is getting into the nostalgia game with a couple of new toys of its own. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of its popular Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, the company is reviving its Mega Drive brand … | Continue reading
Verizon has agreed to acquire Yahoo for $4.83 billion in an all-cash deal. The telecom giant, which also owns AOL, will bring under its wing all of Yahoo’s search, communications and digital content products, as well as its ad services, which cumulatively reach a global audience … | Continue reading