You may not know Scott Croyle’s name, but you definitely his products. Before leading the charge at Nextbit to bring us the Robin, Croyle was the lead designer at HTC, and is responsible for the M7. We caught up with Croyle at Tech Open Air Berlin to discuss what he’s up to, and … | Continue reading
Consumer Reports is calling on Tesla to make some serious changes to its ‘Autopilot’ program, including removing it from circulation. And really, Consumer Reports may be suggesting that Tesla make drastic changes to its hardware. It wants the company to remove Autopilot from cars … | Continue reading
If you didn’t think Pokemon Go was the biggest mobile game ever, brands are getting involved. T-Mobile’s Tuesday deals are going full-on Pokemon next week, including free data. In addition to a free Frosty and a Lyft Ride up to $15 (because you “gotta stay fueled up” to “explore … | Continue reading
Remember that Space Black iPhone 7 concept we all fell in love with? Yeah, so, it might be DOA. Sorry. The latest iPhone 7 leak shows four casings, said to be for the iPhone 7. Unfortunately, they’re the same colors as the iPhone 6S: Space Grey, Silver, Rose Gold and Gold. A ‘Spa … | Continue reading
YouTube is again livestreaming the Republican and Democratic National Conventions this year, but this time there’s a twist: 360 degree video. Time to pull out that Cardboard headset. I’m not exactly sure how well that will contribute to the experience, but I suppose it would be f … | Continue reading
Remember when Napster said it was coming back? No, you didn’t dream that – it’s very real and it’s available today for a 30-day trial. Napster, rebranded from Rhapsody which acquired the former company in 2011, finally has more details about what’s in store: there’s an updated ap … | Continue reading
In an open letter published to Medium, 140 of tech’s largest names conclude Donald Trump is basically just an idiot. Penned by former Twitter VP Katie Stanton, luminaries in the tech world say Trump “would be a disaster for innovation” and “he campaigns on anger, bigotry, fear of … | Continue reading
Facebook is making reading links your friends share on Messenger much faster. The company today announced its integrating its Instant Articles technology right into the app, meaning that you don’t need to open a browser to quickly read breaking news or the viral listicle of the d … | Continue reading
Facebook is getting serious about Swift. A full two years after the language was launched, Facebook now has an SDK (in beta) for Swift. Downloadable via CocoaPods, Carthage or GitHub, the Facebook Swift SDK uses Swift versions 2.2.1 and 2.3. Facebook says it will update to Swift … | Continue reading
Amazon has acquired Cloud9, a cloud-based IDE, for use with its AWS service. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Cloud9 is a fairly robust developer environment, and exists entirely int he cloud via Docker Ubuntu environments. It’s not a shell, either; the company gives develop … | Continue reading
I recently moved back to Curaçao, a tiny island in the Caribbean where I grew up. Before, I was living in Belo Horizonte, Brazil from where I managed to get some amazing partners on-board for our last conference in Amsterdam. This experience of managing to organize our biggest an … | Continue reading
In an ongoing effort to showcase independent developers, Google is having an ‘Indie Games Festival’ on September 24 at the Terra Gallery in San Francisco. Developers that meet Google’s criteria (US or Canadian developers with 15 or fewer on staff) can submit apps util August 14, … | Continue reading
Heading into WWDC, iOS developers from all corners of Twitter loudly proclaimed that Apple should make an Xcode app for the iPad. ‘Coding on the iPad is the next generation!’ they said. They were right — sort of. Coding on an iPad is for the next generation of developers, and the … | Continue reading
Recent press around Nest has mostly revolved around its corporate changes, from former CEO Tony Fadell stepping down to shutting down Revolv, a smart home network it acquired. Finally, we have some news regarding product. Nest has announced a new outdoor version of its security c … | Continue reading
Back in May, Periscope hired Evan Hansen to be Editor-in-Chief to help find and curate the best streams for you to follow. Now that hire has come to fruition with a now ‘Editors’ Picks’ section. If you open up the app, you’ll find the new channel under your suggested broadcasts, … | Continue reading
Can 400 million downloads be wrong? Not likely. When it comes to network security, anonymity and access, Hotspot Shield Elite VPN is the clear solution. On this last chance offer, you can pick up a lifetime subscription to Hotspot Shield Elite VPN for just $39.99, the only VPN wi … | Continue reading
Are you still procrastinating on joining the Bluetooth movement? If you’ve been waiting for the perfect set of headphones to make the move away from the tangled annoyance of headphone wires, your solution has arrived. The Magnetic Bluetooth 4.1 Wireless Sport Headphones deliver c … | Continue reading
Fans of the beautifully-designed puzzle game Dots and TwoDots, prepare for another adventure. Today, the company announced its third game, Dots & Co. we’re ready, are you? A photo posted by DOTS (@dots) on Jul 12, 2016 at 10:34am PDT Dots & Co’s gameplay is a lot like TwoDots in … | Continue reading
Nintendo is about to release a new console, and it’s not the NX. Introducing: The Nintendo Classic Mini. In a totally unexpected move, it’s basically the classic NES console in a tiny body and pre-loaded with 30 games. Perhaps the company is just having a moment of nostalgia. Eit … | Continue reading
The rampant success of Pokémon Go has left many wondering whether the smash-hit mobile game is merely another passing fad or the harbinger of something much more momentous – the beginning of a widespread integration of augmented and virtual reality technologies into our daily liv … | Continue reading
BetaList features the newest startups. Today, we take a closer look at a smart closet that learns from you and helps you decide what to wear. Submit your startup to get featured too. What is Tailor? Tailor is a smart closet that uses miniature sensors called ‘TailorTags’ which ar … | Continue reading
Following backlash and a string of lawsuits, Valve is finally clamping down the gambling ecosystem that has formed around its games, threatening to ban users and websites that encourage such practices from Steam. Back in 2011, the gaming giant launched a feature on Steam that all … | Continue reading
User interactions have evolved so rapidly during the last few years that designers can barely keep up—making it tempting to use interaction design techniques from other media (or even legacy app design) when we build mobile applications. In reality, it’s important to remember tha … | Continue reading
A week after its initial release, the hype around Pokémon Go is still growing. The latest research by SurveyMonkey claims the app has already become the biggest mobile game in US history when it comes to daily active users, breezing through competitors like Slither.io and Candy C … | Continue reading
As marketers, writers and crafters, we spend hours on bringing our content ideas to life and after all that effort, want our content to be seen. Writing powerful social media copy to grab people’s eyes and win their hearts is a challenge, though. And often, when our content isn’t … | Continue reading
We already told you the iPhone 7 could be short and chubby, and now we know what may be hiding inside: a bigger battery. The OnLeaks Twitter account is a fairly reliable source for Apple info ahead of launch, and is reporting that the new iPhone 7 could have a slightly larger bat … | Continue reading
AT&T today wrote a blog post detailing a proposed project involving something called a Flying COW. And no, it’s not a nursery rhyme book. COW stands for Cell on Wings, which is the company’s new drones initiative to bring LTE service to high volume areas like concerts, festivals, … | Continue reading
In 2004, nine hospitals in Michigan began implementing a new procedure in their intensive care units (I.C.U.). Almost overnight, healthcare professionals were stunned with its success. Three months after it began, the procedure had cut the infection rate of I.C.U. patients by six … | Continue reading
Apple has opened up casting for its first reality TV show, ‘Planet of the Apps,’ but it doesn’t want actors; only developers need apply. The show will follow developers as they shop their apps around to Venture Capitalists (VC) for funding, distribute and market those apps and re … | Continue reading
BitTorrent is officially launching its ‘BitTorrent News’ TV network at the Republican National Convention on July 18 in Cleveland, Ohio. Like so many other news platforms, BitTorrent News will focus on news breaking in real-time, as well as commentary from experts on various subj … | Continue reading
You want fries with your Psyduck? If a snippet of code found in the Pokemon app has been correctly parsed, McDonald’s could soon be a sponsored location within the Pokemon Go app. Deep within the app’s code there’s a curious mention of McDonald’s; specifically, it reads Sponsored … | Continue reading
Adobe has updated Lightroom for both iOS and Android, each with some special features users will love. On the Android side, a new photo capture experience brings manual controls like shutter speed, ISO, white balance and focus. There is also a new capture widget for Lightroom, an … | Continue reading
Skype is getting a proper Linux client. Given it’s an alpha, there are some features missing, but it’s a good start for team Linux. To be clear, Skype already had a Linux client, but it had been long abandoned. Rather than just an update, this is an all new app follows Skyp’es mo … | Continue reading
Facebook’s quarterly earnings typically has one particularly eyebrow-raising statistic: the number of mobile users. That’s why the company’s new Oregon datacenter has a ‘Mobile Device Lab,’ which uses real devices to monitor Facebook performance in real-time. Scaling Facebook In … | Continue reading
Another Amazon Prime Day has come and gone and while the company did step up the sales this time around, it seems the best deals were still some basic household stuff. Amazon today released data from Prime Day 2016 calling it its “biggest day ever” for the company, and aside from … | Continue reading
ZTE ‘s Axon 7 is now available for pre-order in the US for $400. It’s competing directly with the OnePlus 3, which means it’s a pretty great deal. If you’re not familiar, the phones comes with specs to match current flagships. Snapdragon 820, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage with a Mi … | Continue reading
Photo filters and quick-edit apps don’t hold a candle to the depth of capability and opportunity provided by legitimate, top-tier photo editing programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom. If you’re interested in developing expert editing techniques to create a lifetime … | Continue reading
72 new emoji officially rolled out as of Unicode 9’s release, and today Twitter is finally getting support for its own set of these new glyphs. That means support for new favorites like avocado, selfie, and clinking champagne flutes, but also the ever-terrifying clown emoji. Supp … | Continue reading
BetaList features the newest startups. Today, we take a closer look at AdFree.Press, a way to block ads while still supporting the sites you love. Submit your startup to get featured too. What is AdFree.Press? AdFree.Press allows readers donate to the websites they are reading co … | Continue reading
One of the foundational ideas in behavioral economics is that psychologically, the “pain of losing something is about twice as powerful as the pleasure of gaining,” according to BehavioralEconomics.com’s encyclopedia of concepts. It’s the reason why we humans hold onto things in … | Continue reading
It might feel like centuries since Britain voted to leave the European Union, yet it really wasn’t that long ago that I was at London Technology Week, talking to entrepreneurs about how this could affect them, and the tech sector in general. Back then it was mostly speculation, s … | Continue reading
Mobile note-taking apps are a dime a dozen these days; iOS has one baked in, and so does practically every flavor of Android. Then there are heavy hitters like Evernote, Microsoft’s OneNote and Google Keep. So why look at another one of them? Everyone’s note-taking needs and styl … | Continue reading
Google is reportedly set to introduce the Google Play Family Library plan later this month, which will let up to six people share all the app and media purchases made by a primary account holder. That means that Android apps and games, as well as Google Play movies, music and boo … | Continue reading
Enjoying Pokémon Go but afraid to wander out into the real world for fear of coming across dead bodies and muggers? Travis D has a solution. The YouTuber has figured out a way to use an Android emulator called BlueStacks to allow you to not only run the app on your PC, but also t … | Continue reading
When you want to share your thoughts about an interesting story or blog post, Twitter’ 140 character limit can be a real pain. There’s hardly enough room to describe the context of the story in question, along with your opinion of it and a link to the original post. If you’re usi … | Continue reading
At long last, Google has updated its Hangouts messaging app for Android with the ability to record and send videos. The feature has been available on iOS for the past two years, so it’s odd that Google took this long to bring the feature to its own mobile platform. Android Police … | Continue reading
If you’re rocking a large Android phone like the Nexus 6 or the recently-introduced Mi Max that I’m currently reviewing, you’re probably wondering how to make use of all that expansive screen real estate to get the most out of your device. You can start with your homescreen: who … | Continue reading
I was intrigued when I first heard about Google’s Spaces tool, which is designed for groups to discuss YouTube videos and files. But when I tried to use it, I just didn’t see the point of it – or rather, I couldn’t be bothered to switch to it from other apps I use for group conve … | Continue reading