WhoSampled now shows you how your favorite musicians are connected

I often find myself thinking about what would happen if my heroes in music collaborated on a track and how incredible it would be to hear them jam in the same room. If you’ve ever wondered about that kind of magical meeting of minds, or if your favorite artists are connected some … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Pokémon Go is now on Google Play and the App Store, but you can’t download it just yet

At last, Pokémon Go, the highly anticipated augmented reality game that was announced last September, has made its way into Google Play and the App Store. The only problem is that the title doesn’t seem to be available globally just yet. The Wall Street Journal noted that the Pok … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Nintendo might make dedicated controllers for its own mobile games

Nintendo may soon be making game controllers for ‘smart devices’ including smartphones, tablets and set-top TV boxes. The news comes via the company’s 76th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders Q&A, where general manager of entertainment planning and developement, Shinya Takahas … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Google’s HTC-built 2016 Nexus may look a lot like the 2012 Nexus 4

Now that Google is assuming more control of the Nexus lineup, a tipster has provided some information on what the next Android flagship will look like — and it’s really familiar. Speaking to Android Police, this person claims they’re familiar with what Google’s thinking is regard … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

The iPhone 7 may start at 32GB storage, but it’ll (still) cost you

The next iPhone (we’re just calling it the iPhone 7 because who knows what it’s really named) may come with a 32GB base storage option, according to the latest rumor. It may not sound like much, but it’s actually a pretty big deal. Bye bye 16GB The Wall Street Journal — citing so … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Death by dumb selfies is a new epidemic

Last week, a German tourist fell to his death after posing for a jumping photo at a restricted area of Machu Picchu ruins in Peru. Just a day prior, another tourist also died from attempting a self-portrait atop the Gocta waterfall in same country. Selfies may not be an official … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Huawei P9 promotional image lands company in hot water

In trying to promote its new P9 smartphone, Huawei made it seem like a promotional image (above) was shot with the device. It wasn’t. A main draw with the P9 is a dual-camera system, which is where Huawei got itself into a pickle. In posting an image to Google+, Huawei’s caption … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

iPhone 7 leak shows a shorter, chubbier device you may actually like

As the iPhone 7 launch draws closer, rumors and leaks start piling up. Those leaks also get a bit more stable as time wears on, and the latest makes us think we may actually be looking at the iPhone 7 in the flesh. Over at techtastic.nl, a spy shot of the iPhone 7 body has been p … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Android’s latest encryption problem may make you want a new phone

Android has a problem. New research shows that the mobile operating system’s encryption can be bypassed using a fairly straightforward brute force method. The hack Brute force is actually pretty simple; heck, you may have even done it yourself and not known about it. All it reall … | Continue reading


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Microsoft’s new Skype Meetings tool makes video conferencing dead simple

Microsoft is launching a free tool to simplify video conference calls. Called Skype Meetings, it’s largely similar to using the traditional Skype app, but with few features that make it easier to set up video calls and collaborate with your coworkers. The person initiating the me … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Tech in Latin America: Uber beta-tests its helicopter service

June was a fairly busy month for Latin American tech scene, with perhaps fewer acquisitions than in other months but a fairly number of funding rounds, and mixed messages on how Brazil’s current situation will affect the sector. Here’s the news you don’t want to miss: Big players … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

BlackBerry has killed its Classic smartphone permanently

It’s been a long, bumpy ride, but BlackBerry is killing its Classic smartphone. The refreshingly solid Priv combined a large touchscreen with a slide-out keyboard, but the Classic maintained the traditional BlackBerry form of a small display with a physical keyboard directly belo … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft’s adding a wheelchair option for Xbox avatars, which is awesome

In an upcoming update for Xbox, Microsoft is adding wheelchairs as a new accessory option for gamer avatars. Mike Ybarra, Partner Director of Program Management, Xbox and Windows Platform at Microsoft, tweeted a sneak preview of the avatars earlier today – with options available … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

The internet causes all these new-age ‘mental disorders’

While back in the early 2000s many doubted its legitimacy, these days most would agree that internet addiction is no laughing matter. As more people are sharing their frustrations with their inability to abstain from the Web, author David McCandless has decided to create Inter Me … | Continue reading


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Browse privately and securely with HideMyAss! VPN (now 55% off)

In today’s world, data breaches are becoming a common occurrence. There are countless ways our privacy can get violated, whether it’s government agencies tracking our every click, or ad networks bombarding us with remarketing ads. As a result, public Wi-Fi has become a playground … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

This bizarre emoji was a thing thanks to a fuck up by Google

There’s one language everyone with a smartphone speaks… emoji. So when things go wrong and someone misinterprets a Unicode reference drawing for an emoji, a lot of people end up with something really strange. On November 1st, 2014, Google released Android 4.4, incorporating the h … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

How Facebook helped this guy’s e-commerce store go from zero to $100K+ in 3 months

22-year-old Melvin Chee from Melbourne, Australia went from experimenting with e-commerce dropshipping during his semester break to a 6-figure business in just 3 months. He had previously started several different businesses, many of which failed spectacularly. Some of his effort … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft’s weird chatbot lets you merge celebrity faces for freaky results

We’re constantly hearing about the imminent chatbot revolution and how they’ll replace apps for everything from booking cabs to buying groceries. Given that it’s still early days, it’s hard to tell if this is just a fad. I haven’t yet found a chatbot I can rely on or would use in … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Understanding the impact of AI

Steam engines, telegrams and typewriters.  All obsolete technologies, but well worthy of preservation in the name of engineering history and art. Coding will join this list in time, however, where it differs wildly from the afore mentioned examples is it is unlikely to be lovingl … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

5 of the creepiest robots on the internet

Despite the tremendous progress we’ve made in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence, building a robot that can convincingly emulate normal human behavior remains merely a fantasy at this stage. Some of them can speak and maybe even hold a conversation, but no robot c … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Nobody will click your links ever again with this shady URL shortener

There are a lot of reasons to use URL shorteners – not a single one of them is to look like you’re joining ISIS. It’s not the first way to get the FBI on your heels for your search history, but it’s definitely the most creative. With URLify you can now make sure nobody will ever … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Twitter is testing 2 new customer service features that brands will love

Twitter appears to be testing a new feature that should help users get faster customer support from brands and businesses they follow on the platform. On select profiles, it’s now displaying when those accounts are most responsive. You can see what that looks like on Medium’s pro … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Did you know you can play games in PDF files?

PDFs are great for sending official documents while maintaining their formatting – but developer Omar Rizwan recently discovered that they can also be used for playing simple games. While learning about Adobe’s PostScript programming language, Rizwan discovered that PDFs can incl … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Every country needs to follow Bulgaria’s lead in choosing open source software for governance

The Bulgarian Parliament has passed amendments to its Electronic Governance Act which require all software written for the government to be open source and developed in a public repository. Article 58a of the Act states that administrative authorities must include the following r … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Achievement unlocked: NASA’s Juno spaceship is now in Jupiter’s orbit

Nearly five years after it was first launched in August 2011, NASA’s Juno spaceship has finally entered Jupiter’s orbit. At 11:53PM ET/8:53PM PT, the space agency received confirmation that the spacecraft had turned on its main engine, which burned for 35 minutes to slow down and … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Apple releases 4 iMessage apps ahead of iOS 10

Though people around the world are still waiting for the public release of iOS 10, today Apple released four animated sticker packs — Smileys, Hearts, Hands, and Classic Mac — that integrate with the new version of iMessage. The new version of iMessage makes it easy to share stic … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Japan’s first VR porn festival shutdown because too many people wanted to come

With VR technology rapidly evolving and becoming a mainstay in the consumer market, naturally the adult entertainment industry wants to get their hands on it — and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. In the past, the mainstream adoption of technologies like VHS, DVD and online vi … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

3 types of people who benefit from an MVP app prototypes

As many as 80 percent of all mobile apps that hit the marketplace never see a return on development investments. User interface issues, performance problems, and other issues are more often found by users than by the testing and development team, which means that insult is added … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

This week in patents: Is this what the Google Glass successor will look like?

This week, the US patent office issued 6,319 patents. Each patent adds a little something new to the human knowledge base. As we cannot list all six thousand, the PatentYogi team has selected the five most interesting patents.  Technology of Maglev trains now used to build artifi … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Hyper for iOS cures your boredom with 10 curated videos per day

You probably have a bunch of times every day when you have some time left to check up on the best videos from around the Web. But who’s got the time to go looking for them? Enter Hyper, which presents a curated list of 10 videos that changes every day — and it’s all downloaded to … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Ethical hacker certification bundle gives you the keys to an in-demand six-figure career

Cyber security is a rapidly-evolving field, and high-level IT security professionals have a mandate to stay one step ahead by locating and fortifying an organization’s vulnerabilities before malicious hackers do. These experts regularly save companies millions in revenue and data … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

TNW Weekly: We are both dumb

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 are both dumb Don’t get me wrong – … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Why your next desktop upgrade should be a mechanical keyboard

I’ve spent more waking hours at a computer each day than at any other activity for the past 20 years, which means I’ve typed millions of words on keyboards by now. However, it was only sometime last year that I was reminded about mechanical keyboards and how they’re better for ty … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

This video proves you don’t need CGI to be blown away

The new Jamie XX video clip directed by Romain Gavras will blow your mind without using any CGI, proving you don't need special effects. | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

How to suck less at planning meetings

You don’t need a personal assistent to plan your meetings. Not even a virtual one. What you need is to make the best of a few tools you probably already use, and then start using them. Some of these services you might already use, but I keep running into people who don’t know all … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Dopamine for Windows is a free music player that expertly handles large collections

It’s crazy to think that I’ve been using Winamp as my go-to desktop music player for nearly two decades now. The app has always been the best looking tool for the job, and made light work of managing my collection as it grew from a handful of MP3 snippets to a 350GB library of lo … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Discover the Game of Thrones universe with this handy interactive map

Six seasons in and I’m still not great with the names of characters and places in the Game of Thrones universe. That makes me a horrible companion to binge-watch the show with: I’m constantly badgering my mates with questions like, “Who’s Arya mad at again?” and, “Is Dorne anywhe … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

China just finished building the world’s largest telescope to look for aliens

Yesterday, China completed construction of the world’s largest radio telescope in Pingtang County, southwest of China’s Guizhou Province. The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, or FAST, took roughly five years to complete and cost $180m; initial plans and location r … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Google’s Chrome browser has a new ‘Cast’ option, mirrors to Hangouts

Google Cast, the underlying technology behind Chromecast, is being baked directly into Chrome, and can be used for Hangouts. Chrome The Chrome browser will have a new ‘Cast’ feature in the drop-down menu in Chrome 51, which is currently in beta. As you can with the extension, Cas … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Awesome ‘Space Black’ iPhone 7 renders make me want one right now

As rumors of what Apple may do with the iPhone 7 swirl, the latest involve a flat Home button and a new ‘space black’ design. Sounds kinda blah — until you see the renders. The gallery below come courtesy of Martin Hajek, who creates 3D renders of various products at his whim. We … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Like it or not, Apple is right about Spotify (and is bending the rules for it)

This past week, Apple and Spotify got into a slap-fight via the ‘media.’ Spotify claiming Apple was being unfair (and assuming the disagreement was a measure to bolster Apple Music) while Apple simply stuck to its rules. Here’s the thing: like it or not, Apple is right. The rules … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

SanDisk’s new insanely fast microSD cards can hold 14 hours of 4K video

If you’re into shooting 4K video, you’ll probably be really into the newest microSD cards from SanDisk which can hold 14 hours of footage and transfer info insanely fast. The SanDisk Extreme 256GB microSD card not only has an insane capacity (seriously, 14 hours of 4K footage!), … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Apple is trademarking ‘Night Shift’ for use on Mac, Watch, TV and CarPlay

The reaction to Night Shift may have been stronger than Apple anticipated. A new trademark filing suggests it’s looking to bring the popular iOS feature to the desktop. And cars. And your watch! Patently Apple has discovered a trademark filing that suggests Apple is looking the b … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft’s next Surface rumored to be an all-in-one desktop PC

Here’s a rumor that may get Microsoft fans excited: Microsoft’s next Surface device just might be an all-in-one (AIO) desktop PC. Rather than bring us yet another notebook-type device, Microsoft is said to be working on an iMac competitor for release in Q3 2016. The second genera … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Get certified in Six Sigma Green and Black Belt at 93% off

If maximizing efficiency and eliminating waste in your business is your focus, a direct path to mastery is available in the Six Sigma methodology. You can develop acute project management techniques through 40 hours of learning in the Six Sigma Green & Black Belt Certification Tr … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Develop the next hottest Android and iOS apps with these great deals

The world as we know it is being revolutionized by a wide range of tremendously useful Android and iOS apps. Whether organizing your life, ordering food, finding new romance or keeping up with your favorite teams, applications have streamlined efficiency and convenience to make o … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Twitch now lets you watch people eat. That’s enough internet for today.

It’s Friday, but before I can wrap up my shift, power down the laptop (before inevitably powering it back up because I forgot something) and head away from the computer to enjoy a long weekend on the beach — I discover… this. If you need a good reason to get away from the compute … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

College Humor bit about Facebook’s ‘Algorithm Mafia’ is surprisingly accurate

Is it life imitating art, or art imitating life? I can’t ever be sure, but one thing is for certain: what was once satire is now becoming eerily accurate representations of real-world occurrences. Silicon Valley, for example, was once just HBO’s way of poking fun at the tech worl … | Continue reading


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