Instagram is adding “picked for you” video channels under its Explore section to keep you entertained. Next time you go to the ‘Explore’ section, you’ll see recommendations based on your interests. Some examples include comedians, cake decorating and skateboarders. Instagram says … | Continue reading
If iTunes has been giving you fits when playing tracks, you’re not alone. In the latest release, version 12.4, tracks shorter than 60 seconds seem to be in a continuous state of buffering. Via MacRumors, a forum post suggests that streaming music queues the next track when the cu … | Continue reading
If Boston Dynamics’ ‘Big Dog’ was a bit too terrifying for you, you should give ‘SpotMini’ a go. The all-electric robot (no hydraulics) weighs 55 pounds and runs for about 90 minutes on a charge — roughly the equivalent of most dogs. It’s also the quietest robot Boston Dynamics h … | Continue reading
If choosing between a 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch iPhone was tough, your decision-making process ay be even more complex this Fall. A new rumor suggests the iPhone will follow the iPad model, and have three different models to choose from. Specifically, there could be an iPhone 7, 7 Pl … | Continue reading
WhatsApp users are now making more than 100 million voice calls every single day – over 1,100 calls per second. That’s an impressive number, given the feature only finished rolling out to Android and iOS in April of last year. Of course, plenty of those calls are from individuals … | Continue reading
Technology can save lives, provide access to education and bring you closer to your friends and family. And now it can also tell you what’s going on in your fridge. Thanks to FridgeEye, you can check on your fridge, whenever and wherever you are. Imagine a world where you won’t h … | Continue reading
You might not need an iPhone SE if you want a phone you can use with one hand. An Apple patent (first reported by Apple Insider) describes how in the future your iPhone could detect how it’s being held, and automatically move interface elements for optimal thumb reach. Using your … | Continue reading
At The Next Web (TNW), we’re excited about technology finding a way into every aspect of our lives. Today, we’d like to share how we’ve integrated gadgets, apps and custom code into our office(s) to help improve productivity and make work easier. Using the low cost, credit-card s … | Continue reading
When you’re ready to get serious about a future in Project Management, the Agile Scrum Certification Bundle offers five comprehensive courses in the top-used methodologies in your chosen field. Establish mastery of high-level management tactics in teamwork, communication and prod … | Continue reading
Depending on where you live, Huawei may or may not be a major brand in the Android smartphone segment. But rest assured, it’s huge around the world. According to IDC’s global report for phone shipments in Q1 2016, the company ranks as the third largest vendor on the planet, behin … | Continue reading
InVision is making a few changes to its Craft suite of plugins for Sketch that could have designers working more like developers. Specifically, a new ‘Data’ plugin for Craft will let designers access JSON info from public APIs including text and photos. It also gathers a few exis … | Continue reading
User experience is not the same as customer experience. While most designers directly influence the UX, they also need to understand the larger context of the CX. The customer experience represents every step of the journey from when users are running price comparisons, to when u … | Continue reading
Snapchat has an age limit. But it isn’t set by asking you for your birthday. It is set through an interface that is so confusing you need to be young to get it. I both hate and love that. I hated it because I didn’t get the interface, which made me realize I’m getting old. I love … | Continue reading
On my way to the co-working space, I grabbed my mobile to read the same Slack message yet another time: Ali, that’s good, but we should look at what converts. It never failed. It was either a client or a colleague on the same marketing team. There was always someone who never mis … | Continue reading
Earlier this week, Microsoft showed that its Edge browser consumed less battery life on laptops than rivals like Chrome, Opera and Firefox. The company claimed to get between 36 and 53 percent more battery life with Edge in its comparison test. But Opera, which introduced a power … | Continue reading
After concluding its WWDC conference earlier this month, Apple released a preview of iOS 10 for developers to have a crack at it and see what’s new. Unlike previous versions of the platform, it included a big surprise: an unencrypted kernel. The kernel is the core of the operatin … | Continue reading
Fun fact: I used to write music and play guitar in a few short-lived bands in my hometown of Bangalore, India. One of the things I loved most about that time was fiddling with amps and effect pedals to create new sounds. Naturally, I was intrigued to learn that Converse has devel … | Continue reading
First the good news. The United States senate rejected a proposal today that would have given the FBI increased surveillance powers, including the ability to search our internet browsing history without a warrant. Now for the bad; it was barely rejected and we could see a modifie … | Continue reading
SoundCloud has long been one of my favorite apps for discovering new music.The fun design and numerous independent acts that litter the app made it worth using. The problem, however, is that this discovery was far too manual in a world where algorithmically-curated playlists are … | Continue reading
In force a vote on gun control, House Democrats staged a sit-in this morning. When C-SPAN cameras went dead, Periscope took over. C-SPAN claims it has no control over the cameras in the House of Representatives, meaning government officials turned them off (likely to avoid scruti … | Continue reading
Now that Samsung has officially launched its 360-degree camera, it’s also launching a site where you can upload your videos. The site is called Samsung VR, and replaces Milk VR which was limited to ‘influencers’ in the VR space (read: brands). In opening Samsung VR up to the mass … | Continue reading
BetaList features the newest startups. Today, we take a closer look at Refind, a new take on social bookmarking. Submit your startup to get featured too. What is Refind? Refind is the home for the best links on the web. It lets you save great links that will come in handy in the … | Continue reading
Amazon is giving its cheapest kindle a spec boost and a mild redesign. First off, you can get it in white, should you want your kindle to match your fake pages, and it’s a little bit thinner. It’s also a little rounder, which amazon says should make it easier to hold in one hand … | Continue reading
If you needed further proof that we are indeed living in the future, KFC has just introduced a box for its 5-in-1 meal that features USB, micro-USB and Lightning connections — and even includes the cables — to charge your mobile devices. Currently, the box is only available in Mu … | Continue reading
Fabric, Twitter’s developer suite, is adding a new tool in Branch. Branch is a marketing analytics tool, which uses some deep linking capabilities to analyze things like retention regardless of which marketing channels you utilize. More to the point, it lets you compare and contr … | Continue reading
Google and Udacity are teaming up again, this time for an Android Basics course that will earn you a Nanodegree. The two companies have partnered before for Android Nanodegree programs, but this one is meant for those who are starting from absolute scratch: no coding experience r … | Continue reading
Dropbox is getting a hefty update today with a new set of productivity tools and features. Perhaps most usefully, you’ll now be able to use the Dropbox mobile app to scan documents such as receipts, whiteboards and more. If you have a business account, you’ll be able to search in … | Continue reading
After the thrilling Battle of Winterfell, viewers around the world were left wondering how this season of Game of Thrones could get any more terrifying. As it turns out the release of a simple website called Spoiled.io might strike even more fear into the heart of every fan.After … | Continue reading
Sierra sits in a strange place in the pantheon of Apple’s desktop software builds. It’s fair to consider Sierra the second iteration on Yosemite (after the impressive El Capitan), but it’s also the first build of macOS, which supplants OS X. It’s also reasonable to think Apple wo … | Continue reading
Over the past five months, I’ve worked in the Amsterdam tech scene, frantically tracking the latest tech news and interviewing passionate startup founders for Index. During my stint in this city of canals, I learned a lot about the different tech scenes throughout Europe and what … | Continue reading
It’s not a good day for streaming platforms. Not too long after YouTube went down for the first time in ages, Spotify users are having trouble accessing account. Several of us here at TNW are unable to sign in, and down-detector notes Spotify has been having issues since 9:45 AM … | Continue reading
With summer’s arrival comes the migration to all things outdoor, and music is an essential accompaniment to any pool party, barbecue, get together or adventure. The number of Bluetooth speakers on the market is staggering, but one company delivers far better sound and features th … | Continue reading
In e-commerce, your existing customers are often your best growth tool. Developing and nurturing ongoing relationships with customers can be more powerful, more effective, and more profitable than any other business growth, lead generation, or customer acquisition tactic you imp … | Continue reading
We rely on our phones for an ever-increasing number of daily functions, whether important data, memories in photos and video, contacts and so much more. So when it’s lost, damaged or stolen, the world generally comes to a screeching halt. If safeguarding your vital data against a … | Continue reading
Plex is great for wirelessly streaming your entire library of movies, TV shows, music and other locally stored media to all your devices. But if you’re not within range of your home Wi-Fi network, you’ll incur data costs when accessing content from your setup. Western Digital has … | Continue reading
Gone are the days where websites look like a bad acid trip. Despite the ebb and flow of design trends, one thing is certain: In 2016, it’s just as important for websites to have great functionality as it is to have great looks. If you’re an admirer of beautiful websites, we have … | Continue reading
Hasselblad is one of the venerable names in photography – its cameras have gone to the moon, after all – but some would argue the value of their $30,0000 cameras has been diluted by modern DSLRs and Mirrorless cameras, which continuously improve their image quality in much smalle … | Continue reading
It appears that YouTube’s site is down for some users. Ok. It looks like youtube is down for most people. We should all huddle together. Everything will be ok I promise. — Stampy Cat (@stampylongnose) June 22, 2016 It isn’t clear what the reason is, but the site has been unavaila … | Continue reading
Evolution is inevitable for social media platforms: as they become part of our digital landscape, they have to keep tabs on how people are using them and meet those expectations to stay relevant. But Vine – which was acquired by Twitter in 2012 and has since grown to more than 20 … | Continue reading
If you’re told that you’re being scammed while you’re being scammed, is it still a scam? That’s the question Hadean Lands’ downloadable add-on raises. The Windows-based game is a text adventure with no graphics. To play, you have to read about scenarios, and type in commands to e … | Continue reading
Slack is already a great chat tool for companies that want employees to be able to talk to each other privately and in group. It also supports bots that can deliver notifications and pull in RSS feeds. Today, it’s taking that functionality a step further with Message Buttons. The … | Continue reading
Having run out of shows to binge on, I’m now rewatching the 90s sitcom masterpiece Seinfeld – all nine seasons. This time around, I noticed that the bedroom in Jerry’s iconic apartment rarely gets any screen time. Sure, you could probably have a look around the place in VR. But i … | Continue reading
Sonos makes controlling your music across your home extremely convenient, but having to open up an iOS app everytime you want to adjust something can be a pain. Fret no more: you can now control playback and view current tracks right from you iPhone or iPad’s lock screen. This fu … | Continue reading
Huawei’s new MateBook is probably the closest we’ll get to an iPad Pro running Windows 10, and it actually looks pretty sweet. Spec-wise, the 12-inc, 2-in-1 tablet is actually most reminiscent of Samsung’s TabPro S (which I quite liked). It’s ridiculously thin (6.9mm) and weight … | Continue reading
When you’re one of the richest persons on the planet and arguably the most powerful man in technology, how do you keep yourself safe from potential voyeuristic hackers? For Mark Zuckerberg. it seems you just need a little bit of tape. Zuckerberg posted a congratulatory message to … | Continue reading
Facebook is getting really serious about live video. According to the Wall Street Journal, the company is spending over $50 million on nearly 140 contracts for celebrities and publishers to stream live over the next year. That amounts to over $350,000 paid on average. The highest … | Continue reading
Windows Phones mostly achieved feature parity with iOS and Android with Windows 10, but the lack of NFC payments has been a glaring omission. That’s starting to change today. Windows Insiders running builds 14360 or higher can run an updated Microsoft Wallet app to make mobile pa … | Continue reading
Here’s a bit of unexpected news: Apple is doing away with the traditional two-year iPhone cycle, according to the Wall Street Journal. In other words, don’t expect anything special from this year’s model. The good news is that 2017’s should be just as awesome as 2016’s will be du … | Continue reading