Building an efficient and effective business structure in today’s marketplace requires mastery of both Six Sigma and Lean principles. With 40 hours of learning in the Six Sigma Green & Black Belt Certification Training, now 93% off on TNW Deals, you’ll master the processes for ma … | Continue reading
We’ve heard a lot about Uber’s plans to create its own self-driving vehicle, but we’ve always been curious to see what it would look like. Today, Uber gave us a glimpse of its current self-driving car. Announced in a blog post, the car is essentially a Ford Fusion equipped with l … | Continue reading
Today, Adobe is introducing Spark for mobile and the Web, which it hopes will help small businesses and nonprofits create great images, websites and media for their campaigns. There are three main components to Spark: Page, Post and Video. Those tools were formerly the standalone … | Continue reading
In February, Facebook began rolling out live video streaming capabilities to users worldwide – meaning that there’s bound to be someone streaming video of themselves somewhere on the planet at any given point in time. At its F8 developer conference, the company unveiled a number … | Continue reading
For a long time, almost as long as I’ve been a member of the exclusive “Women in Tech” club, I’ve avoided talking about diversity. I modeled myself after Marissa Mayer, who when asked what it was like being the only female engineer at Google (back in the day) said, “I didn’t not … | Continue reading
Machine learning, which helps computers do things like understand complex voice commands and improve image search capabilities, can be taxing on traditional hardware. Google should know – over 100 of its products and features use this technology to run and improve themselves cons … | Continue reading
Known for its radical product reinvention, Apple has changed the way the world uses their mobile phones. So what’s next for the tech giant? After Apple‘s recent milestone, I posed the following question to a panel of business owners from Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC): What do … | Continue reading
Fitbit has had a busy 2016 so far, having launched two new fitness trackers: the $200 watch-like Blaze and the slimmer $130 Alta. It’s also found time to acquire payments hardware firm Coin. The company hasn’t revealed terms of the deal that closed on May 12, but said that “the a … | Continue reading
It looks like 2016 is the year that Apple learns to show India some love. It’s already working on plans to open its first official retail stores in the country and announced yesterday that it would set up a support facility for iOS developers in Bangalore early next year. Today, … | Continue reading
Although it’s well known across Asia for its excellent smartphones, Xiaomi’s presence in the US has been minimal, with only accessories like headphones available for sale since it opened its online store there last May. But at Google I/O 2016, the Chinese hardware maker had a sur … | Continue reading
After making a big splash in 2014 by acquiring Nokia, Microsoft has effectively sold it off to Apple supply chain partner Foxconn for $350 million. The actual buyer is listed as FIH Mobile Ltd., which is a subsidiary of Foxconn. In the deal, FIH will also get Microsoft’s phone ma … | Continue reading
The keynote was great, the demos are cool and there’s free food and drink for everyone there — but don’t kid yourself, Google IO 2016 is the conference version of hell. Lines that span 90+ minutes, attendees being turned away at the door after waiting in said lines, and 93 degree … | Continue reading
Google is taking a page from Apple’s book and letting families share apps. Discovered in some developer documentation by Android Police, the program — called Family Library — will allow groups of up to six people share access to apps. Developers have been given a date of July 2 t … | Continue reading
Android apps are coming to Chrome OS. First spotted by 9to5Google in the session ‘Bring your Android App to Chrome’ officially discuss the merger of mobile and desktop: Today we announced that we’re adding the best mobile app experiences in the world, Android apps and the Google … | Continue reading
The much-awaited Amazon Echo competitor from Google is finally here – while we heard a lot about its features and its rumored name, we were all pretty clueless on what the device would look like. And well, it seems the internet is still confused. Anyone else think @google Home lo … | Continue reading
Android Instant Apps is a game-changer for the mobile web. Announced at I/O today, Instant Apps lets developers take advantage of modules that allow mobile Web users to use an application without actually installing it. When clicking a link, Google Play runs the app instantly by … | Continue reading
At Google I/O, the company announced some major changes to Firebase, which now has analytics for developers that it says is “like Google analytics for apps.” Google says Firebase will now be able to do crash reporting by finding bugs and issues in apps. It looks at user behavior … | Continue reading
At its IO conference today, Google announced Android Wear 2.0, the biggest update to its wearables platform yet. First up, any watchface will now be able to show information “from any app.” Basically, it’s Google’s take on the Apple Watch’s complications. Google is also including … | Continue reading
VR is coming to Android N. Bouncing off of Cardboard, which has 50 million app installs, Google is accelerating its VR initiatives. Noting that cardboard is a bit limited, Google is releasing a new platform named Daydream that is focussed on a better VR experience for Android. Da … | Continue reading
Google always names its newest version of Android after a dessert, in alphabetical order. This year will be the first time Google will let users choose the name. You can head on over to android.com/n to submit your vote. While it seems it doesn’t have to be dessert this time arou … | Continue reading
Today at I/O, Google debuted its new chat app, ‘Allo‘ as well as a companion app (for video) ‘Duo.’ Duo is lightening-quick, encrypted and works on both iOS and Android. The team worked with WebRTC to create a new protocol that allows for instant creation of an encrypted connecti … | Continue reading
Today at Google I/O, CEO Sundar Pichai announced some new tweaks for Google Photos, which he says now has over 200 million users. You’ll now be able to communicate via Photos with two new apps — yes, really. A new messaging app named Allo is a “smart messaging app” that learns ov … | Continue reading
At Google I/O today, Google CEO Sundar Pichai detailed a future that featured a whole lot of talking to your devices. 20 percent of queries on Google are performed via voice search. Because voice assistant’s, such as Google Now, are making up progressively larger percentages of o … | Continue reading
Well, the rumors were true. At its IO developer conference in California today, Google announced Home, the company’s own take on the Amazon Echo. Much like the Echo, Home is basically a small speaker you plug into the wall, with a series of far-field microphones tuned to hear you … | Continue reading
Most people have heard of John Sculley. And if they don’t recognize the name, you can jog their memory by saying ‘the Pepsi guy who ran Apple and threw out Steve Jobs’ and they’ll go ‘ahhh, that guy!’. But Sculley has done more than that, and is doing a lot more as well. Around t … | Continue reading
Netflix has just launched what is probably the simplest speed test on the Web. It’s called Fast.com It’s incredibly minimal, and loads pretty much immediately, probably because there are no ads. It only measures your internet service provider’s (ISP) download speed, which it will … | Continue reading
Pornhub — the porn site that recently ruined the taco emoji for you — today announced its solution to the growing obesity epidemic: ‘BangFit.’ “Today, due to our hectic work schedules and lack of motivation, many of us do not receive regular amounts of physical activity and lead … | Continue reading
Every startup has a story to tell. From the conception of an idea, to the first lines of code, early hires, and preliminary funding rounds – every company has a unique narrative. But there are always shared experiences. Processes, tactics, and habits that shape the experience of … | Continue reading
PowerPoint presentations are generally pretty boring, so it takes really good design to make them stand out. Shutterstock wants to help with its new plug in. As you might expect, it’s basically an embedded search engine for Shutterstock images, but there are some tweaks in place … | Continue reading
Parking is nobody’s favorite thing to do and is probably even more worrying for the people who have opted to own a ‘self-parking’ car and put all their faith into the vehicle. While self-driving (or parking) cars are definitely the way forward and mostly safe, there are still som … | Continue reading
Sharing your personal contact information can open the floodgates to spam messages, unwanted solicitations and cold calls – not to mention potential identity theft. With KeepSolid Disposable Phone Lines, you can safeguard your information while skipping the headaches of phone con … | Continue reading
Glu Mobile, the mobile game developer behind ‘Kim Kardashian: Hollywood’ is out to do it again with a new game, this time following the chronicles of pop princess Britney Spears. Titled ‘Britney Spears: American Dream,’ the game has a similar format to Kim K’s version, but this t … | Continue reading
When you’re founder, and have spent a ton of your time building your operations, it can be tempting to try to be the hero who does it all. But to keep your company growing, and keep your company’s culture and your own life healthy, you’ve got to be able to face your own limitatio … | Continue reading
If you’ve spent any time at all on social networks, you’ll most likely have come across a Dubsmash clip featuring front-cam video of someone lip-syncing over music or a popular movie dialogue. The Berlin-based firm now wants to get its users to spend more time with its service in … | Continue reading
It’s no surprise to anyone that emails and social media accounts are hacked every single day. And if you cast your mind back to 2012, you might remember how millions of LinkedIn users were left vulnerable after it emerged that a Russian hacker was offloading over 6 million of the … | Continue reading
The money’s starting to flow into Instagram. Thanks to the visual social network’s growing active user base, major ROI on direct response advertising, an average annual follower growth rate among brands of 100 percent and new advertising formats and capabilities being rolled out … | Continue reading
Microsoft has announced that it’s selling its feature phone business for $350 million in a group deal to FIH Mobile, a subsidiary of Chinese hardware manufacturer Foxconn, which manufactures iPhones for Apple, and a newly formed company called HMD Global. The deal includes Micros … | Continue reading
In an effort to improve passenger safety, Uber has updated its Family Profiles feature with the ability to track riders in your closed group from the time they hop in a cab to the moment they reach their destination. The Trip Tracker feature will let you know when one of your lov … | Continue reading
We reported yesterday that Tim Cook was scheduled to visit India this week. The Apple CEO has now touched down in the financial capital of Mumbai today amidst big news for the company. Apple has announced that it will open what it’s calling a Design and Development Accelerator, t … | Continue reading
If you weren’t certain about Google’s plans to introduce an Amazon Echo competitor, a new report may help you feel a bit more sure about what’ll happen at Google I/O tomorrow. According to The NewYork Times, Google will introduce it’s standalone connected home device at I/O, and … | Continue reading
For all the things tech improves in our lives, there are other aspects that no amount of innovation will help you with. Common sense is one of them. A company called My.Flow today unveiled a $49 smart tampon monitor that helps you see via an app when it’s time to change it. The d … | Continue reading
It’s been a long time coming, but Android Pay is finally rolling out to the UK. Download #AndroidPay today from @GooglePlay. Now available in the UK. https://t.co/FZ3YlsaQ9T — Android (@Android) May 17, 2016 Android Pay first launched in September in the US. Back in March, Google … | Continue reading
If you’ve got a Nest Cam and an August Doorbell Cam, you’ll now be able to view a stream of the inside and outside of your home in one app. Both can be set to start recording when motion is detected, so you can get a birds-eye view of who’s at your door and when they may or may n … | Continue reading
A new patent filed by Facebook earlier this month reveals that the company may be trying to make your face the new emoji. Using facial recognition technology, it appears Facebook wants to sort through your tagged photos to find faces that best match the emoji you meant to use. Fo … | Continue reading
Facebook unveiled its $30,000 360-degree camera – the Surround 360 – last month and now it’s showing off just how useful it can be in a new specially-produced short film called ‘Here and Now.’ Using three 90-minute sessions in New York’s famous Grand Central Station, Facebook’s c … | Continue reading
Every year, The Next Web holds hundreds of interviews with young startups in order to shortlist the cream of the crop and invite them to Boost, our early-stage growth program at TNW Conference. The applications for Boost are now closed, and we’re proud to have 200 of the world’s … | Continue reading
A small but worthy update for GIF users on Tumblr (aka everyone on the platform) – you’ll now be able to overlay text on its GIF Maker tool. You’ll have a selection of just three font choices, but they can be resized however you like and you can pick the color from the gradient o … | Continue reading
BitTorrent’s peer to peer data protocols are most known for file sharing through torrents and Sync, but now the company believes it can tackle a completely different platform: live television. To be clear, the company isn’t taking on livestreaming platforms like Periscope or Twit … | Continue reading