Proper mastery of WordPress is a powerful skill in the digital age. But contrary to popular belief, becoming a top WP developer requires more than installation and following a few tutorials. With the immersive, top-quality training provided by the Adobe Systems Premium WordPress … | Continue reading
Google’s head of business development for Chrome and Android partnerships Mike Hayes says that new Android One devices will be coming to market from a range of manufacturers this year. Confirmation came in an interview with The Economic Times of India, in which Hayes explained th … | Continue reading
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook is reportedly set to head to China later this week to meet with government officials, according to The Guardian. Citing the ever-present but perpetually shy ‘sources’, the report suggests that the purpose of the trip to Beijing is essentially a damage control … | Continue reading
Long before tech pioneers like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates made their mark, there were people writing the first computer programming languages. They worked hard to figure out the mathematics that tell machines to make calculations; they envisioned the future of what we now call com … | Continue reading
A security researcher has said that hundreds of different models of Android devices are vulnerable to leaking data to seemingly innocuous apps. Announced by FireEye in a blog post, the vulnerability allows an attacker to potentially do things like view the SMS database and call h … | Continue reading
I started playing Dungeons and Dragons in about the fifth or sixth grade. I didn’t get good at it for a while, but once I did, I didn’t play much longer (insert reference to “The Best Days of My Life” here). Dungeons and Dragons taught me a few lessons that I didn’t realize would … | Continue reading
While companies like Google and mainstream automakers make no secret of their autonomous car plans, Apple’s been a whole lot more coy about Project Titan and exactly what the company’s working on. However, according to the CEO of real-estate company Hudson Pacific Properties Vict … | 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 t … | Continue reading
Apple is offering students a 50 percent discount on subscription plans for its Music streaming service, reports TechCrunch. The discounted rates will be available to students in select universities and colleges in the US, UK, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand s … | Continue reading
Although I’ve moved away from Evernote for my daily writing tasks because I prefer lightweight alternatives like Simplenote, it’s still the ultimate Swiss knife of note-taking tools. Today, its Android app has added image annotation, which makes it a whole lot more useful and a m … | Continue reading
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s other equally fascinating company, SpaceX has just pulled off another major achievement this year. It successfully launched the JCSAT-14 Japanese communications satellite on its Falcon 9 rocket from its Cape Canaveral base in Florida, and landed the first st … | Continue reading
Hardware designers and manufacturers have been dreaming of bringing holographic mobile devices to life for some time now. But it seems like a team of researchers at Queen’s University in Canada might have beaten them all to the punch with the HoloFlex. The team behind the Android … | Continue reading
If your mind instantly went to Skynet, I can put your mind at ease; it’s not Skynet. That’s not, however, to say that this problem isn’t just as scary, only without the cool special effects. While Sci-Fi has made the risks of robot takeover well-known, the more immediate concerns … | Continue reading
Do you ever miss the suspense of blowing into a cartridge to get your games to work? Nintendo’s upcoming NX console may bring back the hassle nostalgia. Screen Critics noticed that Nintendo is ordering a whole lot of new memory chips from Macronix, its Chinese partner for ROM sil … | Continue reading
Turns out that floral decorations on Messenger aren’t all Facebook has in store for Mother’s Day. The company is now testing a new reaction just for the holiday, and once again, it includes flowers. Facebook testing 'Thankful' (flower emoji) reaction? 'Yay' and &# … | Continue reading
Smartwatches are undeniably cool, but not without problems. One of the biggest annoyances when wearing the latest tech from the likes of Apple, Samsung and others is the small touch interface given to complete tasks that might require a little more space — like playing Angry Bird … | Continue reading
Microsoft announced today that the end of its Windows 10 upgrade offer is in sight, with the free option to be replaced with a $119 fee for a new copy of the OS. In a blog post, the company confirmed that the free upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7 or 8.1 would end July 29. It … | Continue reading
Whether it’s Zano’s high-profile bankruptcy (and subsequent post-mortem) or LightFreq’s complete disappearance altogether, it seems like another big-money crowdfunder flop is just around the corner. The latest tech project to fall victim of a case of reality not being able to sta … | Continue reading
Netflix started testing the ability to save you some data while on mobile networks on Android phones a few weeks ago. Now the same feature is rolling out globally to all Android and iOS users. The changelog for version 8.4.0 of the app notes the addition of the streaming controls … | Continue reading
Apple’s App Store – y’know, the center of your digital universe – is inaccessible for many users around the world, according to reports on social media. Apple’s service status page reports a problem, though in our testing, the only problem we’re seeing is the inability to Search. … | Continue reading
Web development skills are in higher demand than ever before, and click-to-learn coding crash courses are available at every turn. But not all are created equal, and finding the right training is essential for success. That’s where the wide range of OSTraining Developer Courses c … | Continue reading
The Internet of Things is gaining momentum, as increased machine-to-machine communications enable mobile, virtual, and instantaneous connections in the cloud and across networks. Soon enough, the IoT will seamlessly integrate into our lives, making virtually everything we encount … | Continue reading
This week has been one confusing ride for anyone who hasn’t been keeping up with the is-he, isn’t-he Bitcoin creator saga Craig Wright, and now it just got even stranger. On Monday, Australian computer scientist Wright claimed he created the cryptocurrency, but failed to provide … | Continue reading
Apple’s US HQ home town of Cupertino is getting a little fed up with the industry giant not playing by the rules, according to the town’s mayor. The company’s address of 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino is known to gadget fiends around the world, including millions of who have never se … | Continue reading
Does that headline excite you? Well, according to a recent study, there are a lot of you that would happily hand over the responsibility of keeping your money safe to either Google, Facebook or Amazon. But weirdly, not Apple? According to a poll carried out by Fujitsu – who thems … | Continue reading
The Indian Railways’ online ticketing site has a reputation for being unreliable and difficult to use, but today, it’s sunk to a new low. India Today reports that the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) site was hacked and roughly 10 million users’ details, i … | Continue reading
It was only last week that a weather reporter on KCCI was rudely interrupted live on air by a prompt to upgrade Windows to a newer version of the OS, and now a pro gamer’s live stream has fallen victim to Microsoft’s perpetually annoying updates. Erik Flom was broadcasting his ga … | Continue reading
A solid social media presence is desirable for any organization, and the same is true if you’re in the City of Alliance Police Department, which chose to take to Facebook to request that people trying to buy drugs stop calling an alleged dealer’s phone. Notman was (allegedly) so … | Continue reading
“Okay.” He paused as turbulence sent the plane suddenly rising and falling like a rollercoaster. “How long have you had your refrigerator? 10 years, 20 years, God knows.” He answered his own rhetorical question. “Now imagine this. Imagine you had a computer for 10 years, 20 years … | Continue reading
In an effort to make its apps more conversational, Google fed its AI engine a whopping 2,865 romance novels so it can improve its understanding of language. The idea is to improve the way Google products respond to users. Software engineer Andrew Dai, who led the project, told Bu … | Continue reading
The battle between the ad blockers and the ad pushers was on full display this at this year’s Mobile World Congress, when Google and adblocking company Shine sparred over the broken state of mobile advertising. The debate shows how tensions have remained high since the release of … | Continue reading
Ever needed to look through an entire video quickly to find a specific scene or just see what it’s about? It’s easy to do with video files stored on your computer, but clips on the Web stream while you watch and that makes seeking tricky. That’s where Fast Forward, a Chrome exten … | Continue reading
It’s never been easier to launch an e-commerce business than it is today. There are more tools, blog posts, and resources available to aspiring e-commerce entrepreneurs and business owners looking to connect with online customers than ever before. But because the e-commerce playi … | Continue reading
After Apple acquired Siri in 2010, the company worked to integrate it into iOS so it could respond to users’ questions by delivering search results from the Web and relaying information like the weather and displaying sports scores. At Viv Labs, the co-founders of Siri have been … | Continue reading
Periscope is fantastic for live broadcasts, but it will only save your streams for 24 hours (if you choose that option). A new beta feature could solve that issue, and make it easier to save your streams indefinitely. With a simple hashtag in the title of your stream, Periscope w … | Continue reading
Proving not all heroes wear capes, Derek Westerman swapped reality for virtual reality as he donned a HTC Vive and painted in VR for 25 hours. “While many people, especially gamers, have spent a lot of time in Virtual Reality, it seemed important to set an official Guinness recor … | Continue reading
According to a recently published survey, the average Mac developer is white, male — and uses JavaScript (but really wants to learn Swift). Details come via Git Tower, which had just under 7,300 respondents to its survey. A wide range of questions spanned everything from age and … | Continue reading
Researchers and aviators in Nevada completed the first successful test flight of a drone designed to bring rain to drought-stricken regions. The flight, which took place last week at an FAA-approved test site in Hawthorne, Nevada, was an 18-minute test of the ‘Sandoval Silver Sta … | Continue reading
Today, GoPro released some truly amazing footage of a suborbital rocket launch that saw a SpaceLoft-10 rocket carry two cameras to 396,405 feet at speeds of up to Mach 5.5. The 20-foot tall rocket from UP Aerospace launched from Spaceport America in New Mexico last November. The … | Continue reading
Earlier this year, Instagram confirmed that it was developing business profiles — a la Facebook Brand Pages. Recently, we managed to snag a peek at just what these new offerings look on iOS thanks to Later.com reporter Taylor Loren. The new profiles remain largely the same short … | Continue reading
Today, Google is introducing a new service for its Slides app called Slides Q&A, which lets people in a crowd ask a moderator questions in real-time without interrupting their talk. Using a link, people can navigate to a dedicated Webpage and ask questions as they think of them. … | Continue reading
Google is about to partner with big cable for a new YouTube service called ‘Unplugged,’ according to a report from Bloomberg. | Continue reading
Twitter’s standalone Mac App is getting a much needed update; it now supports Moments, polls and GIF search. If you’re not familiar, Moments was launched in October to spearhead Twitter’s attempt at becoming a new source. It pulls in multiple tweets about individual current event … | Continue reading
From the “things we wish were real” files, YouTuber ‘pizza for breakfast‘ made a clip imagining just what would happen if Rockstar had included Google’s autonomous car in Grand Theft Auto V (and it had the same AI as current in-game drivers). The car looks like the pissed off ver … | Continue reading
Slowly but surely, Windows 10 is building up its gamut of touch-friendly Universal Windows Platform apps. The latest to join the fray? Vine. As expected, you can create and share vines from any video saved on your PC or tablet. You’ll receive native notifications, and updates wil … | Continue reading
Today, most users surf the web unaware that sites pinpoint their locations – and if they are aware, why are they concerned? It seems harmless, convenient even; perhaps users are shopping and wish to view items in their country’s currency or they’re browsing for content and prefer … | Continue reading
As Election 2016 hacks go, this one isn’t exactly original, but the Arizona real-estate guy – called Ted Cruz – who owns TedCruz.com is supporting Clinton so he’s using his website to promote his team. Right now civilian Ted Cruz is capitalizing on the Google searches made as the … | Continue reading
Apple Music is headed for a refresh. According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple is overhauling the app’s interface, and will introduce the changes at WWDC in June. The change is reportedly prompted by lukewarm reactions to the initial app, which has some hurdles on both the … | Continue reading