The sharing economy brings an “Uber for” just about anything, but in this case the Uber for luxury yacht rentals is actually Uber — at least in Dubai. Uber’s general manager Chris free told CNN: “Following the success of UberCHOPPER in Dubai, we are thrilled to introduce UberYACH … | Continue reading
Twitter has discontinued Magic Recs, its bot that alerted users via DM about trending posts and popular accounts. In a written statement to TechCrunch, a Twitter spokesperson had the following to say about the company’s new direction with regard to bots: @MagicRecs is no longer r … | Continue reading
Delta Airlines today announced it will be investing some $50 million in radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to avoid losing any of the 120 million bags it handles each year. Currently, airlines are mostly tracking baggage using a hand scanner and a barcode. The switc … | Continue reading
Have you ever wondered how to note a friend has too much iStuff? An Apple executive is setting the record straight on how to properly refer to multiple Apple-branded devices. For some reason, seemingly chill dude Phil Schiller has no chill for the word ‘iPhones.’ Instead, he sugg … | Continue reading
If you’re looking for a deal, Craigslist isn’t a terrible place to start. If you’re looking for a deal on an eight billion dollar company it’s probably best to look elsewhere, unless you’re in the business for a piece of history that’s fallen on hard times. According to a (obviou … | Continue reading
Woah there! The year is zipping by, but before we launch full-force into next month, there’s just about enough time for a quick roundup of the best updates and launches in April. From notable updates from big names like Google, to the world of bots and ultrasound-like file beamin … | Continue reading
Snapchat just scored a big win: streaming highlights from the Olympics. According to Bloomberg, Snacphat penned a deal with NBC to show off clips from the Olympics, the first time NBC has shared content outside of its own network in the US. NBC tells Bloomberg that Snapchat “real … | Continue reading
Woah there! Where did May come from already? Before we launch into next month, there’s just about enough time for a quick roundup of the most notable updates and releases across April. As always, only the best iPhone and iPad apps from the last month make it into this list. Hippo … | Continue reading
Ah, welcome welcome. I see you enjoyed last week’s edition and are back for more. Well we won’t disappoint. For the uninitiated (go back and start at post one, please) the team at TNW has made a New Year’s Resolution to read a bit more. So every week, a select number of our team … | Continue reading
You have a great idea for a business and are rightly excited to get going. There is so much to do that you can hardly sleep at night. You are thinking of all the plans and steps that you must complete, like securing financing, setting up a website, hiring your first employees… th … | Continue reading
iTunes Gift Cards are far more exciting now than they used to be. The purchase options on the iTunes Store and App Store have expanded enormously in recent years, as the world has turned its collective attention to Apple’s industry-leading tech in smartphones, computers, tablets … | Continue reading
The value of a high-level Project Manager is impossible to overstate, as they are the productivity gatekeepers in project costs, risk management and beyond. With the comprehensive foundation training provided in the Project Management PMP Prep Bundle, you can earn top-level PM ce … | Continue reading
Much to the sadness of people who loved to hate Clip Art, the service was killed off in 2014 because, you know, it was pretty terrible. Well it has been reinvented via a new partnership between Microsoft and Pickit, which is now integrated into Office and Windows 10 so you can us … | Continue reading
Since its release back in 2013, Slack has grown into one of the leading team messaging services, boasting 2.7 million active daily users. Part of the app’s success has been its robust chatbot integration feature that makes it possible for developers to build custom bots, scrupulo … | Continue reading
Samsung today announced a new virtual reality experience aimed at kids, that allows them to explore a VR world at bedtime. Of course, what you probably want to be doing at bedtime is strapping a Gear VR headset onto your child, and thus placing a bright phone screen just inches a … | Continue reading
GPS-based apps like Google Maps are great at helping us get around, but it sometimes gets things wrong when you’re navigating through places in India: unidentified one-ways and lanes that lead to dead ends are common. That’s about to change, because India now has its own satellit … | Continue reading
The first few years of any startup are generally characterized by long hours, cramped workspaces, shoestring budgets, and skeleton teams. In a scene closely resembling a beehive, individuals and divisions scramble around each other, totally focused on their individual goals and d … | Continue reading
Google may be the king of search but some of its best efforts around building communications tools have failed – remember Wave? – or faltered – remember the last time you used Google+? No, me neither. Google Chat, now integrated with Google Hangouts, was once my go-to office goss … | Continue reading
Google has been called “the best company to work for in America” by Business Insider thanks to its reported emphasis on employee happiness – and that message has clearly reached Capitol Hill as 197 government staff have moved there since Obama took office. That’s on top of 61 peo … | Continue reading
It’s a common misconception that personal branding is reserved for authors, speakers or those looking to become well-known personalities. In our digitally savvy world, where potential clients, investors and employers are just as apt to look you up on Facebook or Google search you … | 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
The US Supreme Court has approved a change in Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, so judges across the country now have the authority to issue warrants for remote electronic searches outside their district. That means that a judge can grant an FBI agent in, say, N … | Continue reading
If you’re looking to add artificial intelligence to a hardware project for doing things like sensing objects in an enviroment or understand voice commands, Movidius’ new Fathom USB stick might be just the thing. The company is known for its Myriad 2 deep learning chip that allows … | Continue reading
We reported two weeks ago that whistleblower Edward Snowden was collaborating with producer Jean-Michel Jarre on a techno track called ‘Exit’. The song now has a music video to go with it, and you can watch it here. Given Snowden’s background of exposing governmental surveillance … | Continue reading
A new Apple patent could fix a major pain point when texting — autocorrect. While autocorrect has never been annoying enough to actually pick up the phone and call someone, it’s the sort of minor annoyance that sometimes made you reminisce about being left to your own devices for … | Continue reading
Vevo just redesigned its Web presence to reflect the same smooth, slick interface you’ll find via mobile. The company says it underwent a complete UI overhaul on the desktop that aligns it more closely with the mobile and Apple TV variants. Onboarding is also similar to the mobil … | Continue reading
Microsoft is betting big on Cortana, so naturally, it isn’t very happy that some people have been using the assistant with Chome and Google, instead of Edge and Bing. Solution? Don’t let people use anything other than Edge and Bing. That’ll surely to go over well. Here’s Microsof … | Continue reading
Apple updated iMovie for the Mac today, making it a lot more like the iOS version. First, the ‘New Project’ button is now easier to track down in the projects browser. It’s basically the first option in the library. Apple also increased the thumbnail views for all movies, and let … | Continue reading
Wire, a minimalist messaging app created by old Skype team members, is rolling out encrypted file sharing to all its users. The update follows the app’s adoption of encrypted messaging; Wire was was the first major messaging platform to roll out end-to-end encryped messages for a … | Continue reading
We’re one step closer to email being treated as private communication, a distinction that would require government entities acquire a search warrant to read emails — even those older than 180 days. The 180 day mark is currently the point where the federal government insists that … | Continue reading
From Maps to Flight Search, Google is pretty much an essential part of modern travel. Now it seems the company may be working on an app that pull its various travel tools together. Dutch publication Android World reports that users in Google’s Local Guides program are testing a n … | Continue reading
Of all the smart home gadgets you can buy, the door lock remains the holy grail. Coming and going without ever touching keys is something we crave for some reason, and August is our best crack at it. And its new HomeKit enabled lock is supposed to bring something extra to the mix … | Continue reading
Jelly, a social question and answer app that allows you to ask your friends questions and (presumably) get answers to said questions, is back. If you’re not exactly jumping up and down, it’s probably because you tried the original Jelly app, which was sort of like Google, but in … | Continue reading
Now that the word ‘hoverboard’ has been misappopriated by underwhelming pseudo-segways, perhaps its time to turn to the hoverbike instead. YouTuber and plumber Colize Furze – known for his crazy DIY science projects – built a hoverbike of sorts using two motors and propellers ori … | Continue reading
Google is creating an internal hardware division, and is bringing back an old executive to lead the charge. Rick Osterloh, who departed Google when it sold Motorola to Lenovo, is returning to the company to lead this new hardware division. According to Re/Code (which received con … | Continue reading
Google’s cool OnHub router (no, really, it’s pretty neat for a router) now supports IFTTT, letting you automate just about anything connected in your home. IFTTT lets users create ‘recipes’ that trigger actions based on initiators. When you arrive home, your phone may connect to … | Continue reading
Thomas Mayer, a student from the University of Design Schwäbisch Gmünd in Germany, might have just built the ultimate fanboy tennis table – and it looks amazing. The Table Tennis Trainer, developed as part of Mayer’s bachelor thesis project, is an interactive ping pong table that … | Continue reading
After the announcement that Facebook and others were taking chatbots increasingly seriously, it was only a matter of time before other companies tried to find their place among the chatter. It’s super early days, but Moovit’s new transport bot is among the first to be directly in … | Continue reading
Google is rolling out a few updates new features to improve its Photos service today. Most notably, Photos now has a permanent search bar up top instead of the previous floating action button. The idea is to emphasize search by making it more accessible; with one tap, you can see … | Continue reading
The first product to go live that uses Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa, but isn’t made by the tech giant, has been unveiled as the Triby portable speaker system from startup Inoxia. But to be fair, it’s much more than a speaker. Triby is aiming to be a handy remote control for fam … | Continue reading
Thank you! You’re either smart, have the opportunity and/or the budget to hire a designer. If you know the right person, this article is not for you. For the rest… Welcome to the void. What to do? Where to go? Well, I can assure you what you should definitely not do. Don’t go to … | Continue reading
Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 had a rough time getting big name companies to build proper apps for it, but Windows 10’s Universal App Platform might finally be starting to counter this trend. As announced during Build 2016, Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram now have native Windo … | Continue reading
Are you still walking across the room to use a printer or scanner, like we’re living in some pre-millennial time warp? We’re in the future, so let’s start acting like it! USB Network Gate allows you to connect to remote USB devices over the internet and local networks, as if thos … | Continue reading
Earlier this year, I saw a bunch of excellent flagship phones at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona – handsets built to perfection with top-of-the-line hardware, great features and slick styling. But unlike the past couple of years, I felt no overwhelming GAS (gear acquisiton syn … | Continue reading
Your Apple Watch is a device of such beauty and innovative technology that it just doesn’t seem right to toss it on any old charger. Such a hi-tech accessory calls for a certain degree of style in presentation and charging, and TNW Deals has two great new offers from Nomad to enh … | Continue reading
Investing in startups can be very rewarding, as you ride the wave with them as they grow and expand. It can also be nerve-wracking if they aren’t growing at the rate they expected, they have massive issues that they are struggling to overcome, or have a huge hit to their revenue. … | Continue reading
Last week Canadian rapper Drake tweeted the cover art for his upcoming album VIEWS that is expected to hit the stores later this weekend. Since then the artwork – that shows the rap star sitting on top of the CN Tower in his hometown Toronto – has been retweeted over 150,000 time … | Continue reading
As Steven Spielberg’s technology advisor on the 2002 tech-noir thriller Minority Report, upcoming TNW Europe speaker John Underkoffler completely transformed the way we imagined interacting with information in the future. You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who wasn’t convince … | Continue reading