Two days of Facebook’s F8 Conference have come and gone, so here’s a look back at all the things you may have missed from the event. To learn more about each topic, click the links below for full stories. Mark Zuckerberg kicks off the event… with a Trump takedown It’s not unusual … | Continue reading
Electronic cigarettes are probably not going to provide a platform for mobile games in the near future — except this one. Using an eVic-VTC Mini electronic cigarette, an enterprising gamer managed to hack the personal vaporizer to play the popular mobile game Flappy Bird on the b … | Continue reading
Vine just got a lot more awesome, and a bit less loopy. With today’s update, a new ‘Watch’ feature on profiles will help you dig all the way through someone’s Vine history. Watch lets you see everything a person has Vined (or revined). Each video loops once, but holding on a play … | Continue reading
If Facebook has its way, VR will be a lot more social. So much so that you’ll even be able to take selfies in virtual reality at places you’ve probably never even been to. At its F8 event today, Facebook took time to discuss just how Oculus would be able to let friends meet up vi … | Continue reading
Sketch has been updated to version 3.7, bringing in a ton of fixes and improvements sure to delight everyone. Most notably, Symbols have been completely reimagined — and it’s awesome. The real pull for Symbols is that it better mimics what designers were already doing. When you c … | Continue reading
Today, the US House Judiciary Committee approved legislation requiring law enforcement agencies secure a warrant to obtain email stored in the cloud. The Email Privacy act would supersede Reagan-era legislation that allowed authorities to access email from service providers witho … | Continue reading
Today at F8, Facebook announced some cool things for developers working with React. In partnerships with Samsung and Microsoft, React Native apps can now be written for Windows, Xbox, smart TVs and wearables. Microsoft is now supporting the React Native framework for use on the U … | Continue reading
Facebook has made it a mission to connect the world. Whether unconnected, or poorly connected, there are several new initiatives on the horizon that could bring an estimated 1.6 billion people online. We were able to get a glimpse of a few of them at F8 today. The most ambitious … | Continue reading
When Google launched its Android N Beta Program last month, it promised regular updates every few weeks, and now we have our first ones. While there aren’t huge new features the likes of split-screen mode, there are some updates users will appreciate. Perhaps most notable, Google … | Continue reading
For many startups, the singular point of focus when you set out on your journey is getting users on board. Without users, you can’t demonstrate momentum and, frankly, that anyone gives a damn that your product exists. If users don’t give a damn, it’s hard for potential investors … | Continue reading
Take Four, a new Chrome extension that allows you to discover artists and photographers worth following on Instagram, is an art admirers dream. Operating solely in new tabs, Take Four is not at all obtrusive; most of the time you’ll forget it’s there entirely. But once you open a … | Continue reading
Today in two people you wouldn’t think would be in the same sentence, rapper Azealia Banks claims that Twitter/Square CEO Jack Dorsey promised to tweet about her mixtape if she tweeted about Square’s Cashtag. Evident in his Twitter feed, he did not do so, and she threatened to “h … | Continue reading
Minecraft has been toying around with offering multiplayer Realms across desktop, consoles and phones for a while now – and now it wants Android users to help test its Pocket Edition. Today, if you want to play multiplayer on mobile, you’ll need to mess around with IP addresses, … | Continue reading
Snapchat is getting a nifty update to its videos: users can now attach stickers and emoji to objects and track them around a scene. That lets you do things like place an emoji on your face and use it as a mask, or make tiny vehicles move around in your videos. via Mashable You ca … | Continue reading
Google Photos automatically backs up photos to the cloud, which is a convenient way of making sure you never lose your memories. But sometimes you want to make sure a photo is backed up right now, in which case you were out luck. That’s changing today – if you use Android, at le … | Continue reading
If you’ve been following the clusterfuck of a Kickstarter that is Coolest Cooler, you know it’s gone from boom to bust while leaving backers in the lurch. Now, it’s asking those backers for even more money — to get the product they already paid for. In an update post to backers o … | Continue reading
The EU’s consumer protection group has rejected in its current form the new rules written to govern EU-US data transfers. Despite the new regs receiving early support from Microsoft, the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party has fallen on the side of Snowden in criticizing the … | Continue reading
Dish Network’s Sling TV this morning announced a new multi-stream service in beta which lets subscribers watch on up to three devices at the same time. The multi-stream service comes with live local content from Fox Networks – you can access local channels based on your zip code. … | Continue reading
Any successful website is the product of strong management and quality design. The WordPress Wizard Bundle equips you with the skills to accomplish both, and transform your ideas into a high-quality professional website through 12 essential courses – and the entire bundle is an i … | Continue reading
When it comes to creating the digital world of the future, data – in massive volume – forms the foundation. The ability to access unprecedented levels of data from multiple sources is providing organizations with the insights they need to change the world. From healthcare to cust … | Continue reading
Yep – the leaks are true. Amazon’s newest e-reader is called the Kindle Oasis, and is the company’s thinnest e-reader to date. We got a hands-on preview of the device last week and it is significantly tinier than the Kindle Voyage. While the screen size and resolution remains the … | Continue reading
Apple already fixed a bug related to its previous ‘1970’ problem, which allowed people to render their devices useless if the clock and date were set to a specific point in time, but your phone remains vulnerable unless you have the most recent firmware. Admittedly, this might fe … | Continue reading
Mark Zuckerberg spent much of his keynote at F8 talking about the continued push around Internet.org and Free Basics. But it was Ime Archibong, director of product partnerships, and Emeka Afigbo, manager for product partnerships for Middle East and Africa, that really gave the sk … | Continue reading
Running your startup was fine when it was just you, your co-founder, and your jane-of-all-trades hire. But now that you’ve raised investment (woohoo!), you want to focus on strategy and expand your team. It’s not hard telling people you want to hire a kick-ass developer, but it’s … | Continue reading
Are you sick of trying to get your dog to pose for some Instagram shots? Well, you can put the treats down – your days of taking ten photos to get one useful one are no more. The Posting Tail is a normal looking vest for your canine companion but with a twist – it has a built-in … | Continue reading
USB-C cables are supposed to be the end to all our wire woes, thanks to their ability to carry power and data simultaneously, as well as their reversible design. However, some manufacturers flooded the market with faulty cables that aren’t compliant with the specification and don … | Continue reading
You’re about to leave an e-commerce site and then suddenly a message flashes up offering you a killer deal on the product you were just looking at. Depending on your outlook, that’s either really annoying or a brilliant user experience, but one thing’s for sure – it can be an eff … | Continue reading
The days of using underhand tactics like hidden text and keyword stuffed title tags to influence search rankings may be rapidly retreating into the mists of time, but as much as search engine optimisation (SEO) is coming to reflect time-honoured good marketing practices, there is … | Continue reading
‘Content marketing’ often amounts to nothing more than companies filling their blogs up with posts that try to make them seem smarter than they are, while saying nothing of any value to anyone at all. And if you’re going to get into that game, why spend time and effort crafting a … | Continue reading
Russian billionaire Yuri Milner announced last year that he was investing millions in the search for radio and light signals from aliens. Well, now Milner has gained a like-minded partner to help speed up his search – Stephen Hawking. Under Milner’s Breakthrough initiative, the p … | Continue reading
Drone manufacturer DJI was one of the lucky partners of Facebook’s F8 developer conference kick-off last night and used its time in the spotlight to announce an integration of its tech with the social network. Later this month, DJI drone owners that have paired their device with … | Continue reading
Roughly two weeks after the FBI announced that it had cracked the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, the Washington Post reports that the agency didn’t engage Israeli security firm Cellebrite to assist in the case, as was widely believed. Instead, it collaborated with professional … | Continue reading
Influencer marketing was huge in 2015. Just take a look – it’s been on a pretty fast trajectory recently. That presents a challenge to marketers who have been doing it for awhile. Sure, you might have a network that’s engaged with your content and a few VIPs you can rely on to he … | Continue reading
In a battle between billionaires, Blue Origin and SpaceX are leading the pack to make commercial space travel viable for future generations. However, in the incredibly costly and difficult task of space travel, the path to success is founded on small advances. Are Blue Origin and … | Continue reading
After teasing its first phone last month, Bangalore, India-based CREO has launched the Mark 1 in New Delhi today with the promise of a new software feature each month and top-of-the-line specifications. The dual-SIM Mark 1 features a 5.5-inch quad HD display and runs the company’ … | Continue reading
Google is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Calendar service with the launch of a handy new feature in its mobile apps to help you find time to meet your personal goals. Whether you’re looking to start using that gym membership regularly, learn a new language or call your p … | Continue reading
While Facebook’s F8 conference was going on, Logitech quietly acquired earbud company Jaybird. The deal is worth $50 million, all cash, and could be worth as much as $95 million if Jaybird meets growth targets over the next two years. It doesn’t sound as if there will be any chan … | Continue reading
While once a glorified excuse to update the timeline, F8 has since emerged into a real developer conference complete with exciting feature updates and loads of innovation. Today, a lot of the excitement revolved around video, and it became clear that Facebook is ready to put its … | Continue reading
Today Facebook launched a new way for publishers to easily track the performance of crossposted videos, that is, videos posted to more than one Facebook page. Pages owned by the same Business Manager (Facebook’s tool to manage multiple pages) can now track view counts and total p … | Continue reading
While Microsoft and Facebook try to talk us all into using bots to chat with businesses, there’s one universal truth: they kinda suck. Dovetailing on Build’s bot boon for developers, Facebook introduced its own bot platform for Messenger today. Like Microsoft’s effort, Facebook a … | Continue reading
Call it a game or not, Nintendo’s newest app looks like it’s not going anywhere soon. After launching on March 31, Miitomo has hit 4 million users – with 1 million of those opening the app daily, reports Engadget. The data, which derives from a SurveyMonkey study, also says users … | Continue reading
Facebook’s F8 Conference used to be that time of year when users brace for the inevitable site redesign – instead, Facebook has focused its attention on its now-fastest growing product: Messenger. The opening keynote blew past some of Facebook’s new tools, such as Quotes sharing … | Continue reading
Following up on its promise in February, Facebook has opened up its Instant Articles platform to any publishers looking to take advantage of the format. Instant Articles were introduced in May 2015 as lighter versions of articles that load almost immediately. As they open right f … | Continue reading
At F8, Facebook today announced a new set of tools for its profile photo video feature. Named the Profile Expression Kit, the tools – which include the recently-acquired MSQRD and Vine – integrate features from popular selfie cam apps and help you add them as part of your profile … | Continue reading
It’s no secret that Facebook has gone all-in on virtual reality. But if you had, for just a moment, lost sight of that fact its new ‘Surround 360’ camera should put things back into perspective for you. Today at F8, Facebook announced its Surround 360 camera, a 17-lens 3D VR rig … | Continue reading
Facebook is opening up its M platform, calling it wit.ai, and letting developers build powerful AI for use as a bot. Much as Microsoft announced at Build, the M bot platform will allow developers to pre-fab conversations or catchphrases which will return a response. If a user typ … | Continue reading
Facebook is waging an all-out war on Periscope. The company announced a new live video hub at its F8 conference today, which will live inside of Facebook. The new live video feature will be displayed prominently on your Facebook news feed page. Live video streaming will be as it’ … | Continue reading
Virtual Reality is awesome, but having to wear a huge headset isn’t very fun. Facebook knows that, so while unveiling its roadmap for the next 10 years, Mark Zuckerberg said future VR headsets would basically be the size of a normal pair of glasses. Interestingly, Zuckerberg also … | Continue reading