Mark Zuckerberg opened Facebook’s annual F8 developer conference with a few well-timed jabs at presidential hopeful Donald Trump. Speaking in front of a diverse crowd in San Francisco, Zuckerberg said: “it takes courage to choose hope over fear” before criticizing Trump’s controv … | Continue reading
Launched at F8 last year, Analytics for Apps helps developers get a feel for who their audience is. Now it’ll start leveraging information from Facebook profiles so developers get more granular metadata on their users, and push notifications to them. People Insights Facebook says … | Continue reading
If your digital existence is wrapped up in Facebook, the new ‘Save’ Button may be of interest to you. The feature allows you to save things you find on the Web — like that new pair of shoes you’re eyeing or an interesting article — and save them for viewing later. In Facebook. Th … | Continue reading
Sharing a few lines of text from an article can be tedious, especially on Facebook. A new quote feature named Quote Sharing will make it much easier by allwoing you to select text and share it straight away. As you might imagine from the naming scheme, Quote Sharing helps you qui … | Continue reading
At its F8 conference today, Facebook discussed its current roadmap for the next 10 years. It’s divided into three main sections: improving Facebook proper over the next three years, strengthening Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and other products over the next five years, and deve … | Continue reading
While you may enjoy signing into a new app or service using your Facebook profile, many people either don’t have — or want — to sign up for Facebook. For them, Facebook is introducing Account Kit, which lets users sign in with just a phone number or email. Already the world’s num … | Continue reading
Facebook has officially launched its chatbot API for Messenger, which it’s naming Messenger Platform. Additionally, the Live Chat feature rumored to be hitting the Web is also launching today via an API. The chatbots are aimed at businesses; Facebook’s bottom line is that it woul … | Continue reading
When Oculus started shipping the first of its Rift headsets in March, it was a big deal for the VR industry that its first consumer headset (besides smartphone-powered ones) was finally ready for the public. Oculus creator Palmer Luckey even hand-delivered the first device. Howev … | Continue reading
The current generation of iPads cost somewhere between $269 for a Wi-Fi Air 2 and $1,229 Wi-Fi + Cellular iPad Pro but the Metropolitan Police spent around $8.5 million (£6 million) on equipping 641 officers with the devices, according to V3. Of course, they weren’t the world’s w … | Continue reading
The Surface Pro 4’s Type Cover is arguably the best tablet keyboard around, but you know what it was always missing? Luxury Italian textiles. Or at least that’s what Microsoft thinks anyway, having created a fancy new ‘Signature’ Type Cover for Milan Design Week. The big differen … | Continue reading
Google’s security team is taking ever-greater steps to protect you from scammers on the Web, now warning you with a pop-up if you’re about to visit a site that might try to dupe you with ‘social engineering’ download buttons, ads or other content. Google Safe Browsing classes thi … | Continue reading
Twitter’s Moments feature has a notable addition today, support for tweets that contain SoundCloud embeds. That update means that those with access to create Moments can share entire playlists within tweets and they’ll auto-play as you swipe left and right on mobile, or scroll up … | Continue reading
Now that the Apple Watch bandwagon has reached its tipping point, the tech-loving masses are looking at the rest of the smartwatch field with a more objective outlook. While Apple and Google are promoting powerful wrist-computers that run cut-down versions of full smartphone apps … | Continue reading
Mattress shopping is undoubtedly among the lower rungs of interesting, but everyone needs a good night’s sleep. If you’ve been feeling sleep frustrations and find yourself awake and actually watching those late-night TV infomercials, we can help. The Casper Mattress & Parachute S … | Continue reading
Each week we’re profiling one company that has been selected for Boost – our early-stage startup growth program. Catch up with these companies in person at The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam on May 26-27. Generating leads isn’t easy, and creating custom interactive content can … | Continue reading
The richest men in the US outlive the poorest by a whopping 15 years, according to a new big data project from Harvard University, representing the same difference as those living in war-torn Africa. The Health Inequality Project analyzed 1.4 billion federal tax records on income … | Continue reading
HTC has unveiled its much-leaked HTC 10 flagship smartphone, which sees the return of the company’s unique UltraPixel camera setup and a greater focus on getting rid of pre-loaded bloatware. While it keeps the same metal approach as the One M7/8/9, the handset now has chamfered e … | Continue reading
HTC’s last few flagship handsets have all followed the same formula – a metal chassis, some emphasis on music playback and a non-standard camera setup. It’s an approach that garnered design awards, but was less successful in terms of units sold. Now, it really needs a runaway hit … | Continue reading
While nobody enjoys being greeted by the Blue Screen of Death, Microsoft’s latest update could make it a little more useful. The company has added a QR code in Windows 10, which is set to arrive with the Anniversary Update this summer. After releasing the latest preview of the up … | Continue reading
We spend 23 days a year staring at our smartphones, according to a recent study. Apparently it’s even worse for kids. That’s a whole lotta swipes, flicks, pinches and taps. But Glued, a new app, wants to help you spend less time on your mobile phone and more with your family by e … | Continue reading
A UK hospital believes it is about to become the first to livestream an operation in virtual reality. On 14 April at 1PM (GMT), Barts Hospital, Mativision and Medical Realities will stream a cancer operation live, with viewers able to explore the operating room as though they are … | Continue reading
Enterprises have been slow to move big data processing to the cloud, but not for lack of trying. Most companies now use the public cloud in some form, often for SaaS applications. But enterprises have been slow to migrate big data and data warehousing to the cloud, despite cost, … | Continue reading
With the arrival of iOS 9.3, Apple began letting third-party developers tap into the activity data gathered by its Watch. Taking advantage of the insights, developer David Smith has created Activity++, an arguably better alternative to Apple’s native Activity app. Priced at $2.99 … | Continue reading
Ordering a local taxi whether you’re visiting India, China, Southeast Asia or the US is about to get a whole lot easier as the partnership designed to kill Uber has just launched in beta. Starting this week, Chinese Didi users will now be able to use their regular app when orderi … | Continue reading
So… your brilliant idea for a web or mobile application is going to completely change the way consumers or businesses [fill in the blank]. Great! But the days of investors cutting checks for ideas with zero validation are a fading memory. Today, investors more often commit money … | Continue reading
Festo, a robotics firm engaged in building robots modeled on animals, has a curious new creation to show off. Its adorably-named FreeMotionHandling drone is a helium-filled balloon that can move through the air in any direction using eight on-board propellers. It has indoor GPS a … | Continue reading
What do you call people who are stretching the limits of their imaginations to engineer a new future? At The Next Web, we went with imagineers. We want to offer our favourite entrepreneurs and pioneers a platform to share the visions and insights that will shape our future, which … | Continue reading
Apple has a long list of rules that developers need to follow when building and submitting their apps to the App Store. Among them, guideline 18.2 reads: Apps that contain user generated content that is frequently pornographic (e.g. “Chat Roulette” Apps) will be rejected. The tro … | Continue reading
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos recently tweeted that a new Kindle ebook reader was on its way, and the company appears to have mistakenly leaked details on a product page on its Japanese site. Heads up readers – all-new, top of the line Kindle almost ready. 8th generation. Details next we … | Continue reading
People that are pissed about House Bill 2 (HB2) — legislation that robs North Carolina citizens of protection against discrimination — probably aren’t going to be happy with XHamster’s announcement today that it’s pulling out of the state. “As of today, access to XHamster.com is … | Continue reading
The subreddit r/showerthoughts is one of the site’s most popular with more than 6 million subscribers. While you can spend all day browsing the various thought bubbles, some Redditors are now claiming men’s personal care brand Axe (yes, that Axe) has done more than browsed – it l … | Continue reading
Two Google engineers have introduced a new API called WebUSB to the World Wide Web Consortium’s Incubator Community Group (W3C WICG) that would allow USB devices to connect to the Web safely. The API isn’t meant for USB flash drives, but other peripherals like keyboards or variou … | Continue reading
Google Voice gets better with every update, but one thing it can’t do is control your phone outside of search and some basic app commands. That why Google’s now released Voice Access, which allows you to tap and scroll your way through your phone without ever touching it, at last … | Continue reading
Facebook Messenger now accepts Dropbox files for sharing directly in-app, without having to copy and paste a thing. Instead of finding a link — then sharing it — Messenger now supports direct sharing of Dropbox stuff. You can add a video, picture or text document, so long as you … | Continue reading
The Impossible Project made wave years ago when it touted bringing back Type 600 Polaroid film through an extensive reverse engineering process. Now the company is releasing its own instant film camera – and it’s a fair bit more modern than your might expect. The camera accepts e … | Continue reading
There are a lot of third-party event ticketing apps that uses Facebook Events to advertise upcoming shows – but when you click to buy tickets, you’re often led to another site or forced to download an app to make that purchase. Ticketmaster and Facebook have reportedly joined for … | Continue reading
Yesterday, ARHT (Augmented Reality Holographic Technology) announced that it had acquired the digital rights to Notorious B.I.G.’s — aka Christopher Wallace’s — likeness and that it would resurrect the deceased rapper as a hologram. Not wasting any time, ARHT is putting the holog … | Continue reading
At least there’s good news for Tesla; after you get the rear seats in your Model X fixed, you can take it for a spin on Rainbow Road from Mario Kart. One of the more dizzying levels of Nintendo’s endearing, enduring title is an easter egg for Tesla vehicles. You even have a cheat … | Continue reading
Easter eggs in video games are everywhere, but most don’t take nearly three decades to figure out. ‘Punch-Out’ — aka ‘Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out’ — is the obvious exception to this rule. Reddit user Midwesternhousewives used his weekend to discover an Easter egg in Punch-Out that tel … | Continue reading
Lytro’s consumer cameras introduced the intriguing concept of being able to refocus your image after a shot was taken, but the execution wasn’t quite convenient enough to catch on with the masses. So now the company is aiming much more upmarket – professional movie-making – where … | Continue reading
At CES 2016, New Balance and Intel announced they were working together to offer the first pair of sneakers outfitted with 3D-printed midsoles. Today, the companies are ready to make this reality in limited edition, but it’s going to cost ya. If you’ve got $400 handy and are in t … | Continue reading
Tesla got it right with the Model X — almost. A new report from Fortune notes the upstart car manufacturer is recalling about 2,700 of its SUVs due to faulty seats. The problem is a recliner latch on the third row seating. In testing the feature internally, Tesla engineers found … | Continue reading
‘Working hoverboard’ is a term that certainly raises flags for the team at TNW, but if this is real, it’s easily the best hoverboard prototype to date. If you’ve ever ridden one of the water-powered Flyboards that turn humans into dolphins by allowing them to jump in and out of w … | Continue reading
It is a rather outdated iPhone commercial that popularized the pretty cringy mantra ‘there’s an app for that’ back in 2009. Increasingly though, there’s now an algorithm for ‘that,’ and in this case, as spotted by TechCrunch, it’s clothes shopping. There are many subscription ser … | Continue reading
If you’re considering front-end development as a hobby, interest point or even a future career, a great new deal has arrived to master all things JavaScript. This dynamic programming language is not only the engine behind all modern browsers from Firefox to Chrome, but it’s widel … | Continue reading
Often, it’s hard to decide which piece of news is the worst on any given day but, despite the fact that the pretty grim Panama Papers stuff is still unfolding, I’ve found Sunday’s winner. Or loser. While many in the tech community and others across Europe have been rallying to wo … | Continue reading
From authors and designers, to coders and writers – and everyone in between – personal websites are a new concept that is likely here to stay. For those of us who are self-employed, well known on the internet, or trying to build an online persona, personal websites help us furthe … | Continue reading
The current beta version of Twitter’s video streaming app Periscope includes a feature that lets you draw over the top of your own live feeds. The new tool lets you draw in three primary colors or use a dropper to select a color from your live video. The doodles fade out after a … | Continue reading