You might kind of know it already, but as well as providing the eyeballs for the advertisers that pay in order to make Facebook a free platform for users, you’re also contributing the content it needs to offer some of its services. And now, along with powering the Facebook platfo … | Continue reading
Just over 40 years ago, in 1976, three young men decided they were going to create a truly personal computer. Little did they know that their dream would grow into one of the most iconic brands in the world today, Apple. While it’s known for a long list of great products, it’s al … | Continue reading
When it comes to diversity in the tech industry, we mostly see stories about the lack there of. Figures strongly indicate that the sector is being dominated by straight white men and studies indicate that women are facing a barrier of entry from the get-go in their tech careers. … | Continue reading
Twitter is adding another button to tweets, but it’s doing so to encourage you to use the Direct Message feature instead of tagging other users. In the iOS and Android Twitter apps, a new DM button will appear below tweets in your timeline, right next to the ‘favorite’ heart. Whe … | Continue reading
HP’s premium laptops will have a new logo — sort of. While what users see is technically new to their eyes, it’s actually one HP rejected five years ago. It’s just four slanted lines, but the branding is still quite clear. Instead of a fully scripted ‘Hewlett Packard’ or distinct … | Continue reading
Pretty soon, any messaging app that doesn’t have a platform for bots will be seriously left behind. “Messengers are the new browsers and bots are the new websites,” as Kik‘s Mike Roberts puts it to me. With this in mind, the messaging app that’s big with America’s youth has today … | Continue reading
Expect a new boom in low-cost ride-sharing: Lyft announced today that it will roll out its Line option to six new cities over a five-day period. By April 15, Lyft will have Line in 15 cities total, serving 25 percent of the U.S. population. Starting on April 11, Line will come to … | Continue reading
At a press event in New York City today, Etsy announced Pattern, a new paid tool that lets sellers port their listings into a personalized, standalone e-commerce store. Pattern lets sellers design their online store from a number of templates and upload it to their preferred doma … | Continue reading
WhatsApp now encrypts all communications sent across its platform, regardless of which device a user has or what type of message they send by default. In mid-March, we heard that encrypted voice calls would start to roll out ‘within weeks, adding to the already-encrypted text mes … | Continue reading
Medium is making some big changes today in a bid to encourage publishers to go all-in on its platform: it’s got new tools for custom design, a way to migrate existing blogs across and a way for writers to get paid. As part of the launch, some notable blogs are making the move acr … | Continue reading
The Riversimple Rasa wowed TNW when it unveiled a lightweight, zero-emission, no-gears, hand-built prototype hydrogen fuel cell car in February designed by one of the chief designers behind the Fiat 500. It isn’t faster than a Tesla, but it’s already got better range and lots of … | Continue reading
If you’re looking for a better alternative to Word, it’s time to join the countless writers, professionals and students in favor of Scrivener 2. This powerful word processor and project management app provides a clean writing interface and useful reference tools, streamlining and … | Continue reading
If you’ve worked in the design industry for any length of time you’ve probably seen styles come and go. Maybe you’re using some styles that are so popular they’ve reached their saturation point. Or maybe you haven’t even realized the possibilities that come with the constant infl … | Continue reading
For all the hours you spend gaming, you owe it to yourself to take the leap on winning a serious setup and system upgrade through The Lenovo & Turtle Beach Headset Gamer Giveaway. We’re hooking up one lucky gaming fanatic with a Lenovo Ideapad Y700 Touch (15″) Laptop, and Turtle … | Continue reading
TextExpander, a popular Mac app for creating quick keyboard phrase shortcuts, made a big change today as it released the latest version of its app: you’ll now need to pay a monthly fee. Until today, the app’s development was funded by charging for each major upgrade – version 5, … | Continue reading
It’s taken a full year, but GitHub is finished building DGit, an all-new distributed storage system that will improve just about everything to do with storing and sharing Git content. Short for ‘Distributed Git,’ GitHub says DGit “dramatically improves the availability, reliabili … | Continue reading
Chinese gadget maker Xiaomi is teaming up with Hasbro to create a Transformer toy that turns into a tablet. The two companies have designed a version of the popular robot named Soundwave, which transforms into a Mi Pad 2 in 30 steps. No, you can’t use the tablet, but you’ll possi … | Continue reading
Typically Uber’s business model in emerging markets has been to expand to the major cities of as many countries as possible, ignoring smaller cities and towns. A change in philosophy was, however, evident during March, with the taxi app’s operations in Africa speaking to this. Fi … | Continue reading
Wikimedia’s Swedish arm has just lost a case in the country’s Supreme Court, which has ruled that people must get permission from artists before they post images of public art – including statues and buildings – online. That’s a ruling that opens up a whole new legal minefield fo … | Continue reading
The Legend of Zelda is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and to kick things off two fans have made a 3D version of the original game with Java so anyone can play it for free in their browser. Called ‘The Legend of Zelda 30-Year Tribute,’ the creators used WebGL and voxel … | Continue reading
Microsoft has announced it’s going to get into the car business, but instead of building its own auto division from scratch, it’s riding on the coat tails of another giant. Microsoft has agreed to help Toyota – the world’s largest car-maker – take advantage of the huge amounts of … | Continue reading
Twitter will start streaming Thursday night NFL games, according to Bloomberg. The move is a bid to reach cord-cutting generations who are moving away from consuming content in a linear fashion in front of a TV or Web browser, to an on-demand model that sees people keeping up wit … | Continue reading
HP has launched its all-new Spectre notebook which features an aluminium chassis that’s only 10.4mm thick – that’s as much as a AAA battery and only a few hairs more than your smartphone. The 13.3-inch Windows 10 device comes with your choice of Intel Core i5 or i7 processors, al … | Continue reading
Satellite Imagery of almost every place on Earth is available widely now, thanks to the advent of services like Google Earth, but it’s always been tricky to use that in a business without paying thousands of dollars. Today, Planet Labs, a satellite company founded in 2010 by ex-N … | 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 The Next Web Conference. With the eleventh edition of our flagship Amsterdam conference coming up in M … | Continue reading
Chinese handset maker Oppo is throwing its proverbial hat into the ring once again with a new flagship smartphone aimed at wooing buyers away from better-known household brands. The handset keeps a similar appearance as Oppo’s R7s, but with an important addition – a fingerprint s … | Continue reading
Have you ever wondered if your significant other might be playing away on Tinder? Well, now you can find out once and for all. A new website called Swipebuster is letting people pay $4.99 in exchange for a definitive answer about whether their partner is on the dating app or not. … | Continue reading
People with ‘customer success’ in their job title haven’t been around for very long. They’re kind of like sales, but not focused on selling. They’re a bit like support, but don’t deal with just any old tyre-kicker. For products like a t-shirt, there’s no need to make sure custome … | Continue reading
Revelations from the massive #PanamaPapers data dump are still being made by journalists across the world, but one thing seems to be clear. According to Ramon Fonseca, a co-founder of Mossack Fonseca, the Panamanian company whose dealings have been leaked for all to see, this was … | Continue reading
Last year, Google began displaying informative cards alongside search results when you looked up medical conditions in the US. It’s now expanding the feature to serve users in India. The search engine will pull in information about health conditions and diseases, such as their sy … | Continue reading
British bank Barclays has announced that its accounts and cards with Apple’s contactless NFC-based payment service that’s accepted at more than 400,000 retailers and services across the UK as well as within apps. The bank is awfully late to the mobile payments game; Apple Pay arr … | Continue reading
Google has expanded Android Auto to 18 more countries across Asia, Latin America and Europe, bringing the total to 29 markets globally (including the US territory of Puerto Rico). The service, which allows cars’ in-dash entertainment systems to stream music, relay messages and ca … | Continue reading
Microsoft is testing a premium version of its Outlook email service that costs $3.99 a month for up to five users. The subscription lets you create five personalized email addresses with your own custom domain (the domain fee is waived for the first year), along with the ability … | Continue reading
In an effort to improve the social networking experience for users with visual impairments, Facebook has introduced a new feature in its iOS app to help them ‘see’ photos. With the help of AI, the app automatically generates a description of each photo a user comes across. When t … | Continue reading
We’ve never been shy about our love for Sphero’s adorable smartphone-controlled BB-8. The adorable droid was one of Google’s most-searched toys this holiday season, one of our favorites from CES 2016 and a great tool to unleash the Jedi that resides in all of us. Now, Sphero just … | Continue reading
There’s now a lobbying group to protect the rights of drone owners, and the interests of drone companies. Called ‘The Drone Manufacturers Alliance,’ the group is made up of former Small UAV Coalition members DJI, 3DR and Amazon Prime Air. In a statement, the alliance said it woul … | Continue reading
If you have an old TV from the 70s or earlier sitting around (or see one at a garage sale), here’s a neat mod to get Chromecast running on it. A YouTuber has posted a tutorial with simple instructions on how to bring an old TV to the modern age with just a few adaptors. First, yo … | Continue reading
When a bug is squashed, another exploit tends to show up. After releasing a quick fix to keep the iPhone from bricking during Safari links in iOS 9.3, a video has surfaced showing a way to get into anyone’s photos or contacts through a trick of double-talk through Siri. First spo … | Continue reading
A big shakeup happening in the world of deep learning, as Salesforce announced that it has acquired startup darling MetaMind. According to a report from VentureBeat, it’s one of a long string of Salesforce AI acquisitions — and arguably the hottest name in the bunch. As part of t … | Continue reading
While everyone’s eyes are on Tesla’s affordable electric car, the Model 3, it’s easy to forget that Tesla makes some pretty speedy vehicles. In a bit of a friendly competition, the company pitted its Model S against a Qantas Boeing 737-800 preparing for take-off. The race is cert … | Continue reading
Revolv is shutting down. The Google-owned (by way of Nest) smart home hub will no longer work as of May 15 — as in, it will actually be a useless pile of plastic. Not only is the API shutting off, the actual app and hub will both be disabled. Here’s the letter to users, from the … | Continue reading
It’s that time of year: a new Kindle is on the way from Amazon. An 8th generation Kindle is set to be announced next week, said Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in a tweet. The company’s current flagship model is the $199 Kindle Vovage, followed by the more budget-friendly $119 Paperwhite a … | Continue reading
Personal genomics and biotech company 23andMe is leveraging ResearchKit to provide researchers with a “turnkey” way to work genetics into their studies, and it’s available on GitHub. “This will enable research on a much broader scale,” 23andMe CEO and co-founder Anne Wojcicki sa … | Continue reading
It’s not easy to make tax fun, so – aside from taking an interactive look into a trove of 11.5 million documents that reveal how the rich and famous avoid paying it – the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has created a choose your own adventure game. As … | Continue reading
An update to 1Password for Mac (an app everyone should be using because it’s awesome) introduces better data transfer when you switch from another service and better intelligence for website visits. 1Password’s brain — which tries to remember what websites you visit so it can sug … | Continue reading
WeWork has raised billions on the idea that businesses want a fashionable place to work but have neither the budget or nor the employee base to justify a tricked-out office. And for its next big act, it believes it can take that same mindset to the home, too. Enter WeLive: a flex … | Continue reading
BlackBerry has announced that Priv owners can register their interest to join a beta program to so start testing out the Android Marshmallow OS. While that’s undoubtedly good news, if this is the first you’re hearing of it, you’ve already missed out on the first batch, according … | Continue reading
No need to blink twice — it’s not just you. Google Play is updating its icons today for a rounder look with brighter colors that’s more fitting with the redesigned logo from last year. The Google Play logo no longer has a gradient look and instead opted for flat, solid colors. Th … | Continue reading