Taylor Swift starred in a 60-second commercial for Apple Music today, which was uploaded to her own Twitter and Instagram profiles directly. Based on true events. #TAYLORvsTREADMILL @applemusic @Drake @1Futurehttps://t.co/ryUY3Yz7Prhttps://t.co/1eIHjoVIFU — Taylor Swift (@taylors … | Continue reading
As cloud computing continues to disrupt traditional business models and big data continues to grow exponentially, techies and investors alike are looking for the top trends that will change how we do business in 2016 and beyond. From emotional robots to driverless cars, here are … | Continue reading
Our obsessions with latest and greatest in tech gadgets often leads us to forget the golden era of gaming, the Goldilocks zone where technology and imagination finally synced up to produce the childhood cornerstones for a generation of kids. But 8Bitdo hasn’t forgotten, and they’ … | Continue reading
North Korea has put out an official announcement that will see Facebook, YouTube, Twitter as well as all “sex and adult websites” blocked for an undisclosed period of time. The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications announced the ban this week via the country’s leading mobile s … | Continue reading
Over the past 40 years, Apple has created several game-changing devices that have shaped the way the world thinks about technology. Along the way, the company also released special editions of a few of its products – some of which were easy to buy back in the day and a couple tha … | Continue reading
It’s clear that public markets don’t always share Silicon Valley’s sunny optimism at IPO time. One recent and much-discussed example is flash data storage company Pure Storage, which raised $425 million in its highly anticipated IPO but then fell back to earth on the first day of … | Continue reading
Apple is turning 40 today and as well as celebrating the good times, the company is commemorating a more divided time in its history with the hanging of a Jolly Roger flag at its HQ in Cupertino. The skull and crossbones flag, which has a rainbow Apple logo as one eye, is a nod t … | Continue reading
Everyone’s got a hobby, but I’m not sure anyone’s is as cool as this guy’s: a Reddit user posted his incredible marble machine that’s been in the works on and off for over three years. Not only does it have ski jumps, a castle, a bowling alley and a miniature golf course – it’s e … | Continue reading
If you’ve ever considered sketching your own pattern designs, Patternator might be the only app you’ll ever need. Available for iOS, Patternator is a simple design tool that lets you quickly and easily make your own beautiful custom-patterned wallpapers, lockscreens and phone cas … | Continue reading
We’re a busy bunch Between events and speaking engagements, it’s hard to get us all in the same room. So last year we drafted a conference calendar in order for everyone on the TNW team to know where others were going to be and at which events some would be speaking. We’re not co … | Continue reading
How do you grow your startup’s revenue by more than 2,000 percent in nearly two years? Mobile ticketing platform Tiqets sure knows how to do it, as it was recently named the fastest-growing Dutch startup. TNW and Adyen have teamed up for the third time to host the Tech5, a compet … | Continue reading
The look of WhatsApp was overhauled last year when it finally got a Material Design update but the camera interface remained stuck in the past. Well, the company has finally listened and have given the in-app camera screen a much needed makeover on Android. The new camera interfa … | Continue reading
UK broadcaster Channel 4 is now letting Android owners watch shows directly from a smartphone or tablet as they’re broadcast on television, rather than needing to wait and watch it on catchup. Previously only available to the company’s panel of Core4 trial viewers, the Watch Live … | Continue reading
Twitter marked its tenth birthday last week by giving us all something fun – a delightful little animation when you ‘liked’ a tweet. As soon as the big day was gone, so was the animation. And I want it back permanently. Every time I ‘liked’ a tweet that day it felt like a little … | Continue reading
Samsung has updated its Samsung+ app that provides customers with support information, diagnostics tools and app recommendations with a handy new feature: remote assistance. With the latest version of the app, users can allow a Samsung rep to remotely access their device to troub … | Continue reading
At an event in Los Angeles, Tesla today unveiled its latest electric car, the Model 3. The $35,000 vehicle is designed to seat five adults comfortably and can travel 215 miles on a single charge. It goes from 0-60mph in six seconds. CEO Elon Musk presented the car on stage and an … | Continue reading
It’s often said that you can’t blindly believe things on the Internet, but today in particular, TRUST. NO ONE. Except our definitive list of things that are confirmed April Fools’ jokes from the tech industry this year. Let’s have a look at some silly jokes, some terrible jokes, … | Continue reading
3 days. 72 hours. A weekend of binge-watched ’24’ episodes. That’s how long it took the FBI to agree to put its newfound iPhone hacking skills to use in a case that didn’t involve Syed Farook and fell well outside of the bright lights of the 24-hour news cycle, or congress. Yeste … | Continue reading
I’ve opened up Nintendo’s first mobile app, ‘Miitomo,’ no less than five times today. But the thing is, I can’t tell you why. There’s something alchemical locked within the app that provides a soothing, addicting presence. To sum it up in a sentence, Miitomo is more ‘Neko Atsume: … | Continue reading
Microsoft has a grand idea wrapped in a heavy headset beset by huge promises. They call it HoloLens, and it’s brought oohs and aahs since we first laid eyes on it. The idea that holograms could overlay our physical environment — and be interactive — opens up a world of possibilit … | Continue reading
Don’t let the calendar confuse you, this one is no joking matter: Google has brought emoji search to Photos on the Web, Android and iOS. All you need to do is paste in the appropriate emoji and it’ll return the matching results – a gift for anyone who is just all too busy (or laz … | Continue reading
We’ve finally hit that day on the Internet where nothing is real and everything is terrible, but sometimes some cool pranks come along that we wish existed in real life. Take Gmail’s ‘Mic Drop’ — a new tool to let you respond to an email and never hear a reply ever again. It’ll e … | Continue reading
Lionsgate announced today that it was about to get into the Kevin Hart business, at least partially. The successful comedian and the entertainment company announced they were partnering up to create a video-on-demand service just for comedy content. The platform will play host to … | Continue reading
Today is the Tesla Model 3 pre-order day: the time when us plebes will finally be able to have an electric car within our price range. But as people queue up and throw money down to get a taste of the future, they’ll have to do so with a catch. They probably won’t actually see th … | Continue reading
Ever since Android Pay launched, Google Wallet has been something of a second class citizen. Now Wallet is losing one of its features: Google is killing the physical Wallet Card. For those not familiar, the Wallet Card allowed you to use your Wallet balance at regular retail outl … | Continue reading
For a product line that starts around $300, Dyson fans, vacuums, and humidifiers have often been on the high end of the price spectrum – but it wasn’t until this week that it finally added a feature most other home gadgets have had for years: IoT integration. With its new Pure Co … | Continue reading
Wi-Fi could soon have a very detailed geofence, if MIT researchers have their way. They’ve introduced a new project named ‘Chronos’ that helps Wi-Fi signals locate you within “tens of centimeters.” The team managed this by monitoring several Wi-Fi bands, then cobbling the data to … | Continue reading
What would Tinder look like if you used it at work – for people you work with? Atlassian wanted to know, so it created ‘Teamder.’ Like Tinder, Teamder uses swipe-right functionality to help people choose who they may want to work with on a team. Atlasian says it will help users “ … | Continue reading
Formula E, the first electronic car circuit race — and the brains behind ‘Roborace,’ the first AI racing series featuring cars without human drivers — just unveiled its car design for the upcoming 2016/2017 race season. The ‘Robocar’ looks like a Formula 1 racer if someone manage … | Continue reading
The recent announcement that Facebook would soon allow all publishers to access its Instant Articles platform wasn’t the only change coming to the platform. The social network also told The Wall Street Journal that it plans to enable publishers to place video ads into content pub … | Continue reading
You thought yesterday’s Build 2016 keynote was long? Day 2 was no different. If you didn’t sit through the entire keynotes for both days, here’s a quick recap of what you missed on this second half of the conference. All about Azure Today, we’re starting Microsoft’s cloud computi … | Continue reading
Voice detection has come to Twitter Fabric by way of Nuance, the company behind the powerful Dragon voice-to-type platform. SpeechKit is Nuance’s plugin for Fabric apps, offering cloud-based speech recognition and natural text-to-voice interactions for users. It can be installed … | Continue reading
Microsoft’s new Windows Ink platform was probably the biggest feature coming in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, but one big piece of news was left out of the keynote presentation at Build 2016: Microsoft and Wacom are partnering to create a new ‘universal’ stylus than can work … | Continue reading
Earlier this week we reported a bug in iOS 9.3 that caused apps to become unresponsive after tapping on links in Safari. The bug seemed to affect any iOS device, but was most prevalent on the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. Today, Apple released an update to fix the problem. iOS 9.3.1 has … | Continue reading
VR is an immersive experience — but perhaps a little too immersive. With a device strapped to your face, it can be difficult to do simple things like respond to text messages, phone calls, and other trappings of real life. While you might want an escape every once in a while, you … | Continue reading
Postmates has finally come full circle with its ‘Plus’ category by offering a new ‘Plus Unlimited’ monthly subscription for its most loyal and frequent fans. Available today as a recurring subscription for iOS, the new tier offers more perks and rewards for those who use the deli … | Continue reading
There’s an undeniable amount of bad news in headlines around the world, and if you delve into the comments section on a lot of websites, you’ll find vitriol usually reserved for, well, things that actually matter more than which type of phone you prefer. But every now and again, … | Continue reading
BMW’s Vice President of Digital Life Services and Engineering Thom Brenner took the stage today at Microsoft Build to detail the first stage of its ambitious IoT project that aims to deliver “ultimate smart device connectivity that’s perfectly integrated into your digital lifesty … | Continue reading
Microsoft’s acquisition of Xamarin last month was a big deal, but now we actually know what the company is actually planning to do with it. The biggest piece of news: Xamarin is now free for visual studio users. That includes Visual Studio Enterprise, Professional and even free C … | Continue reading
IBM Bluemix Garage is making its methods for creating apps and services available to anyone, and has released the Bluemix Garage method as a set of best-practices it has learned while helping startups and businesses pave a path to the cloud. The Bluemix Garage Method is a set of … | Continue reading
Toshiba laptop owners, beware: you might be in possession of a faulty battery. Yesterday the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a recall for more than 100,000 Toshiba laptop battery packs after several hazard reports. So far there have been at least four recorded … | Continue reading
Based on the vision of a sustainable and resource-efficient future, clean technology is all about minimizing pollution and making the world’s infrastructure energy efficient. Renewable energy, sustainable chemistry, and recycling are just a handful of initiatives the sector focus … | Continue reading
Microsoft had lots to share in its day 1 keynote at Build yesterday, from bots to augmented reality. What will the best brains in Redmond have for us today? Follow along with our liveblog below. Live Blog Microsoft Build 2016 Day 2 | Continue reading
Yesterday at Microsoft’s yearly BUILD developer event in San Francisco, the company had a piece of news that left many wondering if April Fools had come early: Bash is coming to Windows 10. Yes, hell has frozen over and Microsoft is getting in bed with Canonical to deliver ‘nativ … | Continue reading
While there’s no shortage of dating apps to try your hand at, Boompi, the new kid on the block for iOS and Android has something a little different to offer – it lets women add their girlfriends to their private conversations with prospective dates so they can give advice or just … | Continue reading
Researchers from Berkeley and Columbia have published a new study that claims more than 28 percent of all piracy takedown requests that Google receives are “questionable”. Such appeals either did not target the alleged infringing content correctly or raised concerns about the val … | Continue reading
David Shing, or simply ‘Shingy,’ is well-known in technology circles. And for good reason, he’s AOL’s energetic and up-beat ‘Digital Prophet’ – oft jetting around the world to talk about the future of technology. But how long will Shingy’s (and other similar roles) survive? Not a … | Continue reading
Starting a business takes more than a great idea. The best way to ensure that your small business has a fighting chance in a competitive market is to develop a core set of skills to prepare yourself for every challenge, hurdle or roadblock you’ll find along the way. That’s why we … | Continue reading