While almost everyone is focusing on keeping drivers’ hands off the wheel in autonomous cars, Samsung has turned its attention to keeping drivers’ hands firmly on the handlebars when it comes to motorcycles. Partnering with advertising company Leo Burnett, motocross star Edo Moss … | Continue reading
The FBI and Apple encryption debate has certainly brought both regulators and the tech community to life in the US, but it turns out we’d rather have a high-performing or cheap smartphone than one that looks after our personal data. A Reuters and Ipsos poll conducted this month f … | Continue reading
After months of delay, the BBC has launched its Micro Bit programmable computer, beginning with about a million of them being delivered for free to every child in year 7 (around 12 years old) across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Once they receive their own Micro … | Continue reading
Punch Club, a game built by indie developers Tiny Build, was released in January but the company was surprised to see how many users pirated the game just two months in. In a post released today the company detailed that while its game had been sold 300,000 times, it found that t … | 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
Last week, Facebook decided to drop support for BlackBerry’s mobile OS, which means its app will soon cease to work on the company’s devices. Once the app disappears from BlackBerry World, users will have to visit the social network’s site to access it. It’s the latest in a serie … | Continue reading
Shortly after Apple announced the all-new 4-inch iPhone SE with a reasonable $399 (Rs. 26,600) price tag, fans in India were annoyed to learn that the device would become available locally next month for nearly $200 more at $586 (Rs. 39,000). I’m perhaps as far from an Apple fanb … | Continue reading
Andrew Grove, Intel’s former CEO and Chairman passed away today at the age of 79. He was the company’s first hire when it was founded in 1968 and went on to become its CEO in 1987. Under Grove’s leadership, Intel transitioned from manufacturing memory chips to microprocessors lik … | Continue reading
Adobe has a smart new way of letting advertisers market to consumes, and it just might work out for everyone involved. With what they call the Device Co-op, Adobe is making the ads you see about you, not how many devices you own. When brands join the co-op, it allows those compan … | Continue reading
Apple events always bring great products, but some are quietly introduced in the background. That’s the case with a new USB-C to Lightning cable discovered on the Apple website. Available in both one and two meter lengths ($25 and $35, respectively), the cable lets you plug an iP … | Continue reading
This week was slated to be a busy one for Apple. After today’s event that saw a new 4-inch iPhone and a handful of other product announcements the spotlight was set to shift to its ongoing battle with the FBI tomorrow as Apple once again appears in front of Congress. But that may … | Continue reading
Apple events often bring about their fair share of controversy – sometimes the lack of diversity, sometimes with unwanted free music – but today the company hit a new low: making fun of poor people. While presenting the new 9.7-inch iPad Pro today, Phil Schiller, Apple’s vice pre … | Continue reading
While today’s Apple event mostly covered mobile devices, the company did provide some Mac news in the form of an OS X update. The bug causes occasional glitches in Twitter’s shortened ‘t.co’ links and often leads to continuous refreshing in order to try to get the link to display … | Continue reading
In an interview with ABC News, President Obama said Google had struck a deal to bring internet access to Cuba. The President said Google would build out broadband and Wi-Fi infrastructure on the island, which he said was “necessary for Cuba to enter the 21st century economically. … | Continue reading
In addition to all the fun new products unveiled at Apple’s event this morning, the company has also released a new version of Xcode for developers, which coincides with the launch of Swift 2.2. The update to Swift makes it the first since the language was open sourced on Decembe … | Continue reading
A new iPhone and iPad are nice, but what about all of the older hardware Apple hasn’t bothered with? For big parts of its lineup, Apple is in desperate need of an update. MacBook Pro At this point, the MacBook Pro is looking a bit dated. It still has the light-up Apple logo aroun … | Continue reading
Apple events are usually a beauty pageant for the latest bits of hardware and software we’re all going to spend our money on over the next 12 months. Today was no exception. But what is more surprising to the seasoned Apple observer is just how political the world’s largest techn … | Continue reading
The Apple event is a wrap – if you missed the hour-long keynote, we’ve got everything Apple announced summarized in one place for you. For further details, see the link below each sections for full reports. First things first… Apple CEO Tim Cook kicked off the announcement with a … | Continue reading
There’s now an iPad Pro with the same screen size as an iPad Air. At today’s event in Cupertino, Apple unveiled a smaller iPad Pro with a 9.7-inch screen and that weighs less than a pound. The company says that the goal was to bring the power of the iPad Pro to the 200 million iP … | Continue reading
As expected, Apple has gone ahead and updated the latest iOS version to 9.3 today. An incremental change, it nonetheless has some cool new features you’ll want to try. Night Shift Much like the popular f.lux, Apple’s new Night Shift mode eliminates blue light from your display fo … | Continue reading
As expected, Apple debuted a new, small iPhone at its event this morning, and it’s officially called the iPhone SE. Turns out, the spoilers about this one were pretty accurate. It’s the same overall size as the iPhone 5S, but has a matte chamfered curvature around the edges rathe … | Continue reading
Apple used the first slot at its keynote to unveil the efforts its been making on the environment – no doubt an attempt to show it’s definitely the good guy, in case you were wondering. It’s now running on 100 percent renewable energy in 23 countries – including the US and UK, a … | Continue reading
There’s no new Apple Watch hardware, but there are new accessories. At an event held in Cupertino this morning, Apple announced some new Watch bands along with a few new partnerships. First, Apple is going to offer its fluoelastomer band in new colors, which will sell for $49 lik … | Continue reading
At its event in San Francisco today, Apple announced CareKit, a framework for health professionals to build apps that help patients keep tabs on the their treatments. The company demonstrated a CareKit app that can help Parkinsons patients track the medicines they need to take on … | Continue reading
Apple heavily emphasised its environmental work at its event in Cupertino today and showed off an amazing little robot called Liam that it uses to recycle iPhones. The robot automatically scans old iPhones and separates them into component parts, which can allow old parts to beco … | Continue reading
It’s a big day for Twitter – but it’s also a big day for one of its co-founders and former CEO Ev Williams. Today, he and his team announced that Matter, part of Medium, will be spinning off into its own venture. Just as Twitter is not a social network, Matter Studios’ editor-in- … | Continue reading
With just over a week to go before Tesla unveils its much hyped – and needed – Model 3, the company has revealed its going to reward those who have already bought into electric-powered travel. In a blog post, a spokesperson for the company said that existing owners of the Model S … | Continue reading
If you can dream it, you can make it. The rise of 3D printing in recent years has given flight to an industry where the sky doesn’t even come close to the limit, where the technology of 3D printers like the Makerbot Replicator Mini can create toys and gadgets before our very eyes … | Continue reading
It’s been four months since a group of young men stormed venues across Paris and killed 130 people in what is thought to be an ISIS-related terror attack. Investigators have now pulled together a 55-page document, obtained by the New York Times, detailing evidence gathered since … | Continue reading
Apple’s encryption practises have been getting a lot of attention lately for being secure, much to the dismay of the FBI. However, a team of researchers at John Hopkins University have unearthed a security flaw that lets you see photos, videos and files sent using iMessage. In th … | Continue reading
Python is a widely-used general purpose programming language, which drives a great many of your favorite sites across the Web. For those looking to step into the field of programming, the Ultimate Python Coding Bundle is the complete package to prepare you for success, with seven … | Continue reading
This week, Twitter turns 10. Over the next five days we’ll be exploring how far the microblogging service has come, the challenges it faces going forward and some of its key moments along the way. March 21 marks ten years since Twitter came to life. Since its 2006 arrival, the pl … | Continue reading
The UK’s National Environment Research Council (NERC) might have been pleased when looking at its Web analytics over the weekend to see a spike in traffic – until it realized that was a lot of internet jokers upvoting ‘Boaty McBoatface’ in its #NameOurShip campaign. What looked l … | Continue reading
How often does Google Now offer you stories from publications that you’re just not interested in? Well, it seems to be happening often enough that Google has come up with a solution. According to a number of users on Reddit and confirmed by us here at TNW, Google Now is offering … | Continue reading
Good foundations are crucial for builders. In the startup ecosystem, those builders are software developers. And when they want to build upon platform components, they seek out APIs with foundations they can trust. Scalability, reliability and security are a great start, but when … | Continue reading
Let’s face it – screen time is an inescapable reality of modern parenting, with kids of every age spending hours upon hours in front of iPads, smartphones and televisions. And that’s not always a bad thing. Educational apps and kiddie-geared TV shows are great ways for little one … | Continue reading
When it comes to self-driving cars, it’s hard to say how safe it will really be to sit back, relax and let the vehicle take over your journey. While autopilot is handy when you’re on the motorway, would you feel comfortable letting your car dictate when to stop and go at an inter … | Continue reading
Mark Zuckerberg is famous for his casual approach to office attire, but the CEO made a rare exception to his usual dress code for a rare meeting with China’s propaganda chief Liu Yunshan this weekend. Facebook, like other US digital platforms, is blocked in the country so Liu eff … | Continue reading
Facebook’s research arm published an interesting study last week that looked at 5.6 million anonymous Facebook accounts to see if it could find a correlation between family and your future career. The study first looked at father-son occupations and mother-daughter occupations, w … | Continue reading
Facebook carousel ads are extremely engaging and fun way to promote your business. According to data collected by Kinetic Social, these ads can also drive up to 10 times more traffic to advertisers’ websites than static sponsored posts on Facebook. And LOVOO found that they got a … | Continue reading
US-based artist, Brent Watanabe, specializes in computer-based installations and his latest project is something quite addictive: an AI-driven deer wandering around Grand Theft Auto. The project, which is being livestreamed, sees a deer programmed to wander around Grand Theft Aut … | Continue reading
This week, Twitter turns 10. Over the next five days we’ll be exploring how far the microblogging service has come, the challenges it faces going forward and some of its key moments along the way. Twitter isn’t a social network. The company’s former VP for business and corporate … | Continue reading
Own an old Kindle? You’ll want to update it by March 22 to ensure it can continue to connect to the Web and download new books. Amazon has released an emergency update for the 2012 Kindle Paperwhite as well as all previous models. If you miss it, you’ll encounter the next time yo … | Continue reading
Apple’s ‘Let us loop you in‘ press event kicks off on Monday, March 21, at its Cupertino headquarters. Expect to see CEO Tim Cook reveal the iPhone SE, a 9.7-inch version of the iPad Pro, iOS 9.3 and new Apple Watch bands. You can tune in today at 1pm ET / 10am PT / 5pm GMT / 103 … | Continue reading
Cuban tourism is about to get a shot in the arm: Airbnb has announced that it will welcome visitors of all nationalities to the island nation starting April 2, reports the Associated Press. The news comes shortly after US President Barack Obama touched down in the country with hi … | Continue reading
The Twitter bird is instantly recognizable as a tech entity and social platform. It wasn’t always the way you find it now, and actually went through some awkward phases. In celebrating a decade of existence, Twitter shared a brief look at the iterations it undertook over the year … | Continue reading
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Productivity and privacy are essential priorities we all face in today’s highly competitive atmosphere. It’s a rare treat to knock out two major life challenges in one shot, but that’s exactly what you get with this great VPN Unlimited & To Do Checklist Lifetime Subscription Bund … | Continue reading