Tim Cook ‘not sure’ Apple will meet iPhone 7 Plus demand by the end of the year

Apple is working to match the demand for the iPhone 7 Plus as best as it can, but it might not meet all the demand by the end of the year, CEO Tim Cook said on the investor call discussing its fourth-quarter earnings.“It’s hard to say,” Cook said in response to an investor questi … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Lending Club zooms into car refinancings in turnaround effort

Many Americans learned through Lending Club that they can refinance their credit card debt online; now, the lending marketplace Lending Club is hoping they’ll discover that it’s possible to refinance their credit card debt online, too. Though automotive lending is a massive marke … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Executive changes are coming to Google Access

Executive changes are coming to Google Access, including the possible departure of CEO Craig Barratt, according to sources. The company is holding a town hall-style meeting sometime soon to announce these potential changes, these sources say.Access operates as its own entity unde … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

How the fourth-largest publisher in the world stays ahead of the LTV curve (VB Live)

VB LIVE: How are the top-grossing app developers growing and acquiring high-quality users at scale? What channels and formats are the best fit? And how do you net 700 million downloads like Ketchapp? Join our latest VB Live event for insight into the metrics and strategies the ma … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Jony Ive and Marc Newson’s latest collaboration is a Christmas tree

Apple’s chief design officer Jony Ive and and industrial designer Marc Newson are designing a new, exclusive project in time for the holidays: a Christmas tree.The tree is part of London hotel Claridge’s seasonal celebration, the hotel announced on its website. Since 2009, differ … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Challenges face former Cheezburger CEO joining Y Combinator’s New Cities project

Y Combinator’s ambitious New Cities project has a new leader today as Ben Huh, former CEO of The Cheezburger Network, joins the effort. The initiative, previously announced back in June, aims to take a fresh, entrepreneurial approach, to city building. Details have been hard to c … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

IBM Watson and Udacity want developers to learn AI online

The education platform focused on helping workers gain skills they need for great careers in tech, Udacity, has partnered with IBM Watson, Didi Chuxing and Amazon Alexa to offer a new nanodegree in artificial intelligence, the companies announced today. IBM Watson is co-developin … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

IrisVR raises $8M to bring virtual reality to architecture and design

New York City startup IrisVR is announcing that it has raised $8 million in Series A funding. The company has built virtual reality tools for the architecture and design industries. Iris Prospect allows customers to take their 3D plans and blueprints and turn them into VR experie … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

HyperX Cloud Stinger is an amazing $50 gaming headset

Kingston’s HyperX division isn’t goofing around. It wants to win over a mainstream audience, and its latest product should do just that. The HyperX Cloud and HyperX Cloud II headsets are already among the best gaming-specific earphones on the market under $100, but now the compan … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Apple's Services division is the one bright spot in a down fiscal 2016

During its earnings call today, Apple CEO Tim Cook put the focus on the company's Services division, which contains Apple Music, iTunes, Apple Pay, and the App Store, and grew 24 percent year-over-year in an otherwise down year for the company. Services has become Apple's second … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Facebook demos Prisma-like augmented reality app for live video

Facebook is working on new camera technology that overlays famous works of art on what you’re seeing. This feature was demonstrated on stage at the WSJD Live conference, but it’s not something that will released in the foreseeable future. Chris Cox, Facebook’s chief product offic … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

BTCC Brings the New Mobi Wallet to Life

Bobby Lee and the staff of BTCC have brought about the new Mobi Wallet, which was announced at this year's Money 20/20 event. | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 8 years ago

Eero looks to help employee whose 10-year-old son was burned by peers

Eero, a two-year-old, San Francisco-based maker of a smart wireless routing system, is asking employees to help one of their colleagues after his special-needs son was burned in a fire set by some of his same-age peers. According to a report in Fox News, the 10-year-old was place … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Apple CEO Tim Cook thinks technology could 'revolutionize' the car experience

Much has been said about Apple’s fledgling automative efforts, with reports of its Project Titan car division shifting its focus away from building a vehicle and toward automation and software. Today on an earnings call, CEO Tim Cook offered perhaps the most definitive recognitio … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Facebook demos art-themed video filters, says it got 2M voters registered

If you liked Prisma, you’re going to enjoy what Facebook’s cooking up. Today on stage at WSJDLive, Facebook chief product officer Chris Cox demoed an unlaunched prototype of Live video filters that make your footage look like it was painted by a famous fine artist like Vincent Va … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Civic Demos Vision for Blockchain Web Login Service

Civic previewed a new use case for its decentralized identity service today at Money2020 in Las Vegas.Source | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Brutal Doom 64 mod will launch next week

Acclaimed Doom modder Sergeant_Mark_IV, the person behind popular mod Brutal Doom, is releasing their upgraded version of Doom 64, Brutal Doom 64, next week on 30th October.This PC mod will outfit Doom 64 with new special effects, particles, lightning, gore, sounds, weapon animat … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Apple's Big Expensive iPad push has kept iPad revenue flat, at least for now

Apple just reported its fourth quarter earnings for 2016, showing a decline in iPhone sales for the third consecutive quarter and the first full-year drop in revenue since 2001. iPad sales were down as well, both year over year (-6 percent) and from the third quarter of this year … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Sandberg on Facebook's Identity as a Media Company

Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg discusses the growing pains that come with expanding from technology platform to media company. She sits down with Facebook's Chris Cox and WSJ's Christina Passariello at WSJDLive in Laguna Beach, Calif. | Continue reading


@live.wsj.com | 8 years ago

Wire chat app takes on Snapchat with self-destruct messages

Wire, the sleek messaging app with some security chops, is getting a new feature today: timed, or ‘ephemeral’ messaging. Basically, it’s like the timers in Snapchat; you can make a message self-destruct after a certain amount of time. Google introduced a similar feature with Allo … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Brand Newsroom 111: The virtues of controversy and newsjacking

Australian demographer Bernard Salt caused outrage recently when he suggested millennials could afford to buy houses if they stopped spending money on smashed avocado on toast. Brands jumped on it, leveraging the publicity for their own business. Today, the Brand Newsroom team ta … | Continue reading


@lushthecontentagency.com | 8 years ago

Apple just had its first annual revenue decline since 2001

For the first time since 2001, Apple's annual revenue has declined year over year, falling from $233.7 billion in 2015 to $217 billion in the 2016 fiscal year. That 9 percent decline marks the first annual revenue drop since 2001, largely due to the continued decline in iPhone sa … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

The fundamental design flaw of every chatbot

GUEST: Around this time last year, chatbots weren’t on our radar, generally speaking. Sure, AI-powered conversations with brands, a la Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa, have been around for some time. But it was Facebook’s rollout of its chatbot API platform for Messenger in April … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Apple could be developing its car OS in Canada

More details about Apple’s software team for its not-so-secret car project are emerging. According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple has hired quite a few engineers in the Ottawa suburb of Kanata. The company also opened an office over there and could be developing its car op … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

iPhone revenues and unit sales dip in Q4 with 45.5M devices sold

Apple is still selling a lot of iPhones, but the numbers are continuing to slide from 2015 numbers. The company reported Q4 2016 iPhones sales of 45.51 million units. This compares to 48 million units sold in the same quarter of last year. These numbers are largely in keeping, if … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Apple leakt Bilder vom neuen Macbook Pro

Die neuen MacBook Pros werden mit einem Fingerabdrucksensor Apple Pay unterstützen, das ist seit dem Update auf macOS Sierra 10.12.1, gestern, klar. Nun hat MacRumors als erste die Bilder entdeckt, um das zu belegen - als Hilfe für Nutzer,... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Model X ‘malfunctions’ are hurting Tesla’s reliability score

Tesla was featured for the first time in Consumer Reports’ annual survey of vehicle reliability, but not in a good way. The upstart electric car company was ranked near the bottom, 25 out of 29, with the publication knocking the Model X SUV for "abundant problems, including frequ … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Apple reports third consecutive quarterly decline as iPhone sales continue to slow

The big story over the last six months of Apple earnings has been the dreaded decline in iPhone sales. After more than a decade of record-setting revenue growth, the company finally saw consumer demand for its flagship smartphone dip down. During the fiscal fourth quarter ended S … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Apple reports $9 billion profit in Q4 2016 as revenue falls 9%

Apple today disclosed that it generated $9.01 billion in net income, or $1.67 in earnings per diluted share, on $46.9 billion in revenue in the fourth quarter of its 2016 fiscal year, which ended on September 24. The company beat expectations on income and met expectations on sal … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

GOP Congressional Ads Focus on Checking a Clinton Presidency

As the Republican Party's hopes of a Donald Trump presidency dwindle, congressional candidates have changed their strategy to warn of a President Hillary Clinton and the need for a congressional check on the executive office. Photo: AP | Continue reading


@live.wsj.com | 8 years ago

Apple iPhone sales fall 5% to 45.5 million in Q4 2016, iPads and Macs also down

iPhone sales are down again. Apple sold 45.51 million iPhones, 9.2 million iPads, and 4.8 million Macs during the fourth quarter of 2016, the company announced today — down from 48 million iPhones, 9.9 million iPads, and 5.7 million Macs in Q4 2015. The iPhone is a nine-year-old … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Apple turns out a boring fourth quarter ahead of its critical holiday season

All eyes are, officially, on the holiday season for Apple. Ahead of the Christmas retail season, Apple reported its fourth-quarter earnings that were basically directly in-line with what Wall Street was expecting. Almost everything came in line as the company stands in a basic ho … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

The do’s and don’ts of crafting amazing email newsletters

These guidelines can help you craft an effective email newsletter to reach and resonate with your audience, from segmentation to content to design. | Continue reading


@brafton.com | 8 years ago

Apple's new MacBook Pro has no escape key

So it turns out that images of Apple's new MacBook Pro, set to be unveiled on Thursday, are actually hiding inside the latest macOS Sierra update. They confirm that Jony Ive and Apple's designers have added a touch bar to the company's top-of-the-line laptop. To make room for tha … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Three Cusps Chalet by Tiago do Vale Architects / Portugal

Recent winner in the American Architecture Prize, the Three Cusps Chalet is a very peculiar building, documenting this region’s history and diaspora, and combining typical… Continue reading | Continue reading


@HomeWorldDesign | 8 years ago

TLV Duplex by Blatman Cohen Architecture / Israel

TLV Duplex is a 130 sqm apartment in Tel Aviv that has been modified and extended by Blatman Cohen Architecture & Design. Project description: The… Continue reading | Continue reading


@HomeWorldDesign | 8 years ago

Split House – Two Volumes Linked by a Splayed Stair

Located in Mt Martha, VIC, Australia, Split House won the 2016 AIA Victorian Architecture Awards, Commendation for Residential New. The house was designed by Melbourne-based BKK… Continue reading | Continue reading


@HomeWorldDesign | 8 years ago

Pandora’s latest quarter disappoints investors

In what has become a very competitive landscape for digital music, early pioneer Pandora is trying to remain a leader. The company reported third quarter earnings after the bell on Tuesday, giving a glimpse at the current health of their business. Pandora has seen its revenue gro … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Xiaomi is finally stepping out of Apple and Samsung's shadows

Pretty much all smartphones now resemble iPhones. But in the future, all phones might look like Xiaomi's newly announced Mi Mix concept phone, which will be available in China starting next month.The Mi Mix is garnering attention not because it's designed by renowned French desig … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Bookshelf House is an Old House Converted into a Light-Filled Residence

Italian architect Andrea Mosca has renovated Bookshelf House, an old house near Paris for a family of five who loves books and reading. Project description:… Continue reading | Continue reading


@HomeWorldDesign | 8 years ago

Xiaomi MI MIX: Randlos hoch drei

Schon seit einer Weile träumen wir alle vom komplett randlosen Smartphone. Nur noch Bildschirm ist das mindeste, das einem jeder SciFi, der etwas auf sich hält, vorgaukelt. Der Rest ist doch Quatsch. Wenn wir erst mal dort angekommen sind,... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Apple’s MacBook Pro event: what to expect

If there has been one refrain from Apple fans over the past year, it’s that the Mac is well overdue for an upgrade. This week, it looks like it’s finally going to get one.Apple is holding an event at its Cupertino campus on Thursday where it’s expected to unveil some major Mac up … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Apple leak shows MacBook Pro images with ‘magic toolbar,’ stock climbs

Apple stock reached the highest point in the day — $118.36 — after the publication of leaked images of the next MacBook Pro, which is set to be released later this week. The leak has perfect timing — it hit 43 minutes before the closing bell, after which Apple is expected to repo … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Cuba’s self-proclaimed first indie game seeks crowdfunding

Forget about cigars — Cuba’s gaming business is about to open up. Josuhe Pagliery is a multimedia artist and the founder of Empty Head Games, an independent development studio in Cuba. Now, the company is using Indigogo to try to fund Savior, which it is calling Cuba’s first indi … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Apple just accidentally confirmed a major new MacBook Pro feature

Well, it's just about official: A new MacBook Pro is coming. And it will contain a Touch ID fingerprint sensor packed into a "Magic Toolbar" that's been rumored for weeks.A new update to macOS Sierra contains an image of a new MacBook Pro, MacRumors reported Tuesday. It shows a d … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

This is the new MacBook Pro with the Magic Toolbar mini display

Apple has leaked its own big announcement with a hidden image in the macOS Sierra 12.1 update. MacRumors first noticed the image. Meet the new MacBook Pro.As expected, the MacBook Pro features a second mini display above the keyboard. It replaces the function row and should chang … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Affordable Care Premiums to Spike an Average 25% in 2017

WSJ's Stephanie Armour has analysis of the Affordable Care Act premium increase as well as the impact of insurers fleeing the program on Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero. Photo: AP | Continue reading


@live.wsj.com | 8 years ago

Apple leaks new MacBook Pro with touch strip

Apple is widely expected to unveil a redesigned MacBook Pro at an event on Thursday, but it looks like it may have let a couple images slip out early. MacRumors spotted a pair of images hidden inside yesterday's update to macOS Sierra, both of which show a new MacBook Pro, a touc … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago