Apple today confirmed that it will stop selling the Thunderbolt Display, a desktop monitor that Apple first introduced in July 2011. It’s the only first-party display that Apple sells, and now it will be going away. There have been rumors suggesting that Apple will be following u … | Continue reading
YouTube is adding a live streaming option to its mobile app, the company announced today, a new feature that will allow users to broadcast live video from their mobile devices with the touch of a button. The company's mobile streaming interface looks markedly similar to Periscope … | Continue reading
Microsoft today announced the release of a new Windows 10 build for PCs and mobile for people participating in the fast ring of the Windows Insider Program. The news about build 14372 comes literally one day after Microsoft announced the release of build 14371 for both PCs and mo … | Continue reading
YouTube Red, Google's paid video streaming service, has purchased its first big-budget television series, reports The New York Times. The show will be called Step Up, and it's based on the Channing Tatum dance drama franchise of the same name. Lionsgate, which produced the franch … | Continue reading
Take-Two Interactive Software,, 2K and Firaxis Games are partnering with nonprofit GlassLab to take a version of Sid Meier’s Civilization V into high schools in North America. CivilizationEDU will debut in schools in the fall of 2017. The history-inspired, turn-based strategy gam … | Continue reading
YouTube announced that it is adding the capability to broadcast live video right from its mobile app. This capability is said to be rolling out to select creators first, but is expected to roll out to more people later on. On stage at VidCon, YouTube product lead Kurt Wilms revea … | Continue reading
Apple is officially discontinuing its Thunderbolt display, and is actually pointing consumers to other monitors that may suit their needs. If you’re really enamored with Apple’s own display, an Apple spokesperson tells The Next Web that you can still pick one up directly from App … | Continue reading
Apple is discontinuing its Thunderbolt Display. That means, for now, Apple is no longer in the external monitor business.The 27-inch flat panel computer monitor has been sold by Apple since 2011, when it replaced the Apple LED Cinema Display.SEE ALSO: Apple iMac 2015 review: Stil … | Continue reading
What does the trailer to Inception, a re-mastered Rolling Stones record, and the podcast Serial all have in common?They’re all awesome. Their creators also all used iZotope products in the background to make them shine.iZotope, started by a group of MIT undergrads in 2001, hustle … | Continue reading
Murphy’s Law decrees: “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.” For any of us whose livelihood depends on our labor, things going wrong could mean: “Anything that can be automated, will be automated.” Our labor or skill in exchange for pay has undoubtedly caused us to seek sec … | Continue reading
Hello, gentle readers, and welcome to the RPG Reload, the weekly feature where we'll deck the world for a few credsticks. Each week, we take a look at an RPG from the App Store's past to see how it holds up in the present day. It's a chance for reflecting on important releases, r … | Continue reading
Remember XBMC, or as it was known even longer ago, Xbox Media Center? It's been over a decade since the open-source software was used to turn the original Xbox into a media hub, but the software is still alive and well. It's continued along under a new name, Kodi, and works on Wi … | Continue reading
The Los Angeles Lakers selected Duke forward Brandon Ingram with the second overall pick in the NBA draft on Thursday night, adding another talented teenager to the rebuilding club's young core. | Continue reading
Ben Simmons was signing 76ers jerseys and eating cheesesteaks before he was even drafted. | Continue reading
If $1,000 in gift cards wasn't enough to satiate irked Volkswagen diesel owners, do you think $7,000 will do the trick?SEE ALSO: Volvo's new S90 and V90 R-Design models are both luxurious and sportyOn June 28, Volkswagen will reportedly submit a plan to a U.S. district court judg … | Continue reading
We're streaming live on Mobcrush right now. There's a couple different ways you can watch the stream, and they all work equally well and it's really just a matter of personal preference as to which method you prefer. The easiest way to watch is just watching the embedded player r … | Continue reading
Today Twilio braved the public markets and did what no technology startup has done all year – go public. The company began trading this morning on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol TWLO, and didn’t disappoint. After pricing at $15 dollars, the stock opened at $2 … | Continue reading
This week, Tesla announced plans to buy SolarCity, Twilio IPOed, the NY State senate passed an anti-Airbnb bill and we discovered the world’s largest Nerf gun. Read on for a recap of the biggest tech stories of the week. Read More | Continue reading
LeBron James has all the gold he needs this summer. | Continue reading
According to one report, Huawei is developing its own in-house smartphone operating system as a Plan B to Google's Android. | Continue reading
Apple is discontinuing sales of the Thunderbolt Display, a much-loved, though rarely updated monitor. Although it's still available in the Apple store (for the not super low price of $999), once current inventory is sold out, that'll be the end of Apple producing standalone displ … | Continue reading
As counting gets under way in Britain's historic referendum, a YouGov opinion poll has given the campaign to stay in the European Union a narrow lead over those hoping to leave. Image: Reuters | Continue reading
Apple today announced that it is discontinuing its Thunderbolt Display, the large external display many use to connect to Macbooks or other Macs for extra screen real estate. This is very likely to fuel speculation (which has been ongoing) that Apple will soon launch a 4k or 5k v … | Continue reading
Windows 10 is unequivocally Microsoft's best operating system release in years. That's not saying much since Windows 8 was a huge mess, and Windows 10 is basically an open admission that jettisoning the Start menu and de-emphasizing the desktop was a huge mistake.But that's OK, b … | Continue reading
As Apple races to add to the number of third-party apps that Siri can search through on Apple TV, Google is today checking off an overdue one over on Android TV. The company has announced that shows and movies from Netflix now appear when you use Android TV's universal search fun … | Continue reading
Join us for a quick beginner's tutorial - this is how you use Android Beam, a tool that uses NFC to share between Android devices - a decent addition to our Android customization series. | Continue reading
Last month, developer SuperHippo announced their upcoming auto-running platformer Don't Be Squared on our forums, and then at the beginning of this month they soft-launched it in select territories. Yesterday, they again took to our forums to announce that Don't Be Squared finall … | Continue reading
Nextbit has announced that they are going to innovate in the field of battery life, they just haven't explained how. | Continue reading
Lausanne, a small town in the Western part of Switzerland has emerged as a surprising melting pot of innovative technology, and the latest feather in the town’s tech nest will be hosting the first Swiss chapter of MassChallenge. A large Boston-based accelerator program that is ra … | Continue reading
PartyNextDoor's "Come and See Me" music video debuted on the Snapchat Discover page today. In it, Kylie Jenner, his rumored girlfriend, checks her Snapchat to see what he's up to. Turns out, he's at the club, which is kind of a bummer because Kylie wishes they were making out! Gi … | Continue reading
Want to track whether or not the UK will leave the EU, but don’t want to check Twitter or a Website every few minutes (we know you obsess!)? Politico has you covered — if you use an iPhone. After filling out a simple online information form, you’ll be able to add a pass to your i … | Continue reading
When Apple unveiled its own version of the stylus in 2015, the Apple Pencil, it wasn't the most exciting development to come from the company. After all, we've all seen styluses before.Now it looks like Apple could be experimenting with giving the tried-and-true styles a technolo … | Continue reading
No more pop-ups asking you to agree to those murky “2.1x” (or some other “x” amount) surge fares on the Uber app. Soon Uber will just tell you the price of your ride up front. Uber told TechCrunch in May it was not doing away with surge pricing and denied an NPR report mentioning … | Continue reading
The mobile game market is saturated, and user acquisition costs are out of reach for many small developers. But a new avenue of marketing is emerging with influencers, according to a new report from Chartboost, one of the companies that is making this new tactic easier to pull of … | Continue reading
Surge pricing has long been Uber’s Achilles’ heel: during periods of excessive demand, when there are more riders than drivers, Uber increases its normal prices to encourage drivers to flood the zone. Drivers love it, often waiting to sign-on to the platform until surge pricing k … | Continue reading
Like the rest of us, Siri is obsessed with Game of Thrones. In the lead-up to the season 6 GoT finale, Siri is offering some fun comments you can enjoy whether you're a denizen of Westeros or someplace else.SEE ALSO: The 'Game of Thrones' Season 6 finale looks set to be an epic o … | Continue reading
Event has spoken to a snapshot of readers regarding a leave result with a number of companies believing that the industry will be negatively affected. | Continue reading
We’re all a bit worried about the terrifying surveillance state that becomes possible when you cross omnipresent cameras with reliable facial recognition — but a new study suggests that some of the best algorithms are far from infallible when it comes to sorting through a million … | Continue reading
Semi trucks are a fixture on the world's highways, transporting a significant portion of the world's cargo — and that's leading to a rash of innovation in the space that mirrors what's happening in the automotive world. Self-driving trucks, electric powertrains; you name it, some … | Continue reading
Sega mascot and Mario arch-frenemy Sonic the Hedgehog has turned 25 today.The famous blue hedgehog made his debut in the game of his namesake on Sega Mega Drive / Sega Genesis on 23rd June 1991 in North America.He's since gone on to star in over 30 titles of varying quality. His … | Continue reading
What do you get when you combine Escape the Room with a vehicle test drive? It turns out, a lot of fun.If you’re not familiar, Escape the Room is a real-world puzzle game where teams of users have to follow clues to (surprise) escape a room. It’s fantastic.This weekend, Ford has … | Continue reading
PC makers have been trying to replicate the MacBook Air for years with little success.Alternatives — including 2-in-1 convertibles, transformers and touchscreens — have intrigued customers, but none have been as popular Apple's laptop. So HP decided on another strategy to compete … | Continue reading
Surprise, Nitrome's got a new game out now, called Redungeon [Free]. They're describing this as kind of being the Platform Panic [Free] of top-down dungeon crawlers, in that you collect coins and have multiple characters that you can upgrade. This one has you moving from tile to … | Continue reading
It's true that it's fairly difficult to get the back cover off the OnePlus 3, but after that the components are well-organized for removal and replacement. | Continue reading
BMW i joins Tesla and Mercedes-Benz in bringing energy storage home with its new system, which has yet to be given a catchy name. The system uses new or used batteries from the BMW i3 electric car to store power from solar panels for later use. It integrates with the charging sta … | Continue reading
During the Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Stanford University today the AngelList, the equity fundraising platform, and activist Shiza Shahid announced plans to create a new venture firm, called NOW Ventures, to back what they’re calling “mission-driven” startups. That’s the l … | Continue reading
Despite reports that say millennials believe "phone calls can be burdensome," users of the very popular messaging service WhatsApp are making over 100 million voice calls every day, taking that oh-so-heavy burden head on. With over 1 billion users, WhatsApp is one of the biggest … | Continue reading