Part of Mozilla’s work in building the open-source Firefox browser involves trialing new features be The folks at Mozilla, who are behind Firefox, are testing a bunch of new tools and features for the popular open-source browser. That includes Send, a free cross-browser web app f … | Continue reading
The videos and memes you keep seeing on your feeds aren’t an accident. There are actually six principles that drive virality. Ever since Malcolm Gladwell’s “Tipping Point,” psychologists have been trying to get to the bottom of what makes something “go viral.” But according to Wh … | Continue reading
Snap Inc. today is said to be considering an acquisition of Zero Zero Robotics, a Beijing-based drone manufacturer. If true, it might mean that Snap’s cameras will be able to use the company’s tracking software to follow you and put filters over you from a distance. Zero Zero sel … | Continue reading
When MIT successfully created AI that can diagnose skin cancer it was a massive step in the right direction for medical science. A neural-network can process huge amounts of data. More data means better research, more accurate diagnosis, and the potential to save lives by the tho … | Continue reading
LG’s V10 and V20 were defined by their secondary display, but it seems the company is abandoning that trademark feature this time around. Not that it’s all that surprising. Reliable leaker @OnLeaks had previously provided some device renders suggesting that might be the case, and … | Continue reading
A 2002 film adaptation of a 1956 Philip K. Dick novel warned us of the dangers of predictive policing. In ‘Minority Report,’ Tom Cruise’s character played a cop in the Los Angeles Police Department’s pre-crime unit. The futuristic tale saw Cruise, an officer tasked with nabbing b … | Continue reading
Thanks to a lack of digital back-ups, an estimated $5 billion in student loan debt could essentially disappear. Last month, the New York Times reported on a series of lawsuits brought by financial institutions against former students who have defaulted on their loans. Some of the … | Continue reading
Facebook is preparing to announce at least two major hardware products next year, according to a report by Bloomberg. One device is meant specifically for video calls. The device will reportedly feature a “laptop-sized” touchscreen and allow people to feel “like they’re in the sa … | Continue reading
Imagine somebody asked you to write on a piece of paper the things you love doing. If what came to mind was “partying, hanging out with friends, going to the beach, meeting new people, traveling,” you might ready to go on vacation or spring break. If on the other hand, you wrote … | Continue reading
At an exclusive unboxing at the LTX event last week, AMD showed off some of its newest hardware. The meat of the reveal was a sneak peak at its latest graphics card, the Radeon RX Vega. The Vega is very powerful and pretty, and can go toe-to-toe with Nvidia chips in powerful gami … | Continue reading
A group of developers have managed to create a VR technology that let’s you put your expression on someone else’s face. It’s called Face VR and it’s a method for gaze-aware real-time facial reenactment in virtual reality — basically a way to imitate live facial expression in VR. … | Continue reading
The tool set for a serious graphics has expanded well beyond the standard pencils, pens, paints and paper. Now, how far you get in the profession can often be tied to how well you know the software that drives the majority of design work in the 21st century. The Adobe Creative Su … | Continue reading
Google is making Image Search much more intuitive and convenient to navigate through. The internet giant announced it is rolling out an update that adds designated badges at the bottom of each image it shows in search. Badges will indicate what further information you can find if … | Continue reading
Upgrading computers is an expensive hassle. Microsoft wants to make it less so if you’re buying on of its Surface PCs. The company today introduced a new Surface Plus program that lets you pay off your computer in 24-month installments with zero percent interest if paid off in ti … | Continue reading
When it rains, it pours. Hours after serial leaker Evan Blass gave us our first glimpse into the new Samsung Galaxy Note 8, the brand-name mobile reporter is back with yet another exclusive photo showing the upcoming flagship. Earlier today, Blass took to Twitter to share a pictu … | Continue reading
Reddit, the so-called “frontpage of the Internet,” just got a fresh injection of cold, hard cash, having raised $200 million from a consortium of top-tier investors. The site, which is now valued at an astonishing $1.8 billion, intends to pursue new avenues for growth, including … | Continue reading
With so many discover services out there, digging up dope hip-hop music has never been easier. But one aspect such tools often tend to lack is a solid focus on international artist – and this is precisely what Foreignrap seeks to fix. Developed by a trio of music aficionados, For … | Continue reading
We are all familiar with that dopamine rush of getting a new message. It feels good. We crave it. But doesn’t that make us addicts? The reality is that real time messaging, whether it’s Slack or WhatsApp, is incredibly distracting, and it’s wreaking havoc on our productivity. How … | Continue reading
With Silicon Valley being saturated with apps and connected services, and iOS steadily gaining steam across developed markets, Google has been eyeing other avenues to build out its mobile platform and revenue streams. To that end, it’s now urging Android developers in India to bu … | Continue reading
Facebook has rolled out an educational tool in Kenya to help people spot fake news as presidential elections draw near. This comes after there have been several complaints of misinformation and fake news being spread on Facebook and WhatsApp in the lead up to Kenya’s Presidential … | Continue reading
Apple is rapidly winning over the hearts of augmented reality enthusiasts with its yet-to-be officially released ARKit. Numerous talented artists and developers are already using the beta version of the new framework to build magical apps and experiences – and the astounding resu … | Continue reading
Today, Amber Rudd, the UK’s home secretary and MP for Hastings and Rye, published an op-ed in the Daily Telegraph newspaper that argued ‘real people’ don’t require end-to-end encryption, and terrorists are the only benefactors of the feature in WhatsApp. Rudd acknowledges that en … | Continue reading
Anthemic Canadian ensemble Arcade Fire just released its latest album, Everything Now. Perhaps in an attempt to capitalize on the current cultural zeitgeist, the band has released the album on a USB-enabled fidget spinner, in addition to the usual vinyl, CD, cassette, and digital … | Continue reading
I’ll say it loud and clear: I love traveling. Not just the kind where you take a vacation for two weeks to escape reality, but the kind where you roam the world for a year until traveling becomes your reality. For most of us, though, this isn’t easy or practical. We’ll eventually … | Continue reading
If you’re broke, you know that gym memberships are a problem. 46-percent of former gym members cite expenses as the number one reason why they stopped using their membership, and almost everyone is too busy to workout every day. If that sounds like you, POPiN could be the solutio … | Continue reading
Hackers at DefCon 2017 this weekend managed to get a WinVote machine to play Rick Astley — and in the process demonstrated fundamental flaws with digital voting. More than 30 voting machines made up the Voting Village at DefCon. It took the attendees mere minutes to crack open th … | Continue reading
Wonder Woman was my first. She was expressing her opinions on politics, and I stopped to pay attention. Afterwards, I followed her, though she probably didn’t know it. I spoke up, she liked what I had to say. The rest is history. There’d be plenty more after her, but you never fo … | Continue reading
Prepaid credit cards are hardly a new or novel concept. People have been using reloadable cards for years. So it seems almost laughable that it has taken the tech industry so long to find a way to make prepaid credit cards relevant in the business world. For small and mid-size bu … | Continue reading
Earlier today, enterprising developers discovered clues about the iPhone 8’s design in firmware for the upcoming HomePod speaker. Turns out that firmware is still churning out important nuggets of information. Now Steve Troughton-Smith, who helped in the earlier leak, also found … | Continue reading
Nervous about our automated future, some parents are pushing kids as young as two into coding classes. This level of enthusiasm from parents is admirable. They are, after all, only seeking to ensure success in a world increasingly being swallowed by automation. But as a recent Ne … | Continue reading
There are few people in tech who capture our attention in quite the same way as Elon Musk. Whether he’s arguing with Mark Zuckerberg about the dangers of AI, or he’s breaking Hyperloop news on Twitter, he’s usually good for a headline or two. Today he’s making a splash for frank … | Continue reading
While most tech companies are busy trying to harness virtual and augmented reality, a number of audio companies are studying how software can enhance our listening experiences. Even made waves a few years ago with its headphones that could be tuned to your hearing profile – essen … | Continue reading
By now, information about marketing strategies is so widespread, it can feel like you know all there is to know about designing the perfect push. From SEO to visual infographics, most aspiring and current marketers have pretty well-stocked advertising toolkits. However, even the … | Continue reading
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a union representing 1.4 million members, is fighting tooth-and-nail against the legal implementation of autonomous trucks in the US. Last week it successfully lobbied Congress to place a 10,000 pound weight-limit on current driverless … | Continue reading
Salesforce is a powerful set of tools for you and your sales team on its own, but that doesn’t mean you can’t improve the experience for your team. If you’re just getting started with Salesforce there are plenty of features and tools right out of the box, ones that will keep you … | Continue reading
Parenting in the age of technology presents challenges Grandma and Grandpa didn’t have to deal with. Our children are ‘connected’ to the world — and if they aren’t their toys are. Common sense practices keep your kids safe most of the time. Just about everyone uses computers eith … | Continue reading
When you’re looking for a tech job, a common (clichéd, even) interview question is “what happens when you type google.com into Chrome and hit the return key.” The aim is to see if you understand the fundamentals of how the Internet works — stuff like DNS, HTTP, and ARP. If you’ve … | Continue reading
Instagram, Clash of Clans, Tinder, and Snapchat are all free. In fact, 90-percent of apps are free because people expect them to be free. So how do developers stay in business? In-app advertising In-app advertising is the most popular and profitable way to monetize an app. Beca … | Continue reading
The number of apps out there for period monitoring are legion, which is as it should be. It’s an important part of health. And it took me shamefully long to discover them — I had my iPhone for almost two years before I downloaded my first tracker app. There are specialized apps — … | Continue reading
Hackers claim to have taken episodes from HBO shows to release online, including information on the current season of Game of Thrones. According to Entertainment Weekly, the hackers sent an email to reporters reading: Hi to all mankind. The greatest leak of cyber space era is hap … | Continue reading
Design is often thought of as something pleasing to the user’s eye. With good design principles, companies gain a strategic advantage at creating an experience their customers like and want to return to. But design thinking is a more comprehensive and holistic approach to problem … | Continue reading
Full stack web development requires full-time web understanding and a fully-stocked assortment of web tools. That’s because the coding world changes on a dime — and the “next big thing” can change the entire landscape almost overnight. Know how to tackle any project the web throw … | Continue reading
After months upon months of iPhone 8 rumors as speculative designs, we have confirmation straight from Apple of what it will look like – albeit by accident. Developer Guilherme Rambo found an icon representing the iPhone 8 (or whatever it ends up being called) within some firmwar … | Continue reading
The Game of Thrones mania is real. HBO’s smash-hit fantasy drama series is well on its way to becoming the most pirated television show for the sixth year in a row after first claiming the spot back in 2012. But how much exactly is the show pirated and how does the total extent o … | Continue reading
Games development is notoriously difficult. With that in mind, spare a thought for the folks taking part in this year’s Js13kGames competition, which sees them create a JavaScript game while staying within a 13kb file limit. That’s crucial, as it means that in order to win, devel … | Continue reading
Jealous that your flashy new smartphone still struggles to capture photos as stunning as the iPhone? Android might be to blame… or so says a former Google executive who once headed the company’s overall mobile efforts. This weekend Vic Gundotra, who is widely considered to be the … | Continue reading
Bitcoin as we know it might never be the same again from August 1 as the possibilities of fork become more pronounced than ever before. The hottest news in the cryptocurrency industry right now is that the Bitcoin blockchain will be split into two. A group in the Bitcoin communit … | Continue reading
If you live in India and enjoy sharing pictures of your luxurious vacations and lavish shopping sprees, expect a like or two from the taxman. According to Bloomberg, a new nationwide project will see the government collect and connect data points about citizens’ spending habits t … | Continue reading