*Click* I finally did it. A one-way ticket to Buenos Aires, Argentina. I had no idea how long I’d be living there for, no clue how I’d survive, and who I’d meet along the journey. I didn’t know how to speak Spanish, and I didn’t know a single soul living in South America — period … | Continue reading
Welcome to TNW’s phone buying guide! We’re an opinionated bunch here, so we realize not everyone agrees on what the singular ‘best’ phone is. That’s okay, because most phones are really rather good nowadays. So instead of listing our favorite choices at every price range, our pic … | Continue reading
Facebook recently announced that it now has over 2 billion monthly users. This makes its “population” larger than that of China, the US, Mexico and Japan combined. Its popularity, and with it the influence it has in society, is beyond dispute. But for many the experience of actua … | Continue reading
These days, most entrepreneurs and investors are quite clear about the merits of the subscription model. Recurring revenue is a wonderful concept and, when a subscription business is firing on all cylinders, recurring revenue compounds beyond the costs of customer acquisition. Th … | Continue reading
Take the responsibility for your education into your own hands — at a much more reasonable price — with the Complete Computer Science Bundle, a package with a special extra discount right now, down from $49 to only $39 from TNW Deals. | Continue reading
In all, you’ll get 10 courses, packing in over 80 hours of top-notch instruction to get you up-to-speed on all the fundamentals of web coding — only $39 from TNW Deals. | Continue reading
Gone are the days of working in a traditional office setting, where cubicles separate colleagues and the only social interactions occur around the water cooler. The rise in coworking spaces in New York City, and other tech hub cities around the world, has left more people yearnin … | Continue reading
Human ingenuity knows no boundaries, especially not when it comes to gaming. Despite having access to eight generations of perfectly good consoles designed specifically to play video games, intrepid, tech-savvy gamers can’t seem to stop modding everything with a chip and a screen … | Continue reading
Take a moment to look at the home screen of your smartphone. How many of the apps there have been on your phone for more than three months? What about six months? A year? For whatever reason, it’s usually only a handful of apps that find a long-term home on the phones of most use … | Continue reading
The two-course package pulls apart the elements needed to deliver a company or organization’s finely honed message while acting as a type of brand ambassador when engaging with media outlets as well as the general public. | Continue reading
You can’t deny the popularity of emoji. If the fact that July 17th is World Emoji Day isn’t enough to convince you, then consider that the Emoji Movie will be released in early August, and that Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2015 was the emoji: “face with tears of joy” . Bu … | Continue reading
Ask any retailer and they’ll tell you that the bane of their existence is a consumer turning to their cellphone and using Amazon to read reviews and price compare products while in-store. They hate it; I mean, wouldn’t you? Imagine you were on a date and your potential suitor dec … | Continue reading
Most parents have concerns about their kid’s social media usage, but they shouldn’t worry about their brain cells frying. Under the hoodー kids are using social to better themselves. Kids are running their own profitable slime businesses on Instagram, honing their dancing skills o … | Continue reading
Facebook volunteers and work-at-home moms might be making city planning decisions, thanks to AI research conducted by MIT scientists. Researchers from MIT’s media lab have been feeding computers a steady stream of data for the last four years to build an AI capable of determining … | Continue reading
According to an online poll conducted by Reuters this week, 12-percent of people who stream video content do so from someone else’s account — and that could be taking its toll on Netflix’s revenue. The report says that 12-percent of adults admit to logging into a streaming servic … | Continue reading
Adorned with wood, glass, and polished metal, Apple’s new ‘spaceship’ campus has an aesthetic straight out of a Jony Ive sketch. It’s high-tech and futuristic, and set to span 2.8-million square feet and house 13,000 employees — and perhaps some farm animals. In a recent drone fl … | Continue reading
Last week, I argued in favor of giving Windows 10 S a chance. Now I’m putting my money where my mouth is. For the past couple of weeks I’ve been using the new Surface Laptop as my primary computer. Given there’s no way to roll back from Windows 10 Pro once you use the free upgrad … | Continue reading
One of the suspected co-founders of AlphaBay hanged himself Tuesday in a Thailand jail, according to local police. He was being held at the request of US authorities on drug-related charges. AlphaBay was one of the largest illegal goods marketplaces on the dark web until nine day … | Continue reading
A Texas man proved the value of never, ever being without your phone when he got locked in a drive-through ATM earlier this week. The unnamed worker, who was assisting with renovations to a bank, slipped into the room behind a Bank of America ATM and then couldn’t get out. Having … | Continue reading
Vertu, maker of smartphones that cost more than some cars, is now all but dead. The company is shutting down operations, taking 200 jobs with it. Despite multiple changes of ownership and various attempts to drive up sales Vertu has been in crisis mode for quite some time, taking … | Continue reading
Honolulu City Council passed a bill this week which makes it illegal for pedestrians to use their phones while crossing the street. Anyone caught doing so could be fined up to $99. The councilman who introduced the bill said he got the idea from teenagers who were worried about t … | Continue reading
You’re out and about, and you want to type a quick email. So, you pull out your MacBook and connect to the nearest Wi-Fi hotspot. Before you’re online, you’re dragged to a capture page, and forced to agree to a labyrinthine set of terms and conditions. So, you do. You don’t even … | Continue reading
Uber is wildly popular in the UK. The ridesharing service is available in virtually every major city, and in London, there are more Uber partners than traditional black ‘hackney’ cab drivers. However, Uber has long struggled with accessibility. While black cab drivers have a lega … | Continue reading
When it comes to information security, Singapore is a world leader. The tiny Asian nation punches well above its weight, topping lists like the International Telecommunication Union’s Global Cybersecurity Index. But if a draft bill comes to fruition, it’ll be the first country to … | Continue reading
No matter if you pronounce it Gif or Jif, I think we call all get behind the addition of a new GIF mode in the Facebook camera. Next time you swipe left to access the Facebook camera, you’ll be presented with the option to record your own GIF. GIFs created through this feature ar … | Continue reading
As we reported previously, a new minigame has been in the works for EVE Online that will allow players to help scientists discover actual exoplanets. Now the game, named Project Discovery, has officially launched and pilots of the expansive space MMORPG can finally do their part … | Continue reading
Landscape photography is hard, no matter how beautiful an environment you’re shooting in. You need to be well-versed in composition, deal with weather conditions, know how to adjust your camera settings for the best possible shot, and then edit it to come up with a pleasing pictu … | Continue reading
South Africa’s Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has made a ruling that Uber drivers are now able to form unions, bargain and strike. This effectively means Uber drivers in South Africa are treated like employees, and not independent contractors, as Ub … | Continue reading
You can put yourself on a fast track to the front lines of the web’s most important fight with the training in this Become an Ethical Hacker course bundle. You can even get it now at one of the year’s lowest prices ever — $29, down from $49, from TNW Deals. | Continue reading
Facebook launched Messenger Lite, a streamlined version of its messaging service for people on slower connections, about nine months ago. It’s since become available in more than 100 countries, and has just arrived in India today. It’s basically Messenger without a bunch of (most … | Continue reading
The latest version of WhatsApp for Android and iOS has added a handy new feature: the ability to send any sort of file to your contacts. That means you can now send Android APK installers, MP3s and whatever else you’ve got on your phone. The feature, which was in testing last mon … | Continue reading
One of the most popular ventures for entrepreneurs is building an online e-commerce store, as it provides unlimited scaling potential. Simply building an online store and launching it doesn’t guarantee success, though. You aren’t going to increase your revenue without putting in … | Continue reading
Linkedin now allows users to upload native video through its app. Videos can be shot horizontally or vertically and like Facebook, will play automatically when browsing. Video creators can record up to 10 minutes of video and will have access to analytics such as view count, like … | Continue reading
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) teamed with Airbnb to punish a former host for racist comments. The woman in question will have to go back to school for a class in Asian-American studies. She’ll also have to pay a $5,000 fine. The host in question … | Continue reading
Many people are drawn to entrepreneurship, but don’t pursue it because they fear the intense work it requires. If you decide to become an entrepreneur, you’ll deviate from the norm and experience insecurities that you generally wouldn’t face with a more traditional “nine-to-five. … | Continue reading
The biggest event in computer graphics is nearly here. SIGGRAPH 2017 returns July 30th through August 3rd in Los Angeles, promising to showcase the latest innovations in computer graphics wizardry. This video gives us an early glimpse at what tomorrow’s graphics will look like: A … | Continue reading
Google Play Music has been pretty great at making music recommendations ever since it bought Songza, but it’s been lacking in one area: New music. Today’s update hopes to change that. Google is rolling out a new feature dubbed “New Release Radio” this week. But rather than just b … | Continue reading
In today’s world of global commerce, large corporations are within reach to almost any company. Though Fortune 500 sized companies may often seem hard to close deals with, the keys to getting in the door focus around a strong outreach strategy. For marketing agencies and software … | Continue reading
A new report released today suggests that all new cars sold in Europe will be electric as early as 2035 — which will have serious effects on the European car manufacturing industry. Senior economists at ING released a report titled, “Breakthrough of electric vehicle threatens Eur … | Continue reading
After being threatened with legal action, Jacob Worth wasn’t deterred. One of the sources in our Brilliant Earth exposé, Worth created the video that led us down this rabbit hole of dirty dealings in the diamond industry. For his effort, he was promptly hit with a cease and desis … | Continue reading
‘Twas the beating of his tell-tale heart – or pacemaker in this case – that may land alleged arsonist Ross Compton, of Ohio, in prison. A judge ruled Tuesday that data pertaining to the 59-year-old Compton’s pace-maker would be admissible in court. Compton is charged with aggrava … | Continue reading
Following a report claiming it was banning personal VPNs, Chinese officials are hitting back with cries of “fake news.” Bloomberg reported earlier this week that Chinese telecommunications carriers were ordered to block access to virtual private networks (VPNs) by February 1 next … | Continue reading
Scientists at the University of Melbourne today unveiled a new 3D printer ink-gel that is entirely self repairing. This technology may one day help repair cracked phone screens. According research published by a team led by Chemical Engineer Dr. Luke Connal: Self-healing material … | Continue reading
Three alien invasion films from Oats Studio and District 9 director are now on Steam and YouTube — and they’re looking incredibly creepy. Of the three films, the latest, “Zygote,” is by far the most unsettling, featuring a titular creature that will make your skin crawl, and some … | Continue reading
The Oculus Rift sparked the virtual reality race, but so far, VR has mostly remained the realm of extreme enthusiasts and one-off gimmicks. Now Facebook is looking to achieve true mass market appeal with a standalone Oculus headset. According to Bloomberg, Facebook is planning to … | Continue reading
The folks at XDA Developers have uncovered a new ‘panic mode’ in the latest-and-greatest version of Android, which can help you escape a malicious app to go straight to the home screen. Handsets powered by Android Nougart 7.11 can invoke panic mode by hitting the home button four … | Continue reading
Google Earth has always been about exploration. Always. Everyone, from pre-teen primary school kids, to bored office workers, has at some point used it to look up some faraway place, just to see what it looks like. So, it makes sense that Mountain View would introduce a social el … | Continue reading
I’ve had the great pleasure of reviewing some top-notch headphones recently, but I’m not comfortable roughhousing with them as I would with a cheaper and smaller pair. That’s why I was glad to give Wicked Audio’s new Endo headphones a go. At under $50, these are inexpensive enoug … | Continue reading