It’s time to take notice of Sphero. Amazon, Google, and Apple make arguably the best smart hubs on the market. Each offers functionality exceeding our wildest dreams even a decade ago. But in building this future we’ve somehow lost ourselves. We find convenience in the generic, b … | Continue reading
Women everywhere are scrolling through Instagram looking at the standard of the perfect kids, women, and men ー and it’s sending them into a downward spiral mentally. Instagram is the most detrimental social media platform, according to a new study conducted by The Royal Society f … | Continue reading
The results of a diversity survey released by FundersClub yesterday paint the picture of a tone-deaf boy’s club in Silicon Valley. The results come from surveying 234 technology startups concerning the diversity of their workforce. In startups founded with at least one female co- … | Continue reading
In the wake of Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference, the folks at MacPaw have released the 2017 version of its Mac developer survey. Spoiler alert: MacOS devs still don’t love the Mac App Store. Here’s the most eye-catching figure: more developers are embracing the Mac App Sto … | Continue reading
A California man allegedly uploaded Marvel’s Deadpool to Facebook and somehow five million users watched the full length movie, according to documents released by the Department of Justice. FBI officials arrested 21-year-old Trevon Maurice Franklin for the crime of copyright infr … | Continue reading
I’ve been a fan of Blue since I tried their excellent USB microphones over the past year; these people know their sound. And that’s why I was excited to test their duo of premium wired on-ear headphones, the Ella and Sadie. Don’t let their good looks fool you: both pairs are as m … | Continue reading
What goes into a rebrand? Well, first, you need to look at why you feel your company needs to go through the growing pains and stress involved with a rebrand, There’s typically two different reasons a company might decide to rebrand. The main one being that the business is slowin … | Continue reading
In what’s now becoming a bit of a tradition, Nintendo held a couple of invitational tournaments during E3 this year. Eight gamers competed for the title in Pokken Tournament DX, a Pokemon fighting game with Tekken mechanics. Another eight faced off in Arms, Nintendo’s wacky new f … | Continue reading
A Swedish man who spent 13 years in prison has been released after a podcast convinced the country’s Supreme Court to retry his case. Kaj Linna was convicted of robbery and murder then sentenced to life in prison despite what experts called a lack of evidence or eye-witness testi … | Continue reading
When Microsoft announced the Surface Pro shortly after revealing the Surface Laptop, I couldn’t help but feel the tiniest twinge of disappointment. Microsoft’s new laptop had mainstream appeal, but it abandoned the shape-shifting nature that defined every Surface before it. Meanw … | Continue reading
Knowledge is power. And thanks to the advent of the e-book, all that power can come from a stack of books that doesn’t break your back (just your e-reader!). You can dive headfirst into a treasure trove of information covering every aspect of coding and web programming with the a … | Continue reading
When it comes to indentation, there’s a right way and a wrong way. The right way, of course, is with spaces. Those who use tabs aren’t just doing it wrong, but they’re also cheating themselves out of a decent wedge of cash. At least, that’s the case according to Stack Overflow’s … | Continue reading
Working off of feedback from users for a year, Twitter has made some welcome design updates to its web and mobile apps, as well as to TweetDeck and Twitter Lite. First off, there are simpler icons for things like replying to tweets (it’s now a chat bubble instead of a backward-fa … | Continue reading
AI, VR and AR are trending topics these days and there’s plenty happening in the tech world when it comes to either one. Daily updates can get overwhelming if you’ve set yourself on a regular hunt on different websites in hope of gathering all the necessary information in one go. … | Continue reading
Imagine walking into a store, grabbing your favorite pound of coffee beans from the shelf, tapping through your payment on your mobile device, and strolling right out. No checkout. No lines. No waiting. Now imagine that that before you go, the app you’re using reminds you that yo … | Continue reading
Following a heated contest to design the shittiest possible volume slider, the programming community of Reddit has come together to kick off yet another colossally pointless but infinitely amusing initiative: Breaking the 32-bit barrier. A Redditor on the popular ProgrammerHumor … | Continue reading
Imagine a day where you don’t have to wait weeks to see your GP, followed by a further wait for medical test results and then still more waiting before being seen by a specialist. We know that changing demographic trends, an ageing population and rising rates of chronic illnesses … | Continue reading
I’ve heard once that for retirement you can never be prepared. It can cause anxiety and a lot of people comment that they feel overwhelmed by the sudden change. In fact, perhaps the biggest obstacle in here would be finding the balance between today and the retired tomorrow. How … | Continue reading
Facebook’s tepid embrace of the GIF format has always struck me as a little strange. But now, it seems like things are thawing up, as the social media giant has finally introduced a gif button to its comment section. So, next time you’re embroiled in a tedious political debate, y … | Continue reading
One of Bloomberg’s last pieces filed late Wednesday night noted that Amazon wanted to buy group chat service Slack, and valued the business at a whopping $9 billion. I’m trying to make sense of that figure, because that’s a lotta zeroes, and a whole lot more than the $3.8 billion … | Continue reading
There’s an iconic line in the 1987 movie Wall Street when Michael Douglas’ character, Gordon Gekko, declares to a crowd of hundreds: “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works.” The crowd eats it up, cheering and giving him a standing ovation. That ma … | Continue reading
Amazon has launched a new version of its Dash Wand, a handheld Alexa-powered device that lets your order groceries by scanning bar codes or using your voice. The $20 gizmo is available exclusively to Prime members in the US, and connects to your account to add items to your shopp … | Continue reading
While Google Drive is already a decent cloud storage tool, it’s about to get a lot more useful: starting June 28, the service will let you back up entire folders from your hard drive, and keep them in sync with your account. You’ll need to first download the Backup and Sync tool … | Continue reading
With the rise of the Internet and all of the content that comes with that, it can be difficult to justify the time, effort, planning, and expense it takes to travel to a conference. If you can video chat with prospective clients, look up industry information online, and log into … | Continue reading
The Samsung Gear 360 ー a 360-degree camera that shoots in 4k — is now in BuzzFeed’s hands. Here’s what BuzzFeed’s Head of Development had to say: “We’re excited to partner with Samsung to give our audience engaging, social 360-degree video content. Samsung’s 360-degree technology … | Continue reading
A key link in the Apple supply chain is reportedly looking to build its next plant in the heart of dairy country. According to an Associated Press report, Wisconsin officials are hashing out the details with Foxconn representatives, although no further details were reported. Appl … | Continue reading
Last year an inspirational entrepreneur hit the headlines for all the right reasons after delivering a slice of poetic justice to her potential employers. The story began when Maria De La Croix failed to secure a role at her local Starbucks because her hair was too blue. Inspired … | Continue reading
Anybody wanna see a Ms. Pac-Man kill screen? Okay, so the game doesn’t have a kill screen, but thanks to Microsoft we’re able to see what happens when someone, in this case something, scores one million points. Zero is what happens, as in the game flips over to a nil score. While … | Continue reading
Sony is giving away clean versions of its movies, as a free extra, in a blatant cash-grab. The free part makes it sound like the company is doing us a favor; you don’t have to watch it but it’s there if you want it. That sounds great when you think of it in terms of watching Spid … | Continue reading
One day, we’ll have an entire Tumblr account for hilarious VR accidents, but until then, George Takei’s Facebook account will have to do. Takei, the Star Trek alum and current boss of sharing things on Facebook, recently shared a video of a man attempting to conquer a virtual cli … | Continue reading
Is your Mac acting just…odd? Stuff like drives not appearing, screens not adjusting correctly, Bluetooth problems, AirPort non connecting? Maybe your fan is running non-stop or your battery has said that it is 50% charged…for two days…and your MacBook is plugged in. Yeah, these a … | Continue reading
I had more fun with HearMeOut, a social-network built around 42-second voice recordings, than I’ve had with any other social media app to date, though I might be using it wrong. The app is designed to be the Twitter-for-voice, which I’ve heard before over the past few years. The … | Continue reading
I’m in love with a note-taking app for the first time since Evernote wowed me almost a decade ago. ‘Bear‘ is what Notes should have been. Hell, it might be what Notes still aspires to be. It walks the perfect line between simple and feature-rich while offering robust options for … | Continue reading
Most successful entrepreneurs have at least one story of hitting rock bottom. It seems to come with the territory. For Dan Simons, co-owner of Founding Farmers (the most booked restaurant in the US on OpenTable), he calls his big fail his “million dollar graduate degree.” While e … | Continue reading
iPhone assembler Wistron has confirmed what Apple fans have been waiting to hear: it’ll be waterproof, and offer wireless charing. According to two Apple analysts, Jeff Pu and Arthur Liao, Wistron is splitting orders with Foxconn on the new 5.5-inch iPhone — presumed to be the iP … | Continue reading
I was wrong about Ethereum because it’s such a good store of value… no wait, let me try again. I was wrong about Ethereum because it’s such a decentra… nope. I was wrong about Ethereum because everyone is using it as a supercomputer… No. I do admit I didn’t see this Ethereum bubb … | Continue reading
Digital rights agency Merlin last week released the results of its 2017 member survey. The good news is that even though nobody buys albums, revenues from digital music are increasing. Merlin paid revenue out in the amount of 353 billion dollars over the last year, which accounts … | Continue reading
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Take Facebook’s Safety Check feature, which allows people to ‘check in’ to let their friends and family know they’re safe in the aftermath of a disaster, like an earthquake or terror attack. On one hand, it’s relatively sensible. It … | Continue reading
PDFs are a universally accepted document format. But if you’ve ever tried to edit one without a formidable PDF editing program, you know they can be pretty frustrating. You can bypass most of those PDF headaches immediately if you pick up PDF Expert 2.2 for Mac, which is on sale … | Continue reading
The latest snapshot in We Are Social and Hootsuite’s series of reports on digital use around the world reveals some important trends in people’s behaviour. The overall trend is still one of strong growth, but there are some surprises behind these numbers too. Mobile Milestones Th … | Continue reading
Razer’s Blade laptops have always been classier than the typical gaming fare, but the green accents and RGB lights still weren’t everyone’s cup of tea. Fret no more: Razer now has an honest-to-goodness professional-looking laptop in the latest update to the Blade Stealth, while a … | Continue reading
In what could prove to be a landmark judgement, the European Union Court of Justice today has ruled that internet service providers will now be obligated to block access to notorious torrent platform The Pirate Bay at the request of copyright holders. The decision states tha, ope … | Continue reading
Uk’shona Kwelanga is South Africa’s first ever drama series to be distributed exclusively via WhatsApp. The drama series is created in partnership with South African insurance company, Sanlam. The series is written by South African scriptwriter Bongi Ndaba, and it will take place … | Continue reading
Your innovative clean energy startup could bag you €100,000 in funds. Cleaner energy is a crucial step towards a more sustainable future. The coming decade we will need fresh ideas to make sure everybody gets the power they need, while minimising the impact on our climate. To ach … | Continue reading
As is the case with most tech journalists, I receive between 50-100 emails a day, and my routine doesn’t allow for much time to tackle them all. Instead of getting better at responding to them over the past few years, I’ve developed a knack for quickly spotting which ones include … | Continue reading
If you work in any industry that deals with customers, you’ve likely heard the phrase customer experience (CX) before. The first time was probably in some late afternoon meeting and may have been met with the typical eye rolls people have grown accustomed to seeing when the lates … | Continue reading
At its E3 presentation yesterday, Sony showed off a new PS4 feature called PlayLink, which lets you pair phones and tablets to the console and use them as second-screen controllers for a range of new games. I mentioned ‘second-screen’ because PlayLink isn’t meant for turning your … | Continue reading
10 months ago, Verizon agreed to acquire Yahoo for $4.8 billion. The deal – which included all of Yahoo’s search, communications and digital content products, as well as its ad services – had since been amended to $4.5 billion and has just been completed. And with that, Marissa M … | Continue reading