Over 1 trillion photos are taken on iOS every year. The next trillion won’t just look better, but will also be smaller too. Apple has introduced two new codecs, HEVC (the High Efficiency Video Codec) and HEIF (High Efficiency Image Format). HEVC will consume half the storage of t … | Continue reading
Apple is releasing iOS 11 and with it comes changes to the navigation app. The updated version of the popular navigation app will feature enhanced information for when you get where you’re going – detailed floor plans of malls and hotels for example. You’ll also be able to determ … | Continue reading
Apple has announced it is completely redesigning the App Store experience. The news came during the company’s annual WWDC keynote in San Jose. The update will bring a new ‘Today’ tab that will make it easier for iOS users to discover new apps and learn more about the developers t … | Continue reading
Apple is aiming to bring CarPlay’s level of safety to all iPhone users, with a new update to Do Not Disturb called “Do Not Disturb While Driving.” When this option is turned on, your iOS 11-enabled device will be able to detect when you’re driving, and will go completely dark unt … | Continue reading
Just as expected, Apple has announced iOS 11 at WWDC, and it’s bringing some major changes. Apple pay now allows you to make person-to-person payments, for one. It’s integrated directly into iMessage, which should make it seemless to send money to your iPhone-toting friends. Mean … | Continue reading
At its Worldwide Developer Conference in San Jose today, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering, Craig Federighi, announced a hot new feature in iOS 11: peer-to-peer payments in Apple Pay. That means that you can use the company’s contactless payment system to send … | Continue reading
Apple announced an update to its iMac line at today’s WWDC event. With the new iMac, Apple is sprucing up the display, putting emphasis on next-generation graphics. They will also have even faster storage, with SSDs up to 2TB running up to 50-percent faster. The new iMac will be … | Continue reading
The iMac Pro is coming. The most powerful iMac ever made is also the most powerful Mac ever made. It will ship with an 8 core Xeon processor. And a 10 core. And an 18 core processor, for those looking for “ludicrous speed”. It will also have up to 11 teraflops of single gpu compu … | Continue reading
Apple just announced a major upgrade to WatchOS. The latest iteration comes with some major changes that make the world’s most popular wearable OS even more enticing. The built-in Music app gets a lot of love. It now shows you playlists and music based on your iPhone’s listening … | Continue reading
Well, here’s a surprise: at WWDC 2017, Apple officially acknowledged support for external graphics enclosures – devices that allow you to attach a dedicated graphics card to your computer, usually through a Thunderbolt 3 port. Even more surprising, Apple is releasing its own exte … | Continue reading
Apple released three new watchfaces at WWDCーSiri, Kaleidoscope, and Toy Story. Siri is now branded as a general intelligence, not just voice. The Siri watch face is powered by proactive intelligence and displays commute time, reminders, memories. Essentially iOS’s lock screen sug … | Continue reading
Just as rumored Apple has announced Amazon Prime Video is coming to Apple TV, at long last. Amazon hasn’t exactly had a smooth relationship with Apple TV in the past – opting not to make its app available on the platform (same with Android TV, for that matter). In fact the feud r … | Continue reading
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One thing we can basically all agree on is that the world is a crazy busy place. With so many different projects, notes, appointments and tasks on everyone’s to-do list, trying to keep them all straight in your head will eventually lead to disaster – which is why enlisting a kill … | Continue reading
“Hi Matt, did you get my messages? I’ve been trying to see if you’d like to cover our new product launch exclusively.” I hadn’t. Curious, I scoured my inbox and checked my Twitter DMs. Nada. Not even a peep. But then I saw it. What. The. Fuck. Well, this is certainly new. It seem … | Continue reading
It’s Pride month, so Facebook is adding several new features to help you celebrate and support the LGBTQ community. Of course, it wouldn’t be a Facebook celebration without some kind of profile photo frame. Throughout June, you’ll see a message atop your feed inviting you to add … | Continue reading
From budding startups to towering corporations, everyone is betting high on long-form content to ace lead generation. But, putting together few long paras of blogs and hitting the ‘Publish’ button is not content marketing. There is so much more depth to it. But, why? What signifi … | Continue reading
If a week is a long time in politics, it’s an epoch in the world of startups. Things change on the toss of a coin, unicorns are made and businesses broken with just one unfortunate decision. With an industry reaching global levels of saturation, certain things have changed irrevo … | Continue reading
At just 24, Palmer Luckey has gone through a lot more than most people his age: from creating class-leading VR hardware to selling his company to Facebook for billions, to making it to Forbes’ 2016 list of the wealthiest Americans under 40, to launching a startup that’s invested … | Continue reading
A busy month of major investments by global firms in the African tech space that suggests the potential of the continent is finally coming to fruition. Google announced in May it was forming a four-way partnership to invest in a wholesale broadband infrastructure project – CSquar … | Continue reading
It’s almost hard to fathom. We live in a world where creatives are in demand like never before. Businesses of all sizes, from nascent startups to established industry leaders, need designers, writers, and videographers. They need people to create their ad campaigns, animate their … | Continue reading
You probably haven’t heard of SwapBots before. But perhaps by this Christmas, or maybe the next, that’ll change. At least, it will if you’re a parent. Swapbots are a delightful set of augmented reality toys, built by a Liverpool startup off the same name. It mingles cutting edge … | Continue reading
Van Gogh may now be widely recognized as one of the most influential and creative artists of all time, but he died alone and penniless. Why? Because 100 years ago his canvas’ were seen as the hallucinatory original works of a sociopathic recluse. It wasn’t until years later, when … | Continue reading
Web pros are certain about one thing: Python is near the top of the list of essential programming skills, since it’s easy to learn and trusted by a host of big-name companies like Google, Facebook and Dropbox. By picking up the Complete Python Programming Bundle, you’ll have acce … | Continue reading
As the CMO of a tech startup and a speaker who spends a lot of hours on the road, I know a thing or two about managing time. In fact, productivity and specific habits have been a lifesaver in a world where no two days are ever the same. That’s where processes come in. Simple ways … | Continue reading
Being a highly prolific writer is sneered at in some circles. Some people think there’s a trade-off between quality and quantity. To do truly ‘great work’ – you can’t do very much of it. Science disagrees. Most of the world’s best writers, creatives and innovators – are also huge … | Continue reading
A new revolution is slowly brewing in organizations in office working, regarding the health and fitness of their employees. Just imagine what havoc can sitting for eight to 10 hours at a stretch behind a computer can wreak on your health. This negative anomaly is now being set ri … | Continue reading
It’s no secret that mobile apps are taking over the planet. According to a recent report from comScore, time spent on mobile apps accounts for seven out of every eight minutes of media consumption on mobile devices. But we’re not just using mobile apps to read articles on BuzzFee … | Continue reading
It takes a steady, methodical individual to spot the hidden patterns lurking in large data sets. To understand the information these info dumps are trying to give you, learn the means for managing data analysis with an Ultimate Data and Analytics Bundle. Right now, you can get th … | Continue reading
While we worry about artificial intelligence driving us into unemployment, a lot of job positions remain vacant and a large percentage of applicants never hear back from employers. This is largely due to the inefficiency of the manual recruitment tools and processes, which make i … | Continue reading
Technology addiction has become rampant in recent times, thanks to the explosive evolvement of technological devices and the ease of use associated with it. Researchers define it as an uncontrollable urge to use different technological devices ranging from smart phones, social me … | Continue reading
Over the past year, it seems as though almost everyone is going “live.” You know, those notifications on Facebook, Snapchat or Instagram giving us real-time looks or even exclusive, behind the scenes footage. Yes, this phenomenon on our social feeds has only increased to becomi … | Continue reading
When we think about how automation is changing our lives, images of a Jetson-esque world come to mind where everything just happens. Our lifestyles are curated and detailed down by the push of a button, making many of the practical activities we once took part of now obsolete. … | Continue reading
For how much Hollywood loves remakes, I’m curious to see what a futuristic Mad Men is going to look like. Don’t get me wrong; I’m not expecting to see robotic Don Draper, who writes poignant lines of copy aggregated from data points all over the world (that’d be cheesy and bori … | Continue reading
Racist, sexist, religious一 all forms of discrimination, prejudice, or hate speech could be attributed to boredom according to a study published in the European Journal of Social Psychology. According to Wijnand A.P. Van Tilburg: “Boredom puts people on edge: It makes them seek en … | Continue reading
After a lengthy preview period for insiders and Xbox Gold members, Microsoft’s Game Pass service went live for all users on June 1st. The service allows Xbox One owners to subscribe and download over 100 games for $10. I’ve been using it for a couple of weeks now, and after being … | Continue reading
Amazon filed a patent for a parachute/packing label hybrid for their drone deliveries — meaning future Amazon packages could float onto your lawn from drones. The patent, filed on Tuesday, is for a package delivery system that includes “a parachute to enable the packages to be dr … | Continue reading
We’ve hardly seen any devices with Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 4.0, and yet Qualcomm has already announced the next version: Quick Charge 4+. The charging tech is debuting on ZTE’s latest phone, the Nubia Z17, and it promises a 50 percent charge in 25 minutes on the 3,200 mAh battery … | Continue reading
Ford is changing focus after a company shake-up saw the head of driverless cars become the CEO. The car manufacturer announced that (previous CEO) Mike Fields would be replaced by Bill Hackett. This comes on the heels of partnership talks between Ford and Google falling apart. Bi … | Continue reading
Netflix recently cancelled two big-name original shows, The Get Down and Sense8, without any sort of proper conclusion. That sucks, and I think Netflix can do better. As a viewer, Netflix always seemed like the platform where showmakers could escape the constraints traditional TV … | Continue reading
On Monday, Apple will kick off its World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) with a keynote presentation that features the company’s top brass taking the stage to make us ooh and aah over the latest and greatest in macOS and iOS — and typically tvOS and watchOS as well. The event is … | Continue reading
In 1975, a college dropout and his friend had an idea that they acted on while in the cramped confines of their Albuquerque garage. A recipe for disaster, right? With the right motivation and direction impossibilities can become possible, or so Bill Gates would likely suggest. A … | Continue reading
Audible and its parent company Amazon have created a $5 million commission fund for fledgling playwrights, but their endorsement might be worth a lot more than that. The company are hoping for new writers to create one- or two-person plays. An advisory board of theater industry v … | Continue reading
Walmart recently unveiled plans to being using virtual reality headsets to train new employees. According to a Business Insider report, the VR system is designed to help entry-level employees (and those entering new positions) prepare for specific situations — like a holiday rush … | Continue reading
As anyone who grew up with old-school computers can tell you, the accessories we used back then were nothing like the ones everyone is used to nowadays. Learning to type on those early keyboards was a completely different experience. The clicking and clacking of the keys made you … | Continue reading
Uber and Lyft have a remarkable (and frightening) ability to steamroll over a community. They’re currently proving that with their return to Austin. RideAustin, the homegrown, nonprofit rideshare app currently in Austin, is begging for help now that big fish Uber and Lyft have re … | Continue reading
The Web is getting more complex, which means good SEO is getting harder and harder. While Google’s crawlers are getting more advanced, they’re still not perfect and sometimes have trouble deciphering information they discover on the Web. This is where schema comes in. Schema.org … | Continue reading
Some entrepreneurs don’t realize the importance of a focused online marketing strategy, but anyone who knows how buying and selling on the web really works will tell you there’s no small measure of science in a successful marketing campaign. You can learn all those subtle (and no … | Continue reading