We’ve been hearing since February that Apple’s been keen to start assembling iPhones in India, and the company has confirmed to The Wall Street Journal today that it’s begun doing so – starting with the iPhone SE. Apple has contracted Taiwanese manufacturer Wistron to handle asse … | Continue reading
If you’ve enjoyed Ubisoft’s open-world adventure titles in the Far Cry franchise thus far, you’ll be happy to know that the gaming giant is set to release Far Cry 5 in the coming year. It’s technically the seventh title in the series, after the first four in succession, and more … | Continue reading
The way we communicate is constantly evolving with the the biggest shift currently being the move towards visual communication. What used to take a sentence to say can now be communicated using a single gif or emoji. And importantly, what used to take 30 seconds to read and diges … | Continue reading
At my house growing up, my entrepreneur parents littered our dining room table with papers trying to navigate the financial complexities of their business. They sorted bills and invoices to create a makeshift tactile map of their small operation – in effect, designing a financial … | Continue reading
We’re only weeks away from Apple’s annual WWDC dev conference, which kicks off on June 5. While the company usually takes that opportunity to showcase new advancements in its software platforms and tools for app developers, it’s expected to additionally unveil three updated MacBo … | Continue reading
2017 will go down in history as The-Year-With-The-Good-Video-Games and I’m happy to inform you that Arkane Studios’ Prey (2017) is another of those. The people who brought you Dishonored in 2012 are back with Prey – a game that has nothing to do with its Wikipedia, but is more li … | Continue reading
It happens: you end up in the same new restaurant twice in two days. But what happens after, that’s what’s interesting. The first time, you land a great table with an awesome view of the shining city by night. Good so far! Both you and your friend enjoy your meals. You order th … | Continue reading
Amazon’s Alexa is becoming more of an assistant with a new feature: opt-in notifications that will keep you updated on skills of your choice, as well as shopping updates from Amazon. In a post on Amazon’s Developer blog, the company gives a preview of what notifications will look … | Continue reading
Fresh off of Microsoft’s Build last week, it’s Google’s turn to host its biggest conference of the year. Google I/O runs from tomorrow, May 17, to the end of the week. Expect plenty of news for developers and consumers alike. The main keynote kicks off tomorrow at 10 AM Pacific, … | Continue reading
Biz Stone, one of the co-founders of Twitter Inc, is rejoining his company full-time after a 6-year hiatus. Stone stepped back from Twitter in 2011. Since then he’s worked on several projects, most recently the Q&A app Jelly, which he sold to Pinterest earlier this year. Accordin … | Continue reading
Researchers at Northwestern University implanted infertile mice with 3D-printed ovaries, and those mice have successfully given birth to babies. The paper, published in Nature Communications, says these bioprosthetics were created to help people who have become infertile due to c … | Continue reading
Fresh off of a win against Oculus, ZeniMax is still thirsty for blood — and has its sights squarely set on Samsung’s Gear VR headset. ZeniMax sued Oculus back in 2014, claiming that Palmer Luckey and John Carmack based their headset on technology stolen from Oculus. A judge award … | Continue reading
Looks like it’s time to change passwords again. Security researchers have discovered a massive database of login credentials — over 560 million emails and passwords — put together by an unknown person. All of the information is insecure. The database was discovered by the Kromtec … | Continue reading
It seems like a small issue, but when a website that looks fine on your laptop looks like a disjointed mess when viewed on a mobile device… well, the problems are obvious. Scalability is a major consideration for any web developer, so learn the ways of cleaning up your mobile pre … | Continue reading
Karma is real, I’m convinced of it. UK security researcher MalwareTech is living, walking, hacking proof of that. The white-hat hacker was responsible for stopping the rampage of the WannaCry ransomware, which last Friday wove a path of devastation across the globe. In the UK, it … | Continue reading
Facebook has been fined €150,000 by a European data protection watchdog for not protecting private information from advertisers. The investigation, conducted by the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) originally in 2015, found that Facebook was in violat … | Continue reading
Everybody would like to have a better understanding of the financial world and thanks to training like the New York Forex Institute Training and Certification Course (which you can pick up on sale now for $25 from TNW Deals), you’ll have the background you need to understand the … | Continue reading
Stack Overflow is an incredible resource. I don’t know anyone who works as a developer — or has successfully passed their Computer Science degree — without faithfully consulting it. It doesn’t matter how obscure your problem is, or indeed, how obvious it is – Stack Overflow has y … | Continue reading
Here we go again: Instagram has added another feature ‘inspired’ by Snapchat. This time it’s Face Filters, which have already been available on Facebook for a while. It was only a matter of time, but at least there are a couple of original features today as well. The filters work … | Continue reading
Twitch isn’t just about watching gaming enthusiasts pwn n00bs in DOTA anymore. It’s pivoted into something with a much more general appeal — you can now watch movies, and binge-watch TV shows like Mr Rogers. The latest big name to join the Twitch family is Amazon’s AWS (Amazon We … | Continue reading
Small businesses cringe at the concept of outsourcing. Generally speaking, entrepreneurs like having control and autonomy, and the thought of outsourcing anything can make them uncomfortable. Unfortunately, this type-A preference can really stall growth when it comes to expanding … | Continue reading
Once in awhile, when browsing the internet, you might get on a homepage or landing page that takes your breath away. Having a great home page does take a lot of effort and time, but when it’s finally done, you can really take pride in your work. And there’s nothing better than th … | Continue reading
Having lived in the city of Amsterdam for over three years now I can truly say it’s a super exciting place to live in. There’s always something going on, and although it can be very crowded, you can find quiet parks and nice restaurants where you can bask in the sun – just a bike … | Continue reading
Oculus Research, the R&D arm of the VR company that produces the Rift, announced a new type of “groundbreaking” display that could ease the way current VR works against the nature of our eyes. The “Focal Surface Display”, as the company is calling it, could put an end to the ‘han … | Continue reading
It is hardly surprising that Artificial Intelligence was a major focus of Microsoft’s Build 2017 conference. In fact, given the rapid advancements in all areas of AI technology and the raging debates about if – or rather, when – robots will take over our jobs, it would be surpris … | Continue reading
Got a question for one or more of the upcoming speakers at TNW’s 2017 conference? Look no further than our dedicated TNW Answers page. The “ask me anything” sessions – conference edition – are now live. All of this year’s talent scheduled to speak on the Digital Innovation stage … | Continue reading
Tired of reading about startup success stories? Well, you’re in luck then – this is not about the time someone created a multimillion dollar business out of their garage (even though they may be well on the way). No, this time we’re talking to three Lithuanian startups that have … | Continue reading
Congratulations. After the long, arduous, ideating-to-prototyping slog, from building and testing to scrapping your way to meet funding goals to creating some sort of momentum and hype through PR, your product has finally been released to the masses. But hold on, young jedi. Whil … | Continue reading
I remember when I started in digital marketing back in 2009. It was amazing that I could change some things on my site and it would rank for specific keywords which would then bring targeted traffic to my site and people would pay me money for things. It was like magic. Eight yea … | Continue reading
Are you struggling to rank individual blog posts in SERPs? The blog posts that you publish don’t get enough organic traffic? If search engine ranking is your biggest dilemma, consider creating long-form content as it is one of the proven techniques to increase organic traffic, so … | Continue reading
There’s one big thing that keeps me up at night: The best candidates in the world aren’t looking for jobs. Amazing engineers, marketers, and salespeople don’t submit their resumes on your website and wait patiently to hear back. They want to grow their careers at companies that s … | Continue reading
With smartphone growth in the US dropping to single digits as we enter 2017, and with North America and Western Europe combined now comprising only 20 percent of the global market, businesses are increasingly looking to regions like India, Africa and South America to drive future … | Continue reading
Until recently I worked as a VC investor, and I would often receive emails from recent college grads and others asking me what they need to do to get into venture capital. I came up with a list of tips that I would respond with, and now that I am out of the industry I thought I w … | Continue reading
YouTube TV is expanding its service for the first time since it became available over a month ago. Seven new networks have been added to the basic $35 package. The new channels are: AMC BBC America Sundance TV Telemundo Universo We TV IFC This raises the number of channels availa … | Continue reading
At the conclusion of January, Facebook had officially shuttered Parse, disabling the API on an app by app basis. As a Backend as a Service (BaaS) product, the development platform provided SDKs and APIs that allowed developers to quickly build their apps without having to build a … | Continue reading
The smartphone world has all but moved on from BlackBerry. Even BlackBerry itself seems to have moved on, reinventing itself as a software and services company. Its latest effort isn’t produced by the Canadian icon, but rather by TCL Corporation, a little-known Chinese manufactur … | Continue reading
It looks like Disney’s latest film about pirates might itself have been stolen by modern-day pirates. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced to ABC staff today that hackers claim to have an unreleased Disney film, and will release it to the public unle … | Continue reading
Retail and e-commerce is one of the most competitive industries. Besides some of the more major players such as eBay, Amazon, Walmart, and Target, thousands of smaller eCommerce products have flooded the market. In order to stand out among your competitors, win more customers, an … | Continue reading
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is attempting to win over the YouTube audience with a Mean Tweets video. The FCC has been enjoying a lot of attention in the past week, after John Oliver called attention to the net neutrality debate. Amidst the ensuing kerfuffle, Pai shot a video for the In … | Continue reading
Windows 10 is getting a huge makeover that’s starting with the upcoming Fall Creators Update. But for all the hoopla over the Fluent Design System (previously known as Project Neon) and its new aesthetic philosophy, we only got the brief look at it during Microsoft’s Day 2 Build … | Continue reading
We’re in the midst of a tech talent crisis. Worldwide. Should American companies be worried about losing their edge as a desirable place to live and work for tech talent? I think so. Having just moved across the pond to one of the most tech-savvy countries in the world, Estonia, … | Continue reading
We’ve seen perfectly good iPhones crushed under presses and cut open with searing hot knives. Apparently the latest in wasteful schadenfreude on harmless phones is to turn them into fidget spinners. A YouTuber called EverythingApplePro took a drill to the iPhone 7 to insert the b … | Continue reading
“Code is law,” as described in Lawrence Lessig’s book ‘Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace’, refers to the idea that computer code has progressively established itself as a predominant way to regulate behavior to the same degree as legal code. With the advent of blockchain technolo … | Continue reading
It was only a matter of time: According to a report on Android Police, Google is planning on bringing the voice Assistant to iOS soon. This could happen as soon as Google’s I/O conference this week, but the exact timing isn’t clear. The report suggests the app would be a blend of … | Continue reading
When I was six months old my parents moved to France, and we lived there for a couple of years. When we moved back to the Netherlands, we brought the old refrigerator with us and dented the door in the process. My parents were poor, so they covered the dent with a sticker. Voila! … | Continue reading
We’re all under constant assault from spam email. No matter how many times we get our names removed from various lists, our inbox still seems to overflow every day with offers and correspondence we don’t need. Throttle Pro takes a serious approach to weeding out unwanted emails. … | Continue reading
It must be Opposite Day 2017, because someone is making a physical remaster of a Super Nintendo/Famicom game that was originally released digitally in 1997. Usually that’s inside out. The game in question is a side-scroller beat-’em-up called Kaizou Choujin Shubibinman Zero — a g … | Continue reading
Next time someone links you to whatsapp.com, make sure you take a second look. There’s some adware currently circulating around the web by tricking users to visit a ‘шһатѕарр.com’ domain instead. Yes, those are different URLs – the fake URL uses characters from the Cyrillic alpha … | Continue reading