For those of you who are sneaky enough to have an ad-blocker extension on your browser, the Grey Lady is not having it anymore. According to a report from Adage, a spokesperson said that the publication is testing out a system that detects whether an ad-blocker is being used and … | Continue reading
A small but potentially useful update for budding authors using Google Docs: you can now export your musing as .epub files – one of the most popular open formats for ebooks. The main advantage with Epub over PDFs or other document formats is its ability to quickly and automatical … | Continue reading
Present Kanye West can’t seem to get out of future Kanye West’s way. Today, the hip hop artist swore off CDs and pledged to never again distribute music using a physical format — “only streaming.” I was thinking about not making CDs ever again… Only streaming — KANYE WEST (@kanye … | Continue reading
Microsoft’s SQL Server is coming to Linux early next year as the company preps SQL Server 2016 for a late-2016 launch. Today, the company is previewing a SQL Server for Linux that features the core relational database features of SQL Server 2016. The aim is to allow companies to … | Continue reading
For the past three years, Verizon has been using a so-called ‘supercookie’ to track users and sell this information to outside advertising partners. Now, the FCC is levying a $1.35 million fine and requiring Verizon to offer consumers the ability to opt-out of its various trackin … | Continue reading
US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter is cozying up to Silicon Valley innovators who he believes can help beat terrors groups like ISIS – including hosting a cyber “war game” to help plan the response to future cyber attacks. Speaking to Kara Swisher for the Re/code Decode podcast, … | Continue reading
Google Photos now supports Live Photos on iOS, which should have users seriously questioning where they want to store their images. Though only available on the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, Live Photos present an interesting use case for those times when a still image doesn’t capture t … | Continue reading
Late last week, executives at Seagate informed employees that their tax information had been compromised as the result of a targeted phishing attack on an unlucky employee. The employee believed the information had been requested by Seagate CEO Stephen Luczo, and turned over all … | Continue reading
When 4chan founder Christopher Poole (better known on the internet as moot) announced he was retiring from the Web community, many wondered what to expect next. Over one year later, we have our answer. Via a blog post, Poole has announced that he is joining Google in an undisclos … | Continue reading
After months of preparation, Lyft today launched its developer program, opening its API for third-parties to integrate its service into their apps. It’s a move that’s several years behind Uber – but hey, better late than never. Today’s launch is coupled alongside a new Facebook M … | Continue reading
Apple’s new ‘spaceship’ campus is set to debut in early 2017, but the company is showing off one impressive piece of the puzzle (literally) early. The roof of Apple’s new “Theatre” is a one-piece, 80-ton behemoth that is 140 feet in diameter. It’s also made of carbon fiber, and A … | Continue reading
Starting today, anyone can sign up for Project Fi – Google’s cellular network – without an invite. The company announced the change in a blog post today, where it also articulated a few statistics it’s noticed from its early users, including their tendency to travel and that the … | Continue reading
In a recent Hangouts chat with backers, Coolest Cooler CEO Ryan Grepper says his company needs another $15 million to fulfill all orders. Should Coolest LLC get its $15 million, Grepper says it will be split evenly between production and shipping of existing orders, building out … | Continue reading
Anonymous, the hacker collective taking on ISIS, might have a foe even more difficult to thwart than Middle Eastern extremists, Twitter. Since the middle of 2015, Twitter has upped its efforts to remove accounts associated with terrorism by removing some 125,000 accounts linked t … | Continue reading
Google Cardboard is an amazing idea for bringing virtual reality to anyone on the cheap. Unfortunately, wearing one looks ridiculous, and most versions are either bulky or too complicated to fold. Dodocase, a company that’s primarily specialized in making accessories for Apple de … | Continue reading
The traditional Chinese game of Go has been on the mind of the folks at Google for some time. While the complex game of chess has long been reduced to algorithmic success by computers, Go makes chess look like CandyLand. But this week, the AlphaGo AI powered by Google’s DeepMind … | Continue reading
Facebook Messenger is getting a major design refresh on Android. Head of Messenger David Marcus took to social media today to announce the new look, which uses a variety of Material Design elements, including a floating action button for starting new chats. For comparison here’s … | Continue reading
Windows 10 users who’ve been waiting patiently for Instagram to arrive on their OS can finally download a public beta of the mobile app, released today on the Microsoft Store. Like on every other versions of Instagram, Windows 10 users can use Facebook to sign into their account, … | Continue reading
Facebook will release a plugin to make it easy for anyone using WordPress to publish speed-optimized Instant Articles onto the social network. The company announced a couple of weeks ago that it would open up Instant Articles – posts that have been formatted and optimized to load … | Continue reading
The Fable series hasn’t been doing too well over the last few years and things just got a lot worse: Microsoft has cancelled development of Fable Legends, the forthcoming Xbox One and PC game. In a post on the Xbox blog today, Hanno Lemke, General Manager at Microsoft Studios Eur … | Continue reading
The e-book pricing lawsuit that’s been ongoing since 2012 has finally reached its end today, with Apple being told that it must pay $450 million to settle by the Supreme Court. The Department of Justice alleged that Apple conspired with Penguin, HarperCollins, Hachette, Simon & S … | Continue reading
Looking for a Web-based career? Basic coding has become a fundamental requirement for employment in the digital world, but the good news is that resources are now available for you to become a full-fledged, employable coder with top level instruction. The Complete Web Developer C … | Continue reading
It’s definitely easier to find someone commenting on the iPhone/FBI standoff than it is to find out exactly how many people use iPhones and iPads. But that number, particularly those people using iOS 7 or below, is pretty crucial if you look at one latest comment piece on the top … | Continue reading
I’m all about finding the best ways to optimize my day, and Go F*cking work for Chrome is a fantastic extension that guilt-trips you into stopping your procrastination. All you need to do is install the extension, put in some sites you want to be banned from visiting during work … | Continue reading
Millennials are now the majority. This year, the 18-to 34-year-old millennial generation (or Gen Y) is set to overtake Baby Boomers as the largest living generation, with 75.3 million versus 74.9 million Boomers, according to Pew. They are also the largest generational group in t … | Continue reading
Google’s playing a cat and mouse game with link-sharers on the Web and the search giant is increasingly swamped with takedown requests from rights holders, or those acting on behalf of them, mainly in the music and film industries. In the company’s latest copyright transparency r … | Continue reading
It feels like my life is constantly being invaded by new chat apps that don’t work together, so I have far too many windows open at any given time to accommodate them all. Franz, a new app by Vienna-based designer Stefan Malzner, tries to fix that by putting as many services as p … | Continue reading
Spanish banking group BBVA has acquired much lauded European business banking startup Holvi, both companies have announced today. Holvi, which pitches itself as a next-gen bank for entrepreneurs, freelancers and small businesses, will continue to operate separately but BBVA says … | Continue reading
With the year zipping by at a healthy clip already, it’s easy to get caught up in the little things in life that suck all your time. Like work, chores, having fun, looking after your kids, painting the fence and everything else that a weekend throws up. And while they all have th … | Continue reading
Starting to write, whether it’s a novel or a blog post, can be daunting even for experienced authors. The fear of penning thoughts that don’t immediately make sense or stringing together all-but-unreadable sentences, and thus concluding that you’re a failure, is real. That’s wher … | Continue reading
It began with a simple idea: to offer the German public a convenient way to order shoes online. Fresh out of business school – and unhindered by an unsuccessful attempt at a social media startup – Robert Gentz and David Schneider founded Zalando. Seven years later and their compa … | Continue reading
The consumer version of the Oculus Rift, one of the most popular virtual reality (VR) headsets to-date, is now available for pre-order on the Oculus website. Means consumers are now one step closer to fully immersive virtual reality on their computers, however we still have a lon … | Continue reading
The app industry has come a long way when it comes to mobile user onboarding. In the past, discussion around this topic would lead to at least one participant discovering the very basic definition of the process, whereas today there’s hardly any need to explain the term. It’s int … | Continue reading
Google’s managing director for South East Asia and India Rajan Anandan told The Economic Times in an interview that the company is in talks with local telecom service providers to pilot Project Loon, its program to beam internet access from balloons floating thousands of feet up … | Continue reading
Engineer Raymond Tomlinson, who invented email way back in 1971, died on Saturday morning of a suspected heart attack at the age of 74. 45 years ago, while working at R&D firm Bolt Beranek and Newman in Boston, Tomlinson developed a system to transmit images between computers usi … | Continue reading
Security firm Palo Alto Networks said in a blog post over the weekend that it found ransomware bundled into a popular Mac app. It’s believed to be the first-ever piece of malware developed for the platform. The company noted that it detected ransomware that it’s calling ‘KeRanger … | Continue reading
This week, Amazon announced two new devices – both of which can make use of voice control, and one of which serves the potentially useful option of putting Alexa commands through any stereo. As seen in other aspects of Amazon’s business – and previous device launches – the Dot an … | Continue reading
The very high-profile and incredibly important case between Apple and the FBI wanting access to data stored on an iPhone could have “serious global ramifications,” according to the United Nation’s High Commissioner of Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein. “In order to address a sec … | Continue reading
When Google was ordered to start censoring its search results for users within Europe back in 2014, it meant that anyone who requested delisted information from any of the search giant’s European sites couldn’t access it. There was, however, one giant hole in that system – anyone … | Continue reading
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This week, the US patent office issued 6,752 patents. Each patent adds a little something new to the human knowledge base. As we cannot list all six thousand, the PatentYogi team has selected the six most interesting patents. Google pop-up books Patent Number – US 20160063875 Go … | Continue reading
While I’m never all that keen on paying too much attention to leaked images of upcoming devices, I found it difficult not to think of the early generations of iPhone – something between iPhone 3G and iPhone 5. Yes, it’s obviously a little taller overall (as phones have grown over … | Continue reading
It’s the first weekend of March, and spring is around the corner. But if the weather where you live is anything like here in Amsterdam, you’re likely stuck inside hiding from freezing rain, sleet, or some other bothersome, moist form of precipitation. A perfect time to play catch … | Continue reading
Safeguarding your data is critical in today’s modern world, with hackers and identity thieves regularly developing new methods to access your information. Thanks to private network services like PureVPN, you can guard your online activity and identity easily. Right now, a lifetim … | Continue reading
When the Zootopia teaser trailer launched at the end of last month, the resulting tech-Pixar parody crossover of ‘Zoogle Photos’ was pretty entertaining but now Google has put cameras inside pens at the LA Zoo to capture selfies of the animals. While using motion-activation equip … | Continue reading
The 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan might feel a long way off – and, well, they are – but by the time the event starts, another of the country’s major cities (Osaka) will be hosting a dedicated Super Mario attraction inside Universal Studios Japan (USJ). Confirmation of the Nintend … | Continue reading
Any modern age marketer worth his salt is under substantial pressure to prove the ROI (return on investment) behind his marketing activities and endeavors. Awash in endless reams of data from dozens of sources, and countless different metrics or signs he/she can measure, it’s no … | Continue reading
Entering the world of online blogging, especially if you’re hoping to quit your day job, can be terrifying. Sure, launching your own content in an area you genuinely care about is exciting. And of course you’re enthusiastic. Every new blogger believes that they can make a differe … | Continue reading