A couple of months ago our CEO Boris was interviewed by Tech City News, an UK publisher, to talk about why Amsterdam and The Netherlands became such a hype place for startups. The topic has been explored a number of times, as cities in Europe furiously compete for the title of te … | Continue reading
LG’s newest flagship is nothing like any device it has made before. Instead of merely focusing on packing top-shelf components into its new G5 smartphone, the company created a modular device that lets you add functionality by swapping out parts, and also built an ecosystem of f … | Continue reading
This post was brought to you by Telefónica.The likes of Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey have inspired a generation of young entrepreneurs. Many belonging to the millennial generation have a desire to become the next big thing, especially within the ever-powerful world … | Continue reading
When it comes down to it, matching with a serial killer on a dating app like Tinder isn’t something you can knowingly avoid. That is, unless the serial killer in question is someone as infamous as Charles Manson or Aileen Wuornos. You would think that two of the most well-known c … | Continue reading
Skip the lazy safety of your automatic settings once and for all and take your photographic passion to the next level with the Pro Digital Photography & Photoshop Bundle, an in-depth course spanning 30 hours of content & 27 instructional units. For only a short time, you can star … | Continue reading
Google Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP), launched to the world this week, and it’s got a big partner announcing support for the format today: WordPress.com. Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, said today that it’s enabling AMP by default for all WordPress blogs. That mean … | Continue reading
Google’s elaborate tax structures have been slammed by UK policymakers charged with getting to the bottom of the £130 million sum it recently agreed to pay on back taxes between 2005 and 2015. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) inquiry into the tax deal published its final repor … | Continue reading
Microsoft’s persistence in experimenting with image recognition, machine learning and a bunch of other experiments is an admirable move from a company that’s software is widely used but not necessarily widely loved. The latest app to roll out of Microsoft’s Garage project is the … | Continue reading
At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today Stripe co-founder and CEO, Patrick Collision, announced Stripe Access. The new service aims to make it easier to incorporate a business anywhere in the world. Atlas helps incorporate a U.S. Delaware company, open a US bank account with … | Continue reading
After announcing that Facebook users would soon be able to express a wider range of emotions on the platform through emoji, the company is now delivering on that promise by rolling it out to all users. The new ‘Reactions’ give you buttons for ‘Like,’ Love,’ Haha,’ Wow,’ ‘Sad’ or … | Continue reading
Targeted ads, auto-fill options… our personal details are ripe for the picking in the digital age – and privacy can be a challenge to control. The Blur Premium service is designed to concretely protect against fraud, spam, and identity theft by providing masked details. With your … | Continue reading
Streaming music while you’re running, walking and cycling isn’t nearly as painless as it needs to be. If you’ve ever accidentally ripped out your earphones mid-jog then you know what I’m talking about. Exercise is meant to give your brain a break from the nuisances on the end of … | Continue reading
Your smart devices are always virtually hopping around trying to connect to Wi-Fi, which is great for when you want to surf the Web but it hammers your battery. Now a team of researchers from the University of Washington has created what they’re calling a Passive Wi-Fi system tha … | Continue reading
We’ve seen this building for years – the lines are blurring between mobile and desktop activities for consumers. We’re fast approaching the tipping point where the actual device you’re using – no matter the activity – becomes irrelevant. More than half of smartphone owners with b … | Continue reading
Xiaomi showed off its new Mi 5 Android phone at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today, and it’s an impressive device for a surprisingly low price starting at just $305 USD. The Mi 5 is a 5.15-inch smartphone sandwiched in glass (or ceramic, on the high end) that looks stunning … | Continue reading
The BBC has launched a new app aimed at music fans that pulls together performances, playlists and interviews with musicians from across the Beeb’s different TV, radio and Web channels. Cunningly titled BBC Music, the iOS and Android app lets you choose the content you want to se … | Continue reading
Londoners are historically known for being unfazed by almost anything, but a little delivery robot that’s set to be cruising the streets is causing a bit of a stir. First revealed at the end of last year, the Starship Technologies (a suitably futuristic company name) is now ready … | Continue reading
Apple will file legal papers this week requesting that the California judge who ruled the company must help the FBI by creating software to unlock an iPhone instead lets the case be decided by Congress. In a briefing with the Associated Press, lead attorney for Apple Theodore J. … | Continue reading
Uber has launched its first motorbike taxi service in Bangkok, Thailand, just weeks after the ride-sharing app was ruled illegal in Taiwan. The UberMOTO pilot kicked off in the Thai capital on Wednesday but it’s not the first time the company has looked beyond cars to widen its f … | Continue reading
Xiaomi has announced the Mi 4S in China today. The successor to the Chinese phone maker’s 2014 hit handset, the Mi 4, brings a number of improvements in performance, design and build quality. The new 5-inch device features a metal frame with a glass front and back, and weighs in … | Continue reading
At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today — the company’s first European media event — Xiaomi unveiled its flagship Mi 5 smartphone. The Mi 5 has a 5.1-inch full HD display with extremely thin bezels, a fingerprint sensor on the front, a Snapdragon 820 processor, 4 GB of RAM, N … | Continue reading
If you’ve ever wondered about the event that would make robots rise up and begin to fight back against their human oppressors, it probably looks a lot like the tests Boston Dynamics puts its Atlas robot through. C’mon, seriously? While it may look like pure jerk-ery, researchers … | Continue reading
If you’ve ever wanted to speak is a series of buzzes, beeps and whirrs — a la BB8 or R2D2 — Canadian electronics designer AE Innovations has you covered with this amazing helmet. The helmet has a throat mic that detects when you’re speaking and then transmits a series of noises t … | Continue reading
There’s no shortage of productivity apps on the market, but many to-do apps end up overwhelming the user with the never-ending list of things to get done. Doo wants to help work you through your agenda, one item at a time. Using cards, Doo lets you add tasks to your list and set … | Continue reading
Pocket is toying with sponsored content in your account. Rather than feed you ads, Pocket will forcibly place sponsored content in your reading list, which act a bit like articles you can suggest to friends. The content isn’t banner advertising, but is nonetheless content you may … | Continue reading
In this series of blog posts, I’ve enjoyed shedding some light on how we approach marketing at The Next Web through Web analytics, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), social media and more. This piece focuses on how and why we’re working with Goo … | Continue reading
Will you have to consider spending another $249 for an Apple Watch accessory this March? There’s now mixed evidence of a Modern Buckle band in a stone color for the Space Gray Apple Watch, Spotted at a ‘premium’ Apple retailer in France named iConcept Toulouse Esquirol, the new b … | Continue reading
Virtual Reality is huge, and ever since Google cheekily launched Cardboard at I/O 2014, everyone wants to check it out. Now its Coca-Cola’s turn. While it’s just an experiment the company is showing off, Coca-Cola is nevertheless toying with the idea of turning 12-packs of soda i … | Continue reading
The cool thing about livestreaming platform Twitch is that, if you want, you can relive the action of a given stream on a broadcaster’s channel. But in replaying a stream, there was a lack of a huge component to Twitch’s overall experience: the chat. The platform has now changed … | Continue reading
A newly unsealed court brief filed yesterday by Apple attorney Marc Zwillinger showed that ‘just this one phone‘ obviously has a different definition to law enforcement. The brief detailed at least 12 government requests for Apple to help extract data, such as calls, photos, iMes … | Continue reading
Though Apple isn’t sharing sales figures for Apple Watch, IDC is doing its best to track all wearable sales, and has some details on how Apple’s first wearable is selling. According to IDC, Apple Watch was the number three wearable in 2015, behind Fitbit and Xiaomi. It’s ahead of … | Continue reading
GitHub is a lot of different things to a wide audience of developers, and critical to the workflow of anyone who actively uses it. A lot has been made of GitHub recently; news where we’d otherwise be content to let the service be. If you believe all that’s been said, the wheels a … | Continue reading
Last week, the tech news cycle was dominated by the standoff between Apple and the FBI over a court order that required the former to create software to aid the latter in unlocking the iPhone of one of the San Bernadino shooters. While the battle seems to be dying down a bit afte … | Continue reading
Elgato‘s latest smart home device that lets you control your radiators with Siri is now available to buy. The Eve Thermo attaches to your radiator valve and can be controlled via a remote or accompanying app on your iPhone – sorry Android users. Its compatibility with Apple’s Hom … | Continue reading
It’s been a busy week for Snapchat. After allowing anyone to create their own Geofilters starting yesterday, now the company is adding another two new filters to the mix: Birthday lenses One is meant for your own birthday, and adds a bunch of confetti to the snaps you send to you … | Continue reading
Have you ever seen a tasty dish on Pinterest and wish you could see immediately how to make it without clicking through multiple times on the platform? Or, perhaps you see a still from a movie and wonder whether it actually is as good as it looks. Well, both of these things will … | Continue reading
Twitter Fabric is a mainstay for developers who want to build better apps, but has been limited to a Web-based interface. Now it’s available on iOS and Android. Unlike some other apps which do little more than show you what’s happening with your apps while you’re away from the co … | Continue reading
For those who have been using Robinhood to manage their stock sales, the app has now gotten considerably faster. Announced today, the app now offers ‘Instant’ to make trading stock more efficient. Instant covers both ‘Instant Deposits’ and ‘Instant Access to Funds.’ Although both … | Continue reading
If you search for images of Apple protests you’ll remember that the company has had its fair share of run-ins with the public outside its stores challenging everything from poor workers’ rights to the dangerous chemicals used in production. But Apple has, for once, found itself o … | Continue reading
While your blog is the external face and voice of your company, your support team is the internal one. According to Jason Lemkin of SaaStr, SaaS companies — especially startups — should be using their company’s product, even if the teams don’t strictly ‘need’ to. In Jason’s artic … | Continue reading
Laser tag is ridiculously fun, but that’s an activity normally reserved for expensive birthday parties or the occasional weekend. But what if the whole world became your laser tag arena? That’s the basic concept behind Father.IO, with the added twist of MMOFPS (Massively Multipla … | Continue reading
Volvo is on a roll this year. Following reports that the Swedish car manufacturer is building high-tech safety trucks with Samsung and scheming to replace your car keys with your phone, the company just announced it is partnering with Spotify to integrate a native streaming app i … | Continue reading
I love Twitter. I’ve been using it for the better part of eight years, submitting over 86,000 140-character thoughts to the service over that time, which is scary to think about. I was one of the lucky ones. Having signed up early, I gradually built a small, but fun network of pe … | Continue reading
Google Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP), the company’s effort to help publishers speed up their sites, has gone live today with the company quietly beginning to show results in searches. The AMP project is Google’s version of Facebook’s Instant Articles. The company created a speci … | Continue reading
Amazon has been quietly registering trademarks for different clothing lines: Franklin & Freeman, Franklin Tailored, James & Erin, Lark & Ro, North Eleven, Scout + Ro and Society New York. While some of them are yet to be granted, and Franklin Tailored has been opposed by another … | Continue reading
With Oculus Rift and HTC Vive set to start shipping virtual reality sets (VR) for commercial use in late March and early April (respectively), Valve wants to make sure your PC has enough oomph to handle the experience. Available for free on Steam, SteamVR Performance Test is a di … | Continue reading
While drone crash videos might be funny to watch, they aren’t as amusing for the owners of the devices. Accidents are pretty common, not everyone is a skilled pilot from the get-go, so all the little bangs and mishaps can amount to a costly bill. So, to give drone owners peace of … | Continue reading
This post is brought to you by Transpose, information and project management your way.Establishing an effective workflow process for your company is central to how successful your business will be. Though workflows differ from one company to the next, the end goal is always the s … | Continue reading