Although Korean devices will be returning to the market later this month, the US market reportedly won't see safe Note 7s for sale until late October. | Continue reading
Twitter announced today that photos, videos and Quote Text will no longer count against the 140 character limit imposed by the platform. | Continue reading
Well, it’s finally official. After weeks of speculation, Twitter announced today that photos, videos, GIFs, and Quote Text will no longer count against the 140 character limit imposed by the platform. It’s important to note...read moreThe post Twitter Loosens Its Character Count … | Continue reading
GUEST: It all started with a conversational interface, and then bots just took over the debate. Even in this great piece, while Dan Grover mentioned the ubiquity of chat, he also highlighted the fact that we should recognize the limitations of pure text-based input method. Lookin … | Continue reading
Smartphones have a way of dominating our lives. With the average American spending 4.7 hours a day on a smartphone, or nearly half of us claiming we ‘couldn’t live without‘ our devices, the writing is on the wall: we need a time out. DistractaGone, from Smart Box, claims to be th … | Continue reading
Elio Motors has raised funds for manufacturing its forthcoming three-wheeled commuter vehicle in a few innovative ways, including Regulation A+ stock offerings. Its latest creative funding is through its reservation system. Anyone who puts down money for an “All In” nonrefundable … | Continue reading
Both Sony and Microsoft consoles now support playing podcasts in the background while you’re in games or other apps — although the PlayStation 4 requires you to jump through a few extra hoops to get this working. You can listen to podcasts through the Spotify app on the PlayStati … | Continue reading
Fujifilm is riding high on its strategy of taking camera classics and reinventing them for the modern era, and now it has a new mirrorless medium format camera system that’s likely to win a lot of pseudo-nostalgic interest from photography buffs. The Fujifilm GFX camera system wi … | Continue reading
League of Legends — the massively popular online strategy game, which now boasts more than 100 million monthly players — is getting a new spinoff soon, but it’s not a video game. Developer Riot Games is working on a new board game called Mechs vs. Minions, which looks to combine … | Continue reading
In a new update, Google Photos is getting sharing improvements and new automatic concept video creations. | Continue reading
MUNICH, GERMANY — The future of digital payments is here. Independent software development company BitShares Munich released the latest version of its digital currency-agnostic, zero-cost point-of-sale (POS) system, BlockPay “S”, over the weekend (Sept. 17). The application is cu … | Continue reading
Google today launched Android Studio 2.2, the latest version of its integrated development environment (IDE), with new features available in all stages: design, develop, build, and test. You can download the new version for Windows, Mac, and Linux now directly from developer.andr … | Continue reading
Mondays, as we all know, are the worst. That’s why it’s important to keep an eye out for heart-warming videos like puppies sliding on hardwood floors, otters holding hands, or energetic robots doing flips and climbing fences. It helps if, as in this case, the background music is … | Continue reading
Longer tweets have finally arrived.The changes Twitter announced to its character limit earlier this year are now starting to roll out to users. The update means that photos, GIFs, polls, videos and quoted tweets will no longer count toward your 140-character limit. SEE ALSO: Twi … | Continue reading
Coding is the new English. At least, that’s what websites like Codecademy want you to think. But maybe you’ve held off on trying to improve your coding skills, because you still thought it wasn’t fun enough. Turns out there’s no excuse for you anymore. With Codingame, you practic … | Continue reading
September 19, 2016, Kyiv, Ukraine – The increasing popularity of cryptocurrencies and its underlying blockchain technology has got the banking industry worried. In order to counter the rising threat, many leading banks are investing heavily in the research and development of bloc … | Continue reading
Wie angekündigt hat GoPro heute die erste Drohne aus eigener Entwicklung vorgestellt: Karma. Endlich! werden da einige sagen, das Unternehmen füttert Interessierte schon seit geraumer Zeit immer wieder mit Videos an. Karma ist ab dem 23. Oktober... | Continue reading
The UK’s central bank said last week that it wants its next-generation settlement system to be blockchain-compatible.Source | Continue reading
September 15, 2016, Los Angeles, USA – Bitcoin IRA, the only approved Bitcoin-based IRA and 401(k) investment plan provider is on a mission to educate people about the benefits of digital currency based investments, especially IRAs. As a part of this initiative, the company is no … | Continue reading
Pernod-Ricard-owned Scotch whisky brand Chivas Regal is launching an exclusive whisky bar alongside sessions focused on the art of blending. | Continue reading
The new "where to park" feature on Google's Waze takes the frustration out of finding a parking space by providing locations, pricing, and availability. | Continue reading
Facebook has acquired Nascent Objects, a small California startup founded in 2014 that focus on creating a modular electronics system that consumers could use to build their gadgets, using reconfigurable components including batteries, camera, sensors and more. The startup worked … | Continue reading
For a company that’s stock has been slapped around over the past several quarters, the need for additional SKUs was evident. Today’s unveiling of a foldable quadcopter called Karma, however, may be too little, too late. The drone, a quadcopter with interchangeable rotors that fit … | Continue reading
From NBA.com staff reports The Milwaukee Bucks have one of the most versatile young players in the league in Giannis Antetokounmpo as the leader of a young core that includes Greg Monroe, Jabari Parker, Khris Middleton and rookie Thon Maker. The Bucks are making sure Antetokounmp … | Continue reading
Facebook has acquired Nascent Objects, the hardware development firm that aimed to make it easier for developers to go from concept to product in just a matter of weeks. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Nascent Objects revealed that it will be a part of Faceboo … | Continue reading
A common newbie marketing mistake is trying to talk to everyone. Sonia talks about a few pitfalls and best practices in speaking to a specific audience. | Continue reading
Canaan Partners, the multi-stage venture capital firm, is beefing up its enterprise software investment team and looking to spend more time in San Francisco in addition to its longtime home on Sand Hill Road. Joydeep Bhattacharyya and Rich Boyle are joining Canaan as partners whe … | Continue reading
In case you missed it, Aircall announced last week that it had raised another $8 million dollars in funding for its call center software-as-a-service. New York-based VC firm FJLabs as well as existing investors put money into this Series A round. I’m a bit late to the news becaus … | Continue reading
Did you hear? Twitter would like you to know that its service is now easier to use, thanks to a series of rule revisions announced in May, which have just gone live. Starting today, Twitter is cutting down on what counts towards your 140 characters. As a refresher, that means med … | Continue reading
It was only a few years ago that streaming services were included in the Primetime Emmy awards, when Netflix scored its first win for its drama series “House of Cards.” Today, streaming services are mopping up the awards that used to be reserved for traditional TV networks, and l … | Continue reading
You can scratch what you heard just a few months ago about the end of SpoonRocket because its new owner, Brazil-based iFood, is bringing it back. Well, sort of. SpoonRocket, the on-demand meal delivery startup that shut down in the U.S. in March, is relaunching in Brazil under it … | Continue reading
SQUAW VALLEY, CA — Along with the new Hero 5 Black, Hero 5 Session and Karma drone, GoPro announced a new accessory called the Quik Key, which will make it a whole lot easier to transfer GoPro footage directly to your smartphone for sharing online.The Quik Key is essentially a mi … | Continue reading
Der schwedische Kamerahersteller hat von seinem Modell X1D eine besondere Edition vorgestellt, das einen Mittelformatsensor in ein handliches DSLR-Format überführt und auch vom Designfaktor eines der Kameras des Jahres sein könnte. Die... | Continue reading
Both the unlocked Moto Z and Moto Z Play are now up for pre-order in the U.S. through Amazon and Best Buy. | Continue reading
Bitcoin suffered a black eye in August because of the Bitfinex hack, but the digital currency quickly mounted a recovery.Source | Continue reading
Tweets are holding steady at 140 characters, but a variety of additions to your tweets will no longer count against that limit. As The Verge reported last week, Twitter said today it was rolling out expanded tweets around the world. Media attachments including images, GIFs, video … | Continue reading
Twitter users rejoice for now you can now say more in your tweets. The social media company announced on Monday that it has followed through on a promise made months ago, no longer counting photos, videos, GIFs, polls, and quote tweets in its 140 character limit. However, links r … | Continue reading
The Honor 8 offers two factors that are often mutually exclusive: a high-end dual camera experience and an affordable price. In this feature focus, we take a closer look at Honor’s camera tech while examining a number of camera samples. | Continue reading
Apple is reportedly investigating a bug on the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus which results in devices losing cellular service once Airplane Mode is disabled. The exact cause of the issue remains unknown, but internal documents obtained by MacRumors suggest that the company is curren … | Continue reading
So we’re heading into a fresh week’s worth of trading in the bitcoin price, and it’s looking like we are set up for another interesting run. Things were pretty volatile last week, and we managed to get in and out of the markets according to our standard intraday strategy on a num … | Continue reading
Stripe, the startup that competes against the likes of PayPal’s Braintree and WePay to provide payment services to digital businesses, is taking the wraps off its newest product to set it apart from the rest of the pack. Stripe is launching Instant Payouts, a service tailored spe … | Continue reading
Twitter is finally, at long last, relaxing its 140 character limit, in a move it should have made years ago. The company today announced that basically anything that isn’t plain old text or emojis will no longer count toward your character limit. Say more about what's happening! … | Continue reading
Devialet, the manufacturer of some of the loudest and most unique-looking speakers on the market, announced its Immersive Theater System last week, which uses the latest and most powerful version of its Phantom speakers, the Gold Phantom, to deliver some truly ridiculous sound. … | Continue reading
One of Google Photos‘ standout features has long been its ability to automatically create short movies whenever it recognizes you went on a trip. Until now, though, the system that built those movies mostly used time and location (as well as some image recognition tools) as marke … | Continue reading
Google today is launching a new feature for Google Books which aims to offer a better challenge to Amazon’s Kindle app when it comes to helping you find new things to read. Called “Discover,” this new section in the Google Books application will help point users to new content, i … | Continue reading
Wondering what the big deal about landing pages is? And how to optimize your pages for conversions? This post has tips and tools to get you started. | Continue reading
Stripe has opened up its Instant Payouts feature to all marketplaces that use its Stripe Connect offering. The release of this service comes nearly a year after the payment processing platform debuted it in a beta program with Lyft. As a result of that partnership, Lyft reported … | Continue reading
Olympus is going all out with its announcements at Photokina, including a suite of new pro lenses. Kicking things off is the 25mm F1.2, which finally gives Micro Four Thirds cameras a super-bright normal lens. Like a few of Olympus’ other lenses, the 25mm features a manual focus … | Continue reading