Opera Software rebrands to Otello Corporation after selling its browser business

Reuters is reporting that Opera Software — the Norwegian company best known for its web browser — is rebranding to Otello Corporation. The company says it intends to change its stock ticker on the Oslo Bourse, although it’s yet to come up with a new symbol. This move is likely be … | Continue reading


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Tech giants are playing hide-and-seek with Afrika’s tax authorities

In Afrika, some things like death, taxes, and traffic gridlocks are certain. Heavy traffic gridlocks are more of a recent phenomenon like the mobile phone. However, these gridlocks can also be viewed as an opportunity to pause and observe the informal sector in motion – the growt … | Continue reading


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Whoever created Bitcoin is now among the world’s 50 richest people

When it reached a high of $19,771 yesterday, Bitcoin made the creator of the cryptocurrency the 44th richest person on the planet – if you go by Forbes’ list, noted Quartz. The problem? Even after eight years since it was launched, we still don’t know who that is. Over the past f … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

So long Project Tango, we barely knew ye

Google announced last week that it’s killing off Project Tango, its ambitious initiative to bring AR support to phones with the necessary hardware (read: depth- and motion-sensing cameras). It wasn’t entirely unexpected, particularly after Google launched its ARCore technology ea … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Oxford researchers say it’s okay to grant your kids more screen time

If you’re concerned about your children spending too much time on their devices, or fretting about how you’ll keep them off their phones long enough to develop into well-adjusted adults, a new study suggest you may not have to worry too much. After speaking with parents of kids a … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Apparently, even Obama wanted to kill net neutrality

Last week saw one of the darkest days for the internet, as the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to repeal Title II regulations, which includes net neutrality guidelines that keep ISPs from blocking or throttling web traffic as they please. As part of its effort to … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Coding is fun: here’s how to ignite the developer spark in children

Basic coding fundamentals are no longer optional for high school graduates who want to excel in the modern workforce. Every child won’t grow up to be a developer, but the ability to understand how computers and AI work is important in almost every industry – and becoming more so … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

It’s the next wave in drones — a personal photographer that flies by itself and follows you

Drones aren’t just flying toys anymore. In recent months, we’ve seen handfuls of drone makers pivot toward producing specialized models catering to more specific customer needs. For the person who loves selfies and wants to document their world travels without getting bogged down … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Why the innovation race is getting automated

Today’s business climate is fraught with a justified sense of existential dread. Its source is not new – competition and disruption have existed since the beginning of commerce. But today that anxiety is aggravated by bigger stakes, readily available funding, rapid information fl … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Apps aren’t dead, they’ve just evolved

I’m sure you haven’t been able to escape the media’s endless gloomy predictions about the fate of the app. We’ve been told that new apps are a waste of money. Growth rates are sluggish. Nobody is downloading apps anymore (beyond the few we can’t live without like WhatsApp and Fac … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Make a mint as an affiliate marketer with training under $34

With the Complete Affiliate Marketing bundle of courses, you’ll learn all the most impactful steps for identifying, cultivating, communicating, and converting just the right audience to any business. Right now, the full package is available at a special holiday price of only $33. … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Facebook will make a ton of money from its influencer features — but it’s also good for your brand

By now you may either know an influencer, or have heard of influencer marketing. You may even be following a few and have seen them promote products which may have at one point piqued your curiosity and even helped you trust their recommendations more… or stop following them beca … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Xbox One’s ‘Year in Review’ breaks down your biggest achievements. You should get out more

Gamers today can get an itemized breakdown of their biggest achievements as well as total hours spent in front of their Xbox over the past year. Microsoft’s new 2017 Xbox Year in Review site is basically a litmus test for couch potatoes. After visiting the site and logging in wit … | Continue reading


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What the world’s central banks are saying about cryptocurrencies

 (Bloomberg) — More than eight years since the birth of bitcoin, central banks around the world are increasingly recognizing the potential upsides and downsides of digital currencies. The guardians of the global economy have two sets of issues to address. First is what to do, if … | Continue reading


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AOL Instant Messenger to shut down after 20 years

AOL today shutters AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) — its iconic chat service which debuted in 1997 and was popular in the ’00s. All good things come to an end. On Dec 15, we'll bid farewell to AIM. Thank you to all our users! #AIMemories https://t.co/b6cjR2tSuU pic.twitter.com/V09Fl7 … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

AI is an online babysitter for parents who don’t want to invade privacy

No parent today should need to be told their kids are at risk every time they go online, use a cellphone, or engage in internet activities. It may be difficult for some to imagine that their child could get involved in something dangerous, but it happens. Even to good kids. To ge … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Why smart contracts and blockchains are coming sooner than you think

For centuries, massive, critical components of our global economy have been organized around legacy infrastructure. Vastly important industries, like government and finance, continue to stagnate behind the capabilities of modern technologies, a demonstration of how complex and re … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Facebook adds Snooze button to mute annoying friends and Pages

We all have that one Facebook friend. You know the one I mean — they post oodles of updates on one particular topic, usually one which doesn’t interest you, or might if they weren’t saturating your entire Newsfeed with the stuff. (I plead the fifth when it comes to my own friends … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

This site lets you turn your photos into quirky and unique gifts

I’m crap at Christmas. My Achilles heel is finding gifts for people. Some people are good at it. I am not. Typically, one week before Christmas, I’ll go on Amazon and buy a few bottles of bourbon and gin (whatever is cheap in a lightening deal), and dole them out like a booze-soa … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Get over $4,600 of awesome design elements — for any price you want to pay

No working designer can pour that much personal time and attention into every facet. So having a big toy box of pre-existing assets to pull from is key. Right now, you can get all the design pieces you could ever need in one giant package with the Design Asset Super Bundle — and … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Blockchain-powered medical AI Skychain promises to beat IBM’s Watson Health

Since its creation, artificial intelligence (AI) has found use in many different industries, including healthcare. The amount of medical data is astronomically huge and the problem of systematizing, storing, and, above all, using such data is of the utmost importance. People have … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Norwegians can warm up over Facebook’s Bonfire this Christmas

Facebook has quietly launched Bonfire — its video chatting app that bears more than a passing resemblance to Houseparty — in Norway. The launch was spotted by Boston-based app analytics firm, Apptopia. This makes it the second market it’s launched in, after Facebook started a sof … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

This cryptocurrency visualization shows the $6.4 billion poured into ICOs since 2014

Token sales and initial coin offerings (ICO) were certainly the hottest buzzwords of the year for thousands of recreational cryptocurrency enthusiasts and seasoned investors alike. But have you ever wondered precisely how much money was poured into this trend this year? There’s a … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

What happens when you put a hackathon on a bus? An awesome podcast

It’s a bit of an unusual one. In all my time at TNW, I don’t think I’ve ever written a blog about a podcast I’ve been listening to, but hear me out. I’m a big fan of Gimlet Media’s StartUp podcast. This week, it’s been following StartupBus: a five-day hackathon on wheels, where c … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

2018 to see the rise of ICO 2.0

The investment world was blown away last summer when Initial Coin Offerings raised more funds YTD than venture capitalists. Companies like Paragon, Tezos and Gimli raised scads of money without selling a single share, leading any entrepreneurs with ideas in their heads to step up … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Vivo will bake fingerprint sensors right into its phone displays

Chinese smartphone maker Vivo – which ranked fifth among the world’s biggest handset brands in Q1 2017 – is set to begin including displays that come with an integrated fingerprint sensor, so there’s no need for a separate one beneath the screen or on the back, reports Forbes. Th … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Alphabet’s X division is setting up cable-less internet in rural India

X, the research division of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, announced today that it’s teaming up with a telecom company in the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh to create a high-speed internet network for homes in rural areas – without cables. To achieve this, the team from … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Samsung’s Bixby-powered smart speaker will reportedly launch mid-2018

Bloomberg reports that Samsung is gearing up to launch its Bixby-powered smart speaker within the first half of 2018 to take on Google Home, Amazon Echo, and Apple’s upcoming HomePod. The company confirmed that it was developing a speaker back in August; the plan is get it to wor … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

How to sample Pandora’s Premium service for free in the US

If you still haven’t settled on a streaming music service, Pandora has something to show you: it’s now letting people in the US try its Premium service – which usually costs $9.99 a month – at no charge… well, almost. To use it, just fire up the app and login with your free accou … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

The death of net neutrality could be the end of Bitcoin

FCC head Ajit Pai has always been the scumbag hiding in plain sight. While his weasel-like nature may have never been in question, this week’s sneak attack on net neutrality put to bed any doubt. After assuming his final form as Satan, Pai effectively killed the internet as we kn … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Antsy about entrepreneurship? 6 reasons your ‘non-business’ self is ready

Many people feel like they’d like to start their own business — maybe they have a great original idea, or they can see a way to do something better than what the market currently has to offer. Yet all too often, these same people let their potential go unfulfilled because they th … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Amazon extends olive branch to Google by relisting the Chromecast

An Amazon spokesperson told CNET that the company would be putting up listings for the Chromecast and the Chromecast Ultra, apparently in an attempt to make peace with a miffed Google. Though the items aren’t actually for sale yet, they should be soon. Google is also onboard with … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Reminder: These are the members of Congress who sold you out to ISPs (and how much they made doing it)

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai might be the villain du jour, but it’s important to remember that he didn’t act alone. Below you’ll find a list of all his accomplices and how much they received from telecoms during their last election cycle. Think of it as a handy cheat sheet detailing who … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Swallow this: The future of exploitation is a pill that destroys human rights

A group of researchers recently developed a ‘smart pill’ system. The idea is that a patient will swallow a pill coated in gel containing a sensor, and doctors can track use. It’s not the first time this has been done, but this experiment focused on fighting opioid addiction which … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Facebook to add pre-roll ads and other changes to videos

Facebook today revealed several updates to its advertising policies concerning videos. The bad news is that six-second pre-roll ads will be coming to dedicated video tabs such as Watch. The less bad news is that it looks like they won’t be infiltrating News Feed. Approximately no … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Film critic admits he purposefully lowered a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score

For about two weeks, ‘Lady Bird,’ a coming of age tale directed by Greta Gerwig, was the best-reviewed film ever on Rotten Tomatoes. It sat at a perfect 100 percent score after nearly 200 reviews. And then came Cole Smithey, a film critic known for his contrarian reviews, to give … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Net neutrality is dead

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today voted to end Obama-era net neutrality protections. Voting along party lines, the ballots were cast as expected with the Republican-controlled FCC ending the Title II classification and effectively handing control of the internet t … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Snapchat opens Lens Studio to everyone

Snapchat today announced it was opening Lens Studio to everyone. Anyone can develop their own Lens, one of Snapchat’s most lauded augmented reality feature. Lens Studio is an app available for Windows and Mac, and you only need to log into your Snapchat account to download it. It … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

How edtech innovation can revolutionize the education industry

Venture funding for EdTech is booming this year, with CB Insights projecting that there will be a 24 percent growth over last year, with close to $3 billion in total funding. At the center of that growth is a group of entrepreneurs and innovators working together to improve the e … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Best of TNW New York Hack Battle: here are the top 10 hacks

Last Saturday, on the very first snowy day in New York, we organized a 14-hour hackathon we named the Battle of the Sensors. After a successful edition in Amsterdam in May, we decided to challenge the hackers of the Big Apple right before TNW New York on Tuesday. We were proud to … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Train your brain like a superhero with this amazing speed reading program — just $15

Get your mind — and your reading — right with the right training from this award-winning Speed Reading learning bundle from TNW Deals, now with an added holiday price drop down to $15 (over 90 percent off) from TNW Deals. | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Mozilla’s ultra-private mobile browser just got a big update

Mozilla has released Firefox Focus 4.0. The newest version of Mozilla’s privacy-focused mobile browser comes with several enhancements, including a fully customizable autocomplete that lets you create shortcuts to individual websites, and the ability to add alternative search eng … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

OnePlus’ 5T Star Wars edition is my favorite $600 phone of 2017

OnePlus did an excellent job building its OnePlus 5 flagship earlier this year, with a solid build, a great camera at its price point, and good software – save for a few issues, of course. With the 5T, it decided to fix the problem of being late to the bezel-less game, adding a l … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Computers can now read emotions — here’s how that will help you sell products

Two years ago, luxury car brand Bentley created an app to solve what must be the epitome of first world problems: helping customers pick the right Bentayga SUV, based on facial emotion analysis. The Inspirator App, which is no longer available, scanned your facial expressions whi … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Finally! Windows 10 gets a native OpenSSH client

It’s a long-overdue move that’s guaranteed to delight developers who use Windows as their daily driver. Microsoft is introducing a native OpenSSH client to Windows 10. The software is available as a beta in the Fall Creators Update, and as demonstrated in this video from ServeThe … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Bitcoin philanthropist sets up $85M investment fund to support charities

We have all heard the rags to riches success stories that often circulate within the cryptocurrency community, but not like this. Instead of splurging out on luxurious cars and houses, one early Bitcoin adopter is using the wealth he accumulated to set up an $85 million investmen … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

Google’s lightweight Maps Go is just a Progressive Web App, here’s how to try it

Earlier this month, Google announced the official rollout of Android Go, a variant of its mobile platform that’s optimized to run on devices with less RAM and processing power. Part of that offering included similarly optimized Google apps – including Maps Go. Android Police note … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 6 years ago

India’s taxmen are coming for your Bitcoins

India’s looking to get to grips with cryptocurrencies so it can tax transactions, reports Reuters. A spokesperson for the country’s Income Tax Department said that the agency has launched surveys in a number of major cities to learn more about how citizens are trading Bitcoin on … | Continue reading


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