Wi-Fi could soon have a very detailed geofence, if MIT researchers have their way. They’ve introduced a new project named ‘Chronos’ that helps Wi-Fi signals locate you within “tens of centimeters.” The team managed this by monitoring several Wi-Fi bands, then cobbling the data to … | Continue reading
Proving that there is no concept that people with too much money and time on their hands can’t smother to death in a desperate bid for your love and admiration, the annual parade of April Fools’ fake products has arrived a day early to torment us and make us briefly forget how mu … | Continue reading
Apple today rolled out an update to iOS 9.3 that fixes a nasty bug that many iOS device users discovered in the past few days. Essentially, people tried to click links in Safari — like Google search results — only to find that they didn’t work. Long pressing would sometimes make … | Continue reading
LOS ANGELES — Kevin Hart and Lionsgate want you to LOL.The Santa Monica-based studio announced Thursday that it has partnered up with the comedian and his company, Hartbeat Digital, to launch a new video-on-demand service, Laugh Out Loud, as well as a social adventure mobile tabl … | Continue reading
With a name like Mediocre, it’s almost like the studio is baiting reviewers. “Go ahead,” they're saying, “just try to make some lame joke about our games being mediocre.” Of course we can’t say those things, because Smash Hit [Free] and Does Not Commute [Free] (and earlier titles … | Continue reading
Intel is introducing its new generation of Xeon E5-2600 v4 chips for enterprise cloud hardware today. And it’s going to make the cloud faster. Code-named Broadwell-EP, the new chips were introduced by Diane Bryant, senior vice president of the data center group at Intel, during a … | Continue reading
Tesla will unveil its mass-market Model 3 to the world Thusday night. Mashable will be front and center when company co-founder and CEO Elon Musk takes the stage at roughly 8:30 p.m. Pacific Time at the company's design studio in Hawthorne, Calif.SEE ALSO: Chevy Bolt EV enters pr … | Continue reading
Samsung+ is getting a major update to version 3.0 today, which will make getting help and assistance much easier. | Continue reading
Hajime Tabata wants to put Final Fantasy back on top.As the director of Final Fantasy XV, Tabata has a difficult task ahead of him. While the Final Fantasy name is still well known, over the years it has lost much of its luster, and more recent releases haven’t captured the imagi … | Continue reading
This week on Ctrl-Walt-Delete, we continue the talk about the iPhone SE and the iPad Pro 9.7 after Walt's review of the products, and then dive into what came out of the Microsoft Build developer conference.We love your feedback and suggestions on how to make our show better and … | Continue reading
Wi-Fi passwords aren't only a nuisance; in many cases, they're not even enough to actually protect the network from intruders. But new research from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) might make Wi-Fi safer while at the same time eliminating the … | Continue reading
Avoid these common job application pitfalls to make a good impression and improve your prospects before you get to the interview. | Continue reading
Mobile - Making your app stand out in today's hypercompetitive app market is tough. But don't lose hope. It doesn't have to be as hard as you may think it is. | Continue reading
In the coming weeks and months, you're going to hear LG boast about all the features that make its new flagship G5 Android phone better than its competitorsThe G5 has a premium aluminum design, Qualcomm's latest and fastest processor, Android 6.0 Marshmallow, a big high-res scree … | Continue reading
Virtual reality isn’t just about gaming. If it’s going to be a $30 billion business by 2020 (as predicted by tech adviser Digi-Capital), it’s going to have trigger growth in a lot of markets. Dell believes that VR will make an impact in the enterprise workstation business, as com … | Continue reading
Russian government officials want to exert complete control over the Internet in the country, Although that will be quite the challenge, there are plans in motion to make the usage of currencies not issued by the central bank punishable by law, and the Russian watchdog has blocke … | Continue reading
Have you ever wondered what drives our decisions and why customers make the purchasing choices that they do? Here are four ways of understanding the emotions behind our decision making and how you can use this to drive your future event sales. In my last post 5 secrets of success … | Continue reading
Google wants to make 360-degree content more accessible for more people, and to do so is introducing a new tool: VR View. This allows developers to embed 360-degree photos and videos in their websites or apps simply by adding a few lines of code. Google says the aim is to make th … | Continue reading
I'm sorry but, "Robots, start your motors" just doesn't have the same ring to it.Never mind. What the all-autonomous Roborace lacks in human personas and engine noise, its cars easily make up for with visual panache.SEE ALSO: Upgrade your 'Insane' Tesla P90D to 'Ludicrous' for $1 … | Continue reading
According to 2015 data, mcommerce transactions in Southeast Asia and India make up 25% of ecommerce purchases among digital retailers in the region. Smartphones, rather than tablets, account for the vast majority of this mobile purchase activity. | Continue reading
Yao Ming was far more than just another talented prospect when the Houston Rockets made him the No. 1 pick in the 2002 draft. The 7-6 center from Shanghai was a bridge for the NBA to make inroads into China and was a key player in the globalization of the game. Now the former eig … | Continue reading
“Fresh air” is a concept most often associated with the “great outdoors”. Dyson is looking to make your home nature fresh by ridding it of indoor pollutants with the Pure Cool Link purifier fan. Hopefully, the engineering that went into James Dyson’s new gadget is better than the … | Continue reading
Microsoft’s massive Surface Hub is just now reaching customers, and the company is making it really simple to develop apps for it. During a session today at Build, Microsoft’s Surface Hub team says the only real consideration developers should make when considering the larger scr … | Continue reading
Far Cry Primal is getting an all new super difficult Survival Mode upon its next update on 12th April.This new mode will make things much, much harder - though its ruleset can be applied to any difficulty should you wish. As detailed on the Ubisoft Blog, it will offer permadeath, … | Continue reading
It’s easy to get caught up in the new, cool thing aspect of transportation tech and apps, but there’s some real social benefit and freedom to be found here. Take, for instance, Moovit’s latest upgrade. The public transportation app recently added features to make it easier for bl … | Continue reading
In a major victory for reproductive rights advocates, the FDA has just approved new labeling requirements for mifepristone, the most widely used abortion drug in the country. The decision will make it easier for millions of women seeking a medication abortion to get one, and unde … | Continue reading
AT&T is reportedly looking to make a forked version of Android in partnership with ZTE and Cyanogen to weaken Google's control over the market. | Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO — Ask someone which digital voice assistant they use most and they're likely to mention Apple Siri, Amazon Alexa or even Google Now. Only a few might add Microsoft Cortana to that list.But Microsoft wants to make Cortana more a part of the conversation. During Micro … | Continue reading
The power of the cloud is a bit fuzzy to most of us, but Microsoft wants to improve that by giving developers a series of API tools it has dubbed Cognitive Services to make their software far smarter, including tools for trainable speech-to-text processing and a whole new grade o … | Continue reading
“There is no substitute for knowledge.” [W. Edwards Deming, The New Economics] At Conversation Agent we believe in developing knowledge so that we can extract the right data at the right time to make decisions appropriately. Which is why there are no shortcuts to knowledge —it is … | Continue reading
Microsoft today announced an important tool for old-school Windows developers: the Desktop App Converter. Basically, it automatically transforms old-school Win32 and .NET apps into modern Universal Windows Platform apps that can run across different devices. While it won’t automa … | Continue reading
The quite popular A/RPG Soul Seeker [Free] is getting a pretty big update soon that should make players quite happy. If you haven't played the game, Soul Seeker offers real-time combat and over 200 hundred heroes, all wrapped up in a pretty intense package. The new update will of … | Continue reading
It’s time for Windows 10 to get a fresh coat of paint: Microsoft has just officially announced its largest update to Windows 10 yet. Codenamed Redstone and now simply called the ‘Anniversary Update,’ the release includes various new features to make the OS more powerful than befo … | Continue reading
If you've ever thought the holochess game from Star Wars would make for a great game in real life, you're in luck. | Continue reading
Writing content for a startup isn't easy. You need to make your marketing interesting and captivating. When you're traveling, it's even tougher. | Continue reading
Now you can make your GIFs look even more amazing with Giphy's new editor tool. | Continue reading
Fantastical is right up there with the best calendar apps available for the Mac, and a few useful updates today make it even more of a must-have. The headline feature for many will be full Exchange support. Invitation responses, availability lookup, categories, and people lookup … | Continue reading
Facebook is making good on its promise to make Messenger a whole lot more useful with its first airline integration, allowing KLM passengers to access a range of functionality without ever leaving the chat app. From today, you can access boarding passes, get check-in reminders, f … | Continue reading
Why bylines and bios are so important on wellness clinic blogs, and how to make yours more effective. | Continue reading
Millennials may be slowly forgetting that their mobile phones make calls, but there’s still a good amount of cash/intelligence to be had in gathering enterprise call statistics to gain more complete portraits of customers. Invoca is looking to help companies measure analytics on … | Continue reading
Despite a slight decline over the last four years, research by Deloitte tells us that 75 percent of smartphone users still make phone calls, and BIA/Kelsey estimates that mobile search will generate 73 billion calls to businesses in 2018, up from 30 billion in 2013. So with a sol … | Continue reading
In 2016, eMarketer estimates, digital ad spending will make up 35.8% of total media ad spending in the US, just 1 percentage point below the share for TV. That 1 percentage point adds up to about $1.78 billion, but a new eMarketer report explores how digital is catching up. | Continue reading
When it comes to writing social media posts it’s important to make them engaging, entertaining and interactive to enhance audience participation and interaction. The following is a guide on how to craft ridiculously engaging social media updates that will help increase your follo … | Continue reading
The new Instagram update for iOS has some useful tools, particularly because it allows me to make longer videos up to one minute, so you can stuff more content into your posts. It’s great! But I just have one question: Where did my log out button go? Normally, the ability to log … | Continue reading
Fiber Phone wants to drag landline technology kicking and screaming into the modern age. The goal is to make your home phone, well, mobile. | Continue reading
Sony has finally revealed when Ultra, its 4k streaming service, will be availableFirst announced at CES earlier this year, Ultra will make its debut on April 4 and will be available on Sony's 4K sets with Android TV, the company announced at a press event in San Francisco on Tues … | Continue reading
Most people are terrible at shooting video. Any longer than 15-seconds and it will probably be boring. That’s why Instagram capped videos at a quarter-minute when it launched the feature in 2013. Yet today it extended the length to 60 seconds for user-shot or uploaded videos. Tha … | Continue reading
Twitter is working to make it easier for people with visual impairments to access and understand images uploaded to the site. Although screen readers and braille technology work efficiently with text posts, images have been out of reach — until now. Starting today, people using t … | Continue reading