For the past week I’ve been using Samsung’s 15-inch Notebook 9. This Windows 10 machine has been put through its paces, replacing my iMac. While I will stop short of declaring my love for Windows, my view of the current Windows laptop landscape has been changed.In a world focused … | Continue reading
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CloudMagic, an email application that today has grown to 4 million users, has just added a useful feature that can aid those who receive a lot of inbound email from unknown persons: Sender Profile. Similar to services like LinkedIn’s Rapportive or newly launched Connect from Clea … | Continue reading
Google arbeitet offensichtlich an einer eigenen Reise-App, die eine Mix aus Google Maps und Google Now ist. Vorausssichtlich wird die App einfach nur Trips heißen und befindet sich noch in der geheimen Betaphase, einige Screenshots sind aber... | Continue reading
Overall, just 12% of internet users in Japan say they use paid over-the-top (OTT) video services, according to March 2016 research. Though that figure seems low, it’s just 10% less than the respondents who said they use cable TV, and only 5% less than those who use paid sat … | Continue reading
World View, the advanced high altitude balloon company, has raised a $15 million Series B led by Canaan Partners. The round also included investments from Northwest Venture Partners, Tencent, Moment Ventures and Base Ventures. The company had previously raised $7.1 million. This … | Continue reading
Augmented reality usually refers to the overlaying of digital images or information onto a user's view, but it's not all visual. To wit, there's an iPhone app called Hear that does augmented aural reality — and it's a blast. Hear works by taking in the ambient sound from around y … | Continue reading
View them at http://opensourceworkshop.preforma-project.eu/video-recordings/ The video clips of all the presentations of the PREFORMA Open Source Workshop are now available on the event website. The workshop, hosted by the National Library of Sweden on April 7, 2016, featured key … | Continue reading
Eden, the on-demand tech support company turned office support service, has today announced the launch of the platform in Oakland. That means that Eden’s service now covers all of the Bay Area, from Oakland to San Francisco to the Peninsula, including Palo Alto and Mountain View. … | Continue reading
Talkshow, a new iOS app out today, wants people to open up the act of texting from a closed-door conversation to a public chat anyone can view. Created by former Twitter exec Michael Sippey, the app lets anyone create a "show" and start talking with friends. The thread, which ope … | Continue reading
"What if you stuff a bunch of LEDs around the eyeballs?" asked scientists. And then they answered their own question. Microsoft Research just presented a new paper, titled "Augmenting the Field-of-View of Head-Mounted Displays with Sparse Peripheral Displays" at a human-computer … | Continue reading
If you weren't around for the release of Defender Chronicles [$1.99] and Defender Chronicles II [$1.99], you missed two really great games that managed to feel significantly different released on the App Store during a time where it felt like every other game coming out was a tow … | Continue reading
Skype for Business is finally coming to the Mac. Microsoft today announced that IT administrators can request an invite to preview the service before a wider release in the future. The tool is fairly limited in its initial preview; you an only view and join meetings as shown on y … | Continue reading
Drohnenrennen sind schon eine recht vertraute Erscheinung, die allgemein mit der First-Person-View-Spielart assoziiert werden, bei der rasante Kurse durch verlassene Fabriken und ähnlich pittoreske Orte geflogen werden. Deutlich lahmer aber tr... | Continue reading
One of the problems with Dropbox and indeed all cloud storage is the way they have implemented how you view your cloud storage on your local drive. If you want to access your cloud file system in your local file management tool, you literally need to have it stored on your drive, … | Continue reading
Android users are getting a new Twitter feature today: Periscope livestreams will now autoplay on timelines. Previously, you had to click on a link to view broadcasts. The feature first arrived on iOS back in January, so it’s nice to see Android catching up. No word on when the W … | Continue reading
After taking off from Kalaeloa Airport in Hawaii on Thursday, the Solar Impulse 2 successfully landed at Moffett Air Field in Mountain View, California last night. Pilot Bertrand Piccard spent a total 62 hours flying the solar-powered plane. The landing completed the ninth leg of … | Continue reading
Wenn alles läuft wie geplant, wird Solar Impulse 2 in etwa einer Stunde in Mountain View landen. Fantastische Bilder der Ankunft in Kalifornien gibt es aber schon jetzt: Nach einem 54-stündigen Flug über den Pazifik mit Start in Hawa... | Continue reading
Here’s an overview of the 10 biggest European tech news items for this week: 1) “The European Commission has informed Google of its preliminary view that the company has, in breach of EU antitrust rules, abused its dominant position by imposing restrictions on Android device manu … | Continue reading
The boys ponder a contrarian’s view, the industry’s path, publishers in e-commerce, BuzzFeed’s prospects, and much more – Content Marketing Institute | Continue reading
Solar Impulse 2 ist seit Donnerstag wieder in der Luft und steuert Nordamerika an. Wo genau der Solarflieger heute landen wird, steht jetzt natürlich auch fest: in Mountain View, gleich um die Ecke bei Google und dem Elektroautobauer Tesla im... | Continue reading
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! We hope that you had as interesting a week as we did. Former Microsoft employee Alex St. John caused a lot of outrage with his guest story defending crunch time in gaming, a view that indie developer Rami Ismail blasted in a response. … | Continue reading
This week's top marketing news from @toprank featuring social media made easy, disruptive online ads and Facebook switching their page manager view. | Continue reading
If you’re a subscriber to Google’s cellular network Project Fi, a new update on the Play Store should help you better manage your data. According to an update log shared by a Googler on Reddit, the Project Fi app (version I.2.1) will come with a new widget that lets you view curr … | Continue reading
We take a closer look at two accessories HTC has available for the HTC 10, the Ice View case and the Hi-Res earphones! | Continue reading
Google says it will soon add live TV listings to its search engine, allowing web users to find out when their favorite shows or movies will be airing. But in a nod to the many non-traditional ways that consumers watch TV today, the company says that it will also display the apps … | Continue reading
Today, Solar Impulse 2 will take off from Kalaeloa Airport in Hawaii for the next leg of its record-breaking flight around the world. The team anticipates taking off at 5AM local time (11AM ET) and landing at Moffett Air Field in Mountain View, California, at 9AM Saturday evening … | Continue reading
The European Commission (EC) has this week formalized its antitrust investigation into Google's Android operating system in a set of objections sent to the Mountain View company. At issue is Google's dominance of the European smartphone market and the ways that the company is exp … | Continue reading
TORONTO (By Ethan Lou for Reuters) — Some Canadian Netflix Inc users cried foul on Wednesday after the video-streaming giant appeared to have made good on its pledge to block access for customers using unauthorized services to view more varied American content. Canadian customers … | Continue reading
Nintendo's space shooter Star Fox is back, and with it comes a new 15-minute-long Star Fox anime — called Star Fox: The Battle Begins — available to view now on YouTube in its entirety. The short sets up the story for new Wii U game Star Fox Zero, detailing the efforts of crack p … | Continue reading
Google finally added podcasts to the Android's Play Store earlier this week. Now, the company is letting users play those same podcasts from the Android Google search app. Just search for the podcast you want, and you'll see three recent episodes displayed with a play button for … | Continue reading
The Quo Vadis game development conference in Berlin has been good for judging the sentiment and state of the European game industry. That’s been helpful for me at GamesBeat, where we often get a U.S.-centric view of how gaming works. As an example, the European developers I talke … | Continue reading
Google’s European woes entered overdrive today with the news that Europe is to formally file charges against the Internet giant over anti-competitive practices relating to its Android operating system. Europe’s commissioner for competition Margrethe Vestager held a press conferen … | Continue reading
Have you ever dreamed of floating in suborbital space and enjoying the views of our home planet from above? Or living aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and waving down to the people below? Well, NASA’s latest video lets you experience just that. Armed with a nifty RED … | Continue reading
We get to see the Earth in high definition every day, it’s true, but we’re limited to a certain ground-level point of view. Not so much the astronauts aboard the International Space Station. And they’ve just sent down a batch of stunning 4K footage of the Earth taken with their f … | Continue reading
You can now view live, streaming 360-degree video in YouTube, complete with spatial audio. It's rolling out via a select few vendors. | Continue reading
Microsoft have released an Android Wear app for Outlook to view and reply to emails. | Continue reading
Master the art of creating content your audience members will view as a gift with these three lessons about how to produce stunning and persuasive content. | Continue reading
Believe me, I get it. An inveterate slacker who tends to view any sort of change with a wary eye, I understand how difficult it can be to embrace new technologies, especially as a small business with limited resources. But we’re halfway through 2016 and the world has clearly gone … | Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO — In the latest clash over privacy rights in the digital age, Microsoft is suing the U.S. government over a federal law that allows authorities to examine customer emails or online files without the individual's knowledge.The lawsuit comes as the tech industry is in … | Continue reading
The new 9.7-inch iPad Pro is a very nice tablet. With features like Split View and the optional $99 Apple Pencil, you can actually get a lot done with it. But if you like to stretch out when you type, you might not be a big fan of the optional $149 Smart Keyboard that Apple […] | Continue reading
This week, I was treated to a rough-cut of a DMO's forthcoming virtual reality promotion. The glories of the city's convention cent... | Continue reading
We last looked at Timetastic almost four years ago. Back then, it was a pleasingly simple way of managing time off for you and your team. Now, recently-launched mobile apps for Android and iOS have made it even more appealing. Like the Web-based product, the apps focus on doing j … | Continue reading
Ideally, every film should be judged on its own merits. Outside factors — how faithfully a movie adapts its source material, how well it carries on a franchise, how blatantly it feeds the audience’s nostalgia — are ultimately secondary concerns. But the people behind Disney’s liv … | Continue reading
Key Highlights Ethereum price traded down once again and my view of selling ETH/USD worked perfectly. I forecasted a retest of $7.36 yesterday, and the price did move down and even created a new low of $7.13. Yesterday’s highlighted bearish trend line on the hourly chart (data fe … | Continue reading
Today Facebook launched a new way for publishers to easily track the performance of crossposted videos, that is, videos posted to more than one Facebook page. Pages owned by the same Business Manager (Facebook’s tool to manage multiple pages) can now track view counts and total p … | Continue reading
As previously announced, Facebook today opened its Instant Articles format to all developers. Using Instant Articles, publishers can show Facebook mobile users a fast-loading and mostly distraction-free view of their posts while still also showing them a limited amount of their o … | Continue reading
Up until now, we've really only seen SpaceX's rocket landing in the middle of the ocean from afar. Chase planes near the drone ship provided a spectacular view of the milestone event, but now, SpaceX has released up-close pictures of the landing taken from the ship itself. The im … | Continue reading