- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Tech
This is the first day the Apple Watch has become available, but we didn't have to wait very long to see what the device looks from the inside The disassembling experts at iFixit found the task of tearing down the Watch tough, but not imp...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Wired Top StoriesEverything you need to know about Benson & Moorhead, the directing duo behind the quirky, romantic horror/sci-fi flick Spring . The post Meet the Duo Behind the Killer Horror/Sci-Fi Mashup Spring appeared first on WIRED .
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from CNET NewsThe Apple Watch rollout hasn't been the smoothest experience, with buyers facing long shipping delays and confusion about how to actually buy the device, which was released Friday.
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from BetaNews
I, like many others, was glued to my favorite tech site on 1 March, awaiting news on the new Samsung flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S6. But when the stream I was watching came to a close, I couldn’t help but feel a little bit disappoint... - Friday, April 24, 2015 from Forbes - TechVMware is the most unusual and unexpected player in the industry to ship a Linux distribution. Here is an analysis of what forced the virtualization giant to make this move. Not long ago, VMware was a developer platform company aggressiv...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from TechmemeComcast Corporation : Comcast terminates $45B Time Warner Cable merger agreement — COMCAST / TIME WARNER CABLE / CHARTER TRANSACTIONS TERMINATED — Comcast Corporation announced this morning that its m...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Silicon Alley InsiderAmazon shares have been up as much as 12% in pre-market trading after the company blew away expectations with earnings on Thursday evening . We've flipped through a dozen analyst reports on Amazon. They're all impressed by the quar...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from PCWorldNetflix has a great roster of TV shows, but its movie catalog sucks, to put it bluntly. Sure, there are a few gems now and then, but for the most part it's a weak selection. There's a way to counter the ho-hum selection, however: If you'...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Slashdotsciencehabit writes: Despite Benjamin Franklin's best efforts with a kite and a key, the phenomenon of lightning remains a scientific enigma. Now, researchers have developed a new tool that could help them solve some of lightning's myste...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Digital TrendsSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell doesn't just support the Patriot Act; he wants to extend it. The Kentucky republican introduced a bill that would extend the controversial surveillance methods for an additional five years. The post...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from CNET NewsA researcher from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finds a most unusual shark in a most unusual place.
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Techradar - All the latest technology newsIntroduction and performance The XAC1900 is almost identical to the EA6900 , and is basically a small update to this previous model from Linksys, with an average retail price of £199 (around $299, AU$385). The main unit looks exactly the...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from PCWorldFour models from Sony’s 2015 Android TV-powered 4K television range are now available for pre-order, with shipping to begin in May. The Japanese electronics giant unveiled its 4K TV lineup for 2015 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Jan...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from TechCrunchFrom wearable activity trackers to fantasy e-sports, technology is transforming the way athletes train for the game and fans engage with their teams. With all of this momentum VCs are swinging for the fences. Investors have spent o...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Forbes - TechThe cloud -- a service that lets people and organizations rent computing services for a monthly fee -- has turned into a battlefield of giant companies. And despite intense price-cutting by rivals such as Google Cloud Computing and Amazo...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Silicon Alley InsiderStewart Butterfield has created two companies that have shaped the way we use the Internet. In 2004 he co-founded Flickr, the photo-sharing service, which was acquired by Yahoo a year later. Last year saw the debut of Slack, an office co...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from PCWorldIf you only pay attention to pricing, there’s not much reason to care about Project Fi , the new wireless service that Google unveiled this week. Price comparisons to traditional wireless carriers have shown Project Fi isn’t necessarily...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from PCWorldComcast is officially walking away from plans to acquire Time Warner Cable, after regulators signaled their displeasure with the deal. “Today, we move on,” Comcast Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts said in a statement . “Of course, we would...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Digital TrendsValve has now given mod creators the option to sell their works in the Steam Workshop, starting off with Skyrim mods. Predictably, a lot of users are unhappy about this, and are already calling for Valve to reverse the decision. The post...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from BBC News - TechnologyGame maker Valve has expanded its online store to let players who make 'mods' for games sell their creations.
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Forbes - TechThe big question: with all this security gear from the many hundreds of vendors exhibiting at the conference, each trying to get their message heard above the clamor, why do the hackers appear to be winning? Clearly, tools aren’t enough ...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from CNET NewsA new video recolours "Man of Steel" into "a Superman movie that looks like Superman!"
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Techworld.com NewsDamballa sifted 50 percent of US traffic and found miniscule volume of most serious malware
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Wired Top StoriesHere is an example of a numerical calculation for the motion of a mass on a spring. You can change the code and see what happens - you can be a programmer. The post I Dare You To Change This Numerical Calculation appeared first on WIRED .
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Silicon Alley InsiderThe Apple Watch is on fire: KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo estimates that Apple's debut smartwatch has sold more than 2.3 million units since preorders opened, MacRumors reports . The device doesn't actually start making its way to ...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from PCWorldIndian outsourcer Infosys has made an acquisition in the area of cloud computing and invested in a personal health monitoring company as it tries to move into high value products and services. The transition is, however, taking time and ...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from EngadgetWhenever a scientific discovery claims to have solved one of the world's most critical issues, it's hard not to get a little bit excited. Today, our hopes are riding high on the news that Berkeley University might have just worked out ho...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Wired Top StoriesThese nine photography projects are a retaliation against the thoughtless snapshot. The post 9 Clever Ways to Rethink the Selfie appeared first on WIRED .
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from TheNextWeb.comThere’s something weird going on over on Google Maps today. A user on Hacker News spotted what appears to be the Android logo peeing on Apple in satellite view. At these co-ordinates in Pakistan the odd image appears, depicting the famou...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from GizmodoAnother mega-merger bites the dust. This morning, Comcast issued a (very) brief statement regarding its tortured merger plans with Time Warner Cable, saying the proposal has been “terminated.” Read more...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from EngadgetThe Department of Homeland Security is setting up shop in Silicon Valley, with secretary of state Jeh Johnson pushing for easier access to our private data. Naturally, both Google and Facebook have started to openly resist this call to c...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Forbes - TechShazam’s hall of fame showcases tracks that were once unknown, but after millions of people around the world heard them and searched on their phones, the songs eventually became pretty popular, if not all-time favorites. While all of the...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Silicon Alley InsiderThe news leaked yesterday, but now it's official — the merger deal between Comcast and Time Warner is officially dead. Comcast was offering $45 billion for Time Warner Cable. Combined, the companies would have created the biggest cable c...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Ars Technica
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- Friday, April 24, 2015 from GeekWireComcast is dropping its plans to merge with Time Warner Cable. In a brief statement released this morning, Comcast Chairman and CEO Brian L. Roberts simply said, “Today, we move on. Of course, we would have liked to bring our great...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Forbes - TechThere are a lot of shady business practices that go on in the video game industry, from graphics downgrades to day-one downloadable content (DLC.) But a lot of the practices that bother consumers the most, from DLC to pre-order bonuses t...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Silicon Alley InsiderPeople all over the world are receiving their Apple Watches in the mail today, and 9to5Mac discovered that the FoneFox team in Australia has already started testing how long the watch can survive underwater. Apple officially states that ...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Techwarriorz.com
Google has publicly disclosed its Q1 earnings for 2015 today. The company reported $17.3 billion net revenue in parallel to $6.57 earnings per share. Last quarter, its GAAP net income was able to reach $3.6 billion which boils down to $1... - Friday, April 24, 2015 from TheNextWeb.comComcast has just announced that its planned merger with Time Warner Cable has been canceled. Here's Comcast CEO Brian Roberts statement on the end of Time Warner Cable deal: pic.twitter.com/FmpQXAbdlX — Alex Weprin (@alexweprin) Apri...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from TechmemeRon Amadeo / Ars Technica : The history of YouTube and how Google overcame legal, financial and technological problems to build a site that has almost 50 years of video uploaded daily — Cheaper bandwidth or bust: How G...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Digital TrendsEarlier this month, Dropbox was seen testing a new note-taking app called "Project Composer." Now that app appears to have resurfaced as Dropbox Notes, and promises "a new way for teams to write together." The post Dropbox Notes private ...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Forbes - TechAs strong as steel and half the weight titanium is a metal which has never achieved its potential because it is at least 10-times the price. But that might be about to change with the dawning of the titanium age. If a new way of making t...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from TheNextWeb.comA big redesign is coming to the The Next Web and we want you to give it a serious roadtest, so we’re opening it up in beta from today. We’ll be sharing more details about the different elements of the design in a series of posts soon, bu...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Digital TrendsWhile the initial launch of Microsoft Office for iOS and Android wasn't a huge hit, making the apps free last year significantly increased adoption, and that has propelled them to a combined 100 million downloads. The post Number of the ...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from TechCrunchComcast has dropped its plans to merge with Time Warner Cable. Bloomberg reported yesterday that the deal was unraveling, following signs of opposition from the Justice Department and Federal Communications Commission. (Senator Al ...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Wired Top StoriesEnough with the snapshots of your cat and your eggs Benedict. There’s real life happening outside your door—go document it. The post 5 Essential Pieces of Gear for Street Photographers appeared first on WIRED .
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Geeky-GadgetsDevelopers, makers and hobbyists that enjoy using the Arduino platform and the latest release of the Arduino IDE, will be pleased to know that the IDE releases have now changed from nightly builds to hourly. After two year of nightly bui...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Geeky-GadgetsThe Interactive Coding Bootcamp comes with over 33 hours of video courses and will help you study front end and back end development. The course features HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery & frameworks like AngularJS training, plus Ruby o...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Top Tech NewsThe Compute Stick from Intel is officially available. The company is now offering its much-hyped micro-PC to the masses, calling it a "powerful PC packed into a package the length of a car key.”
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from GeekWireShipping just in time for the Apple Watch’s official launch today, Amazon has released its shopping app for the new smartwatch. From recording a spoken shopping idea to using 1-Click purchasing with a tap, Amazon’s shopping a...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Reuters: Technology News(Reuters) - Google Inc reported higher quarterly revenue and profit as rising online ad volume offset a hit from the strong dollar, sending the Internet company's shares higher in after-hours trading.
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)Been itching to prep for The X Files' return by binge-watching the series from the beginning? Given that Netflix has just flipped the switch on an HD upgrade of the first season, that's gotten a little easier on the eyes. As Bloody Disgu...
- Thursday, April 23, 2015 from NPR Topics: TechnologyFingerprints, facial and voice recognition — companies are investing in more secure methods to verify people. But even biometrics can be defeated, and they raise privacy concerns.
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)Google and Apple have always had their differences, but a new Easter egg inside Google Maps has just taken their rivalry to a whole new level. As spotted by Team Android, if you head to these coordinates with the regular Map view enabled...
- Thursday, April 23, 2015 from 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
Although the US will not receive their watches for a few more hours yet due to timezone discrepancies, some international customers have already taken delivery of their Apple Watch orders. For instance, some customers in Australia are no... - Friday, April 24, 2015 from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)In today's Daily Roundup, read about Comcast reportedly dropping its bid for Time Warner Cable, how Google's Project Fi mobile phone service will work and get the details on an amazing Jedi mode for Star Wars Galaxy that never quite happ...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)The Department of Homeland Security is setting up shop in Silicon Valley, with secretary of state Jeh Johnson pushing for easier access to our private data. Naturally, both Google and Facebook have started to openly resist this call to c...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from AppleInsider - Frontpage NewsCommemorating the launch of the Apple Watch on Friday, Apple launched three new ads showcasing how the device can be useful in normal daily life situations.
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Internet, gadgets, games & motoring news | guardian.co.ukSomeone at Google is probably getting fired. A small patch of terrain in Google Maps just south of the Pakistani city of Rawlpindi has been found to contain a bizarre image of the Android robot urinating on the Apple logo. The image, whi...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Internet, gadgets, games & motoring news | guardian.co.ukCompany says it will not proceed with plans to create a blockbuster cable giant that would have controlled up to two-thirds of US internet connections Continue reading...
- Thursday, April 23, 2015 from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)Unless you're constantly checking Twitter, there's a very good chance you're going to miss something cool. To help keep you from missing those very important tweets, Twitter introduced Highlights for Android. The feature notifies you up ...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)Sometimes you just need to grab 18 miles of fluorescent string, coat it in ultraviolet paint and stretch it along an art installation and hit it with black lights. At least that's what artist Julien Salaud did recently with his "Stellar ...
- Thursday, April 23, 2015 from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)It's earnings time once more, and Google's gone and done it again. Despite taking in $17.3 billion in revenue over the past three months (that's a 12 percent lift over how much it made this time last year), the search giant still managed...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)The final round of the collegiate championship for Heroes of the Storm -- Blizzard's answer to hugely popular MOBA games League of Legends and Dota 2 -- will be broadcast live on ESPN2 on Sunday at 6:30PM PT. That's prime time, baby. Thi...
- Thursday, April 23, 2015 from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)In the three months leading up to March 31, 2015, Microsoft reported a 24 percent drop in revenue from its Xbox division compared with last year, attributing much of the decline to sales of an "increased mix of lower price Xbox One" cons...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All StoriesThanks to the time difference, a few Australian Apple Watch customers began receiving their orders as early as yesterday afternoon here in the United States. Because of this, smartphone website FoneFox decided to put the Apple Watch thro...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from NPR Topics: TechnologyThe Apple II watch, designed by 24-year-old DJ Harrigan, is meant to parody the new Apple Watch and show what wearables might have looked like in the 1980s. But he says he probably wouldn't wear one.
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)Samsung's gearing up for the launch of its latest smartwatch by releasing its SDK ahead of the official reveal, which it has never done before. Devs might need some extra time to prep their applications for its release you see, since the...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Internet, gadgets, games & motoring news | guardian.co.ukZoella, PewDiePie and FunToyzCollector are raking in a fortune, providing the world with, respectively, make-up tutorials, video game walkthroughs and close-ups of toys being unwrapped. Could you join them in the YouTube elite? Continue ...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
As the Apple Watch slowly starts arriving to customers, the folks at iFixit have gotten their hands on the device and have started the teardown process. As usual, the site has shared detailed images of the teardown process and anecdotes ... - Friday, April 24, 2015 from Internet, gadgets, games & motoring news | guardian.co.ukDevelopers from CNN and The Economist to Citymapper, Epicurious and TuneIn explain what they’ve learned and how they think smartwatches will be used • 20 Apple Watch apps worth trying on launch day Continue reading...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)A team of Harvard Medical School geneticists have deciphered the complete genomes of not one but two individual woolly mammoths. The results, recently published in the journal Current Biology, are already providing valuable insights into...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Internet, gadgets, games & motoring news | guardian.co.ukAmazon, Etsy and Booking.com all named in leaked document as having undue power over their markets The European Union is considering the creation of a new regulator with the explicit remit to oversee internet firms such as Google and Fac...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Reuters: Technology NewsSAN FRANCISCO/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc surprised investors on Thursday by disclosing for the first time that it makes a profit from its fast-growing cloud-computing business.
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Reuters: Technology NewsSEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd teased the market with hints of a new version of its Gear smartwatch on Friday, the same day that rival Apple Inc's long-awaited wearable devices went on sale.
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All StoriesWhile the first Apple Watch reviews published over two weeks ago , the devices are now making their way onto customers' wrists, allowing us to see broader first impressions of Apple's first new product since 2010's iPad. Image via MacRu...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All StoriesThe Apple Watch isn't going to be available for sale tomorrow in Apple's retail stores, but there are a select handful of high-end fashion boutiques around the world that will be offering various Apple Watch models for sale. One of the s...
- Thursday, April 23, 2015 from Reuters Video: TechnologyThe bat-wing U.S. Navy drone that became the first autonomous airplane to take off and land on an aircraft carrier accomplished yet another milestone on, becoming the first unmanned aircraft to undergo aerial refueling. Ben Gruber reports.
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)The latest teaser trailer for Call of Duty Black Ops 3 -- this year's installment from Black Ops creator Treyarch -- depicts a future ruptured by the onset of technologically enhanced and weaponized humans. There are riots in the streets...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from eWeek - RSS FeedsNEWS ANALYSIS: The House of Representatives passes a bill to encourage sharing of information about cyber-attacks. But critics say the law doesn't go far enough to protect personal privacy.
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)Whenever a scientific discovery claims to have solved one of the world's most critical issues, it's hard not to get a little bit excited. Today, our hopes are riding high on the news that Berkeley University might have just worked out ho...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
If you notice discoloration or deformation of your Sport or Leather Apple Watch band over time, you may not be happy, but it is normal, according to sources briefed on internal Apple support docs. While scratches and dents might be a giv... - Friday, April 24, 2015 from 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
Jony Ive has often said that great design solutions are always obvious in retrospect, and I think the UK plug for the Apple Watch is a great example of this. As soon as you see how it works, you wonder why all travel plugs aren’t m...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Reuters: Technology NewsSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Late-stage venture firm Institutional Venture Partners said on Thursday it had raised $1.4 billion for its latest fund, IVP XV, showing continued investor appetite for late-stage private companies even as the pu...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
iFixit’s teardown of the Apple Watch has revealed that the sophisticated heart-rate monitor used is actually capable of acting as a pulse oximeter, allowing it to calculate the oxygen content of your blood by measuring how much inf... - Friday, April 24, 2015 from eWeek - RSS FeedsNEWS ANALYSIS: A lot of the success of Google's Project Fi wireless service will depend on how efficiently its shared network architecture works, say analysts.
- Thursday, April 23, 2015 from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)Hulu is about to be your go-to destination to catch up on the adventures of the Venture Bros. and Aqua Teen Hunger Force. The streaming service announced a deal with Turner Broadcasting that adds Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, TBS and TNT ...
- Thursday, April 23, 2015 from AppleInsider - Frontpage NewsIt's just after 9 a.m. in Australia and that means the first wave of Apple Watch orders are reaching customers' hands, marking an official rollout of the first product developed entirely under Apple CEO Tim Cook.
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Reuters: Technology NewsMELBOURNE (Reuters) - Apple Inc managed to frustrate gadget lovers and investors desperate to find out the components of its new smartwatch on Friday, encasing its chips in tough resin and using rare screws to thwart people trying prise ...
- Thursday, April 23, 2015 from Internet, gadgets, games & motoring news | guardian.co.ukStrong demand for cloud services boosts company’s revenue, but Amazon reports loss of $57m in the first quarter of 2015 Continue reading...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
In coordination with the Watch’s worldwide release, Apple has ramped its marketing campaign further with three new ads that are airing from today. The ads are titled ‘Rise’, ‘Up’ and ‘Us’ and foc... - Friday, April 24, 2015 from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)You likely won't be able to repair the Apple Watch on your own -- shocking, we know. The gadget eviscerators over at iFixit put the Apple Watch under the knife today, just as people who've preordered the Watch have begun receiving their ...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Reuters: Technology NewsTOKYO (Reuters) - A group of former top Sony Corp executives has delivered an unusually blunt critique to the firm's chief executive Kazuo Hirai, accusing him of losing sight of innovation by focusing on cost-cutting.
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)It looks like Cablevision is covering all of its bases. Today the company announced "Cord Cutter" packages that include a free digital antenna and access to its Optimum WiFi network. Additionally, Cablevision is offering the option of ad...
- Thursday, April 23, 2015 from Reuters: Technology NewsSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers is seeking to recover about $973,000 in costs from a high profile gender discrimination trial that captivated Silicon Valley, according to a court filing...
- Thursday, April 23, 2015 from Reuters: Technology NewsSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Apple Watch goes on sale around the world on Friday, the final stage of a protracted launch of Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook's first new product, capping months of publicity and a frenetic two weeks of ...
- Thursday, April 23, 2015 from MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All StoriesEarlier this week, Apple began sending out emails to iOS developers , offering them a chance to purchase a 42mm Apple Watch Sport with a Blue Sport Band guaranteed to ship by April 28, 2015. Apple had a limited number of devices to provi...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All StoriesAs many users in the United States slept Thursday night, Apple began slowly emailing Apple Watch pre-order customers with a confirmed April 24 delivery date about a " Personal Setup " program designed around the Watch. Aimed to visually ...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from Internet, gadgets, games & motoring news | guardian.co.ukWrist-based play is not about squashed-down smartphone games say Pocket Gems, NimbleBit, WearGa, Seriously and Bossa Studios • As Apple Watch launches, app makers explore new interfaces • 20 Apple Watch apps worth trying on launch day Wh...
- Friday, April 24, 2015 from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)Keep, Google's cloud-based note taking app, has always been pretty handy. But having to pull out and unlock your phone, then launch the program, open a new note and finally type in your thought is often enough to make anybody yearn for a...
