Windows 10 preview build comes with Microsoft Edge and WiFi
Microsoft's
giving you the chance to try out its Edge browser before Windows 10
drops on July 29th, along with other new features that will come with
the platform. You'll have to download Windows 10's latest preview build
for PCs to take it for a spi... Read More ...
Google Translate gets more conversational
Google
Translate is notorious for spewing out either oddly worded or overly
formal results, but the company says it's getting better thanks to
people's help. Mountain View's online translator is now more adept at
figuring out informal speech -- for i... Read More ...
Shazam shows you the music artists are discovering
The
ability to follow your favorite music artists on Shazam isn't new, but
that feature is now getting a huge boost. Starting today, the service
will let you see how entertainers are using Shazam to discover tunes,
too. Because famous people -- they'... Read More ...
Microsoft wants to make you funnier in online chats
Do
you constantly struggle to make jokes? Are you one of the millions of
folks who wishes they could be spontaneously funny when communicating
via the internet? Microsoft Research has some news (PDF) for you. The
company's developed a web-based chat ... Read More ...
PayPal explains when it will hit you with robocalls
When
PayPal updated its user agreement with language suggesting that it had
broad powers to make automated calls (aka robocalls) and texts,
customers were understandably nervous. Was the company going to spam you
until you bought more stuff using its... Read More ...
Medium ditches passwords for single-use email links
Passwords
are, by many accounts, quickly going the way of the dodo. And while
many sites now allow users to log in via social media, they're not
always a viable option. That's why (as an alternative to logging in via
Facebook or Twitter) blog-publish... Read More ...
Yelp study claims that Google 'knowingly' worsens search results
Yelp
really, really isn't a fan of Google's search rankings, and it's making
sure that you know it. The location-based service has partnered with
net neutrality pioneer Tim Wu on a study alleging that Google is
"knowingly degrading" search results by... Read More ...
Samsung is launching 'several' more Tizen smartphones this year
It's
tempting to think of Tizen as an also-ran in the smartphone world next
to powerhouses like Android and iOS, but that's not entirely true when
Samsung has sold 1 million Z1 phones in India since January. In fact,
there are now signs that the Kore... Read More ...
What's on your HDTV: Women's World Cup, 'Zoo', 'Vanilla Sky' Blu-ray
This
week the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup will conclude, and the USWNT is
taking on Germany Tuesday night. Beyond that, Cameron Crowe fans (still
sticking around since the release of Aloha) can finally see Vanilla Sky
on Blu-ray complete with an exte... Read More ...
Apple Maps minivan spotted in the wild
Earlier
this year, a few eagle-eyed folks in the East Bay region in Northern
California noticed unmarked minivans with what looked like an array of
cameras and sensors sitting on top of it. It turns out that the vehicles
were registered to Apple, whi... Read More ...
Google Hangouts for iOS gets a redesign, better performance
Frustrated
with the Google Hangouts app on iOS from time to time? Us too. Mountain
View updated the mobile software today with a refreshed UI and more.
First, you'll likely notice the new coat of Material Design paint that
tidies things up a bit. Hec... Read More ...
The 1998 'Battlezone' remake is getting remastered
The
trends of remaking and remastering classic games just kicked into
overdrive. Rebellion (best known for its Sniper Elite games) has
revealed that it's developing not just a virtual reality version of the
original Battlezone, but a refresh of the 1... Read More ...
Facebook figures if you listened to a video, you must like it
Facebook
continues to refine what you see in your news feed. Today, the social
network that your mom uses announced that it will track more information
about your video watching habits to include whether or not you perform
any actions like turn up th... Read More ...
Sprint's latest family plan offers two unlimited lines for $100
Sprint
is trying to do everything it can to compete with T-Mobile's audacious,
budget-friendly plans. As such, the carrier's introducing a new plan
called Best Buy One Family, featuring two lines with unlimited data,
talk and text for $100 per month ... Read More ...
Comcast's TV sports app delivers baseball stats when they matter
If
you're a baseball stats hound, you probably don't enjoy tearing your
eyes away from the game just to dig up facts about the latest at-bat
matchup. You might not have to distract yourself for much longer if
you're a Comcast subscriber, though -- th... Read More ...
Uber picked up some of Bing's mapping tech and employees (update)
It
turns out that Uber's desire for mapping tech didn't really stop with
Nokia's Here maps. The ride-sharing platform just picked up a portion of
Microsoft's Bing maps technologies and about 100 of Redmond's employees
as TechCrunch tells it. The way ... Read More ...
LG's hexagonal battery promises longer-lasting smartwatches
Quite
a few smartwatches are round, so why are they still using rectangular
batteries? LG Chem certainly doesn't think that makes sense. It just
started shipping a hexagonal battery that should deliver 25 percent more
capacity in circular watches, wh... Read More ...
Teaching a robot to feel, live on the opera stage
Myon
is a shiny white humanoid robot and the star of My Square Lady, an
opera that opened this month in Berlin's Komische Oper in Germany. The
operatic robot is a product of the Neurorobotics Research Laboratory at
Berlin's Humboldt University and th... Read More ...
Bricasso 'printer' makes mosaic art out of Lego tiles
If
you fancy playing with Lego blocks and you're not familiar with Jason
Allemann, take a few minutes to browse his work. He's one set of hands
behind JK Brickworks, a site that posts rather unique builds with the
plastic bits, including gravity-powe... Read More ...
Instagrads: What it's like to spend all 4 years of high school on Instagram
By Sarah Kessler"You've never heard of 'Man Crush Monday'?"
Michael Martin, a recent graduate of Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, has graciously agreed to explain his class's Instagram habits to me.
"Well, 'Man Crush Monday' is the...
Read More ...
Google Earth gets two new features for its 10th birthday
Can
you believe that Google Earth has been around for a full decade now? To
celebrate this milestone, Google unveiled a pair of striking new (and
expanded) features to the planet virtualization system on Monday. The
first is Voyager, which available ... Read More ...
'Top Gun 2' will pit Tom Cruise against drones
Cinema
always reflects our anxieties back onto us, so it's no surprise to see
that the Top Gun sequel will involve unmanned aerial vehicles. Producer
David Ellison told Collider that Tom Cruise will return to the series
that made him famous, with a s... Read More ...
Supreme Court won't touch Google's fight with Oracle over Android
When
Oracle got a second chance at making Google pay for using Java
programming kits in Android, the folks in Mountain View raced to the
Supreme Court in hopes of stopping that renewed lawsuit dead in its
tracks. Unfortunately for Google, that's not ... Read More ...
London's getting the world's first all-electric double-decker bus
London's
red double-decker buses are going green. No, we're not talking about a
change to their iconic paint-jobs: Mayor Boris Johnson today announced
plans to introduce an all-electric model in the capital. London is
already served by hundreds of hy... Read More ...
Apple Watch patent would have you sharing files with a handshake
Wondering
how you'd exchange info between smartwatches when their displays are so
small? Apple thinks it has an easy answer: make the same gestures you
already use to greet your friends. The tech firm has applied for a
patent on a system that exchang... Read More ...
Available Tags:Windows , Microsoft , Google , PayPal , Samsung , Blu-ray , Apple , iOS , Facebook , TV , opera , Oracle , Android ,
No comments:
Post a Comment