June 13, 2016
Twitter chairman: Even painful political tweets have a place
Twitter chairman Omid Kordestani says that even the harshest, most painful political tweets have a place on Twitter — whether we like it or not. “How do you personally react…
Crunch Report | Apple WWDC 2016
Today was Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference 2016, App Store has a ton of downloads and continues to grow, over $50 billion paid to developers, Siri had an update, Apple…
Behold the Xbox One S and Design Lab controllers in all their glory
Earlier today, they were but flashes on the big screen at Microsoft’s big E3 kickoff event. Now they’re pieces of metal and plastic in the same venue that hosted the…
I mean, I’m as excited about The Last Guardian as the next unwashed blogger, but you didn’t really think we were going to get out of tonight’s pre-E3 Sony press…
The Last Guardian is definitely (probably) coming to PS4 this October
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Several times, year after year. But Sony kicked off this year’s big pre-E3 press conference with yet another glimpse at the long…
We have been living through another cold war. Not geo-political — digital. Open-source software versus commercial software has long been on the brink of going nuclear, fought in the shadows…
Here are the most well-designed apps of 2016, according to Apple
Once a year, Apple stops its Worldwide Developer Conference to recognize a handful of apps for being particularly well designed. The prize? A shiny statue, a full suite of Apple hardware,…
While the tech industry digests the news that LinkedIn is becoming an independently run subsidiary of Microsoft in exchange for $26.2 billion in cash, one renowned figure in Silicon Valley…
Spotfund makes micro-donations easier with social-first mobile app
Pouring a bucket of ice-cold water over your head, or liking or sharing a charity online might help raise awareness, but what campaigns that go comprehensively viral really need is…
iOS 10 beta finally lets you remove all those built-in apps
Raise your hand if you have a folder on your iPhone or iPad filled with all the built-in apps from Apple that you never use but can’t delete. Oh, all…
Well, this just rocketed to the top of our list of most eagerly anticipated VR games in warp speed. At its big pre-E3 press conference, Ubisoft unveiled Star Trek: Bridge…
On Monday, Apple announced that it would make an app called Home available to users soon, allowing them to connect and control all of their HomeKit-enabled smart home devices from their iPads, iPhones or…
Apple’s latest foray into the enterprise involves deeper integration with Cisco
Lost in the hubbub of today’s two hour-plus Apple WWDC keynote was an announcement of deep integration between Apple and Cisco in the upcoming release of iOS 10 — yes,…
E-commerce giant Branding Brand announced today that it acquired Waysay, a company specializing in customer engagement tech like marketing automation, in-app messaging and other technologies to help big brands engage…
If, or more accurately, when your company is hit by a cyber attack, do you have what you need to recover? Do you know what kind of losses you can…
With changes to price-matching, Amazon and Walmart usher a new era of retail
In the grand scheme of things, it appears we have just reached the point of a new evolution in retail.
Apple launches Swift Playgrounds for iPad to teach kids to code
Apple today announced Swift Playgrounds for the iPad, a new project that aims to teach kids to code in Swift. When you first open it, Swift Playgrounds presents you with…
Apple launches iMessage Apps so third-party devs can join your convos
At today’s WWDC Keynote, Apple swung open the gates for developers. Not only has the company opened up Siri to third-party developers, but it’s also letting third-party devs into sacred…
Apple unbundles its native apps like Mail, Maps, Music and more, puts them in the App Store
Apple today has made a big change to its suite of native applications for iOS devices, like Mail, Stocks, Compass, Calculator, Watch, Weather and others: it’s now making these available…
Apple Music’s redesign makes it feel like a familiar iPod
Today Apple showed off a brand-new version of Apple music, which the company said was built “from the ground up” with simplicity in mind. The company also boasted that the…
Today at Apple’s WWDC 2016 conference, Apple SVP Craig Federighi announced a major update to Apple’s Internet of Things platform, HomeKit. The big news is Apple built a dedicated app…
Apple introduces facial and object recognition for mobile photographers
Remember that photo you took at a restaurant a few years ago? The one of the fancy dessert you want to show to a friend in the bar? In the…
What a surprise. Apple just unveiled iOS 10 at its annual developer conference. The tenth major iteration of the operating system for iPhones and iPads comes with a bunch of…
Apple iOS 10 “Memories” turns old photos into editable mini-movies
Apple is taking on TimeHop, Facebook On This Day and Google Photos Assistant all at once with its new iOS 10 feature Memories that’s a tab inside Photos. Using local, on-device…
Project Scorpio is the next Xbox One console, arriving late 2017
Sure the Xbox One S was the big news from today’s event, but Microsoft had one major surprise up its sleeve: Project Scorpio. Xbox head Phil Spencer took the stage one final…
Apple finally opens Siri to third-party developers
As widely expected, Apple is lavishing TLC on its voice assistant, Siri, at this year’s WWDC. The company has just announced it will be letting developers bake Siri’s voice functionality…
Apple takes on PayPal with Apple Pay on the web
Online shopping is about to get even easier. At WWDC today in San Francisco, Apple finally announced that Apple Pay is coming to the web this fall. Mac users will…
Auto Unlock on your Mac hints at future MacBook Pro with Touch ID
Apple just unveiled macOS 12 at WWDC, the next version of Apple’s operating system. Among other things, the company announced a brand new way to unlock your Mac. Instead of…
OS X is now macOS and gets support for Siri, auto unlock and more
If Apple’s naming scheme was starting to bother you (with iOS, tvOS and watchOS working under different naming rules from OS X), fret no more. As the company announced today,…
Move Loot, the online secondhand furniture marketplace that offered a full-service pickup, delivery, storage and listing service for buyers and sellers, has been having a lot of issues recently. The…
