By Susan Doktor According to a study by Pew Research, more than half of Americans feel that the global pandemic has changed their lives forever. Certainly, the way we work, learn, socialize—or don’t socialize, as the case may be—has been disrupted. But countless other aspects of our daily lives have been altered—right down to the […]
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6 Living Room Paint Color Ideas for Every Taste
Choosing the paint color that perfectly suits your living room walls can be a crucial task. You probably spend ample amounts of time in your living room. You’ll possibly host guests in your living room at some point. The paint color is supposed to look fantastic in natural light during the daylight and at night […]
Bitcoin Or Gold: What’s Better In Terms Of Investment Now?
Right after the markets crashed after the COVID19 virus was declared a pandemic, Bitcoin entered a price rally and this bull run is still going strong today. After being discarded for such a long time for being a volatile or risky investment, Bitcoin has shown that people value innovation. If you are an investor that […]
The Top 5 sports to practice with your connected watch in winter
With winter soon to be knocking on our doors, aside from a good soup and an excellent cheese fondue, it is more than ever necessary to do physical exercises to warm up. As during other seasons elsewhere. There are a thousand and one winter sports that you can practice. We’re not going to lie to each other: motivation […]
Startup Strategies: Make Your Site Irresistible to Investors
If you are going to start a business then you should have a knowledge of the ways by which good financial projections can be created and how to focus on growth metrics and financial metrics. When you are ready to manage the trade finances with the right documents for it then you should not think […]
Managing your Advertisements through PPC Services
PPC is not an easy task because there are many things you have to get involved with. There is a lot of competition out there and therefore you have to have the right set of keywords. It is important that you follow the procedure of PPC properly otherwise you will be losing a lot of […]
Using Bitcoin for order Bitcoin cPanel Hosting and Bitcoin VPS Hosting
How to buy vps hosting, dedicated server, cpanel hosting by bitcoin! Q- Can we buy hosting services with bitcoin? -Yes! Bitcoin has made online payments easy and secured as it was never before, now people can purchase hosting services like VPS hosting, dedicated server, cPanel hosting in few minutes with instant deployment. Bitcoin has changed the traditional payment…
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WHAT ROBOTICS CAN TEACH KIDS
INTRODUCTION Everyone thinks robotics is quite a complicated and complex discipline. Yes, of course, it is a complex subject. But it benefits school children in many ways. Robotics is an interdisciplinary subject where it deals with math, science, electronics and computer science. Through robotics, children get a deep knowledge of these subjects. Robotics can be […]
Tachyum Joins JEDEC Committees Working on Standards for Solid State Memories
SANTA CLARA, Calif., February 25, 2020 – Semiconductor startup Tachyum Inc. today announced that it has become members of two JEDEC committees developing standards for solid state memories and DRAM modules that will shape the semiconductor industry’s position in the rapidly evolving global marketplace. Tachyum is one of nearly 300 member companies of the JEDEC, […]
Asigra Warns that RMM Platforms with Integrated Backup Will be Ongoing Attack Vector for Ransomware in 2020
Mission Critical MSP and Customer Data in RMM Environments at High Risk TORONTO – February 19, 2020 – Leading cloud backup, recovery and restore software provider Asigra Inc., today released a bulletin to the company’s global network of managed service providers warning of the growing ransomware threat to remote monitoring and management (RMM) platforms as […]
Trend Micro furthers its patent protection by joining industry group committed to fight patent infringement
Cybersecurity innovator filed 24 patents in 2019 in mission to protect global customers Bangalore, January 29, 2020 –– Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, today announced it has joined non-profit community LOT Network in a bid to combat the growing threat posed to its business and its customers by patent […]
AI and Big Data to redefine the technology landscape of GRC
– Anil D’Souza, Founder and CEO, Simpliance Technologies The nature of risks is continuously changing and evolving at unprecedented levels and hence implementing a successful risk management program is the call for organizations looking to safeguard their hard-earned reputation. Failure to do so could be detrimental, as many organizations in the past have realized the hard […]
Modernisation yielding strong results
(Fornebu, 29 January 2020) “The fourth quarter results reflect overall solid performance for Telenor Group. During the quarter, subscription and traffic revenues increased by two percent and operating expenses decreased by six percent. As a result, EBITDA improved by five percent. In Norway, growth in mobile revenues continued with further ARPU improvement, and we […]
CloudJumper Appoints Brad Rowland as Executive Board Advisor
Seasoned CMO to Advise on Marketing Efforts as Global Demand for Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop Solutions Rise GARNER, NC – (January 29, 2020) – CloudJumper today announced the appointment of Brad Rowland to the company’s board of advisors. An industry veteran with extensive experience in the end user computing (EUC) space, Brad has held […]
Why PPC is the Silent Ingredient For A Marketing Agency
It is very difficult to find one of the many options that will work for your marketing agency. What SEO will be able to get you the jackpot? Is social media really the best route for Digital marketing? How far will I get content marketing? But today we are going to talk about PPC marketing […]
Policies Adopted by Social Media Sites to Regulate Political Ads
How social media sites handle political ads Before the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scam was exposed, we hardly knew why we keep seeing ads for certain political parties. It turns out that our personal data on Facebook was being harvested to shape our political views through these personalized ads. Now that we are approaching the U.S. presidential […]
How to Make Your Office Relocation as Painless as Possible
Change is never an easy thing. Humans are creatures of habit, and anything that threatens our comfort and security is usually the subject of our ire and hostility. However, change is also inevitable, and it’s more often than not for the better. It just takes most of us a while to see this. There are […]
Home Alone After School – A Safety Guide for Kids
7 min. read This guide was created to help families prepare for a child being home alone. Use these tips, technologies, and our refrigerator-friendly Safety Guide for Kids to prepare your kids to stay safe when they’re on their own. For some families, there’s no way around older kids being home alone after school. […]
Telenor Group merges online classifieds assets with Carousell
(Singapore, 21 November 2019) Telenor Group today announced a merger between its online classifieds business, 701Search, and Carousell, one of Asia’s largest and fastest-growing classifieds marketplaces, in an equity and cash agreement. The merger creates a regional leader in online classifieds. Telenor Group receives a 32 percent stake in the company, making it the largest […]
AT&T will say you have “5G E” on your 4G phone because marketing trumps truth
Maybe you heard about AT&T’s new 5G network and thought “hey, 5 is more than 4 so it’s clearly better”, and then proceeded to anxiously wait to have 5G on your phone. Good news! It’s coming way sooner than you might have expected. Only it’s not actually 5G. Confused? That’s exactly where AT&T’s marketing department […]
Asus ROG Phone review
In more ways than one the ROG phone is a benchmark, a practical example of what a gaming phone could be when you really have the expertise, experience and technical prowess to pull it off and dial everything to eleven. Powered by WPeMatico
OnePlus seems to have cut off the 6T’s bezels in an ad
Remember the controversy regarding Lenovo’s Z5 and its bezels that turned out to be much larger in reality than in its official images? Well, it sure looks like OnePlus hasn’t learned anything from that debacle. Here’s a Twitter user noticing something strange about an ad for the OnePlus 6T that popped up on Instagram. Look […]
Huawei P30 to sport triple rear camera, rumor says
We’ve already heard that the Huawei P30 Pro will launch with four cameras on the back, but what about the non-Pro model? Thankfully, leaker extraordinaire @evleaks has the answer. According to someone who’s seen the upcoming Huawei P30, it will come with three rear snappers, of which one has 40 MP resolution. The phone will […]
New Xiaomi Play teaser hints at a Guinness World Record
Xiaomi’s teaser campaign for the Play smartphone it’s due to unveil on December 24 is in full swing. We’ve already heard that it’s going to arrive with 10GB of free monthly data, but the newest round of teasers is more intriguing to say the least. Apparently the company might reveal that the Play is in […]
Join us in Las Vegas during CES
We will be holding a small event during CES in Las Vegas and we want to see you! We’re looking to meet some cool hardware and crypto startups, so the good folks at Work In Progress have opened up their space to us and 200 of you all to hold a meetup and pitch-off. The […]
The best and worst gadgets of 2018
There were countless gadgets released in 2018. It’s the end of the year, so Brian and I rounded up the best of the best and the worst of the worst. Some where great! Like the Oculus Go. Or the Google Home Hub. But some were junk, like the revived Palm or PlayStation Classic. CES 2019 […]
A startup’s guide to CES
The Consumer Electronics Show, like Burning Man, is a massive event in the middle of the desert. Also like Burning Man it is populated by some of the greatest minds in technology. But, unlike Burning Man, these people are all dressed and only a few of them are on hard psychotropic drugs. Also CES is […]
Bellabeat’s new hybrid smartwatch tracks your stress…and goes with your outfit
Bellabeat, the company behind a variety of health and wellness wearable devices aimed at women, is now selling its first smartwatch. The device, which is simply called “Time,” was announced earlier this month right in the midst of holiday shopping season. Like other fitness trackers, the watch is capable of basic tasks like counting your […]
Bounce raises $1.2M to tap local retailers for short-term storage
If you’ve ever found yourself lugging a big suitcase from meeting to meeting, a startup called Bounce could make your life easier. Using Bounce, you’ll be able to pay for short-term storage at hotels, dry cleaners and other local businesses. The San Francisco-based startup is announcing that it has raised $1.2 million in seed funding […]
SoftBank’s Vision Fund is preparing to invest $1 billion in Grab
SoftBank’s Vision Fund is set to continue its recent spree of investments in Asian tech unicorns. The mega fund — which is targeted at $100 billion — is planning to invest upwards of $1 billion into Southeast Asia’s ride-hailing leader Grab, two sources with knowledge of the plan told TechCrunch. The investment could reach as much […]
Crowdfunded developer of space sim Star Citizen takes on $46M in funding at nearly $500M valuation
The story of the game Star Citizen and Cloud Imperium, the company developing it, is almost too ludicrous to believe: a crowdfunding effort to create a space sim of unparalleled size and realism, raising hundreds of millions, with backers paying thousands for ships and gear in a game that’s years from release. Yet it’s real […]
IBM Research develops fingerprint sensor to monitor disease progression
IBM today announced that it has developed a small sensor that sits on a person’s fingernail to help monitor the effectiveness of drugs used to combat the symptoms of Parkinson’s and other diseases. Together with the custom software that analyzes the data, the sensor measures how the nail warps as the user grips something. Because virtually any […]
Spot is a cryptocurrency app to control all your wallets and exchange accounts
Meet Spot, a beautifully designed mobile app to control your cryptocurrencies. Spot looks like a portfolio-tracking app. But the company has built a strong foundation to add more features in the coming months. Spot wants to be your unique gateway to the world of cryptocurrencies. “Spot’s vision isn’t to build a portfolio tracker — we […]
Layer1 wants to thrive in the age of the crypto crash
A year ago, crypto was reaching ever new highs, and I was talking about whether ICOs would supplant the VC funding round and warning about Kim Jong Un’s crypto trading operations. And then the world turned upside down. Crypto prices are near rock-bottom prices, with Bitcoin hanging around $4,000 and Ethereum around $113, down from […]
CherryHome raises $5.2M to apply AI to home care cameras, detecting behavior changes
A new startup using AI to look after elderly people at home has raised a new round of funding to apply its platform to detect changes in gait or behavior, falls or stumbles. In other words, it could start to predict changes in long-term health. CherryHome, the home AI security system created by startup Cherry […]
Honor View 20 to be capable of 960 fps video
A couple of new posters for the Honor View 20 launch have surfaced on Weibo. The first one mentions that the new View 20 is going to feature advanced GPS as debuted on the Huawei Mate 20 Pro for more accurate GPS tracking, particularly while going for a run but should help navigation in cities […]
Moto G7 lineup revealed in press renders leak
Motorola is getting ready to announce the Moto G7 lineup soon. Press renders for the Moto G7, G7 Plus, G7 Power, and G7 Play have leaked courtesy of DroidShout.com. The most apparent difference we can see is the addition of a now notched display which has black bezels. The Moto G6 had a perfectly rectangular […]
Nokia 3 receives Android 8.1 Oreo update
HMD Global has apparently started sending out the update to Android 8.1 Oreo to the Nokia 3 from 2017. The phone launched with Android 7.0 Nougat on board, then received an update to Android 8.0 Oreo back in April this year. Now it’s time for it to make the jump to 8.1, although at this […]
OxygenOS 9.0.10 starts rolling out for the OnePlus 6T
Today OnePlus has started sending out a new software update to the 6T. It’s OxygenOS 9.0.10, and it brings with it the December 2018 security patches. Additionally, the company also promises better Wi-Fi stability for more reliable connectivity, Face Unlock improvements, and enhanced Nightscape performance for the camera. Those are all nice things to have, […]
OnePlus 6T gets a better DxO score than the OnePlus 6
The DxOMark lab has concluded testing on the OnePlus 6T and the results are in – a 98 overall score which is 2 points higher than the OnePlus 6 and a tie with the Google Pixel 2 for the 10th spot. The score breaks down into a 101 in imaging and 91 for video. The […]
FCC fines Swarm Technologies $900K over unauthorized satellite launch
Back in March came the surprising news that a satellite communications company still more or less in stealth mode had launched several tiny craft into orbit — against the explicit instructions of the FCC. The company, Swarm Technologies, now faces a $900,000 penalty from the agency, as well as extra oversight of its continuing operations. […]
Cinven acquires One.com, one of Europe’s biggest hosting providers with 1.5M customers
One of the biggest providers of domain names and web hosting in Europe is changing hands today. One.com, which has around 1.5 million customers mainly across the north of the region, has been sold by private equity firm Accel-KKR to Cinven, another PE player that focuses on investments in Europe. Terms of the deal are […]
Drones ground flights at UK’s second largest airport
Mystery drone operator/s have grounded flights at the U.K.’s second largest airport, disrupting the travel plans of hundreds of thousands of people hoping to get away over the festive period. The BBC reports that Gatwick Airport’s runway has been shut since Wednesday night on safety grounds, after drones were spotted being flown repeatedly over the […]
Gift Guide: 12 really useful gifts for the friends who just had a baby
Welcome to TechCrunch’s 2018 Holiday Gift Guide! Need more gift ideas? Check out our Gift Guide Hub. Buying the right stuff as a new parent is tough. Buying the right things for a new parent? Even harder. There’s just way, way too much junk out there marketed at new parents. A lot of it seems […]
eMarketer: Amazon took 2/3 of smart speaker sales in 2018, but Echo will feel the squeeze in 2019
Smart speakers that let you control services and other connected devices in your home will continue to be a popular gift choice during the holiday season and into next year, when usage is set to rise by 15 percent, to 74.2 million people in the U.S., working out to 26.8 percent of the U.S. population, […]
Twitter stock down after analyst calls it ‘Harvey Weinstein of Social Media’
Twitter was down 11 percent today after a Citron Research report called the platform, the “Harvey Weinstein of social media” and set a low target price of $20. As of publishing today, the stock was down more than 11 percent at $29.29 a share. In their report Citron did not mince words, basing their conclusions on […]
WhatsApp has an encrypted child porn problem
WhatsApp chat groups are being used to spread illegal child pornography, cloaked by the app’s end-to-end encryption. Without the necessary number of human moderators, the disturbing content is slipping by WhatsApp’s automated systems. A report from two Israeli NGOs reviewed by TechCrunch details how third-party apps for discovering WhatsApp groups include “Adult” sections that offer […]
Facebook and Twitter remove accounts spreading fake news ahead of Bangladesh’s elections
Twitter and Facebook announced this morning they’ve removed a combined total of 30 accounts that were working to spread misinformation in Bangladesh, 10 days before the country’s general elections. According to Facebook, the company removed nine Facebook Pages and six Facebook accounts that were engaging in “coordinated inauthentic behavior.” Twitter said it removed 15 accounts that […]
Boosted nabs $60M as the electric skateboard maker looks to build something new
Boosted has scored some serious cash as it looks to move beyond the world of electric skateboards to conquer new forms of personal transportation. The startup announced today that it has closed a $60 million round of Series B funding co-led by Khosla Ventures and iNovia Capital. Stanford-StartX Fund and Bay Meadows also participated in the round. […]
Earnin raises $125M to help workers track and cash out wages in real time
Before Ram Palaniappan founded Earnin, he developed a system for employees at a payments company called UniRush, where he spent eight years as president. If you needed money before payday, he would write you a check from his checking account and when payday rolled around, employees would reimburse him. Despite being paid what Palaniappan thought were […]
Zynga to acquire Small Giant Games, the maker of Empires & Puzzles, for $700M
Social game developer Zynga has entered into an agreement to acquire Small Giant Games, the startup behind the popular mobile game Empires & Puzzles, in a deal expected to total $700 million. Zynga, which has tumbled since its 2011 Nasdaq initial public offering, will initially acquire 80 percent of Small Giant Games for $560 million, composed […]
Juul Labs gets $12.8 billion investment from Marlboro maker Altria Group
After a long year fighting underage use of its products, Juul Labs has today struck a deal with Altria Group, the owners of Philip Morris USA and makers of Marlboro cigarettes. The deal values Juul at $38 billion, according to Bloomberg, and injects the company with a fresh $12.8 billion in exchange for a 35 […]
Gamelearn closes $5M Series A to develop video games for corporate training
Gamelearn, which develops video games to deliver corporate training, has scored $5 million in Series A funding. Participating in the new financing round is previous backer Kibo Ventures, along with Oak3Capital, All Iron Ventures, UL Invest, and Inveready. The Madrid-based startup says that it will use the new capital to boost the company’s production of […]
OnePlus 7 or OnePlus 5G leaks for the first time, take a look
If you were wondering what OnePlus’ 5G phone or the OnePlus 7 are going to look like, we may now have the answer. The image you can see below has been leaked today, and it’s a shot from an internal company meeting, with OnePlus CEO Pete Lau attending. The employee who took the picture surely […]
Nokia 9 PureView gets Bluetooth certified
The (in)famous Nokia 9 PureView is still vaporware at the moment, but that might change soon – either at CES in January or MWC in February. Three versions of it have just been certified by the Bluetooth SIG, a prerequisite step for the launch of any new smartphone. They have the model numbers TA-1082, TA-1087, […]
Apple’s latest 9.7-inch iPad is now just $229, $100 off its usual price and cheapest ever
Apple’s newest non-Pro iPad, the 9.7-inch model launched in March this year, can now be yours for the lowest price we’ve ever seen. Normally starting at $329 for the 32GB model, you can now grab the same tablet for only $229, both at Amazon and Walmart. Not only do you save $100, but at $229 […]
Android 9 Pie for the Nokia 8 is finally rolling out
The Nokia 8 is finally ready to taste Android Pie. HMD Global has started rolling out the update to all units today. This is the stable release, following a beta build that was outed around a week or so ago. It looks like no huge bugs were found in that one, or at least nothing […]
Redmi Pro 2 may be Xiaomi’s 48MP phone, teasers suggest Snapdragon 675 chipset
Remember the Xiaomi Redmi Pro? It may finally be getting a sequel as teasers have started cropping up on Weibo, one of which points to the Snapdragon 675 as the chipset of choice. Even more interestingly, this may be the Redmi with a 48MP camera that Xiaomi has been teasing lately. That one has also […]
This project is mapping every solar panel in the country using machine learning
Renewable energy is the future, but at present no one is tracking just who’s got solar panels on their roof, in their back yard, or a shared neighborhood installation. Fortunately, solar panels generally work best when exposed to the light. That makes them easy to spot, and count, from orbit — which is just what […]
The LibreRouter project aims to make mesh networks simple and affordable
In the city, we’re constantly saturated with the radio waves from 10 or 20 different routers, cell towers and other wireless infrastructure. But in rural communities there might only be one internet connection for a whole village. LibreRouter is a hardware and software project that looks to let those communities build their own modern, robust […]
Macaulay Culkin is Home Alone again in this fantastic Google Assistant ad
Google just released an advert for Google Assistant and its band of merry products. It’s really good. Basically, the ad is “Home Alone” reimagined, but this time Macaulay Culkin plays an adult Kevin who is home alone with a house full of devices controlled by Google Assistant. Obviously. And for the sake of objectivity, I […]
Casio unveils an all-metal G-Shock for those who need real steel
The G-Shock is so nerdy that it has become cool, and this latest model, the GMWB5000GD-9, is no exception. Based on the original G-Shock models, this decidedly unsmart (but not dumb) watch features solar charging, atomic timekeeping and a simple Bluetooth connection to your phone. Plus, now it comes in gold or silver-toned metal, a […]
Facebook defends allowing third parties access to user messages
In a new blog post, Facebook VP of Product Partnerships Ime Archibong addressed the company’s latest user privacy controversy. The rebuttal is the second round of Facebook’s push back against Tuesday’s report by the New York Times detailing some of Facebook’s special partnerships and extensive data sharing with major tech players. In the new post, […]
WhatsApp makes group calls easier, but calls still limited to four people
WhatsApp is making group calls easier with a change to the way its mobile app works. Before, users would have to start a 1:1 video call, then add participants — there wasn’t an option to begin a group call at once, the company says. Now, the design has been updated so you can start group […]
Crew, a Workplace and Slack messaging rival for shift workers, raises $35M, adds enterprise version
When it comes to shift workers communicating with each other in the workplace when they are not face-to-face, gone are the days of cork announcement boards. Now, the messaging app is the medium, and today one of the startups tackling that opportunity in a unique way has raised a round of funding to get to […]
Snapchat takes on TikTok with launch of Lens Challenges
Snapchat is looking to increase user engagement with the app with the launch of a new feature called Lens Challenges. Users can opt to participate in the challenges by creating a snap with a Lens that’s themed to a particular song, dance, holiday, event and more, the company explains. For example, one of the first […]
Washington, D.C. Attorney General sues Facebook over Cambridge Analytica scandal
Facebook users might have already moved on to the company’s next notable outrage, but the company is still answering for its privacy missteps from earlier this year. Washington, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine filed a lawsuit against Facebook on Wednesday, alleging that the company has not fulfilled its responsibility to protect user data. Racine’s office […]
Dataiku raises $101 million for its collaborative data science platform
Dataiku wants to turn buzzwords into an actual service. The company has been focused on data tools for many years, before everybody started talking about big data, data science and machine learning. And the company just raised $101 million in a round led by Iconiq Capital, with Alven Capital, Battery Ventures, Dawn Capital and FirstMark […]
These 10 enterprise M&A deals totaled over $87 billion this year
M&A activity was brisk in the enterprise market this year, with 10 high-profile deals totaling almost $88 billion. Companies were opening up their wallets and pouring money into mega acquisitions. It’s worth noting that the $88 billion figure doesn’t include Dell paying investors more than $23 billion for VMware tracking stock to take the company […]
PetaGene scores $2.1M in funding for its genomics data compression technology
PetaGene, the Cambridge, U.K.-based genomics data compression startup, has raised $2.1 million in further funding. Leading the round is U.S. venture firm Romulus Capital, with participation from other unnamed investors Silicon Valley and London. It brings total funding to $3.2 million. Previous investor Entrepreneur First, the company builder backed by Greylock Partners, also followed on. […]
Flux raises $7.5M Series A to bring its digital receipts platform to more banks and merchants
Flux, the London fintech that has built a technology platform for banks and merchants to power itemised digital receipts and a lot more, has raised $7.5 million in Series A funding. The round is led by VC firm e.ventures (which has previously backed the likes of Farfetch, Sonos and Groupon), with participation from existing investors […]
Price f(x) picks up €25M Series B for its pricing optimization SaaS
Price f(x), a startup that offers cloud-based pricing software, has raised €25 million in Series B funding. Leading the round is European B2B technology growth investor Digital + Partners, and consulting firm Bain & Company. Prague-based Credo Ventures and London-based Talis Capital, which both backed Price f(x) at Series A, have also participated in this […]
Did unicorns like Lyft and Uber wait too long?
It was several years ago, at a tech conference in Laguna Beach, Calif., that the venture capitalist Bill Gurley issued one of what would become repeated warnings that startups were staying private too long. Comparing companies that refuse to go public to undergrads whose college careers extend several years past the point that they should, […]
Report: Pinterest may go public as soon as April
Pinterest may follow Lyft and Uber to the public markets in the first half of 2019, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The visual search engine and shopping tool is expected to tap underwriters in January and complete an initial public offering as soon as April. The company was valued at just […]
Coinbase’s Earn.com becomes a crypto webinar with crypto rewards
Coinbase acquired Earn.com for at least $120 million back in April. And the company now plans to transform Earn.com into Coinbase Earn, a website with educational content to learn more about cryptocurrencies. Users who complete those classes will earn tokens. Coinbase bought Earn.com partly so that it could appoint Earn.com co-founder and CEO Balaji Srinivasan […]
Devcon raises $4.5M to beef up adtech security
Adtech cybersecurity company Devcon announced today that it has raised $4.5 million in seed funding. Over the past couple of years, ad fraud has become a bigger concern in the industry, but Devcon co-founder and CEO Maggie Louie said most existing solutions focus on things like verifying ad quality and confirming that impressions aren’t coming […]
Square Roots is bringing more transparency to its produce
If you’re concerned about what you eat, there’s a good chance you’ve looked at the food in the supermarket, or in your fridge, and wondered where it actually comes from. Now urban farming incubator Square Roots is introducing a new way for you to check full history of the produce that you’re about to purchase. […]
Twitter for iOS revives the reverse-chronological feed
Today Twitter made a lot of people happy by announcing that its iOS app has revived a long-lost feature: the reverse-chronological feed. It’s not enabled by default, but that’s a small price to pay in order to bring the service back to what it used to be before algorithms took over every social network out […]
Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ receive another new beta build of Android Pie
Samsung is now seeding yet another update to its Android Pie beta program for the Galaxy S9 and S9+. It’s currently available in the UK, France, Poland, and Germany, and once you install the 324MB file you’ll have software version G960FXXU2ZRLF on the Galaxy S9, and G965FXXU2ZRLF on the S9+. It’s nice to see the […]
Samsung Galaxy M20 to carry a 5,000 mAh battery, launch markets revealed
Samsung’s new entry level smartphone lineup, the M-series, is close to its debut and the M20 will be the first one through the door. We already know how the handset should look by the recent leaks so now it’s time for the internals. The latest reports deliver most of the specs as well as the […]
AT&T will turn on its 5G network this Friday
AT&T will power on its 5G network in 12 US cities on December 21 (this Friday). The first device to use the network is a Netgear-made Nighthawk 5G hotspot, but you can’t have one yet. For now the carrier is talking to businesses, giving them both the hotspot and the data for free. This is […]
Huawei rolls out Android Pie for the P20, P20 Pro and Mate 10 Pro
The Huawei P20, P20 Pro and Mate 10 Pro along with other flagship smartphones from the company have been running the beta version of the EMUI 9 software based on Android 9.0 Pie and now, the final and stable release is ready to roll out. So if you are a P20, P20 Pro or Mate […]
Gift Guide: 6 rugged gifts for outdoorsy friends and family
Shopping for someone who prefers hiking and camping to the great indoors can be tricky. Not only are outdoor enthusiasts usually less impressed by traditional gifts (clothes, games, etc.) but their preferred realm of technical gear is vast and confusing. If you’d rather not go deep on the research yourself, we’ve got some solid touchpoints […]
Ford comes up with a prototype noise-cancelling kennel to shelter dogs from fireworks
Dogs have a much wider range of hearing than humans, and noises that don’t bother us can give them a very ruff time. Fireworks are especially tough on many pups, and also hard on owners who have to calm their panicking pets. To potentially help them, Ford has developed a noise-cancelling kennel prototype that it […]
Here’s Google’s new Street View Trekker backpack
Years ago, Google’s Street View program expanded from streets to virtually everywhere, thanks to Google’s Trekker program that put 360-degree Street View cameras into a single backpack. Today, Google announced its upgraded Trekker backpack, which is significantly smaller and lighter than before. The old one weighed in at about 44 pounds. It’s not just a […]
Twitter rolls out ‘sparkle button’ to let users hide the algorithmic feed
Twitter is giving users the ability to easily switch between seeing the latest tweets first and seeing the company’s algorithmically chosen “Top Tweets” when they open the app. The company began testing this feature a few weeks ago, but they are officially rolling it out globally to all iOS users today, with Android and desktop […]