Virtual reality is becoming a major focus for struggling smartphone maker HTC, but not so major that it will spin out its VR business into a standalone company. Read More HTC Denies Reports It Will Spin Its VR Business Into ...This entry was posted in Asia Finance Gadgets HTC Virtual reality VR on January 18, 2016 by Jon Russell
Here’s to good old Atlas, the walking humanoid robot. He walks, he runs, he carries heavy loads and now – as part of a calibration program – he can do chores around the house. This video shows the team at IHMC Robotics running calibration tests on Atlas. These tests let the operators understand how he moves in the world and what they need to do to tweak his motions. For… Read More Atlas, The Humanoid Robot, Could Become Your Android ButlerThis entry was posted in Gadgets TC on January 18, 2016 by John Biggs
I am a big fan of watching old stuff work again and video takes the proverbial IBM cake. The PS/2 Model 30 came out in the early 1990s and was one of the first machines with an Intel 286 CPU, a 10Mhz monster that could run Sierra games like a cha... Powering Up A New-Old-Stock PS/2 Model 30This entry was posted in Gadgets IBM TC on January 18, 2016 by John Biggs
Texting is an intimate way to have a conversation. But how intimate is it, exactly, when you count up all the people who could be listening in? The post Your Selfies Are Insecure. Here’s How to Encrypt Them appeared first on WIRED. Your Selfies Are Insecure. Here’s How to Encrypt ThemThis entry was posted in Gear messaging apps selfies on January 18, 2016 by April Glaser
Today at the DLD conference in Munich, Germany, the CEO of Facebook-owned WhatsApp made a couple of big announcements about how the messaging app plans to evolve to its next phase as it approaches 1 billion users: the company plans to drop its $0.99 annual subscription fee, and it will start to test out more commercial services — specifically a B2C business for companies to… Read More WhatsApp Ditches $1 Annual Fee, Tests Business Accounts But No ...This entry was posted in Apps Customer Service Enterprise Europe messaging messaging apps Social TC WhatsApp and tagged facebook on January 18, 2016 by Ingrid Lunden