Daily Archives: March 14, 2016

This time, iRobot is ditching circles for a square. The post The Braava Is iRobot's New Roomba. And This One Mops appeared first on WIRED.

The Braava Is iRobot’s New Roomba. And This One Mops

This entry was posted in Gadget Lab gallery Gear robots smart home on March 14, 2016 by Molly McHugh

While many retired smartphones still work and have usable sensors like cameras, accelerometers, touch screens and bluetooth radios, large swaths of them remain unused or, worse yet, end up in landfills. The team at Phonvert created an open source...

Phonvert has a plan to convert old smartphones into IoT ...

This entry was posted in Internet of Things IoT Mobile TC on March 14, 2016 by Jay Donovan

Finnish startup Blooming is aiming to help stressed office workers re-take control of their lives, by using wearable tech to monitor and track stress levels, plus recommendation software and meditation to help give workers the space to stop and s...

Blooming measures your heart and brain to reduce stress at ...

This entry was posted in Gadgets Health TC on March 14, 2016 by Haje Jan Kamps

Google has lost an appeal in a Russian court against an antitrust ruling pertaining to its Android mobile OS. The competition complaint was brought against Android back in February 2016 by local company Yandex. Read More

Google loses Android antitrust appeal in Russia

This entry was posted in Android antitrust Europe Google Play Mobile TC and tagged google on March 14, 2016 by Natasha Lomas

alienware alpha xbox one — At this point, there's very little difference between the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4. But there was one key differentiating point. Xbox gamers could only play with Xbox and PC players as Microsoft was restricting access to the multiplayer component. Microsoft just announced that game developers can now create cross-platform multiplayer modes th Read More

At this point, there's very little difference between the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4. But there was one key differentiating point. Xbox gamers could only play with Xbox and PC players as Microsoft was restricting access to the multiplayer component. Microsoft just announced that game developers can now create cross-platform multiplayer modes th Read More

Xbox Live now supports cross-platform multiplayer with PS4

This entry was posted in Gadgets Gaming TC xbox on March 14, 2016 by Romain Dillet

Google today announced a number of new services for game developers at its annual Developer Day at the Game Developers Conference. They include tools for managing virtual goods and currencies, the launch of the Video Recording API so developers c...

Google launches new services for Android game developers

This entry was posted in Developer Internet advertising Mobile TC world wide web YouTube and tagged google on March 14, 2016 by Frederic Lardinois

Fumiko Yajima, owner of vegetable store Suika, swipes a credit card through a Square Inc. card reader plugged into an Apple Inc. iPad at the store in this arranged photograph taken in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013. Consumers in Japan paid cash for about 56 percent of their 279 trillion yen of purchases last fiscal year, while 12 percent was paid with plastic, Tokyo-based card company Credit Saison Co. estimates. Photographer: Yuriko Nakao/Bloomberg via Getty Images — Square is acquiring the team behind Framed Data, a predictive analytics service, and will be deploying the team of data scientists to its Square Capital team. Square tracks merchants’ transaction history through its services in order to better determine their eligibility for loans through Square Capital. There are certainly a lot of requirements around the analytics part of the… Read More

Square is acquiring the team behind Framed Data, a predictive analytics service, and will be deploying the team of data scientists to its Square Capital team. Square tracks merchants’ transaction history through its services in order to better determine their eligibility for loans through Square Capital. There are certainly a lot of requirements around the analytics part of the… Read More

Square brings on the team behind Framed Data, a predictive ...

This entry was posted in Apps Mobile Square Startups TC on March 14, 2016 by Matthew Lynley

app-store-bundles — This weekend, Apple’s App Store head Phil Schiller responded to complaints that spam apps and rip-offs were appearing in the App Store’s “New” and “What’s Hot” sections for certain categories. Unfortunately, this has been a longtime issue for Apple’s third-party application marketplace, and the subject of much developer frustration over the years. Read More

This weekend, Apple’s App Store head Phil Schiller responded to complaints that spam apps and rip-offs were appearing in the App Store’s “New” and “What’s Hot” sections for certain categories. Unfortunately, this has been a longtime issue for Apple’s third-party application marketplace, and the subject of much developer frustration over the years. Read More

Apple’s Phil Schiller promises to address the issue of spammy ...

This entry was posted in algorithms app-store Apps developers Mobile TC and tagged apple on March 14, 2016 by Sarah Perez

Philips is arguably the largest connected light bulb manufacturer with its Philips Hue system, but its color light bulbs are quite expensive. A color light bulb costs around $60. In case you just want simple connected lights, the company has adde...