Periscope added its biggest missing feature today in a move that could make it more palatable to brands and social stars, and help it compete with Facebook Live. You can now permanently save replays of your broadcasts by including #Save in their title. You still can delete them later if you want. Previously, broadcasts disappeared after 24 hours.
Periscope’s CEO Kayvon Beykpour took… Read MoreDaily Archives: May 4, 2016
Periscope added its biggest missing feature today in a move that could make it more palatable to brands and social stars, and help it compete with Facebook Live. You can now permanently save replays of your broadcasts by including #Save in their title. You still can delete them later if you want. Previously, broadcasts disappeared after 24 hours.
Periscope’s CEO Kayvon Beykpour took… Read More
Fitbit is not having a good day, with the stock crashing more than 11% after reporting its first-quarter results. Here’s the rub: its guidance for the second quarter came in light. Very light. Industry watchers were expecting the company to report earnings around 26 cents per share, while the company put its outlook at earnings between 8 cents per share and 11 cents per share.… Read MoreFitbit shares tank after reporting a weak outlook amid rising ...
Fitbit is not having a good day, with the stock crashing more than 11% after reporting its first-quarter results. Here’s the rub: its guidance for the second quarter came in light. Very light. Industry watchers were expecting the company to report earnings around 26 cents per share, while the company put its outlook at earnings between 8 cents per share and 11 cents per share.… Read MoreFitbit shares tank after reporting a weak outlook amid rising ...
It’s another victory for the machines: a robotic surgical system outperformed humans and robot-assisted human operators in a soft-tissue procedure, bringing us that much closer to automated medical care (and the robocalypse). Read MoreRobot surgeon outperforms human colleagues doing same procedure
Tesla says it is expecting to hit its goal of producing 500,000 cars annually — including the Model S, Model X and Model 3 — two years earlier than expected, meeting that expectation by 2018. All this is coming ahead of a critical next year for Tesla with the expansion of its line of vehicles with the Model 3 and updates to its Model S. Tesla also said it is re-affirming its plan… Read MoreTesla ramps up its ambitions, expecting to produce 500,000 cars ...
Sometimes you see an application of technology that’s so innovative and helpful that you can’t believe it exists in this age of narcissistic and short-sighted startups. Spirocall, a service that lets anyone in the world call a toll-free number and have their lung health evaluated over the phone, seems too good to be real — but it’s real, and it’s good. Read MoreSpirocall measures lung health over any phone – no app ...
With the rise and rise of messaging (I have at least six messaging apps on my phone and counting), tech companies are piling into the space. Many are trying to shoe-horn ‘chat bots’ into behaving like they are capable of customer service. Facebook Messenger, Kik, Twitter, Skype, Telegram, and WhatsApp have all announced such services. But as others have pointed out, we are nowhere… Read MoreLiveNinja secures a further $2M to combine live web chat ...
When it's right, the WTF Is That bot for Facebook Messenger is impressive. When it's wrong, it's hilarious. The post The 'WTF Is That' Bot Tells You What's in Your Photos. Well, Sometimes appeared first on WIRED.
The ‘WTF Is That’ Bot Tells You What’s in Your ...
Charge is a new mobile internet provider who aims squarely at the generation of people who prefer to tap on their mobile devices rather than talk into them. Next week, the company is launching a $10 per month SMS-and-data plan, and a $20 per mont...
Charge starts price war with $10 per month SMS-and-data phone ...
