It’s that time of year again: more than 40 500Startups companies presented and launched in Mountain View this afternoon. From acne consultations by dermatologists through your smartphone, to selling sewing patterns, today’s Demo Day hit quite a few pretty interesting areas. Here are a couple of our favorite ones from the batch. Read MoreDaily Archives: May 13, 2016
It’s that time of year again: more than 40 500Startups companies presented and launched in Mountain View this afternoon. From acne consultations by dermatologists through your smartphone, to selling sewing patterns, today’s Demo Day hit quite a few pretty interesting areas. Here are a couple of our favorite ones from the batch. Read MoreLike everyone else in media, Michael and David are obsessed with this week's blow-up over Facebook's Trending News box. The post Gadget Lab Podcast: The Future of News on Facebook appeared first on WIRED.
Gadget Lab Podcast: The Future of News on Facebook
Here’s the thing: when your eyes are synthesizing information from multiple screens into a three-dimensional virtual space, the word “screenshot” fails to describe what it is doing almost as badly as it fails to document what you are experiencing. So I’m calling it viewcapture. Read MoreGearVR update brings much-needed native viewcapture tool to compatible phones
Wearables might be set to get a whole lot more useful in future if research being conducted by Carnegie Mellon University’s Future Interfaces Group is indicative of the direction of travel. Read MoreMaking wearables more useful and smart homes less of a ...
YouTube as a messaging app? Sure, why not! Everyone’s doing it, after all. In case you missed it: YouTube announced this week that it’s testing a new feature with a subset of its mobile app user base that will allow them to easily share videos with family and friends. Users with the feature can chat about those videos in a new tab in the app, the company says. The feature… Read MoreYouTube tests an in-app messenger for sharing videos with friends
According to multiple rumors and a newly spotted placeholder on the Google Play Developer Console, it seems that Google will be unveiling an Android VR headset at Google I/O next week. Android Police first spotted the placeholder, which is currently just that — you can’t click into the link like you would be able to with the Android Wear, Android TV, or Android Auto. Last week,… Read MoreGoogle may unveil Android VR headset at I/O conference
According to multiple rumors and a newly spotted placeholder on the Google Play Developer Console, it seems that Google will be unveiling an Android VR headset at Google I/O next week. Android Police first spotted the placeholder, which is currently just that — you can’t click into the link like you would be able to with the Android Wear, Android TV, or Android Auto. Last week,… Read MoreGoogle may unveil Android VR headset at I/O conference
How They Filmed the Wildest Snowboard Series You’ll Ever See
Android finally got a weather app worth paying for. Really. The post Cult-Favorite iOS Weather App 'Dark Sky' Rumbles Onto Android appeared first on WIRED.
Cult-Favorite iOS Weather App ‘Dark Sky’ Rumbles Onto Android
If the world's going to be filled with screens, those screens are going to be e-paper. The post Get Ready for the World to Be Covered in Electronic Ink appeared first on WIRED.