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Akamai — CDN network Akamai published today its quarterly “State of the Internet” report for the first quarter of 2016. The report examines global internet speeds, which are going to be more relevant than ever for live-sports aficionados in the summer of the Rio Olympics games. Global average connection speed increased 12 percent from the fourth quarter of 2015, to 6.3 Mbps, a 23… Read More

CDN network Akamai published today its quarterly “State of the Internet” report for the first quarter of 2016. The report examines global internet speeds, which are going to be more relevant than ever for live-sports aficionados in the summer of the Rio Olympics games. Global average connection speed increased 12 percent from the fourth quarter of 2015, to 6.3 Mbps, a 23… Read More

Akamai: global average connection speed up 12 percent, bye bye ...

This entry was posted in Mobile TC on June 28, 2016 by Lucia Maffei

live.ly-ios — Live.ly, the newly released live streaming app from musical.ly, has now secured the top slot in the Apple app store. That puts live.ly above Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, Google Maps and Instagram. Live.ly finished rolling out last Thursday and the app has already received over 500,000 downloads, the company tells TechCrunch. The app lets people broadcast what they are doing in… Read More

Live.ly, the newly released live streaming app from musical.ly, has now secured the top slot in the Apple app store. That puts live.ly above Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, Google Maps and Instagram. Live.ly finished rolling out last Thursday and the app has already received over 500,000 downloads, the company tells TechCrunch. The app lets people broadcast what they are doing in… Read More

Live.ly shoots to the top of the App Store

This entry was posted in app-store Apps charts Mobile TC Video on June 28, 2016 by Katie Roof

_X3A9216 — The mad roboticists at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne have produced another biomimetic mechanoid — this one based on the lithe locomotion of the salamander. “Pleurobot” imitates the amphibian’s ambulation with its own articulated vertebrae, allowing it to slither along on land or at sea. Read More

The mad roboticists at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne have produced another biomimetic mechanoid — this one based on the lithe locomotion of the salamander. “Pleurobot” imitates the amphibian’s ambulation with its own articulated vertebrae, allowing it to slither along on land or at sea. Read More

The Pleurobot robo-salamander crawls and swims like a real amphibian

This entry was posted in artificial intelligence Gadgets research robotics robots TC on June 28, 2016 by Devin Coldewey

PredictSpring, a startup that helps brands and retailers build mobile apps, announced today that it has raised $11.4 million in Series A funding. Founder and CEO Nitin Mangtani has said that one of his goals is to help businesses create truly nat...

Mobile shopping startup PredictSpring raises $11.4M

This entry was posted in Apps eCommerce Fundings & Exits Mobile mobile shopping Startups TC on June 28, 2016 by Anthony Ha

Sydney, Australia — Apple knows that the battle for people’s pockets is going to be fought in part in the photography space. With iOS 10, the company is making it even easier to get to the camera in a hurry, but in an effort to remind people that they’re already carrying a great camera around with them, Apple is launching a new round of its popular Shot on iPhone advertising campaign. Read More

Apple knows that the battle for people’s pockets is going to be fought in part in the photography space. With iOS 10, the company is making it even easier to get to the camera in a hurry, but in an effort to remind people that they’re already carrying a great camera around with them, Apple is launching a new round of its popular Shot on iPhone advertising campaign. Read More

Apple doubles down on photography with new Shot on iPhone ...

This entry was posted in Gadgets Mobile TC and tagged apple iphone on June 28, 2016 by Haje Jan Kamps

brokenchain — Imagine a washer that autonomously contacts suppliers and places orders when it’s low on detergent, performs self-service and maintenance, and schedules its cycles to take advantage of electricity prices; a connected car, smart enough to find and choose the best deal for parts and services; a manufacturing plant where the machinery knows when to order repairs for some of its parts… Read More

Imagine a washer that autonomously contacts suppliers and places orders when it’s low on detergent, performs self-service and maintenance, and schedules its cycles to take advantage of electricity prices; a connected car, smart enough to find and choose the best deal for parts and services; a manufacturing plant where the machinery knows when to order repairs for some of its parts… Read More

Decentralizing IoT networks through blockchain

This entry was posted in Column Gadgets Internet of Things IoT TC on June 28, 2016 by Ben Dickson

artificial intelligence — This week is the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition conference in Las Vegas, and Google researchers have several accomplishments to present. They’ve taught computer vision systems to detect the most important person in a scene, to pick out and track individual body parts, and to describe what they see in language that leaves nothing to the imagination. Read More

This week is the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition conference in Las Vegas, and Google researchers have several accomplishments to present. They’ve taught computer vision systems to detect the most important person in a scene, to pick out and track individual body parts, and to describe what they see in language that leaves nothing to the imagination. Read More

Google researchers teach AIs to see the important parts of ...

This entry was posted in AI artificial intelligence Computer Vision Gadgets TC and tagged google on June 28, 2016 by Devin Coldewey

twitter headquarters — Twitter is beginning to devote resources toward building out a dedicated VR/AR-focused team. The social media company has hired former Apple designer Alessandro Sabatelli to lead the initiative as Twitter’s Director of VR and AR, Will Mason over at UploadVR reports. Update: Twitter has confirmed the hire and said that the Augmented Reality team will be housed within the… Read More

Twitter is putting together a team focused on VR and ...

This entry was posted in augmented reality Social TC Virtual reality and tagged twitter on June 28, 2016 by Lucas Matney

evernote — Evernote is an indispensible tool for many, and the company is always working on making it more so — “but that requires a significant investment of energy, time, and money,” it writes in a new blog post. You know what that means: price hikes. Read More

Evernote is an indispensible tool for many, and the company is always working on making it more so — “but that requires a significant investment of energy, time, and money,” it writes in a new blog post. You know what that means: price hikes. Read More

Evernote tweaks features in free plan and raises prices in ...

This entry was posted in Apps Cloud Gadgets Mobile TC on June 28, 2016 by Devin Coldewey