The company announced Wednesday that it finally, officially would stop designing and producing its own smartphones. The post BlackBerry's Rise and Fall in 10 Phones appeared first on WIRED.
Daily Archives: September 28, 2016
The company announced Wednesday that it finally, officially would stop designing and producing its own smartphones. The post BlackBerry's Rise and Fall in 10 Phones appeared first on WIRED.
BlackBerry’s Rise and Fall in 10 Phones
Facebook couldn’t fit all developers for its F8 conference into San Francisco’s Fort Mason any more, so F8 will take place at San Jose’s McEnery Convention Center on April 18th and 19th, 2017.
Registration hasn’t started yet but will follow the same rules as last year, which you’ll want to follow if you’re trying to get a seat since it always sells out quickly. Read MoreFacebook’s F8 2017 conference outgrows SF, hits San Jose April ...
Humans are pretty good at ballparking distances, even with one eye closed — but it turns out computer vision systems have a hard time with it. Researchers hope to fix that, or at least make robots a little more robust, by teaching them to navigate a space without the benefit of stereo vision — in zero gravity, to boot. Read MoreA robot learns to cope with the loss of an ...
Humans are pretty good at ballparking distances, even with one eye closed — but it turns out computer vision systems have a hard time with it. Researchers hope to fix that, or at least make robots a little more robust, by teaching them to navigate a space without the benefit of stereo vision — in zero gravity, to boot. Read MoreA robot learns to cope with the loss of an ...
Meetup is giving users a new way to find the meetups that give the company its name. The New York City-based company is launching new smartphone apps and a (partially) redesigned website with new branding, as well as a new way to browse meetup listings. “We killed the calendar,” CEO and co-founder Scott Heiferman said. Instead, Meetup will recommend listings for you based on your… Read MoreMeetup redesigns its mobile apps to focus on your personal ...
Finally, finally, Twitter has rolled out a version of its storytelling feature called Moments that it should have released at launch. Today, the company says that it’s opening up the Moments platform so anyone can create their own stories using tweets and photos uploaded to the service.
We already knew this day was coming: in August, Twitter expanded access to Moments beyond its own… Read MoreTwitter finally lets everyone create their own “Moments”
Finally, finally, Twitter has rolled out a version of its storytelling feature called Moments that it should have released at launch. Today, the company says that it’s opening up the Moments platform so anyone can create their own stories using tweets and photos uploaded to the service.
We already knew this day was coming: in August, Twitter expanded access to Moments beyond its own… Read MoreTwitter finally lets everyone create their own “Moments”
Today, goTenna is taking pre-orders for their new product, a device called the goTenna Mesh that lets smartphone users text and share their GPS locations, off-grid and across miles of terrain. The new device works like goTenna’s flagship product did in that it can be used where normal cellular, satellite or wifi services are not available. And like the company’s flagship goTenna,… Read MoreGoTenna Mesh keeps people connected even when they’re miles apart ...
Got iOS 10? Want to mess with your friends? A hilarious new iMessage App called Phoneys lets you prank others by sending stickers that look exactly like iMessage text bubbles. And thanks to the new layering feature in the updated version of iMessage, you can place these stickers – which say things like “My political views are totally wrong” or “I have terrible taste… Read More