Logistics are difficult, especially when every day you’re trying to keep track of 9 meetings, 13 phone calls, a dinner, a post-dinner, and a post-post-dinner. In a recent update, Google has decided to do its part to make daily logistics easier by more fully integrating its Maps and Calendar offerings for Android users worldwide. Now when you open Google Maps, you’ll be able to… Read More Here’s how you can stop jumping back and forth between ...This entry was posted in Android Apps Mobile software TC and tagged google on September 30, 2016 by John Mannes
Nintendo has further taken the wraps off the must-have gaming gadget of the holidays — which is to say, the one we’re all buying ourselves as soon as it’s available. An aggressively retro-themed video released today visually demonstrates three of the the NES Mini’s features. Brace yourself, it’s about to get real nerdy in here. Read More Nintendo shows off some highly nerdy features of the NES ...This entry was posted in Gadgets Gaming Nintendo TC on September 30, 2016 by Devin Coldewey
This week, television. What we watch, what we watch it on, and what we do while we watch it. The post We Like to Watch appeared first on WIRED. We Like to WatchThis entry was posted in Gadget Lab Podcasts Gear Podcasts television YouTube and tagged twitter on September 30, 2016 by Wired Staff
Facebook is stealing the Stories format and invading countries where Snapchat isn’t popular yet. Today in Poland it launched “Messenger Day”, which lets people share illustrated filter-enhanced photos and videos that disappear in 24 hours, just like on Snapchat. By using the international popularity of Messenger to spread the Stories format, Facebook could boost retention… Read More Facebook “Messenger Day” is the chat app’s new Snapchat Stories ...This entry was posted in Apps Mobile Social TC and tagged facebook snapchat on September 30, 2016 by Natasha Lomas,Josh Constine
Facebook is stealing the Stories format and invading countries where Snapchat isn’t popular yet. Today in Poland it launched “Messenger Day”, which lets people share illustrated filter-enhanced photos and videos that disappear in 24 hours, just like on Snapchat. By using the international popularity of Messenger to spread the Stories format, Facebook could boost retention… Read More Facebook “Messenger Day” is the chat app’s new Snapchat Stories ...This entry was posted in Apps Mobile Social TC and tagged facebook snapchat on September 30, 2016 by Natasha Lomas,Josh Constine
We’re taking more digital photos than ever, but we’re not very good about printing them out to enjoy them in our homes. Meanwhile, the digital picture frame market has filled with cheap products that haven’t kept up with technology developments, like ubiquitous Wi-Fi, better photo quality, and higher resolutions, in order to instead chase ever-lower price points. Aura aims… Read More Aura rethinks the digital picture frame with smarter software, sensors ...This entry was posted in Fundings & Exits Gadgets Photography Startups TC on September 30, 2016 by Sarah Perez
We’re taking more digital photos than ever, but we’re not very good about printing them out to enjoy them in our homes. Meanwhile, the digital picture frame market has filled with cheap products that haven’t kept up with technology developments, like ubiquitous Wi-Fi, better photo quality, and higher resolutions, in order to instead chase ever-lower price points. Aura aims… Read More Aura rethinks the digital picture frame with smarter software, sensors ...This entry was posted in Fundings & Exits Gadgets Photography Startups TC on September 30, 2016 by Sarah Perez
In this, the 3000th Year Since The Coming Of The Wanderer (All Praise His Mercy), we are greeted by the fifth Potentate, a Teddy Ruxpin with LCD eyes and iPad connectivity. Teddy Ruxpin, or, as his followers in the Cities of Refuge called him, Te... Teddy Ruxpin returns with eyes that can rend the bonds ...This entry was posted in Entertainment Gadgets TC on September 30, 2016 by John Biggs
Remitly, a startup co-founded and led by a former executive of Barclays who saw a gap in the market to build money transfer and other financial services for emerging markets and the “unbanked”, is today announcing that it has raised $38.5 million, as well as expansion to seven more countries in Latin America. The funding, which brings the total raised by Remitly to just under… Read More Remitly raises another $38M, adds World Bank’s IFC as it ...This entry was posted in Finance Fundings & Exits Mobile money transfer TC on September 30, 2016 by Ingrid Lunden
Remitly, a startup co-founded and led by a former executive of Barclays who saw a gap in the market to build money transfer and other financial services for emerging markets and the “unbanked”, is today announcing that it has raised $38.5 million, as well as expansion to seven more countries in Latin America. The funding, which brings the total raised by Remitly to just under… Read More Remitly raises another $38M, adds World Bank’s IFC as it ...This entry was posted in Finance Fundings & Exits Mobile money transfer TC on September 30, 2016 by Ingrid Lunden