Daily Archives: October 19, 2016

kalanick7 — Travis Kalanick says his drivers’ license is expired — though, of course he has to say that. But in Kalanick’s future, with a fleet of driverless Ubers shuttling people around, it might be that everyone’s drivers’ licenses will expire. His company, Uber, could essentially be a replacement for owning a car for Kalanick, and also for the 40 million monthly… Read More

Travis Kalanick says his drivers’ license is expired — though, of course he has to say that. But in Kalanick’s future, with a fleet of driverless Ubers shuttling people around, it might be that everyone’s drivers’ licenses will expire. His company, Uber, could essentially be a replacement for owning a car for Kalanick, and also for the 40 million monthly… Read More

Travis Kalanick says Uber has 40 million monthly active riders

This entry was posted in Apps Mobile Startups TC Uber on October 19, 2016 by Matthew Lynley

A brief in 87870 news offers us some interesting news about Vive sales worldwide. Alvin Graylin, China Regional President of VR at HTC, said that the company sold 100,000 units in August, an acceptable if low number for a comparatively expensive ...

New numbers home in on Vive sales

This entry was posted in Gadgets head-mounted displays HTC playstation vr TC Virtual reality Vive on October 19, 2016 by John Biggs

Freshly made nougat for sale — No major surprises here: Earlier this month, Google announced that the Android 7.1 Nougat Developer Preview and its SDK tools would roll out to developers sometime later this month — and now that we have passed the middle of the month, the preview is indeed rolling out to those who have signed up for the Android Beta Program. While the Android Beta Program is mostly geared toward… Read More

No major surprises here: Earlier this month, Google announced that the Android 7.1 Nougat Developer Preview and its SDK tools would roll out to developers sometime later this month — and now that we have passed the middle of the month, the preview is indeed rolling out to those who have signed up for the Android Beta Program. While the Android Beta Program is mostly geared toward… Read More

Google’s Android 7.1 Developer Preview starts rolling out to beta ...

This entry was posted in Android beta Developer developers Mobile Phones TC and tagged google on October 19, 2016 by Frederic Lardinois

There’s a whisper in the venture community we’re hearing that is growing increasingly louder, and it’s about this video walkie talkie app called Marco Polo. Investors are suddenly very interested in this app that — so we hear — might be growing in popularity among the youths. We’ve seen this story play out before, most recently with musical.ly. The app… Read More

Someone knows something about this Marco Polo app that we ...

This entry was posted in Apps Mobile TC on October 19, 2016 by Matthew Lynley

If you're in the market for a computer right now, you might want to wait a week. The post Apple's Big MacBook Event Is Coming October 27 appeared first on WIRED.

Apple’s Big MacBook Event Is Coming October 27

This entry was posted in Gadget Lab Gear laptops mac macbook and tagged apple on October 19, 2016 by David Pierce

gif — If you’re a gamer you’ll recognize the trope: a hero steps into the harsh glare of a desert planet or a blasted cityscape and her sunglasses automatically slide into place over her face. These futuristic shades are handy, they look badass, and they keep your corneas from being sandblasted by interstellar debris. Well a young man named Yousif Ashoor has 3D-printed his own… Read More

If you’re a gamer you’ll recognize the trope: a hero steps into the harsh glare of a desert planet or a blasted cityscape and her sunglasses automatically slide into place over her face. These futuristic shades are handy, they look badass, and they keep your corneas from being sandblasted by interstellar debris. Well a young man named Yousif Ashoor has 3D-printed his own… Read More

Meet Yousif Ashoor, the creator of these of amazing automatic ...

This entry was posted in Gadgets TC Vision on October 19, 2016 by John Biggs

Circle has lit up two more European markets as it works to rapidly build out its presence in the region. Users of the P2P payments app in Spain and Ireland can now connect any Spanish or Irish bank account to the app to send and receive money wit...

Social payments app Circle adds two more European markets

This entry was posted in Apps Bitcoin e-commerce Europe Finance money Social TC on October 19, 2016 by Natasha Lomas

While Twitter continues to struggle with rampant bullying and abuse, Instagram is instead stepping up its game when it comes to keeping users safe from harm. The Facebook-owned photo-sharing network this week began rolling out a new reporting tool that lets its users anonymously flag friends’ posts about self-harm. This, in turn, will prompt a message from Instagram to the user in… Read More