Jamboard is the first piece of hardware in Google's G Suite of collaboration tools, and it's a giant 4K touchscreen that taps into the cloud. The post Google Jamboard Is a Huge 4K Screen You Can Scribble On appeared first on WIRED.
Daily Archives: October 25, 2016
Content is consumed from the big screen in the corner and you’re probably on your smartphone morning, noon and night. Cramming itself into the gap in-between is Loop, a retro-looking device aimed at a generation that hasn’t quite embraced the clutch-your-device-at-all-times world quite yet. Loop makes communicating, playing media and looking stuff up easier when you have your… Read MoreLoop brings retro-styled entertainment to the grandparental generation
Another player in the packed p2p payments space is announcing an $8.3 million Series A funding round today. SF and Barcelona based Verse is gunning to be the Venmo of Europe — given Venmo hasn’t yet shown an inclination to expand its mobile social payments app outside the US. Read MoreVerse banks $8.3M Series A to accelerate its p2p payments ...
“It might shock you, but I let go of pretty much everybody. When we went from 34 employees to 4, everyone was sh*tting Twinkies. Everyone was scared to death.” For Steve Newcomb, the founder and CEO of Famous, “pivot” is not a strong enough word. “We did a reboot,” he tells me in a stylish penthouse office that shouldn’t exist. His $30 million-funded… Read MoreThe startup redemption of Famous
Alexander Timm has been working in the insurance industry since he was fourteen. While that’s strange enough, what’s even weirder is that Timm really loves the work. He’s so enamored of the business much that he’s founded his own insurance company, Root Insurance, to remake the process of applying for — and insuring — drivers. There’s a lot happening… Read MoreRoot Insurance launches a new car insurance company
Xiaomi has added another mobile VR headset to its portfolio: announcing the Mi VR today — which it says is its first virtual reality headset with an inertial motion controller. Read MoreXiaomi beefs up its mobile virtual reality push with Mi ...
Xiaomi has added another mobile VR headset to its portfolio: announcing the Mi VR today — which it says is its first virtual reality headset with an inertial motion controller. Read MoreXiaomi beefs up its mobile virtual reality push with Mi ...
Chinese device maker Xiaomi has announced another clutch of mobile hardware, including a concept smartphone developed in collaboration with designer Philippe Starck. Read More
Xiaomi unveils concept phone with near bezel-less display
You can't replace everything about Messages when you get a new phone. But you can get pretty close. The post How to Switch to Android Without Missing iMessage appeared first on WIRED.
How to Switch to Android Without Missing iMessage
If your account gets hacked these days, the first thing you’ll do typically is reset your password, maybe beef up your security settings, and proceed to use the account or app again. But what if hackers get their hands on your fingerprint, iris or other biometric data? You can’t just change your fingerprints or eyes on a whim. That’s where a New York City startup called… Read More