For people who feel that we are a little bit too connected these days, Kickstarter project Light Phone was promising a respite. It was scheduled to ship in May this year, but has seen a number of setbacks. This week, the company issued a statemen...
Daily Archives: November 15, 2016
If you want to make something cool, don’t give it to geeks first. Google Glass learned that the hard way. Despite Snapchat’s best efforts, Robert Scoble still got ahold of a pair of the Spectacles camera glasses. He’s the enthusiastic tech blogger above who shot a nude selfie wearing Google Glass in the shower that came to embody the gadget’s cursed brand. He even… Read MoreThis is why Snapchat didn’t give Spectacles to techies
Uh-oh! It’s 20 years to the day since the introduction of one of the internet’s most well-remembered chat apps: ICQ. Read MoreHappy 20th birthday, ICQ!
The super-popular Phantom 4 gets an update. Meet the new Phantom 4 Pro. The post DJI Debuts the New, Drool-Worthy Phantom 4 Pro Drone appeared first on WIRED.
DJI Debuts the New, Drool-Worthy Phantom 4 Pro Drone
The super-popular Phantom 4 gets an update. Meet the new Phantom 4 Pro. The post DJI Debuts the New, Drool-Worthy Phantom 4 Pro Drone appeared first on WIRED.
DJI Debuts the New, Drool-Worthy Phantom 4 Pro Drone
A startup that originally launched as an AI-powered virtual assistant, Mezi, has pivoted to focus on travel only. And why not? There’s little to do online that’s more annoying than booking flights, hotels and everything else you need just to take a break, or be somewhere for work. Mezi’s newly designed app allows users to find and book flights and hotels and make… Read MoreAI-powered virtual assistant, Mezi, pivots to focus on travel
Snapchat appears to be moving forward in its plans to go public early next year with the company filing confidentially for its IPO, according to a report from Reuters. In recent years, companies have begun filing confidentially for their initial ...
Snapchat has reportedly filed confidentially for its massive IPO
The FBI has publicly disclosed its intent to get at the “mission critical” Twitter firehose through third party monitoring service Dataminr. But Twitter, which has a 5 percent stake in Dataminr and of course has sovereign control over the firehose, recently told the company to stop providing data to intelligence agencies. So what’s happening here? Read MoreFBI will receive ‘limited’ Twitter firehose access through Dataminr, but ...
Commercial firmware pre-installed on some Android smartphone models sold in the US has been found to be secretly sending highly sensitive user data to a third party company based in China, according to an analysis by security firm Kryptowire. Rea...
Budget US Android smartphones found secretly sending personal data to ...
OnePlus hasn’t done a great job keeping a lid on the 3T. For the past week or so, both it and Qualcomm have been seeding social media with glimpses of the upcoming smartphone, finally taking the official wraps off the device today, a mere five months after launching its latest flagship, the OnePlus 3. Those worried about the company cannibalizing its still fresh handset rest assured… Read More