A picture is worth a thousand words…that no one wants to type on a tiny screen. And even if you did mash in all that text, it’d still lose the subtleties of sarcasm or sincerity. To express the full range of emotion, messaging apps must put us face-to-face despite our distance. Read MoreDaily Archives: March 8, 2017
A picture is worth a thousand words…that no one wants to type on a tiny screen. And even if you did mash in all that text, it’d still lose the subtleties of sarcasm or sincerity. To express the full range of emotion, messaging apps must put us face-to-face despite our distance. Read More
Facebook’s Events feature is fairly good at recommending the sort of real-world meetups and activities you may be interested in, but there’s a whole host of other “events” you could be missing out on – like TV show premieres, live broadcasts, pre-orders for a hotly anticipated device, Twitch streams, and more. A new app called Soon, from Lowercase Capital… Read MoreSoon’s event finding app is a social calendar for the ...
Facebook’s Events feature is fairly good at recommending the sort of real-world meetups and activities you may be interested in, but there’s a whole host of other “events” you could be missing out on – like TV show premieres, live broadcasts, pre-orders for a hotly anticipated device, Twitch streams, and more. A new app called Soon, from Lowercase Capital… Read MoreSoon’s event finding app is a social calendar for the ...
Google today said it is acquiring Kaggle, an online service that hosts data science and machine learning competitions, confirming what sources told us when we reported the acquisition yesterday. The company made the announcement at its Google Cloud Next conference this morning in San Francisco, while not disclosing the terms of the acquisition. But it’s not all that surprising that… Read MoreGoogle confirms its acquisition of data science community Kaggle
A while back, I reminded people that they should tip their Uber drivers. But a common response was essentially, “I’d like to tip, but half the point of Uber is not having to carry cash. And there’s no option in the app. So how do I do it?” Well, perhaps with Pax, a little seatback system made to do nothing but accept tips, cash or card. Read MorePax is a smart tip jar for ride-share drivers
In the annals of mechanical gadgets it doesn’t get much simpler than a flask. You open the top, pour booze in and close the top. Then you drink. But what if you could put two boozes into your flask? And what if you had a mechanical indicator to tell what kind of booze you were drinking? Read MoreThe Macallan x Urwerk Flask is $2,000 worth of high-tech ...
Facebook has devoted major resources and billions of dollars to virtual reality, but there has been a pretty clear line between what happens in the main Facebook app and what happens on the Oculus Rift and Gear VR. Today, Facebook is intertwining...
Facebook debuts its first dedicated virtual reality app, Facebook 360
When asked to point out the hotbeds of audio innovation on a map, the casual headphone buyer probably wouldn't finger the United Kingdom.
You May Not Have Heard of Rock Jaw Audio, But ...
When asked to point out the hotbeds of audio innovation on a map, the casual headphone buyer probably wouldn't finger the United Kingdom. The post Looking for New Headphones? Try a Set From Across the Pond appeared first on WIRED.
Looking for New Headphones? Try a Set From Across the ...
Nintendo Switch controllers are flexible, if flawed — the latest hardware they work with is the NES Classic, via 8bitdo’s $17 Retro Receiver, and a new firmware update available now for that little dongle. The wireless accessory already lets you connect a range of Bluetooth controllers to your NES Classic, including 8bitdo’s own NES30 controller replica, and PlayStation 4, Wii… Read More