US millenials and Gen Zs aren’t entirely replacing their Snapchat addiction with Instagram Stories, according to a slew of new studies and surveys commissioned or collected by TechCrunch. Yet the fact that 80% of Instagram’s users are outside the US has helped propel Instagram Stories’ rapid ascent to 200 million daily active users last month, surpassing Snapchat’s… Read MoreDaily Archives: May 9, 2017
US millenials and Gen Zs aren’t entirely replacing their Snapchat addiction with Instagram Stories, according to a slew of new studies and surveys commissioned or collected by TechCrunch. Yet the fact that 80% of Instagram’s users are outside the US has helped propel Instagram Stories’ rapid ascent to 200 million daily active users last month, surpassing Snapchat’s… Read More
We want to see you in New York for Disrupt NY 2017, our annual celebration of all things startup. It’s a great time. You get to meet great founders and VCs and I’d love to meet you personally when I run through the alley with our video team. Hardware is my favorite thing in the world and you’re some of my favorite people. Disrupt runs from May 15-17 and will be held on Pier 36… Read MoreI want to see you at Hardware Alley in New ...
A teenager with a love of Wendy’s chicken nuggets has displaced Ellen Degeneres as the author of the most-retweeted post on Twitter. Just over a month ago, Carter Wilkerson asked Wendy’s via Twitter how many retweets he’d need to get a year’s supply of free chicken nuggets. The company’s response? “18 million.” Sure, that was almost 15 million more… Read MoreThe #NuggsForCarter kid has set the record for most retweets ...
The conveyor belt has long been the center of wacky adventures. From Charlie Chaplin to Lucy, things whizzing by on a flat belt has made for comedy gold. Now you can watch your 3D printed objects whiz past on the Blackbelt, a conveyor system for ...
The Blackbelt lets you 3D print really long items
The conveyor belt has long been the center of wacky adventures. From Charlie Chaplin to Lucy, things whizzing by on a flat belt has made for comedy gold. Now you can watch your 3D printed objects whiz past on the Blackbelt, a conveyor system for ...
The Blackbelt lets you 3D print really long items
A startup called Current is today launching a new way for parents to dole out allowances to their kids: with an app. The company offers a Visa debit card that would allow teenagers to shop in stores or online using funds from their own bank account, which is funded through allowance money that mom or dad transfers from their own bank account. Parents can use the accompanying mobile app to… Read MoreCurrent launches a Visa debit card for kids that parents ...
Amazon just unveiled a brand new Echo device — I would even call it the second generation Amazon Echo. In many ways, it works like the original Amazon Echo. But there’s a screen and a couple of nifty new features. Read MoreHere’s how Amazon’s Echo Show works
Now that there’s a screen in the Echo universe, there’s almost nothing you and Alexa can’t do.
Amazon’s ‘Echo Show’ Gives Alexa the Touchscreen It Needed
Now that there's a screen in the Echo universe, there's almost nothing you and Alexa can't do. The post Amazon's 'Echo Show' Gives Alexa the Touchscreen It Needed appeared first on WIRED.
Amazon’s ‘Echo Show’ Gives Alexa the Touchscreen It Needed
Look out, world: Alexa is coming to a screen near you. Today Amazon unveiled the Echo Show, a WiFi-enabled home device with a seven-inch screen that is the newest addition to its Alexa-powered Echo range of home hubs that plays media and responds to voice commands. While previous versions of the Echo have been all about asking Alexa questions and getting responses from her, this new device… Read More