Twitter confirmed it’s planning to launch a bookmarking feature to save tweets for later reading. The addition will help users keep a separate list of items they want to refer back to, instead of using the heart (aka “favorite”) button, which can indicate more of a “like” – similar to the “thumbs up” button on Facebook. The feature’s… Read More Twitter will launch a bookmarking tool in the near futureThis entry was posted in Social TC tweets and tagged twitter on October 9, 2017 by Sarah Perez
Who loves a good niche? We sure as hell do. And we also love niche products that address those niche problems — especially tech niches. So here we are, with Today in Good Niche Things. This time it’s a small little thing on the internet that sends you a rejection letter from Y Combinator before you even had a chance to apply to Y Combinator. It, instead, will send you a… Read More Here’s a small way to start building your resistance to ...This entry was posted in Mobile Startups TC on October 9, 2017 by Matthew Lynley
AMP — Google’s collaborative project to speed up the loading time for mobile web pages — is getting an interesting acceleration of its own today. Relay Media, a company founded by an ex-Googler that had developed technology to help covert web pages to the AMP format, has been acquired by Google. The company announced the news on its home page, to its customers (one of whom… Read More Google acquires Relay Media to convert ordinary web pages to ...This entry was posted in Amp+ Europe Fundings & Exits Media Mobile TC and tagged google on October 9, 2017 by Ingrid Lunden
AMP — Google’s collaborative project to speed up the loading time for mobile web pages — is getting an interesting acceleration of its own today. Relay Media, a company founded by an ex-Googler that had developed technology to help covert web pages to the AMP format, has been acquired by Google. The company announced the news on its home page, to its customers (one of whom… Read More Google acquires Relay Media to convert ordinary web pages to ...This entry was posted in Amp+ Europe Fundings & Exits Media Mobile TC and tagged google on October 9, 2017 by Ingrid Lunden
Researchers at the Imperial College London’s Aerial Robotics Laboratory have created the SpiderMAV – a robot that stabilizes itself by shooting out multiple strands of rope that can stick to magnetic surfaces. The drone, which is a standard quadcopter, has a built-in rope gun that blasts out little connectors. The drone then pulls against the ropes, stabilizing itself in flight.… Read More The SpiderMAV does whatever a spider can, spins a web, ...This entry was posted in drone Emerging-Technologies Gadgets TC on October 9, 2017 by John Biggs
On this week’s Technotopia I talked to Massimo Banzi and Fabio Violante, the co-creators of Arduino. This pair of Italian artists saw their little single-board computers as a gateway to high-tech art but they’ve essentially created a world in which anyone – from an 11-year-old hacker to a huge corporation – can make amazing hardware in a few hours. The pair recently… Read More A chat with the creators of ArduinoThis entry was posted in arduino Gadgets Internet of Things Startups TC on October 9, 2017 by John Biggs
Google has uncovered evidence that Russian operatives exploited its platforms in an attempt to interfere in the 2016 U.S. election, according to the Washington Post. Read More Google’s probe into Russian disinformation finds ad buys, report claimsThis entry was posted in artificial intelligence gmail Social TC YouTube and tagged facebook google social media twitter on October 9, 2017 by Natasha Lomas
Nintendo SNES Classic owners should be glad to learn that more games aren’t out of your reach. Cluster, the Russian coder who originally cracked the NES Classic Edition, has now figured out how to side-load more games to the SNES CE through his Hakchi tool. With the release of Hakchi v2.20, users can expand their options on the little SNES, which comes with only 21 games pre-installed.… Read More Nintendo’s mini SNES has already been hacked to run more ...This entry was posted in Gadgets Gaming hack Nintendo TC on October 9, 2017 by Jordan Crook
These are the best instant cameras you can buy in 2017. The Best Instant Cameras of 2017: Polaroid, Instax, Fujifilm, LeicaThis entry was posted in Gear on October 9, 2017 by Brendan Nystedt
It’s time to say goodbye for real this time. Windows Phone’s death has been slow and painful, but, as CNET spotted, the head of Microsoft’s Windows division finally admitted you shouldn’t expect anything more when it comes to Windows Phone. Microsoft doesn’t plan to let existing Windows Phone users down — there will be security updates. But don’t… Read More This is not a drill: Microsoft admits Windows Phone is ...This entry was posted in Gadgets Microsoft TC and tagged windows on October 9, 2017 by Romain Dillet