Google researchers know how much people like to trick others into thinking they’re on the moon, or that it’s night instead of day, and other fun shenanigans only possible if you happen to be in a movie studio in front of a green scree... Google’s new YouTube Stories feature lets you swap out your ...This entry was posted in artificial intelligence augmented reality Gadgets machine learning TC YouTube and tagged google on March 1, 2018 by Devin Coldewey
Instagram wants to be your phone, not just your camera. And it wants to be better at it than Snapchat. Files buried in Instagram and the Instagram Direct standalone app’s Android Application Packages (APKs) are files and icons for “Ca... Instagram code reveals unreleased voice and video callingThis entry was posted in Apps Mobile Social TC and tagged instagram snapchat on March 1, 2018 by Josh Constine
How to preorder the Galaxy S9, and a few other weekend tech deals you should check out! How to Preorder the Samsung Galaxy S9This entry was posted in Gear on March 1, 2018 by Wired Staff
Users might hate it, but Facebook is now testing a self-serve sponsored messaging tool for small businesses that aren’t sophisticated enough to build bots. TechCrunch first reported Facebook internally building a prototype of the Messenger ... Facebook’s next money-maker: Messenger BroadcastsThis entry was posted in Advertising Tech Apps Mobile Social TC and tagged facebook on March 1, 2018 by Josh Constine
Facebook is ending its short-lived (and misguided) experiment with the alternative news feed feature called “Explore.” In a blog post today, Facebook head of news feed Adam Mosseri wrote: We constantly try out new features, design cha... Facebook ends its experiment with the alternative ‘explore’ news feedThis entry was posted in Blog news feed Social software TC and tagged facebook on March 1, 2018 by Jonathan Shieber
Researchers at the have successfully etched edible circuits onto the surface of food, paving the way for RFID tagged edibles that can help us track food from farm to tummy. The project, which uses something called laser-induced graphene (LIG), is... Graphene-based edible electronics will let you make cereal circuitsThis entry was posted in Gadgets research Startups TC on March 1, 2018 by John Biggs
Light is back with a new twist on its anti-smartphone phone. But this time, instead of doing just one thing, the Light Phone 2 does a few, and exists somewhere between the original Light and your overwrought iPhone – though still far closer... The new Light Phone 2 keeps things basic but adds ...This entry was posted in Gadgets hardware iOS Mobile smartphone TC Video and tagged iphone on March 1, 2018 by Darrell Etherington
Chatty assistants from Amazon, Apple, and Google are popular. But which one is right for you? 9 Best Smart Speakers (2024): Alexa, Google Assistant, SiriThis entry was posted in Gear on March 1, 2018 by Jeffrey Van Camp
After acquiring CrowdRise over a year ago to double down on fundraising for non-profits, GoFundMe is today taking the wraps off a new product that will supercharge the service. CrowdRise by GoFundMe is a new version of the site that signifies the... GoFundMe relaunches nonprofit fundraising site CrowdRiseThis entry was posted in Crowdfunding eCommerce Social TC on March 1, 2018 by Ingrid Lunden
Given the fact that we already rely on them for pretty much everything else, why not just go all in and turn our smartphones in to literal toolboxes? Bullitt, the UK-based licensed phone manufacturer behind those Kodak handsets was on hand at Mob... Bullitt is turning smartphones into toolboxesThis entry was posted in hardware Mobile on March 1, 2018 by Brian Heater