This week on the Gadget Lab podcast, the hosts discuss the Apple TV, and some new kitchen tech that cooks for you. The post Gadget Lab Podcast: We’ve Hit Peak Potato appeared first on WIRED. Gadget Lab Podcast: We’ve Hit Peak PotatoThis entry was posted in Gadget Lab Podcasts Gear Podcasts on November 6, 2015 by Michael Calore
Welcome to another episode of CrunchWeek, TechCrunch’s weekly roundup show where we talk the biggest things in tech. This week we’re chatting about Twitter’s issues with diversity, Activision paying a lot of billions for the maker of the addictive game Candy Crush (hear Megan talk about her recovery), and Facebook’s earnings. They crushed it. So: As our resident… Read More CrunchWeek: Diversity, Candy, And Books Of FacesThis entry was posted in Activision crunchweek Diversity Finance Fundings & Exits Humor king.com Opinion Policy Social TC and tagged facebook twitter on November 6, 2015 by Drew Olanoff,Megan Rose Dickey,Matthew Lynley
Today, Google acquired Fly Labs to join its Google Photos team. The company aimed to help people edit videos and photos and it sported 3 million downloads over the past 18 months. Their suite of apps (Tempo, Fly and Crop) will be made available for the next three months. You’ll still be able to use them, but there will be no more updates. We're excited to announce that we've… Read More Google Acquires Fly Labs To Join Its Google Photos TeamThis entry was posted in Apps Fundings & Exits Media Mobile Social Startups on November 6, 2015 by Drew Olanoff
Doodle makes it easy to schedule things with friends, coworkers, whoever — but scheduling isn’t the only thing that you need to organize an event. So the company has also connected its tools to the invitation process, by rolling out an integration with Paperless Post. Doodle CEO Michael Brecht said this is the Zurich-headquartered company’s first big US partnership, and… Read More Doodle Partners With Paperless Post To Bring Easy Scheduling To ...This entry was posted in Social Startups TC on November 6, 2015 by Anthony Ha
In case you want to opt out of the smart watch trend without having a dumb watch, Chronos is there for you. comScore made moves this week in the world of mergers and acquisitions, while the Ario smart lamp went live (and surpassed its goal) on Kickstarter. We discuss all this and more on this week’s episode of the TC Gadgets Podcast, featuring John Biggs, Matt Burns, Romain Dillet,… Read More This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: Chronos, comScore, And ...This entry was posted in ario Gadgets gadgets podcast Podcasts Startups TC on November 6, 2015 by Jordan Crook
"Is there a baby?" The post Here’s How Smart Facebook’s AI Has Become appeared first on WIRED. Here’s How Smart Facebook’s AI Has BecomeThis entry was posted in AI artificial intelligence Facebook M Gadget Lab Gear and tagged facebook on November 6, 2015 by Molly McHugh
Confirming earlier reports, Apple today is debuting a new category to its App Store that will help consumers better locate mobile shopping applications. The “Shopping” category will be available worldwide, and will feature apps that span across omni-channel, auctions, price comparison, product reviews and more. These applications were previously listed in the App Store’s… Read More Apple Debuts A New “Shopping” Category On The App StoreThis entry was posted in app-store Apps e-commerce eCommerce Mobile shopping TC and tagged apple on November 6, 2015 by Sarah Perez
Wi-fi setup is usually pretty easy: you find a space in the house, hire a team of radio experts to scan it for dead spots and an entire IT team to manage security and QoS. Then you try to connect from the back patio and discover that you can’t watch YouTube from the picnic table. To remedy this Dr. Paul Judge and Mike Van Bruinisse created Luma. This tiny Wi-Fi hotspot connects using a… Read More Luma, Quite Improbably, Makes Wi-Fi Setup FunThis entry was posted in Gadgets TC wi-fi wireless networking on November 6, 2015 by John Biggs
The Bond franchise has taken us on a roller coaster of technological possibilities, and finally, we've struck a happy medium. The post The Evolution of the Bond Gadget, From Insane to Reasonable appeared first on WIRED. The Evolution of the Bond Gadget, From Insane to ReasonableThis entry was posted in Gadget Lab Gear James Bond Spectre on November 6, 2015 by Erik Malinowski
One of America's largest automakers is putting their cars in the cold hands of machines to strip out the human error factor in durability testing. The post Ford Counts on Soulless Robot Drivers to Abuse Its Cars appeared first on WIRED. Ford Counts on Soulless Robot Drivers to Abuse Its CarsThis entry was posted in Autonomous Vehicles Autopia Ford Gear on November 6, 2015 by Jordan Crucchiola