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Foursquare updates Swarm to soothe check-in blues
Foursquare spun off its most-used feature, check-ins, into a separate app called Swarm in May. To say diehard Foursquare fans are irate would be an understatement—some are near apoplectic over the unbundling. So the company is rolling out its first … Continue reading
Smartwatches must respect the women’s market, watch company executives say
Women account for 50 percent of the world population, and women’s watches now comprise about 35 percent of the luxury timepiece market. Yet the consumer electronics industry continues to pump out smartwatch designs geared mostly toward men. It’s a strategy … Continue reading
VIA’s new Isaiah x86/ARM hybrid CPU outperforms Intel in benchmarks – but will it ever come to market?
VIA is working on a new CPU design with an unveil planned for late August — could this core be a combined ARM-x86 hybrid?
First Android Wear smartwatches shipping now as war for your wrist winds up
LG and Samsung have started shipping the first couple of smartwatches running Android Wear, Google’s bid to get into wearable tech. Both the Samsung Gear Live and LG G Watch are available through the Google Play Store and will ship … Continue reading
Rough voice controls for music playback start appearing in Google Now
You can now control audio playback apps with your voice thanks to Google Now.
In 2015 tablet sales will finally surpass PCs, fulfilling Steve Jobs’ post-PC prophecy
Back in 2010, a few months after the iPad’s release, Steve Jobs predicted that tablets would eventually overtake PCs. Now, according to updated figures from Gartner, after five years of rather crazy tablet growth and slowly declining PC sales, 2015 … Continue reading
Android Wear bug prevents installation of apps that cost money
The first round of Android Wear devices have only just started shipping. But any early adopter who straps on an LG G Watch or Samsung Gear Live to their wrist in the coming days may have a problem installing paid … Continue reading
Belkin Crock-Pot Smart Slow Cooker with WeMo review: Not so hot
I have a special relationship with my Crock-Pot. I cook a dinner or two in it every week, and it’s probably my favorite gadget in the entire kitchen. I’m also a giant nerd (naturally) and a fan of the easy-to-use … Continue reading
Scientists discover the on-off switch for human consciousness deep within the brain
Researchers at GWU are reporting that they’ve discovered the human consciousness on-off switch, deep within the brain. When this specific region of the brain, called the claustrum, is electrically stimulated, consciousness appears to turn off completely. When the stimulation is … Continue reading
How anonymous app Yik Yak plans to conquer all college campuses
Yik Yak regularly gets lumped in with the spate of anonymous apps clamoring for your attention, but the app’s founders say their messaging tool is nothing like Secret, Whisper, or their many imitators. Yik Yak is a location-based anonymous bulletin … Continue reading
