SAN FRANCISCO — The contemporary internet was built on a bargain: Show us who you really are and the digital world will be free to search or share. People detailed their interests and obsessions on Facebook and Google, generating a river of data that could be collected and harnessed for advertising. The companies became very […]
An extension of the playful “Fly Market” commercial that debuted on Thursday, “Pay with a message” focuses on peer-to-peer transactions performed with Apple Pay Cash integration in Messages. In the 15-second short, the stylish character from “Fly Market” reappears at the local open-air market, where he has his eye on a friend’s green pocket square. […]
Mark Zuckerberg and his data-hoarding creation Facebook remain in the crosshairs this week as scrutiny over its Cambridge Analytica profile-scraping scandal continues to mount, with the social media giant’s stock price falling by over 13 percent this week. So it’s not surprising that some of his fellow tech moguls are taking Zuckerberg’s moment of vulnerability […]
Less than two years after a SpaceX rocket explosion destroyed a Facebook satellite, CEO Elon Musk on Friday dealt the social media giant a public relations blow, deleting SpaceX’s official Facebook page. In doing so, Musk joined the “#deletefacebook” movement that has shaken Mark Zuckerberg’s company since revelations that Facebook allowed more than 50 million […]
Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus is going to launch its next-gen flagship smartphone at some point in the coming months, which explains why we’re seeing so many leaks lately. We’ve already seen images of an alleged OnePlus 6 prototype, and a leak earlier this week suggested the best OnePlus 6 model might cost more than a […]
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs, the third this week, with Cortana Show Me. This build is from the RS4 branch, which represents the next Windows 10 update the company has yet to announce (but is expected to ship in April). There is no new build from the RS5 branch today. Windows 10 is a […]
At a special event scheduled to take place in Chicago next week, Apple will reportedly introduce a more wallet-friendly 9.7-inch iPad in an effort to curry favor with educators who often make computing purchasing decisions based on economic considerations. Alongside a more affordable iPad, there are also rumblings that Apple next week will introduce some […]
Dropbox hopes to make a mint on Wall Street with its new IPO. But consumers looking to strike the best deal in cloud storage would not want to begin with Dropbox. It has the least liberal terms among the big five, which also include Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple. And online backup firms BackBlaze and […]
Though they take different approaches, Snapchat and Instagram both have the same aim: to be your go-to place for sharing everyday photos and videos. But in this ongoing sparring match, Snapchat is losing, and losing hard—it has fewer users, a more confusing interface, inferior features, and a worse ad experience. In case you were in […]
Google Creative Lab has launched an augmented reality app that lets you draw anywhere you wish. It’s called Just A Line, and thanks to the power of AR technology, a little artistic creativity, and Google’s ARCore which was just expanded upon earlier this week, Just A Line lets you utilize the phone’s camera viewfinder to […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Before turning in for the night, Katie Clark curls up with Instagram, not Facebook. More personal, less drama. “I just think it’s a nicer place to be,” the 28-year-old blogger from Littleton, Colo., says of Instagram. On Facebook, “everything feels like an advertisement or an argument.” Goodbye Facebook, hello Instagram. Instagram, which […]
The heart rate monitors built into the Apple Watch and other wearable devices can detect abnormal heart rhythms with 97 percent accuracy, according to a new study conducted by the team behind the Cardiogram app for Apple Watch in conjunction with researchers at the University of California, San Francisco. More than 139 million heart rate […]
