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 […]
Multiple sources tell TechCrunch that Google is acquiring Lytro, an imaging startup that specializes in light-field technology. According to TechCrunch, one source says the deal is an “asset sale” and the company is being bought for no more than $40 million. Another source says the asking price is $25 million and that it had already […]
Update: A YouTube spokesperson has provided the following statement to clarify the use of ads. Our top priority at YouTube is to deliver a great user experience and that includes ensuring users do not encounter excessive ad loads. We do not seek to specifically increase ad loads across YouTube. For a specific subset of users […]
The #DeleteFacebook movement just gained a notable supporter: Brian Acton, co-founder of Facebook-owned WhatsApp. Acton and fellow WhatsApp Co-Founder Jan Koum sold their messaging app to Facebook in 2014 for $16 billion, becoming very rich in the process. After leaving Facebook last year to start his own nonprofit, Acton is now speaking out against the […]
HTC’s Vive Tracker is barely half a year old for everyday users, but it’s already being replaced with a new model. The VR hardware maker has confirmed to Tom’s Hardware that it’s now selling an updated “Vive Tracker (2018)” for the same $99. The product listing doesn’t say much about what’s new. However, they’re understood […]
If you’ve ever opened an app and selected the option to “log in with Facebook” instead of creating a new account, chances are that the people or company behind that app know a lot about you. According to Facebook, each app that you log into will get your gender, networks you belong to, username, your […]
The next version of Windows Server will be branded Windows Server 2019, and it’ll be out in the second half of the year. This isn’t tremendously surprising, as it fits with the schedule Microsoft has already committed to that splits Windows between a Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC), with 10 years of support and a […]
The NPD Group today released its report for February 2018 game and hardware sales in the United States, and among the noteworthy takeaways is that the Nintendo Switch continues to sell incredibly well. NPD analyst Mat Piscatella said in a statement that the Switch, over its first 12 months on the market, has reached the […]
GDC starts this week in San Francisco, and Google is looking to burnish its reputation among game developers with a handful of new announcements. The most newsworthy is “Google Play Instant,” which allows game demos to be played on Android devices simply by clicking a link, rather than fully installing the game. It’s also pointing […]
