The PlayStation 4 has been dominating this generation of consoles, but Microsoft believes that things will start to turn in the Xbox One’s favor this Christmas. Despite previous claims that backwards compatibility would be virtually impossible on this generation of consoles, Microsoft surprised everyone, especially Sony, when it announced that most of the Xbox 360 library would be making its way… Continue reading Microsoft is expecting a ton of Xbox One converts this holiday season
Month: October 2015
Facebook is making video ads load faster in developing countries
Video advertisements are much more effective, and therefore more valuable, than their static counterparts, but this comes at the cost of loading more slowly on weaker connections or low-end devices. Oddly enough, it’s in countries like Nigeria and the Philippines where these video ads are best received, despite the fact that these countries tend to… Continue reading Facebook is making video ads load faster in developing countries
PewDiePie claims ad blockers forced YouTube to create YouTube Red
YouTube’s ad-free subscription service has launched, and while many people are complaining that the company forced content creators to either accept the service or have their videos removed, the most-successful YouTuber of all time has come to the company’s defense. PewDiePie, a Swedish content creator that has made millions from YouTube, claims that YouTube was… Continue reading PewDiePie claims ad blockers forced YouTube to create YouTube Red
The Tor Project has started beta testing its secure messaging app
Tor has been described by the NSA as the undisputed king of online anonymity, and it’s an essential tool for Internet users who want to protect themselves from prying eyes. The Tor Project, which is responsible for maintaining Tor, has integrated Tor into other applications, such as with the Tor Browser, in order to give people more tools to… Continue reading The Tor Project has started beta testing its secure messaging app
Apple is selling more Macs than ever despite the shrinking PC market
Oh, the PC market is dying? Well, I guess somebody forgot to tell that to Apple. While the overall market for personal computers has been on the decline for years, Apple is actually selling record numbers of Macs, with nearly six million being sold last quarter. As impressive as that is, it’s counteracted by the… Continue reading Apple is selling more Macs than ever despite the shrinking PC market
Google denies rumors that it’s merging Android and Chrome OS
Yesterday, a report from the Wall Street Journal started circulating across the Internet, which claimed that Google is planning to fold Chrome OS into Android sometime in 2017, with a later report claiming that this move will allow Google to start bringing Android to computers as well. Both reports made a lot of sense, and it was easy… Continue reading Google denies rumors that it’s merging Android and Chrome OS
One of the biggest names in online piracy is shutting down
If you’ve ever even dabbled in online piracy, there’s a good chance that you downloaded a movie that was released by the popular movie torrenting group known as YIFY. For years, the group has dominated public BitTorrent sites with its small file sizes, solid quality, and quick-to-download DVD rips. Unfortunately, for reasons unknown, YIFY and its… Continue reading One of the biggest names in online piracy is shutting down
Force Touch is going to explode in popularity next year
Apple is rarely ever the first company to do something, but it tends to be the first to do something so well that it quickly becomes an industry standard. That was the case with smartphones, that was the case with fingerprint sensors, and now it looks like that’ll be the case with force-sensitive displays. After… Continue reading Force Touch is going to explode in popularity next year
Viewers didn’t seem to like Twitter’s first television commercial
In order to help people understand what Twitter and convince them to start using the service, Twitter released its first-ever television commercial during the World Series on Tuesday, but it seems to have had the opposite effect. The people who didn’t just change the channel when they saw the commercial were confused by its odd tone… Continue reading Viewers didn’t seem to like Twitter’s first television commercial
LG’s dual-screen smartphone is coming to the United States
Remember when LG was trying to get us all hyped for its upcoming super premium smartphone? Well, the company ended up trying to downplay the device shortly before its announcement, and it’s a good thing they did, because nothing about the LG V10 is super premium. In fact, the only thing worth noting about the… Continue reading LG’s dual-screen smartphone is coming to the United States