Brian Molidor — Two Takes contributions

It looks like Samsung’s conspicuous absence from the tablet market is about to come to an end, as the company has unveiled the new Galaxy Tab A, which marks the company’s return to the tablet market after months without releasing a new device. Boasting some moderate specs, the Galaxy Tab

So there’s good new and bad news for OnePlus One fans. The good news is that OnePlus has decided to drop the smartphones much-hated invite system for good. The bad news is that the OnePlus 2 will have the same system at launch. To be fair, the company does have some razor-thin margins in order

I never thought the day would come when I was actually looking forward to a Fantastic Four movie. However, the Silver Surfer days are behind us, and we now live in a world where movies based on comic books can actually be good. In fact, the can be exceptionally good, which is what I’m hoping t

Lei Jun, the CEO of Xiaomi, has described his company as an “ecosystem empire,” or at least, that’s what he wants it to become. Despite being the rising star in China and rising to challenge the likes of Apple and Samsung, Xiaomi is still facing heavy competition domestically and needs t

It’s sad how the very companies that provide us with the movies and television shows that we enjoy so much are also the ones that’re working so hard to restrict our freedom online. Few tools are as essential to this freedom as VPN services, and few tools are as loathed by media companies

This week has undoubtedly brought mass-swooning to Star Wars fans across the globe as not only has the second teaser trailer for the next film been released, Electronic Arts also gave us our first real look at the long-awaited addition to the Star Wars: Battlefront series. It’s been nearly a d

We reported yesterday that Etsy was now valued at around $1.78 billion, but now that number looks to be closer to $4 billion. The website acts as an online marketplace for handcrafted and vintage goods and makes its money with a small listing fee, a small cut of the sales, and a bit of advertising,

Few things are as essential to learning more about space than telescopes, and few things are as expensive. The current telescopes that feed us all of the images we get from far out into space use expensive mirrors to do so. Add on the expense of launching the thing into space and it’s no wonde

A million smartphone sales may not be much to market leaders like Samsung or Xiaomi, but for a small startup releasing its first device, that’s an incredible number. Even though this level of success caught OnePlus by surprise, as well as pretty much everyone else, the Chinese startup is going

People have been using Periscope, Twitter’s live-streaming app and rival to Meerkat, to stream episodes of Game of Thrones to their viewers. As I’m sure you can imagine, HBO isn’t happy about that at all and has issued numerous takedown notices. On top of that, the company released

Everyone is so focused on the new seasons of Game of Thrones and Veep, and I’m just sitting here starving for even a hint of new regarding the new True Detective. HBO has delivered far more than that, however, as the first teaser trailer for the next season of True Detective has been released.

The best kind of ads are the ones that don’t even seem like ads. These are known as native ads, where the advertisement is practically indistinguishable from the content around it, which is especially easy on a website like Tumblr where of the content is visual and quickly absorbed. The introd

To say that Xiaomi is growing fast would be a gross understatement. The burgeoning Chinese startup has already managed to sell 100 million smartphones in its five years in existence, but now the company has taken speed to whole other level. During a twelve hour-long period at its recent Mi Fan Festi

Body armor has evolved quite a lot throughout human history. Leather and metal were traditionally the two primary components for most of our early years, with the type and design of the metal changing based on the technological capabilities of the people at the time. Since then, armor has had to evo

Despite the fact that Internet Explorer had Do Not Track enabled by default starting in 2012, it looks like Microsoft won’t be doing the same thing with its new web browser, Project Spartan. While users will still be able to enable the feature themselves, and Microsoft has promised to make it

In our technology-driven world, battery life is perhaps one of the biggest issues we face, and the military is no exception. With soldiers relying more and more on technology, batteries need to be durable and long lasting in a way that current batteries simple aren’t. The solution? Propane. Ye

Control is something that entertainment companies strive for, its what they want more than anything in the world. Specifically, they want to control who sees their content and when they see it, all in the name of combating file sharing. As TorrentFreak points out, however, the tons of effort that th

In celebration of the Chinese startup’s fifth birthday, Xiaomi will be launching a handful of new products on March 31 which, although exciting, is kind of annoying considering the company has given us no real information on what will be released. Instead, the company has chosen to release a b