Louie Baur — Two Takes contributions

Social networks already act as a gateway for us to connect with new and old friends from anywhere in the world, but we’re still limited to hanging out through screens. That’s why virtual reality is the next logical step in the evolution of social networking as it would allow us to hang o

Television as we know it is changing at a ridiculous pace as more and more people transition to Internet-based alternatives to the cable and satellite providers that have dominated the scene for decades. Although not much has been seen of it on the media, the FCC is preparing to vote on a new ruling

Today’s wars are already being fought on two fronts, physical and digital, and future wars will only see more focus on the cyber side of things. That’s why Singapore has established a new ministry specifically for combating cybercrime and cyberwarfare. Considering how the city-state is t

In a few weeks the FCC is going to vote on a new spectrum-sharing plan for a band that everyone from mobile service providers, to individuals, to the United States military could make use of. Known as the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS), the service would open up frequencies from 3550-3700MH

Windows 10 will be arriving on desktops and smartphones later this year and, while the desktop technical preview has given us a look at many of the features we can expect, the mobile preview has been less feature-packed. Even the company’s new web browser, Project Spartan, has only been demoed

To Amazon, employees are simply placeholders for what will eventually be the perfect, utterly efficient robot that doesn’t need to be paid or try to unionize. The company already has robots working in several of its warehouses thanks to its acquisition of Kiva back in 2012 but these robots are

The NFL has had a long and incredibly profitable (mutually so) relationship with television but it looks like even that won’t stop the NFL from embracing modern entertainment. Embrace may not be the best word, more like dabble. Even so, it’s a step forward, and when the Buffalo Bills and

Lets say the American government is interested in spying on you and, while you’re pretty sure the company you’re getting your IT equipment from is safe, Snowden’s leaks revealed that the NSA could very well intercept your equipment before it reaches you can install bugs on it. What

A profile has been popping on Tinder this week for users in Austin. Many of the attendees of the SXSW festival in Austin came across an attractive 25-year-old woman named Ava on the dating app and, after a brief but interesting conversation, it was revealed that the person was actually an AI. The pr

Cord cutting is easier than ever thanks all of the streaming services out there, but which of these services do American’s use the most? According to Nielsen, Netflix is the king of streaming by a long shot, unsurprisingly, with around 36% of all households in the United States subscribing to

The new “sharing economy” has been talked about quite a lot over the past year or two, with many experts highlighting the many benefits of it and some claiming that it has the potential to benefit people with lower incomes especially. In order to see whether this was true or not, researc

A recent report from Bloomberg shows, to the surprise of no one, that American technology companies are storing hundreds of billions of dollar overseas to avoid paying taxes. The top 8 tech companies in the United States alone have a combined total of $420 billion stored in overseas bank accounts wi

Cheaper is always better, especially for things you pay for regularly, like transportation. That’s why Lyft has introduced a new kind of discounted option for it ride-sharing service, known as Lyft HotSpots, in its home city of San Francisco. Anyone who orders a Lyft Line in one of these desig

While blockbuster games continue to dominate the market, indie games are more important than ever before, certainly important enough that no gaming company wants to miss out on them. The PC has always been and always will be king of indie gaming for many reasons but that doesn’t mean consoles

One of the biggest complaints that people have with Samsung devices is that they come pre-loaded with some truly awful bloatware that isn’t useful and takes up a ridiculous amount of space. This is all going to change with the Galaxy S6, however, and if this recent leak is to be believed, only

The current console wars may be ongoing but we already know which console lost and perhaps the console that won as well. While the Wii U is the clear loser here, the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One are still fairly even in terms of sales. However, a recent forecast suggests that Sony will have [&hell

As companies continue to search for ways to make smartwatches as essential to people as smartphones, Neptune has found its own solution with the Neptune Duo. As the name implies, the Duo is made up of two separate devices: a hefty wristband that contains all of the hardware you’d normally find

As they seem to do every year, smartphone sales reached record levels in 2014 with more than 1.228 billion units sold, which is a 23% increase from 2013. One of the driving forces behind the increase in smartphone sales is Latin America which saw a 59% increase in sales over the previous year, bring