Sal McCloskey — Two Takes contributions

Bose is a well-known player in music hardware, but just as Beats did, it looks like the company is trying to get into the content business, as well. As noticed by Hypebot, Bose currently has a job opening for a senior user experience designer, working under its “cloud music services” gro

Warehouse workers for Amazon.com can be forced to spend as much as 25 minutes off the clock to undergo security screenings at the end of their shift, the Supreme Court declared Monday. The justices ruled 9-0 against the workers at two Integrity Staffing Solutions warehouses in Nevada, locations wher

When it comes to shopping for a bra, that can be a rather challenging thing, since it is a rarity to find a bra that fits you perfectly – right down to the millimeter. Having said that, we have also heard of items such as smart bras in the past, but why not come up […]

YouTube embraced 4K video a long time ago, but Vimeo is at last catching up… well, more or less. The internet media hub now lets you download 4K clips from both Vimeo Pro members and Video On Demand providers. If you just snagged a Retina iMac or a lower-cost 4K display, you now have one [&hel

Announced in late February at MWC 2014 and then teased again in mid-November, the dual-screen YotaPhone 2 is available to purchase in launch markets, with the new flagship device set to cost about $620 in Europe. The phone will initially be available in 20 European countries, Android and Me reports,

As you’ve no doubt noticed, especially with the bombardment of post-Thanksgiving specials and sales, there is no shortage of portable Bluetooth speakers on the market. So in such a crowded field, it takes something truly innovative to rise above the rest. The Mars speaker from Crazybaby does e

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a lengthy report delving into the battery fire that grounded the entire Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet last year. Though the agency doesn’t explicitly identify the cause of the incident, it does name the Federal Aviation Administration

In anticipation of its new deep space explorer, NASA has unveiled a sleek countdown display at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The modern, digital LED display is replacing the iconic analog countdown clock. The new display, which resembles a stadium monitor, is similar in size to the historic c

They’re cruising the streets for embarrassing tweets. It’s no secret that every year, the number of people driving under the influence of alcohol shoots up around Christmas. As part of its yearly crackdown, police in Sussex and Surrey are taking to Twitter to document the alcohol-related

Sony Pictures Entertainment is reportedly investigating whether the recent hack that downed the company’s computer system is linked to North Korea. The thinking is that the hack may be in response to Sony’s upcoming film, The Interview, which is premised on a plot to assassinate North Ko

European Union regulators want Google to extend the controversial “right to be forgotten” to searches worldwide, including those made on Google.com, according to The Wall Street Journal. The right to be forgotten was put into place following a court ruling earlier this year and requires

There are many Android handsets out there that comes with a built-in LED notification light to inform its user that there are notifications to tend to. Users can customize these LED lights to display different colors to correspond to different notifications, like one color to depict calls, another c

Have you ever walked into a beer or wine store only to be overwhelmed by the vast selection, including many options you’d never even heard of? We’ve all been there, but there’s a new app that should help recommend options you’ve yet to taste. Next Glass uses your phone’

There are serious and growing concerns over how much carbon dioxide is being released into the Earth’s atmosphere and what the long term consequences of that are with regards to climate change. But it’s hard to understand just how much carbon dioxide is being released because you can’t see it. NASA

Just months after Netflix pushed more aggressively into Europe, and several years after the service landed in Latin America, the online video giant is now ready to head Down Under. The company announced its plan to roll out its video-streaming platform in Australia and New Zealand in a carefully des

Samsung head of investor relations, Robert Yi, has revealed during a presentation in New York that the company plans to cut the number of smartphone models it produces by 25% to 30% in 2015. With this step, Samsung hopes to fight the falling profits that were recorded in the last financial quarter.

Rdio has announced new and reduced prices for its Family Plan subscriptions less than a month after Spotify launched competing services of its own. Prices for multiple-user accounts now start at just $14.99 a month. Rdio has been offering a Family Plan option for a number of years, but back in Octob

Authorities can’t keep the entire Pirate Bay crew under lock and key, it seems. Just days after the arrest of Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde has been released from prison; he spent only five months behind bars rather than the originally intended eight, albeit in a high security wing. Sunde is focus