Scarlett Madison — Two Takes contributions

What better way to map people’s brains than to inject them with electronic implants?! Ok, so it’s a bit more complicated than that, but deciphering brain signals and unlocking the secrets to the human mind is far more complex a topic than I could cover in this article, so I’ll keep

Phandroid managed to get its hands on a trademark from LG for an app named “Meerkat.” Obviously that app already exists, and is one of this year’s surprise hits, so there’s no way LG would be able to trademark that name unless it had acquired the original Meerkat. The patent

What started off as a path to monetization for Snapchat has transformed into the realization of a bold vision that CEO Evan Spiegel has for the company. It’s very clear at this point that Snapchat is much more than just an ephemeral messaging service, as the company implemented an effective co

In a major victory for the entertainment industry last week, two of the Pirate Bay’s key domains were seized by the Swedish government on the grounds that they were tools used by an illegal operation to help share stolen content. Pirate Bay co-founder Fredrik Neij isn’t sitting idly by,

Human workers being replaced by robots has been discussed at length over the past few decades, and while a few instances of this have popped up over the years, technology is only just now reaching the point where millions of workers will actually be affected. It hasn’t hit us yet, but it will

In its current state, virtual reality is in the same vein as video games, where it helps users escape our reality and go to a fake one, albeit in a much more immersive way. That’s why most virtual reality headsets we see in development at the moment are geared towards games, but it doesn&#8217

Tinder recently moved to a subscription-based freemium model in order to help make more money, and it looks like it’s paying off. Not only has the dating app’s parent company expressed its delight at how quickly the app’s penetration rates have grown, it also highlighted Tinder&#82

Products sales don’t account for all of the $111 billion that the video game industry generates, eSports play a big role as well, a big enough role that ESPN brought eSports to primetime. Obviously this is a massive step forward for the world of eSports, but EPSN’s decision has received

It looks like another billion-dollar startup has been born, but this time it’s not based in the United States. Funding Circle, which is based in London, has just raised $150 million in funding to achieve a valuation exceeding $1 billion to expand its peer-to-peer investment platform. This plat

Wes Craven is well know for making some of the most iconic horror movies to date, but now the acclaimed filmmaker is diving head-first into television. Not only is he producing MTV’s upcoming Scream series, Craven has reportedly inked a deal with NBCUniversal to develop two new shows for SyFy.

The smartphone’s camera is looking to be LG’s biggest selling point with the LG G4, as the company has been going on and on about it these past few weeks. While LG has already teased the device’s 16MP, f/1.8 aperture rear camera module, the company decided to bring in professional

While not as impressive as Apple breaking world records with the launch of the iPhone 6, Samsung is still breaking personal records with the Galaxy S6. The company’s newest flagship is shaping up to be its most successful smartphone to date, and is already close to selling ten million units. N

One of the great things about phablets is that their larger screen allows for much higher resolutions. This is best seen in the 2560×1440 QHD display that last year’s Galaxy Note 4 shipped with, and its successor could be even better. According to reports, the smartphone’s successor

Xiaomi’s fifth birthday celebration is right around the corner and the Chinese company has been giving us daily teasers ever since it first announced that it would be celebrating its birthday with the launch of several new products. The teasers have given us just enough to speculate on without

Cyanogen has been on a roll these past few months, throwing punches at industry giants like Google and Samsung with claims that it’s going to wrestle Android way from Google and that Samsung is going to be killed off by smartphone startups. While all of this has drawn plenty of attention to th

Having a non-compete clause in an employee’s contract ensures that, at least for some time after leaving the company, the employee won’t be able to use their skills to help competing companies. It’s something that makes sense for high-skill, upper-level jobs but is it really necess

With competitors like HTC and Samsung hogging up much of the attention at this year’s MWC with their own flagship smartphones, LG made the smart move and decided to unveil its own flagship device at a different date. Smart, as I said, but we’re still waiting for an official announcement

The Americans and, to a lesser extent, the British have garnered most of the attention directed towards government surveillance over the past couple of years but don’t let that distract you from their fellow Anglo nations, such as Canada. Our neighbors to the north have quite an impressive ars