We still have quite a few smartphones to be on the lookout for
We're almost halfway through the year and most of the major flagship smartphones have already been released, but that doesn't mean the second half of 2015 isn't going to have...
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Spotter: The news app that shows you articles you actually want to read
Oh look, another news aggregation app, how exciting. Sarcasm aside, a new app by the name of Spotter actually does look pretty interesting, as rather than just being a cookie cutter...
LG accounts for 90.9% of the smartwatch display market
Displays for smartphones and tablets come from a wide variety of companies, but the market for smartwatch displays is almost entirely controlled by a single company: LG. According to a...
Verizon is acquiring AOL for $4.4 billion in an all-cash deal
Verizon took a major step into the new media world today when it announced that it will be acquiring AOL for $4.4 billion in an all-cash deal. The pricing at $50...
With is like Tinder for people who’re looking for friends
There's no shortage of dating apps and websites out there. Hell, there are even services dedicated specifically to even the most obscure demographic. But what about people who're looking for...
You no longer need a Twitter account to use Periscope
You don't need a Twitter account to use Vine anymore, so why should you need one for Periscope? In an update for Twitter's popular live-streaming app, the company removed the need...
Nintendo’s next console might not be region-locked
Region-locking is common for video game consoles, and is almost universally hated by the gaming community. Nintendo is especially guilty of this sin, but president and CEO Satoru Iwata has given...
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings discusses the future of television
Traditional television will be dead in a decade or two, but what's going to replace it? That's a question that Netflix CEO Reed Hastings answered in-depth at the Media Convention in Berlin...
Amazon has been awarded a patent for a drone delivery system
Amazon may have brought the idea of drone-based package deliveries to our attention but America's strict regulations regarding drones have prevented the company from developing this kind of technology as quickly as...
China and Russia have promised not to hack each other
These past few years has seen the number of large-scale hacks increase by a significant amount, with a significant chunk of them originating from China or Russia, and a large...
American Idol will finally be coming to an end after 15 years
Few television shows have enjoyed the level of success that American Idol has, but everything must come to an end eventually, and many people think American Idol's death is long...
Xiaomi is taking on Alibaba and Baidu with a new money-market fund
There's simply no end to Xiaomi's ambitions. The burgeoning Chinese electronics maker has launched a new money-market fund called Huoqibao that can be access from within the company's standalone Xiaomi Finance app....
Music streaming may be popular but its not profitable
Streaming is quickly becoming the most popular way to listen to music nowadays, but that doesn't mean it's profitable, at least at current prices. With millions of users paying the...
The Philippines is the first country to know how to handle Uber
Startups are always claiming to be "disruptive," but few have managed to cause as much legal controversy and trouble as Uber has managed to do in virtually every country it operates in....
Rumor: Xiaomi is putting a Snapdragon 820 in the Mi5
The good thing about Xiaomi waiting until later in the year to release its latest flagship smartphone is that the company can utilize the unreleased Snapdragon 820 chip that should be...
What if there was a social network that actually paid you to post?
It doesn't matter how much we hate Facebook, we're never going to leave it. Even though we're little more to Facebook than a consumer that advertisers will pay to target, it's...
Leak: Here’s our first look at Samsung’s next flagship tablet
The tablet market may not be what it was a couple of years ago, but that doesn't mean Samsung isn't going to release a successor to one of last year's...
IBM’s supercomputer can help you find the perfect therapist
No therapist is going to be a perfect match for every patient, and finding the therapist that's right for you oftentimes boils down to hopping from session to session until...
Researchers may have just developed artificial photosynthesis
The sun is a natural source of energy for much of the life on our planet, and while we have ways of turning that energy into usable electricity, we've haven't...
All this startup does is keep track of other startups
Startups are, by nature, privately-held entities that have no legal obligation to share their data publicly, which is why it can be difficult to keep track of them. Potential investors...