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Nintendo’s newest piece of hardware is… a sleep monitor?

Checking your smartphone while you're laying in bed can be such a hassle, I mean you actually have to reach all the over and grab it. This is where Nintendo...

Twitter is taking down stolen jokes

Bullying may be the most pressing issue that Twitter is fighting at the moment, but a close second is... joke theft? That's what I can gather from the company's decision...

Silicon Valley is finally turning its attention to disabled people

Somewhere around 20% of people in the United States suffer from some kind of disability, and while the severity of these disabilities varies greatly, the fact remains that many of...

Virtual reality videos are heading to YouTube

Don't get me wrong, 360-degree videos are definitely cool, but they feel like little more than a gimmick when you're sitting there viewing them on web browser, and 3D videos are...

You can now register for a OnePlus 2 invite!

It's finally happening. With just a couple of days left before the big OnePlus 2 announcement event, OnePlus has opened up a registration list for invites to purchase its upcoming...

Yahoo is bringing back Flickr Pro

Two years after Yahoo decided to discontinue Flick Pro, the photo-sharing service will be reviving the subscription plan with a bunch of new features. An ad-free Flickr experience is probably...

Best Buy and Wal-Mart are backing this new Apple Pay competitor

The latest mobile payments platform to challenge Apple Pay isn't coming from Google, Microsoft, or Samsung, it's coming from a consortium that you've probably never heard of: MCX. Short for Merchant...

Google just updated Google Voice so that it doesn’t suck as much

The voicemail transcriptions that Google Voice does are... less than accurate, but at least Google acknowledges this and has put some effort into fixing the issue. The company recently launched an...

More than 86% of Etsy’s sellers are women

Etsy is one of those companies that, like Pinterest, has an overwhelmingly female user base without actually being geared towards women. This is especially true for the e-commerce service's sellers, with 86% of the...

Amazon is now bigger than Wal-Mart

Amazon surprised investors with its latest report when it revealed that it actually managed to turn a profit, something that has alluded the company for quite some time. Investors rewarded...

Pandora claims Apple Music will never be a serious threat

Considering how much of a game changer iTunes was for the music industry, it's no surprise that many music streaming companies were nervous about Apple's entrance into the market. However, there...

Forget regular premium phones, LG has a “super premium phone”

LG already released its flagship smartphone a few months a ago, but now the company has an ultra-flagship that it hopes will make up for the LG G4's lackluster sales....

Even LinkedIn’s co-founder thinks the website could use a redesign

Design isn't everything, despite what some would have you believe, but it's certainly important. One of the biggest complaints that people have with LinkedIn is that the website's design is...

Meerkat now allows users to stream from their GoPro

It's definitely not a partnership that I ever expected, but the more I think about it the more genius it seems. Meerkat has announced that users can now use the...

Will Uber cause ice cream men to start protesting too?

It's the hottest year on record (again), but that doesn't have to be a bad thing. Well... it's definitely a bad thing, but there are some good parts, like the...

Holy crap, Amazon actually managed to turn a profit

You may want to look out your window and see if pigs are flying because Amazon actually managed to turn a profit this quarter. To be fair, it was a...

Google just realized that people don’t like full-page mobile ads

It'll be a while before web browsing on mobile devices even comes close to being as good as browsing on a PC, but that doesn't mean websites should make the...

Leak: These are Microsoft’s next flagship smartphones

We've been hearing rumors of Microsoft's newest flagship smartphones for months, but thank to Windows Central, we now have some actual information. When I say "actual information," I mean a...

Intel and Qualcomm may potentially merge their chip businesses

This is pure speculation at the moment, but Qualcomm's announcement that it's considering splitting its business to increase shareholder value could result in a deal with Intel. The businesses would...

Smartphone shipments are on the rise and Huawei is taking the lead

Have you hear the news?! It turns out smartphones are really popular! Sarcasm aside, worldwide smartphone shipments are still on the rise with an 11.6% increase in shipments year-over-year. Looking at...