Why do journalists and social networks need to work with each other?
Despite how essential social media has been to bringing journalism to the modern age, the two have never really worked together and the systems that they have now is haphazard...
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Gigabyte has decided to enter the smartphone business
Gigabyte is known for its graphics cards, motherboards, and various computer peripherals but now the Taiwanese company is getting into the smartphone business. The company recently took the wraps off of...
Even Nickelodeon is going to offer a standalone streaming service
More and more television networks are making it easier for their viewers to cut the cord by releasing standalone streaming options for their content that don't require a cable subscription....
Snapchat’s first original series will premier tomorrow
Rather than expanding further into the social world, Snapchat it betting its future on entertainment and original content. Starting it off is a new web series by Sasha Spielberg and Emily...
The co-founder of Secret has left the company due to a strategy change
The increased demand for anonymous messaging and social apps has given birth to many interesting services, such as Secret. While Secret started off as an aesthetically pleasing image-centric app, it...
Why is Singapore trying so hard to attract American startups?
Singapore is already one of the most connected nations on Earth in terms of internet penetration, smartphone adoption, and more. Even so, the city-state wants to take thing even further...
Depop wants to blur the lines between e-commerce and social networks
As already established companies like eBay and Pinterest try to blend e-commerce and social networking, a British startup by the name of Depop has created an app from the ground up...
LG claims Qualcomm’s overheating issues have been fixed
Despite how Qualcomm is hyping up its Snapdragon 810 processor as the greatest mobile chip to grace the Earth, the processor appears to be suffering from some major overheating issues. So major,...
China may be removing the biggest roadblock for video game consoles
China has been gradually opening its doors to video game consoles over the last year or two, having already lifted the blanket ban on such devices, but companies are still...
Twitter co-founders support CEO Dick Costolo despite investor criticism
Numerous industry analysts and Twitter investors have been criticizing CEO Dick Costolo in recent months for what they consider to be poor performance. However, several of the company's board members and...
Did the LG G4 just get benchmarked?
A new 64-bit octa-core Snapdragon 810-powered smartphone from LG has made its way to the GFXBench website which many think could be the LG G4, but others have their doubts. While a...
Samsung may launch the Galaxy S6 without TouchWiz bloatware
In a move that will make Samsung users across the globe cry tears of joy, new reports are suggesting that the South Korean company's universally hated TouchWiz bloatware will be entirely...
Twitch’s audience has doubled in less than a year
It's baffling to me how popular video game streaming is becoming, thanks in large part to games like League of Legends and Minecraft. Just to put the growth of video...
Reddit has released its first-ever transparency report
Transparency reports are becoming increasingly common in the post-Snowden world, particularly for Internet-based companies like Facebook, Google, Twitter, and now Reddit. The "front page of the Internet" has released its...
An investment from Alibaba has breathed new life into Ouya
Remember when everyone was really excited for the Ouya, the Android-powered micro-console that exploded on Kickstarter a while back? Yeah, that was short lived and now the micro-console is struggling...
Congrats China! You’re now the world’s largest source of spam
Through the sheer power of numbers, China has been managing to beat the United States in quite a few areas in recent years. Now the Asian giant can add spam...
HTC may be toying around with Firefox OS
HTC, as with most smartphone manufacturers, primarily makes products that are powered by Google's Android operating system, but that may change soon. There have been rumors floating around that the...
Yahoo really wants to be Safari’s default search engine
Yahoo's recent deal with Mozilla to become Firefox's defualt search engine turned out to be a major success and actually took quite a chunk out of Google. Now the company...
Here are some of the most interesting open source projects out there
I could spend hours going on about how awesome open source projects are, but I doubt anyone wants to read that. Fortunately, Klint Finley has posted an article on Wired that...
It’s not just America and Britain, Canada loves spying on citizens too
While its cousins in America and Britain have taken the majority of the criticism for their massive surveillance programs that were unveiled by Edward Snowden, Canada's own Communication Security Establishment is...