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Etsy is currently the go-to online destination from handmade products, but with reports that Amazon is looking to release its own direct competitor to the marketplace, Etsy’s days as king may very well be numbered. Known as Amazon Handmade, Amazon’s own artisan marketplace is expected to
The only safety issues that Uber has really had to deal with over the years have been because of its drivers, which is why it’s no surprise that the company is supposedly working on a self-driving vehicle of its own. We already know that Uber is working on driverless technology, among other th
One of the problems that Chinese companies like Huawei and Xiaomi are facing as they attempt to expand into Western markets is that Westerners simply don’t know how to pronounce their names. In a humorous attempt to remedy this, Huawei has released a video that tells us how to pronounce the co
In a country where Internet usage is growing much faster than Internet availability, being able to connect to Wi-Fi hotspots without needing a password is a valuable tool for Chinese smartphone users. That’s why an app known as Skeleton Key, which does exactly that, has raised $52 million in f
It’s difficult to make money off a web browser when you don’t have any other services producing revenue. That’s the problem that Mozilla has had for a while now, and putting advertisements in Firefox is the only way the company has been able to survive this long, but it’s sti
Some of you may not like filters and prefer to refrain from using them on your photos, but if popularity is your goal, you may want to reconsider. By analyzing pictures on Flickr, researchers at Yahoo Labs found that photos that contain filters are 21% more likely to be viewed and 45% more likely to
Earlier this week, Swedish authorities took control of two major Pirate Bay domains on the grounds that they were the tools of an illegal operation to conduct its business. This is a major victory for the entertainment industry, which has been complaining that not enough was being done to deal with
Amazon Prime members in a handful of major American cities will now be able to order anything from baked goods, to fully prepared meals, to groceries through Amazon’s new Prime Now service, and the best part is, it’ll all be delivered to you within a couple of hours. If that’s too
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
Yandex has upgraded the experimental browser it unveiled last year with an arsenal of privacy-centric features for users that want something a bit more secure. As the “Google of Russia,” Yandex relies on gathering information on its users to continue being successful, which is why this p
HTC hasn’t been very active in the tablet market aside from the Nexus 9 it developed on behalf of Google, but some recently leaked specs indicate that the company is releasing another tablet this year. With a quad-core processor and a single gigabyte of RAM, the 7-inch device is definitely on
Remember that report that came out not too long ago which claimed that SSDs can lose their data in just a few days if left unplugged? Well, according to the same person that inadvertently started the big scare, it’s all just a misunderstanding, the average user will never be in the situation w
