To provide rugged and lightweight protection for the iPhone SE, UAG utilized its signature drop-tested, armor shell and impact resistant soft core. Ruggedized bumpers, a raised screen surround, and scratch resistant skid pads provide comprehensive protection against daily bumps and drops. In addition, tactile buttons and oversized ports allow for use with third party cables and … [Read more...]
Google Cast Comes with New Vizio 4K TV
Google's Chromecast is one of the best (and cheapest) ways to turn a TV into a bonafide media-streaming beast. It's fantastic, except for one thing: It's yet another thing you need to plug into your TV. … [Read more...]
Creepy Geminoid Robot Can Have a Conversation With You
The Geminoid android is probably best known for being the uncanny doppelganger of its creator Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro of Osaka University, but up until now, the robot has been primarily a telepresence demonstration. On Sunday at South by Southwest Interactive, Geminoid carried on a free-flowing conversation. … [Read more...]
Apple Watch Now Has Popular Watchface Utility Facer
A popular smartwatch customization platform for Android, Facer, has today made its way to iOS and Apple Watch. While there are already dozens of utilities on the App Store that allow users to better personalize their Apple Watch’s homescreen, Facer stands out because of its sizable collection of free watchfaces, range of exclusive content which also includes premium brands, and … [Read more...]
What Devices Work With the Amazon Echo and the New Tap?
If you're new to Amazon Echo — hey! Welcome. Amazon Echo fans can be a fanatical bunch when it comes to the part-speaker, part-smart home device. We'll teach you the secret handshake later. … [Read more...]
Fresh Finds, a New Wednesday Spotify Feature for New Artists
On the heels of the success of its Discover Weekly feature, Spotify is adding another curated service so that users can find new music. Called Fresh Finds, the new weekly Wednesday feature, available through to all Spotify users in its “Browse” tool, will uncover new artists for listeners. … [Read more...]
Is Your Employer Watching You? Iphone’s iOS 9.3 Will Tell You…
Nobody likes being monitored. But even if you suspected your company is following your activities on the iPhone, would you know where to check? In the next iteration of its smartphone operating system, iOS 9.3, Apple is looking to make this an easier task. According to Reddit user MaGNeTiX, the latest beta of iOS 9.3 has a message telling users their iPhone is being … [Read more...]
$30 million European News Tech Companies Boast Google as Investor
Pouring gas on the bonfire of news tech, Google recently announced that it has invested more than €27 million ($30 million) into projects spanning the European news tech scene. The fund’s goal is to ‘help stimulate innovation in digital journalism’ over the next three years, Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai said at an event in Paris last week. This batch of investments is the first … [Read more...]
CornerJob Jobs Marketplace App Gets 500,00+ Downloads Per Week
Another despatch from the ‘mobile messaging is eating the world’ file: blue collar recruitment app and European startup CornerJob has closed a $10 million Series A funding round. The app, which launched in Italy in September last year and has since expanded to France, Spain and Mexico, focuses on low skill, high turnover recruitment, and aims to streamline the hiring and … [Read more...]
Mark Zuckerberg on Orwellian Image of Him and VR Army
You've probably seen the picture: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg walking down the aisle with a huge satisfied smile on his face as a sea of seated people wearing Samsung Gear VR headsets are completely unaware of his appearance. … [Read more...]