Apple creates a general support channel on Twitter
Apple has expanded its presence on Twitter, adding an English-language general support channel — called simply @AppleSupport — which it says will be tweeting out tips and tricks, as well...
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Review: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 edge are the phones we’ve craved
Their feature sets don’t necessarily speak to a grandiose vision from Samsung regarding the company’s future. They don’t offer solutions to problems users weren’t aware they had. They don’t shed grams...
Watch how easy it is for someone to hack your iPhone
With all the hoopla surrounding the FBI-Apple controversy, it may surprise you how easy it is to hack into an iPhone. In this video, Skycure CEO Adi Sharabani demonstrated how...
Dragon Front Is Like VR Magic: The Gathering
Tower above your army of monsters, lean across the battlefield and make your opponent’s face explode. That’s Dragon Front, a virtual reality card game coming to Oculus Rift. While many...
Awareables: The Technology of Superhumanism
If you don’t like something about yourself, change it. We all use tech for self-improvement, be it eyeglasses or iThings. Watches have been making us timely since the 1500s. Plus,...
Now you can get on the standby list with concert subscription service Jukely
Here’s a simple-but-handy-sounding update to Jukely — a standby list. For those of you who haven’t tried it, Jukely offers access to an unlimited number of concerts for $ 25...
HTC claims 15,000 pre-orders in 10 minutes for its Vive VR headset
A possible tidbit of early sales data for one of 2016’s flagship virtual reality systems: the HTC-Valve Vive has apparently racked up more than 15,000 pre-orders in less than 10...
Tableau scores advanced database tech with acquisition of German startup HyPer
Tableau announced today that it has acquired early-stage startup HyPer, which has developed an advanced database technology that Tableau intends to incorporate into its product set. Tableau is a business...
Big Data: One Thing to Think About When Buying Your Apple Watch
Materia: A latin word that describes any “physical substances in general”, as distinct from mind and spirit which I’d like to describe here as “data.” Let’s play the Matryoshka doll...
Cisco bringing advanced search to Spark platform with Synata acquisition
Cisco announced it has purchased Synata, a search startup that allows users to search across on-premise or cloud repositories simultaneously. Cisco plans to integrate the Synata technology into its Spark communications platform (which...
