This Is How Internet Ads Follow You Around Internet ads are so invasive. I don’t blame you for thinking that Facebook is listening to us talk. It’s probably not, but the fact that ads pop up -for many people after simply talking about something near their phones- makes it all questionable. Read more…
iOS 11 GM leaked by disgruntled employee Rumor: iOS 11 GM leaked by disgruntled employee This weekend’s iOS 11 GM leak revealed — and confirmed — a multitude of new features and hardware set to debut this fall, likely spoiling a number of surprises Apple had in store for its Read more…
Google Maps will mark road closures in real time in Florida ahead of Hurricane Irma In anticipation of Hurricane Irma, Florida governor Rick Scott has announced that the state is working with Google’s emergency response team to mark closed roads on Google Maps in real time. This will help with evacuation plans. Irma Read more…
The 10 Most Popular Mobile Apps In America Facebook and Google are the big winners Between smartphones and tablets, Americans spend more than half of their digital media consumption time — 57 percent — in apps, according to comScore’s annual U.S. mobile apps report. That’s about the same as a year Read more…
Dad creates app that freezes your kid’s phone until they answer your texts The app is currently only available on Android devices A father fed up with his kid ignoring his texts turned his frustration into creativity. Nick Herbert has come up with an unusual solution to a problem many Read more…
SoundCloud’s Future to Be Determined by a Vote Today After unexpected layoffs, reports of its impending demise due to a lack of funding and the perceived heroics of Chance The Rapper, the fate of SoundCloud will be determined by one vote on Friday (Aug. 11). The folks at Axios reported the news yesterday (Aug. 10). SoundCloud Read more…
Disney’s Next Movie Could Be Watching You There’s this term in the processed food industry for when something is quantifiably at its most delicious, but also–critically–still unsatisfying enough that you always crave more. It’s called the bliss point, and it’s what ensures that you always want another sip of that soft Read more…
Apple Removed 58,000 Apps from China’s App Store in Two Weeks ASO 100 suggested that such a large-scale removal means Apple is cleaning up and regulating the Chinese app market on its iOS system Last week, it was reported that Apple had removed hundreds of thousands of apps from the App Store Read more…
Backup and Sync Your Entire PC to the Cloud with Google Soon you will be able to auto backup and sync your whole computer on Google Drive. By the end of this month, Google will launch Backup and Sync — a new, simple tool that has been designed to help you backup Read more…
Massive Global Ransomware Attack Underway, Patch Available This is a Wordfence public service security announcement for all users of computers running any version of Windows. We have confirmed that a serious virulent ransomware threat known as WannaCrypt0r/WannaCry has affected Windows computers on shared networks in at least 74 countries worldwide, Read more…
Adobe Sensei Improves Selfies Using Artificial Intelligence ADOBE’S NEW AI PLATFORM WILL TRANSFORM MOBILE PORTRAITURE AND YOUR SELFIE GAME Today, Adobe revealed a sneak peak into one facet of its research technology powered by the mystical Adobe Sensei, its AI and machine learning platform, and it’s absolutely absurd. It demos a Read more…
Night Shift For MacOS Now Available For Free You no longer have to worry about your laptop’s bright screen disrupting your sleep schedule. Apple just released Night Shift—a feature that reduces blue light from the display in the evening—on the newest version of macOS Sierra (10.12.4). The update has been Read more…