Apple invests $1 billion in Chinese ride-hailing service Didi
In a bid to better understand China, Apple has announced a $1 billion investment in Chinese Uber-like service, Didi Chuxing. The country’s homegrown ride-hailing service already has plenty of cash, and was recently valued at over $25 billion. According to Reuters, it has 87 percent of the market of private car hailing across China. Apple […]
Android VR’ confirmed by Google developer site
It looks nearly certain that Google will launch an Android-powered VR headset that works without a phone or PC. Android Police spotted an “Android VR” placeholder in Google’s Play Developer Console, and Engadget co-founder Peter Rojas (now an entrepreneur at investment firm Betaworks) tweeted that “Android VR will be definitely be announced next week” (at […]
YouTube will offer classic NFL games as part of a new deal
The National Football League and YouTube have expanded a deal that allows the site to play previews, highlights and recaps. In 2016, YouTube will not only carry more content and expand its search options, but also show entire classic games. “Three of the most memorable games for each of the 32 clubs in the NFL […]
Paris looks to Instagrammers to boost city museum visits
Maybe you’ve heard the term “influence.” It’s the moniker marketers have given to the heavy hitters of social media with considerable follower counts (often in the tens or hundreds of thousands). You know, the Kendall and Gigis currently dominating our world. Well, Paris Musées, the public institution that oversees 14 of the city’s municipal museums, […]
Smartwatch concept puts two screens on your wrist
There’s something wrong with smartwatches. We all feel it, deep down. “This is not as cool as I thought it would be!” we constantly yell to anyone who will listen. Well, good news: science is on it. Thanks to the power of magnets and duct tape, Doppio offers up a humble solution: “Bro, what if […]
Facebook is testing a ‘discover’ feature for Groups
Groups on Facebook have evolved from being things you joined because they had dumb names and you were in college, to being legitimately useful ways to find new information. As a reflection of that, The Social Network is apparently testing a new feature on the iOS and Android apps,International Business Times writes, dubbed “Discover.” That […]
NVIDIA’s GTX 1080 GPU is faster than Titan X, lands May 27
NVIDIA gave us a taste of its new Pascal architecture with the P100 graphics card last month, which is aimed at servers for heavy duty computing. Now, it’s ready to show off how that technology will be adapted for consumers with its new GeForce GTX 1080 GPU. As you’d expect, it’s fast: NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun […]
Watch Amazon’s Alexa summon a Tesla Model S out of a garage
If you own a Tesla Model S or Model X you’ve been able to summon your all-electric carfor nearly six months now, but one developer has created an even cooler way with Amazon’s Echo. Using an unofficial Tesla API and the Echo, Jason Goecke created code that runs in the cloud to respond to keyword […]
YouTube says its primetime audience is bigger than the top 10 TV shows combined
For the last three years, YouTube has put on a series of increasingly extravagant parties meant to convince advertisers that the video platform is the best place to spend their marketing dollars. The fourth annual Brandcast took place last night at the Javits Center, and compared with previous versions, it was decidedly more self-assured. In […]
Windows 10 upgrades will cost $119 after July 29
if you’ve been dragging your heels on upgrading to Windows 10, now is the time to take action. Free upgrades to the new OS from previous versions of Windows will end on July 29, Microsoft reiterated today. The company initially said the offer would only last one year, and indeed that date marks Windows 10’s […]