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10:36 pm GMT - Mon, June 29, 2015
Mashable Uber acquires Bing Maps technology, employees in Microsoft deal
Uber has acquired some of the technology behind Bing Maps, along with several Microsoft employees, as part of the ride-hailing company's ongoing efforts to build out its own mapping tech.About 100 Mic...
09:27 pm GMT - Mon, June 29, 2015
Mashable Facebook says your rainbow profile pictures won't be used to sell ads
Your Facebook News Feed was likely flooded in color over the weekend, thanks to the site's rainbow filter toolMore than 26 million Facebook members — including celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio...
05:42 pm GMT - Mon, June 29, 2015
Mashable This startup says its 3D-printed car can beat Porsche's speed record
The fastest accelerating car in the world is the Porsche 918 Spyder, which can go 0-60 mph in 2.2 seconds. An extremely bold San Francisco startup thinks it can beat that ... with 3D printing.Divergen...
05:11 pm GMT - Mon, June 29, 2015
Mashable Report: iPhones with Force Touch have entered production
Apple's manufacturers have reportedly started production on the next-generation iPhones, and they're apparently bringing over Force Touch pressure-sensitive screens from the Apple Watch.According to a...
04:03 pm GMT - Mon, June 29, 2015
Mashable Facebook's new photo uploader cribs Snapchat's editing features
If you opened up Facebook on an iOS device to upload a photo recently, you may have noticed some new photo editing features that feel lifted from Snapchat.When you upload a photo to Facebook via the i...
04:03 pm GMT - Mon, June 29, 2015
Mashable Facebook's new photo uploader looks a whole lot like Snapchat
If you opened up Facebook on an iOS or Android device to upload a photo recently, you may have noticed some new photo editing features that feel lifted from Snapchat.When you upload a photo to Faceboo...
02:43 pm GMT - Mon, June 29, 2015
Mashable Apple reveals the exact launch time for Apple Music and Beats 1
We finally know exactly when to expect Apple’s long-awaited music subscription service.Apple will launch its new music streaming service, Apple Music, on Tuesday, the same day the company will l...
08:51 am GMT - Mon, June 29, 2015
Mashable A robot called Hadrian wants to build you a house in two days
A West Australian company has a robot they say can lay 1,000 bricks per hour and build the frame of an average house in under two days.The robot is still in prototype stage, but Fastbrick Robotics is ...
03:57 am GMT - Mon, June 29, 2015
Mashable Testing out Nikon's new astro camera in Death Valley
I stood on Dante’s Peak in the dead of night, alone except for the stars. They were twinkling like the lights of Los Angeles from 30,000 feet. It was 3 a.m. and the Milky Way was high ...
03:48 am GMT - Mon, June 29, 2015
Mashable Meanwhile, robots are getting married in Japan
True love knows no bounds, except maybe battery life.While same-sex couples across America celebrated their right to marry this weekend, festivities of a more mechanical sort were happening in Tokyo.S...
01:31 am GMT - Mon, June 29, 2015
Mashable Apple interns can make almost $80,000 a year, report says
When you're Apple, it pays to be the largest company in the world (at least by market cap), so much so, even interns reap the benefitsApple interns can apparently fetch salaries approaching $7,000 a m...
04:01 pm GMT - Sun, June 28, 2015
Mashable What were some of the key insights out of WWDC 2015?
In this video, iOS Architect Kevin Harwood recaps his favorite discoveries from WWDC 2015. Spoiler alert: Standing in long lines and waking up before sunrise did not make his listInstead, Kevin talks ...
03:47 am GMT - Sun, June 28, 2015
Mashable 5 can't-miss apps: Kiwi for Gmail, Disney Gif, Medium and more
Between iTunes showcasing LGBT pride and Facebook's rainbow-filtered profile photos, you may have missed some of this week's best new apps.See also: Breakup app delivers the ugly truth so you don't ha...
12:57 am GMT - Sun, June 28, 2015
Mashable What updates should Android developers focus on from Google I/O?
In this video, Android Engineer Kris Pena picks out the most important pieces of information that came out of this year's Google I/O conferenceShe dissects all the changes to Android app permissions, ...
10:58 pm GMT - Sat, June 27, 2015
Mashable 8 Pride-themed Easter eggs from Google
This weekend cities all over the world are waving rainbow flags for Gay Pride parades, held in celebration of the LGBT community and its historyThis year's celebrations are particularly heartening as ...
04:22 pm GMT - Sat, June 27, 2015
Mashable Printing stickers with Polaroid's Zip Instant Photoprinter is too much fun
I love being able to hold pictures in my hands, but I love being able to stick my pictures on things even more.Sticker pictures are back, and they're more fun to print out than they were before thanks...
03:02 am GMT - Sat, June 27, 2015
Mashable Microsoft went all out for its Windows 10 desktop background
When Windows 10 launches on July 29, pay special attention to the default desktop background.Microsoft partnered with San Francisco designer Bradley G. Munkowitz, whose worked on films such as Tron, t...
11:37 pm GMT - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable Apple Watch is now available in 16 countries, soon to be 19
The Apple Watch landed in seven additional countries on Friday and announced plans to expand into three more later this summerApple's first wearable is now available for purchase at boutique shops and...
11:31 pm GMT - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable Silicon Valley celebrates gay marriage, and the Internet's role in it
It's official: Same-sex marriage is legal in all 50 states, and the tech world is overjoyed.Friday's landmark 5-4 ruling, in which the U.S. Supreme Court struck down gay marriage bans as unconstitutio...
11:21 pm +03 - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable 'Close call' between self-driving cars was just routine, Google and Delphi say
You may have heard that two self-driving cars had a "close call" on a California road this week. Don't be alarmed.One of Google's self-driving Lexus RX450h's (incorrectly reported as a RX400h) cut in ...
10:21 pm +03 - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable The sequel to one of 2014's best Android smartphones will be unveiled in VR
The OnePlus One is one the best contract-free Android smartphones that you can buy for $250. It's also one that not many people have heard of.Next month, OnePlus will officially announce its successor...
10:20 pm GMT - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable Chevrolet thinks it can one-up Tesla with a $30,000, 200-mile Bolt
The race for the people's electric car just heated up. Much of the conversation about electric cars thus far has revolved around Tesla, but Chevrolet is angling to change that.Chevrolet announced on T...
09:45 pm +02 - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable Apple showcases LGBT Pride in special section of iTunes
iTunes is now decked out to celebrate LGBT pride.Apple revealed the new Pride-themed section of iTunes Friday. The section highlights books, apps, movies, music and podcasts that celebrate LGBT civil ...
09:21 pm +02 - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable The sequel to one of 2014's best Android smartphones will be unveiled in VR
The OnePlus One is one the best contract-free Android smartphones that you can buy for $250. It's also one that not many people have heard of.Next month, OnePlus will officially announce its successor...
08:29 pm +02 - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable iOS 9 may slow iPhones by almost 40% to squeeze out more battery life
To extend battery life at the cost of speed or not extend battery life? That is the question.We learned earlier this month that iOS 9 will give your iPhone one extra hour of battery life, and a "Low P...
08:21 pm GMT - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable 'Close call' between self-driving cars was just routine, Google and Delphi say
You may have heard that two self-driving cars had a "close call" on a California road this week. Don't be alarmed.One of Google's self-driving Lexus RX450h's (incorrectly reported as a RX400h) cut in ...
07:45 pm GMT - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable Apple showcases LGBT Pride in special section of iTunes
iTunes is now decked out to celebrate LGBT pride.Apple revealed the new Pride-themed section of iTunes Friday. The section highlights books, apps, movies, music and podcasts that celebrate LGBT civil ...
07:21 pm GMT - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable The sequel to one of 2014's best Android smartphones will be unveiled in VR
The OnePlus One is one the best contract-free Android smartphones that you can buy for $250. It's also one that not many people have heard of.Next month, OnePlus will officially announce its successor...
06:29 pm GMT - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable iOS 9 may slow iPhones by almost 40% to squeeze out more battery life
To extend battery life at the cost of speed or not extend battery life? That is the question.We learned earlier this month that iOS 9 will give your iPhone one extra hour of battery life, and a "Low P...
06:00 pm +02 - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable Apple CEO Tim Cook: Same-sex marriage decision is 'victory for equality, perseverance and love'
Tech leaders in Silicon Valley are speaking out about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that says same-sex marriage is "the law of the land."One of the first reactions came from Tim Cook. The Apple CEO, w...
05:05 pm GMT - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable You can put a rainbow filter over your Facebook profile photo in one click
Get ready to see a whole lot of color in your Facebook News Feed.Facebook added a tool that lets users superimpose a rainbow over their profile pictures on Friday, after the the U.S. Supreme Court str...
04:05 pm GMT - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable Type 'gay marriage' into Google for a rainbow surprise
Google is celebrating the legalization of same-sex marriage across the United States following a Supreme Court ruling on FridayColorful artwork appears when you type certain words into Google's search...
04:00 pm GMT - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable Apple CEO Tim Cook: Same-sex marriage decision is 'victory for equality, perseverance and love'
Tech leaders in Silicon Valley are speaking out about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that says same-sex marriage is "the law of the land."One of the first reactions came from Tim Cook. The Apple CEO, w...
03:21 pm -05 - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable 'Close call' between self-driving cars was just routine, Google and Delphi say
You may have heard that two self-driving cars had a "close call" on a California road this week. Don't be alarmed.One of Google's self-driving Lexus RX450h's (incorrectly reported as a RX400h) cut in ...
03:20 pm GMT - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable That Lexus hoverboard has its own custom skatepark
Lexus unveiled a "real, rideable" hoverboard on Wednesday — a skateboard that levitates above the ground, just like in the legendary Robert Zemeckis movie Back to the Future Part II. Such a hove...
02:45 pm -05 - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable Apple showcases LGBT Pride in special section of iTunes
iTunes is now decked out to celebrate LGBT pride.Apple revealed the new Pride-themed section of iTunes Friday. The section highlights books, apps, movies, music and podcasts that celebrate LGBT civil ...
02:29 pm -04 - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable iOS 9 may slow iPhones by almost 40% to squeeze out more battery life
To extend battery life at the cost of speed or not extend battery life? That is the question.We learned earlier this month that iOS 9 will give your iPhone one extra hour of battery life, and a "Low P...
02:00 pm GMT - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable 20 events related to tech, startups, social media and more
The Mashable Events Board is a great place to list and find leading conferences in your industry, whether it's advertising, technology, media or public relations. This week, we're highlighting five ev...
01:37 pm GMT - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable Steve Wozniak: In the future, robots will keep humans as pets
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is pretty certain artificial intelligence is taking over, but he's having a hard time deciding whether that's a good or bad thing for humansIn a March interview, Wozniak...
11:09 am +02 - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable Watch this artist make 5 paintings in 17 hours on 1 laptop
Rather than spending months working away in a studio, one renowned Japanese artist has challenged himself to sit on a plane and create an entire pop-up art exhibition in 17 hours.Tomokazu Matsuyama, 3...
10:18 am GMT - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable Smartphones don't get more utilitarian than Samsung's Galaxy S6 Active
The Galaxy S6 Active is the phone for anyone who was upset when Samsung traded durability and water-resistance for thinness, metal and glass.Samsung's Active-branded smartphones have always been about...
09:09 am GMT - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable Watch this artist make 5 paintings in 17 hours on 1 laptop
Rather than spending months working away in a studio, one renowned Japanese artist has challenged himself to sit on a plane and create an entire pop-up art exhibition in 17 hours.Tomokazu Matsuyama, 3...
08:37 am -05 - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable Steve Wozniak: In the future, robots will keep humans as pets
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is pretty certain artificial intelligence is taking over, but he's having a hard time deciding whether that's a good or bad thing for humansIn a March interview, Wozniak...
06:00 am +02 - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable How one Boston company wants to revolutionize lithium-ion batteries
The lithium-ion batteries in your iPhone or your Tesla Model S are solid but hampered by a hefty price tag. One Cambridge, Massachusetts-based startup thinks it can cut manufacturing costs by 50% whil...
04:00 am +02 - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable NASA and Microsoft plan to bring the HoloLens into space
NASA and Microsoft are again teaming up on the HoloLens. But this time, the goal is to bring the augmented reality headset into spaceNASA and Microsoft announced Project Sidekick Thursday, a new exper...
04:00 am GMT - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable How one Boston company wants to revolutionize lithium-ion batteries
The lithium-ion batteries in your iPhone or your Tesla Model S are solid but hampered by a hefty price tag. One Cambridge, Massachusetts-based startup thinks it can cut manufacturing costs by 50% whil...
03:38 am +02 - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable Tumblr finally gives you a way to watch nothing but GIFs
Just in case you weren't seeing enough GIFs in your Tumblr dashboard, the site now has a dedicated channel that plays an endless stream of them.Tumblr TV, unveiled Thursday, allows Tumblr users to wat...
02:00 am GMT - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable NASA and Microsoft plan to bring the HoloLens into space
NASA and Microsoft are again teaming up on the HoloLens. But this time, the goal is to bring the augmented reality headset into spaceNASA and Microsoft announced Project Sidekick Thursday, a new exper...
01:38 am GMT - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable Tumblr finally gives you a way to watch nothing but GIFs
Just in case you weren't seeing enough GIFs in your Tumblr dashboard, the site now has a dedicated channel that plays an endless stream of them.Tumblr TV, unveiled Thursday, allows Tumblr users to wat...
01:00 am GMT - Fri, June 26, 2015
Mashable Smart lightbulb doubles as a speaker to play your music
The home of the future could kill two birds with one bulbAstro is among the latest startups throwing a quirky spin on a household staple in an attempt to make it smarter. Astro's new smart lightbulbs ...
10:30 pm GMT - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable Here's a first taste of Apple HomeKit in action
After more than a year of Apple teasing its smart home platform, we're finally getting a look at how some of the first HomeKit-enabled products will work with Siri.In a series of demos held in New Yor...
10:00 pm -04 - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable NASA and Microsoft plan to bring the HoloLens into space
NASA and Microsoft are again teaming up on the HoloLens. But this time, the goal is to bring the augmented reality headset into spaceNASA and Microsoft announced Project Sidekick Thursday, a new exper...
09:02 pm GMT - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable Google's new self-driving cars hit streets of Mountain View
Google took another step toward taking self-driving cars mainstream on Thursday, after the company announced that its new prototype vehicles are already cruising the streets of Mountain View, Californ...
08:37 pm GMT - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable Apple patent reveals iPhones could get better at tracking your friends
Future iPhones might be able to better tell you where people are and how to find themApple has filed two new patent applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that could make geofencing an...
07:29 pm GMT - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable Lenovo's 'PC on a stick' is just like Intel's, but $20 less
Remember Intel's tiny Compute Stick PC that fit in the palm of your hand? Lenovo is making something just like it.The Lenovo Ideacentre Stick 300 is the computer maker's owns stab at the "PC on a stic...
06:54 pm +02 - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable Polaroid updates its adorable cube-shaped action camera with Wi-Fi
Polaroid's tiny, water-resistant Cube action camera just got a wireless upgrade.At CE Week in New York City, the company announced on Thursday a new version of its Cube camera, called the Cube+, which...
06:30 pm -04 - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable Here's a first taste of Apple HomeKit in action
After more than a year of Apple teasing its smart home platform, we're finally getting a look at how some of the first HomeKit-enabled products will work with Siri.In a series of demos held in New Yor...
06:29 pm GMT - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable Clippy might never have existed if Microsoft had listened to women
Remember Clippy? If Microsoft's design team had listened to focus groups, it may have never seen the light of day.The documentary Code: Debugging the Gender Gap closely examines the male-dominated tea...
05:06 pm GMT - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable 6 apps to help you save and spend smart
Life is expensive. There’s a reason why everyone has money on the brain — dollar signs and hidden costs are everywhereSometimes it may seem easier to forget about a budget or forget about ...
04:54 pm GMT - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable Polaroid updates its adorable cube-shaped action camera with Wi-Fi
Polaroid's tiny, water-resistant Cube action camera just got a wireless upgrade.At CE Week in New York City, the company announced on Thursday a new version of its Cube camera, called the Cube+, which...
03:59 pm GMT - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable Google's first vertical Street View lets you climb Yosemite in the comfort of home
Thanks to Google Street View, you can embark on extreme adventures while enjoying extreme comfort.Google Maps announced that for the first time, you can now scale El Capitan in Yosemite, California &#...
03:53 pm GMT - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable Amazon Echo now has the tools to talk to your whole house
Just two days after we learned that anyone can buy Amazon's Echo smart home speaker, the company is rolling out new tools that will let developers make gadget even smarter and work with more products....
03:43 pm GMT - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable Eminem will be the first guest on Apple Music's Beats 1
You get one shot, Beats 1.When the flagship radio station of Apple Music makes its splashy debut on June 30, Eminem will be its first guestSee also: Apple Music vs. the streaming competitionZane Lowe,...
03:29 pm -04 - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable Lenovo's 'PC on a stick' is just like Intel's, but $20 less
Remember Intel's tiny Compute Stick PC that fit in the palm of your hand? Lenovo is making something just like it.The Lenovo Ideacentre Stick 300 is the computer maker's owns stab at the "PC on a stic...
03:28 pm GMT - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable BlackBerry may develop bacteria-free smartphone
The average smartphone contains roughly 25,000 germs per square inch, but now, BlackBerry may be doing something about all that grossness.The once-dominant company, which now only accounts for less th...
02:00 pm +02 - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable New FLIR One thermal camera for iOS and Android lets you 'see' in the dark
The alien hunters in the 1987 film Predator helped make thermal imaging a household term. In the movie, the aptly named Predators could "see" their human prey — even in the dark — by using...
12:00 pm GMT - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable New FLIR One thermal camera for iOS and Android lets you 'see' in the dark
The alien hunters in the 1987 film Predator helped make thermal imaging a household term. In the movie, the aptly named Predators could "see" their human prey — even in the dark — by using...
11:03 am GMT - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable The online tool that helps you find your shopping pen pal
The constant fluctuation in retail store sizes has turned shopping into a frustrating and time-consuming vortex, full of return labels and gift receiptsA consumer-driven service called Fitbay helps so...
10:43 am -05 - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable Eminem will be the first guest on Apple Music's Beats 1
You get one shot, Beats 1.When the flagship radio station of Apple Music makes its splashy debut on June 30, Eminem will be its first guestSee also: Apple Music vs. the streaming competitionZane Lowe,...
10:33 am GMT - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable Why the latest 'Angry Birds' sequel may be the worst of the franchise
Despite a decline in interest after five years and a dozen-plus games involving characters from the franchise, Angry Birds still enjoys a devoted following of millions of players who eagerly await eac...
05:57 am GMT - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable 10 Aussie families are jogging for 3D-printed chocolate rewards
In a tasty science experiment, 10 Melbourne families will host a 3D printer in their home that will make chocolate treats based on how much they exercise.The trial aims to study if printing chocolate ...
05:57 am GMT - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable Scientists are making people jog for 3D-printed chocolate rewards
In a tasty science experiment, 10 Melbourne families will host a 3D printer in their home that will make chocolate treats based on how much they exercise.The trial aims to study if printing chocolate ...
03:59 am GMT - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable Watch this race-car driver break a world speed record with no hands
The Koenigsegg One:1 isn't a normal car. It's about as far removed from normal as physically possible.Just watch one of its test drivers accelerate the car from 0 to 211 mph and back down to 0 only pu...
03:30 am GMT - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable This exquisite, 3D-printed robotic arm is changing the way we think about prosthetics
When you're preparing to meet the founder and CEO of a startup that makes myoelectric prosthetics — those controlled by the electrical signals that muscles produce naturally when tensed up ̵...
03:05 am GMT - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable Ford unveils smart bike with pothole warnings and 'no sweat' mode
Ford Motor Company announced Tuesday it is entering the implementation phase of its Ford Smart Mobility Plan, and the company is bringing its digital-savvy smartbike concept along with it.The corporat...
02:46 am GMT - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable Kenwood launches CarPlay and Android Auto touch dashboard
Another major car electronics maker has joined the race to expand Apple's CarPlay software beyond the limited built-in selections and into a larger aftermarket option: KenwoodThe company joins Pioneer...
01:31 am GMT - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable Some guy got his Apple Watch to run an OS from 1996
I don't know why this man made his Apple Watch run a nearly 20-year-old OS, but I'm not going to question it. It's great.YouTuber Nick Lee ported Mini vMac, an emulator for early Mac operating systems...
12:09 am GMT - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable Apple and Google both have Confederate flag apps in their app stores
Despite new efforts from companies like eBay, Amazon, Walmart and Etsy to remove items that promote the Confederate flag from their stores, the symbol is still alive and well in Google Play and the Ap...
12:09 am GMT - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable Apple pulls Confederate flag apps from the App Store
UPDATE, June 25 11:15 a.m. PT: Apple has pulled several apps depicting the Confederate flag, including those mentioned below, from its App Store. The company has also removed several Civil War-themed ...
12:09 am GMT - Thu, June 25, 2015
Mashable Apple and Google pull Confederate flag apps from app stores
UPDATE, June 25 3:45 p.m. PT: Google confirmed to Mashable Thursday that apps with the Confederate flag had been removed from the Play Store. The post below has been updated to reflect those changes.U...
07:45 pm GMT - Wed, June 24, 2015
Mashable Google Hangouts go big with new Chromebox for large meeting rooms
It's no secret that Google Hangouts are a cheap and easy way for businesses to videoconference, and Chromeboxes — dedicated hardware for bringing Hangouts to TVs — have made it easy for ma...
06:21 pm GMT - Wed, June 24, 2015
Mashable You no longer need a Facebook account to use Facebook Messenger
Facebook Messenger just moved one step closer to messaging domination.The social network no longer requires people to have active Facebook accounts to use its messaging app, Facebook announced Wednesd...
06:14 pm GMT - Wed, June 24, 2015
Mashable Android phones officially join the Microsoft Office pool
Got an Android phone? You can now run Microsoft Office natively, no strings attached.As we reported last month, Microsoft rolled out its new Word, PowerPoint and Excel to Android users who signed up t...
05:45 pm GMT - Wed, June 24, 2015
Mashable The stuff of science fiction: New Intel tech brings fantasy to your living room
This kind of technology used to be reserved for your imagination — like sending your personal robot out to fetch the newspaper, deleting a computer document by making a paper-crumpling gesture w...
03:27 pm GMT - Wed, June 24, 2015
Mashable 6 apps to streamline your professional life
A key component of being professional is organisation, yet many business practices seem outdated and cumbersome in today's technology-driven world. From holding onto receipts for expense reporting to ...
09:40 am GMT - Wed, June 24, 2015
Mashable 5 easy apps to help you survive share house living
Whether you're 22 or 32, living with housemates can be a messy situationYou may learn a lot about iguana care from that Swedish exchange student, but you're also going to have to deal with a lot of lo...
07:12 am GMT - Wed, June 24, 2015
Mashable This app uses your Apple Watch to share your social media contact details
Using mobile devices to wirelessly exchange contact information was popular even way back in the days of the Palm PilotNow a new app called youPass promises to bring the same kind of ease-of-use digit...
04:40 am GMT - Wed, June 24, 2015
Mashable Ford debuts car-share pilot in 6 U.S. cities and London
Taking on everything from traditional car ownership, car rental alternatives like Zipcar and Car2Go, as well as your standard public transport options, Ford announced Tuesday it would be testing a car...
03:18 am GMT - Wed, June 24, 2015
Mashable Lexus just unveiled what it calls a real, working hoverboard
Lexus posted a video on Tuesday for a vehicle we've all dreamed about but never thought possible: a real hoverboard.The video is short, and doesn't show the user actually riding it, but we do see the ...
01:23 am GMT - Wed, June 24, 2015
Mashable Google jumps into medicine with wearable health tracker
The same company that gave us Google Glass is now working on another kind of wearable: a health trackerGoogle has developed a wristwatch-like device that can track your pulse, activity level, heart ra...
01:23 am GMT - Wed, June 24, 2015
Mashable Google dives deep into health tracking with a medical wearable
The same company that gave us Google Glass is now working on another kind of wearable: a health trackerGoogle has developed a wristwatch-like device that can track your pulse, activity level, heart ra...
11:47 pm GMT - Tue, June 23, 2015
Mashable iOS 9 feature will help you download updates even if you don't have enough storage
iOS users: You will never again have to worry about what apps and photos to delete before installing an iOS update.In addition to limiting the size of the iOS 9 download itself, Apple has added a feat...
11:01 pm GMT - Tue, June 23, 2015
Mashable Hands-on with Parrot's jumping, surfing and night-ready drones
Parrot's gone drone-crazy this year.Drone enthusiasts will love the Bebop and the massive Skycontroller that you can buy for it. For us regular guys, Parrot's got 13 new drones that are coming out thi...
09:03 pm GMT - Tue, June 23, 2015
Mashable One vision for the Hyperloop has swanky first-class cabins
SpaceX's Hyperloop pod design competition is still a year away. But we're already seeing initial takes on what the futuristic high-speed transportation system could look like. And luxury travelers fea...
09:03 pm GMT - Tue, June 23, 2015
Mashable One firm pictures the Hyperloop with swanky first-class cabins
SpaceX's Hyperloop pod design competition is still a year away. But we're already seeing initial takes on what the futuristic high-speed transportation system could look like. And luxury travelers fea...
08:04 pm GMT - Tue, June 23, 2015
Mashable Google imitates Spotify and adds a free tier to its Play Music streaming service
Apple Music won't be available for another week but music listeners now have a new free streaming service to consider: Google's Play Music.The company added a free tier to its service on the web and o...
05:02 pm GMT - Tue, June 23, 2015
Mashable Instagram overhauls its search features to focus on trends
Instagram's search just got a lot more like Twitter.The company's latest update completely overhauled the app's search and Explore features to make it easier to find posts around specific events, plac...
04:13 pm GMT - Tue, June 23, 2015
Mashable Amazon Echo smart speaker is now available for everyone to purchase
After seven months of being invitation-only, the Amazon Echo — part-wireless speaker, part smart-home gadget — is now available for anyone to buy.The cylinder-shaped device syncs with your...
03:54 pm GMT - Tue, June 23, 2015
Mashable Gmail finally lets you 'Undo Send' emails you wish you didn't send
Perhaps the best Gmail feature that Google has been testing for years is one you might not even know exists: Undo Send. It delays sending your email for a few seconds after you click Send, so you can ...
10:15 am GMT - Tue, June 23, 2015
Mashable 360Fly could do for VR what GoPro did for action cameras
"GoPro's done a good job," 360fly's CEO Peter Adderton told Mashable. "They own the [action camera] space. No one owns the 360-degree video space."Adderton, a serial entrepreneur and extreme sports fa...
08:26 am GMT - Tue, June 23, 2015
Mashable Sydney startup Divvy is coming to solve your parking troubles
Sydney is a city where an entirely un-special parking spot can sell for A$120,000, so there's clearly a lot of room for a clever startup to come and shake things up.Divvy is hoping it's that startup. ...
07:12 am GMT - Tue, June 23, 2015
Mashable Robots could one day give factory workers super strength
Super strength has long been a dream limited to comic books and sci-fi movies. But a robotic exoskeleton designed to help factory workers lift heavy equipment is getting closer to completion, and coul...
05:17 am GMT - Tue, June 23, 2015
Mashable 3 Aussie entrepreneurs on how they're mixing technology and fashion
You might not think fashion and the hoodie-dominated world of technology would mix. Technology is often focused on efficiency, while fashion is about self-expression and exuberance.A number of Austral...
01:42 am GMT - Tue, June 23, 2015
Mashable Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited completely revamps how authors get paid
The world of indie publishing is set to undergo yet another tectonic shift, initiated by the world's biggest publisher: AmazonIn a message posted to its website last week, the company announced plans ...
12:33 am GMT - Tue, June 23, 2015
Mashable Samsung attaches screen to semi-truck to show the road ahead
Getting stuck behind a slow, smelly semi-truck is no fun, but big vehicles are often too hard to pass on a narrow two-lane road. But Samsung just came up with a very clever solution to this problem.Th...
12:33 am GMT - Tue, June 23, 2015
Mashable Want the $35,000 Tesla Model 3? You'll have to wait until 2018
Elon Musk's dream of having everyone zip around in affordable electric cars has been delayed.The Tesla Model 3 was expected to be unveiled as early as March 2016 and get a late 2017 launch date, but n...
12:15 am GMT - Tue, June 23, 2015
Mashable What you need to know about Australia's new site-blocking law
In bad news for Aussie pirates, the government's site blocking bill became law Monday after a marathon hearing in the senate.Despite the best efforts of two senators, Greens Sen. Scott Ludlam and Libe...
11:53 pm GMT - Mon, June 22, 2015
Mashable Breakup app delivers the ugly truth so you don't have to
Let's face it, breaking up with someone is a messy, awkward, business. But, good news: Now you can end your relationship the lazy way with an app that will handle your breakup for you. It's called Bi...
10:30 pm GMT - Mon, June 22, 2015
Mashable New Apple patent could hide iPhone 6's ugly antenna cutouts
For a product line known for high-end looks, the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus have one slight eyesore: you can see the antenna cutouts.The plastic outlines on the top and bottom of the iPhone 6 are actually an...
09:33 pm GMT - Mon, June 22, 2015
Mashable Windows 10: Is it free or not?
When Microsoft unveiled Windows 10 to the world back in January, it said the new version would be free. The fine print on that deal, however, has been anything but clear, with company executives twice...
08:44 pm GMT - Mon, June 22, 2015
Mashable Razer Mamba video turns gaming mouse into futuristic weapon
Is it possible to be scared of using a gaming mouse? That's the first question that may come to mind after you watch this promotional video for Razer Mamba's new mouse, which debuted last week at E3De...
07:34 pm GMT - Mon, June 22, 2015
Mashable Just in time for summer, Mayorships return to Swarm
Eleven months after checking-out of the check-in game, Foursquare is re-gamifying its Swarm app by bringing back Mayorships.That's right Swarm fans, you can now compete to be Mayor of a location on Sw...
05:49 pm GMT - Mon, June 22, 2015
Mashable The microwave may be getting its biggest upgrade in 50 years
The microwave has been a household staple since its inception nearly 50 years ago, but hasn't seen much in innovation despite major tech breakthroughs.It was only a matter of time before a company ste...
04:33 pm -05 - Mon, June 22, 2015
Mashable Windows 10: Is it free or not?
When Microsoft unveiled Windows 10 to the world back in January, it said the new version would be free. The fine print on that deal, however, has been anything but clear, with company executives twice...
03:44 pm -05 - Mon, June 22, 2015
Mashable Razer Mamba video turns gaming mouse into futuristic weapon
Is it possible to be scared of using a gaming mouse? That's the first question that may come to mind after you watch this promotional video for Razer Mamba's new mouse, which debuted last week at E3De...
03:34 pm GMT - Mon, June 22, 2015
Mashable Apple reveals why it's obsessed with gold iPhones, iPads and MacBooks
Apple's recent obsession with gold-colored versions of its products is indeed a response to preferences in China.Apple CEO Tim Cook told Bloomberg Businessweek that the company takes Chinese tastes in...
03:34 pm GMT - Mon, June 22, 2015
Mashable Tim Cook reveals why Apple is obsessed with gold
Apple's recent obsession with gold-colored versions of its products is indeed a response to preferences in China.Apple CEO Tim Cook told Bloomberg Businessweek that the company takes Chinese tastes in...
02:44 pm -06 - Mon, June 22, 2015
Mashable Razer Mamba video turns gaming mouse into futuristic weapon
Is it possible to be scared of using a gaming mouse? That's the first question that may come to mind after you watch this promotional video for Razer Mamba's new mouse, which debuted last week at E3De...
02:34 pm -05 - Mon, June 22, 2015
Mashable Just in time for summer, Mayorships return to Swarm
Eleven months after checking-out of the check-in game, Foursquare is re-gamifying its Swarm app by bringing back Mayorships.That's right Swarm fans, you can now compete to be Mayor of a location on Sw...
12:49 pm -05 - Mon, June 22, 2015
Mashable The microwave may be getting its biggest upgrade in 50 years
The microwave has been a household staple since its inception nearly 50 years ago, but hasn't seen much in innovation despite major tech breakthroughs.It was only a matter of time before a company ste...
10:34 am -05 - Mon, June 22, 2015
Mashable Tim Cook reveals why Apple is obsessed with gold
Apple's recent obsession with gold-colored versions of its products is indeed a response to preferences in China.Apple CEO Tim Cook told Bloomberg Businessweek that the company takes Chinese tastes in...
09:34 am -06 - Mon, June 22, 2015
Mashable Tim Cook reveals why Apple is obsessed with gold
Apple's recent obsession with gold-colored versions of its products is indeed a response to preferences in China.Apple CEO Tim Cook told Bloomberg Businessweek that the company takes Chinese tastes in...
06:21 am GMT - Mon, June 22, 2015
Mashable An Australian man allegedly used emoji to arrange drug deals
As everybody knows, emoji are immensely versatile. They can express the entire breadth of human emotion, be useful as a passcode, and also, perhaps, assist an enterprising young drug dealer.Queensland...
04:17 am GMT - Mon, June 22, 2015
Mashable Emotional robot Pepper sells out after 1,000 units bought in one minute
It seems 1,000 people just need a little robotic affection.When Pepper, the robot with a heart, went on sale Saturday in Japan, the 1,000 available units sold out online in one minute, the Japan Times...
04:05 am GMT - Mon, June 22, 2015
Mashable Apple exec: Don't worry, Taylor Swift, Apple Music will pay artists during free trials
Updated at 9:35 p.m. PT to include additional quotes from Eddy Cue to BillboardLate Sunday evening, Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Internet software and services, tweeted to the masses tha...
02:57 am GMT - Mon, June 22, 2015
Mashable Aussie Iron Man: Patient receives a 3D-printed titanium jaw
A Melbourne psychologist has taken a step towards becoming an Aussie Iron Man, after receiving a 3D-printed prosthetic jaw in MayIn an Australian-first operation, surgeons, academics and a local 3D-pr...
01:21 am -05 - Mon, June 22, 2015
Mashable An Australian man allegedly used emoji to arrange drug deals
As everybody knows, emoji are immensely versatile. They can express the entire breadth of human emotion, be useful as a passcode, and also, perhaps, assist an enterprising young drug dealer.Queensland...
11:17 pm -05 - Sun, June 21, 2015
Mashable Emotional robot Pepper sells out after 1,000 units bought in one minute
It seems 1,000 people just need a little robotic affection.When Pepper, the robot with a heart, went on sale Saturday in Japan, the 1,000 available units sold out online in one minute, the Japan Times...
11:05 pm -05 - Sun, June 21, 2015
Mashable Apple exec: Don't worry, Taylor Swift, Apple Music will pay artists during free trials
Updated at 10:55 p.m. PT to include Swift's response.Late Sunday evening, Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Internet software and services, tweeted to the masses that Apple would pay artists ...
09:57 pm -05 - Sun, June 21, 2015
Mashable Aussie Iron Man: Patient receives a 3D-printed titanium jaw
A Melbourne psychologist has taken a step towards becoming an Aussie Iron Man, after receiving a 3D-printed prosthetic jaw in MayIn an Australian-first operation, surgeons, academics and a local 3D-pr...
03:35 am GMT - Sun, June 21, 2015
Mashable Blind Americans can now ‘see’ with a device that uses their tongues
A new device that helps the blind "see" by using their tongues has been approved by the U.SFood and Drug Administration.The BrainPort V100, cleared for 250,000 profoundly blind Americans without sensi...
11:25 pm GMT - Sat, June 20, 2015
Mashable 5 can't-miss apps: Dark Sky, Elevate and more
With all the new drool-worthy games coming out of E3 and news of Samsung's massive security vulnerability surfacing, you may have missed some of this week's best new apps.See also: Mashable's best gam...
10:35 pm -05 - Sat, June 20, 2015
Mashable Blind Americans can now ‘see’ with a device that uses their tongues
A new device that helps the blind "see" by using their tongues has been approved by the U.SFood and Drug Administration.The BrainPort V100, cleared for 250,000 profoundly blind Americans without sensi...
08:38 pm GMT - Sat, June 20, 2015
Mashable Getty Images dives into virtual reality with Oculus Rift
Getty Images is entering the world of virtual realityGetty 360 Degree View, a collection of immersive 360-degree imagery, will now be available to users of the Oculus Rift via the Oculus 360 Photos ap...
06:25 pm -05 - Sat, June 20, 2015
Mashable 5 can't-miss apps: Dark Sky, Elevate and more
With all the new drool-worthy games coming out of E3 and news of Samsung's massive security vulnerability surfacing, you may have missed some of this week's best new apps.See also: Mashable's best gam...
05:30 pm GMT - Sat, June 20, 2015
Mashable Samsung keyboard security flaw: The time has come to end bloatware
At least 600 million Samsung users are still at risk due to a major security flaw that opens up photos, messages, phone calls and a slew of other personal data to attackers.The company has still not i...
05:00 pm GMT - Sat, June 20, 2015
Mashable VR startups: Stop trying to make virtual reality treadmills a thing
Virtual reality treadmills are a bad idea and they're never going to be a thing that appeals to the masses.But first a little history lesson. In 2012, a then-20-year-old Palmer Luckey put up a campaig...
03:38 pm -05 - Sat, June 20, 2015
Mashable Getty Images dives into virtual reality with Oculus Rift
Getty Images is entering the world of virtual realityGetty 360 Degree View, a collection of immersive 360-degree imagery, will now be available to users of the Oculus Rift via the Oculus 360 Photos ap...
12:30 pm -05 - Sat, June 20, 2015
Mashable Samsung keyboard security flaw: The time has come to end bloatware
At least 600 million Samsung users are still at risk due to a major security flaw that opens up photos, messages, phone calls and a slew of other personal data to attackers.The company has still not i...
12:00 pm -05 - Sat, June 20, 2015
Mashable VR startups: Stop trying to make virtual reality treadmills a thing
Virtual reality treadmills are a bad idea and they're never going to be a thing that appeals to the masses.But first a little history lesson. In 2012, a then-20-year-old Palmer Luckey put up a campaig...
03:26 am GMT - Sat, June 20, 2015
Mashable Kickstarter project Baggizmo aims to be the gadget bag for every occasion
The market for gadget bags is an especially crowded one.Besides general purpose bags with tons of pockets to accommodate to our ever-growing gadget collection, you can find hundreds of specific storag...
03:02 am GMT - Sat, June 20, 2015
Mashable 3D printing has been taken to a whole new level: Color
3D printing is driving a huge revolution in the world of design and technology. In the process, it is changing the way we think about the design, prototyping and manufacturing of just about everything...
02:40 am GMT - Sat, June 20, 2015
Mashable Google to remove revenge porn sites from search
Google has taken a big step toward protecting victims of revenge porn. In the coming weeks, the search giant will begin honoring requests from victims to stop linking to websites that host the damagin...
01:13 am GMT - Sat, June 20, 2015
Mashable Woah, man, Google made a computer program that makes trippy art
Uh oh. Looks like Google's newest program found Uncle Jerry's stash of LSD and Grateful Dead tapes.Well, not quite: Google programmed one of its artificial neural networks, usually used for image reco...
12:19 am GMT - Sat, June 20, 2015
Mashable E3 2015 was all about VR and the weird accessories for it
If there's any one trend that perfectly summed up E3 2015 it's virtual realityVirtual reality was everywhere this year. Oculus VR, of course, had a massive booth to show off its Oculus Rift headset an...
12:19 am GMT - Sat, June 20, 2015
Mashable E3 2015 was all about VR and its weird accessories
If there's any one trend that perfectly summed up E3 2015 it's virtual realityVirtual reality was everywhere this year. Oculus VR, of course, had a massive booth to show off its Oculus Rift headset an...
10:33 pm GMT - Fri, June 19, 2015
Mashable Reddit-clone Voat booted by its German webhost
The Reddit-clone Voat announced Friday that its hosting provider shut off its servers and terminated its contract.Voat is a Switzerland-based Reddit-like site aims to be "censorship free." It's popula...
10:26 pm -05 - Fri, June 19, 2015
Mashable Kickstarter project Baggizmo aims to be the gadget bag for every occasion
The market for gadget bags is an especially crowded one.Besides general purpose bags with tons of pockets to accommodate to our ever-growing gadget collection, you can find hundreds of specific storag...
10:02 pm -05 - Fri, June 19, 2015
Mashable 3D printing has been taken to a whole new level: Color
3D printing is driving a huge revolution in the world of design and technology. In the process, it is changing the way we think about the design, prototyping and manufacturing of just about everything...
09:40 pm -05 - Fri, June 19, 2015
Mashable Google to remove revenge porn sites from search
Google has taken a big step toward protecting victims of revenge porn. In the coming weeks, the search giant will begin honoring requests from victims to stop linking to websites that host the damagin...
08:36 pm GMT - Fri, June 19, 2015
Mashable Taylor Swift's '1989' won't be on Apple Music, and that's the point
When Apple Music launches on June 30, it will be without Taylor Swift's platinum-selling album 1989.T.Swift's latest album will not be available to stream for free to Apple Music subscribers, as repor...
08:13 pm -05 - Fri, June 19, 2015
Mashable Woah, man, Google made a computer program that makes trippy art
Uh oh. Looks like Google's newest program found Uncle Jerry's stash of LSD and Grateful Dead tapes.Well, not quite: Google programmed one of its artificial neural networks, usually used for image reco...
07:19 pm -05 - Fri, June 19, 2015
Mashable E3 2015 was all about VR and its weird accessories
If there's any one trend that perfectly summed up E3 2015 it's virtual realityVirtual reality was everywhere this year. Oculus VR, of course, had a massive booth to show off its Oculus Rift headset an...
07:13 pm GMT - Fri, June 19, 2015
Mashable The award-winning Apple feature you've never seen: VoiceOver
Here’s a test for you. Take out your smartphone, close your eyes and try to perform a few simple tasks: send an email, read and respond to a text, take a decent picture. I’ll do the same.O...
06:32 pm GMT - Fri, June 19, 2015
Mashable Grab on to virtual reality and hold tight with the Oculus Touch
“Palmer’s going to be doing your Oculus Touch,” I was told as I entered Oculus VR’s quiet upstairs meeting room, a quiet space full of soft carpet and dim lightingPalmer Luckey...
05:17 pm GMT - Fri, June 19, 2015
Mashable Apple is reportedly no longer selling the first-generation iPad mini
It's all Retina display and 64-bit from here on out.9to5Mac noticed that Apple quietly removed the original iPad mini from its website and store, suggesting that the device is no longer available.See ...
05:00 pm GMT - Fri, June 19, 2015
Mashable Injectable implants could help crack the brain’s codes
Understanding how the brain works — or doesn't, as the case may be — depends on deciphering the patterns of electrical signals its neurons produce. Recording them requires inserting electr...
04:17 pm GMT - Fri, June 19, 2015
Mashable Tom Ford turned the Apple Watch into an old-timey pocket watch
We typically see modern spins on old devices, but fashion designer Tom Ford took the Apple Watch in the opposite direction by turning the new smartwatch into an old-timey pocket watch.The customized p...
03:36 pm -05 - Fri, June 19, 2015
Mashable Taylor Swift's '1989' won't be on Apple Music, and that's the point
When Apple Music launches on June 30, it will be without Taylor Swift's platinum-selling album 1989.T.Swift's latest album will not be available to stream for free to Apple Music subscribers, as repor...
03:22 pm GMT - Fri, June 19, 2015
Mashable Sony has no intentions to let you play old PS3 games on your PS4
We learned this week that you'll be able play old Xbox 360 games on the Xbox One, a move that drew huge cheers from gamers at E3 2015.Fans weren't the only ones surprised by Microsoft's concession to ...
02:13 pm -05 - Fri, June 19, 2015
Mashable The award-winning Apple feature you've never seen: VoiceOver
Here’s a test for you. Take out your smartphone, close your eyes and try to perform a few simple tasks: send an email, read and respond to a text, take a decent picture. I’ll do the same.O...
01:32 pm -05 - Fri, June 19, 2015
Mashable Grab on to virtual reality and hold tight with the Oculus Touch
“Palmer’s going to be doing your Oculus Touch,” I was told as I entered Oculus VR’s quiet upstairs meeting room, a quiet space full of soft carpet and dim lightingPalmer Luckey...
12:27 pm GMT - Fri, June 19, 2015
Mashable 4 skills that will help you stand out in any job interview
If you're in job search mode or even keeping your eye on job openings *just in case*, then you're probably wondering what you can do to really get the attention of someone who can give you a job.Linke...
12:17 pm -05 - Fri, June 19, 2015
Mashable Apple is reportedly no longer selling the first-generation iPad mini
It's all Retina display and 64-bit from here on out.9to5Mac noticed that Apple quietly removed the original iPad mini from its website and store, suggesting that the device is no longer available.See ...
11:17 am -05 - Fri, June 19, 2015
Mashable Tom Ford turned the Apple Watch into an old-timey pocket watch
We typically see modern spins on old devices, but fashion designer Tom Ford took the Apple Watch in the opposite direction by turning the new smartwatch into an old-timey pocket watch.The customized p...
11:00 am GMT - Fri, June 19, 2015
Mashable Newt Gingrich reviews the Apple Watch
The first time I seriously tried to use the Apple Watch was to board a plane on a recent cross-country trip. The experience showed the promise of wearable devices, but it also revealed there are chall...
10:22 am -05 - Fri, June 19, 2015
Mashable Sony has no intentions to let you play old PS3 games on your PS4
We learned this week that you'll be able play old Xbox 360 games on the Xbox One, a move that drew huge cheers from gamers at E3 2015.Fans weren't the only ones surprised by Microsoft's concession to ...
08:58 am GMT - Fri, June 19, 2015
Mashable Star Wars-like hoverbikes may one day come to a military near you
Star Wars fans are likely aware of the awesomeness of speeder bikes, which are capable of hovering and zipping through the air. Now, the concept is closer than ever to becoming a reality.U.K.-based en...
07:44 am GMT - Fri, June 19, 2015
Mashable Samsung announces fix for major keyboard security flaw
After a recent report from security company NowSecure detailed a vulnerability that potentially affects more than 600 million Samsung smartphones, Samsung announced a fix that should be coming in "a f...
07:27 am -05 - Fri, June 19, 2015
Mashable 4 skills that will help you stand out in any job interview
If you're in job search mode or even keeping your eye on job openings *just in case*, then you're probably wondering what you can do to really get the attention of someone who can give you a job.Linke...
03:17 am GMT - Fri, June 19, 2015
Mashable What we learned about Microsoft at E3 2015
Big things are happening at Microsoft, and we got a glimpse at their overall strategy through their presentations at E3.Elsewhere in the tech world, second-edition Apple Watch rumors are already flyin...
02:44 am -05 - Fri, June 19, 2015
Mashable Samsung announces fix for major keyboard security flaw
After a recent report from security company NowSecure detailed a vulnerability that potentially affects more than 600 million Samsung smartphones, Samsung announced a fix that should be coming in "a f...
10:45 pm GMT - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable Music video shot entirely on 3 iPhones thrills with crazy romantic chase
Siri, please film a music video. A new video, debuting on Mashable, for the band ON AND ON's "It's Not Over" was recorded entirely on three iPhone 6s, using the devices' slow-motion capabilities.See ...
09:54 pm GMT - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable Report: iPhone 6S will have Force Touch, stronger aluminum
Apple's next iPhone could have the Force Touch feature — and be ever so slightly thicker as a result.The report comes from the analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities (as summarized by Macotakara...
09:45 pm GMT - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable I flew around on a Pegasus by riding on a bike hooked up to a VR headset
LOS ANGELES — For 10 minutes at E3 2015, I felt like Hercules riding his winged horse Pegasus.Of course, I wasn't actually riding a horse, and everything I was experiencing was within Sony's Pro...
09:45 pm GMT - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable I flew around on a Pegasus by riding a bike hooked up to a VR headset
LOS ANGELES — For 10 minutes at E3 2015, I felt like Hercules riding his winged horse Pegasus.Of course, I wasn't actually riding a horse, and everything I was experiencing was within Sony's Pro...
08:48 pm GMT - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable Reddit, the Wild West of the Internet, is getting serious about security
By the end of this month, Reddit will be a lot more secure. The website will start encrypting its traffic over HTTPS, which is a more protected connection than standard HTTP.Ricky Ramirez, a Reddit sy...
07:51 pm GMT - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable Now that password managers are vulnerable, is anything secure?
It hasn't been a good week for password managers or operating system keychainsFirst, LastPass revealed on Monday that it detected suspicious activity on its network. Although there's no evidence that ...
07:16 pm GMT - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable Project Lightning: Twitter's secret plan to bring live events to its platform
Twitter may be stepping up its live events coverage, after all.The company is planning to release a new feature, called Project Lightning, later this year. The photo-centric tool will allow users to b...
06:30 pm GMT - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable 5 apps to help Muslims observe the holy month of Ramadan
Ramadan starts on Thursday for most Muslims around the world. This means a month of fasting, prayer, and piety, all in an effort to deepen one's faith. The holy month is also looked upon as an opportu...
04:54 pm -05 - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable Report: iPhone 6S will have Force Touch, stronger aluminum
Apple's next iPhone could have the Force Touch feature — and be ever so slightly thicker as a result.The report comes from the analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities (as summarized by Macotakara...
04:46 pm GMT - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable Canon doubles down on high-end point-and-shoots with the G3 X
As mirrorless cameras rise in quality and popularity, Canon is continuing to more or less ignore the category, and is instead doubling down on its high-end G series point-and-shoots. The new shooter i...
04:30 pm GMT - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable Report: A next-gen Apple Watch could come with Wi-Fi but no battery boost
The Apple Watch has only been widely available for two months, but the rumor mill about next-generation models has already been fast and furious.According to a 9to5Mac report, a second-generation Appl...
04:30 pm GMT - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable Report: A next-gen Apple Watch could come with more style options but no battery improvements
The Apple Watch has only been widely available for two months, but the rumor mill about next-generation models has already been fast and furious.According to a 9to5Mac report, a second-generation Appl...
04:13 pm GMT - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable We're a step closer to the dream of a mind-controlled TV, thanks to a BBC prototype
LONDON — It's every lazy person's dream. Imagine you're relaxing after a long day at work, perhaps binge-watching your favourite series. Instead of reaching for the remote to switch the channel,...
04:04 pm GMT - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable Scientists develop the world's thinnest light bulb
Imagine a light bulb made from something thinner than paper, but stronger than any other material known to man. Seems impossible — except it isn't.A group of scientists from Columbia University,...
03:25 pm GMT - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable Down the road, the Jaguar Land Rover could read your mind
Jaguar Land Rover is researching advanced safety technologies to help make the roads safer, including brain wave monitoring to prevent distracted driving.The company announced this week it is developi...
01:00 pm GMT - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable You can get DSLR-quality photos on your iPhone with a simple gadget
DxO One is a standalone 20-megapixel camera that marries with your iPhone for a new kind of smartphone photography experience. What you might think of as the camera handle is actually the camera and t...
11:25 am -04 - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable Down the road, the Jaguar Land Rover could read your mind
Jaguar Land Rover is researching advanced safety technologies to help make the roads safer, including brain wave monitoring to prevent distracted driving.The company announced this week it is developi...
08:54 am GMT - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable Looking for a job? Check out 170 openings in tech, marketing, sales and more
Are you looking for a new career? The Mashable Job Board is the ideal place to search for your next big move. More than 3,000 employers in tech and digital have posted on our board, and they're lookin...
08:35 am GMT - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable How evaporation is used to power tiny engines
Harnessing the power from a fundamental process that's happening constantly, all over the world, a team of scientists at Columbia University have devised tiny engines powered by evaporation. The devic...
05:10 am GMT - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable Xbox One games will be playable with the Oculus Rift...sort of
LOS ANGELES — Xbox One games can played with the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, but it's not what you think it is.At E3 2015, Oculus VR co-founder and vice president of product Nate M...
05:03 am GMT - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable Hundreds exposed as illicit photos of Australian women leaked online
South Australian police are investigating a case involving more than 400 Adelaide women who reportedly had private, revealing photos shared on an American website without their consent.A number of the...
04:54 am -04 - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable Looking for a job? Check out 170 openings in tech, marketing, sales and more
Are you looking for a new career? The Mashable Job Board is the ideal place to search for your next big move. More than 3,000 employers in tech and digital have posted on our board, and they're lookin...
04:35 am -04 - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable How evaporation is used to power tiny engines
Harnessing the power from a fundamental process that's happening constantly, all over the world, a team of scientists at Columbia University have devised tiny engines powered by evaporation. The devic...
02:51 am GMT - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable Land Rover now has a remote-controlled car
When James Bond controlled his BMW 750iL via his cellphone back in the 1997 Tomorrow Never Dies film, it seemed far fetched. But now there is a car that does just thatJaguar Land Rover announced this ...
02:45 am GMT - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable Google unleashes real-time, worldwide trend reports for public use
One of the hottest new categories of software development revolves around virality prediction. That is, determining what stories and social media trends are about to go viralOn Wednesday, Google tosse...
02:42 am GMT - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable DuckDuckGo traffic skyrockets after NSA leaks, Apple-integration
DuckDuckGo, a privacy-focused search engine, has seen astronomic growth in traffic the last two years, a sign that could mean privacy is becoming a mainstream concern for people online after years as ...
02:32 am GMT - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable Samsung's new app records gameplay on your Galaxy smartphone
If you've ever wanted to relive your favorite gaming moments — a particularly satisfying lap around the racetrack, the last few seconds of a puzzle game — Samsung now has you coveredThe So...
12:38 am GMT - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable BitTorrent releases cross platform photosharing app
So you have an iPhone, but your buddy uses an Android phone. You've just taken a pile of photos together, and your Android-toting friend wants them too. What do you do?It's 2015 and there's still no e...
12:25 am GMT - Thu, June 18, 2015
Mashable Samsung's massive security flaw: What you need to know now
Security researchers just revealed a huge vulnerability in Samsung smartphones that puts hundreds of millions of devices at risk of an attack that could compromise personal data — including phon...
10:42 pm -04 - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable DuckDuckGo traffic skyrockets after NSA leaks, Apple-integration
DuckDuckGo, a privacy-focused search engine, has seen astronomic growth in traffic the last two years, a sign that could mean privacy is becoming a mainstream concern for people online after years as ...
10:32 pm -04 - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable Samsung's new app records gameplay on your Galaxy smartphone
If you've ever wanted to relive your favorite gaming moments — a particularly satisfying lap around the racetrack, the last few seconds of a puzzle game — Samsung now has you coveredThe So...
09:30 pm GMT - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable Hands-on with Nest's new app and Nest Protect 2.0
Nest on Wednesday updated its entire line of devices for the home, which includes the new $199 Nest Cam. To control them all, the company also announced a significant update to the Nest App for iOS an...
08:45 pm GMT - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable Swedish airport pods let you feel the weather at your destination
Do you hate when you get off a plane and immediately realize you didn't dress well for the weather? An airport in Sweden wants to solve this problemTo promote its connections to many international des...
08:25 pm -04 - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable Samsung's massive security flaw: What you need to know now
Security researchers just revealed a huge vulnerability in Samsung smartphones that puts hundreds of millions of devices at risk of an attack that could compromise personal data — including phon...
08:15 pm GMT - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable The Xbox One's $150 Elite controller may be the best controller ever created
When it comes to game controllers, Microsoft's Xbox One controller is easily the best one. It's so close to perfection that Oculus VR is bundling one with every consumer version of the Oculus RiftI ha...
07:52 pm GMT - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable Nest Cam is here, but the 'Internet of Things' still isn't
SAN FRANCISCO — Nest, one of the most recognizable names in home automation, unveiled a welcome refresh of its product line here Wednesday. There's slightly smarter software for the thermostat, ...
06:13 pm GMT - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable Former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop to leave Microsoft
Stephen Elop, the former CEO of Nokia, is leaving Microsoft as part of a new reorganization.Elop, who ran the Lumia division within Microsoft after Nokia's acquisition in 2014, will leave Microsoft "a...
05:40 pm GMT - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable Hold onto your burrito: 37 new emoji are coming to your phone this year
The Unicode Consortium, a nonprofit organization that governs the Unicode Standard, is previewing 37 new emoji characters that will come to phones in the near future.So what's in store? Enough emoji t...
05:37 pm GMT - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable Nest announces Nest Cam, new Protect smoke detector
Nest is cleaning house.The Google-owned company is refreshing its entire line of smart-home products, including a new smoke detector and thermostat as well as a redesigned and rebranded Dropcam camera...
03:00 pm GMT - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable Dropbox update makes it easier to get files from people without accounts
Dropbox just made it a lot easier for people without accounts to share files through its service.The file storage service rolled out a new tool Wednesday, called file request, which makes it easier fo...
02:13 pm -04 - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable Former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop to leave Microsoft
Stephen Elop, the former CEO of Nokia, is leaving Microsoft as part of a new reorganization.Elop, who ran the Lumia division within Microsoft after Nokia's acquisition in 2014, will leave Microsoft "a...
01:40 pm -04 - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable Hold onto your burrito: 37 new emoji are coming to your phone this year
The Unicode Consortium, a nonprofit organization that governs the Unicode Standard, is previewing 37 new emoji characters that will come to phones in the near future.So what's in store? Enough emoji t...
01:37 pm -04 - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable Nest announces Nest Cam, new Protect smoke detector
Nest is cleaning house.The Google-owned company is refreshing its entire line of smart-home products, including a new smoke detector as well as a redesigned and rebranded Dropcam camera, now called th...
01:36 pm GMT - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable Introducing Brigade Beta, Sean Parker's civic-focused social network
Sean Parker, billionaire investor and founding Facebook president, seems to think democracy is fundamentally flawedIn theory, America's system of government lets everyone have a say by electing repres...
01:35 pm GMT - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable Amazon upgrades Kindle Paperwhite with a sharper screen and a new font
When Amazon released its $199 Kindle Voyage e-reader last year, it set the bar for the high-end of the company's e-ink reading experienceNow, Amazon is bringing that high-end image quality down to its...
01:00 pm GMT - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable LinkedIn redesigns Pulse to give your news a human touch
LinkedIn's news app, Pulse, is getting a major face lift.The company launched a redesigned version of Pulse's iOS and Android app on Wednesday, taking a more curated approach to surfacing news stories...
12:13 pm GMT - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable These augmented-reality glasses could help the legally blind navigate
Though it looks like a pop-art installation you might find in a Brooklyn gallery, the cartoonish, high-contrast black-and-white world you see when looking through a pair of Stephen Hicks's augmented-r...
12:11 pm GMT - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable Line brings bacon, avocado and thousands of other emoji to iPhone with new keyboard app
Line, the company behind the massively popular messaging app of the same name, is breaking its signature stickers and emoji outside of its main app.The company released a new keyboard app Wednesday ca...
11:29 am GMT - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable Stretchy batteries – made with origami technique – could power wearable electronics
Stretchy batteries inspired by origami could power smartwatches and other wearable electronics, researchers say.Increasingly, scientists worldwide are developing flexible electronics, such as video di...
11:00 am -04 - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable Dropbox update makes it easier to get files from people without accounts
Dropbox just made it a lot easier for people without accounts to share files through its service.The file storage service rolled out a new tool Wednesday, called file request, which makes it easier fo...
10:55 am GMT - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable Massive security flaw may threaten millions of Samsung Galaxy phones
Have a Samsung Galaxy device? Chances are it has a security flaw that lets attackers install malware on it or eavesdrop on your calls, and there's nothing you can do about itChicago-based security fir...
07:37 am GMT - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable TexMoji lets you express your inner Texan, love of Tex-Mex
We already know things are bigger in Texas. Now, that includes the emoji.TexMoji is a $2 keyboard app with Texas-themed emoji, meaning you can rep the Longhorns and show your love for cowboy boots in ...
07:29 am -04 - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable Stretchy batteries – made with origami technique – could power wearable electronics
Stretchy batteries inspired by origami could power smartwatches and other wearable electronics, researchers say.Increasingly, scientists worldwide are developing flexible electronics, such as video di...
07:09 am GMT - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable These wireless gloves let you pew pew pew things in VR with your fingers
LOS ANGELES — What's the best virtual reality input? Some say traditional game controllers are the way to go and Oculus is working on its futuristic Oculus Touch, but the startup Manus thinks wi...
06:56 am GMT - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable From Wednesday, order your Apple Watch online and pick it up in store
Apple fans can finally reserve their Apple Watch online and pick it up in store.Because of the beauty of the international date line, this new feature is launching first in Australia but will roll out...
05:40 am GMT - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable From zombies to the Somme: 5 VR apps to try on Google Cardboard
So, you've put together your Google Cardboard headset. What's next?Google Cardboard, first introduced at Google's I/O developers conference in 2014 and now released widely, is a simple box structure t...
03:37 am -04 - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable TexMoji lets you express your inner Texan, love of Tex-Mex
We already know things are bigger in Texas. Now, that includes the emoji.TexMoji is a $2 keyboard app with Texas-themed emoji, meaning you can rep the Longhorns and show your love for cowboy boots in ...
03:09 am -04 - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable These wireless gloves let you pew pew pew things in VR with your fingers
LOS ANGELES — What's the best virtual reality input? Some say traditional game controllers are the way to go and Oculus is working on its futuristic Oculus Touch, but the startup Manus thinks wi...
02:56 am -04 - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable From Wednesday, order your Apple Watch online and pick it up in store
Apple fans can finally reserve their Apple Watch online and pick it up in store.Because of the beauty of the international date line, this new feature is launching first in Australia but will roll out...
02:41 am GMT - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable Military drones to fly in Australian civilian airspace for the first time
Over the coming months, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) will fly military drones in civilian airspace for the first time.Leased to the RAAF by Israel Aerospace Industries, the two Heron remotely...
01:47 am GMT - Wed, June 17, 2015
Mashable Amazon working on delivery service app, report says
The growing market for app-powered delivery service may be about to get some competition from one of the big guys: AmazonMuch like services such as TaskRabbit and Postmates, users would be able to ope...
10:41 pm -04 - Tue, June 16, 2015
Mashable Military drones to fly in Australian civilian airspace for the first time
Over the coming months, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) will fly military drones in civilian airspace for the first time.Leased to the RAAF by Israel Aerospace Industries, the two Heron remotely...
10:14 pm GMT - Tue, June 16, 2015
Mashable A plan for a 3D-printed steel bridge in Amsterdam could reduce speed and cost
While 3D printing has endless possibilities, we have yet to see many applications in everyday use. That might change, however, with the creation of a 3D-printed steel bridge in Amsterdam.The city is w...
10:14 pm GMT - Tue, June 16, 2015
Mashable A plan for a 3D-printed steel bridge in Amsterdam could cut costs
While 3D printing has endless possibilities, we have yet to see many applications in everyday use. That might change, however, with the creation of a 3D-printed steel bridge in Amsterdam.The city is w...
10:00 pm GMT - Tue, June 16, 2015
Mashable In most Snapchat move ever, CEO Evan Spiegel deletes all his tweets
Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel and cofounder Bobby Murphy mysteriously deleted all of their tweets on Tuesday in a move that's oh so very Snapchat.After posting a wacky video detailing why kids love Snapch...
08:36 pm GMT - Tue, June 16, 2015
Mashable Spotify's green logo color change is making users see red
How can you tell when people truly love an app? When even the slightest color change to its logo results in instantaneous and extremely loud complaints across the web.That was the reaction Tuesday whe...
08:06 pm GMT - Tue, June 16, 2015
Mashable The Xbox One is getting a makeover to look less like Windows
LOS ANGELES — The Xbox One's user interface isn't ugly; it just looks too much like Windows 8.At E3 this year, Microsoft took the wraps off a new Xbox One user interface called "The New Xbox One...
06:47 pm GMT - Tue, June 16, 2015
Mashable New Mamba gaming mouse has 'world's most precise' laser sensor
High performance doesn't even begin to describe Razer's updated Mamba gaming mouse.The new wireless gaming mouse features 16,000 dots per linear inch (DPI) mousing sensitivity and is designed for use ...
06:23 pm GMT - Tue, June 16, 2015
Mashable Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel explains why kids are so obsessed with his app
Do you understand Snapchat? Like, really understand it? If not, its CEO Evan Spiegel wants to help you out.Spiegel posted a very long-winded explanation of the service on YouTube Tuesday, in which he ...
04:00 pm GMT - Tue, June 16, 2015
Mashable You can create and edit Microsoft Office documents directly from Box
Online file sharing service Box and Microsoft Office will now work together a whole lot better.Box is rolling out Box for Microsoft Online to allow its users to create and edit Microsoft Office docume...
02:41 pm GMT - Tue, June 16, 2015
Mashable Zoo animals review the Apple Watch
When a new gadget hits the market, the tech world is comparable to a zoo. Reviewers all but foam at the mouth over small features, throw devices at the wall just to see what happens and would sacrific...
01:00 pm GMT - Tue, June 16, 2015
Mashable Sony's latest flagship phone can tell which headphones you're using
If you've ever found the music from your smartphone to be lacking, Sony wants your attention with the Xperia Z4v. Sony's latest flagship phone, exclusive to Verizon in the U.S., can actually detect wh...
01:00 pm GMT - Tue, June 16, 2015
Mashable Tiny drone packs real gimbal and live streaming
High-flying drones appear to be on an even faster innovation track than traditional technology.In the space of a few years, prices have fallen like rocks as the capabilities have skyrocketed. They're ...
09:55 am GMT - Tue, June 16, 2015
Mashable Annoying tech jargon to remove from your vocabulary
We've all had to work with annoying colleagues — the foghorn who won't stop talking, the slacker who palms off his work on others, or the kleptomaniac who never returns your stapler. You learn t...
09:00 am -04 - Tue, June 16, 2015
Mashable Tiny drone packs real gimbal and live streaming
High-flying drones appear to be on an even faster innovation track than traditional technology.In the space of a few years, prices have fallen like rocks as the capabilities have skyrocketed. They're ...
07:34 am GMT - Tue, June 16, 2015
Mashable Aussie rugby games could end up on YouTube, maybe
If recent reports prove correct, you could one day be watching a National Rugby League (NRL) grand final live on YouTube.The broadcast rights to the NRL may end up with tech powerhouse Google, anonymo...
07:06 am GMT - Tue, June 16, 2015
Mashable Tech-savvy cheats beware: Universities are banning smartwatches
In an attempt to stop students from dialling up test answers on their wrist, a number of Australian universities are taking steps to ban smartwatches from the exam room.The University of New South Wal...
06:17 am GMT - Tue, June 16, 2015
Mashable The PlayStation 4 is finally a proper home media center
LOS ANGELES — Sony's PlayStation 4 is finally getting a media player feature.A new software update that enables the PlayStation 4 to play video files, digital music, and photos locally off of a ...
06:07 am GMT - Tue, June 16, 2015
Mashable Sony gets nostalgic with 20th anniversary PS4 gamepad and wireless headphones
LOS ANGELES — If you weren't lucky enough to snag one of the 12,300 20th anniversary PlayStation 4 consoles, you'll still get a chance to bask in the nostalgia of the original PlayStation design...
04:01 am GMT - Tue, June 16, 2015
Mashable Adobe Creative Cloud adds Android apps, stock photo service
For the past year, Adobe has been steadily releasing iOS app after iOS app in its attempt to create what it likes to call "mobile to desktop to workflows." Now the company is finally beginning to brin...
03:01 am GMT - Tue, June 16, 2015
Mashable Watch this guy making a hot dog with an excavator like a boss
You know what's overrated? Using your hands to put together a hot dogGet with the game and use an eight-and-a-half ton excavator, like the pros.Finnish excavator operator Juha-Pekki Perämäki...
02:18 am GMT - Tue, June 16, 2015
Mashable Apple News app will be human-powered, says job listing
A week after WWDC, the direction of one new iOS 9 app focused on news content just became a bit clearer.Apple's job posting for the position of Apple News Editor showed up on Friday, days after the ev...
01:26 am GMT - Tue, June 16, 2015
Mashable Google Maps now warns if a store will close before you arrive
Mapping apps make it easy to get from Point A to Point B — but that doesn't make a bit of difference if Point B is closed down for the nightThe same thought finally occurred to someone over at G...
01:11 am GMT - Tue, June 16, 2015
Mashable Chinese hackers can bypass popular security measures
Chinese hackers have reportedly found a way around widely used security standards on the Internet, putting millions of user accounts from top websites at risk. According to a The New York Times repor...
12:20 am GMT - Tue, June 16, 2015
Mashable Xbox One Elite controller is for the most hardcore of gamers
LOS ANGELES — Microsoft's new Xbox One Elite controller, announced at the company's E3 press conference on Monday, is modular and pricey as hell.At $150, the wireless controller, on sale in Octo...
10:53 pm GMT - Mon, June 15, 2015
Mashable Arnold Schwarzenegger now gives turn-by-turn directions in Waze
Come with me ... if you want to find Starbucks.Actor and former California Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger will provide turn-by-turn directions as his titular character from the Terminator franchise...
09:48 pm GMT - Mon, June 15, 2015
Mashable Spotify Taste Rewind thinks it knows what you would have jammed to in the '60s
Spotify thinks it knows which songs you'll like, even if they were recorded decades before you were bornThe streaming service announced Taste Rewind on Monday, a standalone website that plugs into you...
08:43 pm GMT - Mon, June 15, 2015
Mashable LastPass just got hacked, so it's time to change your password
LastPass, the popular password security tool used by consumers and companies to secure data, has been breachedIn a message posted to its website on Monday, LastPass CEO Joe Siegrist revealed that acco...
07:08 pm GMT - Mon, June 15, 2015
Mashable Yo marks its first birthday with 'biggest update yet'
It's been almost exactly a year since Yo, the dead-simple messaging app for saying "yo," made headlines for its quick rise to the top of the App Store charts.Now the app is moving into new territory w...
07:00 pm GMT - Mon, June 15, 2015
Mashable Apple OS X El Capitan preview: Better Spaces, transit maps and more
The differences between Apple OS X Yosemite and El Capitan are so subtle that it often feels like one of those puzzles where you have to spot 11 differences between two photos. Considering Yosemite wa...
06:43 pm GMT - Mon, June 15, 2015
Mashable Microsoft's HoloLens lets you build 'Minecraft' worlds on your tabletop
Minecraft's blocky worlds could could be coming to any surface of your home — if you plan to buy Microsoft's HoloLens augmented reality headset.At its E3 press conference on Monday, Microsoft de...
06:43 pm GMT - Mon, June 15, 2015
Mashable 'Minecraft' is coming to Microsoft HoloLens
Minecraft's blocky worlds could could be coming to any surface of your home — if you plan to buy Microsoft's HoloLens augmented reality headset.At its E3 press conference on Monday, Microsoft de...
05:52 pm GMT - Mon, June 15, 2015
Mashable Chrome for OS X will soon go easier on your MacBook battery
Google Chrome users on Macs are getting a fix for the browser's biggest weakness: battery drain. The company announced it is updating its browser so that it sips, not guzzles, a Mac's battery when com...
05:40 pm GMT - Mon, June 15, 2015
Mashable The new 'The Walking Dead' video game is all about Michonne
Both game and comic book fans of The Walking Dead should be very excited right now.As promised on its blog, Telltale Games and Skybound Entertainment are delivering a new, fresh miniseries game for fa...
05:12 pm GMT - Mon, June 15, 2015
Mashable Facebook’s new app helps you share photos with only those you want to see them
Facebook users share hundreds of millions of photos every day — more than 350 million, by the social network's last count. But for every selfie, Instagram and vacation photo you share, chances a...
05:12 pm GMT - Mon, June 15, 2015
Mashable Facebook’s new app shares photos with only those you want to see them
Facebook users share hundreds of millions of photos every day — more than 350 million, by the social network's last count. But for every selfie, Instagram and vacation photo you share, chances a...
03:31 pm GMT - Mon, June 15, 2015
Mashable Elon Musk's SpaceX is holding a competition to design Hyperloop Pods
Elon Musk's Hyperloop transportation concept seems like a bit of a pipe dream, but it could be inching closer to reality.Musk's company SpaceX is holding a competition in June 2016 for university stud...
02:39 pm GMT - Mon, June 15, 2015
Mashable The $10,000 Apple Watch Edition doesn't stand a chance against these magnets
It's cruel enough to purposely destroy an Apple Watch — not to mention a $10,000 gold Apple Watch Edition.The pro YouTuber TechRax, who clearly has a penchant for pulverizing expensive gadgets, ...
02:11 pm GMT - Mon, June 15, 2015
Mashable People voted on a Magna Carta for the Internet and here's what they want
LONDON — Freedom of speech and equal access to knowledge around the world are what people in Britain want from a Magna Carta for the digital age.Monday marks 800 years since the signing of the M...
12:59 pm GMT - Mon, June 15, 2015
Mashable Hori's PS4 controller comes with a touchpad and Xbox-style layout
Japanese video game peripheral maker Hori has announced what could be the best PlayStation 4 controller you can buy.Called the HoriPad FPS Plus, the controller is shaped more like the Xbox One's with ...
11:56 am GMT - Mon, June 15, 2015
Mashable You could soon use emoji as a passcode
LONDON — Beer, burger, smiling poop, smiling poop.That could be your next passcode thanks to a British firm that has just unveiled a new security system that replaces the traditional four-digit ...
10:38 am GMT - Mon, June 15, 2015
Mashable Facebook planning new €200 million data centre in Ireland
Facebook is reported to be planning a new €200 million ($224 million) data centre in Ireland, which will mainly be powered by renewable energy.See also: Facebook News Feed changes again: Now it'...
10:31 am -05 - Mon, June 15, 2015
Mashable Elon Musk's SpaceX is holding a competition to design Hyperloop Pods
Elon Musk's Hyperloop transportation concept seems like a bit of a pipe dream, but it could be inching closer to reality.Musk's company SpaceX is holding a competition in June 2016 for university stud...
09:39 am -05 - Mon, June 15, 2015
Mashable The $10,000 Apple Watch Edition doesn't stand a chance against these magnets
It's cruel enough to purposely destroy an Apple Watch — not to mention a $10,000 gold Apple Watch Edition.The pro YouTuber TechRax, who clearly has a penchant for pulverizing expensive gadgets, ...
09:11 am -05 - Mon, June 15, 2015
Mashable People voted on a Magna Carta for the Internet and here's what they want
LONDON — Freedom of speech and equal access to knowledge around the world are what people in Britain want from a Magna Carta for the digital age.Monday marks 800 years since the signing of the M...
07:26 am GMT - Mon, June 15, 2015
Mashable Soon, TV news will be coming to you from a selfie stick
The selfie stick backlash may be in full swing, but one Australian television network is hoping the devices are the future of television.In an Australian media first, a number of Sky News reporters wi...
07:26 am GMT - Mon, June 15, 2015
Mashable TV news will soon come to you from a selfie stick
The selfie stick backlash may be in full swing, but one Australian television network is hoping the devices are the future of television.In an Australian media first, a number of Sky News reporters wi...
05:00 am GMT - Mon, June 15, 2015
Mashable 3 tools that techies are using to boost productivity
The tech team, a.k.a., the people who are always one step ahead of you when it comes to new apps, sites, and extensions. Or, I should say, the people who were one step ahead of you. After you check ou...
03:20 am GMT - Mon, June 15, 2015
Mashable Apple's HealthKit app will include a sexual activity tracking feature
An update to Apple's Health app that is set for release this fall will let users track their sex lives, but experts say this tracking feature alone has little value for people's health.Rather, it's on...
02:26 am -05 - Mon, June 15, 2015
Mashable TV news will soon come to you from a selfie stick
The selfie stick backlash may be in full swing, but one Australian television network is hoping the devices are the future of television.In an Australian media first, a number of Sky News reporters wi...
10:20 pm -05 - Sun, June 14, 2015
Mashable Apple's HealthKit app will include a sexual activity tracking feature
An update to Apple's Health app that is set for release this fall will let users track their sex lives, but experts say this tracking feature alone has little value for people's health.Rather, it's on...
03:50 am +02 - Sun, June 14, 2015
Mashable 5 can’t-miss apps: ‘Mean Girls: The Game,’ Formulas and more
With Oculus finally unveiling the consumer version of its virtual reality headset and Twitter CEO Dick Costolo's sudden resignation, you may have missed some of this week's best new appsLuckily, each ...
01:50 am GMT - Sun, June 14, 2015
Mashable 5 can’t-miss apps: ‘Mean Girls: The Game,’ Formulas and more
With Oculus finally unveiling the consumer version of its virtual reality headset and Twitter CEO Dick Costolo's sudden resignation, you may have missed some of this week's best new appsLuckily, each ...
09:57 pm +02 - Sat, June 13, 2015
Mashable Internet in space is 'worse than what dial-up was like'
Outer space has its perks — but super-speedy Internet is, so far, not one of them.Connection speeds from the International Space Station are "worse than what dial-up was like," the astronaut Sco...
08:50 pm -05 - Sat, June 13, 2015
Mashable 5 can’t-miss apps: ‘Mean Girls: The Game,’ Formulas and more
With Oculus finally unveiling the consumer version of its virtual reality headset and Twitter CEO Dick Costolo's sudden resignation, you may have missed some of this week's best new appsLuckily, each ...
07:57 pm GMT - Sat, June 13, 2015
Mashable Internet in space is 'worse than what dial-up was like'
Outer space has its perks — but super-speedy Internet is, so far, not one of them.Connection speeds from the International Space Station are "worse than what dial-up was like," the astronaut Sco...
01:00 pm GMT - Sat, June 13, 2015
Mashable 6 USB-C accessories that'll let your new MacBook actually connect to stuff
USB-C's tiny and reversible design may be the one port to rule them all, but the world — especially the working world — isn't ready for it yet.Until USB-C is ubiquitous, it's going to be d...
01:00 pm GMT - Sat, June 13, 2015
Mashable Why you should watch the 24-hour Le Mans auto race this weekend
This might be a bold statement, but I'm going to say it anyways: The greatest auto race is not the Daytona 500, the Monaco Grand Prix or even the Indy 500. It's the 24 Hours of Le Mans and it starts o...
08:00 am -05 - Sat, June 13, 2015
Mashable 6 USB-C accessories that'll let your new MacBook actually connect to stuff
USB-C's tiny and reversible design may be the one port to rule them all, but the world — especially the working world — isn't ready for it yet.Until USB-C is ubiquitous, it's going to be d...
12:24 am GMT - Sat, June 13, 2015
Mashable Facebook News Feed changes again: Now it's all about time spent reading
Facebook revealed on Friday that it has tweaked the stream of information you get on the service once again — this time to factor in the amount of time you spend looking at a postPreviously, how...
11:59 pm +02 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Iron Man Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge sells for more than $91,000 in China
A limited edition Iron Man-themed Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge just sold for more than $91,000Yep, you heard that right.The phone appeared on auction site JD.com, China's second largest online retailer, and...
11:46 pm GMT - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable 60 years after its historic victory, Ford will return to Le Mans
In 1966, Ford defeated Ferrari in an epic battle at a 24-hour car race held annually in Le Mans, France.But this year, ahead of 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend, Ford announced on Friday it will final...
11:38 pm GMT - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Net Neutrality rules roll out to keep Internet a one-lane highway
Despite months of heated debate, a new set of net neutrality rules went into effect Friday, so all web users (you and me) and the big traffic-sucking companies (like Netflix and Hulu) get equal rights...
09:59 pm GMT - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Iron Man Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge sells for more than $91,000 in China
A limited edition Iron Man-themed Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge just sold for more than $91,000Yep, you heard that right.The phone appeared on auction site JD.com, China's second largest online retailer, and...
09:08 pm GMT - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Microsoft axes touch-friendly version of Skype
With the public release of Windows 10 just over a month away, Microsoft is turning the page on one of Windows 8's biggest apps. It's retiring the touch-optimized version of Skype, and pushing users to...
07:24 pm -05 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Facebook News Feed changes again: Now it's all about time spent reading
Facebook revealed on Friday that it has tweaked the stream of information you get on the service once again — this time to factor in the amount of time you spend looking at a postPreviously, how...
07:05 pm GMT - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Apple Music's bit rate may be lower than Spotify's, but it shouldn't matter
At its Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple unveiled a streaming music service it billed as "revolutionary," but the company was mum on the actual format Apple Music would use. Now a new report claim...
06:46 pm -05 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable 60 years after its historic victory, Ford will return to Le Mans
In 1966, Ford defeated Ferrari in an epic battle at a 24-hour car race held annually in Le Mans, France.But this year, ahead of 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend, Ford announced on Friday it will final...
06:40 pm GMT - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Debating Apple Music, Oculus Rift and Twitter's CEO change in our latest MashTalk
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), as always, was a major source of news — from the launch of Apple Music to previews of iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan.See also: Apple Music is a major m...
06:38 pm -05 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Net Neutrality rules roll out to keep Internet a one-lane highway
Despite months of heated debate, a new set of net neutrality rules went into effect Friday, so all web users (you and me) and the big traffic-sucking companies (like Netflix and Hulu) get equal rights...
06:24 pm GMT - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Nokia's Moonraker could have been Microsoft's smartwatch
A Nokia-developed smartwatch called the Moonraker never saw the light of day, but now we know what it would have looked like thanks to a Microsoft employee's Tumblr postWhile the Moonraker could have...
06:18 pm +02 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Parrot unveils 13 new drones; some see in the dark, others work on water
Parrot has already invaded the skies with its drones. Now, it's now ready to sail the ocean blue.Parrot has unveiled a slew of new drones designed to work at night, carry small items and cruise on wat...
05:59 pm -04 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Iron Man Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge sells for more than $91,000 in China
A limited edition Iron Man-themed Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge just sold for more than $91,000Yep, you heard that right.The phone appeared on auction site JD.com, China's second largest online retailer, and...
05:41 pm GMT - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Take a peek inside Apple's swanky new Upper East Side store in NYC
While areas of New York City's Upper East Side have been infiltrated by yuccies over the past few years, the neighborhood is still one of the city's ritziestSo naturally, the new Apple Store opening t...
05:24 pm GMT - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable You may step into a virtual reality 'Star Wars' scene by the end of 2015
Fulfilling the dreams of nerds worldwide, it seems we're about to get Star Wars virtual reality.Disney's collective of Lucas properties — Lucasfilm, Skywalker Sound and Industrial Light & Ma...
05:08 pm -04 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Microsoft axes touch-friendly version of Skype
With the public release of Windows 10 just over a month away, Microsoft is turning the page on one of Windows 8's biggest apps. It's retiring the touch-optimized version of Skype, and pushing users to...
04:59 pm -05 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Iron Man Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge sells for more than $91,000 in China
A limited edition Iron Man-themed Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge just sold for more than $91,000Yep, you heard that right.The phone appeared on auction site JD.com, China's second largest online retailer, and...
04:57 pm +02 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable BlackBerry is reportedly planning a switch to Android
BlackBerry may release an Android smartphone this fall.BlackBerry is considering a new smartphone that will run Google's Android operating system in a bid to win back customers it ceded to the iPhone ...
04:33 pm +02 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Watch this Boeing 787 Dreamliner's stunning near-vertical takeoff
From the moment of takeoff, the 787 Dreamliner in this Boeing video of a rehearsal for the Paris Air Show is out to make an impression.And it succeeds.See also: Bird makes huge dent in the nose of a B...
04:18 pm GMT - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Parrot unveils 13 new drones; some see in the dark, others work on water
Parrot has already invaded the skies with its drones. Now, it's now ready to sail the ocean blue.Parrot has unveiled a slew of new drones designed to work at night, carry small items and cruise on wat...
04:08 pm -05 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Microsoft axes touch-friendly version of Skype
With the public release of Windows 10 just over a month away, Microsoft is turning the page on one of Windows 8's biggest apps. It's retiring the touch-optimized version of Skype, and pushing users to...
04:03 pm GMT - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Teachers know best: What teachers and students want from EdTech
Technology is transforming America’s classroomsFrom online learning resources like Khan Academy to Teach to One – which creates customized lessons for each student based on progress f...
03:23 pm GMT - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable New Vector smartwatch isn't the smartest, but 30-day battery life makes up for it
If don't want to charge your Apple Watch every night, a new company called Vector has a smartwatch that wants to liberate you from the charging cable.The battery on Vector's new smartwatch will last f...
03:05 pm -04 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Apple Music's bit rate may be lower than Spotify's, but it shouldn't matter
At its Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple unveiled a streaming music service it billed as "revolutionary," but the company was mum on the actual format Apple Music would use. Now a new report claim...
02:57 pm GMT - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable BlackBerry is reportedly planning a switch to Android
BlackBerry may release an Android smartphone this fall.BlackBerry is considering a new smartphone that will run Google's Android operating system in a bid to win back customers it ceded to the iPhone ...
02:40 pm -04 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Debating Apple Music, Oculus Rift and Twitter's CEO change in our latest MashTalk
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), as always, was a major source of news — from the launch of Apple Music to previews of iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan.See also: Apple Music is a major m...
02:33 pm GMT - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Boeing shows off its 787 Dreamliner ahead of Paris Air Show
From the moment of takeoff, the 787 Dreamliner in this Boeing video of a rehearsal for the Paris Air Show is out to make an impression.And it succeeds.See also: Bird makes huge dent in the nose of a B...
02:33 pm GMT - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Boeing 787 Dreamliner's near-vertical takeoff will make your stomach turn
From the moment of takeoff, the 787 Dreamliner in this Boeing video of a rehearsal for the Paris Air Show is out to make an impression.And it succeeds.See also: Bird makes huge dent in the nose of a B...
02:33 pm GMT - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Watch this Boeing 787 Dreamliner's stunning near-vertical takeoff
From the moment of takeoff, the 787 Dreamliner in this Boeing video of a rehearsal for the Paris Air Show is out to make an impression.And it succeeds.See also: Bird makes huge dent in the nose of a B...
02:05 pm -05 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Apple Music's bit rate may be lower than Spotify's, but it shouldn't matter
At its Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple unveiled a streaming music service it billed as "revolutionary," but the company was mum on the actual format Apple Music would use. Now a new report claim...
01:41 pm -04 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Take a peek inside Apple's swanky new Upper East Side store in NYC
While areas of New York City's Upper East Side have been infiltrated by yuccies over the past few years, the neighborhood is still one of the city's ritziestSo naturally, the new Apple Store opening t...
01:40 pm -05 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Debating Apple Music, Oculus Rift and Twitter's CEO change in our latest MashTalk
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), as always, was a major source of news — from the launch of Apple Music to previews of iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan.See also: Apple Music is a major m...
01:24 pm -04 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable You may step into a virtual reality 'Star Wars' scene by the end of 2015
Fulfilling the dreams of nerds worldwide, it seems we're about to get Star Wars virtual reality.Disney's collective of Lucas properties — Lucasfilm, Skywalker Sound and Industrial Light & Ma...
01:24 pm -05 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Nokia's Moonraker could have been Microsoft's smartwatch
A Nokia-developed smartwatch called the Moonraker never saw the light of day, but now we know what it would have looked like thanks to a Microsoft employee's Tumblr postWhile the Moonraker could have...
12:41 pm -05 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Take a peek inside Apple's swanky new Upper East Side store in NYC
While areas of New York City's Upper East Side have been infiltrated by yuccies over the past few years, the neighborhood is still one of the city's ritziestSo naturally, the new Apple Store opening t...
12:24 pm -05 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable You may step into a virtual reality 'Star Wars' scene by the end of 2015
Fulfilling the dreams of nerds worldwide, it seems we're about to get Star Wars virtual reality.Disney's collective of Lucas properties — Lucasfilm, Skywalker Sound and Industrial Light & Ma...
12:18 pm -04 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Parrot unveils 13 new drones; some see in the dark, others work on water
Parrot has already invaded the skies with its drones. Now, it's now ready to sail the ocean blue.Parrot has unveiled a slew of new drones designed to work at night, carry small items and cruise on wat...
12:03 pm -04 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Teachers know best: What teachers and students want from EdTech
Technology is transforming America’s classroomsFrom online learning resources like Khan Academy to Teach to One – which creates customized lessons for each student based on progress f...
11:18 am -05 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Parrot unveils 13 new drones; some see in the dark, others work on water
Parrot has already invaded the skies with its drones. Now, it's now ready to sail the ocean blue.Parrot has unveiled a slew of new drones designed to work at night, carry small items and cruise on wat...
11:03 am -05 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Teachers know best: What teachers and students want from EdTech
Technology is transforming America’s classroomsFrom online learning resources like Khan Academy to Teach to One – which creates customized lessons for each student based on progress f...
10:23 am -05 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable New Vector smartwatch isn't the smartest, but 30-day battery life makes up for it
If don't want to charge your Apple Watch every night, a new company called Vector has a smartwatch that wants to liberate you from the charging cable.The battery on Vector's new smartwatch will last f...
09:57 am -05 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable BlackBerry is reportedly planning a switch to Android
BlackBerry may release an Android smartphone this fall.BlackBerry is considering a new smartphone that will run Google's Android operating system in a bid to win back customers it ceded to the iPhone ...
09:33 am -05 - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Watch this Boeing 787 Dreamliner's stunning near-vertical takeoff
From the moment of takeoff, the 787 Dreamliner in this Boeing video of a rehearsal for the Paris Air Show is out to make an impression.And it succeeds.See also: Bird makes huge dent in the nose of a B...
02:05 am GMT - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable Silicon Valley: Twitter CEO Dick Costolo had it tough
Twitter sent shockwaves throughout Silicon Valley on Thursday when it announced that Dick Costolo was stepping down as CEO, and cofounder Jack Dorsey would fill the role as interim chief executive. Co...
12:45 am GMT - Fri, June 12, 2015
Mashable iOS 9 code suggests next iPhone may have a 1080p front camera
Now that developers finally have their hands on a beta of iOS 9, rumors on potential upgrades for the next iPhone are making their way out into the open.See also: iOS 9 will give your iPhone up to 3 e...
11:42 pm +02 - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Hackers stole data and Social Security numbers of every single federal employee
WASHINGTON — Hackers stole personnel data and Social Security numbers for every federal employee, a government worker union said Thursday, saying that the cyber theft of U.S. employee informatio...
09:42 pm GMT - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Hackers stole data and Social Security numbers of every single federal employee
WASHINGTON — Hackers stole personnel data and Social Security numbers for every federal employee, a government worker union said Thursday, saying that the cyber theft of U.S. employee informatio...
09:05 pm -05 - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Silicon Valley: Twitter CEO Dick Costolo had it tough
Twitter sent shockwaves throughout Silicon Valley on Thursday when it announced that Dick Costolo was stepping down as CEO, and cofounder Jack Dorsey would fill the role as interim chief executive. Co...
09:01 pm +02 - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable You'll be able to try and buy games without taking off your Oculus Rift
Oculus VR unveiled a storefront for the consumer version of the Oculus Rift on Thursday, allowing players to try and buy games without ever taking off the headset.During the company's first press conf...
08:57 pm GMT - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Twitter will remove 140-character limit on direct messages
You will soon be able to send much longer direct messages on Twitter.The site plans to remove the 140-character limit on its direct messaging feature in July, the company revealed in a post on its dev...
08:45 pm -04 - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable iOS 9 code suggests next iPhone may have a 1080p front camera
Now that developers finally have their hands on a beta of iOS 9, rumors on potential upgrades for the next iPhone are making their way out into the open.See also: iOS 9 will give your iPhone up to 3 e...
08:23 pm +02 - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Oculus Rift will ship with Xbox One controller
The Oculus Rift is officially an Xbox device. Sort of.When consumer versions of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset ship in early 2016, they'll include an Xbox One wireless controller and PC adapt...
08:04 pm GMT - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable The Galaxy S6 Active is the tank of all Samsung smartphones
The Samsung Galaxy S6 Active is the same great device as the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge — it's just way more rugged and water-resistant.The S6 Active, which is designed for the outdoorsy and adventur...
07:59 pm +02 - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Google's latest project: Improving city life
Google's products are designed with the goal of improving your digital life, but the company now wants to help city dwellers IRL with Sidewalk Labs.In a Google+ post Wednesday, Google CEO Larry Page a...
07:01 pm GMT - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable You'll be able to try and buy games without taking off your Oculus Rift
Oculus VR unveiled a storefront for the consumer version of the Oculus Rift on Thursday, allowing players to try and buy games without ever taking off the headset.During the company's first press conf...
06:23 pm GMT - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Oculus Rift will ship with Xbox One controller
The Oculus Rift is officially an Xbox device. Sort of.When consumer versions of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset ship in early 2016, they'll include an Xbox One wireless controller and PC adapt...
06:02 pm GMT - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Oculus has figured out hand input for VR, and it's called Oculus Touch
While the consumer version of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset will come with an Xbox One controller and wireless adapter right in the box, the future of VR controls will involve Oculus Touch, ...
05:59 pm GMT - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Google's latest project: Improving city life
Google's products are designed with the goal of improving your digital life, but the company now wants to help city dwellers IRL with Sidewalk Labs.In a Google+ post Wednesday, Google CEO Larry Page a...
05:58 pm +02 - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable The robots are coming. To save us.
It may be time to stop worrying about the robot uprising and begin thinking how we can prepare robot rescue teams for the next earthquake, tsunami or nuclear disaster.Last week, 24 robots — prog...
05:42 pm -04 - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Hackers stole data and Social Security numbers of every single federal employee
WASHINGTON — Hackers stole personnel data and Social Security numbers for every federal employee, a government worker union said Thursday, saying that the cyber theft of U.S. employee informatio...
05:26 pm GMT - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Oculus VR unveils consumer version of Oculus Rift headset
Oculus finally debuted the long-awaited version of Oculus Rift, the virtual reality headset, at a media event in San Francisco on Thursday"For the first time we’ll finally be on the inside of th...
05:26 pm GMT - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Oculus VR unveils the version of Oculus Rift you'll actually buy
Oculus VR finally debuted the long-awaited consumer version of Oculus Rift, the virtual reality headset, at a media event in San Francisco on Thursday"For the first time we’ll finally be on the ...
04:58 pm +02 - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Leaked images reveal Nest's plans to fully absorb Dropcam
Nest will announce a new Internet-connected security camera at its press event on June 17 in San Francisco, according to a new report.One week ahead of the event, Android blog Droid Life obtained imag...
04:57 pm -04 - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Twitter will remove 140-character limit on direct messages
You will soon be able to send much longer direct messages on Twitter.The site plans to remove the 140-character limit on its direct messaging feature in July, the company revealed in a post on its dev...
04:42 pm -05 - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Hackers stole data and Social Security numbers of every single federal employee
WASHINGTON — Hackers stole personnel data and Social Security numbers for every federal employee, a government worker union said Thursday, saying that the cyber theft of U.S. employee informatio...
04:07 pm GMT - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Virtual reality IRL: How to watch the Oculus event
Thursday is going to be a big day for virtual reality fans and onlookers alike, as Oculus VR holds its first ever press conference.The makers of the Oculus Rift headset are devoting two hours to showi...
04:04 pm -04 - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable The Galaxy S6 Active is the tank of all Samsung smartphones
The Samsung Galaxy S6 Active is the same great device as the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge — it's just way more rugged and water-resistant.The S6 Active, which is designed for the outdoorsy and adventur...
03:58 pm GMT - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable The robots are coming. To save us.
It may be time to stop worrying about the robot uprising and begin thinking how we can prepare robot rescue teams for the next earthquake, tsunami or nuclear disaster.Last week, 24 robots — prog...
03:57 pm -05 - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Twitter will remove 140-character limit on direct messages
You will soon be able to send much longer direct messages on Twitter.The site plans to remove the 140-character limit on its direct messaging feature in July, the company revealed in a post on its dev...
03:04 pm -05 - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable The Galaxy S6 Active is the tank of all Samsung smartphones
The Samsung Galaxy S6 Active is the same great device as the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge — it's just way more rugged and water-resistant.The S6 Active, which is designed for the outdoorsy and adventur...
03:01 pm -04 - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable You'll be able to try and buy games without taking off your Oculus Rift
Oculus VR unveiled a storefront for the consumer version of the Oculus Rift on Thursday, allowing players to try and buy games without ever taking off the headset.During the company's first press conf...
02:58 pm GMT - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Leaked images reveal Nest's plans to fully absorb Dropcam
Nest will announce a new Internet-connected security camera at its press event on June 17 in San Francisco, according to a new report.One week ahead of the event, Android blog Droid Life obtained imag...
02:02 pm -04 - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Oculus has figured out hand input for VR, and it's called Oculus Touch
While the consumer version of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset will come with an Xbox One controller and wireless adapter right in the box, the future of VR controls will involve Oculus Touch, ...
02:01 pm -05 - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable You'll be able to try and buy games without taking off your Oculus Rift
Oculus VR unveiled a storefront for the consumer version of the Oculus Rift on Thursday, allowing players to try and buy games without ever taking off the headset.During the company's first press conf...
02:00 pm +02 - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Now you can binge on Netflix at Marriott hotels
An agreement between Marriott Hotels and Netflix will allow hotel guests to enjoy their favorite streaming shows from the comfort of their temporary homesCurrently, Netflix is available in six Marriot...
01:56 pm +02 - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Oculus is unveiling the future of virtual reality today: Follow live
SAN FRANCISCO — Oculus, the Facebook-owned virtual reality company, is ready to take the wraps off its new consumer product at its special event ThursdayWhat does it look like, and how do they d...
12:07 pm -04 - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Virtual reality IRL: How to watch the Oculus event
Thursday is going to be a big day for virtual reality fans and onlookers alike, as Oculus VR holds its first ever press conference.The makers of the Oculus Rift headset are devoting two hours to showi...
12:00 pm GMT - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Now you can binge on Netflix at Marriott hotels
An agreement between Marriott Hotels and Netflix will allow hotel guests to enjoy their favorite streaming shows from the comfort of their temporary homesCurrently, Netflix is available in six Marriot...
11:58 am -04 - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable The robots are coming. To save us.
It may be time to stop worrying about the robot uprising and begin thinking how we can prepare robot rescue teams for the next earthquake, tsunami or nuclear disaster.Last week, 24 robots — prog...
11:56 am GMT - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Oculus is unveiling the future of virtual reality today: Follow live
SAN FRANCISCO — Oculus, the Facebook-owned virtual reality company, is ready to take the wraps off its new consumer product at its special event ThursdayWhat does it look like, and how do they d...
10:58 am -04 - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Leaked images reveal Nest's plans to fully absorb Dropcam
Nest will announce a new Internet-connected security camera at its press event on June 17 in San Francisco, according to a new report.One week ahead of the event, Android blog Droid Life obtained imag...
08:00 am -04 - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Now you can binge on Netflix at Marriott hotels
An agreement between Marriott Hotels and Netflix will allow hotel guests to enjoy their favorite streaming shows from the comfort of their temporary homesCurrently, Netflix is available in six Marriot...
07:29 am GMT - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable The underground world of drone racing in Australia
There is an underground scene of drone racers in Australia, who are meeting up in rundown warehouses in the fringe suburbs of cities.On June 6, a race was held in the old Bradmill Warehouse on the out...
06:47 am GMT - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Stretchy wearable sensors can tell when you're about to get sunburnt
A device the size of a nicotine patch could soon tell when you've spent too long exposed to the sun and need to take a break.Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Austra...
03:29 am -04 - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable The underground world of drone racing in Australia
There is an underground scene of drone racers in Australia, who are meeting up in rundown warehouses in the fringe suburbs of cities.On June 6, a race was held in the old Bradmill Warehouse on the out...
02:45 am GMT - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable BMW's new 7 Series is the luxury car of the future, here today
For luxury automakers, large flagship sedans are an opportunity for the company to show off the latest and greatest tech and BMW's new 7 Series is no exception.The German automaker pulled the wraps of...
02:11 am GMT - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable The Leica Q is a lust-worthy camera, if only it wasn't so pricey
Leica's got a new camera, and like every camera its ever sold it's powerful and crazy expensive.The $4,250 Leica Q is the German company's latest camera with a full-frame image sensor (that's the real...
01:46 am GMT - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Virtual reality amusement park in China will include a virtual zoo
Despite major efforts from the likes of Facebook's Oculus Rift and Samsung's Gear VR, virtual reality is still a largely niche technologyBut one entertainment group has decided that VR is indeed the f...
01:38 am GMT - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable With iOS 9, HomeKit will get smarter and more powerful
SAN FRANCISCO — When iOS 9 launches this fall, it will include updated and enhanced support for HomeKit.Although Apple briefly mentioned changes coming to HomeKit during Monday's WWDC 2015 keyno...
01:23 am GMT - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable These hospital drug pumps may be hackable in fatal ways, report says
Drug pumps used in thousands of hospitals around the world may be vulnerable to hacking in potentially fatal ways.There are five types of drug pumps that can be hacked, according to Wired. The pumps a...
01:12 am GMT - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Police investigate Uber rider's claim that L.A. driver sexually assaulted her
An Uber X passenger has accused a driver of sexually assaulting her during a ride on June 3 in Los Angeles County, after he took her some twelve miles south of where she said she lived.The passenger, ...
12:15 am GMT - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Life-sized moving R2-D2 refrigerator is cooler than you can possibly imagine
It is almost exactly 38 years since the release of the original Star Wars, and we still don't have a fully functioning C-3PO. Still, at least fans can now get their hands on an arguably more useful d...
12:01 am GMT - Thu, June 11, 2015
Mashable Twitter can now show you ads based on apps you've downloaded
Twitter is about to get a lot better at showing you ads for news apps.Advertisers are now able to show you ads based on the apps you've previously downloaded, Twitter announced Wednesday.See also: Twi...
11:23 pm GMT - Wed, June 10, 2015
Mashable Facebook Messenger games are here
We know that Facebook Messenger has more than 600 million users and now we know how Facebook wants to keep all those people on the app: games.Facebook launched its first round of apps for the Messenge...
10:27 pm GMT - Wed, June 10, 2015
Mashable Pizza Hut box turns your phone into a movie projector
Pizza Hut in Hong Kong just made movie nights much more entertaining with a pizza box that helps turn your phone into a movie projectorAs a marketing stunt, the pizza chain is delivering special boxes...
10:22 pm GMT - Wed, June 10, 2015
Mashable You can now push locations from Google Maps to your iOS device
Sometimes the smallest features can differentiate a good app from a great oneWith its latest iOS update, Google Maps will now allow users to send an address from their desktop to their iPhone or iPad ...
09:46 pm -04 - Wed, June 10, 2015
Mashable Virtual reality amusement park in China will include a virtual zoo
Despite major efforts from the likes of Facebook's Oculus Rift and Samsung's Gear VR, virtual reality is still a largely niche technologyBut one entertainment group has decided that VR is indeed the f...
09:23 pm -04 - Wed, June 10, 2015
Mashable These hospital drug pumps may be hackable in fatal ways, report says
Drug pumps used in thousands of hospitals around the world may be vulnerable to hacking in potentially fatal ways.There are five types of drug pumps that can be hacked, according to Wired. The pumps a...
09:15 pm GMT - Wed, June 10, 2015
Mashable Sony announces trio of cameras that record 4K video, starting at $1,000
Sony is putting its weight behind 4K video recording in a huge way this yearThe company announced on Wednesday three new cameras capable of recording 4K video, which are targeted toward the amateur, a...
08:21 pm GMT - Wed, June 10, 2015
Mashable Apple Music's worst nightmare? Spotify just doubled its paid subscribers
In sports and politics, they call it the Big Mo. It's that sense of unstoppable momentum that clings to an athlete, a team or a candidate on the rise — a halo of efficiency and popularity that i...
07:17 pm GMT - Wed, June 10, 2015
Mashable Twitter update makes it easier to block many people at once
Twitter is once again stepping up its efforts to help users facing harassment on its social network.The company just added new tools that make it easier for people to block several people at once. Wit...
07:00 pm GMT - Wed, June 10, 2015
Mashable This portable gadget analyzes your skin and tells you how to improve it
Pop quiz: what is your body's largest and fastest-growing organ? It's your skin! Apart from keeping your blood and guts from leaking out, skin regulates your body temperature and protects you from a v...
05:26 pm GMT - Wed, June 10, 2015
Mashable Passion points: 3 stories about technology that inspires and empowers
Presented By the Infiniti Q50There’s you. Then there’s you with tech that helps make you a better you.As much as we've grown to love the always increasing number of zany smart devices in o...
04:26 pm GMT - Wed, June 10, 2015
Mashable Apple is building its own version of Google Street View for Apple Maps
Apple Maps is slowly improvingAt its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Apple announced plans to update its Maps app with transit directions, and now, the company revealed it's working on its ...
02:00 pm GMT - Wed, June 10, 2015
Mashable Duolingo raises $45 million, now valued at nearly half a billion dollars
Duolingo, the company known for its popular language-learning app, has raised another $45 million in funding.The latest round, lead by Google Capital, brings Duolingo's total funding up to $83 million...
01:33 pm GMT - Wed, June 10, 2015
Mashable Microsoft Surface Hub is on a quest to make business meetings more tolerable for $20,000
Participating remotely in a business meeting stinks. You usually can’t hear what people are saying unless they’re right next to the microphone, you can’t see the whiteboard and peopl...
10:51 am GMT - Wed, June 10, 2015
Mashable You can watch an 8K video on YouTube — in theory
Most people don't have a monitor or TV that supports 4K resolution, so why go to 8K? There's only one answer: Because you canAs 9to5Google noted Tuesday, a YouTube video entitled "Ghost Towns in 8K" (...
07:05 am GMT - Wed, June 10, 2015
Mashable Intel's lead anthropologist: The 4 questions every tech entrepreneur should ask
Ask Genevieve Bell a question, and she will ask you three moreAn anthropologist by training, the Australia-born Bell heads Intel's Corporate Sensing and Insights team. Her role is to think about what ...
06:39 am GMT - Wed, June 10, 2015
Mashable Move money from your wrist with CommBank's new smart watch app
If you have ever wanted Siri's dulcet tones advising you when to buy or sell Apple stocks, wait no longer.On Wednesday, the Commonwealth Bank released two smart watch apps aimed at helping customers w...
04:34 am GMT - Wed, June 10, 2015
Mashable New aerial images show Apple's Campus 2 construction
New aerial images have been released of the construction of the Apple Campus 2 in Cupertino, California.The site, which covers 2.8 million square feet and is a mile from current Apple HQ, is rarely ph...
03:02 am GMT - Wed, June 10, 2015
Mashable Automatic breaking may one day be required for new cars
Many new cars come with automatic braking as an option, but for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), this isn't enough.According to a report in The Detroit News, the NTSB is pressuring the...
03:02 am GMT - Wed, June 10, 2015
Mashable Automatic braking may one day be required for new cars
Many new cars come with automatic braking as an option, but for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), this isn't enough.According to a report in The Detroit News, the NTSB is pressuring the...
02:29 am GMT - Wed, June 10, 2015
Mashable Mercedes-Benz unveils personal power storage plants
The established automotive industry took its time warming up to Tesla's approach to electric cars. But one of the company's new innovations, personal power supplies, has a fast follower: Mercedes-Benz...
01:53 am GMT - Wed, June 10, 2015
Mashable Smart oven uses image recognition to cook the perfect meal every time
Professional chefs can train for years to learn exactly how to perfectly roast a chicken or bake the perfect strawberry pie. But there may be a new way for us untrained wannabe chefs to achieve simila...
01:44 am GMT - Wed, June 10, 2015
Mashable Women rarely speak at Apple keynotes. Tim Cook wants to change that.
Apple passed a new milestone during the keynote presentation at its World Wide Developers Conference Monday. Not for any of the new products it unveiled or metrics it announced but for who was onstage...
12:23 am GMT - Wed, June 10, 2015
Mashable Sorry Android users, there's no free Apple Music option for you
Android users who plan to sign up for Apple Music will have to pay up.Unlike on iOS, Mac and PC, where there's a free membership option (with Apple ID login) with extremely limited features, there wil...
12:03 am GMT - Wed, June 10, 2015
Mashable A water bottle that glows when you should drink more water
These days, water bottles are colorful and trendy. But smart water bottles that remind you when to drink? Not many.HidrateMe water bottle emits a glow when it senses you might be dehydrated. Former da...
11:57 pm GMT - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan: The little features we can't wait to use
At Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) on Monday, the company unveiled major new mobile and desktop operating system features that will change how you use your devices. Among those features ...
11:50 pm GMT - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable Apple gets 'Kit' crazy: A guide to SDKs for developers
Here a Kit. There a Kit. Everywhere a Kit, Kit.Apple is all about the Kits for app developers these days; that is, HomeKit, HealthKit, MapKit, CloudKit, GameplayKit and WatchKit. There's even a ClockK...
10:42 pm GMT - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable What Apple Music means for iTunes Match
The announcement of Apple Music, Apple's new streaming music service that'll cost $9.99/month for access to over 30 million songs, didn't go off without a hitch at its Worldwide Developers Conference ...
10:07 pm GMT - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable Baidu wants to put a driverless car on the road later this year
Chinese search company Baidu is joining the race to put autonomous cars on the road with an ambitious launch timeline.The Beijing-based company — which is, in many ways, the Chinese equivalent o...
10:05 pm GMT - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable Everything Apple has launched at WWDC since 2006 in one chart
Apple unveiled a series of incremental updates and larger-scale new products — hello, Apple Music — at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday. But the introductions shouldn't...
08:38 pm GMT - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable Former Yahoo exec joins Snapdeal, a billion-dollar Indian marketplace
Former Yahoo executive Anand Chandrasekaran is leaving India's largest mobile operator Bharti Airtel after just 13 months for Snapdeal, Mashable has learned from sources familiar with the matter. Ch...
08:14 pm GMT - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable Searching for Vines is about to get a lot less clunky
Say hello to real Vine search.Search in the Vine app has long been a rather dissatisfying experience. You have two relatively bad choices to view results: Those who use Vine (handles, pretty much) and...
06:58 pm GMT - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable iOS 9 comes with 2 more apps you can't remove from your iPhone
Just what we didn't ask for: More apps you can't remove from your iPhone.Android gets a lot of flak for coming with a handful of "bloatware" apps that can't be removed, but Apple needs to be called ou...
06:23 pm GMT - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable Apple Photoshopped a NSFW joke out of its WWDC keynote
During Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Apple CEO Tim Cook offered to pay off a playful "ransom note" composed by members of the Cleveland Indians baseball team — a list that m...
04:07 pm GMT - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable 6-digit passcodes are coming to the iPhone and iPad
In an effort to make iOS devices harder to break into, Apple owners who use a passcode will soon be required to have a six-digit passcode instead of a four-digit one.At the company's Worldwide Develop...
03:24 pm GMT - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable Apple Music will let you save music for offline listening
Streaming music is great if you're connected to Wi-Fi, but no one wants to cannibalize cellular data on a morning commute or an evening run.Apple confirmed in a statement to Re/code that its new Apple...
03:18 pm GMT - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable Apple admits the iPod is dead by removing it from its top menu
It's no secret that Apple's iPod business is not what it used to be, but the company has still held fast to the device, keeping it in the top menu along with the most important devices in its lineup.T...
10:35 am GMT - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable What zapping your brain with electricity feels like
NEW YORK — The first thing I noticed was the stinging, as if a fire ant were attacking my right temple.But this was no fire ant — it was current flowing through an electrode, oozing conduc...
10:30 am +08 - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable WWDC 2015: A keynote in a minor key
After 12 months of major updates, new products and new product categories, Apple just took a deep breathTim Cook's kick-off event at the World Wide Developers Conference on Monday was jam-packed with ...
09:40 am GMT - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable Apple Music is a major mess, and it won't beat Spotify
As a card-carrying Apple fanboy, I often have a hard time keeping an objective journalistic head on my shoulders when faced with the company's offerings. My home is a museum of iPods, iPhones, iPads a...
05:49 am GMT - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable Twitter is making your conversations easier to follow
If you've ever got lost trying to keep up with a fast-moving conversation on Twitter, this update is for you.Twitter announced changes on Monday to how conversations will appear on the social media pl...
03:44 am +08 - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable Apple finally puts women onstage at WWDC
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote on Monday was memorable for a slew of product news, but perhaps the company's biggest move was the inclusion of female presentersJennifer Bailey,...
03:25 am GMT - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable Watch Apple's WWDC 2015 keynote in under 2 minutes
In the spirit of WWDC keynotes past, Apple's kick-off to its Worldwide Developer Conference 2015 was full of software announcements — including Mac OS El Capitan, Watch OS 2.0 and iOS 9The compa...
02:30 am GMT - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable WWDC 2015: A keynote in a minor key
After 12 months of major updates, new products and new product categories, Apple just took a deep breathTim Cook's kick-off event at the World Wide Developers Conference on Monday was jam-packed with ...
02:27 am +08 - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable Apple's beefed-up iPad multitasking lets you see apps side by side
Apple introduced a brawnier multitasking mode on iOS 9 aimed at the iPadThe new mode includes app shortcuts, an improved task switcher that's summoned by pressing the home button twice, and a feature ...
02:12 am +08 - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable Apple renames Passbook to Wallet, Apple Pay coming to UK in July
Apple made a couple of major announcements at WWDC on Monday regarding its mobile payments system, the most important of which is the name change of Passbook to WalletThe app acts to as a single place...
01:51 am GMT - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable How a revamped Siri will change iOS
Siri finally growing up.While iOS 9 doesn't have as many blockbuster new features as iOS 8, improving Siri's abilities was clearly one of Apple's biggest priorities with the releaseSiri, and iOS's new...
01:36 am +08 - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable Apple debuts iOS 9: Battery enhancements, smarter Siri and more
Apple just revealed the latest version of iOS at its Worldwide Developers Conference.iOS 9, which will roll out to iPhones and iPads later this year, adds a suite of new features to the operating syst...
01:32 am GMT - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable Aussie Internet provider investigates alleged hack of customer database
Australia's second largest DSL Internet service provider iiNet is investigating claims the database of its subsidiary, Westnet, has been hacked and users' details offered for sale online.On Sunday, th...
01:16 am +03 - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable Apple's 'Move to iOS' app lets Android users wirelessly migrate to iPhone
Attention Android users: Switching to iOS will soon be a pain-free experienceNestled at the bottom of Apple's iOS 9 website is mention of a "Move to iOS" app, which will allow Android users to "wirele...
01:11 am GMT - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable Apple Music's rivals aren't impressed
Apple isn't accustomed to being on the outside looking in when it comes to being one of the cool kids. But on Monday, when the company unveiled Apple Music, it seemed like all the popular music apps d...
01:00 am GMT - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable All the news from Apple's WWDC 2015 Keynote
Didn't watch Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2015 Keynote? That's ok. We've compiled everything you need to know here.The Keynote for the week-long San Francisco-based developers confer...
12:59 am +08 - Tue, June 9, 2015
Mashable Apple Pay could see summer launch in the UK
After months of negotiations with banks, Apple Pay is reportedly set to launch in the United Kingdom in August.Banks in the UK were slow to jump on to the platform because of concerns over Apple's acc...
11:42 pm GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Everything you need to know about Apple Music
SAN FRANCISCO — As expected, Apple unveiled Apple Music, it's new music service, at WWDC 2015.A marriage between the iOS Music app, the Beats streaming service and a pseudo social network for ar...
10:16 pm GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Apple's 'Move to iOS' app lets Android users wirelessly migrate to iPhone
Attention Android users: Switching to iOS will soon be a pain-free experienceNestled at the bottom of Apple's iOS 9 website is mention of a "Move to iOS" app, which will allow Android users to "wirele...
08:49 pm GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Square's new wireless reader will accept Apple Pay and work with Android
Just minutes after Tim Cook left the stage at WWDC, Square founder and CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted his own announcement: a new device geared to work with Apple PaySquare Reader is a tiny square device des...
08:32 pm GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable If you blinked during Apple's WWDC keynote, you missed the HealthKit and HomeKit updates
Apple dedicated a substantial amount of stage time last year at its Worldwide Developers Conference to reveal its smart home and health platforms, but this year, if you sneezed during a certain portio...
08:21 pm GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Wireless charging over Wi-Fi could be on the horizon
Say goodbye to cables? Researchers at the University of Washington just successfully tested Wi-Fi charging.With the ever-increasing number of smart, connected devices in our lives and the rise of the ...
07:58 pm GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Apple open sources its Swift programming language
Swift, the new programming language for iOS and OS X app development Apple announced at WWDC 2014 a year ago, is going open-source."We're stepping on the gas this year with Swift 2," Apple senior vice...
07:44 pm GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Apple finally puts women onstage at WWDC
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote on Monday was memorable for a slew of product news, but perhaps the company's biggest move was the inclusion of female presentersJennifer Bailey,...
07:42 pm GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Spotify CEO's two-word response to Apple Music
Spotify's founder and CEO isn't all that impressed with Apple MusicSee also: Spotify tripled its losses in two years. Is music streaming over?As Tim Cook and Jimmy Iovine revealed Apple's music stream...
07:27 pm GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Apple Music vs. the streaming competition
Listening to music online used to be simple: You purchased songs and downloaded them to a music player. That was it. Now, it's all about streaming.At its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, App...
06:50 pm GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Apple CarPlay is going wireless
Apple CarPlay has been touted as a savior from subpar and distracting infotainment systems in cars, and it's getting an extremely useful update.As announced at Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference...
06:48 pm GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Apple Music will stream curated playlists and connect users with artists
Apple announced a new music streaming service called Apple Music at its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday.Apple Music will be available June 30 for $9.99 per month with a three-month free tria...
06:42 pm GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Apple reveals new OS for Apple Watch, complete with Time Travel
Apple announced watchOS 2, which offers native access to the Apple Watch's sensors and digital crown"It gives developers even more time to develop apps for the Apple Watch that will change the world,"...
06:37 pm GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable At long last, transit directions are coming to the Apple Maps app
Let's recall Apple Maps' terrible app launch from 2012. Three years later, there still isn't much of a reason to use it over the Google Maps appNow, we just got a reason to give it a try once again: t...
06:34 pm GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable iOS 9 will give your iPhone up to 3 extra hours of battery life
Your iPhone battery will last longer with iOS 9.At WWDC 2015, Apple senior vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi announced iOS 9 will extend battery life on iPhones by one hour. Anoth...
06:27 pm GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Apple's beefed-up iPad multitasking lets you see apps side by side
Apple introduced a brawnier multitasking mode on iOS 9 aimed at the iPadThe new mode includes app shortcuts, an improved task switcher that's summoned by pressing the home button twice, and a feature ...
06:23 pm GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Step aside, Flipboard: Apple debuts News app
Apple introduced a slick-looking News app set on Monday that will launch with iOS 9 later this yearThe News app, which was announced on stage at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), looks a...
06:12 pm GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Apple renames Passbook to Wallet, Apple Pay coming to UK in July
Apple made a couple of major announcements at WWDC on Monday regarding its mobile payments system, the most important of which is the name change of Passbook to WalletThe app acts to as a single place...
05:36 pm GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Apple kicked off WWDC with Bill Hader, drones and at least one goat
It's taken a few decades, but Apple finally figured out what makes an entertaining conferenceApple kicked off Monday's Worldwide Developers Conference with a "behind-the-scenes" Birdman-esque look at ...
05:36 pm GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Bill Hader, Danny Pudi and some goats are all Apple fanboys
It's taken a few decades, but Apple finally figured out what makes an entertaining conferenceApple kicked off Monday's Worldwide Developers Conference with a "behind-the-scenes" Birdman-esque look at ...
05:36 pm GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Apple debuts iOS 9: Battery enhancements, smarter Siri and more
Apple just revealed the latest version of iOS at its Worldwide Developers Conference.iOS 9, which will roll out to iPhones and iPads later this year, adds a suite of new features to the operating syst...
05:13 pm GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Apple reveals its next-generation OS: El Capitan
After months of rumors, Apple pulled the curtain back on the next version of its operating system coming to Mac computers later this year: Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan.Named after a peak at Yosemite Nati...
05:13 pm GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Apple reveals the next generation of OS X: El Capitan
After months of rumors, Apple pulled the curtain back on the next version of its operating system coming to Mac computers later this year: OS X 10.11 El Capitan.Named after a peak at Yosemite National...
04:59 pm GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Apple Pay could see summer launch in the UK
After months of negotiations with banks, Apple Pay is reportedly set to launch in the United Kingdom in August.Banks in the UK were slow to jump on to the platform because of concerns over Apple's acc...
02:27 pm -04 - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Apple's beefed-up iPad multitasking lets you see apps side by side
Apple introduced a brawnier multitasking mode on iOS 9 aimed at the iPadThe new mode includes app shortcuts, an improved task switcher that's summoned by pressing the home button twice, and a feature ...
01:57 pm GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Tim Cook: This year's WWDC keynote won't be all white guys
If you have trouble remembering the last time you saw a woman or a person of color on stage at an Apple keynote, you're not alone. Even CEO Tim Cook is tired of the generally monochromatic parade of w...
12:59 pm -04 - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Apple Pay could see summer launch in the UK
After months of negotiations with banks, Apple Pay is reportedly set to launch in the United Kingdom in August.Banks in the UK were slow to jump on to the platform because of concerns over Apple's acc...
09:58 am GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable How to watch Apple's live stream from WWDC 2015
Apple's World Wide Developer Conference is about to get started beginning with what will likely be a jam-packed keynote full of updates from Tim Cook and other executives.The live stream, available he...
05:58 am -04 - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable How to watch Apple's live stream from WWDC 2015
Apple's World Wide Developer Conference is about to get started beginning with what will likely be a jam-packed keynote full of updates from Tim Cook and other executives.The live stream, available he...
05:23 am GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Exclusive: Apple's Tim Cook talks diversity, women, 'the future of our company'
SAN FRANCISCO — The day before Apple kicks off its annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), the company hosted a special orientation session for the recipients of its WWDC Scholarship Progr...
05:23 am GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Exclusive: Tim Cook says lack of diversity in tech is 'our fault'
SAN FRANCISCO — The day before Apple kicks off its annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), the company hosted a special orientation session for the recipients of its WWDC Scholarship Progr...
02:05 am GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Coming Monday: Live from the Apple WWDC 2015 Keynote
As the name suggests, Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference is for developers, the people who code the software, applications and services that run on top of Apple's three platforms: iOS, OS X and t...
02:05 am GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Live from the Apple WWDC 2015 Keynote
As the name suggests, Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference is for developers, the people who code the software, applications and services that run on top of Apple's three platforms: iOS, OS X and t...
02:05 am GMT - Mon, June 8, 2015
Mashable Apple WWDC 2015 Keynote: iOS 9, OS X El Capitan and Apple Music
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference may be for developers, but the rest of the world watched the keynote to learn about upcoming consumer-facing features.See also: Exclusive: Tim Cook says lack of...
08:29 pm GMT - Sun, June 7, 2015
Mashable Team KAIST won the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge, so now what?
POMONA, California – A robot is going to save your life or the life of someone you loveA small team of researchers, scientists and engineers from South Korea just proved that this is possible &...
08:23 pm GMT - Sun, June 7, 2015
Mashable Sony Music CEO confirms Apple's streaming service 1 day before WWDC
In case there was still any lingering doubt that Apple will announce a new music streaming service at its World Wide Developers Conference tomorrow, it looks like we just got a firm confirmation, cour...
10:08 am GMT - Sun, June 7, 2015
Mashable Early forms of birth control were revolutionary but look scary
Roman, 200 BCE-400 CEBronze pessary. A pessary in this context is a way of blocking the cervix. The gap allows a rod to be placed into the cervix to hold the pessary in place. While it could remain i...
06:08 am -04 - Sun, June 7, 2015
Mashable Early forms of birth control were revolutionary but look scary
Roman, 200 BCE-400 CEBronze pessary. A pessary in this context is a way of blocking the cervix. The gap allows a rod to be placed into the cervix to hold the pessary in place. While it could remain i...
02:00 am GMT - Sun, June 7, 2015
Mashable 5 can't-miss apps: Workflow, Popcorn Buzz, 'Hitman: Sniper' and more
With Pinterest rolling out buyable pins and rumors swirling in the wake of Twitter investor Chris Sacca's epic 8,000-word rant on why Google should buy Twitter, you may have missed some of this week's...
08:40 pm GMT - Sat, June 6, 2015
Mashable Bjork's latest video transports us to Iceland via virtual reality
With the art world still buzzing from her innovative installation at New York's Museum of Modern Art in March, Bjork has unveiled yet another tech-infused work: a virtual-reality music videoPosted to ...
05:54 pm GMT - Sat, June 6, 2015
Mashable Hands on with Pepper, the affectionate robot
POMONA, CALIFORNIA — Pepper is one sweet-hearted robot – if you consider silicon, metal and plastic a heart.A year ago, Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son, introduced Pepper to the world. The clou...
05:29 pm GMT - Sat, June 6, 2015
Mashable 'Back to the Future Part II' inside-out jeans now available IRL
It's 2015 and we don't have hoverboards or flying, time-traveling DeLoreans, so we'll have to settle for a pair of inside-out jeans.A new Kickstarter campaign is developing specially designed jeans to...
04:40 pm -04 - Sat, June 6, 2015
Mashable Bjork's latest video transports us to Iceland via virtual reality
With the art world still buzzing from her innovative installation at New York's Museum of Modern Art in March, Bjork has unveiled yet another tech-infused work: a virtual-reality music videoPosted to ...
03:22 am GMT - Sat, June 6, 2015
Mashable Drones have a new job in China: Catching cheating students
Drones will be used to catch cheaters during China's National College Entrance Exam (a.k.a. "Gaokao") — a test that's been called the world's hardest exam.Authorities in Luoyang, a city in ...
11:51 pm GMT - Fri, June 5, 2015
Mashable ISIS social media post leads to U.S. airstrike in 22 hours, Air Force says
The Islamic State frequently uses social media to spread its message and garner support, but their posting can have deadly consequences.As reported by Defense Tech, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) was able ...
11:01 pm GMT - Fri, June 5, 2015
Mashable Boeing received a patent for drones that can recharge in midair
Drones, like any other aircraft, are limited in range and thus need to land to refuel or recharge, but this could change.Boeing received a patent this week for an autonomous drone which can recharge w...
10:43 pm GMT - Fri, June 5, 2015
Mashable Google launches website to address safety concerns about self-driving cars
Google has launched a new website focused on educating people about its self-driving cars, and to ease customer concerns about their safetyThe company's self-driving car program is at a critical junct...
10:04 pm GMT - Fri, June 5, 2015
Mashable If you stream video, chances are it's on an Apple device
Apple is in a "dominant position" in online video, according to a new study.The information from Adobe Digital Index comes as rumors swirl about an upcoming Internet television service for Apple devic...
08:49 pm GMT - Fri, June 5, 2015
Mashable Pinterest gives you more gender options now
Pinterest on Friday announced expanded gender options that allow users to enter their preferred genderDesktop and mobile users will now find in their Account Settings a third option in the Gender sect...
08:47 pm GMT - Fri, June 5, 2015
Mashable Chrome update lets you disable annoying Flash videos from autoplaying
Google Chrome is arguably the most popular web browser, but it kills laptops' battery life and requires a great deal of memory to run.Google is making a significant change that might help in that depa...
07:51 pm -04 - Fri, June 5, 2015
Mashable ISIS social media post leads to U.S. airstrike in 22 hours, Air Force says
The Islamic State frequently uses social media to spread its message and garner support, but their posting can have deadly consequences.As reported by Defense Tech, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) was able ...
07:26 pm GMT - Fri, June 5, 2015
Mashable Justin Bieber-backed selfie app Shots to add animations in upcoming update
Users will soon be able to share a whole new type of selfie on Shots.Mashable has learned that the Justin Bieber-backed app will allow users to add animations to their selfies. They come thanks to a p...
07:26 pm GMT - Fri, June 5, 2015
Mashable Justin Bieber-backed selfie app Shots to add animations in coming update
Users will soon be able to share a whole new type of selfie on Shots.Mashable has learned that the Justin Bieber-backed app will allow users to add animations to their selfies. They come thanks to a p...
07:26 pm GMT - Fri, June 5, 2015
Mashable Justin Bieber-backed selfie app Shots could add animations in coming update
Users could soon be able to share a whole new type of selfie on Shots.Mashable has learned that the Justin Bieber-backed app is considering features that would allow users to add animations to their s...
07:01 pm -04 - Fri, June 5, 2015
Mashable Boeing received a patent for drones that can recharge in midair
Drones, like any other aircraft, are limited in range and thus need to land to refuel or recharge, but this could change.Boeing received a patent this week for an autonomous drone which can recharge w...
05:57 pm GMT - Fri, June 5, 2015
Mashable The Apple Watch could be the most successful flop in history
The Apple Watch has only been on customers' wrists since the end of April, but it's already left quite an impression. Although Apple hasn't shared sales numbers, many are convinced that the device is ...
03:30 pm GMT - Fri, June 5, 2015
Mashable All the Apple WWDC rumors that are worth your attention
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, WWDC, kicks off on Monday — and the rumor mill is already flying.See also: Apple WWDC 2015: Music streaming, reinventing Apple TV and moreFrom talk of a ...
07:43 am GMT - Fri, June 5, 2015
Mashable Periscope lets you watch the world live with new map feature
A new update to live video streaming app Periscope makes it possible to jump in and out of live streams across the globeIf you want to watch people hang out by the Eiffel Tower or look at lunch get ma...
02:50 am GMT - Fri, June 5, 2015
Mashable Canadian media head slams a form of piracy her own daughter uses
The head of one of Canada's biggest media companies publicly denounced piracy, but it happened in her own homeBell Media's new president, Mary Ann Turcke called ways to get around restricted content '...
01:50 am GMT - Fri, June 5, 2015
Mashable Periscope engineer explains why streams aren't always live
There's no question that live video has exploded in popularity since the launch of Meerkat and Twitter-owned Periscope. But, as we've learned from hiccups at Meerkat, bringing live video to thousands ...
12:43 am -07 - Fri, June 5, 2015
Mashable Periscope lets you watch the world live with new map feature
A new update to live video streaming app Periscope makes it possible to jump in and out of live streams across the globeIf you want to watch people hang out by the Eiffel Tower or look at lunch get ma...
10:50 pm -04 - Thu, June 4, 2015
Mashable Canadian media head slams a form of piracy her own daughter uses
The head of one of Canada's biggest media companies publicly denounced piracy, but it happened in her own homeBell Media's new president, Mary Ann Turcke called ways to get around restricted content '...
08:36 pm GMT - Thu, June 4, 2015
Mashable Facebook rolls out stripped-down version of its app to more countries
Following a quiet rollout in a handful of countries, Facebook's stripped-down, data-efficient Android app is finally ready for primetime.The social network officially launched Facebook Lite, the bareb...
08:31 pm GMT - Thu, June 4, 2015
Mashable Jawbone fitness trackers are stepping back into Apple Stores
In recent years, Jawbone fitness trackers had become an Apple Store accessory staple. That suddenly changed when Apple pulled Jawbone products off shelves a month before the launch of the Apple Watch ...
08:03 pm GMT - Thu, June 4, 2015
Mashable Facebook Messenger now lets you send mapped locations
Facebook Messenger on Thursday rolled out the ability for iOS and Android users to send locations on a map from inside the appPreviously, most Facebook friends could only see which city and state peop...
07:52 pm GMT - Thu, June 4, 2015
Mashable Car owners are frustrated by their fancy-shmancy infotainment systems
Automakers have been installing increasingly complex infotainment systems in their cars for a number of years, but a recent study suggests that their efforts have not been very well received.Automotiv...
07:50 pm -07 - Thu, June 4, 2015
Mashable Canadian media head slams a form of piracy her own daughter uses
The head of one of Canada's biggest media companies publicly denounced piracy, but it happened in her own homeBell Media's new president, Mary Ann Turcke called ways to get around restricted content '...
07:16 pm GMT - Thu, June 4, 2015
Mashable Apple WWDC 2015: Music streaming, reinventing Apple TV and more
Apple’s 2015 Worldwide Developer Conference comes on the heels of what could arguably be called an enormous year for Apple: Its latest iPhones sold in monstrous numbers, its new MacBook is usher...
06:41 pm GMT - Thu, June 4, 2015
Mashable Report: NASA and Verizon are trying out tech that could monitor all U.S. drones
NASA and Verizon are working on technology which will monitor commercial and civilian drones in the U.S., it was revealed Thursday.The Guardian reports NASA will use Verizon's network of cellphone tow...
06:23 pm GMT - Thu, June 4, 2015
Mashable You can now buy Airbnb gift cards for the travelers in your life
SAN FRANCISCO — Airbnb wants you to give the gift of AirbnbThe company now allows customers to buy gift cards for its short-term rentals platforms, VP of engineering Mike Curtis announced at the...
05:58 pm GMT - Thu, June 4, 2015
Mashable Nest sends invites for June press conference
Nest sent out invitations on Thursday for a press conference in San Francisco on June 17.Nest, which Google bought in January 2014 for an eye-watering $3.2 Billion , is one of the biggest players in t...
05:27 pm GMT - Thu, June 4, 2015
Mashable The complete guide to shooting your wedding via drone
SONOMA, Calif. — Love is soaring to new heights this wedding season, thanks to the growing trend of drone photography.More couples are adding drones to their wedding-day wish lists to capture st...
03:42 pm GMT - Thu, June 4, 2015
Mashable Google Street View takes you under the streets and deep into the sea
Google Street View is slowly but surely conquering Earth's land surfaces, but the oceans — which cover more than 70% of our planet — are still largely untapped territoryOn Thursday, Google...
02:44 pm GMT - Thu, June 4, 2015
Mashable Apple Watch will be in actual stores, and 7 more countries, at the end of June
Ready your wrists: The Apple Watch is coming to seven more countries on June 26Apple announced that Italy, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland and Taiwan are the next wave of countries ...
12:52 pm -07 - Thu, June 4, 2015
Mashable Car owners are frustrated by their fancy-shmancy infotainment systems
Automakers have been installing increasingly complex infotainment systems in their cars for a number of years, but a recent study suggests that their efforts have not been very well received.Automotiv...
11:13 am GMT - Thu, June 4, 2015
Mashable 7 free tools for anyone who wants to become a better writer
The awesome (and scary) thing about being a writer is that you can always improve. It's why people can sit on a draft for weeks — every time they take "one more look," they can find a way to mak...
11:05 am GMT - Thu, June 4, 2015
Mashable The most tricked out, high-tech wedding in history is streaming online
SONOMA, Calif. — When Samantha Carisch and Taylor Sinclair entered the annual The Knot Dream Wedding contest earlier this year, the couple naturally wasn't expecting to win. But after their appl...
11:04 am GMT - Thu, June 4, 2015
Mashable This startup aims to scour the Dark Web for data breaches
New technology protects customer privacy while it crawls the Dark Web for data compromised in corporate breaches.When online thieves compromised Target in November 2013, they took less than a day to g...
09:24 am GMT - Thu, June 4, 2015
Mashable The illusion of a borderless Internet
Almost a decade ago now, McDonald's made a seemingly innocuous decision. On the side of Happy Meals distributed in Morocco in 2008, it put a small map of the region. The map showed a border between th...
04:13 am -07 - Thu, June 4, 2015
Mashable 7 free tools for anyone who wants to become a better writer
The awesome (and scary) thing about being a writer is that you can always improve. It's why people can sit on a draft for weeks — every time they take "one more look," they can find a way to mak...
02:24 am -07 - Thu, June 4, 2015
Mashable The illusion of a borderless Internet
Almost a decade ago now, McDonald's made a seemingly innocuous decision. On the side of Happy Meals distributed in Morocco in 2008, it put a small map of the region. The map showed a border between th...
12:40 am GMT - Thu, June 4, 2015
Mashable Twitter cuts off Politwoops, making it harder to catch political gaffes
The tracking of social media's most damning digital evidence of media gaffes, the deleted tweet, just suffered a major setback as Politwoops has been cut off by TwitterPolitwoops, which bills itself a...
11:42 pm GMT - Wed, June 3, 2015
Mashable The Moscone Center's WWDC makeover has begun
SAN FRANCISCO — We still have a few days to wait before Apple's World Wide Developer kicks off but the company is already hard at work preparing the city's Moscone Center for the event.Workers s...
11:38 pm GMT - Wed, June 3, 2015
Mashable Windows 10 with Bing could make way for cheaper Windows gadgets
It looks like Microsoft is doubling down on a strategy to get Windows 10 running on a billion devices. Like it did with Windows 8, the software giant will introduce a low-cost version of Windows 10, a...
10:44 pm GMT - Wed, June 3, 2015
Mashable Lonely hedgehog just wants a hug in Oculus Rift's new VR movie
The Oculus Story Studio team has taken the wraps off its second virtual reality storytelling experience called 'Henry,' an animal character-driven environment that immerses the viewer in a cartoon-lik...
09:37 pm GMT - Wed, June 3, 2015
Mashable Frustrated drivers: There's an app that helps you find street parking
There are very few things in this world more frustrating than trying to find street parking in a busy city. For anyone who has to deal with this on a regular basis, INRIX On-Street Parking might be yo...
08:40 pm -04 - Wed, June 3, 2015
Mashable Twitter cuts off Politwoops, making it harder to catch political gaffes
The tracking of social media's most damning digital evidence of media gaffes, the deleted tweet, just suffered a major setback as Politwoops has been cut off by TwitterPolitwoops, which bills itself a...
08:12 pm GMT - Wed, June 3, 2015
Mashable Apple recalls Beats Pill XL speaker due to overheating batteries
Apple is recalling its Beats Pill XL wireless speaker due to overheating batteries that pose a "fire safety risk."The Cupertino company was made aware of about eight malfunctioning speakers, including...
07:58 pm GMT - Wed, June 3, 2015
Mashable Samsung Pay expected to launch in U.S. and South Korea this September
Samsung Pay, the company's mobile payment system, will launch in the U.S. and South Korea this September, a new report says. China and Europe will get service by the end of the year.According to Reute...
06:33 pm GMT - Wed, June 3, 2015
Mashable Driverless cars are coming to Virginia highways
If you're driving on the highway in Virginia, don't be surprised if you soon see a car in your rear-view mirror with no one behind the wheel.Virginia announced Monday that it's opening up 70 miles of ...
05:40 pm -07 - Wed, June 3, 2015
Mashable Twitter cuts off Politwoops, making it harder to catch political gaffes
The tracking of social media's most damning digital evidence of media gaffes, the deleted tweet, just suffered a major setback as Politwoops has been cut off by TwitterPolitwoops, which bills itself a...
03:42 pm GMT - Wed, June 3, 2015
Mashable The selfie swing is the selfie stick's smaller, weirder brother
Obsessed with selfies, but hate the idea of carrying around a selfie stick? Asus has a different take: the selfie swingLaunched as a prototype at the Computex trade show in Taiwan as part of the ZenFo...
02:25 pm GMT - Wed, June 3, 2015
Mashable Skype fixes bug that caused 8 characters to crash the app
Just last week, we learned about an iOS bug that rendered the iPhone's Messages app unusable after a certain string of characters was sent via text message. Now, a similar bug is plaguing Skype.Sendin...
02:00 pm GMT - Wed, June 3, 2015
Mashable Can Huawei convince the U.S. to care about unlocked phones?
When it comes to smartphones, everyone has suddenly fallen in love with America.From ZTE to Xiaomi to even Europe's Alcatel, overseas brands who previously had little to no presence in the U.S. are no...
12:58 pm -07 - Wed, June 3, 2015
Mashable Samsung Pay expected to launch in U.S. and South Korea this September
Samsung Pay, the company's mobile payment system, will launch in the U.S. and South Korea this September, a new report says. China and Europe will get service by the end of the year.According to Reute...
11:42 am -04 - Wed, June 3, 2015
Mashable The selfie swing is the selfie stick's smaller, weirder brother
Obsessed with selfies, but hate the idea of carrying around a selfie stick? Asus has a different take: the selfie swingLaunched as a prototype at the Computex trade show in Taiwan as part of the ZenFo...
11:33 am -07 - Wed, June 3, 2015
Mashable Driverless cars are coming to Virginia highways
If you're driving on the highway in Virginia, don't be surprised if you soon see a car in your rear-view mirror with no one behind the wheel.Virginia announced Monday that it's opening up 70 miles of ...
08:42 am -07 - Wed, June 3, 2015
Mashable The selfie swing is the selfie stick's smaller, weirder brother
Obsessed with selfies, but hate the idea of carrying around a selfie stick? Asus has a different take: the selfie swingLaunched as a prototype at the Computex trade show in Taiwan as part of the ZenFo...
03:04 am GMT - Wed, June 3, 2015
Mashable Magic Leap to offer SDK to developers and interactive storytellers
Back in April, I met a couple of the people behind the much-hyped augmented reality (AR) system Magic Leap in an attempt to uncover some of the mystery behind the project. During that meeting, a numbe...
01:52 am GMT - Wed, June 3, 2015
Mashable Aston Martin CEO envisions a hybrid future for his company
James Bond's next Aston Martin may one day be a hybrid. Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer recently outlined the possibility for future hybrid models to Autocar at the 2015 Nürburgring 24 Hour race, a ...
01:21 am GMT - Wed, June 3, 2015
Mashable Apple wants to protect your privacy, says Tim Cook in stirring speech
Apple CEO Tim Cook just made it crystal clear where he stands on data privacy and encryption.In a strongly-worded speech delivered to the Washington, D.C.-based Electronic Privacy Information Center (...
01:21 am GMT - Wed, June 3, 2015
Mashable Tim Cook blasts Silicon Valley companies for 'gobbling up' your personal data
Apple CEO Tim Cook just made it crystal clear where he stands on data privacy and encryption.In a strongly worded speech delivered to the Washington, D.C.-based Electronic Privacy Information Center (...
01:00 am GMT - Wed, June 3, 2015
Mashable Jide Remix tablet laptop is an embarrassing Microsoft Surface rip-off
There is one positive thing I can say about the execrable Jide Tech Remix tablet/laptop: Its existence means the Microsoft Surface has officially arrived.Chinese manufacturers don’t waste their ...
11:36 pm GMT - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable Microsoft accidentally leaks plans for a new Wi-Fi hotspot service
On-the-go Wi-Fi access may soon be a lot easier for Microsoft customers.The company plans to offer a Wi-Fi hotspot service to individuals and businesses, Microsoft confirmed Tuesday. Details about the...
11:36 pm GMT - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable Make fun of them if you want, but people love their phablets
They might not fit in your pocket, but they're making their way into people's heartsPhablets are frequently derided for being just about the size of an average person's face. But of the 20 smartphone ...
10:44 pm GMT - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable SRT Tomahawk Vision Gran Turismo is a virtual hypercar worth drooling over
People of 2035, your hypercar has arrived.As part of the ongoing Vision Gran Turismo series where a variety of automakers design crazy, futuristic cars to play in Gran Turismo 6, Fiat Chrysler Automob...
08:35 pm GMT - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable Google is working on an app that counts the calories in your Instagrams
Your future #instafood pics could tell you just how many calories are on your perfectly-filtered plate of french fries. At least, if Google has anything to say about it.Google confirmed that its artif...
07:21 pm GMT - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable Tesla cofounder has sights set on electrifying commmercial trucks
Ian Wright, one of the engineers who launched Tesla, wants to electrify the garbage trucks and delivery vehicles around your neighborhoodSure, old diesel motors you find in garbage trucks and delivery...
07:21 pm GMT - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable Tesla cofounder sets sights on powering commercial trucks with electricity
Ian Wright, one of the engineers who launched Tesla, wants to electrify the garbage trucks and delivery vehicles around your neighborhoodSure, old diesel motors you find in garbage trucks and delivery...
06:52 pm -07 - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable Aston Martin CEO envisions a hybrid future for his company
James Bond's next Aston Martin may one day be a hybrid. Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer recently outlined the possibility for future hybrid models to Autocar at the 2015 Nürburgring 24 Hour race, a ...
06:14 pm GMT - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable With Buyable Pins, Pinterest lets you buy stuff right in the app
Pinterest on Tuesday officially announced Buyable Pins, a button rolling out to iOS later this month — followed by Android and web later this year — that lets users buy products displayed ...
06:07 pm GMT - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable Thunderbolt 3 adopts USB Type-C, brings one-cable world into view
If you look at your computer's roster of ports, you're likely to see at least three different types: one for charging, a standard USB port, and a Thunderbolt port. But the tech industry just took a bi...
05:10 pm GMT - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable Disney Playmation: Wearable tech meets real-life Avengers toys
It's one thing for a kid to sit on the couch and play a video game, but free time reaches a whole new level when they can suit up in the gear of their favorite superhero to shoot bad guys, crawl throu...
04:36 pm -07 - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable Microsoft accidentally leaks plans for a new Wi-Fi hotspot service
On-the-go Wi-Fi access may soon be a lot easier for Microsoft customers.The company plans to offer a Wi-Fi hotspot service to individuals and businesses, Microsoft confirmed Tuesday. Details about the...
03:47 pm GMT - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable Pinterest has a grand plan to let you instantly buy what you pinned
Ever see a something really cool on Pinterest and wish you could buy a product just like it? Or maybe you've seen a delicious recipe and wanted to order ingredients right awaySoon, you'll be able to d...
02:59 pm GMT - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable A bigger Samsung Galaxy S6 with 2 curved edges could be on its way
Samsung is reportedly planning to announce a bigger version of its flagship Galaxy S6 Android smartphone later this year.According to Samsung-focused blog SamMobile, the Korean electronics giant will ...
01:29 pm GMT - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable Apple will live stream its WWDC keynote on June 8
Apple has announced it will be live streaming its WWDC conference on June 8, starting 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET). The event will be available over at apple.com/live.As usual, Apple only guarantees the str...
12:35 pm GMT - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable Windows 10 is almost here: All your questions answered
Windows 10 arrives this summer. After years of stumbling around in the dark with Windows 8, Microsoft's finally getting its act together with its upcoming operating system.It goes without saying that ...
12:31 pm GMT - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable These are the first five Apple HomeKit-enabled devices
The first five devices to work on Apple's smart home platform are finally here.Despite rumors that Apple HomeKit-enabled products had been delayed, the company confirmed on Tuesday that the first coll...
10:38 am GMT - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable Data furnaces provide Internet and warm heat, if you live in the Netherlands
A Dutch company is offering those with a fiber-optic internet connection free heating for lifeNerdalize is installing data furnaces in the Netherlands and running their cloud computing business direct...
09:29 am -04 - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable Apple will live stream its WWDC keynote on June 8
Apple has announced it will be live streaming its WWDC conference on June 8, starting 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET). The event will be available over at apple.com/live.As usual, Apple only guarantees the str...
08:47 am -07 - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable Pinterest has a grand plan to let you instantly buy what you pinned
Ever see something really cool on Pinterest and wish you could buy a product just like it? Or maybe you've seen a delicious recipe and wanted to order ingredients right awaySoon, you'll be able to do ...
08:19 am GMT - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable Japan’s ‘Cardboard Theater’ uses your tablet to create a private movie house
Japan is known for its quirky trends that don't always make sense to the rest of us, but this latest one might be a winner: the Cardboard TheaterThe set-up, designed to deliver a private, somewhat imm...
07:59 am -07 - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable A bigger Samsung Galaxy S6 with 2 curved edges could be on its way
Samsung is reportedly planning to announce a bigger version of its flagship Galaxy S6 Android smartphone later this year.According to Samsung-focused blog SamMobile, the Korean electronics giant will ...
07:31 am -05 - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable These are the first five Apple HomeKit-enabled devices
The first five devices to work on Apple's smart home platform are finally here.Despite rumors that Apple HomeKit-enabled products had been delayed, the company confirmed on Tuesday that the first coll...
06:38 am -04 - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable Data furnaces provide Internet and warm heat, if you live in the Netherlands
A Dutch company is offering those with a fiber-optic internet connection free heating for lifeNerdalize is installing data furnaces in the Netherlands and running their cloud computing business direct...
06:29 am -07 - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable Apple will live stream its WWDC keynote on June 8
Apple has announced it will be live streaming its WWDC conference on June 8, starting 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET). The event will be available over at apple.com/live.As usual, Apple only guarantees the str...
03:35 am GMT - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable Google unveils a privacy dashboard: All your settings in one place
Google is making it easier for you to control how its services use your personal information.The company rolled out a new "My Account" dashboard Monday. Its aim: To simplify privacy and security setti...
03:14 am GMT - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable Volvo will let you control your car from your Apple Watch
Will your smartwatch someday replace your car keys? It's certainly possible, and the latest efforts from Volvo bring that notion one step closer to realityThe Swedish automaker recently announced an u...
01:49 am GMT - Tue, June 2, 2015
Mashable Apple doubles down on promoting the iPhone 6 camera in new ads
When it comes to megapixels in smartphone cameras, Apple has rarely been an industry leader. The company’s iSight camera always seems to be a few thousand pixels behind competitorsThe Apple iPho...
10:33 pm GMT - Mon, June 1, 2015
Mashable Apple's new streaming music service arrives next week, report says
Apple may be just days away from showing off its new Spotify competitor — and it almost certainly spells the end of the Beats service Apple purchased for $3 billion last yearThe company will unv...
08:51 pm GMT - Mon, June 1, 2015
Mashable Don't believe those rumors: LG isn't acquiring Meerkat
Despite some weird trademark filings, LG has not acquired Meerkat.News that the Korean electronics giant may have acquired the streaming video started to swirl after Phandroid uncovered a trademark fi...
08:14 pm -07 - Mon, June 1, 2015
Mashable Volvo will let you control your car from your Apple Watch
Will your smartwatch someday replace your car keys? It's certainly possible, and the latest efforts from Volvo bring that notion one step closer to realityThe Swedish automaker recently announced an u...
08:01 pm GMT - Mon, June 1, 2015
Mashable No, Kylie Jenner didn't crash a mansion party — She was helping an app go viral
More than 2,000 people filled up Jeremy Greene's mansion in the Hollywood Hills on Friday night to celebrate the launch of his new social app PingTank. In attendance were Vine stars like Nash Grier, r...
06:59 pm GMT - Mon, June 1, 2015
Mashable 17 high-tech ways to make your wedding day even more memorable
Just like fashion and home decor, the wedding industry goes through major trendsPoofy bridesmaids sleeves, anyone?While weddings have certainly seen their share of odd tech — like robot offician...
05:54 pm GMT - Mon, June 1, 2015
Mashable Asus ZenWatch 2 promises four days of battery life
Another day, another smartwatch. While all models running Android Wear are starting to blend together, manufacturers are determined to find new ways for them to stand outThe latest effort comes from t...
04:21 pm GMT - Mon, June 1, 2015
Mashable The world's smallest flash drive just got smaller
The world's smallest flash drives keep getting smaller, which means it's becoming that much easier to lose your storage in your pocket.SanDisk announced on Monday that it is packing a whole lot of sto...
03:54 pm GMT - Mon, June 1, 2015
Mashable Facebook adds PGP encryption to keep emails safe from hackers
Facebook is adding the ability to upload an encryption key to your profile to prevent hackers from snooping on your notification emails.Notification emails from the company often include the content o...
02:59 pm -04 - Mon, June 1, 2015
Mashable 17 high-tech ways to make your wedding day even more memorable
Just like fashion and home decor, the wedding industry goes through major trendsPoofy bridesmaids sleeves, anyone?While weddings have certainly seen their share of odd tech — like robot offician...
02:32 pm GMT - Mon, June 1, 2015
Mashable BlackBerry successfully killed Ryan Seacrest's lookalike iPhone case
The Typo, Ryan Seacrest's BlackBerry lookalike keyboard case for the iPhone, is officially dead.BlackBerry announced on Monday that Typo Products LLC and its cofounder, Laurence Hallier, have "settled...
12:38 pm GMT - Mon, June 1, 2015
Mashable GoPro Hero LCD is a cheaper touchscreen-equipped action cam for $299
GoPro's family of Hero action cameras just got a new sibling: The Hero+ LCD.GoPro announced on Monday the $299 Hero+ LCD, an entry-level action camera with a built-in touchscreen. The Hero+ joins GoPr...
12:30 pm GMT - Mon, June 1, 2015
Mashable Windows 10 will be available at the end of July
Finally: We know the exact date of availability for Microsoft's upcoming operating system, Windows 10The new OS will become available on July 29, Microsoft's Executive Vice President of Operating Syst...
11:21 am -05 - Mon, June 1, 2015
Mashable The world's smallest flash drive just got smaller
The world's smallest flash drives keep getting smaller, which means it's becoming that much easier to lose your storage in your pocket.SanDisk announced on Monday that it is packing a whole lot of sto...
12:00 am GMT - Mon, June 1, 2015
Mashable More tech swag than you: Dog has one gold Apple Watch per paw
Limited supplies of the Apple Watch have resulted in some Apple fans jealously looking on as special access celebs flash their gold versions of the device in public. But if you're one of the many stil...
08:00 pm -04 - Sun, May 31, 2015
Mashable More tech swag than you: Dog has one gold Apple Watch per paw
Limited supplies of the Apple Watch have resulted in some Apple fans jealously looking on as special access celebs flash their gold versions of the device in public. But if you're one of the many stil...
06:52 pm GMT - Sun, May 31, 2015
Mashable Recycling center looking for woman who left rare $200,000 Apple I computer
She doesn't know it yet, but an unidentified Bay Area woman has a $100,000 check waiting for her.A local recycling center is searching for a woman who dropped off an extremely rare Apple I computer, a...
02:52 pm -04 - Sun, May 31, 2015
Mashable Recycling center looking for woman who left rare $200,000 Apple I computer
She doesn't know it yet, but an unidentified Bay Area woman has a $100,000 check waiting for her.A local recycling center is searching for a woman who dropped off an extremely rare Apple I computer, a...
03:00 am GMT - Sun, May 31, 2015
Mashable This machine translates written descriptions into images
Imagine an oak tree in a field of wheat, silhouetted against a cloudless blue sky on a dreamy sunny afternoon. The chances are that most people reading this sentence can easily picture a bucolic scene...
02:00 am GMT - Sun, May 31, 2015
Mashable Household robots are here, but their real promise is decades away
Social robots like Amazon's Echo can play music and tell you the weather today, but their real promise is potentially decades away.Social robots like the quasi-anthropomorphic Jibo and Amazon's far mo...
12:29 am GMT - Sun, May 31, 2015
Mashable Apple's dive into AR could take the technology mainstream
Just a little more than a week before Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, reports have surfaced that Apple has acquired German augmented reality (AR) software company MetaioThe u...