Soon, Dr. Dre may not be the only rapper with a parking spot in Cupertino. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple is currently in exploratory talks to acquire Tidal, the streaming music service owned by Jay Z. According to unnamed sources, these talks are still ongoing, and they may not result in a …
Dell’s Venue 8 7000 was a decent tablet, but its future doesn’t look bright. Andrew Cunningham There’s a lot of competition and not a lot of profit in the Android ecosystem, so it’s not exactly surprising to hear that Dell plans to exit the Android business in order to focus on its Windows PCs and …
Enlarge / Spotify says Apple is using its privileged position to hurt Spotify’s chances against Apple Music. Apple Music has been around for about a year now, and despite being a little late to the game, Apple boasts that it has managed to pick up about 15 million paying subscribers. Spotify has at least twice that …
I knew it was coming. The last time Facebook updated my favorite app, a little-used, under-the-radar gem called Paper, was in March. March of 2015. But the news today that Facebook has pulled Paper from the App Store still stings, because it was Facebook’s finest work. If you never used Paper—and you certainly weren’t alone—think …
The music streaming war is heating up. Spotify claims that Apple is blocking competition after the App Store rejected an updated version of its iOS app. According to a letter Spotify sent to Apple’s legal team on June 26, Apple’s rejection stems from an anti-competitive practice to boost Apple Music. The letter was sent to …
One of the caveats of being a photographer is that you may not be equipped with a lens that’s wide enough to capture the scene you want. When such misfortune strikes, all is not lost; you can take several overlapping shots and then merge them into a panorama using Adobe Photoshop’s Camera Raw plug-in, which …
Introducing #AndroidNougat. Thank you, world, for all your sweet name ideas! #AndroidNReveal pic.twitter.com/7lIfDBwyBE — Android (@Android) June 30, 2016 Google has finally taken the wraps off of the sugary snack-themed codename for Android N: “Nougat.” The company also showed off its new statue design today, which features a green Android mascot standing atop three bars of the …
A lot of Android phones are loaded with ads and crapware. It hurts the user experience, but in exchange for using your phone as a billboard, the OEM gets cold, hard cash from the advertiser. Amazon is now moving the choice for this option to the user, where it is loading unlocked Android phones with ads and offering them …
Sensoria makes a line of workout gear, including men’s T-shirts and women’s sports bras, that are fitness trackers on their own. The fabrics include electrodes and heart rate monitors, which communicate with Sensoria’s smartphone app via Bluetooth. I’ve tested the sports bra and Sensoria’s Bluetooth socks in the past, and while smart clothes sound cool …
A reader who wants to remain anonymous doesn’t want to type in his Windows password more than once or twice a day. By default, Windows requires you to prove that you’re you every time you boot or just wake the computer out of sleep mode. There are good reasons for that. You don’t want someone …