Facebook users annoyed with posts from their friends about what songs they’re listening to or which earrings they want will soon have less to complain about. The company said Tuesday that it would be de-emphasizing in people’s news feeds posts from outside apps that are shared automatically, in favor of posts that people explicitly share. These posts could take the form of songs listened to in Spotify, or retail items pinned in Pinterest, which would appear both in the news feed as well as in the right-hand “ticker” rail. The move follows feedback Facebook had received from users who had felt surprised or confused by such posts. The company said Tuesday that these sorts of posts have been on the decline, which may be correlated with how often people mark them as spam.
Intuit is expanding its consumer and small-business financial services to tablets and smartphones with its purchase of mobile bill pay provider Check for approximately US$360 million. Check’s Intuit plans to pair Check’s mobile service with its own desktop finance management software, Quicken, as well as with its online checkbook, Mint.com. Intuit
LG packs top-end specs in a phone aimed at being smarter and simpler.
Android users still have to download an update as a "precautionary measure."
Two European companies have partnered to tackle the growing problem of fraudulent refilling of high-end wine and spirits bottles using a seal system based on near field communication chips. French embedded security vendor Inside Secure and Belgian object identity verification provider Selinko developed the technology. It allows wine and spirits consumers, distributors and sellers to use NFC-capable smartphones and other mobile devices to verify that bottles haven’t been tampered with along the supply chain before they are purchased. The new system is called CapSeal and has two components: an NFC chip embedded into the protective covering, or “capsule,” that seals the bottle, and a mobile application developed by Selinko to authenticate the chip. The tag deactivates if the capsule is removed or tampered with.
At 1PM Eastern Time, LG will stream its conference announcing its latest flagship phone.
Western Digital has added more in-home video-streaming options and file-format support to its latest WD TV Personal Edition. The $99.99 TV box, like its predecessors, can play video from streaming services Netflix, Hulu Plus and Vudu. New features include support for Miracast so users can stream video directly to a TV via the box. WD has also added the capability to discover video files from its My Passport Ultra and My Book external hard drives for playback on TV sets. The storage devices can be attached directly to WD TV or video files can be pulled from drives attached to PCs. WD was one of the early players in the TV-streaming box market, releasing the
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We all know the G3 is debuting on Tuesday, but now we pretty much know exactly what to expect.
Until recently, Sharp’s $3500 The 28-inch Asus PB287Q has an impressive list of features: 3840x2160-pixel resolution, LED backlighting, two HDMI 1.4 ports, a single DisplayPort 1.2, a bright 330 cd/m2 luminance rating, and 1 millisecond gray-to-gray response time. It offers picture-in-picture as well as picture-by-picture support, a highly flexible stand with height adjustment, pivot, swivel, and tilt capabilities, MHL support, and built-in 2W speakers that don’t sound too bad for built-in 2W speakers.
Toshiba announced a number of late additions to its 2014 back-to-school lineup today, including low-priced 8- and 10-inch tablets that run the recently announced All three tablets will be powered by Intel’s quad-core Atom Z3735F processor. The 8-inch Encore 2 with 1GB of memory and 32GB of storage will be priced at just $199, while the 10-inch Encore 2 with the same amount of memory and storage will be priced at $269. Toshiba launched the original Encore tablet in an 8-inch configuration for $329.
Google hasn’t made this awesome feature very easy to find, but we'll show you how.
It's a fringe concept at the moment. But bringing the virtual currency to the masses isn't as far-fetched as you might think.
Der andere südkoreanische Technologiekonzern hat sein neustes Smartphone präsentiert. Es kommt schlicht daher.
Das A und O zur Organisation von digitalen Aufnahmen und MP3s sind die Metadaten.
Ein französisch-amerikanischer Erfinder entwickelt ein Smartphone, mit dem Nutzer Kaffeeduft oder den Geruch des Waldes verschicken können.
Wie geht ein Youtube-Star mit seinem Erfolg um, und kann er davon leben?
Etwas vorspielen, und zwar einem Millionenpublikum: Beim Internetphänomen Let’s Play schauen Youtube‑Nutzer anderen bei Videospielen zu. Das Genre bringt ganz neue Stars hervor.
Digitalredaktor Matthias Schüssler will in einem Selbstversuch herausfinden, was daran interessant sein soll, anderen Leuten via Internet beim Computergamen zuzusehen.
Bisher funktionierten die meisten Smartwatches nur in Verbindung mit einem Handy. Offenbar arbeitet Samsung nun an einer eigenständigen Handy-Uhr. Das «Watch-Phone»soll schon bald vorgestellt werden.
Trotz Übernahme durch Microsoft hat der finnische Smartphone-Pionier ein Gerät mit Googles Betriebssystem auf den Markt gebracht. hat es ausprobiert.
In den USA ein Erfolg, wagt der Video-Streaming-Dienst Netflix nun den Sprung in die Schweiz. Kenner Ralf Beyeler über Bedeutung – und Preisschmerzgrenze für hiesige Filmfans.
Jetzt hat auch der Windows-Konzern ein Schreibtischtablet im Angebot. Doch kann es tatsächlich ein Notebook ersetzen?
Der Video-Streaming-Dienst treibt seine Expansion in Europa voran. Bereits heute versorgt das Unternehmen 48 Millionen Kunden mit Filmen und Fernsehsendungen. Nun sind die deutschsprachigen Länder an der Reihe.
Youtube will angeblich das Spielefernsehen Twitch für eine Milliarde Dollar kaufen. Wieso – und was ist Twitch eigentlich genau?
Der TA-Experte beantwortet Fragen zu Mac, Windows, Sicherheit, E-Mail, Internet und Multimedia.
Auch die neuste smarte Uhr von Samsung ist noch weit vom Ziel entfernt. Sie zeigt aber, wohin die Reise gehen könnte.
Die digitale Selbstdokumentation wird dank Sensoren und tragbaren Computern immer einfacher – und sie nimmt manchmal bizarre Züge an.
Der Polit-Experte kommentierte die vier Vorlagen live: Gripen, Mindestlohn, Berufsverbot für Pädophilie und Hausarztmedizin.
EU-Bürger können seit dieser Woche bei Google die Löschung von Links beantragen. Gemäss einem Bericht ist es bereits zu «einer Flut von Anfragen» gekommen.