Apple hat so viel Geld auf der hohen Kante, dass der Hersteller damit auf die Schnelle einige der wertvollsten Tech-Firmen übernehmen könnte.
Netflix-Nutzer streamen pro Tag je 1,5 Stunden Filme und Serien. Das verursacht viele Daten: Pro Sekunde pumpt Netflix drei Terabyte zu seinen Kunden.
Mit dem HTC-Rap disst der Hersteller in einem neuen Clip die Konkurrenz und lobt die eigene Hardware in den Himmel. Das sorgt für viel Gelächter.
Mit Kameras bestückte Autos von Apple fahren durch US-Städte. Spekuliert wird über Strassenansichten für Apple Maps und über selbstfahrende Autos.
Firmen wie Google, Amazon und Microsoft sollen sich gegen Millionenbeträge von Adblockern freikaufen können. Das erinnert an Schutzgeldzahlungen.
Der neue Web-Client von WhatsApp scheint unsicher zu sein. Das Problem dürfte in der Synchronisierung zwischen Webinterface und App liegen.
Um mit gängigen Klischees aufzuräumen, hat eine Professorin eine Twitter-Kampagne lanciert. Gamer sind aufgefordert, Bilder von sich zu posten.
Das dunkle Game «Blackguards 2» macht vieles besser als der erste Teil. Dennoch überzeugt es nicht restlos.
Sexspielzeug, das mit dem Internet verbunden ist, kann leicht gehackt werden. Zu diesem Schluss kommen britische Forscher.
Die Gerüchte zu einem XXL-iPad reissen nicht ab. Analysten gehen davon aus, dass der Konzern in den nächsten Wochen ein grösseres Tablet zeigen könnte.
Google-Forscher wollen ein teils aus Kunsthaut bestehendes Armband entwickeln. Es soll Krebs oder Herzinfarkte frühzeitig erkennen.
Blick in eine kranke Zukunft: Smokerface soll Kinder und Jugendliche anhand transformierter Selfies vom Rauchen abhalten.
Nur kurz nachdem eine kritische Lücke gestopft wurde, ist erneut ein schweres Leck im Flash-Player aufgetaucht. Deshalb sollte man das Plug-in deaktivieren.
Mit der Funktion WhatsApp Calls soll man schon bald per Messenger telefonieren können. Ein Ende der herkömmlichen Mobiltelefonie droht deswegen aber nicht.
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) might have a second security breach on its hands, or maybe the hackers from November’s scandalous attack are still inside the company systems, according to a security firm that claims to have seen evidence of Russian hackers having access to SPE internal data. The hackers accessed SPE’s Culver City, California network in late 2014 by sending spear phishing emails to Sony employees in Russia, India and other parts of Asia, U.S. security intelligence firm Taia Global said Wednesday in “Those emails contained an attached .pdf document that was loaded with a Remote Access Trojan (RAT),” the report reads, adding that once employees’ computers were infected, the hackers used advanced pivoting techniques to gain access to the California network. The hackers are still inside the network, according to Taia Global.
Video uploads will get a performance boost with the help of LTE technology tested by Huawei Technologies and China Mobile. So far, LTE has mainly been used to increase download speeds, but going forward more attention will be paid to letting users send data at higher speeds. A test in China showed that a 180 percent increase in upload bandwidth is possible, according to Huawei. On paper, today’s LTE networks offer upload speeds of up to 50Mbps. The improvement in LTE uplink speeds will make it possible for consumers and professional users to more quickly upload high-quality video; applications that will benefit include telemedicine and video conferencing. Video surveillance applications will also get a performance boost, though that might not be as welcome.
U.S. Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler just pulled out the big gun in the net neutrality battle: In an op-ed published on “Using this authority, I am submitting to my colleagues the strongest open internet protections ever proposed by the FCC. These enforceable, bright-line rules will ban paid prioritization, and the blocking and throttling of lawful content and services. I propose to fully apply—for the first time ever—those bright-line rules to mobile broadband.”
Today's tip is a quick but useful one for Microsoft Word users. We've often discussed how keyboard shortcuts are the key to making you more efficient. But sometimes you can find new keyboard shortcuts that are even Today, we're going to talk about one such set of shortcuts that make it just that little bit easier to cut/copy and paste text or images in Word. This works in Word 2007 through Word 2013. To do a cut and paste without the hassle of the right-click or the
Flush with $1 million in Kickstarter cash, Neeo wants to be the first smart home remote that won't scare the heck out of normal people. Neeo's candy bar remote consists of a high-resolution touch screen on top and a sparse layout of buttons underneath for things like pausing, adjusting volume, and changing channels. The remote pairs to a “Brain” hub, which packs an IR blaster and four antennas for communicating with smart home and home entertainment products.
Nvidia’s next mobile monster marries a more efficient 64-bit CPU with a GPU born of the desktop.
Wish it were a little easier to type in ALL CAPS on your Android or iPhone, or ever get stumped while looking for the em dash? What about typing letters with accent marks, or dealing with cumbersome URLs? Or maybe you’re just hankering for an alternative to tapping on a slippery glass screen. Read on for 9 ways to make typing on your iPhone, iPad, or Android device a little easier, from how to turn on “caps lock” to a simple shortcut to the exclamation mark. Want to type a URL directly into the address bar in Safari (on iOS) or Chrome (for Android)? Don’t bother with laboriously tapping in “.com” or “.net”.