CurrentC, the mobile payments solution backed by big retailers such as Target, Walmart, and Best Buy, might not launch this year after all, and some member stores are now throwing their support behind Apple Pay. Retail consortium MCX, which runs CurrentC, will still kick off a pilot program in a few weeks in Columbus, Ohio. But
Twitter wants you to wax poetic. The micro-blogging site now lets you send private direct messages that are way longer than the typical 140 characters. Twitter has finally The expansion of DM character limits began rolling out on Wednesday across Twitter’s iOS and Android apps, as well as on the web, Tweetdeck, and Twitter for Mac. Twitter users who still send and receive tweets and direct messages via SMS (does anyone do that?) will continue to be limited to 140 characters.
Microsoft announced a number of Outlook “add-ins” on Wednesday, including ones for Uber and PayPal. This is all part of the company's efforts to develop Outlook as a platform for other services. The company also outlined a roadmap to add IFTTT (If Then, Then That) integration in a future release. Microsoft tipped off that these add-ins were coming a
You may have heard this before: a small startup claims it’ll produce a top-rate smartphone with impressive specs and a budget price. No, we’re not talking about Instead there’s a new entrant: Nextbit. The company began life Along with that history, Nextbit boasts some interesting industry experience. The company includes former HTC design chief Scott Croyle, who crafted the One’s distinctive look. Two former members of the Android team, Tom Moss and Mike Chan, are also aboard. Google Ventures is one of the backers.
Lenovo isn’t doing its reputation any favors with the discovery of another security issue around its pre-loaded PC software. The In response, Microsoft has put out security guidelines for this BIOS technique, which it calls the “Windows Platform Binary Table.” Because Lenovo Service Engine doesn’t meet those guidelines, Lenovo has stripped the tool from its BIOS firmware in all PCs shipped after June. The company has also released a special disabler tool, and on July 31 released a BIOS update to remove the tool from existing PCs. Dozens of consumer laptop and desktop models are affected, but Lenovo says its Think-brand PCs are not.
When Cumulus Media obtained an Hoping to boost the service’s prospects, Rdio now has radio: Real, honest-to-goodness live streaming radio courtesy of Cumulus’ network of terrestrial stations complete with live DJs, traffic reports, local ads. A selection of Cumulus radio stations on Rdio’s web app.
Twitter has seen an increase in government demands for account information in the first half of this year, with the U.S. followed by Japan topping the list for such requests. The increase is The Transparency Report from the company indicated that government requests for account information in the first half were 52 percent more and affected 78 percent more account holders than in the second half of last year. The scope of the report has been expanded to include information on notices of alleged trademark violations and a section where users can check how different email providers handle the privacy and encryption of email messages from Twitter.
Paper launches have become all too common in the router industry. A company announces a new product and basks in the uncritical news coverage before seeding eval units with reviewers like us. These early press opinions are invariably uncritical because the manufacturers haven’t given reviewers anything to benchmark. That typically comes a week or two later. So a tip-o'-the-hat to TP-Link for not only making its latest router—the Archer C3200—available for sale on the same day it’s announced, but for sending reviewable product to critics before that product goes on sale. Unfortunately, I was on vacation last week when the router arrived, so I didn’t have enough time to run
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It’s hard not to think about The handheld device is being promoted as a tricorder—a realization of the fictional scanning device made famous by the TV show and movies—and Scanadu’s founder, Belgian inventor Walter De Brouwer, says that’s where he got his inspiration. “I’m a baby boomer, so we looked at ‘Star Trek’ as a business plan, not as a movie,” he said. From Bones through Crusher to Voyager’s Emergency Medical Hologram, a wave of the tricorder was all that was needed to diagnose a medical problem. So how does the Scout live up to its fictional predecessors? It’s not quite as complex or futuristic, but it will deliver readings for heart rate, core body temperature, blood oxygenation, blood pressure and respiratory rate data in a fast, painless manner.
Even if you’ve been regularly using Evernote to capture your notes and ideas, you’ve probably only scratched the surface of what it can do. Here are some features and tricks that can help you take your Evernote expertise to the next level. Whether used in a simple to-do list or as part of a larger project plan, checklists bring order to our day, focus us on the most important tasks, and keep us apprised of our accomplishments. With Evernote, you can turn any note into an instant checklist with the click of a button. Evernote lets you turn any note into a checklist with the click of a button.