We’ve gotten our mitts on a brand new Nexus 7 from Google and Asus, and we’ve taken the liberty to unbox it for you on video. Have a look inside at our first glance of Google’s flagship ultra portable tablet. When unboxing the device, the first thing you’ll notice is that the new Nexus 7 was put on a diet by Google. It’s now lighter, thinner, slimmer, and slightly taller than its predecessor....
A new report by Global Equities Research says Apple’s iTunes will hit $13 billion in revenue in fiscal 2013. To reach that point, GER says iTunes will grow at a rate of 39%, or 13% a year. This report cites all parts of the Apple store ecosystem including music, apps, and books, will contribute to the growth. GER believes the iBookstore will have a major role. The analyst also believe the rising number of iPad apps will contribute to the growth....
It’s not unusual for devices to suffer security flaws. But because IoT devices use similar architecture so they can be compatible with one another, a flaw in one often affects devices across the board. Tap or click here to see the most recent security flaw affecting millions of IoT devices. And now, yet another dangerous vulnerability has been discovered in IoT architecture used in hundreds of millions of gadgets. If you want to keep your home and network safe from exploitation, here’s what you need to know....
A new trailer for the third Walking Dead series reveals a connection to both Fear The Walking Dead and Rick Grimes. In season 9 of The Walking Dead, a heavily-injured Rick sacrificed himself to protect his people from an oncoming zombie horde. Assumed dead, Rick actually washed up on a riverbank, barely clinging to life, and was discovered by Jadis. The former leader of the Junkyard Community used her connections to the mysterious helicopter group to have Rick transported to parts unknown and the hero of the zombie apocalypse hasn’t been spotted on-screen since....
Citing ‘overwhelming demand’, Apple has expanded the number of Apple TV Developer Kits available for registered developers who applied for a chance to receive the pre-release hardware last month. A number of developers (but not all) who previously missed out on the initial wave of test units have been notified by Apple Developer Relations that more dev kits have been made available for $1 and will be available for ordering through next Friday at 5 pm local on October 9th....
Last night Apple TV users started seeing a new channel icon for Netflix as the company recently updated its logo, and today both the iPhone and iPad versions of the Netflix apps were updated to version 6.0 which includes the new design. The updates to both Apple TV and the iPhone and iPad apps don’t bring much else aside from the new logo and slight design tweaks, but the iOS apps do include bug fixes and faster video playback according to Netflix....
We’re always looking for fun new ways to supersize the monthly content calendars you guys know and love. That’s why we’re excited to announce that you now get daily caption generators for every day of the month, alongside our daily Canva templates! They’re designed to give you an idea of how you might bring your captions to life based on the prompts in our calendar. Pair them with our professionally designed graphic templates and targeted hashtags, and you’ve almost got your monthly content done for you!...
Two analysts are predicting a new AAPL high this year, suggesting that the stock could climb to $375 and $400 respectively by the year’s end. While there’s a strong consensus that Apple including 5G support in this year’s iPhones will see a significant surge in sales, analysts D.A. Davidson say that the impact will last well beyond this year… In an investor’s note seen by Business Insider, the firm says there are three reasons for believing in a longer-lasting impact for 5G....
New Android App Helps In Detecting Earthquake MyShake app might surely help you in the future. Once the software is known to be reliable, it could give early warnings to nearby areas and even give a countdown in helping to find safe area in time. Also, there are plans for an iOS app too. The system is effective for the number of people using it, but could also prove to be safe saving tool....
Windows 10 Redstone Preview Build 11102 Microsoft exec Gabe Aul notes on his blog post that this includes a new history menu in Microsoft Edge and there are also known issues that PC gamers and users of accessibility hardware need to take note of. The new History Menu in Microsoft edge provides quick access to recently visited sites from your current tab. Also, it’s worth noting that this is OS development, and while you think there is just one new thing in the build, under the hood there are over 1,200 changes as Gabe Aul posted on Twitter:...
Niantic last week held the world’s first ever Pokémon GO Fest in Chicago, only to be plagued by network and server issues that essentially rendered the app useless. Despite promising last week that all future events would go on as planned, Niantic now says it will postpone select events in Europe… The company says that Pokémon GO Safari events scheduled for August 5th in Copenhagen and Prague will be postponed, as will the Stockholm and Amsterdam events originally slated for August 12th....
If you develop apps for Apple’s platforms, you may have heard about NativeConnect, an excellent app for macOS that lets you manage the content of App Store Connect without having to open it on the web — we have even written about it here. After being available to download since December last year, NativeConnect was released today on the Mac App Store. The original NativeConnect app requires a subscription, but now the app can be purchased with a permanent license on the Mac App Store....
There have been a wide range of both complaints and praises regarding the larger screened iPhones Apple introduced last fall, but this one is new. Matt Bonner, longtime member of the San Antonio Spurs, gave an interview recently in which he blamed a season-changing injury on Apple’s larger screened iPhone (via Yahoo). Bonner revealed that he suffered from tennis elbow in his non-shooting arm for a two-and-half month period during the 2014-2015 NBA season....
Netflix has today launched a new integration that allows Instagram Stories users to include linked artwork for its movies and TV shows directly in posts. This works for Netflix’s original content as well as content from third-party studios. Reported by Variety, Netflix rolled out the new Instagram Stories share option today. With the new option Netflix isn’t allowing users to share actual footage from its content library, but rather the artwork of movies and TV shows....
Geralt is a noble hero in the world of Netflix’s The Witcher. In a world defined by its intense darkness and morally grey areas, he stands out as a man simply trying to get by and do the right thing. Geralt is forced to make a lot of tough decisions over the course of the show’s first season. For the most part, he seems to do pretty well. For the most part....
Apple is working on a new version of the AirPods truly wireless earbuds for release later this year, featuring a new wireless chip and support for ‘Hey Siri’ activation, according to a report from Bloomberg today. This is despite the fact the first-generation model continue to be supply constrained on Apple.com, more than a year after release. This would mean users would be able to interact with Siri hands-free, an improvement over the current AirPods hardware which requires an awkward double-tap gesture....
. As we discovered yesterday, Apple is updating its Apple TV ever so slightly…soon. Today, the Federal Communications Commission released the dimensions of this new Apple TV product (via Engadget) in its labeling documentation. The 3,2 is 93.78mm square compared to the 98mm of the current model, but we’re not quite sure why Apple would go through the trouble of making it just a little smaller. However, Apple likely accomplished the shrinkage with new hardware including the Broadcom BCM4334 Wireless chip (code, right) that can also incidentally pick up FM radio (just like the dormant FM radio receiver in the same chip inside iOS devices)....
New Girl was massively successful during its seven-season run and contained tons of hilarious episodes and memorable narratives. However, not every single episode was a keeper. The popular movie and TV website IMDb has assigned every episode of New Girl a star rating. This score is based on a weighted average created by the votes of registered users on a scale of 1 to 10. What we’ll be doing here is compiling the lowest-rated episodes into one list....
Instagram has been playing with like counts for several years now. In about half a dozen countries, the platform has been doing a test where it hides like counts altogether. Now Instagram is giving users the choice to customize how like counts work in a new test. Reported by The Verge, the latest test is happening globally for small group of Instagram users. Instead of removing like counts when viewing others’ posts as it did in the testing that started in 2019, those part of the new experiment will get three choices: “choosing not to see like counts on anyone’s posts, turning them off for their own posts, or keeping the original experience....
With iOS 12.4 or later, there’s a new iPhone set up option. You can now perform a local iPhone data migration when setting up your new iPhone. As part of Quick Start, you can now Transfer Your Data directly, without requiring the use iCloud or an iTunes backup. The iPhone defaults to using local WiFi, but you can transfer wired using the USB3 Camera Adapter and a Lightning cable. To use the new iPhone set up option, both the new factory-reset iPhone and your existing iPhone must be running iOS 12....
