Tim Cook explains why a hybrid Mac/iPad device would be bad for users Despite the success Microsoft has enjoyed with the Surface Book, Apple has no intention of creating a hybrid tablet-notebook device anytime soon, if ever. Hardly a surprise, Tim Cook a few years ago famously said that the […]
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Grasshopper, a learn-to-code app from Google’s Area 120 incubator, goes live Google’s internal incubator, Area 120, is today releasing its next creation: a learn-to-code mobile app for beginners called Grasshopper. At launch, the app teaches would-be coders how to write JavaScript, via short lessons on their iPhone or Android device. […]
2018 might be the first year I don’t buy a flagship iPhone The flagship iPhone X might not be the best-selling iPhone Apple has ever released. Numerous well-sourced reports have stated that Apple has had to slash iPhone X production on at least one occasion because sales have fallen short […]
Google is Making Another Goddamn Messaging Service Because of Course it is Google, apparently unsatisfied with the already incredibly long list of short-lived communications solutions that it has produced, is taking one more shot messaging. According to The Verge, the latest attempt is called Chat. Google is reportedly aiming to […]
Intel to shutter New Devices Group, disband team behind AR smart glasses` As reported by The Information on Wednesday, the New Devices Group, or NDG, will be shut down in the near future, with current employees to be relocated to other Intel divisions or laid off. The group was thought […]
Facebook’s login to other sites service lets scum slurp your stuff A security researcher has claimed it’s possible to extract user information from Facebook’s Login service, the tool that lets you sign into third-party sites with a Facebook ID. Readers will be familiar with Steven Englehardt (a Mozilla privacy engineer […]
Kuo: Budget 6.1-inch LCD iPhone lineup could start at $550 In a note to investors seen by AppleInsider, Kuo says Apple may be planning a DSDS-capable LCD iPhone with two physical SIM card slots and no eSIM support. A second LCD variant will be outfitted with a traditional single-SIM arrangement […]
Chrome’s desktop browser now supports web based VR on the Oculus Rift Well, how about that! Someone on Reddit discovered that Google Chrome now supports the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. As of version 66.0.3359.117, you can load up the browser’s “flags” settings (type “chrome://flags” in the address bar) and […]
Facebook has a new job posting calling for chip designers Facebook has posted a job opening looking for an expert in ASIC and FPGA, two custom silicon designs that companies can gear toward specific use cases — particularly in machine learning and artificial intelligence. There’s been a lot of speculation […]
Amazon has finally revealed how many people pay for Prime Amazon has always kept quiet about how many users its Prime service has. Until now, that is. In a letter to shareholders on Wednesday, Amazon boss Jeff Bezos said that 13 years after launching the service, Prime now has more […]
