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28 Jul 2015
Vivint Sky
Vivint Sky Do-it-yourself digital home security systems like the and the are great for frugal homeowners who want to save money by monitoring their homes themselves, but these systems leave it up to you to take action when an alarm is triggered. They don’t check in to see if everything is OK when your smoke alarm
27 Jul 2015
Google Voice Gets More Accurate Voicemail Transcriptions
Google Voice Gets More Accurate Voicemail Transcriptions Good news, Google Voice users: Voicemail transcriptions are getting an upgrade. “You may have been there before,” Google Software Engineer Zander Danko wrote in a blog post. “Open your voicemail transcriptions in Google Voice to find that at times they aren’t completely intelligible. Or, they are humorously
27 Jul 2015
BuzzFeed and iHeartRadio now vying for your eyeballs in Snapchat Discover
BuzzFeed and iHeartRadio now vying for your eyeballs in Snapchat Discover Snapchat Discover quietly got an update today to add two news sources: Buzzfeed and iHeartRadio. BuzzFeed’s channel doesn’t contain the sort of lists you might have expected to see, and instead opts for short videos and images that are likely to be well
27 Jul 2015
Stop working! Play with this interactive tentacle monster instead
Stop working! Play with this interactive tentacle monster instead Searching for tentacles on the internet is…uh…well, let’s just say it can flag up some pretty way out stuff. Good work, Japan! But this is some safe-for-work, tentacle-related entertainment. Muscular Hydrostats – which should be the name of a math rock band – is a simulation that
14 Jul 2015
How to use design thinking in your next project
How to use design thinking in your next project With more and more engineering-focused companies trying to become design-centric, they’re no doubt trying to adopt design thinking. But it’s not as simple as saying, “Just use design thinking.” Saying it does not make it so. What exactly is “Design Thinking”? Let’s take a step
14 Jul 2015
Spotify is actively encouraging iOS users to stop paying for streaming via iTunes
Spotify is actively encouraging iOS users to stop paying for streaming via iTunes Spotify, like most streaming music services, will cost you $9.99 per month. The company has long charged those who pay for its service via iTunes $12.99 monthly to offset Apple’s 30 percent cut of purchases. Now, Spotify is actively encouraging users
14 Jul 2015
Mozilla has had enough of Flash’s security flaws, disables Firefox plugin
Mozilla has had enough of Flash’s security flaws, disables Firefox plugin Mozilla has blocklisted all vulnerable versions of Adobe Flashin its Firefox browser, following the discovery of numerous critical security flaws in the platform. Mark Schmidt, head of Firefox Support, took to Twitter to announce the change. The news comes just a day after
14 Jul 2015
Facebook is reportedly building a virtual assistant powered by real people
Facebook is reportedly building a virtual assistant powered by real people Facebook is reportedly working on a virtual assistant,according to The Information. Sources say that Moneypenny, as the project is currently known, will be available via Facebook’s Messenger app and will allow users to ask real people for help with research and shopping. It
13 Jul 2015
20 Google Search Tips You Need to Learn
20 Google Search Tips You Need to Learn It’s easy to take the common Google search for granted. But if you take just a moment to really think about it, you might appreciate it for what it truly is: crazy superhero magic! Just by typing a few words, a single person can achieve near-instantaneous
11 Jul 2015
Not everyone will get Windows 10 on July 29
Not everyone will get Windows 10 on July 29 With less than a month to go before the launch of its latest OS, Microsoft has announced that it will roll out Windows 10in phases, starting on its release date of July 29. That means that not every PC that’s eligible for an upgrade will receive