Mobile & Wireless

Selfies are so hot that they might already be over (if I’m aware of something being cool it usually isn’t anymore) but you don’t have to just crank out pictures of your mug taken at arm’s length indiscriminately in hopes of finding an angle that plays well on social media. Thanks to MIT PhD student Continue Reading →

Ride-sharing service Lyft has $250 million in the bank in new funding. It’s not going to let the money just sit there. On Thursday, it is launching in 24 more American cities, including Albuquerque, N.M.; Buffalo, N.Y.; and Oklahoma City, Okla. It is making all rides free in all 24 cities for the next two Continue Reading →

Apple’s next-generation iPhone may feature rounded edges and a curved glass display, according to a new report from Mac Otakara. Citing “reliable sources”, the publication notes that the iPhone 6’s cover glass will sit flush with the device’s rounded corners, departing from the straight edges seen on the iPhone 4 and iPhone 5s. The report Continue Reading →

Facebook has acquired the motion tracking app for Android and iPhone ‘Moves,‘ the startup announced Thursday via a blog post. The company’s founders say that the Moves crew will join Facebook’s team to “work on building and improving their products and services” and that the Moves app will continue to operate on its own as Continue Reading →

Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, said its strong fiscal second-quarter might silence chatter that the company is in decline. He paused before adding: “Maybe it will take some new products.” Cook knows that’s the biggest question hanging over the company: whether it can repeat the innovative success with a new product category – as it Continue Reading →

OnePlus, the startup founded by former Oppo VP Pete Lau, has unveiled its first smartphone, the OnePlus One. It’s a powerful effort, with a 2.5GHz Snapdragon 801 processor, a 5.5-inch 1080p display, 3GB of RAM, a 13-megapixel f/2 camera unit, and bottom-facing stereo speakers designed with assistance from JBL. It runs a minimalist custom UI Continue Reading →

Facebook recently introduced auto-playing video ads on desktop and mobile, but thankfully there’s now a switch to opt out. Here’s what you have to do. For Facebook on the desktop, you can turn off auto-play videos in your settings: On Facebook, head to the drop-down menu in the upper right-hand corner and go to Settings Continue Reading →

Apple has just pushed out software updates that fix security vulnerabilities on the iPhone and iPad and certain versions of Mac OS X Mountain Lion and Mavericks. It has also circulated a second update that patches a vulnerability that exposes the most recent model of AirPort Extreme to the Heartbleed bug. First the Heartbleed issue: Continue Reading →

On April 23, Microsoft quietly made available for download a preview of its Remote Desktop app for Windows Phone 8.1. Many Windows Phone users were none too happy that Microsoft delivered Remote Desktop apps for Android phones and iPhones last fall with no word on when it planned to introduce a Windows Phone version. In Continue Reading →

Rather than just sunsets from foreign countries and selfies by fashion models, Instagram’s Explore page is now also personalized with top photos and videos Liked by people you follow. Personalization highlights Instagram’s focus on your own social graph and a subjective vision of beauty, to contrast with Vine, which centers around re-sharing and globally popular Continue Reading →