Technology News from the World's Most Influential Companies
It is completely understandable that Alphabet, Google’s parent company, would want to be a player in the payments market, first with Google Checkouts, then Google Wallet and now Android Pay. After all, they have the number one mobile operating system in the world in terms of user base – Android. But why on earth does…
Amazon today announced the launch of yet another service for its Amazon Prime subscribers, called Family Vault. Amazon’s U.S. Prime members can now invite up to five family members or friends to join the family vault, which offers unlimited storage of photos and an additional 5 GB for videos and other files. It must also…
While rumors are still flying around about the Surface Phone release date, Apple has decided to sell all variants of unlocked iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. Apple is due to release its quarterly earnings on October 25, and the company could post a dip in iPhone sales for the fourth quarter 2016. This could be…
The world’s most followed retailer has just announced its holiday toy list for 2016, but it’s not the 1,000 hottest toys that grabbed our attention. It’s the fact that you can now do your holiday shopping using just your voice! This year, owners of any Alexa-enabled device (Echo, Echo Tap and Echo Dot) will be…
Google’s DeepMind project has been working on some very interesting angles for deep learning, a specialized field of artificial intelligence. Essentially, using the power of brain-like neural networks, the AI system is able to do complex calculations and derive actionable results. But so far, deep learning alone has had a major stumbling block. Without a…
Ever since Facebook tasted success with Facebook Messenger, where the company spun off the messaging app to make it stand on its own legs instead of being merely an in-app functionality on its core platform, Facebook is steadily going down the road of standalone apps. Facebook Messenger indeed earned its fair share of criticism as…
The Samsung Galaxy S8 is the next big smartphone in the lineup that witnessed the launch of the Note 7, iPhone 7 and Google Pixel this year. Disillusioned by the mass recall and still-present problems with the Galaxy Note 7, users are now hoping the Galaxy S8 will make its appearance sooner rather than later. The…
AI, or artificial intelligence, seems to be the catchword in today’s world of technology. Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google and several other companies have their own versions of virtual assistants that use artificial intelligence technologies such as machine learning and natural language processing to interact with their human users. Now, Samsung is also in the fray after…
Lots of rumors have been floating around about the yet-unacknowledged-by-Microsoft Surface Phone that is expected to make its debut in late October. New sources now say that the phone will be available in multiple variants. The report doesn’t say what combination of RAM and internal memory we’re expected to see on the new Surface Phone,…
Google this week launched something called The Keyword. What is it? According to the about Google’s blog post, it is a “new, central destination for the latest news updates and stories from inside Google.” The Keyword is a consolidation of no less than 19 of their official English-language blogs, and will contain every newsworthy tidbit from…
The iPad is undoubtedly the king of tablets. With each iteration and each new iOS version Apple keeps pushing the boundaries of what a tablet can do. Android tablet makers are in the space as well, but other than Google Pixel C and a handful of other models there aren’t that many that can match…
In 2014 Google bought a UK-based artificial intelligence research lab called DeepMind for a hefty $530 million. Since then, DeepMind has made rapid progress in AI technologies, including health and gaming applications. The latest achievement of DeepMind is WaveNet, an AI computer program that can almost mimic the way humans speak. Experts say that WaveNet has…
As Apple prepares for the launch of the much-awaited-but-perhaps-not-that-stunning iPhone 7, Samsung may have just given them an extra edge on sales. Reports have been flooding in about the new Samsung Note 7 overheating, and the company has announced a worldwide product recall in addition to promising a replacement for units that have already been…
iPhone 7 reviews during the pre-launch of the latest creation from Apple all show that the new iPhone 7 smartphone may be nothing more than an incremental improvement over the popular iPhone 6S. Of course, you’ll likely agree that the iPhone 6S itself is one of the best-looking smartphones out there, but what about the…
