Amazon’s slow push into mobile is getting a lot more real this morning with the addition of voice integration into its Android app for Alexa. Up to now, the app has been little more than a way to manage settings for the Echo and other smart home devices built around its smart assistant. The addition of voice commands means users can speak directly to their handset the way they would an… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
A New Jersey-based historian and former programmer has created two websites, Missilemap and Nukemap, to help show users the range and potential damage from the detonation of a nuclear weapon.
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Source: Digital trends
Spotify says advertisements that recently appeared to paying subscribers of its music streaming service were loaded by mistake. Over the past few days, a number of Spotify customers complained their music listening experience was interrupted with ads inserted into their playlists.
To be clear, the ads being weren’t those from third-parties, but were rather in-house promotions for… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Newark, New Jersey has the highest unemployment rate of any Amazon HQ2 finalist—and the highest tax incentives.
Source: Wired
More than 270 French startups flew all the way to Las Vegas for CES 2018. And France’s Secretary of State for Digital Affairs Mounir Mahjoubi came there to support them. I had the opportunity to sit down and interview him about the current state of the tech ecosystem in France and how it can compete at a global level. Mahjoubi joined Emmanuel Macron’s team as the person in charge… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
All you need is a battery, a magnet, and some wires to build your own quasi-fictional submarine drive.
Source: Wired
In 2009, Facebook was just getting popular with moms and grandmas. People were playing Farmville. Twitter was just becoming mainstream. And Foursquare launched on to the scene. Back then, Foursquare was just another social network, letting users check in to locations they visit and potentially receive badges for those check-ins. A lot has changed since 2009, but Foursquare still remains,… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Highsnobiety has come a long way. What began as a sneaker passion blog in 2005 now attracts upwards of 9 million visitors monthly to its site containing news and analysis of high fashion, streetwear and culture. The site has attracted a highly influential audience of young, educated and affluent, mainly millennial male, readers. These are the hard-to-reach people even social media isn’t… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Pick up a badass ride for a good cause.
Source: CNET
Apple’s got one idea for next-gen photo technology, but a rival approach based on the new AV1 video compression tech could go a step farther.
Source: CNET