By admin on August 3, 2016
Facebook
Last week, Facebook launched Create React App, a new project that helps React developers get started with their new projects. Turns out, that was only part of the story. Create React App was also the first project to enter the Facebook Incubator on GitHub. The Facebook Incubator is the company’s new process for releasing open-source projects and ensuring […]
By admin on August 3, 2016
Google
Six months after launching AMP for news stories in its mobile search results, Google today announced the next step for the project: moving AMP beyond news and bringing it to other mobile sites, too. Just like with the rollout of AMP pages for news sites, Google is launching a demo site today that will allow you […]
By admin on August 3, 2016
Microsoft
You can now buy Microsoft’s HoloLens Development Edition, the company’s futuristic augmented reality helmet, without having to go through an application process. Until now, Microsoft only made HoloLenses available to developers who put in an application. Now, if you have $3,000 to spare and you are in the U.S. or Canada, you can simply buy up […]
By admin on August 3, 2016
Twitter
Twitter this morning announced a change to how its Moments feature will work for those who want to follow the Rio 2016 Olympic Games via its platform. Previously, followable Moments were limited-time collections that would insert tweets into a user’s timeline for a matter of hours or, at most, a few days. But with the debut of […]
By admin on August 3, 2016
Samsung
Samsung’s Gear 360 has only been available in drips and drabs. The company first introduced the VR camera back at Mobile World Congress in February and has made it available outside of the U.S. Here in the U.S., however, this have been a little more touch and go. Eager early adopters got the briefest of […]
By admin on August 3, 2016
Tech News
Panoply.io, a startup that wants to make setting up a data warehousing and analytics infrastructure as easy as spinning up an AWS server, today announced that it has raised a $7 million Series A round led by Intel Capital, with participation from previous investor Blumberg Capital. This follows Panoply’s $1.3 million seed round from late last year. […]
By admin on August 3, 2016
Gaming
I’m still trying to deal with losing Pokévision, too, but Niantic’s recent changes to the game don’t seem to be putting a damper on player appetite just yet — new data from analytics firm Sensor Tower reveals that users are still spending, on average, around 26 minutes per day in the app in the U.S., which […]
By admin on August 3, 2016
Android
Samsung’s all set to steal the smartphone spotlight tomorrow at its big Unpacked event, but LG’s kicking August off with an important announcement of its own. The electronics giant will attempt to send a shock to its struggling mobile device wing with the launch of the V20, a new flagship that will be the first […]
By admin on August 3, 2016
iPhone
What’s really worrying though is not only have iPhone sales gone weak, the safety net that Apple built around the iPad and the Mac is evaporating. Apple narrowly beat Wall Street expectations, but the third quarter was pretty bad for hardware sales. Let’s begin with iPhone sales, which at 40.4 million, is the lowest sales […]
By admin on August 3, 2016
Cameras
Digital cameras are notoriously difficult to design and get right. Where do you start? Who is the customer? What features do you include on the camera? There are uncountable ways to approach a camera development and design program.