Ep. 80: A New Camera and Rumors of More on the Way

Ep. 80: A New Camera and Rumors of More on the Way

I just got back from a trip to Yellowstone National Park to test out the Nikon D500, Nikon D5, and Pentax K-1 DSLRs and I wanted to share my experience, specifically my frustrations with visiting and photographing this amazing location, which has been my top spot for many years for photographing both wildlife and landscapes. […]

What to expect at Apple’s WWDC keynote

What to expect at Apple’s WWDC keynote

Apple is about to kick off its annual developer conference in San Francisco on Monday. As usual, the company will get things going with a good old keynote filled with secret and not-so-secret announcements. Here’s what I expect to see. A good chunk of the conference should be about iOS and OS X updates. Usually, […]

Facebook unlocks tilt-viewing of your panoramas with “360 Photos”

Facebook unlocks tilt-viewing of your panoramas with “360 Photos”

No more frustrating zoom-in/zoom-out. Facebook finally made a modern way to view panoramas and VR photos with your phone. Its new feature “360 Photos” rolls out tomorrow on iOS, Android, web, and Gear VR, and it will democratize creation of 360 and VR content. You can see Mark Zuckerberg’s example here from the top of […]

The operating systems of the 2016 elections revealed!

The operating systems of the 2016 elections revealed!

DouglasRushkoff | INNOVATE 2016 Andrew Keen Crunch Network Contributor Andrew Keen is the author of three books: Cult of the Amateur, Digital Vertigo and The Internet Is Not The Answer. He produces Futurecast, and is the host of Keen On. More posts by this contributor: How to join the network New media maven Douglas Rushkoff has always […]

Xbox One is getting Cortana in summer update

Xbox One is getting Cortana in summer update

Apple TV has Siri. Fire TV has Alexa. And now the Xbox will have Microsoft’s own virtual assistant, Cortana. The company this morning announced a summer update for its Xbox One that will include support for Cortana along with other improvements aimed at unifying the gaming console with the Windows 10 platform, and more. The update will initially […]

Nura headphones are custom fit to the listener’s frequency

Nura headphones are custom fit to the listener’s frequency

Your parents were right, dear reader. You are a precious, unique snowflake. Your ears, at least. I can’t really speak for the rest of you, but, hey, you seem great. Of course, your special, unique snowflakiness presents a challenge to our friends in the headphone industry. – even more so than the standard one-size-all approach […]

HTC launches a $1,200 business edition of the Vive VR Headset

HTC launches a $1,200 business edition of the Vive VR Headset

Sure, everything will be all fun and games next week at E3, but right now HTC’s talking business. The company’s well-received Vive headset is getting its very own “Business Edition,” the Vive BE, which is targeted at companies interested in harnessing virtual reality for commercial purposes. The hardware, it should be mentioned right off the […]

How to Fake a Drone Shot with a Light Stand and Action Camera

How to Fake a Drone Shot with a Light Stand and Action Camera

I just got back from a trip to Yellowstone National Park to test out the Nikon D500, Nikon D5, and Pentax K-1 DSLRs and I wanted to share my experience, specifically my frustrations with visiting and photographing this amazing location, which has been my top spot for many years for photographing both wildlife and landscapes. […]

Students demonstrate their HoloLens apps after a quarter of VR and AR design

Students demonstrate their HoloLens apps after a quarter of VR and AR design

It’s just about impossible to get your hands on Microsoft’s impressive mixed-reality HoloLens platform these days — unless you’re a computer science student at the University of Washington. Then you get to play with them whenever you want. At least that’s the case for the students in CSE 481V, in which, according to the course […]

FFS, Facebook

FFS, Facebook

For your convenience. For your security. To better serve you. To offer you the best experience. To better fit our future plans. To comply with regulations. To optimize our resources. These are the blandly vicious lies that companies proffer when they want to take something away from you. I thought I was used to this […]