(Image: CNET/CBS Interactive) It’s now a lot tougher for the government to access an iPhone or iPad with a fingerprint. iPhones and iPads equipped with a Touch ID fingerprint sensor will now ask for a passcode if it hasn’t been unlocked with a fingerprint in the past eight hours. This adds to existing security rules […]
Portrait photographer James Allen Stewart wants to show you how to break the old rules of composition… with some new rules. In a recent video, he introduces two of his own rules that have helped him compose more interesting, dynamic images. At 1:21am on May 6, 2016, SpaceX continued its run of aerospace brilliance with […]
This week I ended up with an advance copy of Influence Central’s new report called Kids & Tech: The Evolution of Today’s Digital Natives. The report—which is a subsection from a larger, ongoing study of 500 women across the USA—details findings on the way that kids are using technology and reveals several interesting insights. The highlights include: The average […]
What if the apps on your phone knew where you were, what you were doing, what’s nearby, and even what the weather was like outside, and then combined this information to react intelligently to your current situation? Would that be creepy or amazing? We will soon find out, it seems. At this week’s Google I/O conference, […]
Microsoft may have built a new web browser that is befitting of today’s Internet, but the decision to develop Edge and deprioritize Internet Explorer might be benefitting its rivals. That’s according to a new report today from StatCounter, one of the most notable Internet tracking firms, which claims Mozilla’s Firefox browser has overtaken Edge and Internet […]
Facebook is heaping focus on live video with an entirely dedicated tab for streams, which prioritizes in-the-moment broadcasts, so it’s no surprise to see that Twitter is fighting back in the streaming war with an integration between Periscope, its live-streaming platform, and the Twitter mobile apps. In what the company told The Verge is a test, a […]
India’s smartphone market is heralded as the largest opportunity in mobile right now — that’s why Apple has opened a mapping development center and is planning an app development facility — but the country’s top players are being disrupted as newcomers, mainly from China, rush into the country. That’s according to a new report from IDC this week […]
Ben Kepes Crunch Network Contributor Ben Kepes is a technology evangelist, an investor, a commentator and a business adviser. How to join the network Orion Health is a New Zealand-founded (now global) provider of technology products developed for the health sector. Orion’s founder and CEO, Ian McCrae, is a passionate advocate for a new way of doing business. He argues that current […]
Glu Mobile, the maker of games like “Kim Kardashian: Hollywood”, “Deer Hunter”, and “Diner Dash”, is today unveiling another celebrity-branded game. This time, we’re taking a caricatured look into the life and times of pop queen Britney Spears with “Britney Spears: American Dream.” As with these types of games, the exact goal is unclear. But […]
What’s worse than asking the Internet at large to name your product? Telling them it has to start with N. Let’s just take a moment to appreciate the stupefying magnitude of Google’s naiveté here. I mean, right off the bat, asking the Internet for help with naming something is a losing proposal. Just ask Boaty […]