In news that is not April 1-related, North Korea has this week begun to block access to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other websites in the country. The AP, which has a bureau in North Korean capital Pyongyang, reports that the government named YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Voice of America, a number of South Korean websites, porn and gambling […]
Less than a year after raising a hefty Series A, Managed By Q is today announcing the raise of a $25 million Series B round led by GV, with former TechCrunch writer MG Siegler joining the board. Managed By Q is a service that handle all the extra responsibilities that come along with running an […]
betaworks doesn’t often launch games, but when they do, it tends to stick. Just take Dots, for example, which ended up spinning out of betaworks as its own game studio. Today, the startup studio is launching its second game in the form of CHKN. Imagine that Minecraft had a baby with a Tamagotchi from the […]
If you’ve been affected by the iOS 9.3 hyperlinks bug, your wait for a fix is over as Apple pushes out iOS 9.3.1 to iPhone and iPad users. According to Apple, the update “fixes an issue that caused apps to be unresponsive after tapping on links in Safari and other apps.” In other words, this […]
iFixit You don’t expect a brand new iPhone to share many similarities with older devices, but a teardown of the new iPhone SE by repair specialists iFixit shows that the new iPhone SE shares a lot of parts with earlier iPhones. And there are a lot of components that are interchangeable with the iPhone 5S. […]
One photographer received quite a shock recently when he found out that one of his clients had been arrested for murdering her daughter. He had been hired by the “grieving” woman to create Photoshopped “ghost girl” photos at the grave site. A lot of professional photographers have a growing frustration about losing jobs to part-time […]
Things can get messy if you have sex on your period, so many couples avoid it. But The Flex Company wants to replace outdated pads and tampons with a sleek, disc-shaped blood blocker. Flex can be worn during sex to prevent making a mess. The Flex discs are disposable, can be worn for up to 12 […]
Acer comes right out of the CES gate with a slew of new PCs, including a desktop and laptop that deepen the company’s commitment to Google’s Chrome operating system. Acer (along with LG) has stayed the course with its Chromebase all-in-one (AIO) PC while others have quietly abandoned desktops based on Chrome. A few months […]
Amazon this morning announced an expansion of its Dash Buttons product line – those Wi-Fi connected, push-button devices that let you buy products from its site with just a press. One year after the buttons went live, and apparently not the April Fool’s joke people once imagined, Amazon says it now has over 100 buttons […]
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality NC just released a letter addressed to North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, urging him to repeal the provisions of House Bill 2. H.B. 2 eliminates non-discrimination ordinances and effectively writes into the state law of North Carolina discrimination against LGBT people. More specifically, it forces transgender students in […]