What is being the best? A couple of years ago, Tom Goodwin, an executive at Havas Media, famously wrote that "Uber, the world’s largest taxi company, owns no vehicles. Facebook, the world’s most popular media owner, creates no content. Alibaba, the most valuable retailer, has no inventory. And Airbnb, the world’s largest accommodation provider, owns no real estate. Something interesting is happening." The "something interesting" thing, as he...
One thing I like about having a workstation at work is the fact I can bring my own peripherals to use them there. Obviously, my workplace provided me with some OEM peripherals to start with, but I wanted something better. Back on my internship at Lockheed Martin, they actually prohibited workers from bringing their own mice or keyboards to work, because they were worried about security threats with peripherals from unknown sources. As I was an...
From PC World: It looks like AMD’s high-end desktop lineup won’t be limited to XFR-compatible chips after all. While the initial salvo of Threadripper CPUs—the 16-core Threadripper 1950X, 12-core Threadripper 1920X, and 8-core Threadripper 1900X—all sport the telling “X” designation, CPU support...
From The Verge: Spotify is planning to release an Xbox One app soon. Pictures of Microsoft’s Larry Hryb (Major Nelson) testing a Spotify app for Xbox One were spotted on Reddit earlier this week, fuelling speculation that a real Spotify Xbox app is on the way. Sources familiar with Spotify and...
From CNET: Chris Beard grabbed hold of Mozilla's reins during a rough time.
In the spring of 2014, Mozilla was trying to take on the two mobile software superpowers, Google's Android and Apple's iOS, with its own Firefox OS. At the same time, its Firefox browser for PCs was losing users to Google's...
From The Verge: LG has announced that its “next flagship smartphone,” widely reported to be the V30, will feature a six-inch OLED panel as rumored. LG is describing the screen as a FullVision display, meaning it'll have a taller 18:9 aspect ratio and thinner surrounding bezels like a G6. The display...
From PC World: Get ready to facepalm, Intel fans. The company's upcoming Coffee Lake CPUs apparently won't work with existing stocks of motherboards, a manufacturer confirmed on Wednesday.
In a Twitter post by Asrock last Saturday, the company flat-out said the new CPU won't work with today's...
From PC Mag: In news that's sure to make a few people smile, Universal Music Group is being sued for piracy. The music publisher is quite experienced with piracy lawsuits, but typically they are the ones doing the suing, not being sued.
The piracy claim comes from HypeForType, which designs and...
From PC Mag: Apple is having a very good 2017 so far, with Tim Cook explaining why yesterday during Apple's Q3 2017 earnings call.
According to TechCrunch, Wall Street forecast that Apple's revenue would reach $44.89 billion and analysts predicted a $1.57 bump per share. Apple actually achieved $45...
From The Verge: Skype is adding PayPal integration to its Android and iOS mobile apps today. The partnership will work in 22 countries, including the US, UK, Canada, and a number of European markets. PayPal’s integration into Skype will work just like it does in Slack and iMessage, with the ability...
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