Tag: Software & Applications

July 16, 2015

Microsoft has reportedly finalized Windows 10 ahead of its July 29 release date. The company has selected build 10240 as the final release to manufacturing (RTM) copy according to sources familiar with the matter as reported by The Verge. The […]

July 13, 2015

Satoru Iwata wasn’t just a successful president of Nintendo, he was one of the most popular public figures in video games. Following his sad passing over the weekend, notable members of the industry (and beyond) have been paying tribute. Read […]

July 5, 2015

To discern and process the billions of photos that pass through its site, Google engineers designed ingenious tools known as artificial neural networks, or ‘ANNs’. Google’s ANNs are programmed, through an endless stream of similar photos, to recognize objects within […]

July 3, 2015

Some of the coolest things in augmented reality are coming out of Microsoft Research, and their newest project “SemanticPaint” is no exception. This project lets you scan objects, or whole rooms, in 3D using a Kinect and then separate and […]

June 25, 2015

Responsive images have been keeping us on our toes for quite some time, and now that they are getting traction in browsers, they come with a scary problem: the need to efficiently resize all our image assets. The way responsive […]

June 25, 2015

If you ever wished your website could have a Tinder-like “swipe” poll, a timed trivia contest, a customized personality quiz, or a sweepstakes, you’re in luck. Plyfe is launching a free tool that lets anyone create these kinds of interactive […]

June 23, 2015

Technology can reconstruct video based on a person’s thoughts and even anticipate your moves while you drive. Now, a brain-to-text system can translate brain activity into written words. In a recent study in Frontiers in Neuroscience, seven patients had electrode […]

June 22, 2015

Without much fanfare, Intel has launched a new app for Android called Remote Keyboard that allows you to remotely control any PC with your smartphone using an on-screen keyboard and mouse. The app is designed to be used with small […]

June 22, 2015

Samsung is hoping to implement a new technology that will save the lives of drivers who get impatient when they are stuck behind semi-trailer trucks on single-lane highways or roads, The Korean company wants to roll out a line of […]

June 22, 2015

Smart irrigation system CropX is just the latest agricultural tech company in a growing list to get investor funding. Today the company is announcing $9 million in funding from former Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s venture capital firm Innovation Endeavors, as […]

May 29, 2015

Offline support for mobile applications can be thought of as the ability for the application to react gracefully to the lack of stability of the network connection. The rather new context of mobile devices introduced problems such as presence or […]

May 21, 2015

Now you can watch past e-sports tournaments on-the-go. Twitch is a popular gaming-focused livestreaming service, with over 65 million viewers and 1 million streamers. Today, the company announced on its blog that videos on-demand (VOD) are now available to view […]

May 18, 2015

More information has been released from Microsoft about the various editions of Windows 10 that will be shipped. In all, there will be 7 primary versions of Windows 10. The first two are probably the most expected: Home and Pro. […]

May 8, 2015

Docker Inc have worked with the Center for Internet Security (CIS) to produce a benchmark document [pdf] containing numerous recommendations for the security of Docker deployments. The benchmark was announced in a blog post ‘Understanding Docker Security and Best Practices’ […]

May 7, 2015

If Microsoft was serious before about becoming a private- and hybrid-cloud player, it’s twice as serious now. The newly unveiled Azure Stack provides enterprises with the ability to create private clouds with the same bits Microsoft uses to build Azure […]

May 6, 2015

Today a new startup called Peruse is launching. Peruse has developed a web service with a search box that lets you find files in Box accounts and personal Dropbox accounts using regular words — not keywords. “Where is that sales […]

April 22, 2015

Microsoft has been pretty vague regarding the launch date of Windows 10, only revealing it will come this summer. Now, AMD’s CEO, Lisa Su has spilled the beans and let everyone know the OS is coming at the end of […]

April 17, 2015

Ship early and often: Docker has adopted the mantra of software developers, but it isn’t shipping only a new version of the Docker client a mere two months after the last one. Instead, it’s offering a major architectural change in […]

April 16, 2015

Microsoft is rolling out its new Skype for Business product as part of the monthly April update for Office 2013, as well as to Office 365 customers around the world, marking the end of the road for its Lync unified […]

April 9, 2015

Facebook today launched Facebook Messenger on the web. If this sounds confusing, that’s because it is: While Messenger is already available on the company’s main facebook.com website as Facebook Chat, the company is now offering a standalone app over at […]