Crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter and IndieGogo have grown rapidly over the last five years, taking in more than $1 billion in pledges for project creators. Sometimes it was the fault of honest errors, other times backers alleged creators had abused their funds. Today the FTC announced it has taken its first action against a fraudulent Kickstarter project, The Doom That Came to Atlantic City, a board game that raised $122,000 from 1,246 backers,
Apple on Monday unveiled OS X El Capitan, its next major update for Macs. The OS brings several performance improvements and new features to the desktop, and Mac users will be able to install it on MacBooks, iMacs and other OS X computers as soon as this summer when the first OS X 10.11 beta will be released. But what are the system requirements for running El Capitan? DON’T MISS:
Apple’s WWDC brought us all sorts of new software, new features to unpack, new apps, and Drake. Always Drake. Never forget Drake. You cannot escape Drake, because there are too many Drakes. Drake. Peak Drake, even.
Introduction The Nokia Lumia 635 adds a sprinkling of 4G magic and external bling to the impressively solid and ultra-affordable Nokia Lumia 630. It makes a positive first impression but is its existence strictly necessary? While Microsoft’s modern Windows Phone reinvention was intended as a premium smartphone experience, Nokia has established that the low-end is where it’s at for the platform. With the Nokia Lumia 520 flying off shelves (relative
Best known for: Snapchat, Instagram Quote: “To have an actual COO role in one of many companies that is disrupting the communications arena is one I could not pass up.” Coming from Instagram, Emily White was an obvious choice to take the role of Chief Operating Officer at Snapchat – but her journey through Silicon Valley began well before then. White started out by working on emerging businesses at Google
The A7R II is Sony’s top compact system camera, though in appearance it looks like more like a small DSLR. It uses a mirrorless design, so the viewfinder on the top is electronic rather than optical. The A7R II is designed for professional photographers and movie makers, and it’s a major upgrade over the original A7R, launched in October 2013. The big story with the A7R II is its sensor.
Twitter has always had a problem with bullying and hasn’t often been seen to act quickly on the issues. That’s all set to change after Chief executive Dick Costolo pledged back in April to crack down on abuse on the platform, and now the company has announced its first step: shared block lists. You’ll soon be able to select a ‘block all’ list where users submit people who have abused
Changing your SSID. Keeping track of devices connected to your network. Turning off those annoying blinking lights. To some, tasks like these can be daunting as our routers aren’t exactly the most user-friendly. Vodafone is looking to change that though with its new Connect router, launched yesterday alongside its new broadband service. The white, square box is palatable, but it’s the accompanying smartphone application (available on Android and iOS) where
By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission opened a formal antitrust investigation into Amazon’s e-book business on Thursday, opening yet another front in mounting EU scrutiny of America’s global tech giants. The Commission said it would look in particular into certain clauses included in Amazon’s contracts with publishers. The Commission said this could violate EU antitrust rules that prohibit abuses of a dominant market position and restrictive business
By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – At least two Apple Inc retail store workers complained directly to Chief Executive Tim Cook that the company’s policy of checking retail employees’ bags as a security precaution was embarrassing and demeaning, according to a court filing made public on Wednesday. The employee complaints, which a judge ordered unsealed, are part of a 2013 lawsuit alleging Apple should compensate employees for the time
