As 2018 comes to a close, its time to look at some our favorite apps of the year. Others are some of our favorites that are still best-in-class despite having been around for some time now. Enlight Pixaloop (Free) Pixaloopis one of my favorite apps on the market. Take a photo, add arrows to define motion areas, and then choose the speed of movement. Fantastical 2 ($1.99) 40% off TNW Conference!...
Its that time again. As usual, everythings divided up into genre categories, and weve included our runners up, as well. Thats the reasonFortniteisnt on the list, for those of my readers who might detect a snub. Both the base game and the battle royale mode launched on most platforms in 2017. 40% off TNW Conference! And there were enough games that came out this year to populate the list just fine without them....
This allows Honor to achieve an almost absolute screen-to-body ratio. Crucially, Honor has managed to accomplish this before its bigger rivals. Samsung, most notably, is reportedly working on a phone with an in-screen camera. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Its absolutely stunning from all angles. That seems deliberate, especially considering the emphasis placed by Honor on the mobile gaming market this year. I should point out that the Honor View20 unit provided to TNW was a little barebones....
We review a lot of cool stuff at TNW. 2018 was no exception. 40% off TNW Conference! I got the G560 early in the year, and never actually did give them back. Theyre sitting on my desk, pumping out soft Christmas music as I write this. If Logitech wants them back now, then something something what Bryan said. That said, the Roomba i7+ is clearly the cream of the crop....
Currently,women are only nine percent of IT leadersaround the world. The figure has barely changedin the past few years despiteone third of organizations claiming to have implemented diversity initiatives. By following Reids career, I learned more about the challenges the beauty industry faces, tech-wise. But theres another part of this crucial discussion that often gets sidelined. Im talking about tech entrepreneurship. Allyson Kapintries to address this problem. She is a vocal and powerful advocate for women-led startups, and a mentor to female entrepreneurs....
At a time when cryptocurrency was synonymous with blockchain technology, IOTA proposed a modification. The reward for doing so would be getting your own transaction verified by subsequent participants. This means that unlike with most cryptocurrencies, IOTA transactions dont incur any fee. So, what is holding IOTA back from dominating the cryptocurrency market? It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Additional concerns have been raised about IOTA by many industry experts....
Its that time of year again. Dont get me wrong, theres a lot of great stuff too. Take holiday movies for example, there are some absolute classics. But theres also a lot of really really terrible films which for some reason we lower our standards for. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Netflix knows we eat shit for Christmas, so theyve served it to us on a platter. But how much of a hand does big data have in creating these movies?...
Few inventions affected our relationship with technology as much as push notifications have. After all, not all notifications are created equal. Before his invention, messages could only be sent to users who had their accounts on the same computer. This changed when Tomlinson added the now ubiquitous @ symbol. This ingenious addition allowed users to separate the recipients name from the name of the machine they were using. One of the first users of this new system famously described it as a nice hack....
Earlier in the yearI wrote about how much I loved the iPod. And you know what? My feelings havent changed its still the best gadget ever released. Herein lies the problem. Apple, if youre reading this, hey listen carefully. I need a new iPod. Notice how I said need. Wanting is a childish emotion. An amateur can want. Needing is deep and complex. So get me a new goddamn iPod....
Ugh, the Gregorian calendar is so boring. Get ready when that moon gets gibbous, yall. This December-ish roundup lands on the awe-inspiringCold Moon! Since mylast post, the US patent office issued over 24,547 patents and published over 29,894 patent applications. Each patent asset adds a little something new to the human knowledge base. Ask whats for lunch. Quite often, the key in of food that you crave for depends on the weather....
Which was goddam frustrating at the time. We send emails, buy stuff, or book tickets and take these very seriously. Still, why are these activities different? What makes some of them fun and some not? And how can we make them even more fun? But what is fun? And true, it might be a usable and efficient experience, but that doesnt make it less boring. And this is what gamification actually is....
We all have that app on our phone weve been meaning to delete. Thats why I was proud when I finally stopped using Chrome after MozillasFirefox Quantumcame out earlier this year. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. CityMapper Callum Boothpicks:Look, I still love CityMapper. When I was living in London I used it constantly. It was almost magical. Thing is, I dont live in London anymore. Since April, Ive been in Amsterdam and life here is a little bit different....
Its vision was to facilitate fast anonymous transactions over the blockchain. XCoin was rebranded as DarkCoin a few months into the launch to highlight its privacy-centric approach compared to Bitcoin. The Dash ecosystem relies on masternodes for running its operations. Critics argue that this makes Dash not truly decentralized as it puts early adopters at a significant advantage. 40% off TNW Conference! DASH saw a market upswing during April-May, but was soon corrected....
