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So there's this new browser app that allows you to write/drop content into a text box and click "Edit" to determine if your writing is "bold and clear." It's called the Hemingway Editor. It's simple to use, but the questions remain: Does it work? And how does Hemingway actual stack up against his own app? That's what this episode is all about. In this 5-minute episode of Rough Draft with Demian Farnworth,... →

Креативное digital-агентство из Торонто 88 Creative опубликовало тест, в котором привело ряд названий, чтобы проверить, смогут ли пользователи угадать, какие из них принадлежат компаниям, а какие — фильмам для взрослых.... →

Japan’s mobile gaming market is huge, but just a few games take home a bulk of that spending. And one is making an extraordinary amount of cash on a daily basis. Developer Mixi, which produces the Japanese megahit Monster Strike for iOS and Android, reported that the game made $378 million from April 1 through […]... →

Misfit and Speedo have teamed up on the launch of a Speedo-branded activity, swim, and sleep tracker called the Speedo Shine. Misfit said the proprietary lap-counting algorithms embedded in the device’s firmware track a swimmer’s lap count accurately, and they work for all stroke types. The Speedo Shine syncs with the Misfit iOS and Android apps and displays laps […]... →

Соучредитель и глава по продукту сервиса личных водителей Wheely Павел Бочаров написал для ЦП колонку о процессе разработки нового приложения для iOS, Android и Windows Phone — как происходила разработка новой версии, каким образом разработчики планировали упростить заказ водителя и сделать приложение быстрее.... →

Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich announced an initiative today to make the Internet of Things more secure, starting at the chip level. Intel has created an industry standard dubbed the Enhanced Privacy Identification system that will make Internet of Things communication and transactions more secure. The Internet of Things is about making everyday objects smart […]... →

Sick of typing up meeting notes or interviews? Speech recognition master Nuance’s new Dragon Anywhere transcription app can turn what you say into text with no limit on recording time. This is no toy. It will cost $15 per month when it comes out this fall. But it could reduce headaches and wristpain inherent in manual transcription. The new Nuance Dragon iOS and Android apps also let… Read More... →

Launching today, Cardwheel is an app that recalls a fresh set of memories each day. However, unlike year-ago-remembering apps, Cardwheel uses machine learning to recall relevant, contextual memories based on a number of different factors. Here’s how the service works: Every morning users are presented with a daily wheel of up to 12 photos. These photos come from places like your… Read More... →

Parents are dropping a serious amount of cash to keep their kids’ tablets and smartphones filled with games. Spending on games for children makes up 7.8 percent of the worldwide mobile gaming market, according to industry intelligence firm SuperData Research. That’s $1.9 billion spent on apps like Minecraft: Pocket Edition, Crossy Road, and Animal Jam. But […]... →

Evidence suggests that enterprise software vendor BMC has acquired Boundary, a startup that has built tools that engineers can use to monitor the IT infrastructure they’re using to run their applications. The deal hasn’t been announced yet. But the BMC name is currently plastered at the bottom of several pages of the Boundary website. “Hi! […]... →

Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich showed on stage how Intel’s RealSense camera, which can sense and digitize the environment it sees, will be integrated into games. Razer is using the Intel RealSense camera in a product that will debut next year. The camera will be able to capture images of the gamer and integrate that […]... →

VB WEBINAR: Join us for this live webinar on Thursday, August 20th at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern. Register here for free.  A rapid transition toward new and disruptive financial technology is well underway and under heavy influence by two major forces: sweeping technological advances as exemplified by wearables and machine learning, and significant generational shifts driven […]... →

Ugh...not again. You get home at the end of the day, and sit down to stream a new movie or upload vacation photos " and your Wi-Fi slows to a crawl or just stops working. Instead of relaxing in front of the screen or sharing those photos with friends, you spend it unplugging and re-plugging cords, trying to decipher blinking lights, or contemplating a call to customer support. While we count on Wi-Fi more than ever to be entertained, productive, and stay connected,... →

Google today surprised all of us by launching a router with the help of its partner TP-LINK. The $199.99 OnHub router promises to do away with many of the issues you’ve likely experienced with your existing router: Wi-Fi slowing to a crawl, videos buffering and other issues. That always meant unplugging the device, waiting a minute or so, plugging it back in, and then hoping for the… Read More... →

A smart servant robot developed by Savioke delivered a Diet Coke to Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich while he was speaking on stage. The robot navigated the stage using an Intel RealSense camera and delivered the soda to Krzanich. He said it was an example of sensification of computing, and he said Intel will make […]... →

Secure encrypted email provider ProtonMail, which runs a “zero access” PGP mail service based in Switzerland has now open sourced its webmail interface — meaning all the code that runs locally on the user’s computer is available for inspection. Read More... →

Opera Max, Opera‘s data-saving proxy for Android, has long allows you to save some of your previous mobile data by compressing text, video and images when you surf the web or use apps like Instagram on your phone. What Opera Max couldn’t do, however, was compress HTTPS videos and that meant no support for the likes of YouTube and Netflix. With today’s update, however… Read More... →

These days, you can get a subscription box for just about anything. And today, that includes customized nutritional supplements. WellPath, a company that puts together customized packages of monthly nutritional supplements tailored to your specific body, has today announced integrations with 23andMe and FitBit to get even more granular with the way that suggest products. Originally, WellPath… Read More... →

Today Google unveiled its first product since the big Alphabet news: the OnHub, a $200 router launched in partnership with router maker TP-Link. The device, described by Google as “simple, fast and really, really ridiculously good looking,”... →

Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich showed off a new smartphone developed by Intel and Google with a cool feature: Intel’s RealSense and Google’s Tango are built into it. In a demo, Krzanich showed how you can scan your home environment with the combination of Tango and RealSense, and then convert it into a digital form. […]... →