Category: Tech

  • Dropbox IPO launches: Cloud storage lures investors but its deal isn’t best for consumers

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          Dropbox is off to a good start in its goal to make a mint on Wall Street with its new IPO. The cloud storage company began trading just before noon ET Friday at $29, about 38% and eight dollars above the $21 IPO price. Dropbox (DBX) shares continued to hover at about $30 as trading […]

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  • Developer behind the app at the center of data scandal disputes Facebook’s story

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    In an internal email to colleagues at the University of Cambridge, data scientist Aleksandr Kogan called Facebook’s side of the story a “fabrication.” Kogan’s assertions directly contradict those of Facebook executives, who insist he “lied” when passing the data along to Cambridge Analytica.The data scientist at the center of Facebook’s data controversy says the company knew he […]

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  • Sleep++ For Apple Watch: Version 3.0 Brings Automatic Tracking To App

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    Cross Forward Consulting has just launched a new update for its Sleep++ sleep tracking app. Version 3.0 brings automatic sleep tracking to the app, so users won’t have to manually set it up just so it can keep track of sleep quality, length and other metrics at night. The developer started rolling out the latest […]

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  • New Galaxy Note 9 Confirmed By Samsung, But Could Lose Critical Feature

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    Samsung typically uses the Galaxy Note phablets to push new technology before introducing it to the smartphone handsets through the Galaxy S handset six months later. Which means the loss of a technological superpower from the upcoming Galaxy Note 9 could leave a critical void in the South Korean company’s portfolio. That void is the under-screen fingerprint […]

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  • Next Assassin’s Creed Game Takes Place in Greece, Out in 2019

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    According to a report from Liam Robertson, it looks like Ubisoft is taking the Assassin’s Creed series to Greek soil. Robertson’s sources state that Ubisoft has planned for the next entry in their popular series to take place in ancient Greece since Origins was in development. As such, the next (currently unnamed) entry went into production in 2017. Interesting to note, […]

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  • MacBook Lineup to See Better Growth Than iPhone, iPad in 2018: KGI’s Ming-Chi Kuo

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    Apple’s lineup of MacBook laptops is likely to show better year-over-year (YoY) growth in shipments in 2018 – between 13-16 percent – which will be better growth than the company’s iPad and even iPhonelineups will see in the same period, a new report by Taiwan-based market research firm KGI Securitiessaid. KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo – arguably the most trusted Apple analyst globally […]

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  • Exclusive sketches show yesterday’s iPhone SE 2 video leak might be real

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    A video leaked on Thursday that allegedly showed Apple’s upcoming iPhone SE 2 for the first time ever. The handset pictured in the video bears a striking resemblance to Apple’s iPhone X, but it appear to be smaller. In place of the rounded stainless steel that wraps around the perimeter of the iPhone X, this phone has […]

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  • 2019 Ram 1500 Pickup First Drive

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    It has been 10 years since the 2009 Ram 1500 pickup rocked the truck world by tossing aside its leaf-spring rear suspension in favor of a more civilized coil-spring setup. For 2013, the automaker bestowed the Ram 1500 with a powerful Pentastar 3.6-liter V6 base engine, an unheard-of (for a pickup) eight-speed automatic transmission, an optional […]

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  • 42% of iPhone owners are planning to buy a new iPhone this year

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    With the release of the iPhone X last year, Apple in one fell swoop completely transformed the iOS user experience. In addition to a number of new iOS gestures, Apple with the iPhone X implemented a facial recognition scheme and completely did away with the home button, a mainstay of the iPhone user experience since […]

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  • Jeep Expected to Confirm Mini-Renegade SUV

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    Jeep global boss Mike Manley spoke to reporters from motoring.com.au at the Geneva Motor Show about the possibility of Jeep releasing a new SUV, smaller than the Renegade. “I have to say that one has moved on reasonably significantly,” he said. “You will probably have to wait until our big event in June when we […]

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