Fitbit has released three new Fitbit fitness trackers yesterday, during the Fitbit media event. Long before smartwatches were popular, Fitbit was making a name for itself in the wearables market, with the introduction of the pocket clip-on Fitbit Tracker in 2008. It sensed the user’s movement and measured the number of steps taken. It combined this with user data to calculate distances and … [Read more...]
Apple unveils iPad Air 2, iPad Mini 3, Mac Mini, a 27-inch iMac with Retina 5k Display and OS X Yosemite
Apple held its much-awaited media event yesterday during which it unveiled a three new devices and a new update to their OS X operating system. Today we’re going to take a quick look at what’s new from Apple, but keep in mind that we’re going to come back and discuss each product in detail in future articles. What’s New From Apple? During their October 16 Apple Media Event, Apple launched … [Read more...]
70 to 90 Pounds are Enough to Bend the iPhone 6
If you browse the Internet on a regular basis, you might have come across some jokes and tests related to the iPhone 6 and its bending 'abilities'. Apparently, the iPhone 6 doesn't like to maintain its original shape. Many disgruntled customers have reported the fact that their devices are slightly bent because they have been stored in pockets. But just how fragile are the new iPhones? The testing … [Read more...]
Kilobots: Harvard Robots are the Future
The future is now! Researchers over at the Wyss Institute and the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, or SEAS have made public their most recent and impressive creation: autonomous robots that take simple orders to rearrange themselves into predetermined and highly complex shapes. This study which introduces these amazing little robots was published in the August issue of Science. … [Read more...]
Protests Lead to Apple Banning Two Chemicals from Product Assembly
Protests from watchdog groups demanding the replacement of two substances with safer alternatives in the Apple’s product assembly have been successful and now Apple is banning the use of the two chemical in their assembly process of their devices. China Labor Watch and Green America requested Apple to eliminate the use of n-hexane and benzene from its product assembly process. Both substances are … [Read more...]
eBay Crashes: Is the Internet Running Out of Space?
One of the most popular websites in the world, eBay has crashed, which has led experts to believe that the Internet could be running out of space and that the issues that have caused the website to crash could become a regular occurrence in the near future. Every minute a website like eBay is offline costs money and the more this happens, the more money is lost. The reason why such large websites … [Read more...]
Apple CEO Not Satisfied with Employee Diversity
Apple has recently released its employee diversity report and the results are quite similar to the ones that other Silicon Valley companies have yielded. Tim Cook has expressed that he wasn’t very satisfied with the results and that the company wishes for those numbers to improve. With almost 100,000 employees in 670 retail stores around the world, Apple is a leader on the market. In the United … [Read more...]
More and more AT&T Clients Prefer Paying for their Phones
AT&T is one of the major mobile phone carriers in several countries, especially the US. At present, more and more customers are considering the paid plans for their mobile phone purchases. In other words, instead of paying for a device up front, they prefer to pay smaller sums every month. This is great news for the carrier, as it will drive second-quarter financial results. AT&T … [Read more...]
Mobile Start-Up TapCommerce Will Soon Belong to Twitter
Were you sick and tired of the advertisements avalanche on Facebook? Don't worry! You can move to Twitter and have a similar avalanche, with the added perk that you can actually download mobile apps directly from your Twitter feed. Instead of planning for a long summer vacation, Twitter is apparently preparing us a nice one, with loads of mobile apps and downloads to make it even hotter. In case … [Read more...]
Selected Industries (Energy, Healthcare) Receiving Best Pay Raises
During recovery, pay raise in few industries leads to raise in others. Workers became flexible to prefer a job with better pay options. The increase in pay went down due to the sub par recovery. Technology is being playing significant role too. Though it definitely has lifted the pay for people, yet workers in industries has been upended by the Internet, such as retailers left behind by … [Read more...]
