Amazon made headlines this month when it In the past two months alone, at least 14 other companies have sought permission to fly drones for commercial purposes as diverse as shooting movies and inspecting oil rigs at sea, according to applications to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration reviewed by IDG News Service. The FAA allows drones to be flown under the existing model aircraft regulations, but only for “recreational or hobby purposes, and within the visual line of sight of the operator.” Commercial flight is specifically prohibited, and companies wanting to test drones for commercial use must obtain an exemption from the FAA.
BitTorrent has teased its chat product for months, and now some lucky testers will get the chance to see the pre-alpha in action. The serverless chat client, designed to evade surveillance and big data collection, also has a name: BitTorrent Bleep. “As far as we’re concerned, anything you say is ‘bleep’ to us,” the company said in a First thing’s first: Bleep isn’t just another messaging app. BitTorrent is well-known for its decentralized, peer-to-peer protocol, typically used for file-sharing. The San Francisco-based company described Bleep’s platform as a fully distributed Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) server on top of which is the app, an enhanced SIP-compliant User Agent Client (UAC). How it works: You can choose to send messages straight from your device to your chosen contact without BitTorrent’s servers intercepting it. You can send texts or make calls to online contacts, with offline functionality coming down the pipeline later on.
What can you do with your voice on your Android phone? More than you know.
These tips will quickly have you using LG's new flagship phone like a pro.
A couple years ago, few people would have bet on the laptop as the savior for an ailing tablet market. But that's what Best Buy seems to be counting on as tablet sales fall flat. "The tablets boomed and now are crashing. The volume has really gone down in the last several months," Although Joly didn't provide any numbers,
The selection is limited, but the price is right with FreedomPop's new tablet service offering. Just be sure to read the fine print.
Facebook is still trying to figure out how to get you to buy stuff from your News Feed, but one experiment that didn’t quite pan out was Facebook Gifts. The social network is shutting down the service on August 12, Facebook experimented with Gifts for a few years before giving up on it. The network
Amazon argues for price elasticity as messy dispute with Hachette drags on.
The EU court ruling that gives people the “right to be forgotten” by search engines is misguided in principle and unworkable in practice, said a U.K. House of Lords subcommittee Wednesday. Since the ruling, Google has received over 91,000 take-down requests concerning 328,000 links to Web addresses.
Netflix is quickly racking up interconnection deals with the major U.S. ISPs in 2014. AT&T is the latest to grab a chair at the Netflix interconnection buffet.
Microsoft formally unveiled Windows Phone 8.1 Update early Wednesday morning, confirming features such as Start screen folders, sandboxed apps, and even a handy VPN function for surfing over public Wi-Fi connections. Those who opted in to the Developer Preview will be able to download the update next week; otherwise, consumers with stock Windows Phone 8.1 devices will have to wait a couple of months until it can be formally tested and deployed by carriers. Sources had revealed previously that the update, known formerly as Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1, wouldn’t be earth-shattering. But there’s enough there that it should be a must-have for Windows Phone owners, as evidenced by a
If you’ve been caught in an embarrassing situation by the local 6 o’clock news crew, then you’ll appreciate that professional video editors often must protect the innocent by obscuring people’s faces in broadcasts, and in some cases, they may need to avoid trademark infringement by blurring company or product logos. A new feature in Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2014 lets you designate a master clip," to which you can apply effects that are then applied to all instances of the clip on your timeline.
Nintendo kommt trotz des Erfolgs seines Rennspiels «Mario Kart» nicht aus den roten Zahlen. Der japanische Videogame-Konzern verkauft zu wenig Konsolen.
Wenn das iPhone immer langsamer zu werden scheint, hat dies einen Grund. Es ist aber ein anderer, als Sie nun vielleicht vermuten. Mit ein paar Tricks läuft es wieder flotter.
Der Online-Versandhändler bietet auf seiner US-Website ab sofort Produkte an, die mit 3-D-Druckern hergestellt werden. Das Angebot umfasst iPhone-Hüllen, Spielzeug und Schmuck.
Im Herbst erscheint «Assasin's Creed: Unity», das in Paris spielt. Ein Regisseur hat nun vorab ein Video produziert, das die Stunts der Meuchelmörder im echten Paris zeigt.
Weil ein 16-Jähriger sein Handy im Teich versenkte, wollte er diesen kurzerhand trockenlegen. Doch statt das Gerät zu finden, brachte er einen Fäkalientank zum Überlaufen.
Mit Ultraschall-Frequenzen will die App «Anti Mosquito» lästige Mücken abschrecken. Wer ein empfindliches Gehör hat, sollte sich die Installation des Programms aber gut überlegen.
Wer Facebook-Nachrichten über das Handy verschicken will, kann das bald nur noch über eine spezielle Messenger-App tun.
«Divinity: Original Sin» schickt ein schlägkräftiges Team in den Kampf gegen Orcs, Zauberer und anderes Gesindel. Das Game bietet Spieltiefe und Sammelspass.
Tüftler haben einen gewöhnlichen Bancomaten in eine Game-Maschine zweckentfremdet. Statt Geld abzuheben spielen sie jetzt den Kult-Egoshooter «Doom» auf der Geldmaschine.
Ein wenig schauspielerisches Geschick, etwas Fingerfertigkeit und die App Imoji: Mehr braucht es nicht, um seinem Gegenüber den eigenen Gefühlszustand per Emoji mitzuteilen.
Der Cyberith Virtualizer soll Gaming auf ein neues Level hieven. Er lässt Spieler in Kombination mit der 3-D-Brille Oculus Rift buchstäblich in virtuelle Welten abtauchen.
Die Verbreitung von Spam-Mails aus der Schweiz hat in diesem Jahr massiv zugenommen. Darum sollten Schweizer dringend ihren Computer auf Schadsoftware untersuchen, raten Experten.
Auch Maschinen können Fussball spielen: Ein Schweizer Team gewann mit seinem Kicker an der Roboter-Fussball-WM in Brasilien zwei Preise.
Mit dem Kauf von Booklamp stärkt Apple seine Position gegen Amazon. Das Start-up-Unternehmen analysiert Bücher auf Inhalt und Sprache und kann den Nutzern ähnliche Werke empfehlen.