New feature means YouTube vids on Android will no longer drive you crazy
10.12.2015, 12:33Google is currently testing the feature with a small pool of users.
Good news if you hate the stop-start-stop-start when trying to watch YouTube on a slow connection: Now the Android YouTube app will buffer videos all the way to the end.
Uber tests new ways to eliminate drivers
09.12.2015, 12:25Will the app reduce commuter congestion?
Uber announced today that it is trying out two new programs to reduce traffic while you commute. The ridesharing service revealed uberHOP, which allows Uber drivers to operate similar to a bus route, and uberCOMMUTE, which could compensate non-Uber drivers for giving people a lift.
Best macro lens
08.12.2015, 11:26Want to shoot close-ups with your Canon or Nikon DSLR? We pick the best lenses for the job
If you want to shoot ultra close up images, you need a macro lens. These can focus close enough to reproduce small objects at full life-size on your camera’s image sensor. That means something as petite as a postage stamp could fill the entire frame of an APS-C-format sensor, and when you view the image on a computer monitor or in a big print the resulting level of detail can be astonishing. Macro lenses can focus at normal distances too, so they can be used as regular ‚prime‘ lenses.
Final Fantasy VII Remake will be an episodic series
07.12.2015, 12:45What does it mean by ‚unique experience‘?
Over the weekend, Square Enix revealed a new trailer for the hotly-anticipated remake of PS1 classic Final Fantasy 7. It also revealed in a later press release that the game will be receiving an „episodic“ release, though it wasn’t mentioned at the show.
Facebook can now sell you concert tickets directly
04.12.2015, 12:00Impulsive gig going is now much easier
In its ongoing mission to do everything for everyone, Facebook has begun selling eager gig-goers concert tickets directly, according to reports. With band pages and events already major parts of the social network, it’s a logical next step.
Google insists it’s not spying on your kids
03.12.2015, 12:36EFF says otherwise
Google has promised it’s not doing anything untoward in its tracking of school children and students working on its Chromebook line of hardware. The cheap, slimmed-down laptops have been a big hit in educational institutions, but claims have been made that Google is harvesting more data from its Google for Education initiatives than it really should.
Can recycle almost 7,000 sheets of A4 per working day
A sizeable business will likely use a lot of paper – generally speaking, the paperless office hasn’t nearly arrived yet – but what if you could take those used documents and chuck them in a machine on-premise which is capable of recycling them into fresh sheets of A4? That’s exactly what Epson’s new invention does.
Swatch and Visa partner up to let you pay from your wrist
01.12.2015, 11:12NFC-powered smartwatch magic
Paying for goods with a swipe of a phone or a smartwatch is something we’re all gradually getting more accustomed to, and venerable watchmaker Swatch wants a part of this brave new world too – it’s just announced a partnership with Visa for wrist-based mobile payments.
Lightsabers improve everything, including GTA 5
30.11.2015, 11:53Watch Darth Trevor and Michael Kenobi fight it out
Like almost everyone we know, we love both Star Wars and GTA 5, so we couldn’t click fast enough to get through to this fan-made video that brings them both together. The 64-second clip shows „Darth Trevor“ fight „Michael Kenobi“ in the arid deserts of Blaine County, San Andreas.
You can check out all the radio waves around you with this app
27.11.2015, 13:53Wireless signals in AR
Beyond your phone, you may not realize just how many wireless and mobile devices you have around you relying on radio signals from cell towers, GPS satellites and Wi-Fi routers.