‘Hey Google, Tell Me a Story’ Comes to Mobile
By: Nick Gambino
Smart speakers like the Amazon Echo and Google Home are finding more and more ways to integrate with your daily activities. A simple, “Alexa, set timer for 20 minutes”...
Twitter Adds Report Feature for Those Tweets Spreading False Voter Information
By: Nick Gambino
With all that has been done and said about the 2016 U.S. presidential election, which I won’t rehash here for the sake of our sanity, social media platforms have...
Understanding the Effects of Autism
As a behavioral health condition across many communities, autism or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is becoming increasingly common as the CDC reports numbers are on the rise. Of the 3.8 million...
Uber Releases New Feature That Reminds Users to “Check Your Ride”
By: Nick Gambino
After a horrific incident a few weeks ago where an Uber rider was killed after getting into the wrong car, the ride-hailing app has released a new security feature...
Twitter to Add ‘Hide Replies’ Feature so You Can Silence the Masses
By: Nick Gambino
In an effort to give users some additional control over the conversations they start on the platform, Twitter just announced a “Hide Replies” feature.
The feature, which is set to...
Pre-Order Samsung Galaxy Fold on Friday
By: Nick Gambino
If CES taught us anything this year, it’s that every company involved in mobile tech has their own version of a foldable device in the works. From the small...
Alexa Now Offers Long-Form News Briefings
By: Nick Gambino
Alexa,
like most voice assistants, has been in the news business for a while now. If
you were to ask one of these trusty assistants for the news, they would...
First Private Spacecraft in History to Land on the Moon Next Week
By: Nick Gambino
Exactly 50 years ago, Apollo 11 launched into space with Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins with the intent of placing man on the Moon. The mission was...
Verizon Releases New Kids Smartphone Plan
By: Nick Gambino
It’s a concept so simple, I’m surprised nobody’s thought of it before. Verizon just announced their new smartphone plan aimed at kids with parental controls and limited data that...
Twitter Goes Dark
By: Nick Gambino
Dimmed or dark layouts have become quite trendy over the last year or so. Apple, Google and others have started offering a dark theme that would give users’ eyeballs...