Candid, an anonymous-sharing app aiming for frank debate, launched Thursday, the brainchild of Google vet Bindu Reddy. Reddy, Candid’s CEO and a former head of product for Google’s social apps, said she embarked to create Candid after she felt unable to share unfiltered opinions on mainstream social networks. “My social media network includes everyone in …

Now playing: Watch this: Donald Trump outlines his vision for America in RNC speech​ 2:17 Vowing he’s the only man who can do the job, Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination Thursday night. The “blue-collar billionaire” has used social media to propel his once-unfathomable campaign. But Trump’s Twitter account, naturally, was radio silent during his more than hour-long speech …

Twitter is heeding some VCR era advice: Be kind, rewind. The social network on Thursday unveiled several new tools for Periscope, including the ability for you to rewind live-streaming highlights. Another new features is designed to make it easier for you to find and watch videos, and a third allows Periscopes to play in embedded tweets. Android phone owners will …

Firefox parent Mozilla is taking its battle against Adobe Flash a few steps further. In 2017, Firefox will require “click-to-activate approval” from you before you can trigger Flash-enabled videos and other Flash content on a website, Mozilla engineering manager Benjamin Smedberg said Wednesday in a blog post. This means the Flash content will remain dormant unless you actively click on …

So you want to be a corporate marketing person, huh? Here’s the one rule you should recite every day. Call it the “Boaty McBoatface” law. It’s simple, and it could save your job: Do Not Let The Internet Name Your Products. That doesn’t just mean “don’t have an open contest where your serious polar-research vessel can end up carrying a …

Filming wrapped this month for “Star Wars: Episode VIII,” but fans are still eagerly awaiting the first official trailer for the sequel to “The Force Awakens.” YouTube user Alex Luthor has a little something to tide you over: a heart-pounding fan-made trailer for the film, which isn’t due in theaters until late 2017. Related stories Stormtrooper dancers wow at ‘Star …

The Apple Watch saw a hefty drop in global shipments last quarter but still managed to top the charts. Shipments for Apple’s wearable dropped to 1.6 million in the second quarter, from 3.6 million in the same quarter a year ago, IDC reported Thursday. Over the same period, the device’s market share sank to 47 percent from 72 percent. Among …

You can follow the Republican convention in Cleveland this week old-school style via TV, radio or print outlets. For a little more color, there are the RNC memes trending on Twitter, unique Instagram insights and even “glogging.” But one of the most interesting ways to tell the stories of the convention this week is via Snapchat, the ephemeral-messaging app. Cleveland.com …

Verizon subscribers who chew off lots of 4G data under an unlimited plan better enjoy it while it lasts. The company is cooking up an Unlimited Data Plan Migration for people who use the highest amount of unlimited data, Android news blogger Droid Life said on Wednesday, citing anonymous sources. On Thursday, the biggest data gobblers will start getting notices …

When you’re perched at the top of a waterfall, fiddling with the aperture on a giant camera and leaning to frame your shot just right, you’re taking a risk. You might fall in. You might drop your camera. You might screw up the shot. You might get wet. But if you know what it takes to nail this photo, you’ll …

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No need to go to Brazil to watch USA basketball. It’s on your phone. The NBA will live-stream the US national team’s exhibition games on Facebook, the league said Thursday. A total of nine games played by the men’s and women’s basketball teams will be streamed on both the USA Basketball and NBA Facebook pages. The men’s team includes stars …

Cinematographer Troy Paff grew up in Cleveland before heading west to make a name for himself working on (and earning Emmy nominations for) shows like “Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe” and “Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern.” This week he’s been my tour guide to the Cleveland of both past and present as his hometown hosts the Republican National Convention. Along …

Based in China’s electronic hub of Shenzhen, Huawei has long aimed to be a global brand, and over the last few years has worked hard to shake off first impressions from its early budget phones. The company started off as a telecoms equipment provider, as well as a maker of Wi-Fi dongles, before entering the phone market with cheap handsets. …

In honor of Wonder Woman’s 75th anniversary, the US Postal Service will release new Wonder Woman Forever stamps. The stamps, to be issued October 7, showcase the superhero’s costume evolution from her World War II origins to her most recent incarnation leading up to the June 2 standalone “Wonder Woman” movie starring Gal Gadot. The postal service announced the stamps …