Amazon Prime has an estimated 60 million members in the US, reaches 11 countries and even has its own fake holiday. For CEO Jeff Bezos, that’s not nearly enough. The world’s largest e-commerce company has been busy finding new ways to evolve and expand the $99-a-year Prime loyalty program. This week, Prime launched in India, …
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MyScript will soon make your devices more handwriting
Unless you’ve used its Stylus app or its handwriting-based calculator app (iOS, Android), chances are you’ve never heard of MyScript. But it’s the company behind much of the handwriting recognition built into software note-taking apps (such as the cloud-based recognition of the Bamboo Spark) as well as model-specific operating-system extensions for high-end tablets and hybrid laptops. Now the company is …
Read More »Gilfoyle and Dinesh: The ‘Silicon Valley’ love story you’re waiting for
Who doesn’t delight in a great television love story? And no, I’m not talking about the endlessly frustrating “will they or won’t they?” trope. I’m talking about my favorite kind of pairing — the bromance. The bromance celebrates best friends. It’s just two dudes, supporting each other. Troy and Abed from “Community.” Joey and Chandler of “Friends.” Turk and JD …
Read More »How to do a clean install of Windows 10
Now playing: Watch this: Watch how we did a clean install of Windows 10 2:59 If you have a Windows 7 or 8 computer, you have until July 29 to upgrade it to Windows 10 for free. While your data, apps and most of your system settings will remain intact, upgrading tends to adversely affect performance. This post will show …
Read More »Harry Potter fanfic site ClintonKaine.com priced at $90,000
If you’ve got $90,000, you can own the site publishing some of the best Harry Potter/2016 US presidential election mashup fan fiction around. Just when it seems as if this election cycle couldn’t possibly get any more strange, leave it to domain squatters to inject a little extra serving of the absurd. Last Friday, Hillary Clinton announced her pick of …
Read More »Tired of carrier fees? Republic Wireless now sells Wi
Republic Wireless, which uses local Wi-Fi networks to patch through phone calls and send texts, is adding several new Android handsets to its lineup and shaking up its pricing structure. The carrier will begin selling the following phones at full unlocked prices (users can pay monthly installments over 18 months as well): Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge ($799 or $48/month) Samsung …
Read More »Acclaimed photog suing Getty for $1B for copyright infringement
A photographer renowned for her Americana-themed pictures is suing stock-photo agency Getty Images for $1 billion for copyright infringement. Carol Highsmith filed a federal lawsuit Monday in New York claiming the agency and its subsidiaries have been charging fees for the use of her more than 18,000 images without her consent. Photographer Carol Highsmith says stock-photo agency Getty Images wanted …
Read More »Democrats mobilize tech volunteers for convention
Silvia Scandar Mahan traveled to Philadelphia for her summer vacation. Now, she’s putting in more hours than she does at Cor, the San Francisco digital media startup where she works. From 9:30 a.m. until after midnight, the 33-year-old is producing video that tells the stories of delegates at the Democratic National Convention, where Hillary Clinton was officially named the party’s …
Read More »How to get the old Facebook Messenger recent conversation view back
In June, Facebook announced it was adding a favorites section to the main screen of Messenger. Instead of opening the app to find only your recent conversation list, the home view is no broken up by a row of profile pics for your favorite Messenger contacts followed by an active now section. Thankfully, you can hide either section and go …
Read More »iPhone 7 preorders could start September 9
Consumers eyeing the iPhone 7 may be able to preorder it starting Friday, September 9. No, Apple hasn’t announced anything. Rather, the purported preorder date was leaked in a tweet Wednesday night from generally reliable leaker Evan Blass, aka @evleaks. Blass’ tweet said simply: “Confirmed: Pre-orders start on the 9th. You can extrapolate the launch event date from there.” Blass …
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