NEW YORK — Get immersed in a Wagner opera while waiting in a supermarket line or catch a Carnegie Hall orchestral performance on the train. For most of us, it’s hard to find the time and money for a trip to the ballet. So, the Google Cultural Institute and a group of over 60 performing …
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“Op op op op, oppa Gangnam style.” I’ve just triggered an earworm in your head. You may now have the urge to crotch-dance in an elevator, make lasso motions with your arm and sing while sitting on the toilet. This is the fate of anybody who has witnessed Korean pop star Psy’s “Gangnam Style” music video. Psy is now trying …
Read More »Yahoo reportedly to mull sale of its core business
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has been desperately trying to lure consumers back to the company’s products, like Yahoo Mail and search. But now she may be considering another option: selling Yahoo’s iconic Internet services altogether, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The company will weigh the decision to sell its core business during a series of meetings …
Read More »Secret way to dim iPhone screen for nighttime reading
Even at its lowest setting, an iPhone’s display can be too bright if you’re reading in bed at night or in an otherwise dark room. If you find you’re still blinded by the light even after moving the brightness slider all the way to the left in Control Center, there is a way to dim the screen past what the …
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Read More »Tablet buyers shift as market sag drags on
Tablet makers will surely take their glimmers of hope wherever they can find them. To be sure, sales of tablets are continuing their long, slow decline, according to the latest figures from market researchers, but new twists on the traditional design could catch the fancy of consumers and businesses alike. For all of 2015, worldwide tablet shipments are projected to …
Read More »How to quickly toggle night mode on Tweetbot 4
Tweetbot is a popular iOS Twitter app, full of features and small tweaks that many consider an improvement over Twitter’s own app. One such feature is the ability to automatically change between the default view, which includes a predominantly white interface, and a night theme, complete with a predominantly dark interface. The former is easier to see in normal, everyday …
Read More »LinkedIn needs to get you excited again. Here’s how it’ll do it
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — Nathan Hammond radiates fatigue. The bearded and tousle-haired engineer has clocked an average of 60 hours a week for four months working on the most important mobile app in LinkedIn’s history. Though he moved to San Francisco from North Carolina earlier this year, Hammond hasn’t had time to explore his new digs. Instead, the user interface …
Read More »Spruce up your slide decks with Emaze
The PowerPoint presentation remains a staple of business life — a boring, easy-to-forget staple. How can you hope to get your point across when your audience’s eyes start glazing over at slide one? Presentation-builder Emaze thinks it has the answer: Automaze, a new feature that imports existing PowerPoint files and turns them into themed, animated “journeys.” If that sounds a …
Read More »Where can I get 4K Ultra HD TV shows and movies today?
I’ll start with the bad news. Even though TVs with 4K/Ultra high-definition resolution have been available for a couple of years now, there still aren’t a lot of actual 4K TV shows and movies available. Aside from YouTube, 4K today mostly consists of original TV series streaming from Netflix and Amazon. We won’t get 4K Blu-ray until next year, and …
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