If you want to talk movies and TV shows with over 250 million strangers, you’re going to have to find somewhere else to do it than IMDb’s message boards. As of Feb. 20, the Amazon-owned Internet Movie Database is shutting them down, even private messages, after an internal review. Message boards tackle movie and TV …
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February, 2017
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3 February
How to buy a camera
Thinking about buying a camera but don’t have a clue where to start? We’re here to help. And even if you know it all, you may find some alternatives you hadn’t considered. If you’re standing in the middle of a store wondering what to buy, start with our current top picks: Cheap dSLR camera: Nikon D3300 General purpose compact camera: …
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3 February
Online game encourages you to punch out Nazis
Since being punched in the face while showing off his “Pepe the Frog” pin, “alt-right” leader Richard Spencer has stirred the imagination of the web. A video of the pasting, which occurred during the inauguration celebrations for US President Donald Trump, has already inspired memes and a comic song. Now, Super Deluxe has created a browser- and mobile-based video game …
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3 February
Chrome now lets you scan QR codes
The iPhone has never had a built-in QR code scanner. That’s probably because it’s not every day (or every month) you scan a QR code spotted in the wild. Despite the dwindling popularity of QR codes — except for app-specific QR codes, like Snapchat’s Snapcodes — Chrome for iOS now makes it extra-easy to scan a QR code, should you …
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3 February
‘Deciphering’ emoji has never been so hilarious
If you’re old, emoji can be scary. I get it. Between peaches, fire and eggplants they may not always mean what you think they do. The real fun, however, comes when the uninitiated attempt to decipher them, as Twitter user @Bry_Nap found out late Tuesday night. To be honest though, the full piece aired on Seattle’s Q13 Fox and was …
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3 February
Samsung’s A Series phones are affordable, waterproof and now on sale
Longing for a slick new Galaxy S7 Edge but can’t quite stomach the cost? Samsung‘s new mid-range A Series phones might be just the ticket. Both the A3 and A5’s glass and metal designs are reminiscent of the company’s flagship beast, but the A3 starts at just £279 while the A5 will set you back £369. That’s significantly less than …
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2 February
Alexa will talk you into loving Amazon
Amazon’s Alexa was showered with attention at last month’s CES tech show in Las Vegas, as dozens of companies invited the voice assistant to live in their cars, washing machines and set-top boxes. Yet, behind all that luster is a somewhat uncomfortable question about Amazon’s 2-year-old artificial intelligence platform: Does Alexa make Amazon any money? The answer, say several analysts: …
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2 February
Tap payment sunglasses set to make your summer smarter
Sunglasses and contactless payments: They go together like music festivals and contactless payments. At least, that’s the idea behind the WaveShades, a new contactless payment system built into sunglasses and born from a partnership between Australian startup Inamo, sunglasses-maker Local Suppy and Visa. The prototype tap-and-go sunglasses are being rolled out ahead of Australia’s Laneway music festivals, presumably so you’ll …
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2 February
Use Logitech’s Spotlight remote to make your presentations awesome
For most of us, giving a presentation is one of the scariest things ever. What if something goes wrong? What if you mess up? What if… what if… what if? Logitech’s new Spotlight remote won’t make your presentation perfect, but it will add a bit of high-tech flair, and perhaps confidence, to your stage presence. What’s special about Spotlight? Maybe …
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2 February
Google’s Hands Free payment app to shut down Feb. 8
Now playing: Watch this: Look ma, no hands! Testing Google’s Hands Free payments 1:56 Google will shut down its experimental Hands Free payment app next week. The pilot program, which launched last March for Android and iOS, gave customers a new way to pay for items, but was only available at a limited number of locations in the South Bay …
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