August, 2016

• 4 August

  Intel recalls every Basis Peak fitness watch worldwide

  

  Now playing: Watch this: All Basis Peak fitness watches recalled over burn concerns 1:21 An overheating issue with the Basis Peak led the company to recall every single one sold around the world. Basis, an Intel subsidiary, could not find a software solution to stop the overheating. The company is also discontinuing support for the …

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• 4 August

  Designers back Apple in long

  

  A group of more than 100 design industry professionals have backed Apple’s assertion that Samsung should pay for stealing the look of the iPhone. In a brief filed with the US Supreme Court on Thursday, well-known fashion names, including Calvin Klein and Alexander Wang, supported Apple’s claims to hundreds of millions of dollars in damages from Samsung, Reuters reported. Apple …

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• 4 August

  FCC revisits inmate calling rates, approves increase

  

  The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday raised maximum rates phone companies can charge inmates for making phone calls. Last year, the FCC set limits on rates phone companies could charge inmates making local and long-distance calls from prisons and jails. But companies providing phone services filed a lawsuit arguing the rates the FCC established were too low and didn’t cover …

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• 4 August

  How to get PokeCoins for free in Pokemon Go

  

  If grinding for the items you need in Pokemon Go is getting old, you can buy them in the Shop. Poke balls, incense, lucky eggs, incubators, lures, storage and bag upgrades need to be purchased with PokeCoin, though. You have the choice of spending real money to purchase PokeCoins, but if you’re low on cash you can earn PokeCoin just …

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• 4 August

  Samsung’s robot drawing arm made me look like spaghetti

  

  “You look like spaghetti,” my colleague said when he saw the render of my face that a robotic arm drew onto a Galaxy Note 7 phone at Samsung’s launch event earlier this week. Samsung used the mechanized arm to show off what its Note 7 and S Pen stylus can do. In 2012, the company hired cartoonists to draw caricatures …

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• 4 August

  Facebook is changing its News Feed again, and you’ll never guess how!

  

  Five Reasons You Should Care Facebook Is Changing Again The Inside Scoop On The Latest Change To Facebook You’ll Never Guess What Facebook Is Doing This Time! So much for headlines like that. The world’s largest social network is going up against internet journalism’s biggest scourge: click bait. You know what I’m talking about. They’re the type of headlines that …

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• 4 August

  This carrier still boasts the fastest network in the nation

  

  You’re streaming a stroll through Central Park on Facebook Live. You walk to Belvedere Castle and the feed freezes. You’re in a dreaded deadzone. It’s at this moment when you wonder who actually has the best wireless coverage. OpenSignal, a wireless coverage mapping firm, is attempting to answer that question. In a test of network quality, T-Mobile came out on …

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• 4 August

  Rounding up the latest VR

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Testing the newest Nvidia 1080 gaming desktops 1:31 The rise of virtual-reality headsets, including the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, has led to a surprising arms race in gaming desktops, a category that’s languished in the past few years. Adding fuel to the fire is a new generation of graphics cards, the most important component in …

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• 4 August

  Who leaked that ‘Suicide Squad’ song? Reddit has answers, record label says

  

  Atlantic Records is on the hunt for whoever leaked a song from the “Suicide Squad” soundtrack, and it’s demanding Reddit help to find the culprit, according to TorrentFreak. Sometime around June 15, the song “Heathens” by Twenty One Pilots was uploaded to dropfile and leaked to the band’s subreddit, a forum made by Reddit users to discuss the band. Atlantic …

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• 4 August

  Apple Music’s Android app officially ready to rock

  

  Apple Music is now available as a fully fledged app and service for owners of Android smartphones. A test version of Apple’s streaming-music service had been up for grabs for Android since last November. But now Apple must feel the product is ready for the masses as the official edition landed in the Google Play store on Wednesday. The Android …

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