Congratulations to Michael L. of Neptune, New Jersey, for winning a Ventev Powercell 10000+ portable battery pack last week. May the 4th, the Star Wars holiday, is fast approaching. You’re digging in your closet for appropriate accessories and scouring your kitchen to come up with accouterments for your Brunch Strikes Back party. Let Crave and …
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April, 2016
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29 April
Selfie sticks were really starting to grow on me…until I broke two
I started my 19 days of tech adventure in Asia hell-bent on mastering the art of selfie sticks. With their long arms and stabilizing bases, they would be the perfect tools for shooting photos and video while solo-traveling, so long as I got over my embarrassment and actually used the darn things. Click for more of Jessica’s tech stories throughout …
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29 April
‘Ghostbusters’ trailer ranks among ‘most disliked’ videos on YouTube
A trailer for the upcoming reboot of “Ghostbusters” received a noticeable amount of criticism when it was released in March. It’s only gotten worse since then and it’s led to a dubious honor that may be the beginning of the end times for director Paul Feig’s film. In fact, the latest news for the film’s trailer must be one of …
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28 April
Trademark filing hints at new Fitbit trackers
Fitbit, the company behind the world’s most popular wearable devices, may have big plans for the remaining months of 2016. So far this year, the San Francisco-based company has already released two new trackers: The Fitbit Blaze smartwatch arrived in March for $200, followed by the Fitbit Alta activity tracker in April for $130. Now a recent filing with the …
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28 April
Is Kung Fu Panda worth $3.8 billion? (The 3:59, Ep. 36)
Comcast’s agreement to buy DreamWorks Animation could make it a much bigger player in entertainment, but it may take a while before it rivals Disney and its Pixar animation studio. We also talk about whether any other tech company can catch up to Facebook and why Dyson’s new hair dryer is worth a whopping $400. The 3:59 gives you bite-size …
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28 April
Snapchat video views at 10 billion a day
Snapchat’s chatty users like video. Roughly 10 billion videos are viewed on Snapchat, the ephemeral-photo app that’s becoming a media platform, up a quarter from February, according to the same-named company behind the app. Snapchat is using the data, which was earlier reported by Bloomberg, to show its investors that DJ Khaled‘s stomping ground is a place where content is …
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28 April
‘We’re going to need a bigger TV’: What’s new on streaming in May
Let’s hope May wasn’t your month to start doing more outdoor activities. Throwing a little nostalgia in the waters, Netflix has enough “Jaws” movies to keep you terrified until next summer’s beach season. For kid-friendly chomp there’s “The Adventures of Sharkboy & Lavagirl” — or you could harpoon both those ideas and binge on the next season of “Arrow” (yes, …
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28 April
Remote Australia says g’day to Sky Muster satellite NBN
More than 200,000 residences across regional and remote Australia can start connecting to the NBN with the network’s satellite service now available for retail sale. The service is being provided by the Sky Muster satellite, which launched last October to replace NBN’s Interim Satellite Service. NBN says customers buying through retail ISPs should expect satellite speeds of roughly 25Mbps for …
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28 April
Movidius Fathom: Is this the USB stick your DIY hunter
With a little plug-in stick, maybe you’ll be able to build a future self-navigating vehicle. Or at least test out your navigation system. That’s the idea behind the Fathom Neural Compute Stick from chipmaker Movidius. It claims the Fathom is “the world’s first embedded neural network accelerator.” It’s a plug-in stick with a dedicated low-power processor inside. Target price? Under …
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28 April
When it’s too damn hot for tech
Most phone testing facilities have a machine — a chamber, really — that alternately bakes and freezes phones to make sure they operate in extreme temperatures: hot and cold, dry and humid. I’ve always intellectually understood the purpose of extreme climate tests, but it wasn’t until I carried three phones, a camera and a smart band through the 106-degree swelter …
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