Apple releases web tool to deregister phone numbers from iMessage
Apple has quietly released a new tool to make switching between iOS and other smartphones a bit easier. The new web tool lets you instantly deregister your phone number from Apple's iMessage system.
Meet the network of parody Twitter account operators who earn thousands from paid ads
Meet The Network Of Guys Making Thousands Of Dollars Tweeting As “Common White Girls” — The Twitter illuminati that made “Alex From Target” an overnight sensation can drive millions of clicks with a...
Good startup ideas are not counterintuitive, but in fact obvious, if you talk to users and develop a better model of the world
The Counterintuitive Thing About Counterintuitive Things — There is a great (as in large) memes swirling around the startup world these days which posits …
Microsoft tests headset that makes cities more accessible to the blind using 3D audio cues
Microsoft had to blindfold me so I could hear the future — A simple headset could help millions through the art of sound — Microsoft blindfolded me and led me around several streets …
Banner ads hampered the usability of the web and are now in decline amid shift to mobile apps
Fall of the Banner Ad: The Monster That Swallowed the Web — Twenty years ago last month, a team of well-meaning designers, coders and magazine publishers inadvertently unleashed …
Mac Mini 2014 review: still a good “gateway Mac”, but less versatile than previous models
Not the upgrade we were hoping for: The 2014 Mac Mini reviewed — The 2014 Mac Mini looks the same on the outside, but on the inside it regresses in some unfortunate ways.
BlackBerry CEO sees fewer new devices, focus on profitability
(Reuters) - BlackBerry, which has completed the first phase of its two-year turnaround plan, is now focused on profitability and will not spread itself thin by attempting to launch too many new device...
How tech firms use language, typography, color to make the web usable for non-English speakers
Why you probably won't understand the web of the future — This item has been corrected. — The giants of the connected world are finally waking up to one of the biggest obstacles …
Qualcomm quietly dominates mobile: every major smartphone in the US contains its hardware
This is Qualcomm's world and we're all just living in it — Guess who puts the turbo in the Droid Turbo's name — Qualcomm is the mobile industry's equivalent of a god: omnipotent and omnipresent, y...