Giphy, which launched out of betaworks in 2013 as a search engine for gifs, is evolving into something much bigger. In the last year, we’ve seen Giphy launch a standalone mobile app for creating your own gifs, called GiphyCam. We’ve also seen Giphy partner with tech companies like Facebook and Slack for seamless gif sharing. Meanwhile, Giphy offers original content through… Read More
HopStop, the transit app owned by Apple, is no longer available for download. But Citymapper remains one of the best apps for finding your way in New York City.
A scheme pioneered by Google and backed by the BBC and other publishers will allows articles to download faster on mobile devices. – Source
Fans and users of the Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s devices have reported that after updating to the new iOS 9.0.2, their handsets have started acting cranky on random occasions. Apparently, the phones will decide to turn themselves off — no matter if the user is currently operating the device, or it’s just on standby — and the only way to fix them is to perform a hard-restart (hold down the home and power buttons for as many seconds as it takes for the Apple logo to reappear on the screen).
Apple reps have allegedly said that the issue is known, but is still hard to pinpoint and reproduce, … – Source
Let’s start off the week with some fun with the best new Android and iPhone games for the past week!
In our weekly round up of the best new Android and iPhone games we introduce you to everything new and worthy with no limits to the genre, platform, or price. We can’t guarantee that you’d love the genre of the game we’ve picked, but if you do, chances are you’d spend hours playing one of these games.
This week, we have some huge new titles that have arrived on the App Store and Google Play Store, and we’ll get right to it. Check out the best … – Source
Londoners have a pretty unshakable reputation for being grumpy, unfriendly or just generally miserable when it comes to public transport, and that goes double for the London Underground (which, to be fair, is a nightmarish sweat-pit on the best of days) — but occasionally that reputation is undeserved.
On Tuesday night on the Northern Line, …
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The smart thermostat market continues to heat up, not least in Europe where Munich-headquartered Tado is aiming to become the leader. The German company, which counts Google-owned Nest as a competitor, along with the likes of the UK’s Heatmiser and Hive from British Gas, has raised further $17 million in backing, bringing total funding to $34 million since being founded in 2011. Read More
Most of the major carriers in the US, including Sprint, T-Mobile, and AT&T, had announced back in August that they will support Samsung Pay at launch. Notably missing from that list was Verizon, which at that time said that it is currently evaluating the mobile payments service.
Samsung Pay will be supported on compatible Verizon smartphones (Galaxy S 6, S 6 edge, Note5, S6 edge +) through a future software update.— Verizon News (@VerizonNews) October 6, 2015
Now, over a week after Samsung Pay was launched in the country, the big red carrier has announced that it will support the service. However, there was no word on exactly when the support would roll out, although the company did say that it will be made available through a “future software update.”
As for the compatible smartphones, Verizon said Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 edge, Note5, and S6 edge+ on its network will get the aforementioned update whenever it is rolled…
While we already know that the newly-announced, Windows 10 Mobile-powered Lumia 950 flagship duo will be available next month, it has now been revealed that existing Lumia owners will start receiving the Windows 10 Mobile update in December.
The information was revealed by Microsoft in a comment (see image above) on its official Lumia Facebook page while responding to a query related to Windows 10 Mobile update for the Lumia 640 and Lumia 640XL.
“It is our ambition to make an upgrade available for majority of Lumia smartphones running Windows Phone 8.1,” the software giant said in a separate comment, adding that 8GB of internal storage will be required for the update, meaning devices like the Lumia 530 will be out of…
After announcing its overdue, but satisfying flagships — the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL — Microsoft also briefly mentioned the brand-new Lumia 550. It’s an entry-level handset, humble in specs, but easy on the wallet – it’s priced at $139 outright. Can this phone be a viable option for anyone looking for an affordable smartphone? We had some time with the handset for first impressions – let’s check it out!
Design
No surprise here, as the 550 oozes that typical Lumia design. Its face is dominated by the black display panel, adorned by the Microsoft logo and frontal camera above … – Source
Early this morning the world learned that the …
Some driving enthusiasts fear that as cars become increasingly more advanced that driving purity will be sacrificed. The BMW M4 GTS dashes those fears to bits.
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BMW’s M4 GTS only weighs 3,494 pounds.
Image: BMW
Although the car might look like a racier version of the German brand’s M4 coupe, little could be further from the truth. Because the car boasts two production car world-firsts: a water-injected engine in the front and organic light emitting diode (OLED) tail lights in the rear.
Let’s start up front. BMW engineers have taken their potent 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged inline six-cylinder and, for the first time in a production car, fitted it with water injection. Though the technology has been utilized and proven on the racetrack for many years, this is the first production car to include it. It has many technical benefits. Essentially, injecting water in the cylinder along with a tiny mist of gasoline allows the engine to run at higher rpm than without the water. And, as we learned during …
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As China learns and the rest of the world is reminded that having established a stock market, Beijing cannot control it simply by diktat and investors and buyers who deal with China are feeling less secure. Read More
