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Google Domains public beta launches in the US
2015-01-13

After announcing its domain registration service last summer, today Google Domains has lifted the invitation-only access and is open (...)

Ryanair’s planning in-flight entertainment and Wi-Fi...possibly for free
2015-01-13

Ryanair has announced that it plans to trial in-flight entertainment and Wi-Fi on some of its flights this year, reports Reuters. (...)

Dark Energy’s rugged, waterproof portable power pack lands on Kickstarter
2015-01-13

Portable power packs are a dime a dozen nowadays, just search on Amazon and you’ll find a whole bunch. Not all are created equally, (...)

Neeo’s ‘thinking remote’ for controlling everything in your home hits Kickstarter with $50,000 goal
2015-01-13

The Internet of Things is pretty good in theory. Connect everything up to the internet and control it all remotely, providing you (...)

Slew of social media hacks shows Twitter needs better security for teams
2015-01-12

It seems like company Twitter accounts being attacked is almost the norm these days; today’s news that the US Central Command’s (...)

Restaurant recommendation service Zomato acquires Urbanspoon, enters US and Australia
2015-01-12

Restaurant discovery service Zomato today announced it has acquired Urbanspoon to expand its global reach in the food-recommendation (...)

A growing community of startup founders is using Slack to exchange tips
2015-01-12

Although it’s primarily a workplace collaboration tool, Slack is becoming a popular platform for wider communities, too. For example, #Nomads (...)

WhatsApp and Snapchat could be banned if the Conservatives win the next UK election
2015-01-12

UK Prime Minister David Cameron could push for a ban on WhatsApp and Snapchat if he wins this year’s general election. The move (...)

Get more TNW in your internet diet
2015-01-11

Maybe you visit this site once a week and browse through our channels. Or maybe you follow us via RSS, or maybe you receive our weekly (...)

Imagine there’s no Google
2015-01-11

I’ve recently been reading Nicholas Carlson’s book Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo. While it’s a really interesting (...)

Emoji support is finally coming to Google Chrome for OS X
2015-01-11

Ever noticed that emoji either show as a square or not at all on Chrome for OS X? The browser has had a bug for many years that meant (...)

Even with a head start, fitness wearable makers haven’t figured out how to beat the Apple Watch
2015-01-10

In the absence of Apple’s wearable, fitness makers like Jawbone, Fitbit, Withings and others have seen a boon of popularity as they (...)

How making breakfast can inspire a photographic series
2015-01-10

Taylor Mathis is a food and lifestyle photographer based in Charlotte, NC. He is the creator of photographingfood.com and author of (...)

How to set up Google Analytics widgets and heatmaps to track email conversions
2015-01-10

Sean Kim is the creator of The Growth List, helping you create a business around your lifestyle. This post originally appeared (...)

Semi-Transparent Buttons
2015-01-09

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a semi-transparent UI button that works really well on photographic background images.The (...)

The official #CES2015 selfie stick review
2015-01-09

I took a selfie stick to CES to find out why the world hates selfie sticks. Review: Selfie Stick – Part One https://t.co/oCcwP1mQ2e (...)

Spotify won’t support Google Cast, says use Spotify Connect instead
2015-01-09

If you were hoping Google Cast would carry Spotify from your computer to internet-connected speakers, you’re out of luck. Despite (...)

Finding and documenting the surreal wreckage of abandoned planes
2015-01-09

Alexander Huls is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Esquire and other publications. (...)

An extra screen for your iPhone? Check out the popSLATE
2015-01-09

Earlier today I wrote about the The Trick Cover which is an hilarious, but not too useful, iPhone cover. Check the video on that one (...)

Become a better snowboarder with these motion tracking bindings
2015-01-09

CES had so many things to put on your wrist. Some were cool, most were just a waste of money. But nearly all of them want to tell (...)

#CES2015 Day 3: Action cams and 3D imaging never looked so cool
2015-01-08

We didn’t plan it this way, but it just happens that we spent most of today checking out photography-related topics – from GoPro (...)

Facebook acquires QuickFire, a video compression startup
2015-01-08

Facebook is getting serious about video. Its latest statistics show a dramatic uptick in video watching on the social network and (...)

Map of Life unveils new Google Earth-powered tool to aid conservation efforts
2015-01-08

Extinction sucks. And with that in mind, it’s incumbent on humans to make sure that other species besides ourselves can inhabit (...)

Google Launches A Beautifully Designed Help Page
2015-01-08

Google is serious about security. And design.From a company so famously blasé about design that its logo was created by its founder (...)

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