Evernote just made its free option worthless
Evernote used to be the best cheap, simple service for syncing notes and lists between multiple devices. Used to be, because starting today, the free version …
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A look at Steve Jobs’ biggest failures as Apple CEO
It’s hard to believe that it’s 2016 and the phrase This would have never happened if Steve was still alive is still being used. Most …
Interview: Spaces is the most exciting VR startup you’ve never heard of
Virtual reality startups like Spaces, a new Los Angeles-based VR shop, are in a race for eyeballs. For some companies in the space, it’s about …
Microsoft pays woman $10,000 for auto-upgrading her PC to Windows 10
Windows 10 auto-upgrades are like a sick, cruel joke being played on us by this point. Most stories that start with “my Windows 10 PC …
A bug in Chrome makes pirating Netflix and Amazon movies easy
Bad news for Google, good news for pirates: a pair of security researchers have found a flaw in the way the Chrome browser unpacks encrypted …
Why the boring iPhone 7 is the smartest thing Apple has done in years
Apple’s top brass have lost their minds. Tim Cook is running Apple into the ground. The iPhone 7 is going to be boring and awful, …
This is what it was like to have a job interview with Elon Musk
Elon Musk is one of the few people in the world with the vision and the resources to help shape our future. It sounds like a cliche, …
Netflix expected to make $500 million more per year after jacking up prices
One or two extra dollars a month might not sound like much, but when you have nearly 100 million subscribers paying for your service, it …
iPhone sales halted after Chinese firm accuses Apple of copying its design [updated]
Whether it’s suing Samsung over rounded corners, or being accused of plagiarism by the Android crowd, Apple and plagiarism seem to go hand-in-hand. Its latest …
Microsoft’s Next Big Thing is going to be…tracking weed?
Microsoft is trying really very hard to not be the next Yahoo. It’s ticked most of the boxes of a corporate mid-life crisis: buying a …
Here come Snapchat’s most annoying ads yet
Now that Snapchat has become one of the hottest messaging apps in the world, it’s time to do what every messaging app has done before …
This is why Microsoft is buying LinkedIn for $26.2 billion
You know all that annoying spam you get in your inbox about people you don’t really know moving to new positions at companies you’ve never …
Apple is going to start selling… electricity?
Apple became the world’s most valuable company by selling a lot of stuff. But one thing it’s never sold is power. That looks like it’s …
Tesla just started selling two cheaper Model S sedans
On Thursday morning, Tesla Motors announced that new, lower-cost versions of its Model S sedan would be available to purchase immediately. The Model S 60 will cost …
Mercedes will show off a Model X killer in September
Tesla has captured our imagination (if not our practicality) with the world’s first all-electric SUV, the Model X. But it looks like Mercedes, king of …
Uber will now pay you if your driver gets you to your destination late
Although uberPOOL might be the most affordable way to reach your destination with Uber, it’s rarely the most expedient. That’s why Uber introduced the “Arrive …
T-Mobile is giving away tons of free stuff, here’s how to get it
T-Mobile is known for doing things a little differently to other carriers, and its rewards program is much the same. T-Mobile CEO John Legere just …
A hot new smartphone brand might finally be coming to America
Xiaomi certainly wasn’t the first smartphone company to unashamedly copy Apple, but it likely did the most thorough job of it following the company’s launch …
This is how budget airlines are so cheap
Given that all airlines are in the business of strapping people into seats and transporting them from A to B, I’ve always found it surprising …
The worst-case scenario for Apple’s iPhone 7
What if the iPhone 7 is boring? What if everything we’ve heard and seen so far paints a near-complete picture of everything Apple has planned …
VW hopes a Tesla-style ‘Gigafactory’ will help us forget about the lying and cheating
VW is having some “public relations issues,” a delicate way of saying that the automaker lied to the federal government and thousands of customers about emissions. …
Apple won’t be allowed to sell used iPhones in India
Apple recently made a commitment to have a presence in India for the “next thousand years.” But the first month isn’t going well — Apple …
Why Jeff Bezos’s space company is going to deliberately crash a spaceship
Space is hard, and space is even harder when you take away all the parachutes. But that’s exactly what Blue Origin, the pet space company …
Facebook will now track you even if you’re not a Facebook user
It’s official: there’s nowhere to hide. Companies like Facebook and Google are happy to offer you their services for free, but free always has a cost …
Believe it or not, everyone still hates cable companies and ISPs
We probably didn’t need a survey to confirm this, but the 10,000 consumers polled for the 2016 Temkin Experience Ratings agree that TV and internet service providers …
The iPhone 7 might actually be in trouble
For a long time, Apple’s secrecy was legendary. The company managed to keep secrets under wraps better than any other consumer electronics company in the world. …
Things aren’t looking good for the Xbox One as PS4 sales top 40 million
This console generation is unlike any that has come before it. Last cycle’s Xbox 360 from Microsoft and PlayStation 3 from Sony were neck and neck …
The precise details of how airlines are gouging you for money
Running an airline is a surprisingly unprofitable business, considering that the model does revolve around charging people many hundreds of dollars to sit in a …
Google’s Paris HQ raided in tax fraud, money laundering investigation
Google’s headquarters in Paris were raided by French tax officials and law enforcement on Tuesday morning as part of an investigation over alleged tax fraud. The …
Facebook denies manipulating trending news, but changes its policies anyway
Facebook said in an official response to US Senator John Thune that it has found no wrongdoing following an internet investigation into allegations that the social …
