DirectBuy, a membership club that sells furniture and home goods without retail markups, recently launched a new website and mobile app that are bringing their customer shopping experience to a new level. After storefront closings and negative reviews, DirectBuy is working to create a transparent, customer-oriented e-commerce website that offers more than the typical online…
In the digital age, photos are part of the way we communicate across multiple channels. With over a billion photos uploaded every day, there are bound to be millions of mistakes, photo bombs, and accidental fingers making their way into your otherwise precious images. A team of computer scientists at Princeton University paired up with…
It seems as though every upgrade we make on our computers and mobile devices pushes us further into the grasp of Big Brother, or whoever else is watching. Microsoft’s latest free upgrade to Windows 10 is causing some much expected privacy concerns, but should you be worried? In short, probably not. Understanding your latest upgrade…
New technologies in the form of mobile apps and wearable devices are changing the way we are able to control our own health. Many smartphones now come equipped with preinstalled health apps that can be used to track steps, calories, work outs, activities, heart rate, and even sleep. But does this new technology actually contribute…
T-Mobile used to be a low name on the cellular totem pole, but their contractless presence has been greatly influencing the mobile market for the last few years, bypassing Sprint and securing a third place spot in the industry. Verizon has taken note of their uncarrier-like moves and opted to eliminate their 2 year contracts.…
On July 30th, Yahoo launched a new video chat app in the U.S. called Livetext that is interestingly lacking one key feature: sound. Senior Director of Product Management Arjun Sethi at Yahoo demonstrated their new app at a press conference in New York. The video chat feature allows users to move about and display their…
Google has added yet another tool to its list of services available to web designers. Pixate, a mobile application development platform, allows app developers to create visual prototypes. A basic version of their Studio tool will be free, with a paid version at $5 a month or $50 a year for designers who want the…
As technology cruises along at record speeds, brands are realizing the need to integrate mobile apps into their business plan. Often this means relying on external experts to develop something that is very much reliant on internal processes, details outside techs may not be able to translate properly to consumers. Businesses are missing the mark…
The future of the internet is mobile, but to allow access to an increasing number of people, new technologies must exist. In what they call the Connectivity Lab, Facebook employees are working towards bringing the Internet to people around the world using state of the art lasers, satellites, and drones. Yael Maguire, a former MIT…
The Solar Impulse 2 has already set records at the tail end of the eighth leg of a thirteen leg flight around the world. After the first four days, the pilot, Andre Borschberg, and his plane achieved the longest solo flight and longest solar-powered flight, with much of the trip still left. The Solar Impulse…