Browsing Category: Reviews and Gadgets

  • Facebook’s new career site aims to help job-seekers hone their skills

    Facebook has updated some of its career tools and launched a new website in order to help its users find new job opportunities, the company said today. Now, along with posting jobs on their Pages, businesses can also post them in Groups, and Facebook… Source: Engadget | Facebook’s new career site aims to help job-seekers …

    November 13, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Lime launches its first car-sharing service in Seattle

    It's true: after a long time focusing on scooters, Lime is ready to delve into four-wheeled transportation. The startup is launching a car-sharing service, LimePod, that will be available in Seattle as of this week. As with scooters, it'll cost just… Source: Engadget | Lime launches its first car-sharing service in Seattle

    November 13, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Google will take over part of DeepMind’s health business

    Alphabet is shuffling some of its companies around as it works to better organize the health projects that are currently spread across its subsidiaries. So going forward, DeepMind's health unit will instead exist under the Google umbrella and it will… Source: Engadget | Google will take over part of DeepMind’s health business

    November 13, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Senators call for FTC investigation into ads in children’s apps

    Last month, a study published in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics described just how prevalent advertising is in apps geared towards children, and its findings have now led three Senators to ask the FTC to investigate. Senator… Source: Engadget | Senators call for FTC investigation into ads in children’s apps

    November 13, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Our moon is the hottest property in the solar system right now

    The space race is heating up again in ways we haven't seen since the end of the Cold War. We haven't been to the moon since 1972 but a number of private companies and national agencies have begun looking to our nearest celestial neighbor with renewed… Source: Engadget | Our moon is the hottest property …

    November 13, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Razer Phone 2 will be available from AT&T on November 16th

    If you're in the US, you no longer have to buy the Razer Phone 2 online or visit a big-box store — it could be available at a carrier shop around the corner. AT&T has announced that it will carry the gaming-oriented smartphone both online and a… Source: Engadget | Razer Phone 2 will be …

    November 13, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Kindle Paperwhite review (2018): A classic, updated

    Until now, the Kindle Paperwhite had three mortal enemies: water, airplane seatback pockets (just me that keeps leaving them on planes?) and book snobs. While there's no hope for the latter, one of those issues isn't long for this world, as this year… Source: Engadget | Kindle Paperwhite review (2018): A classic, updated

    November 13, 2018 | by Raheel
  • UK's largest mobile carrier will launch 5G in 16 cities next year

    EE, the largest mobile carrier in the UK, is planning to launch its 5G network in 16 cities across the country in 2019. The carrier will flip the switch on the high-speed network in heavily trafficked areas in the UK's busiest cities. The initial lau… Source: Engadget | UK's largest mobile carrier will launch 5G …

    November 13, 2018 | by Raheel
  • The best home and kitchen gear to give as gifts

    There are plenty of technology gifts that can make someone's domestic life easier, but where to start? For this year's holiday gift guide we've chosen eight devices that can help out in both the kitchen and the home at large. Smart speakers are hot o… Source: Engadget | The best home and kitchen gear to …

    November 13, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Facebook bug allowed other sites to view users' likes and interests

    Facebook's privacy woes are a little murkier after it emerged a bug allowed websites to extract certain data from users' profiles, such as their interests and likes, without them knowing about it. Facebook fixed the bug a few days after Imperva secur… Source: Engadget | Facebook bug allowed other sites to view users' likes and …

    November 13, 2018 | by Raheel