Browsing Category: Tech News

  • Facebook finally adapts to 4K video

     If you’re sick of your beautiful videos looking crummy on Facebook, there’s good news for you. After some super HD videos started popping up on the social network, Facebook now confirms to TechCrunch it’s testing 4K video uploads and viewing using the 2160p UHD-1 Ultra-High-Definition Television standard. Read More Source: Tech Crunch Mobiles | Facebook …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Apple’s ‘App of the Day’ featuring boosts downloads by 1747%, games by 792%

     New research from Apptopia, out today, takes a look at the impact getting featured as the App or Game of the Day on the new iOS App Store has on app downloads. This data is still fairly early, as the revamped App Store only arrived publicly with iOS 11’s release in September. Not surprisingly, the …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • One Oregon city's annual fall festival involves racing giant pumpkins through a lake

    This city goes above and beyond with celebrating a lot more than just pumpkin carvings and pie eating contests.  Tualatin, Oregon, celebrated their 14th annual West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta festival on Saturday. The all-day event ends with giant pumpkins racing against each other with the paddlers dressed in Halloween costumes. To be clear, these …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Blood liner is the latest makeup trend to try if you're obsessed with Halloween

    If you’re looking to add some spooky detail to your normal makeup routine this Halloween season, you should try some blood liner.  Yeah, that may sound kind of gruesome, but it’s basically red eyeliner meant to look like blood. It’s creative and creepy, and perfect for the depths of autumn. SEE ALSO: Nose hair extensions …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • What's coming to (and going from) Netflix in November

    Can you believe it’s only been a year since Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life? And what a fruitful year it has been for Netflix, and for us, its loyal servants customers.  This Thanksgiving, you can curl up with Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It or save and binge Alias Grace – or really …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • FYI: SNES Classics are hitting Toys R Us store shelves on Friday

    If you missed your chance to get an SNES Classic when they first went on sale or weren’t fast enough to get a preorder in the madness beforehand, Toys R Us may be your saving grace on Friday. Toys R Us will be stocking its shelves with limited quantities of SNES Classic consoles on Friday, …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Become a full stack coder by mastering Javascript

    Just to let you know, if you buy something featured here, Mashable might earn an affiliate commission. The coding profession has come a long way. It used to be that nerds in ’80s teen comedies were the only people who coded. But now, everyone codes — and you can too. This bundle contains 10 courses …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Gfycat hits 130M monthly active users as short form video heats up

     GIFs — or, let’s call it for what it is: short-form video — were always pretty popular, but it still seems surprising that we would embed them into our phone’s keyboards. But here we are in 2017, and there is a group of startups that are looking to bring the usage, or in the case …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Mia Contacts takes another shot at a smart contacts app with $3M in funding

     Editor’s Note: After publication, a reader pointed out on Twitter that mia Contacts will text your contacts on your behalf when tagging a contact. CEO Amit Kumar said on Twitter that this is an attempt to curb abuse. The full original story follows below.  The idea of sorting out your contacts, and discovering new ones …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Instagram now lets you share a live stream with someone else

    Instagram is letting friends double up on live steams. The app has introduced a new live streaming feature that allows two people to go live at the same time. The company began testing the feature in August, but this is the first time Instagram’s made it available to everyone. SEE ALSO: How I broke Instagram …

    October 24, 2017 | by Raheel