Ever wonder what you can do with an Apple Pencil — or why it is so useful to creators, professionals, and business users? Turns out, there are several features that help make Apple’s stylus so unique for iPad owners and different from anything else. Here’s a few of them, plus some tips and tricks.
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Domain registrar oversteps taking down Zoho domain, impacts over 30Mil users
Domain registrar bungle takes down the website of one of the world’s largest companies.
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UK issues first-ever GDPR notice in connection to #Facebook data scandal
Canadian firm AggregateIQ, linked to the Facebook & Cambridge Analytica data scandal, is the first to be put on notice.
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Hands-on with MX Linux: A pleasant, easy-to-install Linux distribution
MX Linux is a descendant/spin-off from Antix and MEPIS Linux. I want to see what it is like to install and run on both UEFI and MBR laptops.
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Salesforce, AWS expand partnership with secure data sharing between platforms
Salesforce and Amazon’s cloud arm, AWS, have had a pretty close relationship for some time, signing a $400 million deal for infrastructure cloud services in 2016, but today at Dreamforce, Salesforce’s massive customer conference taking place this week in San Francisco, they took it to another level. The two companies announced they were offering a […]
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Rejoice #Mac mini pro fans: #Apple hasn’t forgotten you
Apple will reportedly launch a Mac mini aimed at developers and the server set. Tech pros like David Gewirtz will be stoked.
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Sequoia backs Maven, a virtual health clinic for women
Maven has raised a $27 million Series B co-led by Sequoia and Oak HC/FT, bringing its total raised to date to $42 million.
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Watch this tiny robot crawl through a wet stomach
While this video shows a tiny robot from the City University of Hong Kong doing what amounts to a mitzvah, we can all imagine a future in which this little fellow could stab you in the kishkes. This wild little robot uses electromagnetic force to swim or flop back and forth to pull itself forward […]
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Lenovo ThinkPad X380 Yoga review: A classy 13-inch 360-degree convertible
The X380 Yoga combines typical ThinkPad features with a 360-degree screen, keyboard lock-out in tablet modes and a bundled stylus.
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Committed to privacy, Snips founder wants to take on Alexa and Google, with blockchain
The story could be a harbinger of things to come when voice becomes more and more ubiquitous. After all, Amazon announced the launch of Alexa for Hospitality, its Alexa system for hotels, in June. News stories like this simply reinforce the idea that voice control is seeping into our daily lives. The French startup Snips […]
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