Tech News

According to USA Today, Yahoo, one of the internet’s early brand giants, will soon be no more, with its name to change to Altaba once Verizon completes its $4.8 billion acquisition of the company that was announced last summer. The sale includes Yahoo’s operating business, but it didn’t include the big piece of Chinese e-commerce […]

Just because a knock-off tech item works doesn’t mean it’s safe. According to Mashable, A new study from the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) in the U.K. reveals the vast majority of third-party Apple chargers aren’t safe. Researchers tested 400 counterfeit chargers for Apple products, and only three were insulated well enough to protect against […]

Now here’s some great news.  According to The Guardian, Netflix now officially offers subscribers the option to download some shows for offline viewing. Offline viewing is arguably the most demanded feature by users, and one of the things that differentiated other services including Amazon’s Video streaming service and pay TV services such as Sky and […]

Instagram’s newest feature is even more like Snapchat than users originally thought. According to Mashable, Users who send a “disappearing message” will get a notification if the recipient screenshot’s the picture. Buzzfeed noted on Friday (November 25th) that users were “freaking out” about the notifications, citing several tweets from angry users. This is just like […]

If you’ve been struggling to get your hands on an iPhone 7 Plus, you’re not alone, according to Time, It’s on backorder across the country for many color and storage size options. Apple revealed earlier this week that the delay is because they underestimated the demand for the bigger iPhone. Apple CEO Tim Cook said […]

Looks like consumer flying cars will be here sooner than we expected.  Check out this flying car prototype demonstration below.

According to TechCrunch, Samsung Electronics is urging people around the world who have its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone to stop using it immediately and exchange it as soon as possible. The urgent message comes as there have been more reports of the phones catching fire, even after Samsung issued an unprecedented global recall earlier this […]

According to TechCrunch, Twitter is changing it up with a new update that aims to make the social app more competitive with mobile messaging clients. The company will introduce a few new features for Direct Messages, including Read Receipts, typing indicators and web link previews. In group messages, Twitter will also indicate which people have seen […]

According to ABC News, Samsung announced over Labor Day weekend that it would both recall and stop sales of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone because of potentially exploding batteries. The news comes after dozens of the devices were found to explode or catch fire, with Samsung tracing the issue back to the phone’s lithium battery. […]

Check out this flying car named the AeroMobil‬.  It’s a bit much for me.  Hey maybe I’m just old school but the only way i’m flying if there is a pilot in the cockpit and it is a plane.  H-Town I want to know would you feel safe flying in the AeroMobil?

According to Mashable, Facebook is introducing a new video app for those age 21 and under. Lifestage asks users questions about themselves that they answer with short videos which can then be shared with others. But to make sure that it stays an app for young people, Lifestage will only let them use it up […]

Came across this video this morning.  Could this possibly be the next iPhone? For some reason, I feel like this is true.  We’ll have to wait and see next month when Apple unveil the real iPhone 7.