In a move to make radio and podcasts more interactive, iHeartRadio today is launching a new feature called Talk Back which allows listeners to participate with their favorite shows directly from the iHeartRadio mobile app. With a push of a button, listeners can offer feedback or respond to hosts’ questions …
Read More »Apple Patents Keyboard
(Photo: USPTO)A recent patent filing by Apple suggests the company is working on some kind of full-blown Mac computer that could be tucked inside one of its Magic keyboards. The design could allow a person to simply unplug the keyboard from an external display, stuff it in their rucksack, and …
Read More »Etsy Sellers Transaction Fees
Processing…Please wait. Search Engine Land » Channel » Commerce » Etsy sellers to pay 30% higher transaction fees beginning in April Etsy will raise its seller fees from 5% to 6.5% (a 30% increase), the company announced during its Q4 2021 earnings report. The new seller transaction fee will take …
Read More »Reshaping Business Innovation
Join today’s leading executives online at the Data Summit on March 9th. Register here. By Adam Burden, North America lead of technology and chief software engineer of Accenture. John Lennon and Paul McCartney are two of the greatest songwriters in music’s history. Without their talents, pop music as we know …
Read More »Driven Approach to Innovation
Often, even the best ideas don’t make it from the winner’s circle of an innovation competition to the shop floor. Before they are adopted, they must find internal champions. Yet as important as this step is, most innovation initiatives tend to gloss over it, assuming that the brilliance of the …
Read More »Apple AR/VR Headset
According to sources involved with Apple’s supply chain, the company plans to launch its rumored mixed reality headset later this year. This flies in the face of earlier reports that the headset had been delayed until next year due to a variety of issues Apple was struggling with. This would …
Read More »Beem AR App Raises $4 million
What’s the next step beyond Zoom calls and FaceTime? How about beaming yourself from one device to another in real time using augmented reality? That’s the premise behind a startup called Beem, which is today announcing its first consumer app, $4 million in seed funding and its longer-term plan to …
Read More »Microsoft Android Apps
There aren’t a ton of great ways to run Android apps on Windows, but there are several official methods on the horizon. Microsoft announced last year that Android apps would run on Windows 11 thanks to a partnership with Amazon. Windows 11 is widely available now, but the Android functionality …
Read More »Intel Snags Chief Architect
In what can only be described as a significant loss for AMD, Intel has successfully poached one of the company’s top discrete GPU architects to help the company with its upcoming line of Arc graphics solutions. Rohit Verma, who was formerly Lead SoC Architect for Discrete GPUs at AMD, is …
Read More »Exoplanet Rains Gemstones
You might think our local gas giants are extreme — Jupiter with its gaggle of moons, and Saturn with the iconic rings, but they’re nothing compared to WASP-121b. This exoplanet caught the attention of astronomers a few years back when they realized its atmosphere was hot enough to bleed metal. …
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