Technology

Wattpad, the social publishing platform behind apps for sharing original stories and chat fiction, is today venturing into video with the launch of a new app called Raccoon. Unlike its predecessors, Raccoon will focus on non-fiction video-based storytelling, with the goal of connecting people who want to create and watch …

Apps are dominating consumers’ digital media habits, but getting people to try new ones is still a tough sell. That’s the latest from comScore’s newly released 2017 U.S. Mobile Apps Report, which finds that 57 percent of consumers’ time spent using digital media is now taking place in mobile apps. …

For almost a year we’ve heard rumors that Apple would launch multiple iPhones this year. The 10th anniversary of the original iPhone’s debut is almost upon us, and the company is supposedly prepping a top-end device to showcase new and emerging technologies. This new technology, however, comes at a price …

It’s now fairly clear what tech pundits like Andrew Rubin mean when they say Artificial Intelligence will be the operating system of the future – that is, some kind of omnipresent, all listening entity that will live inside our cars, houses and cell phones, taking orders and answering questions (all …

The “Game of Thrones” effect is in full force for HBO NOW, the premium network’s streaming service for cord cutters. According to new data from app market data provider App Annie, the iOS and Android versions of the HBO NOW mobile app have together generated $19 million in U.S. revenue …

For years, advocates of net neutrality have warned against the damage that could be done if companies are allowed to separate the Internet into pricing tiers. Verizon was inevitably going to be the first telco to make this kind of move; the firm sued to block relatively toothless net neutrality …

Samsung has spent the last 10 months without any Galaxy Note devices to sell following the cancellation of the Note 7. Now, there’s a new Note about to hit shelves. Samsung has made the Galaxy Note 8 official at its Unpacked event, and there aren’t a lot of surprises here …

For the past 15 years, Sonos has made a name for itself in the digital home audio business. For decades, home theater systems only offered ideal performance in the room you put them in. Sonos set out to change that, with a wireless speaker network end users can configure to …

Musical.ly, an app best known for its lip-syncing music videos, but which has more recently begun to air shows from Viacom, NBCU and Hearst, is today rolling out an overhaul of its mobile app that will put an increased emphasis on personalization and recommendations. Most notably, the update includes a …

Intel hasn’t said anything official about Coffee Lake yet — the 8th generation launch yesterday only alluded to desktop products coming in the fall. Newly leaked data suggests what price targets Intel will aim for, and how the new chips will fit into existing lineups — and while the positioning …