Yes, there really are two Internets — the one that most of us use and the so-called “dark web” used by all manner of criminals to conduct nefarious business without being tracked by law enforcement officials. BuzzFeed’s Joseph Bernstein spent an entire week hanging out on the Internet’s seedy underbelly, which he says consists of “scammers, drug dealers, and endearing dorks.”
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While the bulk of Bill and Melinda Gates’ time these days centers on their charity work, the Gates family remains steadfastly devoted to all things Microsoft. If you thought that some time away from the trenches of the tech world might have softened their stance regarding Apple products, you might want to reconsider.
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It used to be that cable companies could brush off the tiny minority of TV viewers who watched shows primarily over the Internet as a myth. However, The Washington Post reports on some new data from Nielsen that shows TV studios and cable companies have to start seeing cord cutting as a legitimate trend that is set to accelerate in the coming years.
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In celebration of the game’s one year anniversary, Microsoft has made all three of Titanfall’s DLC expansions free to download on Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC.
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The idea of paying $10,000 for an Apple Watch Edition is ridiculous to most people… but don’t tell that to Jony Ive. Via Fusion, last month’s big New Yorker profile of Ive revealed that he was the force within the company who really pushed to have Apple release a luxury watch that would only appeal to the sort of people who show up to the Davos World Economic Forum every year.
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The Apple Watch hasn’t even been released yet but that hasn’t stopped Chinese manufacturers from flooding the market with cheap knockoffs. The knockoff industry has gotten quite advanced over the years, and a few of Apple Watch knockoffs we’ve seen thus far bear a remarkable similarity to the real thing.
As one would expect, the Apple Watch knockoffs we’ve seen are much cheaper than what one would otherwise pay in an Apple retail store, to the tune of about $40 in some cases.
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That didn’t take long.
Deadline reports that CBS CEO Les Moonves announced at an investors conference on Wednesday that Showtime is also preparing a paid streaming service its premium network to launch in the “not-too-distant future.”
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Apple might be losing its grip on this living room. That’s not to say it ever had a stranglehold over our television sets, but when the Apple TV launched, there wasn’t much else like it. Now every vendor on the planet is selling a set-top box or a dongle with the same functionality, often at a cheaper price point.
So will the $30 discount on the Apple TV announced this Monday be enough to keep Apple in the conversation?
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If you aren’t impressed with the aluminum, stainless steel or gold options with the Apple Watch, then you might want to wait a few more months before buying one. 9to5Mac flags an interesting detail in the latest research note from KGI Securities’ Ming-Chi Kuo, who says that Apple is working with three new kinds of casing materials for the Apple Watch that it could release in the fourth quarter of 2015.
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Technology blogs toss around the word “disruption” so frequently that in most cases, it has lost all meaning. Where Uber is concerned, however, the company’s on-demand car service is nothing short of disruptive. It’s a complete game-changer that has taxi companies up in arms, and for good reason: Uber is better and smarter.
As is always the case with true disruption, plenty of companies are chasing Uber in an effort to get in near the ground floor. Some will flourish and others will ultimately fail, but consumers stand to benefit along the way. Case in point: Gett.
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