Nokia has been one of the best companies when it comes to mobile phones. But after liaison with Microsoft, they couldn’t advance to a much better android platform. They made the windows lumia phones which had a bitter taste when it came to the User Interface. But Nokia has broken off from Microsoft and decided [...]
MSI Vortex G65 Gaming PC Category: Notebook/Computer MSI Operating System: Windows Self or Bus Powered: Self Powered Number of Ports: 2 Thunderbolt Version: Thunderbolt 3 Thunderbolt™ 3 brings Thunderbolt to USB-C at speeds up to 40Gbps, creating one compact port that does it all- delivering the fastest, most versatile connection to any dock, display, or [...]
Despite evidence that only a minority of Facebook users realize their news feeds are guided by an algorithm, there are still plenty of home grown ideas about how posts are chosen to appear. Facebook, of course, won’t tell us precisely how the feed works. But researchers have gathered 10 “folk theories” of the mysterious algorithm… [...]
Apple has been pouring a lot more money into research and development in recent years. In its fiscal year 2015, it spent more than $8 billion on R&D, a 34% increase from the prior year. Some have read this as a signal that a pivot is coming, specifically into the auto business. That Apple is… [...]
Maybe troubled Yahoo is undervalued after all. No less an investor than Warren Buffett is among the bidders for its core assets, Reuters reported today, citing unnamed sources. Buffett isn’t going it alone. He’s financing a consortium that includes Dan Gilbert, the founder of Quicken Loans. The group has reportedly made it to the second… [...]
Startup founders are steadily losing interest in advertising. An analysis by Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator found that number of applicants mentioning advertising as a source of revenue has fallen by more than half since peaking in 2009. By contrast, founders are gravitating to paid subscription models, often called Software-as-a-Service, to fund their startup… [...]
Can software have good taste? Until recently, the idea that a few—or even many—lines of code could predict the music you’ll like even before you’ve heard it seemed impossible. You might have said it couldn’t be done. But entire companies, even industries, depend on that proposition, including Spotify, whose preference technology we explore in the… [...]
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