Bootstrapped tech company Doist, the company behind popular task management Todoist, is releasing a major update called Todoist Foundations — the update should be rolled out over the next 24 hours. As the name suggests, it lays foundations for many new features down the road. But there are already some interesting improvements. Task lists in
Month: October 2019
Pizza Hut this morning announced plans to pilot Zume’s signature round pizza boxes. Testing for now will be extremely limited — in fact, it’s only happening at a single location in Phoenix, Ariz. The boxes are one of a number of different technologies being pushed by the SF Bay startup. In fact, my recent conversation
Photo: Mark Lennihan (AP) WeWork, the company that is either a transformative way of life or a dangerously overleveraged real estate company posing as a cultish tech firm, is planning on laying off thousands of employees. … Just as soon as it can scrape up the cash for severance costs, anyhow. Earlier on Monday, reports
Delivery drones flying through the sky carrying emergency supplies of toilet paper may soon be a thing if CVS gets its way. The retail pharmacy giant on Monday announced it has teamed up with shipping specialist UPS to develop a drone delivery service for customers. The initiative involves UPS Flight Forward, a unit created by
Star Wars may take place a long time ago in a galaxy far away, but new additions to the franchise keep arriving here on Earth basically every day. If you’re a Star Wars fan who wants to keep up with everything happening in the space-fantasy universe, we’ve got you covered with the latest news, reviews,
With just under two months to go before Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker arrives in theaters, we finally have a new trailer for the much-anticipated conclusion of the Star Wars sequel trilogy. The saga will end, the story lives forever. Watch the final trailer for @StarWars: #TheRiseOfSkywalker in theaters December 20. Get your tickets now:
VR environments based on actual routes to real-world destinations. Earlier this week during the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology in New Orleans, Microsoft unveiled a prototype system that uses a combination of VR, GPS-based inside-out tracking, and pre-authored digital worlds to create dynamic VR experiences layered over actual walking routes located throughout
WeWork, once valued at $47 billion, will be worth as little as $7.5 billion on paper as SoftBank takes control of the struggling co-working business, CNBC reports. SoftBank, a long-time WeWork investor, plans to invest between $4 billion and $5 billion in exchange for new and existing shares, according to CNBC . The deal, expected
tech2 News StaffOct 21, 2019 23:30:31 IST It was reported last week that Apple had reportedly started the production of the iPhone XR in its Foxconn manufacturing plant in Chennai. A new report claims that product assembly has already begun. Apple iPhone XR. Image: tech2 Coming from an exclusive report by the Wall Street Journal,
For many people, the word “automation” conjures up dystopian scenes of humans versus machines. A future in which people set aside our differences to oppose the sleek, metallic products of our own engineering. Few but growth-minded business types get a warm-and-fuzzy feeling of optimism when the word “automation” comes up. And for good reason. There’s
The founder of one of 2019’s most buzzworthy startups is putting on his VC hat. Rahul Vohra, the creator of the $30/month subscription emailing service Superhuman, and Todd Goldberg, the founder of the marketing business Mailjoy, are circulating a pitch deck to potential limited partners, with plans to raise a $4 million debut angel fund,
One ongoing theme in the world of smart homes has been the emergence of gadgets and other tools that can turn “ordinary” objects and systems into “connected” ones — removing the need to replace things wholesale that still essentially work, while still applying technology to improve the ways that they can be used. In the
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun has said there is concern in the mobile industry that 4G phones won’t be so popular in 2020, which with the success of its first 5G device in China, has prompted the company to commit to producing at least 10 5G phones in 2020. Speaking at a conference in China, Jun
Qantas has just completed the longest-ever trip by a commercial airline with a 19-hour-16-minute direct flight from New York City to Sydney. Its Boeing 787 Dreamliner departed JFK Airport at 9.27 p.m. local time on Friday and landed at Sydney International Airport 10,200 miles (16,200 km) away at 7.43 a.m. local time on Sunday. But
Spun gelatin microfibers.Photo: Harvard University Synthetic meat products might come even closer to the texture of slaughtered meats with the help of what are essentially modified cotton candy machines. Scientists at universities and private companies are attempting to recreate the flavor and texture of animal-based meats using similar techniques to those used in biomedical labs.
Harley-Davidson has resumed production and deliveries of the much-anticipated and much-delayed Livewire, its first series-produced electric model. The company hasn’t shed light on the problem that led it to idle the assembly line for about a week, but it described it as an isolated incident, and added there’s nothing to worry about. “Temporarily stopping LiveWire
Syncing Philips Hue lights with Beat Saber won’t make you a better player, but you’ll look cool. Just when you thought we’ve said everything there is to say about Beat Saber, a Reddit user by the username of SlotTraveler has us talking about thepopular rythym-slaher once again. One of the few “negatives” about playing Beat
Phone cases covered with artificial skin may augment mobile devices with new input gestures, in exchange for the possibility of fueling nightmares due to how darn creepy they look. Marc Teyssier from Telecom ParisTech named the technology Skin-On Interfaces. The project, which was in collaboration with researchers from HCI Sorbonne Université and CNRS, started with
As it looks to modernize its operations, the Los Angeles Fire Department is turning to a number of new technologies, including expanding its fleet of drones for a slew of new deployments. One of the largest fire departments in the U.S., next to New York and Chicago, the LAFD has a budget of roughly $691
Maybe you’re a gamer on YouTube. Or an entrepreneur attempting to film your latest project. If you’ve ever needed to record something on your computer’s screen, you probably had moments where you thought, “I wish there were a way to record that!” While many of today’s computers come with microphones and webcams, they don’t always
Riot Games is finally taking its popular MOBA to mobile devices and consoles with League of Legends: Wild Rift, which is set to launch in 2020. Rumors of a mobile version for League of Legends surfaced in May, as Riot Games was said to have entered a partnership with Tencent to bring the MOBA to
Nokia 7.2 review: Nokia aims high but misses the mark “The Nokia 7.2 aims high but misses its target: the Google Pixel 3a.” Android One promises fast updates Elegant design, nice build quality Large and modern-looking screen Adequate battery life Affordable No Verizon or Sprint support Occasional stutters and lag Photos can be blurry Google
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tech2 News StaffOct 20, 2019 17:29:53 IST Reliance Jio has said the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) consultation paper on ‘Review of Interconnection Usage Charges (IUC)’ sabotages the Digital India and Ease of Living initiatives of the Narendra Modi government. Responding to the consultation paper, Reliance Jio said that not implementing the new Bill
tech2 News StaffOct 20, 2019 12:41:25 IST Back in March, Twitter announced a new OLED-friendly ‘Lights Out’ dark theme for iOS. However, now the new theme is reportedly rolling out to Android as well, albeit only on the alpha version of the app. The Lights Out mode is different from the existing dark mode on Android,
Ten years ago, no one would have expected a sentient tree and a heavily armed, talking raccoon to become two of Hollywood’s most popular superheroes. Two Guardians of the Galaxy movies later, that’s the world we’re living in. Unfortunately, the third film in the franchise (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, we assume) suffered a year-long
The installation of iOS 13 is moving forward at a pace that Google can only dream of for Android, as it took less than a month since the mobile operating system’s release on September 19 for it to be adopted in half of all iPhones. According to figures published by Apple on October 15, 50%
The Nintendo Switch has achieved the milestone of 15 million units sold in North America, with the hybrid console looking to continue its momentum into its fourth year since launch. The Nintendo Switch, including its recently released new version, the Nintendo Switch Lite, has sold more than 15 million units in North America since the
Consumer privacy is a tightrope act that no company has quite managed to nail down and that some seem to have given up on. In a recent interview with the BBC that followed Google’s event in New York, Rick Osterloh, the senior vice president of devices and services, said that homeowners might want to consider
Earlier this month at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco, we sat down with Box’s Aaron Levie and PagerDuty’s Jennifer Tejada to discuss their respective companies’ paths to an IPO, the general IPO landscape and the pros and cons of going public. With a lot of recent IPOs faltering and increased pressure on startup valuations, now is
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