Forget the Opal Card, soon all you’ll need for your morning commute could be a credit card. At an event on the future of transport in Sydney Monday, the New South Wales Minister for Transport Andrew Constance announced the state … Read More
If you make smartphones, you need to make headphones. I’m not sure why that is, exactly, but hey, the law is the law. For the vast majority of us, there’s nothing particularly engaging in the notion of buying a pair … Read More
There are three questions people tend to ask when virtual reality comes up in conversation. “Will it make me sick?” “When can I buy it?” “Is there porn on it yet?” Don’t get them wrong: People don’t necessarily want to … Read More
With Facebook’s F8 developers conference showing off a VR selfie stick and the HTC 10 review, you may have missed some of this week’s best new apps See also: Snapchat now has emoji stickers that move with your videos Each … Read More
For the sake of bringing virtual reality to the public, a then-88-year-old David Attenborough clambered into a tiny Triton submarine in late 2014. The beloved documentary maker and naturalist was filming a virtual reality experience, David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef Dive … Read More
This past week, Facebook showed us what it’s like to take a virtual reality selfie using the Oculus Rift — an experience that has to be seen to truly grasp its awesomeness But that demo was just a prototype. You … Read More
Apple may soon be radically changing the way it deals with developers in its App Store. The company is considering plans that would allow developers to pay for sponsored search results in the App Store, according to a new report … Read More
Competitive hot air ballooning may not be a sport you’ve given much thought, but it too, is feeling the chilly winds of “disruption.” An app created by Australian developer Sean Kavanagh, OziTarget, is partly to blame. Kavanagh works for Kavanagh Balloons in Sydney, a hot air … Read More
Yesterday Amazon unveiled its latest e-reader, the Kindle Oasis. As promised by CEO Jeff Bezos, the Oasis is indeed top of the line — and it’s all-new. In fact, the design is the most radical departure Amazon has made to … Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — In the latest clash over privacy rights in the digital age, Microsoft is suing the U.S. government over a federal law that allows authorities to examine customer emails or online files without the individual’s knowledge. The lawsuit … Read More