Should tech companies provide governments with backdoors to their products, enabling them to bypass encryption and access people’s personal data? Apple’s answer is a resolute no. On Tuesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook published a long open letter to the company’s … Read More
Phone company giveth, customers taketh. Australian telecommunications company Telstra made good on a promise on Sunday, giving mobile customers a day of free data as part of an apology for the outages experienced on mobile and Internet services nationwide last … Read More
As is customary, LG is slowly dripping bits and pieces of info about the upcoming LG G5 flagship phone, scheduled to be unveiled just before Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Feb. 21. On Wednesday, the company shared a short … Read More
The Scion brand is no more. Well, at least, soon it won’t be. On Wednesday morning, Scion announced that, starting in August, all 2017 model year Scion models will be sold as rebadged Toyotas. The FR-S sports car, iA sedan, … Read More
Are you ready to live stream on Facebook? After rolling out first to celebrities and then to a relative handful of regular users, Facebook’s live video streaming feature is now a part of everyone’s Facebook experience. See also: GoPro’s integration … Read More
Visitors to Malpe beach in the southern Indian district of Karnataka will now be able to surf the Internet along with the waves thanks to a free public Wi-Fi network set up by the Indian government See also: Google launches … Read More
You can now live stream with Periscope using a GoPro action cameraMashable’s tech team tried it out and despite a mostly good, smooth experience, there’s room for improvement. Before we even started Periscoping, we ran into a few realizations. First, … Read More
Former Governor of California and movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger might have popularized the Humvee for civilians, but dare I say there is no vehicle on the planet more “Schwarzenegger” than the Mercedes-Benz Unimog. See also: This motorcycle can transform into … Read More
If you give a girl the opportunity to code, the tech industry seems to expect her to ask, “Where are the pink accessories?” When it comes to getting girls invested in coding, the tech space has one main tactic — … Read More
With rumors swirling around a new 4-inch iPhone and Samsung’s upcoming flagship, the Galaxy S7, you may have missed some of this week’s best new apps. See also: 19 apps to reinvent yourself in 2016 Each weekend, we round up … Read More