Flying drones are all the rage right now. The latest DJI Phantom is smoking hot. But sitting in your very own one and flying it? That's uncharted territory…until now. Check out this dude in the UK hovering above the earth in a contraption with "54 counter-rotation propellers and six grouped control channels with Hobbyking stabilization." It's hard to tell just… Read MoreSource: TechCrunch
If you felt bad for the folks who work at "discreet encounter" site Ashley Madison, don't. They're just fine, apparently. According to this lovely press release, the company behind Ashley Madison, Avid Life Media, has had "hundreds of thousands of morons who want their info stolen people sign up for the service" since the hack heard round the world. Tons…
Despite the attention over the past year, the lack of diversity in tech — both in race and gender — has not markedly changed. Only 3 percent of tech CEOs are women, and just 15 percent of startups have at least one female founder. Most agree that something needs to be done, but much of the attention is misplaced into a caricature. What's missing? The role of women as angel…
Google+ Collections, the company's effort at establishing its Google+ social network as more of a Pinterest competitor (since taking on Facebook didn't go so well), has launched today in the iOS version of the Google+ app. The idea with this newer feature is to allow users to congregate around their shared interests, like video games or cooking, for example. With Collections, any…
AOL is announcing another acquisition — Kanvas Labs, maker of mobile social apps. An AOL spokesperson told me that the company will continue to offer the existing Kanvas Labs products. Those include photo editing app Kanvas; Kanvas Keyboard, which allows users to include GIFs and stickers in their mobile conversations; and Kanvas for Messenger, which integrates the startup's…
Android fans wanting a touch of gold with their smartwatch — a la the Apple Watch — may be interested to learn of a fancy version of LG's Watch Urbane.
Neflix is bidding adieu to a slew of top Hollywood films from Epix as it continues to focus on hosting exclusive content on its service. As joint venture between MGM, Lions Gate Entertainment and Viacom's Paramount, Epix is a big name in the industry.