IBNLiveSwatch plans to add more to its smartwatch range: ReportIBNLiveZurich: Swatch plans to add to its new smartwatch range, the Swiss watchmaker's chief executive told a newspaper in an interview published on Saturday. The Biel, Switzerland-based company is competing with Apple and other…

Stop forgetting important stuff with these appsCarbondale NewsMatt Cardy/Getty. We all forget things. And sometimes it seems that the technology meant to make our lives easier just gives us more things to forget. These apps aren't like that. They will help you remember everything from your keys, to…

Telegraph.co.ukWhat happens when an Ashley Madison-shaped bomb goes off in your marriage?Telegraph.co.ukAs Loraine, 43, put her three-year-old daughter to bed in their home in Windsor she received a text from her husband. Instead of his usual “almost home” cheery tone, what she opened ripped her…

Los Angeles TimesCalifornia state government emails linked to Ashley Madison siteLos Angeles TimesThe government email addresses of nearly 50 current and former California state workers were included in a list made public by hackers of users of Ashley Madison, the online dating site for married…

AsiaOneSamsung Pay shakes up mobile wallet raceAsiaOneSamsung Electronics' new mobile payments system Samsung Pay made its Korean debut on Thursday, aiming to replace credit cards with mobile phones. Starting with the Korean service, Samsung Pay will be released in the US on Sept. 28 after a…

The AustralianJolla now taking tablet pre-ordersThe AustralianFollowing a massive $US2.5m Indiegogo crowd-funding round, the Jolla tablet, created by a team former Nokia engineers, is now available for public preorder. The 8.3mm thin tablet packs in a 1.8 GHz quad core Intel Baytrail processor, a…

PCWorldNvidia GeForce GTX 950 review: Bringing more oomph to budget gaming PCsPCWorldWhen Nvidia launched the $150 GeForce GTX 750 Ti way back in the beginning of 2014, it served as the grand unveiling for the company's new, supremely energy-efficient Maxwell graphics processor architecture. The…

iFreePress.comNever Lose Your Keys Again With Updated Tile TrackerPC MagazineTired of losing your keys or other important objects? You could always check out Tile, especially now that the makers of the popular location-tracking dongle have upgraded to a new second-generation version. The new version…

CNETHands-on with Fotokite Phi, a pet drone on a leashEngadgetDrone enthusiasts are flush with options these days, from a Parrot for a few hundred dollars to high-end quadcopters going for upward of $5,000. But the Fotokite Phi is unique because it offers a tether and controller that makes it feel…

Phone ArenaGoogle updates Android Wear with support for interactive watch facesPhone ArenaGoogle today announced a new feature of Android Wear: interactive watch faces, which can be enabled following an update that's going to be available to "all Android Wear watches in the coming weeks." As the…

Washington PostThe Ashley Madison hack proves it: Everyone lies about their birthdaysWashington PostThe amount of information released by the Ashley Madison hackers is really quite staggering: Tens of millions of emails, locations, pick-up lines and even more personal data. And, of course,…

New York TimesAd Blockers and the Nuisance at the Heart of the Modern WebNew York TimesThe great philosopher Homer Simpson once memorably described alcohol as “the cause of and solution to all of life's problems.” Internet advertising is a bit like that — the funder of and terrible nuisance baked…

NBCNews.comFour Lightning Strikes in Belgium Erase Google Customer DataNBCNews.comGoogle says four successive lightning strikes on one of its cloud infrastructure facilities in Europe last week permanently wiped out some customers' data stored on disks. Google called the incident "exceptional" and…

BBC NewsSamsung Pay chief talks securityBBC NewsIt joins Apple - which launched a rival facility last year - in trying to convince shoppers to use their handsets, rather than plastic cards, to make in-store purchases. Samsung's technology works with a larger number of existing payment terminals…

FortuneThe United States of emojiFortuneCalifornians are really into the taxi emoji, a study has found. America — land of the free, home of the brave — loves its emojis. Nearly 74% of Americans report using an en emoji every single day. Now we have the U.S. Emoji Report to break down ...Apparently…

Single-family starts rose by 12.9 percent in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 782,000. This rise in activity resulted in an uptick in builder confidence on a national and regional basis ...

ZDNetNote 5, Edge 6 Plus, and Samsung Pay launch in South KoreaZDNetFor Samsung, much is riding on two new phones as the company suffers five consecutive quarterly declines in profit and continues to get squeezed by cheap Chinese gadget makers in the low-end, and Apple in the high-end. The South…

ReutersHackers dump data online from cheating website Ashley Madison: reportsReutersTORONTO Hackers dumped online personal details of more than a million users of infidelity website AshleyMadison.com, tech websites reported on Tuesday, the latest high-profile cyber attack that threatens to wreak…

LivemintGoogle launches Wi-Fi router for home useLivemintWith the router, users will be able to prioritize a device so that they can get the fastest Internet speeds for data-heavy activities such as downloading content or streaming a movie. Photo: Reuters. Bengaluru: Google Inc. launched a Wi-Fi…

Business TodayMicrosoft pushes emergency update for Internet Explorer vulnerabilityPCWorldWindows users are encouraged to update their computers as soon as possible, after Microsoft pushed out a patch for an issue in Internet Explorer that lets attackers remotely run malicious code with whatever…

MashableDitch Built-In Dictation for Dragon Anywhere AppsPC MagazineMost of us have dictation options on our smartphone's keyboard, but the accuracy and speed with which it translates our words into text can often leave something to be desired. Nuance thinks it has a better option: Dragon Anywhere…

SlashGearHave 80% of Apple Watch owners used Apple Pay?SlashGearToday a study has been released in which Apple Pay appears to be being used by 80% of all Apple Watch users. Carried out by Wristly, a private research group, it's a headline grabbing figure for Apple's mobile payments service, which…

Business In SavannahHigh-tech cars bring Detroit, Silicon Valley face to faceBusiness In SavannahA miniature remote controlled car sits on a counter at the Ford Motor Company Research and Innovation Center in Palo Alto, Calif. on Aug. 13. Photos by Eric Risberg/The Associated Press- Nitin Bandaru,…

CNETOpera Max update saves data while you watch YouTube, NetflixCNETAttention, YouTube and Netflix addicts: An update to the Opera Max app boasts that you will slurp up less data while streaming videos, shows and movies. The update to the data-management and data-saving app, which is available in…

ForbesAmerica Challenges Japan To A Robot Duel Then Decides To Change Their RobotForbesI cover gaming in Japan as well the pop-culture here. You can follow me on Twitter or check out my YouTube videos. I also founded and continue to manage the mecha gaming site, Mecha Damashii. I have over a…

ABC NewsAmazon Under Fire For Alleged Difficult Working EnvironmentABC Newsequipment to come ply with environmental regulations. We Hurn to Amazon under the microscope of a "New York times" microscope described a brutal work environment. Amazon rushing all sorts of goods to our house. And Jeff bazos…

FortuneFacebook takes on Medium and LinkedIn with new Notes lookFortuneFacebook has revamped its long-forgotten Notes feature with a new look, as part of its ongoing attempts to host more media content. Eagle-eyed programmer and blogging pioneer Dave Winer spotted something a little different on…

OCRegisterOC landline users, often elderly, recount skirmishes with robocallersOCRegisterBob Ralston, of Orange, answers a call from a salesperson trying to sell him solar panels. ED CRISOSTOMO, , ED CRISOSTOMO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER. BY SUSAN CARPENTER / STAFF WRITER. Facebook; Twitter; Email;…

Emirates 24/7Video: Internet of Things has hackers driving your car… into deadly dangerEmirates 24/7Is it time we start worrying about hackers getting a free ride in your car? With a growing number of cars getting on board the Internet of Things (IoT) bandwagon, hackers have been able to gain access…

Wall Street JournalSprint to Abandon Two-Year ContractsWall Street JournalTwo-year contracts are disappearing from the U.S. wireless industry. Sprint Corp. S 10.05 % said Monday it is doing away with two-year contracts and will shift entirely to a model where customers lease their smartphones.…

MNR DailyHuawei Nexus news, specs: Leaked renders confirm rear fingerprint sensorMNR DailyNew leaked renders of the Huawei Nexus 6 reveal that the upcoming device will also feature a rear fingerprint scanner similar to the LG Nexus 5 leaked earlier. Google is expected to release two Nexus devices…

The Indian ExpressAndroid M stands for Marshmallow, confirms GoogleThe Indian ExpressThe suspense over Android M is now over and Google has revealed that the M stands for Marshmallow. Google has now introduced the official Android 6.0 SDK (Software Developer Kit) and the Play Store will be open for…

EngadgetGoogle builds a standalone Hangouts websiteEngadgetGoogle has built Hangouts its own website, but it's not spinning it out of Gmail completely like the company did with several properties to form its new parent corporation. It's just one of the (many, many) ways to access the messaging…

NEWS.com.auIs this proof Apple is building a car?NEWS.com.auADDING fuel to rumours that Apple is working on designs for a car, local officials say engineers for the giant tech company recently made inquiries about a former navy base that's been converted into a testing ground for self-driving cars…

GameSpotGS News Update: Star Wars PS4 and Kingdom Hearts 3 Announcements!GameSpotStar Wars Episode VII protagonists are coming to Disney Infinity, Big Hero 6 is coming to Kingdom Hearts, and Sony announces new PS4 bundle! by Edmond Tran on August 16, 2015. Did you enjoy this video? Sign In to Upvote…

All India RoundupSundar Pichai, Google CEO Salary In Indian RupeesAll India RoundupSundar Pichai, is appointed as new CEO of the world's famous search engine Google founded by Larry page and Sergei Brin after the development of Alphabet which is a parent company of Google and other businesses. He is…

PCWorldWindows 10 on your Mac? Yes you can!Morning TickerHave you ever wanted an Apple computer, but were not quite comfortable letting go of your Microsoft Windows operation system? If so, all of your troubles have been dissolved away. You can now run the new Microsoft's Windows 10 operation system…

Junior CollegeMozilla tests a true stealth mode for FirefoxPCWorldMozilla wants to make private browsing truly private. The company is testing enhancements to private browsing in Firefox designed to block website elements that could be used by third parties to track browsing behavior across sites.…

TechCrunchTwitter Removes 140-Character Limit From Direct Messages So That People You ...TechCrunchTwitter Removes 140-Character Limit From Direct Messages So That People You Follow Can Send You Long Rambling Missives About Their Day And Stuff And Things. You Know, Like Horror Stories About Their…