Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Apple Music first look: Spotify, who?

The music industry is in ruins. As we’ve gravitated over the last 10 years to purchasing, and now streaming, single songs as opposed to albums, record labels have taken a huge hit in revenue. But I actually still buy music. And I buy it on iTunes. I just like having something locally stored on my computers and devices so it’s always there. If you don’t have cell or Wi-Fi service, you still have your full music collection at your fingertips.

Online payments halted in Greece, citizens eye Bitcoin to protect savings

In the midst of the ongoing financial crisis, Greece has stopped online payment transactions from going ahead using Greek debit or credit cards.

First look: Wireless Olympus Air camera mount for mobile shooting

The trend of people turning to their smartphones to capture photos and videos shows no sign of slowing down.

Monday, June 29, 2015

Gay pride: How the world turned into a rainbow this weekend

Scroll through your Facebook feed and you'll already see an array of family photos, pouting selfies and delectable dinners. But over the past few of days, there's also been a bright splash of color as users have been updating their profile pics with a rainbow overlay to advocate gay pride.

Joyride on a jetpack

By the early 21st century, we were supposed to be living in a futuristic utopia, with robots to do our chores and flying saucers to drive us to work -- if you believe in the soothsaying powers of "The Jetsons," that is.

Joyride on a jetpack

By the early 21st century, we were supposed to be living in a futuristic utopia, with robots to do our chores and flying saucers to drive us to work -- if you believe in the soothsaying powers of "The Jetsons," that is.

Plane crashes into Massachusetts home; 3 feared dead

'The Seventies': 7 movies from the '70s to binge watch

Always moving: A transient way of life

Tunisia Fast Facts

Earthquake hits city of Volcano, Hawaii

Turkish police fire pepper spray at gay pride parade

Trump talks immigration, marriage and ISIS

How Facebook turned the world into a rainbow