Month: May 2020

The new Google Maps feature helps users to check if a location is wheelchair accessible, or suitable for people with strollers and those with conditions affecting their mobility. On Thursday (21 May), which was Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Google Maps announced a new feature that allows wheelchair users to check if a destination is accessible … Continue reading Google Maps begins release of accessibility information feature Continue Reading →

After almost a year of waiting, Valve is finally ready to let the public take a peek at the reimagined version of its troubled card game. The company released a signup page to Artifact Beta 2.0 on Friday, tweeting that everyone is welcome to sign up, though players of the original game will get priority.  https://youtu.be/YjoyeBGwJVY Over a year … Continue reading Valve starts inviting players to ‘Artifact’ Beta 2.0 Continue Reading →

An overhauled macOS app would share features with its mobile equivalents. The Messages app on the Mac has lagged behind its iOS equivalent for a long time — it’s good for answering text messages without reaching for your iPhone, but many of the features and effects are missing. It might catch up this year, though. … Continue reading Messages on the Mac may finally catch up to its iOS counterpart Continue Reading →

VR Education plans to use the funding to further develop its Engage platform while building its sales and marketing capability. Waterford-based virtual reality start-up VR Education will receive a €3m investment from HTC, following on from a strategic licensing partnership the two companies announced in March. In a statement, VR Education said that the investment … Continue reading HTC invests €3m in Waterford firm VR Education Continue Reading →

The fintech company plans to more than double its workforce over the next two years, with roles across operations, analysis and consulting. Belfast-based fintech consultancy Vox Financial Partners will be hiring for 25 new positions, more than doubling its workforce on the back of a £1.5m investment. Founded in 2016, the company provides regulatory expertise to … Continue reading Vox Financial announces £1.5m investment and 25 jobs for Belfast Continue Reading →

Xiaomi,  the Chinese comapny famous for its budget smartphones and a bevy of value-for-money gadgets, said in a filing on Thursday that it has backed more than 300 companies as of March, totaling 32.3 billion yuan ($4.54 billion) in book value and 225.9 million yuan ($32 million) in net gains on disposal of investments in just the first … Continue reading Xiaomi’s investment house of IoT surpasses 300 companies Continue Reading →

Even the latest iOS release is susceptible. Apple’s efforts to discourage iOS jailbreaking have typically left enthusiasts waiting a while until code sleuths discover a flaw that lets them bypass safeguards and break some of the platform’s rules. Not this time around, though. The Unc0ver team has released (via TechCrunch) a jailbreak that works with every iPhone that runs iOS … Continue reading The latest iOS jailbreak cracks virtually any iPhone Continue Reading →

Cake has crafted the Swedish edition of electric motorcycle design starting in the dirt. The Stockholm-based mobility startup’s debut, the Kalk OR, is a 150-pound, battery-powered two-wheeler engineered for agile off-road riding and available in a street-legal version. In appearance, Cake’s Kalk has a minimalist stance and doesn’t evoke “motorcycle” in any conventional sense. That … Continue reading Cake brings a Swedish take on e-motorcycle design to the US Continue Reading →

Notion,  the fast-growing work collaboration tool that recently hit a $2 billion valuation, said on Twitter Monday that its service is blocked in China. The productivity app has attracted waves of startups and tech workers around the world — including those in China — to adopt its all-in-one platform that blends notes, wikis, to-dos, and team collaboration. The four-year-old … Continue reading Work collaboration unicorn Notion is blocked in China Continue Reading →