Month: June 2020

Amazon’s Fire tablets are among the best value for money tablets around, even though Google support isn’t available out of the box. The Fire HD 8 is one of the latest entries in this range, and it packs a ton of value for money at $89.99. Fortunately, Amazon is going even further by cutting the … Continue reading Deal: Amazon’s new Fire HD 8 tablet is just $60 (save $30) Continue Reading →

NASA has published images that reveal the blanket of dust from the Saharan dust storm as it moves across the ocean toward the Americas. This isn’t a new phenomenon — the dust has gravitated this way before many times. However, NASA notes that this particular dust storm’s resulting blanket has been ‘quite expansive.’ Using the … Continue reading NASA’s new Saharan dust blanket images reveal its massive size Continue Reading →

  Companies owned by private equity firms are not seeing the money for protection that those firms ostensibly have saved up, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported, and many are tumbling into bankruptcy. The companies, ranging from restaurants to rental companies and retailers, have not seen any of the “dry powder,” or the money that the private … Continue reading PE Firms Shun Investments In Older Firms Hard Hit By Pandemic Continue Reading →

There are few things we take more for granted than snapping a quick photograph with our phones. The rise of computational photography paired with multiple-lenses and the inherent convenience factor have made smartphones the default choice for most users. While it has been years since smartphones completely destroyed the point and shoot market, even high-end SLRs have been … Continue reading Throwback: Mobile camera tech was amazing even before iPhone and Android Continue Reading →

Google Meet, the company’s alternative to products like Zoom, will soon be updated with some new features that better enable it to take on competitors. Google plans to roll out the features later this year, but has introduced them ahead of that launch, showcasing what educators and other users can expect. Features like hand-raising, blurring, … Continue reading Google Meet will soon offer blurred backgrounds and other useful tools Continue Reading →

  Wirecard AG, the disgraced German payments provider that filed for insolvency last week over a $2.1 billion accounting scandal, told customers it’s business as usual at all but one of its subsidiaries. In a posting on its website, the suburban Munich company said Wirecard Bank is not part of the insolvency proceedings and electronic fund transfers … Continue reading Wirecard Says Payouts To Merchants Will Continue Uninterrupted Continue Reading →

Let’s talk about Apple. This past week was WWDC 2020, and they had plenty of announcements. It’s exciting to see a number of fun Android features coming with iOS 14, just as it’s fun to see some new features headed to iPhone that we might see on Android in the future. Two of our favorite changes … Continue reading This week in Android: WWDC 2020, Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus giveaway Continue Reading →

The South Korean boy band BTS is no longer the 24-hour viewing record holder over at YouTube. Another band has risen above the group, and it’s not surprising that it comes from the same genre. Blackpink managed to rake in more than 82 million views on its new single hit “How You Like That” within … Continue reading Another K-pop band sets new YouTube 24-hour viewing record Continue Reading →

In the ongoing scandal of Wirecard, under fire for fraud, the focus is now turning to auditors Ernst & Young (EY), which reportedly failed to report Wirecard’s “unorthodox financial arrangements” as far back as 2016, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. According to emails seen by WSJ, the auditing firm knew of and had questions about the arrangements and was … Continue reading EY Accused Of Missing Alleged Wirecard Fraud Continue Reading →