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Well this is a relatively fast exit. In March last year a brand new smart watch brand appeared hoping to offer something different. Combining the incredible engineering talent in Central Europe’s Romania, with the the business smarts of London and former executives from Citizen watches, the Vector startup carved out a very credible slot in the ‘affordable luxury’ smart watch sector. Only year later, Vector has been acquired for an undisclosed price by global wearable giant Fitbit. Founder and CTO Andrei

She didn't just talk about Trump.Image: grant pollard/ invision via APBy Marissa Wenzke2017-01-10 01:31:59 UTC"You and all of us in this room, really, belong to the most vilified segments in American society right now," Meryl Streep told the audience during her acceptance speech at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night.  "Think about it — Hollywood, foreigners, and the press." Well, that last group has gotten a bit of help from the iconic actress's emotional speech. The Committee to Protect Journalists

Have you ever wondered why we divide our days into hours, minutes, and seconds? This video explains the history of our divisions of time. The post Why days are divided into hours, minutes, and seconds appeared first on Holy Kaw!. Via ASDA Alltop

Ryan Reynolds and Andrew Garfield have inspired some glorious fan art.Image: Lionel Hahn/Sipa/Rich Fury/Invision/AP/mashable compositeBy Sam Haysom2017-01-09 10:35:02 UTCWhen a moment like the Ryan Reynolds/Andrew Garfield kiss happens, it sends gleeful shockwaves throughout the internet. One of inevitable results of such a moment? Fan art.First, let's take another look at the kiss itself, in all its passionate glory:Here's a close up, for good measure:Now given that the two of them have both recently played superheroes — Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man

Hugh Laurie wasn't afraid to throw some shade at the Golden Globes. During his acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actor in a TV Miniseries or Movie on Sunday, the actor joked this may be the last Golden Globes. "I don't mean to be gloomy but it has the words 'Hollywood,' 'foreign' and 'press' in it," he said, referencing the coming Donald Trump administration.That was the first of many political jokes the British actor, who won for his role in AMC's The Night

Imagine being rejected––not just once, not just twice, but one hundred times. One rejection a day every day for one hundred days. What do you learn? Take a look. Full story at YouTube. More interesting psychology. Posted by Josh Urich Via ASDA Alltop

LAS VEGAS — At CES 2017, we previewed some of the coolest health tech set to hit the market.From a brand new take on the electric breast pump to a discreet way to check sobriety during a night on the town, trust us, there's a lot of neat stuff on the horizon. 1. ProofImage: Brian koerber/mashableThe Proof wearable wants to help drinkers keep an eye on their BAC levels. The company behind this wristband claims it can measure alcohol molecules through

To the internet's extreme delight, there appears to be a Belle doll out there that's basically Justin Bieber in a yellow dress. The upcoming live-action version of Beauty and the Beast is due out in March, so as it does, Disney is doubling down on associated merchandise. The film stars Emma Watson as Belle, but she seems to have bitterly offended someone — how else can you explain the doll's giant forehead and remarkable Bieber resemblance?Images of the doll, which were

CES 2017 day two, Campbell Brown to help Facebook News Publishers, DJI opens its wallet for Hasselblad, and Indiegogo goes equity and goods. All this on Crunch Report. Read MoreVia ASDA Alltop

Starting a successful company is a challenge anywhere, but in certain places, the hurdles are higher than others. Despite the odds, entrepreneurs around the world continue to overcome challenges including bureaucracy, daunting startup costs, and the time it takes to register a business in order to make those dreams come true. Fast Company reported on Expert Market’s analysis of where the most determined entrepreneurs hail from as determined by these factors to give credit where hard-earned credit is due. Here’s a list of

Rain falling may seem like too random an event to form the basic rhythm of anything, but ask yourself how often you’ve been soothed by the sound, and the motivation of the creator of this piece, Max Cooper, becomes obvious. This is one of the tracks from his project, Emergence, and the following video is the work of Maxime Causeret. His video shows the raindrops initially, then going into simple cellular forms and then showing the important idea of cooperation between simple cells

It’s fair to say that HappyFresh, one of a number of startups working to make the business of on-demand grocery shopping viable in Southeast Asia, didn’t have a great 2016. The two-year-old company pulled out of two countries to “focus on sustainability and profitability” and raised an ominous ‘undisclosed’ Series B round having previously closed a $12 million Series A a year prior. Now TechCrunch has learnt that it has also changed its CEO. Co-founder Markus Bilher has vacated the role to become vice-chairman of the

You may have noticed that Chinese, Japanese, and Korean chopsticks are all different. This video explains why they're all different. The post The difference between Chinese, Japanese, and Korean chopsticks appeared first on Holy Kaw!. Via ASDA Alltop

On this week’s episode of The E.R., David Rothkopf speaks with New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman about his latest book, Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations. At an event hosted at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Rothkopf interviews Friedman about his research for and conclusions in his recent work, and together they make the case for optimism in our increasingly turbulent world. Friedman argues that technology, globalization, and climate change

Ummmm, spoiler alert? I guess? The great suspense surrounding the The New Celebrity Apprentice — whose new host is walking catchphrase Arnold Schwarzenegger (The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Terminator Genisys) — was what catchphrase he'd use while terminating people. Apparently the show's executive producers decided that "You're fired" had worn thin, and a lot of people thought "You're terminated" would be it. Ha! Hollywood is more creative than that, come on guys.Schwarzenegger, who's from the

This is just a short, one minute video, so don’t worry––you’re not committing to a fifty minute talk. Instead, it’s a short and powerful message about love. Full story at YouTube. More great vids. Posted by Josh Urich Via ASDA Alltop

Google has rolled out carrier billing option to two of India’s largest telecom operators, making it easier for more Indians to purchase apps, music and other items from marque Google Play Store.Users on Airtel and Vodafone, two carriers with over 460 million subscribers between them, can now pay for their purchases on Google Play using credit on their mobile phone. The company had told developers about this upcoming change at an event in October. Carrier billing feature has long been requested

Image: Getty Images / mashable composite By Rachel Thompson2017-01-02 10:30:51 UTCLONDON — There's no hiding place on Twitter when you're president-elect of the United States. Your tweets, favourites and even the accounts you follow are under constant scrutiny. Especially when you start following an account dedicated to fluffy little kittens.That's right. Donald Trump — soon to become the 45th president of the United States — followed 'Emergency Kittens' on Twitter for a few hours. As you might have guessed, 'Emergency Kittens'

Volcanologist Carolyn Parcheta builds robots in her quest to uncover the secrets of volcanoes.  'How She Works' is a new series from Mashable highlighting women in diverse occupations.  Watch more episodes on our YouTube channel.NASA 'mixtape' highlights best of 2016 space research This VR device promises to make both Oculus Rift and HTC Vive wireless Majestic lynx casually wanders onto ski slope to check out the action Firefighters rescue dog that slipped through the ice on Lake Michigan Read more

LONDON — It's not everyday that an enormous crocodile strolls into someone's back garden.But, when a 3.5-metre crocodile strutted into the backyard of a house in Karumba in Queensland, Australia, on New Year's Eve, locals found themselves building a makeshift trap with a few unusual garden objects."The croc enjoyed basking in the backyard for a few hours from around 6am before he made the snappy decision to move out to the front gate where he remained for the rest of

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says it's a "crazy idea" to think that his social network helped deliver Donald Trump the White House by also delivering fake news stories to its millions of U.S. users. "Personally I think the idea that fake news on Facebook

Yahoo detected evidence that a hacker had broken into its computer network at least 18 months before launching an investigation that discovered personal information had been stolen from about 500 million user accounts. The timeline outlined in a regulatory filing raises further questions about why it took Yahoo so long to realize the severity of its security breakdown. It also could provide Verizon Communications with reason to revise or terminate its $4.8 billion deal to buy Yahoo's online services.Yahoo disclosed the

For an American public that relies on data for everything from where to find the best taco to the likely victor in a baseball game, Election Day offered a jarring wake-up: The data was wrong. Donald Trump's stunning electoral win came despite prognosticators' overwhelming insistence he would lose. And it has forced many to question not just political polling, but other facets of life that are being informed and directed by data."If 'big data' is not that useful for predicting an

During the long 2016 election season, now-President-elect Donald Trump spent far more time talking about immigration, terrorism and the economy than he did about information technology issues. Over the past several years, though, he has occasionally taken to Twitter to bash net neutrality as a "top-down power grab" or say during a Fox & Friends television interview that Apple should be boycotted for fighting an FBI order to unlock an iPhone seized after a mass shooting. More insights into how a

Tech giant Google is aiming to ensure no one is using so-called "fast-charging" technology on Android devices, according to the latest version of the Android Compatibility Definition for Android Nougat. That means that Google doesn't want original equipment manufacturers producing mobile devices that ship with the Android operating system to offer fast-charging technology. That would include a wide array of charging standards currently on the market, including Qualcomm Quick Charge, OnePlus Dash Charge, Motorola Turbo Charging, and Huawei SuperCharge. While Google

Business-focused social network LinkedIn faces being blocked in Russia after a court ruled it broke a law on data storage. The Moscow city court rejected LinkedIn's appeal against a ruling that it had broken a law that requires personal data on Russian citizens to be stored on servers within Russia, court spokeswoman Ulyana Solopova told The Associated Press.Solopova says LinkedIn can appeal Thursday's ruling. The case was brought by Roskomnadzor, the Russian state telecommunications and media regulator. LinkedIn's website was still accessible

As of this morning, several hours after the U.S. presidential race was called for Donald Trump, some of the tech world's leading voices had yet to weigh in on what those results could mean for Silicon Valley in particular and innovation in general. But many news outlets are saying the impacts could be disruptive in ways that the otherwise disruption-loving tech sector might not like. Meanwhile, venture capitalist and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel -- one of the few high-profile technology sector

Gone are the days when Google let malware sites off the hook with a stern warning and a solemn promise not to revert to their harmful ways. The search engine has instituted a new policy -- effective immediately -- for sites it deems to be repeat offenders of its “Malware, Unwanted Software, Phishing, and Social Engineering” policies. Under the terms of the new policy, Google will slap warning messages alerting users that sites are malware distributors once it has determined that

Facebook is launching another Snapchat clone, a standalone ephemeral picture and video messaging app -- complete with face-distorting masks-- that looks almost identical to Snapchat. We've seen this play out before. Twice, in fact. In both instances -- first with Poke, then with Slingshot -- Facebook's attempt to create a legitimate Snapchat competitor flopped.But this time Facebook is trying something different: Its new app, Flash, was built by Facebook's growth team specifically for emerging markets where Wi-Fi is scarce and connectivity

Tech behemoth Dell EMC launched a new service to protect enterprise applications running on Amazon Web Services (AWS) yesterday called NetWorker. The company said the service will provide a complete enterprise-grade backup solution for those apps. In addition, NetWorker will run completely self-contained within an AWS environment and it will include client-side optimized backups, inline de-duplication, encryption, and compression with backup directly to Amazon S3.“The availability of Dell EMC NetWorker with CloudBoost on AWS is a particularly exciting announcement for all

Thanks to a new deep learning system called Caffe2Go, Facebook now lets users of its mobile app transform videos with artwork-inspired special effects in real time. The platform enables such on-the-fly style transfers by dramatically improving how efficiently artificial intelligence (AI) processes images and videos. With the help of Caffe2Go, users of Facebook's iOS or Android app can quickly change the look of their photos or videos in the style of Van Gogh's paintings, for example (pictured above). Facebook engineers took

Print newspapers may be disappearing like the home telephone, but not after Election Day. Remembering the frenzy for old-fashioned papers the morning after Barack Obama's historic win in 2008, newspapers are printing extra copies and setting up temporary retail stands this year, regardless of whether the nation elects the first woman or reality TV star as president. The Los Angeles Times is also selling a commemorative printing-press plate of the front page. Many people now rely on Facebook and apps for

Tech giant Oracle announced the completion of its deal to acquire cloud company NetSuite for $9.3 billion in cash today. Oracle said that enough NetSuite shares -- 53 percent -- had been tendered in favor of the vote as of midnight Friday. The completion of the deal caps off a dizzying few weeks of mergers and acquisitions activity in the enterprise tech sector. For example, semiconductor-maker Broadcom announced last month that it had agreed to acquire Brocade Communications Systems, the enterprise

The next flagship phone from Samsung, the Galaxy S8, is expected to arrive early next year with a major new feature: a built-in intelligent digital assistant. The artificial intelligence will be made possible by Samsung's acquisition of Viv Labs, which was announced last month. Founded by two of the creators of Siri, Apple's signature digital assistant, Viv Labs said its technology represents a "new paradigm" for how people interact with computers. The Viv AI uses something called dynamic program generation that