[Video] SoundTracking gets app store’s app of the week

Co-founder Steve Jang talks me through how the app was born and current updates. Jang gives me a demo of the app in action. Calling all Scaleup founders! Join the Soonicorn Summit on November 28 in Amsterdam. Meet with the leaders of Picnic, Miro, Carbon Equity and more during this exclusive event dedicated to Scaleup Founders! SoundTracking-the app that allows you to share the soundtrack to your life- is killing it in the tech rounds right now; Since its launch at SXSW this year, its had 100K downloads from Apple’s app store, been named app of the month by Billboard magazine, app of the day by Gizmodo and last week app of the week by Apple’s app store....

2 min · 214 words · Michael Rowe

[Video] The world’s most uncanny humanoid robot

Prepare yourself for the most uncanny humanoid robot I’ve ever seen. According to IEEE Spectrum, “It’s not a fake. This is the latest iteration of Geminoid series of ultra-realistic androids, from Kokoro and Hiroshi Ishiguro. Specifically, this is Geminoid DK, which was constructed to look exactly like Associate Professor Henrik Scharfe of Aalborg University in Denmark.” As my colleague Martin Bryant points out, “The uncanny valley’s being scaled. Slowly.” Story byCourtney Boyd Myers Courtney Boyd Myers is the founder of audience....

1 min · 167 words · Brett Marks

A 10TB Degoo cloud storage plan for under $90? It’s the TNW Deals summer gift to you

TLDR:The Degoo Premium Backup Plan offers a 10TB cloud storage account to cover all your file saving needs, all at over 90 percent off the regular price. All your history can hold you back. And that’s no metaphor. Just start sorting through your hard drive and you’ll probably find dozens upon dozens of old files — videos, music, documents and more — stashed in virtually every corner of your computer or other device....

3 min · 441 words · Makayla Miller

A 3G-capable, Linux powered computer…in your car’s dashboard?

When I got my latest car, the first thing that I did was start thinking about ways that I could geek it up a bit. While the main options that I’ve seen surround using a small form-factor computer installed with a touch screen in place of your radio, this just didn’t seem like the right answer for me. I might have found the right answer in theNavisurfer II. It is a full-blown Linux-based computer, with touchscreen monitor and 3GHSDPAmodem all built in....

2 min · 407 words · Hannah Berry

A Basic Mobile Apps Arsenal for Activists

Activists in Nigeria have shown us how it’s possible to usemobile technology to prevent electoral fraud, while activists in the Middle East, have been making use of various mobile applications to broadcast images, videos and more from the protests that have swept the region. While there is no hard and fast rule on which apps to use, we’ve done our research and put together a list of the most useful tools available....

6 min · 1152 words · Alexander Thompson
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