Apple Pay Cash was introduced back at WWDC 2017 as an alternative to PayPal and Venmo. In theory, it lets you send money over iMessage to someone and the other side will receive them in their Apple Pay account. In reality, it can be used for paying rent, bills, tickets, food to someone close that…
Microsoft opened up the news floodgates this morning, in the kick off to its annual Inspire event in Vegas. One of the more compelling announcements of the bunch is the addition of a free version of Teams. The Slack competitor has been kicking around in some form or other since late-2016, but the $60 a…
Microsoft’s Azure SQL Data Warehouse, the company’s cloud-based database service for big data workloads, is getting yet another speed bump today. A few months ago, the company sped up the service with the general availability of its second-generation compute-optimized tier and today it’s doubling its query performance thanks to the launch of its new instant…
With the release of iOS 11.4.1, Apple has finally rolled out a new security feature designed to protect your devices against USB accessories that connect to the data port, making it harder for law enforcement and hackers to break into your iPhone or iPad without your permission. Dubbed USB Restricted Mode, the feature automatically disables…
It may not seem like it’s been very long since the industry was abuzz about 4G or even 3G and the benefits for M2M (machine-to-machine) and IoT (Internet of Things) applications, but now it’s all about 5G, the fifth generation of wireless broadband networks. In verticals like agriculture, smart cities, utilities, manufacturing, healthcare, and beyond,…
Without a hefty tax credit enticing new customers, it’s possible Tesla may run into sales issues in the near future. Federal tax benefits for Tesla purchases are being phased out at the end of the year. The post As tax credits expire, the cost of buying a Tesla increases appeared first on Digital Trends. Source…
Moonfruit Standard review Moonfruit has a free entry-level offering and a range of other packages. The Standard product sits above Free and Lite variants, and should suit most personal and entry-level commercial uses. In many ways, this is how an online web-design application should look. It’s polished and slick, but still has nearly all the…
What is public sector software? Public sector software, or govtech, refers to any solution that is designed for use by a government institution. The software acts as a data management system with analytics tools, but its use cases span everything from waste management reporting to accounting. Governments carry out a wide range of functions and…
After 18 years in service, Google will be retiring the popular Google Adwords, and launch a rebranded service called Google Ads within the year. Along with Adwords, DoubleClick will also be rebranded into Google Marketing Platform for advertiser products and Google Analytics 360 Suite, and Google Ad Manager for publishers and DoubleClick Ad Exchange. This…
Robinhood has gone from being a little consumer-facing fintech app to an absolutely giant consumer-facing fintech app. The company, which launched in 2013, has ballooned to a $5.6 billion valuation on the heels of a $363 million Series D financing round led by DST Global. The app has also grown to 5 million users, as…
