Wannaby, a startup out of Belarus that is building “AR commerce” experiences, has launched a beta of its latest app, which aims to make it easier to find the perfect sneakers. Dubbed “Wanna Kicks,” the iOS app uses augmented reality to let you “try on” various pairs of sneakers. You simply choose a pair of…
China will fast-track the issuance of commercial licenses for 5G as part of a national plan to boost consumer spending, said a notice published this week by the National Development and Reform Commission. The move appears to be multifaceted, for 5G plays a key role in China’s bid to lead the global technology race and one…
China’s recent scientific achievements – including its embryo gene-editing research and historic moon landing – appear to be surrounded by secrecy. The global scientific community first learned about its experiments modifying the DNA of human embryos through rumors in 2015. While China’s National Space Administrative (CNSA) acknowledged in December 2018 that its spacecraft was preparing…
If you are thinking that Facebook is sitting quietly after being forced to remove its Onavo VPN app from Apple’s App Store, then you are mistaken. It turns out that Facebook is paying teenagers around $20 a month to use its VPN app that aggressively monitors their smartphone and web activity and then sends it…
Electrify America temporarily shut down most of its high-power charging stations across the U.S. after it uncovered a problem with a charging cable. Electric car owners didn’t notice a difference because they can’t use the stations yet. The post Electrify America turns its network of high-power EV charging stations back on appeared first on Digital…
No ratings yet. Just like people interact with each other in everyday life, clients interact with businesses, and the first impression is important in both cases. Appearance, mimics, gestures, speech, social behavior etc. – all those nitty-gritty details create a sort of chemistry between people and influence their decisions about further communication. This is also…
Next month, HMD will take the stage in Barcelona during the MWC where the company will announce a new Nokia device. Were all hoping that it will be the long-awaited five-camera Nokia 9 PureView. The device has been certified through the Chinese 3C and although this doesnt reveal any specifics about the device itself, we…
If you haven’t been paying attention to TikTok, you haven’t been paying attention. The short-form video app hailing from Beijing’s ByteDance just had its biggest month ever with the addition of 75 million new users in December — a 275 percent increase from the 20 million it added in December 2017, according a recent report…
Desperate for data on its competitors, Facebook has been secretly paying people to install a “Facebook Research” VPN that lets the company suck in all of a user’s phone and web activity, similar to Facebook’s Onavo Protect app that Apple banned in June and that was removed in August. Facebook sidesteps the App Store and…
Pinterest, the 11-year-old, San Francisco-based site known for the photos its users post about everything from wedding to beauty trends, has hired Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase as lead underwriters for an IPO that it’s planning to stage later this year. Reuters first reported the news. TechCrunch sources have since confirmed the development. A Pinterest…
