The streaming revolution is clearly going strong, and today it's getting another player in the game. BitTorrent has announced its new BitTorrent Now platform available on the web and Android, with apps for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV coming soon. The service will facilitate the streaming of videos and music from a collection of independent artist, filmmakers and creative.
Uber may have created an all new way of getting a ride to and from places thanks to its super easy to use app and fleet of drivers eager to take advantage of even the slightest whiff of surge pricing, but there has always been one problem with the service that has put many off using it. While ordering a car for immediate pickup is a thing of wonder when all you need to do is tap a few buttons, sometimes there are occasions where ordering the car in advance would be preferential.
If you simply cannot bring yourself to interact with another person through some of the instant messaging apps without sending your favorite emoji, then you may have been excited by the news that Apple's iOS 10 could potentially introduce 70+ new emoji. That firmware is due to be unveiled in the first instance to developers at WWDC 2016 later this month, but ahead of that announcement, the Unicode Consortium has officially revealed 72 newly created emoji characters that will be available as part of Unicode 9.0 package.
DuckieTV is a free TV show calendar for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome that doubles as a torrent manager, offering full control over what you download and how, even allowing automatic downloads for the latest episodes of your favorite shows.
Uber has just launched a new feature called Trip Tracker which lets a Family Profile administrator track family members in real time on a live map. Here's how it works.
Netflix has just launched Fast, a simple Internet speed test tool that shows you if your ISP is throttling streaming. Here's how it works.
Here's how you can find fake product reviews on a product listing at Amazon using Fakespot web tool.
When you take into consideration the huge rise in technology over the last decade, and the barriers that the technological boom has broken down, you could be forgiven for thinking that courier companies would have long been at the cutting-edge of what's capable through the use of advanced tracking systems. Unfortunately, that isn't always the case, meaning that more often than not consumers are left experiencing anger and frustration while they wonder where their parcel or delivery is, and when it will actually turn up. UPS is looking to be one of the first big players to truly solve that problem with the rollout of its new tracking service.
New evidence has emerged which shows that HBO is actively removing Game of Thrones season 6 torrents, as well as contacting the ISPs of those who it believes have pirated its Game of Thrones shows, encouraging them to inform the subscriber of legal ways to watch the show.
If you're a Gmail, Hotmail, or Yahoo user, you may want to change your password right now. A huge stash of hacked account credentials has been discovered being traded on web forums. Here's what you should know.















