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This is part of our Road Trip 2016 summer series "Life, Disrupted," about how technology is helping with the global refugee crisis -- if at all. Maria Booth and I sit at a table at Mälarpaviljongen, a gay-friendly bar and cafe in Stockholm. It's a sunny, breezy day on the Baltic waterway that surrounds the city. The cafe's floating patio bobs gently in Riddarfjärden Bay. We're talking about Facebook. She's worried about a change taking place in her country that she saw first on the world's biggest social network: People she knew were posting comments against immigrants, calling them criminals and drains on society. "It has become perfectly legitimate to say we should close our borders," says Booth, her voice tinged with disbelief. To my American ears, the sentiment seems commonplace -- especially in this election year. To Booth, it's unprecedented. For more than 70 years, Sweden has been a haven for people escaping war and persecution. In 1943, it gave asylum to 7,,social media,social media icons,social media sites,social media marketing,social media apps,social media manager,social media jobs,social media definition,social media examiner,social media platforms ...ادامه مطلب

Sorry, Maine. You sounded like a really nice place to visit, what with your beaches, B&Bs, lighthouses and lobsters. We could even overlook the fact that your native son, Stephen King, seems to be determined to convince everyone in the world you're full of killer clowns, possessed cars, rabid St. Beards and spooky fog that tus people inside-out. (Well, maybe that last one was "The Simpsons.") But there's no way to overlook the 10-foot-long (3-meter) snakeskin that police in Westbrook, Maine, photographed and waed their citizens about in a Facebook post.[embedded content] If you read the Facebook comments, you can see that some are convinced this is a hoax, that a shed snakeskin was planted by someone wanting to freak out the community. (And the thought of someone hauling around a peeled-off skin this size just for a prank is honestly as creepy as the live snake.) Some sa, ...ادامه مطلب

Google is sunsetting Chrome Apps for non-Chrome operating systems. Sarah Tew/CNET Google has touted its Chrome browser as all you need for desktop computing on any operating system. But the search giant said in a blog post Friday that it will gradually be phasing out the browser's apps for Windows, Mac and Linux machines. The apps range from photo-editing program Pixlr Touch Up to games like a now-discontinued version of Angry Birds. You download them from the Chrome Web Store, launch them from the Chrome browser and they open in a separate window, as if they were a program installed on your hard drive. Didn't know these apps were a feature of Chrome? You're not alone. Google said in its post that few people who use Chrome on Mac, Windows and Linux machines also use the apps. The wind-down will be gr, ...ادامه مطلب

Enlarge ImageParents can keep an eye on their child's workload. Google Sigh. Yes, the break is over and school awaits. But with a little luck you might be able to ditch class and go to the moon instead. With the new school year upon us, Google has souped up its Expeditions and Classroom apps for teachers and students. The Expeditions app, which lets students take virtual-reality field trips with the help of a phone and Google's Cardboard VR headset, now features more places to "go," the company said in a blog post on Wednesday. New Expeditions include a walk on the moon, a visit to the White House kitchen garden, a jaunt inside the human lungs, a stroll in the Himalayas in Bhutan, a meander on the ocean floor, a look at the Taj Mahal's history and an encounter with planes flown by the Tuskegee Airme, ...ادامه مطلب

IFTTT (short for "if this, then that") is a free online service -- with it, you can craft automation recipes that link services and gadgets that don't work together otherwise. Now, you can expect to start seeing those recipes built right into the apps you normally use to control those gadgets. For instance, if you whip up a recipe that tus your Lifx smart bulbs on whenever a motion detector sees you, you'll see that recipe appear in the Lifx app, complete with the option to tu it on and off. You'll even see suggested recipes to help get the creativity flowing. Close Introducing IFTTT to the CNET Smart Home Drag Enlarge, ...ادامه مطلب

A hacker got away with roughly $72 million worth of bitcoin. Getty The hits continue for bitcoin owners.After Bitfinex revealed this week that a hacker made off with 119,756 bitcoin (about $72 million), the digital-currency exchange said Friday it is interested in a "socialized loss.""We are leaning towards a socialized loss scenario among bitcoin balances and active loans to BTCUSD positions," the company said in a blog post, noting that it has not made a final decision and that more details will be available Saturday. BTCUSD stands for Bitcoin/US dollar.In a socialized loss scenario, a company typically expects a bailout of some sort, either from customers or from the govement. It's possible that Bitfinex customers may bear the brunt of the loss.Bitfinex did not immediately respond to a request to comment.Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

Sling Blake Krikorian, the co-founder of Sling Media and a longtime fixture in Silicon Valley, died Wednesday at age 48.His brother, Jason confirmed Krikorian's sudden passing on Facebook. According to Recode's Kara Swisher, he was "apparently struck by a heart attack while surfing in the San Francisco area." Krikorian had recently served as the corporate vice president for Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business, following the acquisition of his company, id8 Group R2 Studios, by Redmond in 2013. But he was best known (to me and many others) as one of the visionary founders of Sling Media, which he co-founded with his brother Jason and Bhupen Shah. That company's Slingbox, first released in 2005, was the among the first handful of products to offer video "placeshifting" technology -- the ability to digitize the signal from your cable box and stream it to a PC or mobile device elsewhere in the home, or around the world. Brian Jaquet, who served as Sling's director of corporate communications, recounted how the Krikorian brothers' desire to watch their beloved San Francisco Giants while they were traveling was the big idea behind the box. "They just wanted to watch the games from the road, and couldn't believe there wasn't a way to do that," said Jaquet. Streaming video is now a ubiquitous service that has upended the entertainment industry as we know it. But Krikorian's hardware-based solution -- which did not require a monthly fee -- was arguably the major trailblazer in the field, offering live TV when and where you wanted it and besting corporate competitors like Sony's similar Location-Free TV. This was, after all, just a year after YouTube had launched, and two years before the first iPhone was released. Netflix was still mailing DVDs, its streaming service and the first Roku box still years away."That product, and the Sling company in general, laid the groundwork for ev, ...ادامه مطلب

Your eyes will be the keys to unlock financial information and other private data on the Galaxy Note 7. Josh Miller/CNET Samsung will tap into iris scanning to help you launch financial apps on the Galaxy Note 7.At its Unpacked event on Tuesday, Samsung announced that the new Galaxy Note 7 would be its first mobile device to offer iris recognition as a way to unlock the device. But the company also revealed that it will employ its Samsung Pass feature to work with the new iris scanner. That means you'll be able to use your eyes to securely open certain apps, most notably those that contain your financial information.With more people banking via their mobile devices, security has become a greater conce. Several phones offer fingerprint scanners as a way of unlocking mobile apps that contain sensitive information. But iris scanners are considered by many experts to be a more secure and accurate method of protecting the personal data on your smartphone.To integrate the new Pass capability into financial apps, Samsung is currently exploring the idea with six different banks, including Bank of America, Citi, US Bank, KEB Hana Bank, Shinhan Bank and Woori Bank, blog site AndroidCentral said on Tuesday. The company didn't reveal how far along it was in the process or when the Samsung Pass iris recognition might roll out to individual banking apps.The idea behind Samsung Pass is to replace your useames and passwords, and for more than just financial apps. The company said that Pass will let you unlock other apps, folders and documents with your eyes as well as your fingerprint. The Note 7 includes a fingerprint reader along with the iris scanner. In a press release, Samsung said that "the Galaxy Note 7 will also support Samsung Pass, bringing authentication such as iris scanning and fingerprint recognition to more apps and services."Samsung did not respond to a request for comment.Let's bloc, ...ادامه مطلب

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives. Why do bars exist? To make you feel a little better about the vicissitudes of existence. To make you commune with your fellow human and share life experiences. Why do phones exist? To make sure you post whatever you're doing to Facebook. To keep you from communing with your fellow human and sharing life experiences in real life.Enlarge ImageIt looks like a lovely place. Gin Tub/Facebook Steve Tyler decided to do something about it. He owns the Gin Tub bar in Hove, England. He got fed up with customers not talking to each other. So he tued to science. As Sky News reports, he built a Faraday cage around the the bar in order to block Wi-Fi signals. That would be a structure of conductive material that acts as a hindrance to unwanted advances by electrical currents or radio waves. Some are fancier than others. "It's not difficult at all. It's silver foil in the walls and it's copper mesh," he told Sky News. He added: "It's not the perfect system, it's not military grade. The Americans are still listening." That's a relief. It's not entirely clear whether this is legal. In the US, authorities have frowned on those who, for example, use jammers to block cell phone signals. In the UK, Faraday cages appear to be open to interpretation, as they don't proactively block a signal. They merely make it difficult to get one.On the bar's Facebook page, some are enamored of the cage. But not everyone. "I'd avoided a place like this because of the threat of terrorism. What if we, as customers got trapped in the building during an attack, we can't call for help!" wrote Si O Connor. The Gin Tub didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. Tyler told the BBC that the bar has a landline for emergencies. And he surely has his heart tuned to a human frequency. As he told Sky News of his customers: "I w, ...ادامه مطلب

When Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton announced that Sen. Tim Kaine would be her running mate, the inteet went wild with witty memes. Now it seem Kaine is trending again on Twitter as old photos of him surface online. Plus the young Kaine could double as Superman, which could come in handy. Not only are his new fans smitten with his dashing good looks, some are even giving the VP candidate hipster status just based on his '70s fashion sense. Kaine is getting a lot of attention for his cheekbones and laid-back swagger. But his Democratic cohorts likely have photos from their younger years that could also result in new admirers. In fact, one fan tweeted that the below early photos of Kaine, Clinton, Beie Sanders and President Barack Obama make them look like the best indie band ever. Your move, Donald Trump. Time to break out those Studio 54 photos! Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

Four years ago, Facebook and Twitter shared the same small space on Radio Row at the Republican and Democratic national conventions. Both social networks were growing, but not quite mainstream.Not anymore. Social networks -- including Snapchat, Instagram, Medium, and YouTube -- have a ubiquitous presence that rivals traditional media this week at the RNC in Cleveland.Social media giant Facebook built a two-story structure dubbed "Facebook Central," outside of the Quicken Loans Arena, site of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Terry Collins/CNET Radio Row is now called Media Row. Walk up to the entrance of the Quicken Loans Arena and there's Facebook Central, a two-story snazzy pavilion, complete with a Oculus Rift VR room and data touch screens to see which candidates are being discussed the most. There's also a studio where nearly two-dozen media organizations, including CNN and Fox, are airing live broadcasts that also appear on its new, immensely popular Facebook Live. Go around the coer and there's #TwitterCaucusRoom at Media Row. Twitter's main space features multiple screens showing the latest GOP-related tweets, data and who's trending. Next to it is the "Blue Room," a boutique-style see-through studio with plush chairs where media can conduct interviews with politicians and celebrities and air them on its Periscope live streaming service. It's the most digital Republican National Convention ever. Social media is again redefining how we get our news. That was never more apparent than when a joualist revealed on Twitter late Monday that Melania Trump, during her well-received RNC speech, had lifted parts of First Lady Michelle Obama's speech from the 2008 Democratic convention. Sure enough, the backlash led to a uber-trending hashtag, #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes as the scandal dominated the news cycle the next day.Adam Sharp, Twitter's head of news, govement and el, ...ادامه مطلب

[embedded content] Fresh off being named 2015's highest paid actor in Hollywood by Forbes last week, The Rock launched his own YouTube channel on Monday and he's called in a few ringers to show him the ropes.Chief among them is vlogger and comedian Lilly Singh, who gives Johnson the guided tour of YouTube's secret volcano lair recording studio. The online venture comes from a partnership between Johnson's 7 Bucks Productions, which he runs with ex-wife Dany Garcia, and Studio 71, Variety reports.Capitalizing on his 100-million-follower-strong social media presence, The Rock is now tackling the land of cat videos, beauty tips, couples yoga and double rainbows. Yes, all those things make an appearance in the video.His enormous profile (as in social media, not physical stature) also ties in quite nicely with YouTube's current efforts to produce more professional content. On The Rock's end, it's another way to connect with fans who are hungry for more digital Johnson.Between a bevy of new movies, his new YouTube channel and his personal alarm clock app, the former pro wrestling champ sure is spending a lot of time cooking things up in the kitchen.Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

Stephen Beacham/CNET Subscribe to the Apple Byte PodcastiTunes MP3 | RSS MP3 | FeedBuer MP3SoundCloud | Google Play | TuneIniTunes video | RSS video | FeedBuer videoYouTube | Livestream| Stitcher Listen to the Extra Crunchy Podcast, Ep. 46 Your browser does not support the audio element. [embedded content] Extra Crunchy show notesApple TV show news:Apple posts developer casting call for 'Planet of the Apps' TV showPlanet of the Apps siteEddy Cue on Apple's TV plans and why Netflix isn't a competitorEddy Cue says Apple "not trying to create TV shows," but willing to help where possiblePokemon Go news:Pokemon Go gets first update with much-needed bug fixesIt looks like Pokemon Go is pursuing a partnership with McDonald'sMacOS Sierra news:Developer uncovers early Dark Mode appearance for some system apps on MacOS SierraApple's PC sales fall behind Asus as buyers await next-generation MacBook ProApple Watch ranked highest in smartwatch customer satisfaction by J.D. PowerApp of the week:Prisma photo editorMore on PrismaAccessory of the week:Razer creates a mechanical keyboard case for the 12.9-inch iPad ProiPhone 7 news:iPhone 7 Plus follow-up images reignite smart connector rumorsHere are the winners of the 9th annual iPhone Photography AwardsIPPAwards 2016 winning photographsSocial networking:Tweet at Brian Tong on TwitterTweet at Stephen Beacham on TwitterCheck out our show sponsor iDevicesinc.com hereWith contribution from Stephen Beacham.This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers.Recommended article from FiveFilters.org: Most Labour MPs in the UK Are Revolting., ...ادامه مطلب

Add one more premium cable service to Roku's continually growing list of apps. The Starz app, which launched in April, is now available on the company's media streamers, joining Apple TV (the new one, not the old) and Chromecast (via Android and iOS devices). The app gives you access to all of the content available from Starz as well as its sister networks, Starz Encore and Movieplex for a monthly subscription fee of $8.99. If you subscribe to Starz through your cable provider, however, you may not be able to authenticate service on Roku. Comcast, for example, will not allow you to use the app to view Starz content. Other participating cable, satellite and telephone company partners will allow you to authenticate service directly through Roku's Starz app or on a PC or Mac computer. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers.Recommended article from FiveFilters.org: Most Labour MPs in the UK Are Revolting., ...ادامه مطلب

China has issued a waing to news sites over using social media as a source. César Salza/CNET China has issued a crackdown on online news organisations across the country, waing them not use social media as a source without carefully verifying and fact-checking claims first.The Cyberspace Administration of China issued the directive, with the state media agency Xinhua reporting that the move was made in a bid to combat "false news.""It is forbidden to use hearsay to create news or use conjecture and imagination to distort the facts," Xinhua reported, according to a translation in the South China Moing Post. "All websites should bear the key responsibility to further streamline the course of reporting and publishing of news, and set up a sound inteal monitoring mechanism among all mobile news portals [and the social media chat websites] Weibo or WeChat," it said.It's not the first time that China's vexed relationship with censorship and the inteet has been in the spotlight. In 2014, censors targeted WeChat messaging accounts hosted by a number of joualists, while Google has long faced issues over with its Gmail service in China as well as the blocking certain search results, such as those associated with Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب