http://thenextweb.com International technology news, business & culture Tue, 21 Jun 2016 09:46:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.2 http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2016/06/21/sigur-ros-livestreaming-drive-across-europe-soundtrack-generated-real-time/ http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2016/06/21/sigur-ros-livestreaming-drive-across-europe-soundtrack-generated-real-time/#respond Tue, 21 Jun 2016 09:46:17 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=982862
Icelandic post-rockers Sigur Rós are known for their expansive ambient soundscapes and beautiful live shows. For its next track, the band has something different up its sleeve. On ‘Route One’, the group is driving through Iceland for 24 hours and livestreaming the journey. The accompanying soundtrack is a single continuous piece created using Bronze, which is described as ‘generative music software’. The app will take cues from Sigur Rós’ latest track ‘Óveður.’ Bandmember Jónsi Birgisson told Pitchfork, “In a day and age of instant gratification and everything moving so fast, we wanted to do the exact opposite. Slow TV is…

This story continues at The Next Web]]> http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2016/06/21/sigur-ros-livestreaming-drive-across-europe-soundtrack-generated-real-time/feed/ 0 http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/06/21/gary-vee-wish-didnt-swear-fucking-much/ http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/06/21/gary-vee-wish-didnt-swear-fucking-much/#respond Tue, 21 Jun 2016 09:14:49 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=981837
Gary Vaynerchuk builds businesses: Fresh out of college, he took his family wine business and grew it from a $3M to a $60M business in just five years. Now, he runs VaynerMedia–one of the world’s hottest social media-first digital agencies. Along the way, Gary became a prolific angel investor and venture capitalist, investing in companies including Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Uber, and Birchbox before co-founding VaynerRSE, a $25M investment fund. He also happens to be a damn good public speaker with lots of invaluable advice on entrepreneurship. TNW Europe was one of the very few European events Gary attended this year, and…

This story continues at The Next Web]]> http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/06/21/gary-vee-wish-didnt-swear-fucking-much/feed/ 0 http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2016/06/21/microsoft-experimenting-creating-links-every-screen-mobile-app-2/ http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2016/06/21/microsoft-experimenting-creating-links-every-screen-mobile-app-2/#respond Tue, 21 Jun 2016 08:57:51 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=982852
It’s not uncommon that people sometimes lose their place in a mobile app because they were interrupted by something else – like a notification from another tool – and struggle to find their way back. A team at Microsoft Research believes it has a solution to that problem, and it’s called uLink. It’s described as a mechanism that uses mobile deep linking to generate a link and allows you to bookmark it – just as you would with Web URLs. uLink is a new deep linking mechanism that brings the notion of web URLs to mobile apps. With uLink, users…

This story continues at The Next Web]]> http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2016/06/21/microsoft-experimenting-creating-links-every-screen-mobile-app-2/feed/ 0 http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2016/06/21/microsoft-brings-ifttt-rival-ios/ http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2016/06/21/microsoft-brings-ifttt-rival-ios/#respond Tue, 21 Jun 2016 07:25:08 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=982836
At the end of April, Microsoft revealed a preview of Flow, an automation tool that connects productivity apps and triggers actions between them, similar to IFTTT and Zapier. For example, you could set it to notify your team on Slack when you’ve added a file to SharePoint. When it launched, Flow was only available on the Web. The company has now released an iOS app so you can manage Flows that you’ve previously created online, and receive notifications when they are triggered. There’s also a feed that shows you a history of all your Flow actions. However, you can’t create…

This story continues at The Next Web]]> http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2016/06/21/microsoft-brings-ifttt-rival-ios/feed/ 0 http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/06/21/google-now-lets-authorize-logins-account-single-tap/ http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/06/21/google-now-lets-authorize-logins-account-single-tap/#respond Tue, 21 Jun 2016 06:08:21 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=982822
Two-factor authentication is a great way to keep your online accounts secure, but between hunting for your phone and manually typing in the auto-generated passcode, it can be quite a pain. Google’s hoping to fix that with a simpler security prompt option. The next time you try logging into Gmail or Google Apps, you only need to tap ‘Yes, allow sign-in’ to authorize it. No more fidgety digits to key in before the clock runs out. The new feature is rolling out gradually to all Android and iOS users. If you’re using an Apple device, you’ll need the Google Search…

This story continues at The Next Web]]> http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/06/21/google-now-lets-authorize-logins-account-single-tap/feed/ 0 http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2016/06/21/game-thrones-battle-bastards-used-lot-less-cgi-youd-think/ http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2016/06/21/game-thrones-battle-bastards-used-lot-less-cgi-youd-think/#respond Tue, 21 Jun 2016 04:52:38 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=982819
SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t yet watched episode nine of the sixth season of Game of Thrones, you’ll want to bookmark this post for later and watch the show first. When Jon Snow decides to take on Lord Ramsay Bolton in the Battle of Winterfell, the odds are stacked against him. His army is only half the size of Bolton’s, his brother Rickon Stark is still in the clutches of the enemy and he can’t win the war of the minds that Bolton is so very good at. And so we get to witness the Battle of the Bastards, with…

This story continues at The Next Web]]> http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2016/06/21/game-thrones-battle-bastards-used-lot-less-cgi-youd-think/feed/ 0 http://thenextweb.com/apple/2016/06/21/apple-is-killing-the-legacy-macbook-pro/ http://thenextweb.com/apple/2016/06/21/apple-is-killing-the-legacy-macbook-pro/#respond Mon, 20 Jun 2016 23:03:22 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=982813
Originally spotted in a report from Apple Insider, and verified by TNW, Apple is clearing its retail locations of the legacy (non-Retina) 13-inch MacBook Pro. After phoning half a dozen Apple stores in and near San Diego, TNW found that clerks reported no real news (from management) as to why they were clearing the stock from the sales floor, but that it had been happening for “about a week.” One clerk even went so far as to say she was “surprised” and that the non-retina screens were still relatively hot sellers amongst older buyers. That said, phasing out the legacy models makes…

This story continues at The Next Web]]> http://thenextweb.com/apple/2016/06/21/apple-is-killing-the-legacy-macbook-pro/feed/ 0 http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/06/20/study-netflixs-2-price-increase-could-cost-it-almost-500000-subscribers/ http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/06/20/study-netflixs-2-price-increase-could-cost-it-almost-500000-subscribers/#respond Mon, 20 Jun 2016 20:35:49 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=982807
In news not pertaining to Netflix’s new icon: according to a study by Nomura Securities, Netflix’s $2 price increase earlier this year could lead to almost a half million US customers (480,000) abandoning the service. With cable increasingly breaching the $100+ per month mark (and rising), the idea that an increase from $7.99 to $9.99 (or $8.99 to $9.99 for some customers) could send customers packing is ludicrous. Netflix not only has one of the largest streaming catalogs online but, with House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, Narcos, Jessica Jones, Daredevil and others, it’s also creating some of the best content on…

This story continues at The Next Web]]> http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/06/20/study-netflixs-2-price-increase-could-cost-it-almost-500000-subscribers/feed/ 0 http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/06/20/fcc-chief-is-ready-for-10-to-100x-faster-5g-wireless-wants-policymakers-to-get-on-board/ http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/06/20/fcc-chief-is-ready-for-10-to-100x-faster-5g-wireless-wants-policymakers-to-get-on-board/#respond Mon, 20 Jun 2016 19:39:31 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=982794
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote on July 14 to identify and open spectrum for truly next-gem high-speed 5G wireless. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler wants everyone to get on board, or get out of the way. “[If the FCC] approves my proposal next month, the United States will be the first country in the world to open up high-band spectrum for 5G networks and applications.” The FCC vote next month could lead not only to faster speeds (10 to 100x), but also improved connectivity for relatively large portions of Americans that can’t get access to high speed internet based…

This story continues at The Next Web]]> http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/06/20/fcc-chief-is-ready-for-10-to-100x-faster-5g-wireless-wants-policymakers-to-get-on-board/feed/ 0 http://thenextweb.com/apps/2016/06/20/netflix-just-changed-logo/ http://thenextweb.com/apps/2016/06/20/netflix-just-changed-logo/#respond Mon, 20 Jun 2016 18:31:29 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=982784
Netflix looks is gearing up to change its icon. The company is sporting a completely new design on its Facebook and Twitter accounts. For comparison, here’s the old one: And here’s the new one: There are two major differences. Aside from the ribbon pattern (hey, that’s familiar!) that evokes a red carpet, the single-letter design makes a lot better use of space in a square or vertical format. POLL: How do you feel about the new @Netflix logo? 😍 or 😱 More info: https://t.co/vnai2PPdSJ — The Next Web (@TheNextWeb) June 20, 2016 While it’s possible that it’s only using this…

This story continues at The Next Web]]> http://thenextweb.com/apps/2016/06/20/netflix-just-changed-logo/feed/ 0