Pernod Ricard Kenya and Jumia Food have come together to launch a new e-commerce platform that will see house parties never running dry of beverages ever again! Dubbed Jumia Party, the first of its kind…
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Zuckerberg builds software butler for his home
Mark Zuckerberg’s artificial intelligence-imbued software “butler” — named Jarvis — is now in service, and even plays with his family, the Facebook chief said Monday. Zuckerberg took on the personal project this year, devoting about…
Ford studies using drones to guide self-driving cars
Ford Motor Co. is studying a system to use drones to help guide self-driving vehicles, including on off-road adventures, company officials said. Drones launched from an autonomous vehicle would help guide it by mapping the…
Does Pokemon get you on the Go? For a bit, says study
It has been hailed as a revolutionary way to get people moving, using smartphones to pursue cartoon creatures through city parks and streets on foot, instead of taking the car or metro. But has Pokemon…
‘One billion accounts breached’ in Yahoo hack
Yahoo said Wednesday personal data from over a billion users was stolen in a hack dating back to 2013 – twice as big as another breach disclosed just three months ago. In a huge blow…
Polaroid photos make a comeback
At a photography studio in Cleveland, instructor Nicole Follen is trying to convince her students to step back in time and technology — to the age of the humble Polaroid. She wants the students to…
Time runs out for smartwatch pioneer Pebble
Smartwatch pioneer Pebble announced Wednesday it was shutting down, with tech wearables giant Fitbit acquiring some of its assets including key personnel. “Due to various factors, Pebble is no longer able to operate as an…
Apple blames external damage for flaming China iPhones
Apple has blamed “external physical damage” for causing a handful of iPhones to explode or catch fire in China and insisted that its handsets posed no safety problem. Fresh on the heels of Samsung’s worldwide…
YouTube launches 4K live streaming for 360-degree and standard videos
Back in 2010, YouTube enabled 4K video support for the very first time. Since then, millions of videos have been uploaded at that eye-popping resolution, making YouTube’s the largest library of 4K videos online. Now…
#CarNews: Apple reveals autonomous vehicle ambitions
Apple has revealed it is investing heavily in autonomous vehicles in a letter asking the government to make it easier to develop self-driving cars. The company is “excited about the potential of automated systems in…