Plantronics BackBeat GO 3

So a few weeks ago I reached out to some Bluetooth earbud makers to see whether the wireless future is all it’s stacked up to be. First up it’s Plantronics’ BackBeat GO 3.

Live updates: Samsung recalls the Note 7

October 11 2016, 11:00AM — Note 7 recalled

Everything I missed last week

Last week was pretty busy…

Gawker’s Nick Denton Interviewed About Power in the Media at Transition 2016

Kill me: these Pixar shoes from Vans are incredible

The Buzz Lightyear ones 😍 and the printed ‘ANDY’ on the soles. These really should be illegal.

Twitter opens up Moments tool to the public as lead curator departs

What is Twitter? With the introduction of Moments last year, a tab with Buzzfeed-like curated lists of Tweets, that question felt like it…

The only reason why you’d get Google Allo

https://www.reddit.com/r/Kanye/comments/54ba8k/google_allo_confirmed_wavy/

Original Verge editor-in-chief Joshua Topolsky vouches for Ziegler

Just a few hours ago, via Twitter, co-founder of The Verge and former editor-in-chief, Joshua Topolsky, commented on yesterday’s bizarre…

Snapchat is now a product of Snap Inc, launches hardware product ‘Spectacles’

According to its new Twitter bio Snap Inc. is “a camera company”.

The Verge’s Deputy Editor Chris Ziegler got a job with Apple, didn’t tell The Verge

A few months ago I noticed that The Verge’s Chris Ziegler had stopped writing on Twitter and The Verge.

SoundCloud Go is now available in Australia

Genuinely must have missed this, which isn’t a good sign.

Gawker Media is now Gizmodo Media Group

Raju Narisetti of News Corp (senior vp of strategy) will now rein as CEO of Gizmodo Media Group within Univision. He will be in charge of…

Google Allo is the worst possible chat app name

I don’t understand what Google is trying to do here.

iPhone 7

★★★☆☆

Apple could already own the biggest fitness social network in the world but they’re blowing it

Overcoming the chicken and egg problem