The study, published in Nature, involved randomly pairing 1,500 people over either a video call or in-person, and asking them to come up with new product ideas and choosing one to submit as a future product innovation. The authors of the study, Melanie Brucks and Jonathan Levay, found that the experiment showed face-to-face pairs produced more ideas, and more creative ideas, compared to those who met virtually. However, when it came to selecting which idea to put forward, both groups were equally effective, the results showed....

Foldable display smartphones like Galaxy Fold had a rough ride in the beginning. The smartphone suffered from durability issues, and thus Samsung went back to the drawing board. 2019 Moto Razr users complained of a similar issue when the device was launched last year. Now Microsoft Surface Duo users are seeing cracks in the plastic around the charging port. The Surface Duo uses dual displays held together with a hinge mechanism....

Travel, after all, can be a numbing experience. It invites tolerance while excluding notions of predictability – or, quite often, basic civility. You know you’ll be buffeted, one way or another. You’re just not entirely sure when and where the buffeting will occur. For many, airports offer the kind of joyous experiences usually reserved for those undergoing surgery without anesthetic. The lines, the peculiar stares from members of the TSA, the crowds milling around every square foot, as if no one really knows where they’re going at all....

Think of all the service sites you constantly log in to every day. Now, think of all the email addresses, usernames and passwords you use to access them. If you’re using proper password etiquette, you probably have scores of unique and strong passwords for every service and site. How could you possibly keep track of all of them? Maybe you have a notepad filled with all your credentials (an absolute no-no, by the way)....

A day after Steve Kondik a.k.a Cyanogen expressed his opinions on Cyanogen Inc’s ex-CEO Kirt McMaster and his mismanagement of the company, Cyanogen Inc today announced in a blog post that the company has separated ties with the company’s co-founder. The announcement was made by Cyanogen inc’s new CEO Lior Tal. Tal said that by separating ties with Kondik, the latter will be able to “continue to forge his path as he sees fit....

As we reported earlier today, TAG Heuer today officially unveiled its first Android Wear running smartwatch: the Connected Watch. Despite being its first smartwatch, the Connected carries many of the design cues of TAG Heuer’s analog Carrera watch. The luxury smartwatch is made of titanium and will be available with seven different wrist bands to choose from. The company will be offering the watch in only one 46mm diameter dimension that might just be a wee bit big for female wrists....

Also: Google is exiting the IoT business. Microsoft is doing the opposite Why? Because rather than trying to reinvent the wheel, the OpenInfra Foundation’s StarlingX uses best-of-breed open-source programs to deliver a complete edge computing stack. This starts with Ceph. This Red Hat-sponsored do-it-all, open-source software-defined storage platform can work with object-level, block-level, and file-level storage. For cloud management, it uses the tried and true OpenStack. And, for container orchestration, StarlingX uses, of course, Kubernetes....

T-Mobile today announced its new ‘Un-carrier amped’ move — Mobile Without Borders. This move from the Magenta carrier will allow subscribers of its Simple Choice postpaid and prepaid plans to use their number without incurring any additional charges in Canada and Mexico. This means that T-Mobile customers in the United States can travel to Mexico and Canada and make/receive calls, send texts, and use LTE without worrying about their phone bill skyrocketing due to international roaming charges....

CEO gere announced the move in a broadcast with Yahoo Tech, throwing out his usual barbs against competitors railing against a “broken, arrogant industry.” It was dubbed Uncarrier 8.0, a follow-up to other events where gere announced the elimination of two-year contracts, subsidies, simplified pricing. th Data Stash, Simple Choice plan customers start in nuary with 10GB, which rolls over from one month to the next along with any unused data....

Here then are the highlights of the report: Everyone stumbles… The global smartphone market fell by 14 percent in the quarter as compared to Q2 2019, one of its most steep falls in recent times. Shipments fell from 331.8 million units in Q2 2019 to 284.7 million units in Q2 2020. India, the third-largest market in the world, went down by 48 percent while even the partially open Chinese market fell by 7 percent....

The Suaoki G 500 is currently available via an Indiegogo campaign. Apart from including a 500 watt-hour battery pack, the power station also offers a variety of outlets for plugging in devices. The Suaoki G 500 offers two standard AC outlets, two quick-charging USB-A ports, USB-C port, two 12-volt DC ports and a 12-volt carport. The numerous ports and the large battery life should essentially keep you covered for the entire camping trip....

A bug has been found in 79 different popular router models that let hackers remotely take over your devices. Tap or click here for the complete list of affected routers and how to protect your network. Phones are targets, too. Tap or click here for a specialized app that will tell you if your iPhone has been hacked. Although you’re frustrated over recent national events, it’s no time to let your guard down....

Either way, wireless charging is here to stay, and the Stuffcool WC510 wireless charger is an accessory you must consider if your phone supports wireless charging. It comes with a minimal design, support for Qi charging technology, up to 10W of output, a USB-C port and a phone-stand design which is more practical than the lay-flat design of generic wireless chargers. Let’s talk about all these aspects in detail....

On Twitter, T-Mobile’s CEO John Legere confirmed that the Magenta Carrier will be offering the next big things from Samsung this week, without any pre-orders. On August 17, Legere confirmed that orders for the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+, which Samsung unveiled last week, will begin on Tuesday, August 18, at 6:00AM PT/9:00 AM ET. Legere would add that shipping for the new devices would begin immediately for those that order online, on the phone or in a retail store....

T-Series, who have uploaded 13,440+ videos on their channel at the time of writing, changed their YouTube cover image to mark this milestone stating that they are the first YouTube channel globally to have surpassed the 100 Million mark. In case you are not aware, T-Series uploads Bollywood and regional Indian songs on their YouTube channel and has garnered more than 70 Billion views across its videos on YouTube. The online war between fans of PewDiePie and T-Series saw both channels gaining a ton of attention all over the world with fans going all out to promote their favorite YouTube channel....

When dealing with problems, most people speak to peers who have similar experiences and can offer advice or wisdom. For the founders of companies, however, their peers aren’t in the same office. When you’re at the top of a symbolic pyramid, then you’re going to relate to people at the top of other pyramids. To get in touch with such people, you can take advantage of the fantastic Founder Community from Startups....

Samsung is all set to deliver some extraordinary features on its upcoming flagship. Galaxy S8 is expected to be available in two variants which will hold different processors. There were few rumors on the internet regarding the look of Galaxy S8. We have seen few renders leaked online. We even have the first look of Samsung Galaxy S8. However, Samsung may have inadvertently revealed the final design of Samsung Galaxy S8 in two promo videos posted by its subsidiary Samsung Display....

The update to the popular predictive keyboard elevates several features previously available in SwiftKey Beta to the final build. The new version also reorganizes the settings in a new home called the Hub, switches up the default theme, adds in several Indian languages. The story behind the story: SwiftKey is one of the most popular third-party keyboards in the ay Store. It was the first to advance predictive abilities through analysis of typing patterns word usage in email social media account....

But if you’re just breaking into the biz as a photographer or designer, don’t judge Adobe’s flagship software by the “photoshopped” celebrity memes you see scattered casually around the web. This tool has more time-saving features and image enhancement capabilities than casual users will ever access. Tap or click here to see how older versions of Photoshop can put users at risk for lawsuits. If you really want to unlock the true potential of Photoshop, whether for a high-paying design job or to enhance your creative side, there’s a quick way to get up to speed: The Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud Certification Bundle....

Optus was able to provide 99% of plan speed during the busiest hour – which is defined as the “fifth-lowest hourly average download speed across each busy hour” – followed by Exetel on 96.9%, Telstra with 96.6%, and the big improvers Dodo and iPrimus on 95.3%. At the other end of the field, iiNet provided 93.4%, Aussie Broadband gave 93.1%, Vodafone could only hit 90.8%, and Superloop dragged the chain on 88....