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Our Hack Battle kicks off tomorrow! Last chance to sign up

Dec05
by on December 5, 2014 at 8:53 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Developers! Are you in need of something fun to do this weekend? Or do your existing plans pale in comparison to a two day TNW Hack Battle, hosted at AlleyNYC in New York? There’s still time to sign up! For 36 hours, we’ll be bringing together an exclusive group of international coders, some of the world’s leading platforms and the expertise needed to build amazing hacks. If you’re already convinced, register here. Otherwise, take a quick peek at our API partners and venue, below. Where you’ll be hacking Thanks to AlleyNYC, this year’s hack battle is not just taking place…

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Why Amsterdam means business

Dec05
by on December 5, 2014 at 7:46 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, TNW Conference USA

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With the recent news that Uber are about to open shop in the heart of Amsterdam, we wanted to take the chance to offer our own perspective on the (in)famous city. Perhaps only a small portion of our readers know this, but The Next Web’s headquarters can also be found in the same small city. However, while Amsterdam is our home, so too is New York, San Francisco, London, Manchester, India… the list continues. TNW is a global tech news outlet, and therefore our reporters are based all over the world to support this, helping us catch the biggest stories as…

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Amazon mistakenly ships a conveyor belt roller as a gift

Dec05
by on December 5, 2014 at 7:25 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Shareables

We’ve all had that feeling of not getting the gifts we wanted for the holidays; why did your aunt buy you socks when you wanted a Nintendo 64? It’s a bit more unusual, however, when instead of the book about chickens you were supposed to receive from Amazon, you get a a piece of conveyor belt equipment. That’s what happened to Lisa Seger, co-owner of Blue Heron Farm in Texas. She actually wasn’t expecting anything in the mail – the package was supposed to be a surprise gift from a friend – but instead she got the nine-pound conveyor belt roller in…

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10 of the best iPhone and iPad apps from November 2014

Dec05
by on December 5, 2014 at 6:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, BestiOSApps, Insider, Roundups

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With November now firmly behind us and December rapidly passing by, it’s time to take a look at the best new and updated apps for iPhone and iPad from last month. From emoji-fying keyboards, to new ways to record a podcast, to ‘Tinder for new music’; we’ve got a lot of ground to cover. Rinbw Rinbw is a new iOS app that lets you record and upload a five-second video to set as your incoming call alert for other users of the app. Of course, seeing other users’ video clips, or other people seeing yours, relies on them also having…

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Skype and Lync users can now place video calls to each other

Dec05
by on December 5, 2014 at 5:54 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates

When Microsoft bought Skype, a lot of Microsoft Lync users were probably wondering what was going to happen to their video and Web conferencing service of choice. I mean you can’t have two products that basically do the same thing right? Apparently you can and they can work together. Today, Microsoft announced that users of Skype and Lync could place video calls to each other. Users of the services could already place voice calls and send text messages across the apps. Microsoft also updated the Windows version of Skype to 7.0 with touch support and a new compact view feature. ➤ Skype and Lync…

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