Apps and Software

There are plenty of decent options to learn basic code — such as Codeacademy or Coursera — but what about people who want to take it a step further?

That's where a new service called Livecoding.tv hopes to come in. It allows developers to live stream their work as they write code. Viewers can then learn from the experience in an interactive way.

"We are not focused on teaching basics of coding but rather production level coding," reads the blog post announcing the project. "Livecoding.tv blends education with entertainment, socializing and killing time/boredom to combine into something we hope will be pretty great." ...

Twitter updated its rules Wednesday with new language that explicitly prohibits users from posting explicit photos without the subject's consent.

The changes appear in the private information section of Twitter's rules and the abusive behavior policy page — both of which now expressly prohibit users from posting "intimate photos and videos that were taken or distributed without the subject's consent."

Previously, Twitter's rules only prohibited users posting personal information, such as their address, credit card info or social security number while its abuse guidelines addressed threats of violence. ...

Rather than surrender the smartwatch throne to the Apple Watch, just one day after its launch Motorola has unveiled its Moto Maker design studio, which allows you to create custom versions of the Moto 360 smartwatch

The basic model of the circular-faced smartwatch is already pretty slick, but the customization options present a range of choices that could boost the perceived value of the device for some

Presented within a dead-simple user interface, ...