12 movies you’d never know were shot on an iPhone

Bleecker Street As iPhone’s camera quality improves, many directors are using them to create films.  The Oscar-winning documentary, “Searching for Sugar Man” was partially shot using an iPhone app. “Unsane” and “Tangerine” were two other highly successful films, despite being shot on an iPhone. As each new iPhone offers increasingly complex photography capabilities, filmmakers are beginning to recognize the […]

Eddy Cue said everything you’d expect about Apple’s video strategy

For a session about “Curation in Media,” there wasn’t a whole lot of talk about Apple News at Eddy Cue’s SXSW panel today. Instead, moderator and CNN senior reporter Dylan Byers steered Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services through a wide range of topics, from today’s acquisition of magazine platform Texture through […]

Amazon’s best Black Friday deals you’d never find on your own

The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you’ll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. Black Friday is one of the best days of the year to buy great gadgets at discounted prices. Everything from TVs to tablets, to speakers and headphones is […]

This popular athletic brand is now making women’s workwear — and it’s as comfortable as you’d think

The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you’ll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. MPG Sport is a clothing brand that means to bring performance materials into everyday life, fusing smarter technical fabrics with fashionable styles that might not yet meet the functional standards […]

Sound of mystery attacks in Cuba released. It’s as obnoxious as you’d expect

Enlarge / Personnel gather at the US Embassy in Cuba after the US State Department announced it will cut the embassy’s staff by half in the wake of mysterious health problems. (credit: Getty | Sven Creutzmann/Mambo Photo) On Thursday, the Associated Press released the first audio recording of the sound that some diplomats say they […]

The frequency of catastrophic natural disasters really is increasing, but not by as much as you’d think from media coverage

NOAA No sooner had Hurricane Harvey’s record rains receded from Houston and neighboring cities than the residents of Florida began bracing for a wallop from an even more powerful storm. And hurricane season hasn’t even peaked yet. This begs the question: Is the number of major natural disasters striking the United States actually increasing, or […]

Traveling to Venice? You’d Better Be on Your Best Behavior

Traveling to Venice? You’d Better Be on Your Best Behavior Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does […]

People fall off a ‘humor cliff’ when they start working — and it impacts your career more than you’d think

NBCUniversal Television Distribution You are not funny. I don’t mean “you” in the generic sense, but literally you personally, because you’re a businessperson. I, however, am funny. In fact, I’m so funny, I get paid for it. Not as well as you do for your businessing, but really well considering what I do is way […]