The update is rolling out now, though it does not change the inevitability that Android Oreo will be the last major Android update for both phones. | Continue reading
GUEST: Nintendo’s Switch remains a hard-to-find gaming system. Its Super NES Classic retro console sold out in seconds on some retail sites. And the House of Mario is dominating on TV, too, with 39 percent of TV ad impressions from July 16 to August 15. GamesBeat has partnered wi … | Continue reading
ANALYSIS: A year that began with high hopes for a tech IPO revival has crashed into a wall of reality following sputtering public offerings from Snap and Blue Apron. The catastrophe that is Blue Apron was driven home in recent days thanks to multiple shareholder lawsuits claiming … | Continue reading
GUEST: Back in 1996, when the internet was in its formative stages and had not yet produced time- and attention-sucking features like Twitter or mobile push notifications, a pair of pioneering computer scientists named Mark Weiser and John Seely Brown coined the idea of “calm tec … | Continue reading
By now you've seen a good number of impressive augmented reality demos using Apple's ARKit, but you haven't seen anything like this—sculpting in AR with the Apple Pencil. The demo was shown off on Friday on YouTube by India-based developer Fabin Rasheed. Although Rasheed doesn't … | Continue reading
It may sound strange to mine Bitcoin with household appliances, to say the least. The Chinese firm Midea Group feels it is an opportunity waiting to be explored. They recently filed a patent for household devices capable of mining Bitcoin. That is quite an interesting developmen … | Continue reading
Keep reading for the latest news in content marketing from around the web… How to Create a Content Marketing Strategy for Your Personal Brand neilpatel.com – You probably already know what branding is. It’s the look and feel of a company, like its logo and website, as well what p … | Continue reading
GUEST: Four years ago, when the first unicorn count took place, there were 39 startups on the list, only one of them a hardware company. Today the world has some 213 unicorns, and 18 of those are hardware startups. Considering hardware accounts for only a small percentage of the … | Continue reading
With US digital ad spending set to reach $83 billion in 2017, an increase of 16 percent, the ROI for advertisers is threatened by fake clicks and views. Everyone in the ad ecosystem is affected, regardless of location. Ad Fraud is a global epidemic, crippling ad budgets and destr … | Continue reading
A report from cybersecurity company Proofpoint says that it’s observed a “targeted email campaign” that is using details of leaked Game of Thrones episodes to try and spread malware to unsuspecting users. The company first came across an e-mail on August 10th with the subject lin … | Continue reading
A new interpretation into the nature of an ancient clay tablet known as Plimpton 322 claims that ancient Babylonians might have developed an advanced form of trigonometry — long before Greek mathematicians are commonly believed to have invented the concept.That’s the theory put f … | Continue reading
Wafra Vertical Housing introduces a new concept to urban living that adapts to the evolving life style of 21st Century contemporary Kuwait. | Continue reading
Cointal is the one website you’ve been waiting for. So far, we may have seen many Peer-to-Peer Marketplaces, but none concerned themselves with procuring any feature that would reassure all traders at once. First of all, no P2P marketplace has ever proposed more than two cryptocu … | Continue reading
It is always an interesting idea to check up on Bitcoin Cash now and then. A few days ago, mining profitability switched back in favor of Bitcoin Core. It now appears the situation has changed yet again. Mining BCH is 10% more profitable compared to the legacy chain. Not a major … | Continue reading
French yachtsman Alain Thebault wants to turn a boat design he used to break a world speed sailing record in 2009 into a clean, fast taxi service for the waterways of major cities. The SeaBubble won the backing of private investors – Thebault expects to raise between 50 to 100 mi … | Continue reading
The pardon that Donald Trump granted Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, sends this message to American law enforcement: if you violate the civil rights of Latinos while enforcing immigration law, the president of the United States approves—and even if you … | Continue reading
The Point Dume House explores the nature of fluidity and sequence in the context of space, circulation, and landscape. | Continue reading
The Kymera Body Board doesn't need waves to jet across the water. It has an electric lithium-ion battery pack to do all the work for you. To steer, tilt your body left or right. The board can last up to two hours on a single charge. Prices start at $3,495 with the option to rent … | Continue reading
GUEST: There is a classic video of Steve Ballmer at a Microsoft company meeting going absolutely crazy, covered in sweat, screaming “Developers! Developers! Developers!” Many will say Ballmer did not do much right while he was CEO, but he did understand one thing: A platform is o … | Continue reading
The 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) is being held in our very own Boston, MA this year. The Social Media Collective’s Tarleton Gillespie (Microsoft Resea… | Continue reading
The Pacific Palisades house occupies a long narrow site on the rim of Santa Monica Canyon with distant views of the Pacific Ocean. | Continue reading
Learn 5 Different Apps to Make Money Using Your Phone. Make Money Fast and Easy With Different Apps. Make Money for Kids and Teens. | Continue reading
The stifling heat of the tarmac beneath the wings of his C-17 aircraft, the dragon’s breath backwash from nearby helicopters, and the unmistakable, acrid smell of summertime Baghdad must have brought back distant memories when Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis touched down there ea … | Continue reading
Websites that auto-load videos with sound may soon be a thing of the past — or, at least, your days of having to put up with them could be. That’s because Google is testing a new option that lets users permanently mute a website within the Chrome Browser. Noisy websites have lon … | Continue reading
The Call of Duty: WWII private beta is under way, and I’ve been playing for a few hours. That means I’m a veteran at this game, at least as much as anyone else is. I’ve leveled up to rank 10, mostly by playing matches where I get one kill for every three deaths. That’s about […] | Continue reading
Long before Taylor Swift was the subject of serious ire and scrutiny, she was interested in laying out puzzles and being the sole keeper of the key. Her album liner notes have always had hidden clues, as complicated as a Zodiac cypher, put there obviously enough for fans to figur … | Continue reading
Two former Googlers are guaranteeing workers in the tech industry that they get interviews with their dreamer employers thanks to artificial intelligence.The past year or so has seen AI deployed to tackle a broad range of issues, and with their startup Leap.ai, ex-Google enginee … | Continue reading
When the robot apocalypse comes, robots will be there to say a prayer over your frail human remains, thanks to Japan's Softbank. SEE ALSO: Elon Musk and 115 other experts ask the UN to ban killer robots in open letterThat's the message from this week's Tokyo Int'l Funeral & Cemet … | Continue reading
After five years as an education entrepreneur I’ve learned, perhaps to the chagrin of my gold-seeking peers, that success will come only from those who remain harder working than the competition, more optimistic than the critics, and more dedicated than those who thought it’d be … | Continue reading
GUEST: Brazil’s been in the news lately, and not always for the most positive reasons. Amidst news of recession, resulting austerity measures, and a successive series of large-scale corruption scandals, the developments from this previously booming emerging market seem grim. But … | Continue reading
Generation Z is anticipated to make up 40% of consumer markets by 2020, which poses an opportunity for massive disruption in almost all industries. Even the largest of corporations can be uprooted with this quick shift in consumer preferences and the scrappiest of startup can gai … | Continue reading
You've been kicked out of parties, thrown out of concerts, and you are never — NEVER — welcome back to Buffalo Wild Wings.It seems like the internet should be a refuge from that kind of IRL judgement, but, no, it's not. There's a way to get banned from pretty much everything. SEE … | Continue reading
Over the last couple of decades, online streaming, shopping and social networking startups have revolutionized the art of sitting around the house. Now, a new generation of internet entrepreneurs is focusing on getting us a better house to sit around in. Read More | Continue reading
The Gillmor Gang — Doc Searls, Denis Pombriant, Keith Teare, Frank Radice, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, August 25, 2017.G3: Pardon Me recorded Friday, August 25, 2017 with Francine Hardaway, Elisa Camahort Page, Lisa Padilla, Kristie Wells, and Tina Chase Gillmor.@st … | Continue reading
Spoilers ahead for season one of The Mist.On August 24, The Mist’s season-one finale aired on Spike. On the 25th, Netflix released the series for streaming in select countries outside the United States. (A Netflix spokesman said the company doesn’t provide “comprehensive lists of … | Continue reading
It's time to get trippy. Hypno Cam, free for both iPhone and Android users, uses pop music and animated filters for a psychedelic take on your original videos.SEE ALSO: Pikachu has invaded Snapchat with a face lens that's too awesome for wordsHypno Cam had the potential to be su … | Continue reading
It is here, folks. August 26, 2017. As a boxing and MMA fan I can confidently state my opinion that Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor is one big circus act which is going to entertain millions and make lots of money in the process. Everyone wants in. | Continue reading
Multiplayer combat in Call of Duty games has never been that social. You shoot the other players, or perhaps insult them in voice chat, and move on to the next game. But with Call of Duty: WWII, developer Sledgehammer Games designed the experience to be more social and memorable. … | Continue reading
Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Belém, Lisboa, Portugal | Continue reading
At this year’s E3 — aka the biggest date in the gaming industry calendar — there was an Oculus-shaped rift where the Oculus-shaped Rift should have been showing off its vision of the future of electronic gaming and entertainment. Read More | Continue reading
I was pretty sucked in by Christine’s tailer when it hit last year, and now that the film is on Netflix, I finally got around to checking it out. It’s a really great movie — and Rebecca Hall’s performance is just amazing — but the weird thing is, part of me wishes it hadn’t been … | Continue reading
I had an interesting conversation about industrial content marketing with the President and the Marketing Manager of a manufacturing company | Continue reading
Ben and James discuss the Theory of the Conservation of Attractive Profits, Intel, Netflix, and how it all applies to Disney. Presented by MailChimp Links Ben Thompson: Disney’s Choice — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Disney Follow-up — Stratechery Daily Update Ben Thompson: Aggregati … | Continue reading
In James Patrick Kelly’s new novel Mother Go, a young woman makes her way across the solar system, trying to flesh out an identity for herself, made all the more difficult by the fact that she’s a clone of a famous space explorer. It’s a wonderfully exuberant space opera, and it’ … | Continue reading
Facebook and Instagram appear to be down for some users this morning with some unable to post and others unable to access the sites entirely. Facebook users have reported issues accessing page mailboxes, uploading images, and posting updates, on both the mobile and web versions. … | Continue reading
As bitcoin cash's budding market continues to develop, CoinDesk looks at why some major exchanges haven't yet opted to list the coin. | Continue reading
The internet is amazing, and has given us great power. However, with great power comes great responsibility. | Continue reading
GUEST: An alarming trend has emerged in the blockchain community: Around the world, we’re seeing blockchain “startups” scam people into investing by getting a big name endorsement. It’s not exactly a pyramid scheme; I’ll call it a “circle scheme.” It’s all about summoning a group … | Continue reading