Highfive, a video conferencing startup that focuses on making video calls as easy as possible thanks to its integrated hardware and software solution, today announced that its customers can now also now join calls directly from Chrome without having to install any plugins, thank … | Continue reading
She has a Groucho Marx tattoo on her left wrist, and a biblically tinged Sufjan Stevens lyric inked on her right arm. So maybe it makes sense that radio producer Lily Percy has been exploring how people use humor to cope with the punches thrown by life. The result is a 15-episode … | Continue reading
You'll be surprised to learn advertisers spent $7.6 billion on billboards last year (a sum equal to the amount Americans are about to... | Continue reading
Wer zufälig auf der Suche nach einem Komplettsystem für den Einstieg in die eigene Musikproduktion sein sollte, für den klingt das iRig Keys I/O besonders verlockend.Es ist nicht nur ein Midikeyboard mit 3 Oktaven (25 Tasten), programmierbaren... | Continue reading
Token sales, better known as ICOs, are the biggest disruptor in the technology world this year — perhaps even this decade. That’s why it’s a major topic at Disrupt SF with several interviews and events covering the growing trend. During the first half of 2017, more money was rai … | Continue reading
Huawei has tweeted a promo picture for its Huawei Mate 10 which appears to take a swipe at its rival Samsung's recently unveiled Galaxy Note 8. | Continue reading
After working in the home, as an assistant at various stores, and as a waiter, SoftBank’s humanoid robot Pepper is adding Buddhist priest to the list of careers the robot can take on. Pepper can chant sutras in a computerized voice while hitting a drum, reports Reuters, as detail … | Continue reading
Nostalgia is in the air at TNW Towers. It’s Windows 95’s birthday, and our Slack channel is filled with reminiscing about Microsoft’s 90s halcyon days. Back then, Microsoft was top dog. IBM’s desktop aspirations were fading fast, and Apple was officially the sick man of tech, sho … | Continue reading
Amazon’s Influencer Program, a service that allows social media personalities to earn commissions on the Amazon products they promote, is now accepting sign-ups from YouTube influencers who want to participate. Last Thursday, Amazon quietly enabled a self-service tool for YouTub … | Continue reading
The battle against the Daily Stormer has ended in retreat as the racist website has pulled back to the dark web where it is available only via Tor. Former gray hat hacker Andrew Aurenheimer announced the impetus for the decision on alt-right website Gab. The website is now acces … | Continue reading
Before he started working with Aaron Swartz, the Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig built his professional life around internet law and copyright policy. In the early 2000s, Lessig was at the top of his academic field, then working at Stanford. As an undergraduate student, Swa … | Continue reading
Google’s App Engine service, one of its longest-running public cloud computing platforms, is finally getting a fully featured firewall. Until now, developers couldn’t easily restrict access to their applications on the service to only a small set of IP addresses or address range … | Continue reading
Trading of First Bitcoin Capital Corp's shares has been suspended by the SEC. | Continue reading
The online web appears to be immensely simple – You design, code, write, and optimize the cream of the cake and assume you are ready. Many of the internet users are not even aware of these behind the page works and we don’t even expect everyone to know everything. That’s the reas … | Continue reading
This story contains spoilers through all eight episodes of The Defenders.The premise of The Defenders was a doozy: Netflix’s four Marvel superheroes, with their various powers and foibles and neatly color-coded worlds would team up to battle an antagonist so powerful and so nefar … | Continue reading
Wall's, the Unilever-owned ice-cream brand, is returning to its 1920s pricing and giving away its Feast Sandwich for 5p at a pop-up next week. | Continue reading
The movie is available for free at the Play Store for a limited time before it lands in select theatres in September. | Continue reading
The surge in cryptocurrency prices is going to make Bitcoin wallets and exchange platforms attractive targets for hackers. | Continue reading
Inflect, a San Francisco-based startup that wants to make it easier for businesses to find the right co-location facilities, network service and exchange providers, today announced that it has added over 30 service providers and information about 2,200 data centers and networkin … | Continue reading
Since its introduction in 2009, Bitcoin has disrupted the global economic system by offering an alternative to conventional monetary and financial systems. The cryptocurrency and its underlying technology now have a variety of applications across domains, which makes it hard to i … | Continue reading
Google has announced a new firewall feature that allows developers and administrators using App Engine to easily restrict access from specific traffic sources. Google App Engine (GAE), a managed platform within the broader Google Cloud suite of services that compete with the like … | Continue reading
Es gibt einen neuen Star am Himmel der unerschwinglichen Elektro-Autos. Der Hipercar (Arbeitstitel) von Ariel. Der will 1180 PS haben und von Null auf Hundert schlappe 2.4 Sekunden brauchen. Also: anschnallen. Scheinbar gibt es sowohl 42kWh als auch... | Continue reading
In my personal experience, I’ve found that parties with photo booths are more fun than parties without photo booths. But if you’re hosting a big event or wedding, you’ll know that actually renting a company to come set up a booth can get really expensive.But why pay someone to co … | Continue reading
Outdoor Voices, the ‘athleisure’ brand that wants to take on Lululemon, has closed a $9 million round of funding.The round was led by Mickey Drexler, with participation from a few strategic partners including Walter Robb (former co-CEO of Whole Foods) and OV’s lead manufacturer. … | Continue reading
Serpstat is democratizing the SEO game — and with a lifetime subscription to their service (only $34.99, over 90 percent off from TNW Deals), you can start reaping the benefits of a quality SEO strategy without a huge outlay in time or manpower. | Continue reading
Kadokawa Games just announced an iOS and Android version of its successful visual novel Root Letter (√ Letter). The iOS and Android version will be called √ Letter Smartphone Edition and it is set to release in Japan tomorrow. PQube games localized the original release on PlaySta … | Continue reading
There’s no shortage of battery companies battling with Tesla for market share. Outfits around the world are building out battery capacity to fill the needs of automakers and energy storage developers alike — so much so that overcapacity has led to lower battery prices. Still, a … | Continue reading
The tough part about brand storytelling is so many of us think we are doing it but we aren’t. Instead, we come off as the socially awkward guy at the cocktail party – the one you see in the corner of your eye, whose presence you feel and want to repel. So you do everything in … | Continue reading
Freemium, open source encrypted email service, Tutanota, which is based in Germany, is offering to “donate” (as it puts it) the business version of its end-to-end encrypted email service to non-profits — so they either don’t have to pay for the service, or can tap into it at a h … | Continue reading
Travis and Stewart interview Scott Stratten, the man behind “unmarketing,” in this week’s episode of VB Engage, as part of the Unbounce CTA Conference interview series in Vancouver. Scott reveals some of his greatest engagement tips and tells us how AI will affect the marketer’s … | Continue reading
If you were an American scientist interested in hallucinogens, the 1950s and 1960s were a great time to be working. Drugs like LSD and psilocybin—the active ingredient in magic mushrooms—were legal and researchers could acquire them easily. With federal funding, they ran more tha … | Continue reading
Sprint is giving out free tickets to select concerts on Jay Z’s 4:44 tour to customers who sign up for Tidal trial membership. The carrier says it will offer one ticket to current customers who sign up for Tidal’s six-month trial membership and up to two tickets to new users who … | Continue reading
Here we go… first pumpkin recipe of the year. So long, summer! It’s time for cosy autumn vibes now. And this recipe is full of autumn vibes. Hearty and earthy pumpkin paired with crisp, sweet apples and warming, spicy ginger – all in a deliciously comforting soup. I’ve teamed up … | Continue reading
Hamburg Marketing GmbH: Hamburg (ots) - Große Auszeichnung für das Miniatur Wunderland und Hamburg: Internationale Deutschlandbesucher haben die größte Modelleisenbahn der Welt zum zweiten Mal hintereinander zur beliebtesten Sehenswürdigkeit des Landes gewählt. Platz Zwei ... | Continue reading
A new fund focused on bitcoin derivatives has been created, SEC filings reveal. | Continue reading
(Reuters) — China Life and Baidu will form a 7 billion yuan ($1 billion) private equity fund, targeting internet and other technology investments, China Life’s listed arm said on Thursday. The Baidu Fund Partnership will be capitalized by China Life through a special partnership, … | Continue reading
Es gab Caia schon ein Mal. Damals hieß es noch Lucy und sah etwas anders aus. Aber die Idee von Solenica ist nach wie vor gut und das immer noch im Indiegogo-Finanzierungsprozess befindliche Produkt scheinbar nur verbessert worden. Ein Roboter-Spiegel,... | Continue reading
We have noted before that today's small and mid-sized companies tend to have a reactive problem: When they post on social media, there tends to be only a little bit of proactive content (original posts and pictures, etc.) and a whole lot of reactive content – content made in resp … | Continue reading
From time to time, Samsung strikes advertising pay dirt. Earlier this year, the company had a pretty good spot when it stuck a Gear VR on an ostrich’s head. But it’s a tough gig — particularly when you’re dealing with the Note 8. While it’s true the company hasn’t had a difficul … | Continue reading
I told you Apple would never build its own car. Okay, maybe Apple wanted to. There was enough smoke around the multi-year Apple Car rumor mill to indicate a fire, somewhere, but the arguments I made in 2015 still hold true.I outlined six reasons why Apple wouldn't build a car:Man … | Continue reading
Since European Union and United Kingdom representatives reconvened in Brussels last month for Brexit talks, the British negotiating team has faced accusations of being unprepared—an impression that was only fueled by this photo:Barnier and his staff sit down with a huge stack of … | Continue reading
Google's upcoming Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL phones might launch on Oct. 5. The date comes via often-accurate leaker Evan Blass, who also tweeted that the devices will run on Qualcomm's yet-unannounced Snapdragon 836 chip. SEE ALSO: Everything we know so far about Google's Pixel 2Cur … | Continue reading
What’s new with the Galaxy Note 8 and how does it compare versus the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus? Let's take a closer look. | Continue reading
If you thought you were bad at dancing, get ready to feel worse, because 1,069 robots have broken a Guinness World Record set just last year for the "most robots dancing simultaneously" in China. The robots are all named Dobi and are made by Chinese company WL Intelligent Technol … | Continue reading
No matter how shiny you polish it up, this phone doesn’t live up to its price and epithet Continue reading… | Continue reading
KFC just rolled out a virtual escape room used to train staff in the food preparation method called "The Hard Way" that Colonel Sanders, himself, developed. | Continue reading