My first day at Google in 2011 felt a bit like joining Hogwarts: you’re excited and not entirely sure what you’ll be doing! I was happy to do anything and learn in the process! For the next two years, I was lucky enough to train Google employees on Gmail and to pitch Gmail to com … | Continue reading
The next World Cup, set to be hosted in Russia, is still a year away, but Facebook and Twitter are already gunning to purchase video rights from exclusive rights holder Fox Sports, according to a report from Bloomberg today. Given the global audience of the event, and its rising … | Continue reading
Get the clan together, because Destiny 2 is entering open beta on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One from July 21 to July 23. If you preordered it, you’ll be able to play it even earlier — July 18 for PS4 and July 19 for Xbox One. Though Bungie is working with Intel on Destiny 2’s PC […] | Continue reading
Iraqi forces have been closing in on Mosul’s Old City for months, but remain hampered by difficult terrain and hundreds of remaining ISIS fighters now encircled in a small area with a large civilian population trying to escape. Eight months of warfare have taken an enormous toll … | Continue reading
Many of the details around Nintendo's strategy for the future of their portable/console hybrid the Switch have been wishy washy at best, not just after initially debuting the system last fall but also well after its release this past March. I think part of that is Nintendo taking … | Continue reading
Ever since Overwatch's launch last year, there have been murmurs that Blizzard would add a new character called Doomfist to its roster of playable heroes. And now it has!But first some background on Doomfist's legacy. Whispers of him coming began with an early cinematic starring … | Continue reading
Pokémon Go is losing its Hypno-esque grip on consumers after its breakout summer last year, according to a survey by the marketing platform Fluent LLC. Developer Niantic Inc. is celebrating the app’s one-year anniversary this year with plenty of real-world and in-game events, but … | Continue reading
Senate Republicans could be on the verge of passing legislation to dismantle former President Barack Obama’s signature health-care law, the Affordable Care Act. The question for liberal activists who want to stop that from happening is whether the rest of the country will be payi … | Continue reading
T-Mobile just raised the price on its T-Mobile One Plus unlimited data plan by $5, which now makes the add-on to the company’s base One unlimited plan $10 extra per month. That fee is on top of the $70 / month price for a single line that the One plan costs, making the new total … | Continue reading
After a week of reports, Microsoft has confirmed its restructuring plans. As we previously reported, the moves are expected to impact thousands at the company as it works to reorganize its sales team. Subsequent numbers have put the headcount at anywhere between “up to 3,000” t … | Continue reading
Meet Sticky, the next app from the startup behind Prisma, which turns selfies into stylized and/or animated stickers for sharing to your social feeds. Sticky is launching today on iOS, with an Android version due in a week or two. Read More | Continue reading
We’ve known for a while that Nintendo would be using a separate smartphone app for online communication for the Switch, and now we know when the first version of that app will be available: July 21st, right alongside Splatoon 2. As announced alongside new Splatoon 2 details durin … | Continue reading
Review of a powerful new tool for the eComm store owner. Learn how ShopiRater will help you persuade customers to give you reviews and increase sales. | Continue reading
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- The Memphis Grizzlies are planning to retire the No. 50 jersey worn by Zach Randolph, who is leaving the team after eight seasons to sign with the Sacramento Kings. | Continue reading
Google’s latest virtual reality app lets users build colorful 3D models in VR, and it’s out today for free on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Google Blocks is supposed to be intuitive enough for newcomers to use, but full-featured enough to support making artistically compelling mo … | Continue reading
Overwatch’s latest hero has just been announced, and it’s none other than Doomfist, a character players have been eagerly anticipating since his first mention dating all the way back to the game’s original cinematic trailer. Doomfist — real name Akande Ogundimu — wields the epony … | Continue reading
The Sorcery! [Free] series came to an emphatic conclusion last year, and Inkle's groundbreaking gamebook titles have made a profound impact on mobile gaming as a medium. With some truly phenomenal storytelling throughout all four titles, and consistent support through successive … | Continue reading
“If nobody else is going to invent a dishwashing machine, I’ll do it myself.” That proclamation from Ohioan engineer Josephine Cochrane — who was, incidentally, granddaughter of steamboat inventor John Fitch –started a revolution in homemaking that some 60-years in the making res … | Continue reading
Microsoft's Xbox One X looks like it'll make good on its promises to hit 4K resolutions, though developers may have to do some work to make that happen. The post New Details Define Promise and Limits of Xbox One X 4K Performance appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
The Super NES Classic Edition is almost everything we could have ever asked for — except that it only plays about 20 games and you'll have to wait until Sept. 29 to get your hands on it. SEE ALSO: Super NES Classic is real and it's out in SeptemberLuckily for rabid Nintendo fans, … | Continue reading
Google is launching a new feature for IT admins today that will make it easier for them to allow employees to use third-party apps in combination with its G Suite productivity tools. Like similar services, Google uses the OAuth standard to allow users of third-party apps (think … | Continue reading
Uber’s decision to bring tipping to its app is one of the most notable recent reversals of policy in tech, and now the tipping feature is actually going live in 121 cities across North America, including the biggest markets in the U.S. and Canada like New York, San Francisco, L. … | Continue reading
Google today unveiled a new G Suite security feature to improve data access controls and enhance phishing prevention: OAuth apps whitelisting. The feature is designed to help companies control how third-party applications are using enterprise user data. OAuth apps whitelisting is … | Continue reading
Starting today, Uber’s new in-app tipping option is being rolled out in 100 cities in the US and Canada, including major markets like New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. After downloading an updated version of the app, riders will be asked whether they’d like to leave … | Continue reading
Wir wollen nicht hoffen, dass Soundcloud eins der ersten großen Opfer im Gerangel ums Streaming wird, aber nach Versuchen mehr Investitionen aufzutreiben, stehen die Zeichen schlecht. Heute wurden 173 Mitarbeiter von 420 entlassen, die Büros... | Continue reading
Twenty years ago, in a series of lectures on the history of American civilization, the philosopher Richard Rorty offered a prediction. His words languished in relative obscurity until the unexpected rise of Donald Trump made them seem prescient.Labor unions and unskilled workers … | Continue reading
The battle of the bike-sharing startups took a serious turn today with news that China’s Ofo has raised another $700 million in a round of venture capital (VC) funding led by Alibaba, Hony Capital, and CITIC PE. Didi Chuxing, the “Uber of China,” also participated in the round. T … | Continue reading
Halo 5 will support true 4k resolution on Xbox One X, developer 343 Industries has announced. As with Elite Dangerous, a 4K patch will arrive for Halo 5 ahead of the Xbox One X's launch on 7th November.That's not the only Halo related boon coming to Xbox One soon, as the series' … | Continue reading
According to numerous reports out this morning, Amazon entered the wine business with its own label in partnership with Oregon’s King Estate Winery, which has launched a direct-to-Amazon wine label called “Next.” But that’s not actually the case, as it turns out. Amazon confirme … | Continue reading
Game subscription services now look like they’re here to stay, and Sony’s Playstation Now just got an exciting update: The first PS4 games on the service are now available to play. The debut list includes 24 games that originally came out on PS4, bringing PS Now to the contempor … | Continue reading
High-end cameramaker RED has just announced a premium smartphone called Hydrogen One, and the headlining feature is something the company is referring to as a “holographic display.” A buzzword-filled press release for Hydrogen One says that the 5.7-inch display somehow uses nanot … | Continue reading
TV networks have figured out how to game the Nielsen ratings system. It’s as easy as playing dumb, literally. On days when programmers know their viewership will drop, like on holiday weekends or during sporting events, they “accidentally” misspell their show’s name on the nightl … | Continue reading
A Princeton University researcher has received federal funding to study mechanism incentives and applications to cryptocurrency.Source | Continue reading
This is the fourth installment in an audio series called What My Students Taught Me, which features teachers reflecting on one of their most challenging students—counterbalanced by the student’s version of the same events. What My Students Taught Me will return with a fifth episo … | Continue reading
Google wants to simplify content creation in VR so that people have more pretty things to look at and build. The company’s VR painting app Tilt Brush has been one of their most-finessed successes and today Google is launching a new app that allows users to create 3D objects usin … | Continue reading
Microsoft announced its new 4K-capable Xbox One X console at E3 this year, but Halo wasn’t even mentioned on stage at all. While it was never likely that a full new Halo would be ready in time for the Xbox One X later this year, 343 industries is revealing today that it plans to … | Continue reading
As expected, Microsoft announced layoffs today that will affect thousands of its employees. The job cuts will be primarily focused in the company’s sales and marketing organizations as part of a reorganization the tech giant announced internally earlier this week. The cuts will p … | Continue reading
The Android Wear 2.0 rollout has been ongoing for almost five months: what's the story? Join us as we investigate. | Continue reading
refund.me: Potsdam (ots) - refund.me, der internationale Dienstleister für Fluggastrechte, begrüßt das Urteil des Europäischen Gerichtshofs zur Stärkung der Passagierrechte bei Stornogebühren. Die Fluggesellschaften dürfen kein zusätzliches Entgelt für die ... | Continue reading
In the fall of 2009, there were nine candidates for president of Princeton’s freshman class. All nine were white men.Concerned by this fact, a group of Princeton faculty and administrators began gathering data about gender diversity on campus. They found that, over the past 29 ye … | Continue reading
You know the rules: here on the internet we give every animal in creation at least one shot at being “the best.” So far we’ve tried dogs, cats, pigs, bats, raccoons, foxes, and bears, and I think you’ll agree it’s about time we stopped futzing around with mammals and tried out th … | Continue reading
Roaming-Gebühren sollte es ja eigentlich seit Mitte Juni 2017 nicht mehr geben, allerdings weist die Verbraucherzentrale Sachsen darauf hin, dass nicht alle Anbieter automatisch auf den regulierten EU-Roaming-Tarif umstellen.So ist bei O2 offensichtlich... | Continue reading
Driverless AI is the latest product from H2O.ai aimed at lowering the barrier to making data science work in a corporate context. The tool assists non-technical employees with preparing data, calibrating parameters and determining the optimal algorithms for tackling specific bus … | Continue reading
Instagram is offering more video messaging options to 200+ million Story users — specifically, friends can now respond to your Story with photos, videos, and Boomerangs of their own, bypassing text entirely. Video replies work the same way as normal Story posts — text, stickers, … | Continue reading
Microsoft revealed today that it plans to cut up to 3,000 jobs as part of a reorganization process that will see the software giant focus its efforts on the cloud. The layoffs are expected to primarily impact Microsoft’s sales force, and around 10 percent of the company’s total s … | Continue reading
Why do reporters keep asking President Trump whether he accepts that Russia interfered in the 2016 election? The shortest answer is that he keeps giving interesting answers. During a press conference in Warsaw Thursday, NBC’s Hallie Jackson asked the question once more.On its fac … | Continue reading
Python is one of the most widely-used and versatile languages out there. This 9 part bundle takes you from beginner to proficient for just $39. | Continue reading
The ever-shortening lifespan of our smart devices is getting ridiculous. Sometimes feels like products are specifically made to last just past their warranty. Organizations like GreenPeace have launched campaigns to fight planned obsolescence, and it seems that they might gain a … | Continue reading