This year at VidCon, YouTube shared some new metrics that really drive home how much its dominating mobile video usage and how quickly its service is gaining viewers on TVs.The highlight was the fact that there are now 1.5 billion logged-in users visiting the site every month. T … | Continue reading
I’m sitting alone in an enormous tent on the campus of the Aspen Institute right now. The big “IDEAS” sign is in place, and the stages are set. The Aspen Ideas Festival is about to begin.When I talk to people throughout the year about the Aspen Ideas Festival, the main question I … | Continue reading
What We’re FollowingThe Big Reveal: Senate Republicans released a discussion draft of their bill to reform—but not outright repeal—the Affordable Care Act. This bill builds on the American Health Care Act passed by the House last month, but with some changes, including slightly m … | Continue reading
There are few things YouTube commenters like to call people out on more than shooting a vertical video. But they’ll have one less reason to do so after the YouTube app’s latest update. The update finally allows YouTube to properly display vertical video, filling up the whole scre … | Continue reading
Many of our decisions are based on the short term — our horizons have gotten very small, our tools indulge the need to constantly know where we are towards our immediate goals, never mind that we may be missing the big picture. Entire businesses exist and thrive because they indu … | Continue reading
Nintendo's upcoming 3DS offerings Hey! Pikmin and Miitopia have received demos on the eShop.Hey! Pikmin is a 2D spin-off in the popular strategy puzzler series. Developed by Yoshi's New Island studio Arzest, Hey! Pikmin should not be confused with the upcoming Pikmin 4, which ser … | Continue reading
At least 34 are dead and 58 wounded in a Thursday car bomb attack outside a bank in Helmand, a southern province in Afghanistan. The explosion, carried out by a lone suicide bomber, targeted Afghan security personnel who were waiting to collect their salaries ahead of Eid-al-Fitr … | Continue reading
Tech leaders gathered today at the White House for a series of focused sessions on hot topics in tech. Thursday’s event, titled “American Leadership in Emerging Technology,” is the second big piece of the White House’s Technology Week, continuing on from Tuesday’s discussion abo … | Continue reading
Researchers at Caltech have come up with a new digital camera design that does away with the need for optics. The new technology uses an optical phased array to capture light at different times with different focus, thus creating an entire image. Traditional cameras require a len … | Continue reading
Capcom launched the original Street Fighter IV [$4.99] for mobile way back in the March of 2010, and despite being a scaled down version of the full console game it played surprisingly well with its smattering of virtual buttons. A little more than a year later saw the release of … | Continue reading
In the hours after Senate Republicans released their long-awaited plan to roll back the Affordable Care Act, it was nearly impossible to find an enthusiastic supporter of the proposal—even among the lawmakers it was most aimed to please.There was no grand unveiling of a bill that … | Continue reading
Construction is underway at the new Apple store in downtown Chicago, and today, as reported by DNA Chicago, a new design element was added — a giant Apple logo. A construction crew added the logo to the store’s silver, rectangular roof, making it look like a giant MacBook. It sta … | Continue reading
If you’ve ever spent an extended period of time using a VR headset, you know that the whole 360-degree video thing can get old pretty fast. Don’t get me wrong; I’ve had some amazing VR experiences that gave my neck a serious workout, but a significant portion of the content would … | Continue reading
YouTube announced a new VR video format, VR180, that lets creators make and upload 180-degree clips instead of full 360-degree videos. | Continue reading
Detroit: Become Human's marketing team has quickly had a change of heart after posting a tweet ribbing Microsoft.Quickly removed, but screencapped below, the tweet read "When you wake up and #DetroitBecomeHuman is still a PS4 exclusive and you're still an @Xbox owner. #ThursdayTh … | Continue reading
As we wrote about a few months back, Crusaders of Light was one of many mobile games selling itself as a "fully-fledged" MMORPG on mobile, though most similar boasts never amount to much. However, Crusaders of Light will indeed bring some intriguing features along once it launche … | Continue reading
Wisconsin has joined the land of autonomous delivery. If you live in the Badger State, you can now legally have your award-winning cheeses delivered to you 20 pounds at a time inside Starship Technologies' delivery bots. SEE ALSO: This little robot is like a Roomba for your garde … | Continue reading
Today in 5 LinesSenate Republicans released a 142-page proposal that would dismantle parts of the Affordable Care Act. Senators Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Ron Johnson, and Mike Lee said in a joint statement that they are “not ready” to vote for the GOP health-care bill, but are open to … | Continue reading
Facebook is revamping profile pictures to make them safer, starting with India.The company has launched two new features in India to reduce misuse of profile photos, announced on Thursday. Though the issue is not limited to that region of the world, the problem is prevalent in th … | Continue reading
It’s been happening for months. The value of Uber’s shares has been falling on the secondary market, hammered by a barrage of press attention paid to its real and perceived misdeeds. That slip is widely seen as the reason Uber investors strong-armed CEO Travis Kalanick out of hi … | Continue reading
Seriously, don't flinch. Canadian VR developer Robert McGregor has put together six years of Japanese sumo robots fighting each other in a single video. SEE ALSO: This kangaroo fight is the most bizarre thing you'll see all dayThe robots are programmed to push their opponents out … | Continue reading
Periscope’s new Super Hearts tipping feature that launched yesterday quickly sparked a backlash from the creators it was designed to help earn money. Broadcasters discovered that if they deleted the replay of one of their live videos before cashing out their tips at the end of t … | Continue reading
The App Store is like an awful b-list zombie movie at the moment, with classic games fading left, right and center at the hands of Apple's relentless 32-bit Appocalypse. While a number of titles have since been updated to 64-bit to stay around when iOS 11 rolls into town, the ver … | Continue reading
Airbnb is getting ready to launch a new premium service meant to attract higher-paying travelers, according to Bloomberg. This tier will try to lure new customers who have yet to try the platform because they prefer the amenities that come with upscale hotels.This is the first ti … | Continue reading
We offer our opinions on what LG will need to do to make its next flagship phone, the V30, a success. | Continue reading
Not everyone feels comfortable sharing every bit of their lives to social media. Some people aren’t even comfortable uploading a profile photo for fear of them being misused, but now Facebook is trying to give users a bit more peace of mind. The company is testing a new feature i … | Continue reading
The X-Series Actuator doesn’t look like much. Actually, if I’m being honest, it kind of looks like a red metal scotch tape dispenser with ribbed sides and a couple of ethernet ports. The product is scattered all over HEBI’s one-room Pittsburgh office in various states of disarra … | Continue reading
Asus launched a new VivoBook S, the S510, today that features a seventh-generation Intel Core i7 processor, runs Windows 10, and is designed to look nearly identical to the MacBook Air. The laptop weighs only 3.3 pounds and has 7.8mm-thick bezel.Here are the specs:15.6-inch Full … | Continue reading
For a lot of kids, growing up in today's world means more time spent staring at screens than biking around the neighborhood with friends. This isn't a huge surprise considering the increase in affordable personal electronic devices. But it puts a difficult task on parents: How do … | Continue reading
It's a rare occasion when you take the perfect photo on the first try. Most likely, your camera roll is clogged with photos as you attempt to shoot that all-star selfie, picture at the concert, or snapshot of the new glow-in-the-dark donuts. But for all you accidental photo hoard … | Continue reading
Super Evil Megacorp’s mobile MOBA, Vainglory [Free], has launched its latest update and with it comes some significant quality of life upgrades. In addition to a new hero and the requisite new skins Version 2.6 also introduces a significant revamp to its in-game communication sys … | Continue reading
On Thursday, Senate Republicans released a draft version of their Obamacare replacement, the American Health Care Act. The bill looks similar to the version passed by the House in May, and would accomplish much of the same: a large increase in the number of uninsured people and d … | Continue reading
Slate Cabin is a writer’s retreat perched on the edge of Snowdonia National Park in Mid Wales, United Kingdom. | Continue reading
YouTube is showing off a brand new file format for creators that want to check out VR but are intimidated by taking the full plunge with all the crazy hardware and production issues. It’s called VR180 and it’s half of a spherical video. It’s a simple evolution but it makes some … | Continue reading
Google is launching a new, more limited cinematic VR format that it hopes will be almost as accessible as regular YouTube videos. It’s called VR180, a collaboration between YouTube and Google’s Daydream VR division. And it’ll be produced with a new line of cameras from Yi, Lenovo … | Continue reading
I got to play around 40 minutes of Super Mario Odyssey at E3 (the Electronic Entertainment Expo) trade event in Los Angeles last week, and while it was a blast overall, the best part is that each moment is often bursting with surprises. As always, Nintendo has put an excruciating … | Continue reading
After three days of connectivity issues which prevented some Skype users from being able to log in, make calls, or send and receive messages, the company says it has now fully resolved the problem. What it isn’t saying – at least not yet – is what exactly happened. Microsoft’s d … | Continue reading
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The eighth annual VidCon starts today, and all eyes are on YouTube, the world’s biggest platform for online video. It’s been almost two years since the company announced Red, its subscription service, and began creating ad-free original content that would exist behind a paywall. … | Continue reading
VB EVENT: MobileBeat 2017 is not here for the dreamers — it’s built by the doers. And this year they’re getting the spotlight, too. We’re offering the MobileBeat stage to the established brands that aren’t resting on their laurels — the ones who have plunged head-first into hands … | Continue reading
We wrote a few times about the upcoming The Walking Dead: March to War, Disruptor Beam's take on the popular franchise, and now the game has soft launched in the Philippines, so you can go check it out. Disruptor Beam, which has developed Star Trek: Timelines and Game of Thrones: … | Continue reading
Web technology is a volatile environment, so much so that it’s not uncommon for web-based enterprises to burn out—Myspace, anyone? Although the ever-changing online world is hard to navigate, companies like Google and Amazon do it successfully, every day. It’s hard to imagine the … | Continue reading
The FCC today proposed to add the “Blue Alert” to the US Emergency Alert System which will notify the public of nearby suspects or threats to their communities’ law enforcement officials. The Blue Alert was introduced in 2015 after two New York City police officers were ambushed … | Continue reading
The 12 steps in a website redesign process, and how content strategy fits in overall. Plus, a handy content strategy worksheet and checklist! | Continue reading
Through a series of structural alterations this Victorian property was extended and opened out to form an elegant and light filled space | Continue reading
Last week Beyond Good & Evil 2 director and series creator Michel Ancel told quite the tale of his upcoming game. He spoke of procedurally-generated star systems, simulated sunsets, and spaceships of various builds blazing through the cosmos. Now, we can actually see what he's ta … | Continue reading
Some Uber employees — including a few managers — are circulating a petition that calls for the reinstatement of Travis Kalanick, who was forced to resign as CEO earlier this week. The petition, which was first reported by Recode and BuzzFeed, speaks in glowing terms about Kalanic … | Continue reading
We pit the all-new OnePlus flagship against the latest and greatest from LG in this quick look at the OnePlus 5 vs LG G6! | Continue reading