Why video marketing has to be a top priority (VB Live)

VB LIVE: Social video generates 1,200 percent more shares than text and images combined, so if video marketing isn’t even on your radar, you’re leaving money on the table. Don’t get left behind — join this VB Live event to find out how to leverage the extraordinary growth and pot … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Brawl With 4 Friends on One Device in 'Shy Bunnies'

Local multiplayer had its glory days back in the 90s and 00s, and while multiplayer gaming is now almost exclusively online, it doesn't quite capture the joy of mocking your friend sitting next to you for being totally worthless and gloating in your success. Some developers have … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

The Hedge Project: Expanding Cryptocurrency Markets

The cryptocurrency market, driven by Bitcoin has been one of the best-performing assets during the last year, and it is all set to continue the trend through this year as well.  The market conditions have attracted the attention of crypto, mainstream and small ticket investors al … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

How the “once-bootstrapped” MessageBird just received $60-million in funding

Founded in 2011, Amsterdam-based startup and cloud-communications platform, MessageBird, just nabbed the largest early-stage venture capital investment into a European software company in history. The $60-million “Series A” round of funding was led by venture capital firms, Accel … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Tom Petty's Psychedelic Curveball Triumph

Tom Petty, fairly or not, is often talked about as a voice for the center, someone whose music is like the point where all the tangled roads on the map of rock-and-roll history meet. His signature song is a vision of universal American feeling, and so are many of his other hits. … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

BP Tech Chief: Blockchain Could Give Company 'Competitive Advantage'

British gas and energy giant BP is pushing ahead with plans to test blockchain applications in the energy trading market. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 7 years ago

More Pixelbook specs leak out on the eve of Google’s hardware event

Google’s upcoming new high-end Pixelbook already leaked out ahead of the company’s upcoming event, but a new leak from electronics reseller Synnex has revealed some more information about the upcoming device, via 9to5Google. Specifically, the Pixelbook is said to have a 12.3-inch … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Bye, 140-character limit; Twitter’s new 280-character tweets work fine (for me)

Say what you want about the new 280-character limit for Twitter — it works for me and how I tweet, and it shows that the company is at least trying a few new things. Of course, the reception has been less than warm. I wasn’t the only one who has written tweets that cut off […] | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Former Equifax CEO says breach boiled down to one person not doing their job

 In a continued effort to pass on any responsibility for the largest data breach in history, Equifax’s recently departed CEO is blaming it all on a single person who failed to deploy a patch.Hackers exposed the Social Security numbers, drivers licenses and other sensitive info of … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Confession: I’m a Papyrus fan (and now nobody will speak to me)

I’ve been hiding from the Papyrus haters for three days now. The font was thrust back into the spotlight over the weekend. SNL made a skit about Papyrus and its overuse — particularly its use in the film “Avatar” — starring Ryan Gosling (because there’s a person who wouldn’t know … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Quuu Promote - We Tried It and Here Are Our Results

Quuu promote is a tool that helps marketers share their content while streamlining their efforts. In this post, we review whether or not this tool is worth it. | Continue reading


@blog.socialfusion.com | 7 years ago

NBA revamps format for All-Star Game

NEW YORK -- The National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) announced today a new All-Star Game format for NBA All-Star 2018 in Los Angeles. This will mark the NBA's first All-Star Game without a matchup between the Eastern Conference … | Continue reading


@nba.com | 7 years ago

Google Home app gets updated with a new interface and Night Mode

The Google Home app for Android just got a brand new update to make it easier to find, cast, and control media from a variety of sources. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Judge delays Waymo/Uber trial until December 4th

 This morning, Judge William Alsup ruled that the Waymo v. Uber trial would be delayed until December 4th. The trial had initially been expected to start with jury selection next Tuesday on October 10th. Ultimately this gives Waymo additional time to review new documents associat … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

The Netgear ReadyNAS 524X is a data hoarder’s delight

 As a member of the Data Generation, I’ve found that my photos, videos, and documents quickly expand to fill their containers. A standard USB drive is quickly replaced by another, larger one while home network file servers fall by the wayside as they get full, old, and dangerousl … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Google acquisition boosts AIMatter’s efforts to revolutionize image processing

GUEST: At the beginning of the year, Google CEO Sundar Pichai discussed the company’s key areas of focus. He said that, aside from allocating some funds for investments in AR, VR, and cloud technologies, Google will be an “AI first” company. This statement could very well explain … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Overwatch’s Halloween Terror event returns October 10 with new content

It’s that spooky time of year, and here’s something you may find horrifying: Blizzard is pulling out last year’s Overwatch Halloween event again. On October 10, Halloween Terror will return to the company’s class-based hero shooter. It will once again give players the chance to u … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Google Home’s Night Mode lets you lower the volume and lights on set days and hours

Google Home normally has a set volume, so if you turn it up during the day but then use it again at night, it can get too loud for you. To solve those woes, Google Home has gotten a new Night Mode, which is still under early access in Google Home’s preview program and hasn’t yet … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

'Blade Runner' and the Dystopic Los Angeles

Blade Runner 2049 opens in American theaters this week, 35 years after the original version first came out. The first Blade Runner eventually became a cult classic and, according to author and urban theorist Mike Davis, L.A.’s “dystopic alter ego.” It helped fuel two decades of c … | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 7 years ago

Intel is building a Windows VR experience for the Winter Olympics

Intel says it’s planning to deliver a Windows Mixed Reality experience for the Winter Olympics next year. A company spokesperson appeared, in virtual reality, at Microsoft’s special Mixed Reality event in San Francisco this morning. While Intel hasn’t demonstrated exactly what it … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Relax in this tranquil hanging tree pod

Ever wanted to relax in a cabana while suspended in the air? This camping innovation lets you do just that. 'TreePod' is a cross between a hammock and a bungalow. Just unpack it, hang it up, and unwind in the private pod.  Read more...More about Mashable Video, Beach, Relax, Camp … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

The Uses and Misuses of Historical Analogy for North Korea

Amid a steady fusillade of ever more capable rockets from North Korea, and an escalating volley of threats and insults flying between Washington and Pyongyang, the crisis in Northeast Asia shows no sign of slackening. On the contrary, as North Korea’s drive for a nuclear-armed ba … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Amazon has acquired 3D body model startup, Body Labs, for $50M-$70M

 TechCrunch has learned that Amazon has acquired Body Labs, a company with a stated aim of creating true-to-life 3D body models to support various b2b software applications — such as virtually trying on clothes or photorealistic avatars for gaming. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Samsung unveils its “Odyssey” mixed-reality headset for Windows 10

Samsung today announced that it would be making the HMD Odyssey VR headset for Windows 10. The announcement came during a Microsoft event along with several other headsets revealed. The South Korean company has its screens in Apple’s iPhones, now it’ll have its devices on Windows … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Game of Thrones: Conquest Releases on October 19th, New Trailer Released

Warner Brothers finally announced the release date for Game of Thrones: Conquest. Developed by Turbine, the MMO strategy game will hit the App Store and Google Play on October 19th. Pre-registrations are live and doing so nets you $50 of in game goodies with exclusive Night’s Wat … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

Game developers share what their games looked like early in development

Video game developers are taking to Twitter this month to give the world a peek behind the development curtain with #blocktober, a hashtag that level designers are using to share early builds of their levels.SEE ALSO: Hotel puts proper gaming rigs in all its rooms, perfect for ga … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Microsoft’s VR headsets now up for pre-order, launching October 17

Microsoft promised to bring affordable VR headsets to the market way back in 2015, and we’ve only been teased with information on a few models ever since. Now they’re finally starting to materialize. At an event in San Francisco today, the company announced you can pre-order any … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Allegro Office in Warsaw by Workplace Solutions

As part of the three tiers for the new Allegro office in the Q22 building, the target space is to accommodate 450 people. | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 7 years ago

Dark Horse's next big Zelda book is a Hyrule encyclopedia

To date, publisher Dark Horse has released two beautiful, strapping Zelda-themed books in the form of the Hyrule Historia and Arts & Artifacts. It's now announced that a third hardback extravaganza is on the way early next year.This newest book, The Legend of Zelda: Encyclopedia, … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Discovery of Gravitational Waves Wins 3 US Scientists Nobel Prize

The Nobel Committee has awarded this year's prize in physics to Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne, and Barry Barish.The post Discovery of Gravitational Waves Wins 3 US Scientists Nobel Prize appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 7 years ago

Mourning the Victims in Las Vegas

In an attack in Las Vegas on Sunday, a lone gunman is believed to have fired automatic weapons into a gathering of 22,000 fans enjoying a country music festival. Fifty-nine people were killed, and hundreds more were wounded. The crowd scattered, seeking safety. Then, people gathe … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

'Siri, call mom': How one woman found a Las Vegas victim's family after he died in her arms

As the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history unfolded in Las Vegas Sunday night, hundreds of concertgoers like Heather Gooze were forced to watch strangers die right before their eyes.Gooze held one victim in her arms as he took his final breaths. To reach his loved ones … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Apple finally fixes that "crackling" iPhone 8 issue with iOS 11 update

Read more...{"player":{"description":"Come for the glass back, stay for the A11 Bionic chip and wireless charging.","image":"https://i.amz.mshcdn.com/MUrWdNsCY_QrPthLgwL2HkPtasU=/https%3A%2F%2Fvdist.aws.mashable.com%2Fcms%2F2017%2F9%2Ffbdfe2e5-39ae-5519%2Fthumb%2F00001.jpg","medi … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

According to Star Trek: Discovery, Starfleet still runs Microsoft Windows

The third episode of Star Trek: Discovery aired this week, and at one point in the episode, Sonequa Martin-Green’s Michael Burnham is tasked with reconciling two suites of code by Lieutenant Paul Stamets (Anthony Rapp).Minor spoilers for Star Trek: Discovery belowIn the show, Bu … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Trump's Puerto Rico Visit Is a Political Disaster

Updated on October 3 at 2:36 p.m.Making his first appearance in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico since Maria’s landfall, President Trump offered a hearty round of congratulations to federal relief efforts and thanked the island’s governor. But the president also suggested Maria was … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

You can now capture your own Google Street View images with a special camera

Google Street View has a new program that will let basically anyone with a car and the right camera contribute to its image database. The new program is called "Street View Ready" and will let photographers control special 360-degree cameras using a companion app, then upload the … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

How Should We Pay for Street Trees?

Trees have proved to aid mental health, decrease obesity and other health risks, and just generally make people happier. But they are often thought of as a luxury rather than a vital component of healthcare or urban infrastructure. In a new report, The Nature Conservancy, a conse … | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 7 years ago

Where Android Oreo’s best features came from

Android Oreo is stuffed full of features, but many of you may have spotted some of them before. Here's where some of Oreo's best features made their debut. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

3-Hero Platformer 'The Sidekicks' Releasing October 18th

The Sidekicks is a 3-hero platformer in the fashion of games like Trine, and it's coming to your mobile devices October 18th. As we wrote about a few months back, this platformer has you playing Bellie G, Zeronita, and Noobert as you try to make it through 30 hand-crafted levels. … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

Pinterest for Business: How to Get Started & Be Successful

Pinterest is different from other social media platforms in that it acts more like a search engine. That alone makes it a powerful medium for your business. | Continue reading


@digitalinformationworld.com | 7 years ago

Dropbox redesigns itself as a hipster file sharing service

Dropbox announced a redesign today that introduces a whole lot more color into its former white-and-blue aesthetic. The new look also includes a flatter box logo that makes it look less like an actual box and more like planes of surface (or an... even more abstract box, for the n … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Elements, Stripe’s new check-out toolkit, aims to boost e-commerce sales completions

 Stripe, the payments startup is now valued at $9 billion, is today taking the wraps off its latest effort to help its customers — which now number in the hundreds of thousands, and include companies like Lyft, Salesforce, Facebook, Deliveroo, and the U.K. government — generate m … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Realive is a movie about resurrection, but it lacks a beating heart

When it comes to using technology and science as narrative tools to probe the nature of the human heart, Spanish writer-director Mateo Gil knows a thing or two. He co-wrote Abre Los Ojos, Alejandro Amenábar’s twisty-turvy tale of a man who might be going crazy, or might be suffer … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Instagram Stories mimics Polly with new polls

 Polly blew up with teens last month by tacking multiple-choice polling onto Snapchat. Instagram is following suit with its own polling feature within Stories. Now just like adding a location sticker, you can add a two-answer poll on top of you Stories that friends can answer wit … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Jalal Talabani: 'The Rare Politician Who Could Talk to Anybody'

Jalal Talabani, who dominated Kurdish politics for decades, ascended to the Iraqi presidency in the post-Saddam Hussein era, and yet remained Mam (uncle) Jalal to his people, has died in Berlin. He was 83.No cause was given by Rudaw, the Kurdish news agency, but it said that Tala … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of Steve Jobs, to buy stake in Washington Wizards

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Billionaire executive Laurene Powell Jobs has agreed to buy a 20 percent stake in Ted Leonsis' Monumental Sports & Entertainment. | Continue reading


@nba.com | 7 years ago

$100 Ahead? Monero Price Holding Strong Above Key Support Level

The price of monero's cryptocurrency could be poised for movement as traders are building support at a key retracement level. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 7 years ago

Stripe’s new Elements help companies build ecommerce checkouts

Stripe unveiled a new set of developer tools today that are aimed at helping companies build ecommerce experiences for their customers. Called Stripe Elements, the new components provide businesses with login forms, shopping carts, and other key functionality. The payment process … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago