Mike Gallagher, president and CEO of the game lobbying group The Entertainment Software Association, took a blast at President Donald Trump today for his “misinformed” and “reckless” immigration policies. Buried in a message about the year ahead, the criticism called for a “bette … | Continue reading
Key Highlights ETH price after finding resistance near $13.22 against the US Dollar started a consolidation phase. It looks like a contracting triangle pattern is formed on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via SimpleFX) with support at $12.50. The pair might test the $12.50 … | Continue reading
After three years of developing a brand new rocket, aerospace startup Rocket Lab has finally transported a finished vehicle to the New Zealand launch pad where it will take its first flight. The rocket, called the Electron, has been tested on the ground over the last year but has … | Continue reading
Warriors All-Star Draymond Green was ejected late in the first half of Wednesday's home game against the Kings after drawing a pair of technical fouls for arguing. | Continue reading
Jack Dorsey thinks AI-driven personalization could be the solution to Twitter's problems.Speaking to investors at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet conference in San Francisco, Twitter's top executive said the embattled company is increasingly turning to AI and machine le … | Continue reading
We're streaming live on Mobcrush right now. There's a couple different ways you can watch the stream, and they all work equally well and it's really just a matter of personal preference as to which method you prefer. The easiest way to watch is just watching the embedded player r … | Continue reading
Thank you for joining us once again for our weekly roundup of all the coolest new games that have hit the App Store in the past 7 days. It's another busy one, and there's quite a few high profile releases this week including the positively delightful Hidden Folks, the grusomely c … | Continue reading
The player and team that could use some good news finally received a bit, with an assist from the commissioner. | Continue reading
SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee appeared at South Korea’s special prosecutor’s office on Thursday before a court hearing that will decide whether to issue an arrest warrant over his role in a corruption scandal that has engulfed President Park Geun-hye. South Kor … | Continue reading
Marketers think great content and a good reputation make for effective mailings. Consumers see it differently. | Continue reading
2016 was a milestone year for ad spending in France. Digital surpassed TV outlays for the first time, driven upward by rapidly rising social media ad investment. | Continue reading
Retailers argue that a tax on goods shipped across US borders would force price hikes, hurting consumers. | Continue reading
In an unforeseen move, O2O platform Meituan rolled out a ride-hailing app in the Chinese city of Nanjing, setting up a potential showdown with ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing. | Continue reading
eMarketer’s scan of the key developments of the day, plus data to make sense of it all. Today’s topics: Verizon may pay less for Yahoo; Tencent taps AI to better understand teens and fashion; Pokémon Go looks to revive user interest with new update; and more. | Continue reading
As part of its push to be a video-first company, Facebook is launching a new standalone TV app. | Continue reading
A study found males tend to give higher ratings than females when judging Instagram ads. | Continue reading
Matthew Brennan, a WeChat expert and co-founder of Shanghai-based consultancy China Channel, spoke with eMarketer’s David Green about WeChat’s unique ability to resist monetization pressure, new ad programs and what brands need to know about marketing on the platform. | Continue reading
Verizon is reportedly getting a $250 million discount on its Yahoo deal, judge rules CRISPR-Cas9 belongs to the Broad Institute and not UC Berkeley, Pixar teaches the art of storytelling on Khan Academy and MakerBot cuts 30% of its workforce. All this on Crunch Report. Read More | Continue reading
Reddit — the self-described “front page of the internet” — has changed its front page. Rather than the top stories from 50 curated subreddits, visitors to the site will now see popular stories from across the site, on a new homepage the company has appropriately named r/popular. … | Continue reading
A new report claims Huawei is developing its own in-house voice-based digital assistant, which would add one more such product to the already crowded field. | Continue reading
Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey spoke on stage with COO and CFO Anthony Noto at the Goldman Technology Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday. The leaders of the social media giant reiterated Twitter’s mission as a real-time information platform and spoke of its latest … | Continue reading
NEW YORK, Feb. 15, 2017 -- New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony has been named by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to replace injured Eastern Conference All-Star reserve Kevin Love in the 2017 NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 8 p.m. ET at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans … | Continue reading
The upcoming LG G6 will have a new UX that will take advantage of its 18:9 display. Also, the phone's camera will include Square and Food modes. | Continue reading
The decision of who owned the rights to a hotly disputed CRISPR gene editing patent came down in favor of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard today so you’d think the mood would be sour at the University of California, Berkeley, the other contender in the case. But Berkeley’s … | Continue reading
Clash of Clans developer Supercell looks like it won't launch a new game in 2017, although it may test one in select markets before the end of the year. | Continue reading
LG today provided details about its forthcoming G6 flagship smartphone before the company officially unveils it on February 26 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Just as my colleague Evan Blass reported last week, LG said the phone will feature a 5.7-inch display — … | Continue reading
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- New York Knicks center Joakim Noah and guard Brandon Jennings sat out Wednesday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder with injuries. | Continue reading
Cryptocurrency traders have been flocking to altcoins as of late, seeking to benefit from their volatility as bitcoin prices remain stagnant. | Continue reading
Thinking about expanding your brand into a new territory? If you’ve had success in your current market, a strategic move into a new territory could increase the revenue of your business by double or more. Content marketing is an excellent tool for demonstrating the equity, credib … | Continue reading
Former boss at Daybreak (formerly Sony Online Entertainment, the studio behind Everquest, Planetside and H1Z1), John Smedley, has joined Amazon Game Studios' San Diego team.The studio is working on "an ambitious new project that taps into the power of the AWS Cloud and Twitch to … | Continue reading
Deep in the Valley this afternoon, 500 Startups’ 19th demo day drew to a close at the Computer History Museum. Business-to-business software, fashion and beauty products made up the largest proportion of companies, but 500 left room for a few outliers. It’s tough for anyone to s … | Continue reading
Today, Facebook is beginning the roll out of a new feature that allows job seekers to link up to hiring managers without ever leaving the platform. LinkedIn executives, somewhere, are crying into a bucket of Ben & Jerry’s. The update allows business Pages to post job listings the … | Continue reading
Batman: Arkham Underworld, which launched for iOS in the summer of 2016, is finally available for Android in the Google Play Store. | Continue reading
Endorsements are a solid way to vault a product into a new stratosphere, and there are perhaps few better endorsements than the White House. Signal and WhatsApp are the current darlings for anyone interested in sending secure texts on their phone, but an app called Confide got a … | Continue reading
Retro arcade collectathon Snake Pass is coming to Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC on 29th March in Europe (and 28th March in North America).Developed by Sumo Digital, the studio behind such hits as Sonic & All-Stars Racing: Transformed and LittleBigPlanet 3, Snake Pass looks like th … | Continue reading
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Terrence Ross' Orlando Magic debut will have to wait until after the NBA All-Star break. | Continue reading
While you're sitting on the sidelines wondering if VR is worth the cost of entry, visual artists are embracing the medium — and making political statements in the process. One of those artists is Dante Orpilla, a Los Angeles-based traditional painter and illustrator who just pick … | Continue reading
What We’re FollowingNetanyahu’s Visit: During a joint press conference today with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump said he wouldn’t commit to a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Instead, he said, “I’m looking at two states and one … | Continue reading
Winter is coming... to an end. We suppose NVIDIA saw this as a good reason to offer discounts on some of the most popular games they have to offer. | Continue reading
An audio company that specializes in making monster sounds is getting help from of gaming’s biggest names. Former Grand Theft Auto producer Leslie Benzies is the lead investor in a six-figure deal with Krotos, an Edinburgh-based audio company that creates software triple-A game a … | Continue reading
Our blog articles feature the latest ideas and thinking from our Action and Research Centre and Fellowship staff and guest bloggers. You are welcome to contribute and comment. | Continue reading
You may need to take a second look at the sketch. Highlighting how the new Lexus IS is “impossible to ignore”, Lexus has put the IS to the test to showcase the car’s bold design in an innovative way. Using futuristic eye-tracking technology that maps the pathway of vision, Lexus … | Continue reading
Comcast Xfinity subscribers will be treated to a tricked-out new mobile TV experience later this month.Xfinity Stream is an overhauled app that will serve as a replacement for the cable giant's current on-the-go platform, Xfinity TV. The new app adds a slew of features to Comcas … | Continue reading
Bees in the U.S. are more endangered than ever, requiring protection under the Endangered Species Act for the very first time back in October.Now a college student in Georgia is showing the world just how environmentally vital these creatures really are — by creating a bee drone … | Continue reading
The next iPhone could see the elimination of the Home button and Touch ID sensor in favor of an edge-to-edge design and “virtual buttons” at the bottom of the screen. The rumors come from the well-sourced Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst for KGI, via MacRumors.There is said to be a new p … | Continue reading
Mark your calendars Xbox fans; Microsoft has “big news” coming June 11. On Twitter today, Microsoft hinted at news that E3 would bring the long-awaited Project Scorpio reveal. The biggest clue? Microsoft used the same motherboard image featured in its Scorpio teaser trailer. Pres … | Continue reading
Polish developer Woddland Games has announced their new auto-running platformer Scrap, and they need beta testers from our forums to help make it. You play as the eponymous Scrap, who has become sentient and is running for his life to escape the factory he's from, while its defen … | Continue reading
Google and Kaggle today announced a new machine learning challenge that asks developers to find the best way to automatically tag videos.The challenge, which comes with a $30,000 prize for the first-place finisher (and $25,000, $20,000, $15,000, and $10,000 for the next four tea … | Continue reading