5 Bold Social Media Predictions for Brands in 2017 [Infographic]

The time travelers of MGD Advertising took a trip to the future and came back to share what they learned about social media in 2017. Needless to say, a bunch is going to change this year...read more | Continue reading


@socialmediaexplorer.com | 7 years ago

Nintendo stands by Switch’s sparse launch lineup, doubles down on 3DS

Nintendo released its annual results for the calendar year 2016 this week, and the company's president pushed back against the argument that the Switch's lineup is particularly thin. His protestations notwithstanding, the Switch's launch lineup is extremely sparse -- and that's n … | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 7 years ago

Trump and Brexit Make Bitcoin an Appealing Option for Investors

In a highly eventful program of events for economy watchers, last week saw UK prime minister Theresa May announce that Brexit was going to mean the UK leaving the single market, Trump being inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States, and the European Central Bank anno … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

Bill Gates’ weird driving game about running over donkeys is now a mobile app

It should go without saying that donkeys are, without a doubt, the biggest threat to anyone behind the wheel. Or, at least they are in a 1981 DOS game — created by Bill Gates and Neil Konzen — to demonstrate the power of the IBM PC and the BASIC programming language. Donkey, ofte … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

GameStop is getting more PlayStation VR bundles

If you’re having a hard time finding the PlayStation VR, GameStop is ready to help. The retailer announced today that it is receiving more PlayStation VR to sell to customers. It will offer them as a part of two different bundles. Both will come with the PSVR headset, a PlayStati … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Three Content Marketing Takeaways from New B2B Digital Marketing Research

The new B2B Digital Marketing Study from DemandWave provides guidance for B2B marketers - what's working and and what isn't. | Continue reading


@scribewise.com | 7 years ago

On data protection Brexit means mirroring EU rules, confirms UK minister

 What does Brexit mean for UK data protection rules? Likely mirroring the major part of EU data protection law, according to UK digital minister Matt Hancock, who was giving evidence to a House of Lords Home Affairs sub-committee earlier today on the implications of Brexit for do … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Corning Gorilla Glass labs tour: Shattering glass for perfection

We recently had the chance to take a tour of the Corning Glass labs, where we got a closer look at what all goes into the process of preparing Corning glass for its use in our smartphones. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

The top unicorns are overvalued

 The hot air around young and savvy tech startups is not going anywhere, despite dark prophecies that saw 2016 as the “winter is coming” year. Snapchat and Airbnb are warming up on the sidelines of an IPO, BuzzFeed, Palantir and Uber are snatching hundreds of millions of dollars … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Study: Immigrant startup founders create 159 new jobs on average

America is a nation of immigrants. This sentence is just as true today as it was 200 years ago. There’s a long and proud history of people coming to America and making their mark, from Nikola Tesla in the 19th century, to Elon Musk and Satya Nadella today. And nowhere is the mark … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

83 rare genetic mutations found to affect a person’s height

Researchers have pinpointed 83 rare genetic variants that may directly affect a person’s height. These variants, described in a study published today in Nature, don’t occur very often, but some were found to be associated with height differences of up to two centimeters (0.78 inc … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Nintendo Switch’s online service will cost under $30 per year

 Nintendo worried many a gamer two weeks ago with its announcement that online play on its new console, the Switch, would be a paid service. But at least the damage is reasonable: Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima told the Nikkei that it would have an annual fee of ¥2,000-3,00 … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Yomoni raises $5.4 million for its automated portfolio management service

 French startup Yomoni is a promising fintech startup operating robo-advisors. It means that you can give the company some of your savings, and the startup automatically manages a portfolio for you, buying and selling stocks, bonds and more. Yomoni just raised $5.4 million from e … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

The enterprise is next logical step for Slack

 Slack took a big step in its evolution as a startup yesterday when it launched Slack Enterprise Grid, the enterprise version of its popular messaging platform.For Slack to continue its growth trajectory, it had to move on from being a tool for discrete teams to one that could de … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

AT&T 5G ‘Evolution’ network coming to Austin and Indianapolis, offering 400Mbps speeds

Paving the way for 'true' 5G technology, AT&T is preparing to launch its new 5G Evolution network in two markets this year. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

LeBron James backs players Cavs' bringing in for open workouts

LeBron James is giving a thumbs-up to the Cleveland Cavaliers' creativity in solving their backup point guard problem by holding a mid-season minicamp. | Continue reading


@nba.com | 7 years ago

'Plague Inc. Scenario Creator' Coming to Mobile

A cool new app is coming for Plague Inc. [$0.99] that will expand its functionality for players, with the Plague Inc. Scenario Creator for mobile. This app will give you access to five different labs that will affect your scenario. The core lab will let you write background narra … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

Samsung expected to unveil Galaxy Tab S3 at Mobile World Congress

High-end Android tablets are becoming more rare, but Samsung isn't giving up yet. The post Samsung expected to unveil Galaxy Tab S3 at Mobile World Congress appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 7 years ago

Boston Dynamics adds wheels to its already chilling robots

 Alphabet subsidiary Boston Dynamics doesn’t have much to prove when it comes to producing the robots of your nightmares. Previous iterations of the company’s prototypes have been kicked over by humans only to stand right back up, for example. But at an event this week, founder M … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Google’s self-driving cars just got way better at driving themselves

California’s Department of Motor Vehicles released its annual autonomous vehicle disengagement report today, in which all the companies that are actively testing self-driving cars on public roads in the Golden State disclose the number of times that human drivers were forced to t … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

I Support Breitbart News: The Perils of Remarketing

Trust me when I say I didn't really want to support Breitbart News. Not my kinda site. | Continue reading


@portent.com | 7 years ago

Creditbit Platform Builds its Brand with a New Logo

Creditbit cryptocurrency platform is announcing the launch of a new logo as part of its rebranding initiative. Creditbit is taking the cryptocurrency community by a wave. The open source digital currency platform based on an MIT/X11 license presents itself as an alternative to Bi … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

Comcast to charge subscribers to use Roku as a cable box

Comcast yesterday announced its launching a beta program that allows Roku users to ditch their cable box. That’s the good news. The bad news, spotted by Variety, is that it isn’t going to come free. Last year, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler followed through on a congressional order to … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Four Blockchain Use Cases For Banks

[…]The post Four Blockchain Use Cases For Banks appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. | Continue reading


@cryptocoinsnews.com | 7 years ago

How to “get over it” when a decision hurts you

It’s happened to all of us at one time or another in organizational life; we’ve been dealt a bad hand | Continue reading


@gopcsoft.com | 7 years ago

Instagram is testing photo albums, because nothing is sacred anymore

Instagram is about to get a lot more like Facebook.The app is testing a new feature that allows you to share multiple photos and/or videos in a single post. That's right: photo albums could be coming to Instagram.SEE ALSO: Unicorn macarons are a thing now, and Instagrammers are l … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Today’s East Asians are very genetically similar to their ancient ancestors

For the first time, scientists have been able to extract DNA from ancient East Asian bones and compare it to the DNA of the people there today. It turns out that modern East Asians, unlike Europeans, are very genetically similar to their ancestors — and this information tells us … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

NBA.com | 2017 All-Star Game MVP Voting Rules

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@nba.com | 7 years ago

AT&T is starting its 5G rollout with Austin and Indianapolis later this year

AT&T is paving the way for 5G in the US, starting with an initial rollout in its Austin and Indianapolis markets later this year, the company announced at an event in San Francisco today. The telecom is calling this new high-speed network “5G Evolution,” and it’s supposed to reac … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

The future of Studio Ghibli in a post-Miyazaki world

Calling Hayao Miyazaki the “Walt Disney of Japan” is reductive, but not entirely inaccurate. The co-founder of Walt Disney Productions and the co-founder of Japan’s famed Studio Ghibli are dramatically different as animators and storytellers. Miyazaki’s characters have always bee … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Activision Blizzard dives into consumer products division with ex-Mattel hire

Video game giant Activision Blizzard has started a new consumer products division and hired former Mattel and Disney veteran Tim Kilpin as that group’s CEO and president. The Santa Monica, California-based game publisher said the move will further leverage its content and create … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Hutch wants to virtually redesign your living space — then sell you the furniture

 Everyone can recognize great interior design. But it’s much harder to actually design a space and pick out all the items you need to make it look great. Hutch, a Los Angeles-based startup, is aiming to fix this. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Sheryl Sandberg addresses her silence around the Women’s March, politics and Trump

 Sheryl Sandberg has been in the news lately for her opposition to the global gag rule and her more recent comments on Trump’s highly controversial and discriminatory immigration ban. Today at the Watermark Conference for Women in Silicon Valley in San Jose, Sandberg spoke about … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Sheryl Sandberg avoids criticizing Trump at a women's conference

Facebook chief operating officer and Lean In author Sheryl Sandberg deftly avoided making any politically charged remarks at the Watermark women’s conference in Silicon Valley today, even after being pressed repeatedly on whether she felt compelled to take more action in the era … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Why East Coast VCs are better protected if the market slips

 A new trends report published by the law firm Cooley report suggests that the venture market remains largely healthy for now. In the fourth quarter, for example, Cooley handled 187 “disclosable” (versus stealth) deals that represented more than $2.7 billion of invested capital. … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Meet the finalists vying for the Social Impact Award at the 10th Annual Crunchies

 In tech, we often think a few steps further down the road. But sometimes, the present needs some serious addressing. This is one of those times.As we draw closer to the 10th Annual Crunchies Awards Show, we figured now was a great time to highlight the nominees for the Social Im … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

CapGenius’ caption keyboard for iPhone ups your social media game

 Trying and failing to be clever on social media? Want your friends to think you’re naturally funny? A new app called CapGenius aims to help. This fun little addition to your iPhone keyboard offers a search engine for quips, puns, quotes, lyrics and other phrases that you can qui … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

IBM: Nine in 10 Government Execs Plan to Invest in Blockchain By 2018

Many of the government leaders queried by IBM in a recent survey say they want to put blockchain to work in the public sector. | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 7 years ago

Matterfund aims to be AngelList-meets-CrunchBase for education development

 At the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, one of the big topics of conversation was education. Despite billions poured into programmes in developing countries to educate booming populations, the budgets are just scratching the surface. UNESCO estimates that the world would ha … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

'Hearthstone' Gift Exchange Tavern Brawl Is Finally Here

Last Christmas, Blizzard gave us one very fun Hearthstone [Free] Tavern Brawl called Gift Exchange which was all about stealing presents from each other. Today, with a month's delay, we are getting Gift Exchange once more, and it's one of the best ones to play. The way this Brawl … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

SuperData: Mobile games hit $40.6 billion in 2016, matching world box office numbers

Mobile games hit a new record by generating more than $40.6 billion in worldwide revenue in 2016, up 18 percent from a year ago, according to research by SuperData Research and Unity Technologies. That money is equal to all global movie box office sales during the same time, the … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Waymo’s self-driving tech got a lot better in 2016

 Waymo’s self-driving software had far fewer disengagements in 2016 than it did in 2015 in the state of California, despite a big increase in the number of miles driven overall. The California Department of Motor Vehicles just published Waymo’s most recent disengagement report, w … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Read the Florida Highway Patrol's full investigation into the fatal Tesla crash

On a sunny afternoon last May, the most written-about traffic crash of 2016 occurred on US Highway 27 outside Williston, Florida. A tractor-trailer hauling blueberries for delivery to a local farm was making a left turn onto NE 140th Court when a black Tesla Model S traveling in … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Nintendo Switch’s online service will cost less than $30 a year

One of the biggest surprises of the Nintendo Switch reveal was that the device would feature a paid online service, a first for Nintendo. Now we have some idea of just how much that will cost — and it’s relatively inexpensive.In an interview with Japanese newspaper The Nikkei, Ni … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Using a mind reading device, 'locked-in' patients told researchers they're happy

In a major breakthrough, a team of European researchers has developed a high-tech solution to give a voice to the voiceless. By using a brain-computer interface, the team from the Wyss Center in Geneva successfully communicated with patients suffering from complete locked-in synd … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

How Facebook is trying to dominate mobile without owning your smartphone

Mobile, once Facebook's greatest flaw, is now the social network's greatest success thanks to its ownership of four of the world's most powerful apps. That's not enough. Now, Facebook is working on further integrating these apps to dominate your smartphone experience — while simu … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Dutch Banking Giant ING Conducts 27 Blockchain Proof Of Concepts

[…]The post Dutch Banking Giant ING Conducts 27 Blockchain Proof Of Concepts appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. | Continue reading


@cryptocoinsnews.com | 7 years ago

Bladebound is Artifex Mundi’s first stab at a hack-and-slash RPG

Known mostly for adventure games, Bladebound is a hack-and-slash RPG that is actually pretty fun based on our time with it so far. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago