Qvivr, a Silicon Valley-based FinTech startup originally known for building the SWYP programmable credit card, has raised $5M in Series A funding. The funding was led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from a large multinational Asian bank. The startup was founded in 2014 an … | Continue reading
If you've hoped Microsoft would release a consumer version of HoloLens, the company does plan to do so -- but it doesn't have a firm timeline nailed down just yet.The post Microsoft wants to bring HoloLens to the consumer market once the technology matures appeared first on Extre … | Continue reading
Daimler and Uber have announced a partnership that will see the automaker introduce its own self-driving cars for use on Uber’s ride sharing service. The team-up is the second alliance Uber has struck with a car maker in pursuit of its goal of delivering self-driving service to … | Continue reading
With Samsung and Apple seeing global handset market shares fall throughout 2016, we examine which OEMs look poised to take on the smartphone market's big two. | Continue reading
Juniper Square is a new web-based service for commercial real estate investment managers and the individual investors they work with. The service, which the company worked on for the last two years and trialed with major firms like Beacon Capital, The Reliant Group, and Cortland … | Continue reading
Content marketing is a term that is not fully understood. We define it as communicating relevant messages to specific target audiences across various buying cycles. | Continue reading
Construct's open-source developer conference saw notable discussions, though talk of bitcoin's scaling issues was a persistent theme.Source | Continue reading
Indian startup Ray has launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to create Raybaby, a non-contact breathing tracker for your baby. That means it can monitor how your baby is breathing from a distance, without the need to strap anything to the baby. Bangalore-based Ray is suppo … | Continue reading
Mobile payment startup Qvivr announced today a funding round of $5 million. Founded in 2013, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based startup has been developing Swyp (pronounced Swipe) over the past two years. The product is a connected card, or “smart wallet,” that consolidates any credit … | Continue reading
So much of tech journalism today is antiseptic or fawning, with beat reporters chasing the latest product release or “exclusive” CEO interview. Adrian Chen, on the other hand, is a master at revealing the human side of technology, and often its sinister side. Before leaving to fr … | Continue reading
I've been gaming for a very long time, but I can say without hesitation that I was late to the ZX Spectrum train. Given that it was an 8-bit computer released in the UK in 1983 that's understandable, but strangely enough, various other bits of tech history that allowed me to expe … | Continue reading
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Nintendo is on a roll. The Wall Street Journal reports the Japanese game-maker has stacked up over 78 million downloads with the release of Super Mario Run, accumulating more than $53 million in revenue in the process. While Super Mario Run is free to download, a little over five … | Continue reading
Governments, ISPs, and malicious individuals have no qualms about watching your every move online, and a good way to thwart them is by encrypting your traffic with a VPN. And since you can get a lifetime subscription to VPNSecure for under 40 bucks, now's the time to act.The post … | Continue reading
It’s time to update your firmware. An exploit that affects a number of Netgear routers can easily give hackers access to your wireless admin password which could lead to router lock-out or, worse, illicit use of your Internet. The exploit, which Netgear firmly patched, used a bu … | Continue reading
Nintendo says Super Mario Run has also made more than $53 million in revenue: but are the figures good for Nintendo? | Continue reading
Club Penguin may be shutting down, but there’s a new social network for kids arriving today from LEGO. The company known for its physical blocks and building sets is launching LEGO Life, a safe, online space where kids can share their LEGO creations, and connect with a broader c … | Continue reading
What do you need to produce in the online arena in order to be successful with online marketing in 2017? This blog tell you. | Continue reading
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands is getting its own feature-length documentary film, Ubisoft has announced.Designed to be a companion to the game, the film will follow the real-life stories of those affected by the war on drugs in Bolivia, where Wildlands is set.Ubisoft hasn't … | Continue reading
Love’s a game and this year we’re playing. For the full rules and intellectual justification of The Verge Bachelor Fantasy League please see this explanatory post. For a little background on why this is poised to be the best-ever season of The Bachelor, see this essay by culture … | Continue reading
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has already weighed in on Donald Trump’s January 27 executive order on refugees in a LinkedIn post, but now the company has made public additional thoughts on the subject from its top executive. On its official corporate blog, Microsoft shared an answ … | Continue reading
(Reuters) – Benjamin Netanyahu doesn’t just appreciate Donald Trump’s politics. He is starting to sound like him on Twitter. Over the past year, Netanyahu has increasingly taken to social media to make policy statements. He also uses it to deride the Israeli media for its reporti … | Continue reading
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FOX Sports just announced that they will be streaming Super Bowl highlights in “near real-time” in VR via their FOX Sports VR App. Specifically, the app will show somewhere highlights consisting of 16-20 of the best plays of the game in VR. These plays will be uploaded in near r … | Continue reading
For rural communities living around Mount Boutmezguida in Morocco's Anti-Atlas mountain range, water is scarce and precious. It's one of the driest areas in the country, and it's further affected by climate change. However, an NGO, Dar Si Hmad, teamed up with the German Water Fou … | Continue reading
Bitcoin prices are up more than 3% since the start of the day’s trading, climbing above $950 for the first time in weeks.Source | Continue reading
The UK’s online supermarket, Ocado Ltd, has plans to test a new robotic arm for picking and packing groceries in some of its warehouses the company announced today. A grasping robot arm dexterous enough not to bruise bananas, crack eggs or fumble when it picks up a sack of citru … | Continue reading
Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and most recently Instagram have become essential tools in the marketing strategies of many top brands such as Netflix, Airbnb, Lexus and Nike. Snapchat is now starting to stake its claim in...read more | Continue reading
Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and most recently Instagram have become essential tools in the marketing strategies of many top brands such as Netflix, Airbnb, Lexus and Nike. Snapchat is now starting to stake its claim in...read moreThe post Why Snapchat Is Essential For Your 2017 … | Continue reading
To be great at poker you gotta know when to hold them, know when to fold them, know when to walk away, and know when to core dump. That’s only part of the technique a new AI system created by researchers at Carnegie Mellon used to beat four of the “world’s best professional poke … | Continue reading
Jason Nazar, the Los Angeles-based co-founder and chief executive of Comparably is aiming to unseat some of the web’s most successful tech companies in human resources and job search world. Nazar, who previously launched Docstoc, is looking to crack the market for business intel … | Continue reading
Jordan Gonen couldn't stop staring at Twitter over the weekend. He, like many interested in Silicon Valley and the tech industry, watched drama unfold online where CEOs and techies shared their stances in 140 characters, images or live videos from protests around the country — al … | Continue reading
Quick, roomy (even in back), Chevy hit a home run with this 238-mile EV-only compact. It matches the Tesla Model 3 on tech, specs, and price. The post No need to wait for Tesla: the Chevrolet Bolt is excellent (and already shipping) appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
Decisions are tough, especially when you’re forced to choose between two ridiculously cool, yet very different options. But since we enjoy putting you through the wringer, we’re gonna do it again and make the winner of this Choose Your DJI Drone Giveaway… well, choose their DJI D … | Continue reading
Ein Spiegel für das digitale Leben. So wird dieser Computer im Spiegel beworben. Dirror nennt sich das Produkt und ist laut Herstelleraussage ein Device, das "neueste Technologie mit traditioneller Handwerkskunst Made in Germany vereint". So weit... | Continue reading
Uber is trending, but not in a good way. #DeleteUber is the topic for discussion this week as we explore the topic and uncover marketing takeaways... | Continue reading
You may have a New Year's resolution, but do you have marketing resolutions? Here are five ways to improve your strategy in 2017. | Continue reading
You can watch the Super Bowl in virtual reality this weekend, although it might not be the fully immersive experience you’d expect. This morning, Fox Sports and its partner LiveLike announced that they will be streaming near-real-time highlights of the game via the Fox Sports VR … | Continue reading
Here are five of the biggest social media goofs, gaffes, and fails of 2016 - and the lessons they hold for marketers. These are the types of social media mistakes you should avoid at all costs. | Continue reading
Social media can play a valuable role in e-commerce marketing. See this infographic for how and why marketers should include social media tactics in their e-commerce marketing strategy. | Continue reading
As part of a 30th anniversary celebration for the series, Square Enix revealed the release date for the first big addition to Final Fantasy XV: “Episode Gladiolus” will be launching on March 28th.The episode will showcase a new storyline from Gladio’s perspective, and is part of … | Continue reading
The 20-day poker tournament between four human pros and an artificial intelligence program concluded last night. The AI, named Libratus, was created by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and bested its opponents by $1.76 million in chips. “The best AI’s ability to do strat … | Continue reading
Club Penguin, the Disney-owned social network for kids, announced this morning it’s shutting down. In its place, the company will launch a new product for mobile, Club Penguin Island, which has been in development over the past several years. Club Penguin Island will launch in M … | Continue reading
Final Fantasy 15's first two big DLC episodes have been dated, with musclebound hunk Gladiolus leading the charge with his story being told on March 28th (t… | Continue reading
British online grocery store Ocado has been on the hunt for a robot. It wants to even further automize its grocery process by getting a robot to pick and pack orders. So in coordination with the SoMa Project — a robotics project funded by the European Union — Ocado has been testi … | Continue reading
Tech CEOs and employees aren't just shouting #NoBanNoWall and speaking out against President Donald Trump's executive order to temporarily bar people of seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the United States.Some tech companies are taking the policy to court, alleging the … | Continue reading
Some additional insight out of today’s Nintendo earnings. The gaming giant offered some key contextual information about Mario’s recent mobile debut. The title has racked up more than 78 million downloads globally, according to the company, pulling in a respectable $53 million o … | Continue reading