The idea of drawing on paper and having it appear on my phone or iPad still seems like magic to me. It’s not new, and Wacom certainly isn’t the only product that offers it, but my time with the Bamboo Slate showed it’s really the closest thing to an actual notepad and a real eleg … | Continue reading
Qualcomm is in trouble.For most, those words probably mean next to nothing, but if you know much about the technology within your smartphone, it means a great deal. Qualcomm builds many of the key components of the world's smartphones — specifically, the modems and often the proc … | Continue reading
Donald Trump will soon be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States of America. But it looks like, once again, people seem to care more about the protests against Trump than the celebration of his coming presidency.In more than half the country, Google searches for "ina … | Continue reading
NASA announced on Wednesday that in 2016, Earth experienced the hottest surface temperatures in modern history. Separate, independent analysis at NOAA provided the same conclusion. This makes the third year in a row that Earth experienced record high temperatures. These record ye … | Continue reading
Beeline is a handlebar-mounted gadget that uses a combination of Bluetooth, WiFi, and GPS to direct you around town. Instead of giving you turn-by-turn direction like a traditional GPS, though, it simply acts as a compass to guide you to your destination. The Beeline team argues … | Continue reading
Hulu's CEO has confirmed that it plans to add support for downloading its movies and TV shows sometime in the next few months. | Continue reading
Twitter's relationship with developers is as complicated as ever.The company caught developers by surprise Wednesday when it announced it was selling its developer platform Fabric to Google, thus offloading the suite of developer tools it once heralded as the "the future of mobil … | Continue reading
Which conferences are best for content strategists? The best content strategy conferences in 2017 will focus on the things you want to learn … and the people you want to meet. There are hands-on how-to conferences, marketing-focused conferences, inspirational and ideation confere … | Continue reading
Super Mario Run, Nintendo’s first real foray into mobile gaming, won’t be available on Android until March, the company announced in a tweet. In our review of the iOS version we thought the game was fun, but compromised, with surprisingly deep gameplay considering there’s only on … | Continue reading
(Reuters) — The Central Intelligence Agency on Wednesday unveiled revised rules for collecting, analyzing and storing information on American citizens, updating the rules for the information age and publishing them in full for the first time. The guidelines are designed “in a man … | Continue reading
Palmer Luckey became tech industry royalty at age 21, when he sold his burgeoning virtual reality company Oculus VR to Facebook in 2014 for $2 billion. That fateful decision, while a milestone for virtual reality, is now causing headaches for Luckey, Facebook, and others at the c … | Continue reading
Bragging rights for the fastest airport Wi-Fi go to Denver by a long shot, according to Speedtest.net’s latest data, although Philadelphia, Sea-Tac, and Dallas Fort Worth bringing up the rear. But mobile speeds, particularly in Detroit and San Francisco, may soon have them all be … | Continue reading
GUEST: Right now is a prime time to launch a chatbot. There are a handful of good bots, but just as with the saturated app market, plenty of bots feel rushed, are poorly maintained, and just don’t seem to follow basic standards of a conversational interface. Here are a few proble … | Continue reading
As we’ve known for a while, Super Mario Run is coming to Android after an exclusive stint on iOS.It’s… going to be a while, though. Read More | Continue reading
A Twitter leaker posted an image of what could possibly be the display shells for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus. | Continue reading
American Airlines is launching a new discounted fare class called Basic Economy. It does away with free overhead-bin space for carry-on baggage, you board last, can’t pick your seat, and there are no changes or refunds. Members of American’s AAdvantage frequent flyer program will … | Continue reading
Six national law enforcement and intelligence agencies have for months investigated whether Russian government officials provided money to hackers in the United States, who then hacked Democratic Party officials in order to undermine the credibility of Democratic presidential nom … | Continue reading
It’s been about three years since PR firm VSC launched Wareness, a “studio” within the larger organization that provides consulting services and seed funding to hardware startups. Since then, Wareness has backed 14 companies. The next step? Looking beyond hardware — founder and C … | Continue reading
Fire Emblem: Heroes, a tactical-RPG based on Nintendo's long running console game series, will be released for Android on February 2. | Continue reading
Microsoft today announced the availability of its Office Lens document scanning app for Apple’s iPad tablet. Office initially launched as a Windows Phone exclusive, and in 2015 Microsoft brought it to Android and the iPhone. Now you can use it on bigger-screened iOS devices. Micr … | Continue reading
Hot off its Switch unveiling late last week, Nintendo is dropping some key details about its next mobile title. Due out on February 2, Fire Emblem: Heroes is the latest in a series of long running tactical role playing titles published by the gaming giant. The title was first ann … | Continue reading
The Google Pixel and Pixel XL launched three months ago in October to a very enthusiastic response. They’re terrific smartphones. Our review headline called them a home run. But in the weeks since, it has become incredibly difficult for consumers to actually acquire either of the … | Continue reading
“Fake news” is an all-purpose non-sequitur at this point, but the term does describe a relatively new phenomena popularized in the 2016 presidential election: deliberately fabricated (as opposed to erroneous or biased) stories from little-known sources, which could spread rapidly … | Continue reading
We've heard a ton about what might be coming in the next iPhone — but until now, none of the sources leaking potential design specs have gone so far as to call the upcoming device "yuge."SEE ALSO: Is Apple's App Store a monopoly?But if the phone actually hits the market with a wr … | Continue reading
Nintendo has promoted Fire Emblem to core franchise status. The tactical role-playing game series has been around since 1990 (although the U.S. didn’t see a Fire Emblem game until 2003), but the series has always felt like one of Nintendo’s more niche offerings. But after the suc … | Continue reading
Washington, DC is expecting nearly a million people to attend and protest President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday. To that end, a nonprofit is looking to put its artwork into the hands of attendees in an unconventional way: Kickstarter. Due to security concerns, the … | Continue reading
We take a closer look at the rumors claiming Google wants to launch its budget-focused Android One program in the US. Is it a good idea? | Continue reading
How much traction? What’s the market size? Who else invested? Are you the target user? These are the questions every investor will ask you, so you better build a business with the right answers and get ready to recite them. That’s what Pitchbot.vc helps you practice. Pitchbot sim … | Continue reading
Nintendo's next big mobile game is leading on Android, with Fire Emblem Heroes coming out on the platform on February 2nd before heading to iOS devices at an unspecified later date. Fire Emblem Heroes follows quickly from Super Mario Run - which debuted last year on Apple's own h … | Continue reading
With the amount of content swirling around social media, it can be hard to make an impression on consumers. In the fast food sector, the steady rise of fast casual restaurants like Chipotle, Shake Shack,...read more | Continue reading
With the amount of content swirling around social media, it can be hard to make an impression on consumers. In the fast food sector, the steady rise of fast casual restaurants like Chipotle, Shake Shack,...read moreThe post Fast Food on Social Media: Wendy’s “Frozen” Fail appeare … | Continue reading
Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam is leaving the San Francisco-based bitcoin startup for undisclosed opportunities.Source | Continue reading
(Reuters) – A South Korean court on Thursday dismissed a warrant to arrest the head of the Samsung Group, the country’s largest conglomerate, amid a graft scandal that has led to the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye. The pre-dawn decision by the Seoul Central District Court … | Continue reading
The Nintendo 3DS is getting a surprise new Fire Emblem, with a remake of Fire Emblem Gaiden - the last Famicom entry in the series, and a game that never made its way out of Japan - coming out on May 19th in the UK. Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia is an expansive remake t … | Continue reading
Microsoft has been making notable improvements to the experiences on its Twitch competitor, Beam, since it purchased the startup this past August.A major update was just launched globally for the service which highlights a new faster video player, Xbox Live sign-ins, and a redesi … | Continue reading
Nintendo has provided some new details on its next mobile game, a smartphone take on the long-running strategy series Fire Emblem. The game — dubbed Fire Emblem: Heroes — is described as a tactical role playing game. According to Nintendo, the game will feature a brand new story … | Continue reading
Mozilla is setting itself up for a big year ahead. The organization’s flagship Firefox browser, for example, is about to get a brand-new rendering engine. After a few years of missteps and misplaced priorities (remember Firefox OS and Hello?), it looks like Mozilla, which is more … | Continue reading
Dynasty Warriors developer Omega Force's upcoming spin-off Fire Emblem Warriors is due this autumn on Switch, Nintendo revealed in a Nintendo Direct stream tonight.Interestingly, it will be coming to New 3DS too, just as Hyrule Warriors did.Unfortunately, this handheld version wi … | Continue reading
A small glimmer of sunshine for what has been an extremely rocky year or so for Samsung. A court in Seoul’s Central District has rejected an arrested warrant for Samsung vice-chairman/heir-apparent Jay Y. Lee that was issued by prosecutors earlier this week. The warrant was a res … | Continue reading
Blockchain is “an important technology” given its potential impact on the global financial system, Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen said today.Source | Continue reading
With CyanogenMod going the way of the dinosaur, custom ROMs are at an interesting juncture. Join us as we quick look at the state of custom ROM development as it exists today. | Continue reading
Using an open platform like Android means you have to be willing to take the good with the bad. Without stirring up an annoying Android vs iOS debate, it’s a fact that Android plays host to more malware than iOS due, in part, to its open ecosystem. Luckily, Google engineers work … | Continue reading
Facebook’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg made headlines in 2014 when he paid more than $100 million for 700 acres on Kauai, Hawaii. At the time he sought to create a sanctuary for his family, but nearly three years later, Zuckerberg wants to make it more of a secluded place so … | Continue reading
As we approach the coming apocalypse we need bread, circuses, and odors to keep us entertained. That’s why CamSoda, a NSFW webcam site, has announced the OhRoma, a VR-compatible scent mask that injects the smells of roses, perfume, private parts into your VR webcamming experience … | Continue reading
If you’re part of a team writing for a corporate blog, you might feel sometimes like you’re thrown in the deep end with writing tasks. Even for our own blog, it’s not uncommon to hear members of the Lush team ruminating about whether or not they’re qualified to give advice on a c … | Continue reading
Netflix now has 93.8 million subscribers, and its subscriber base — the most important metric for investors in this high-priced stock — grew faster than expected (up by 7.1 million) during the final quarter of 2016. Today marks the company’s tenth anniversary since launching its … | Continue reading
Nintendo has confirmed that the Switch version of Breath of the Wild won't hit a 1080p resolution and is locked to 30 FPS. The handheld version may run at 720p in docked mode and 900p on TV (Nintendo has only confirmed the 900p, while the Wii U has a 720p target resolution). The … | Continue reading
This is the Leica M10, but it’s not your father’s (or grandfather’s) familiar M series camera. Its release date is already pegged for tomorrow, January 19th, so a new interchangeable lens Leica is a surprise: a refreshed M10 with a new sensor, body and 30% larger field of vision. … | Continue reading