Zeotap, a startup that helps telecom companies sell their data to advertisers, announced today that it has raised €12 million in Series B funding (that’s just under $13 million). Co-founder and Chief Product Officer Projjol Banerjea told me that while there’s “decent data” availa … | Continue reading
GUEST: There was much ado about artificial intelligence (AI) platforms in 2016. It was warranted. Major developments and offerings came out of Microsoft (Cognitive Services), Google (TensorFlow), Amazon (Rekognition, Polly, Lex), IBM (Watson), Salesforce (Einstein), and many more … | Continue reading
The Google Store is no longer selling the second-generation Moto 360, though you can still buy the Android Wear watch elsewhere. | Continue reading
The Alchemist Accelerator has closed a $2.5 million fund for very early stage investments in tech startups serving large organizations in an era when robotics, artificial intelligence and the internet of things are fundamentally changing the way they operate. Limited partners in … | Continue reading
CHICAGO (AP) -- Bulls forward Taj Gibson will not play against Dallas because of left ankle soreness. | Continue reading
There are still “thousands” of Verizon customers in possession of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7, the carrier recently told Fortune. And that’s even after a very public recall, endless plane announcements, and a software update meant to permanently stop the smartphone from charging. "In … | Continue reading
Interracial couples are finally getting emoji representation, and the company that's doing it first might come as a surprise. Microsoft quietly added support for interracial emoji couples in its most recent preview build for the upcoming Windows Creator update. The change, first … | Continue reading
The chief financial officer of Jawbone, the troubled consumer tech company that made popular Bluetooth speakers and the UP activity tracker, has left the company, The Verge has learned. Former CFO Jason Child had joined Jawbone in July 2015 from Groupon, where he had served as ch … | Continue reading
To tease the coming of video game Halo Wars 2, Microsoft Xbox and Twitter are launching a social media strategy game on Twitter. Available today, this is the first of its kind of Twitter, which will enable players to engage with each other in a card game entirely through Twitter’ … | Continue reading
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Sacramento Kings forward Omri Casspi will miss up to two weeks with an injured right calf. | Continue reading
There have been rumors for a while about Twitter preparing to retire its commerce operation. Now it looks like the company has finally started to wind down its partnerships in confirmation of that fact. Customers of e-commerce platform Shopify are receiving notices informing them … | Continue reading
Google Maps’ estimated travel durations can be immensely useful when planning for a trip, but the predictions can be misleading when you didn’t anticipate spending half an hour simply finding somewhere to park once you arrive at your destination. Now Google is testing a feature w … | Continue reading
Bitcoin prices surged more than 9% on 17th January, surpassing $900 for the first time in nearly a week. | Continue reading
You run a blog. You want to drive traffic to it. Very simple. One method you probably use is building a following on social media channels like twitter, facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, self-promotional. But what if you don’t have good content to keep readers informed, entertai … | Continue reading
Putting monkeys on a diet delays the health problems of old age, new science says. But whether it makes them live longer is still open for debate. These findings in our close evolutionary relatives could help us better understand our own aging process — and how to slow it down. W … | Continue reading
Since releasing it two weeks ago, ColorMe has had time to simmer and I’ve gotten a bunch of great feedback. In that time I’ve made improvements and feature additions. New features include; support for hsl(a) and rrggbbaa colors. Red, green, and blue color adjusters. And the optio … | Continue reading
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx owner Glen Taylor is kicking another $9-12 million into the Target Center renovation project. | Continue reading
It's 2017 and that means we can finally look back and see how the mobile apps and games market did in 2016. There were some big changes. Check it out! | Continue reading
The FTC filed a blockbuster lawsuit against Qualcomm today, arguing that the chipmaker used its baseband processor patents to illegally force competitors out of the market. (The short version: the FTC says Qualcomm wouldn’t sell modems to any company that didn’t also agree to pay … | Continue reading
After facing similar charges around the world, Qualcomm is getting some major pushback on its home turf. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed charges against the company, accusing the San Diego-based Snapdragon-maker of anticompetitive tactics, in an attempt to maintain a … | Continue reading
Qualcomm is being sued by the United States Federal Trade Commission for anti-competitive practices relating to the way it sells modems for devices like smartphones.According to the FTC, Qualcomm used its dominant position as a modem supplier to muscle out competition by essentia … | Continue reading
OnePlus is rolling out the OxygenOS 4.0.2 update to the OnePlus 3 and 3T, which fixes a Google Play Store download bug for both phones. | Continue reading
I love marketing jargon as much as the next guy. But we abuse it. Here are a bunch of of marketing terms, and what they actually mean. | Continue reading
Find out how to maximize the value and relevance of content topics for your audience. | Continue reading
The first major esports event of the year took place in Changzhou, China this past weekend.The event featured Counter-Strike, Starcraft 2, Dota 2, and Hearthstone, with players from around the world battling for a massive 3.7 million USD prize pool. Read more...More about Mashabl … | Continue reading
President Obama has granted a pardon to retired Marine Corps general James Cartwright, according to The Wall Street Journal. Cartwright was charged with crimes related to leaked information about the Stuxnet computer virus.Pleaded guilty to lying to investigatorsThe infamous viru … | Continue reading
Though the classic children’s book Goodnight Moon contains the unsettling phrase “goodnight air,” it has nothing (unsettling-wise) on the recently released Arianna Huffington audio book Goodnight Smartphone, a horror story for our modern times. Here is a brief plot summary: peopl … | Continue reading
It seems Carmelo Anthony and Phil Jackson finally had their sit-down. But that doesn't mean the air in Knicks-ville has been cleared to anybody's satisfaction. | Continue reading
MMOne announced that the commercial version of its insane gaming chair mimics the motions that happen in a virtual reality game and makes you feel every twist and turn in a physical way. The Paris-based company wants to turn your VR world upside-down with a giant simulator arm th … | Continue reading
HPE today announced that it has acquired data management platform SimpliVity for $650 million in cash. SimpliVity is one of the many companies in this space focused on what is often called “hyperconverged infrastructure.” That sounds like somebody’s buzzword — and it definitely i … | Continue reading
Abra announced the next phase of its global expansion at the North American Bitcoin Conference today. The plans are to enable Abra worldwide next month, activating global network of Tellers who can transact in over 50 currencies, including directly in Bitcoin. This means that any … | Continue reading
Vine as we know it is dead. Today Twitter turned off sharing, Liking, commenting, and Revining in Vine, and released its succesor Vine Camera as an app update on iOS and Android. It’s also discontinued the Vine Windows Phone app. For now you can still open the old Vine app if you … | Continue reading
Farewell to an American hero. The post Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, has passed away appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
President Obama just effectively freed Chelsea Manning from the 32 remaining years in her jail sentence, according to the New York Times. While it’s not a presidential pardon, the commutation of Manning’s sentence will see her go free in just five months. After leaking more than … | Continue reading
The open-source 'FarmBot' plants, waters and monitors your garden 24/7. Design your plant layout and growing regimen and let the machine do the rest. Read more...More about Organic, Food, Gardening, Real Time Video, and Real Time | Continue reading
President Barack Obama commuted the vast majority of Chelsea Manning's sentence on Tuesday, shrinking her time behind bars from another 28 years down to four more months.After spending around seven years in prison, she is now set to be released on May 17, 2017.SEE ALSO: Edward Sn … | Continue reading
President Obama commuted the majority of the 35-year sentence faced by Chelsea Manning, a former Army intelligence analyst and whistleblower who supplied diplomatic and military documents to Wikileaks. Manning, who came out as a transgender woman following her trial, has been inc … | Continue reading
How do local boutiques compete with the Amazons of the world? The easy answer is they don’t. When you shop for quality and design over cheap and easy, it’s a different market entirely. But the popularity of online retail has created a need for boutiques to have a presence online. … | Continue reading
Wondering what are the main differences between Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, and Echo Tap? Join us as we take a closer look. | Continue reading
Last week, as Donald Trump prepared for his inauguration in Washington, DC and protestors readied demonstrations to counter it, a series of advertisements were posted on Back Page.The site claims to pay protestors thousands of dollars“Demand Protest is the largest private grassro … | Continue reading
President Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning’s sentence, according to a report from The New York Times. While not technically a pardon, the order reduces Manning’s sentence from 35 years to just over seven years, the majority of which Manning has already served. As a result, Mann … | Continue reading
Toronto-based startup Atomic Reach thinks that it’s got the answer to this problem with its Atomic AI platform, which launches today | Continue reading
Financial services is a lucrative industry segment. With increasing interest in fintech and new-age payments systems, companies are trying to boost their existing portfolios through mergers and acquisitions. In one such instance, Daimler AG, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, h … | Continue reading
A group of international law enforcement groups and government bodies are hosting a conference on money laundering and digital currencies this week.Source | Continue reading
Watch Dogs 2 now has a free demo on PS4 that lets players check out three hours of Ubisoft's latest open-world adventure.The demo will arrive on Xbox One ne… | Continue reading
Deliver My Ride, a new car buying site from the new firm MadDog Technology, is the latest to offer a car buying service without the buyer having to visit the dreaded dealership. Deliver My Ride made the interesting choice to be website only so far; there is no smartphone app. Use … | Continue reading
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Representative Karen Bass (D-CA) will skip President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration after “an overwhelming response” to a poll she conducted on Twitter. Bass announced the news today, along with a screenshots of the majority “no” results. Bass posted the poll on January 15th, … | Continue reading