If you have a young child, then you probably know the name Toca Boca. The popular kids app maker has produced games that have been downloaded more than 130 million times in 215 countries, and have 10 million monthly active users. Today, Toca Boca is moving into video. The company … | Continue reading
Hitachi is the latest manufacturer to embrace Roku, as the electronics giant introduces three new models powered powered by Roku’s TV operating system. First teased back in June, the new Hitachi 4K TVs go on sale in the U.S. this week, and follows in the footsteps of TCL which wa … | Continue reading
Instagram Stories is benefitting from the large active user base Instagram itself enjoys, and now has 100 million daily active viewers. That’s two-thirds of the daily active user population for Snapchat, which reported 150 million global active users across its entire platform in … | Continue reading
Generally speaking, we've been referring to the upcoming sequel to Ridley Scott's 1982 sci-fi classic with a grab bag of shorthand titles. Stuff like The Untitled Blade Runner Sequel, or The New Blade Runner, or Director Denis Villeneuve's Upcoming Blade Runner Movie That Has Rya … | Continue reading
Who still needs a dedicated camera when smartphone cameras are now so damned excellent?Professionals and hobbyists are two answers that come to mind. Among those group, Sony's been leading the pack for years: Its Alpha series of mirrorless cameras (with both full-frame and APS-C- … | Continue reading
I came across this video recently thanks to my friends at BLT who recruit consultants for firms in London and beyond. It pokes fun at the experience many internal and external consultants face with clients, whether we are working on … Continue reading → | Continue reading
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Competitive gaming isn’t just for the most passionate gamers. Skillz is a company that adds esports features such as tournaments and rankings to mobile games, and it claims these can dramatically increase the amount of time and money people spend on an app. Esports is growing int … | Continue reading
If you’re interested in following news from sources in your country, you’ll certainly want to check out NewsTab, a new RSS reader for desktops and Android that makes it easy to scour the news around you. Unlike other RSS apps, NewsTab offers a massive (and constantly growing) sel … | Continue reading
After years in the works, it’s finally happening: TechShop is opening up a Brooklyn location, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. It should be officially announced later today. For those unfamiliar with the chain: TechShop is something of a do-it-yourselfer’s paradise. You pay th … | Continue reading
Finding out you’re on the lookout for new opportunities could rub your employer the wrong way. This is why LinkedIn wants to make it easy to notify headhunters you’re interested in taking your career in a new direction without ever alerting your current boss. Today, LinkedIn has … | Continue reading
Just when you start to think that A/B testing is fairly straightforward, you run into a new strategic controversy. This one is polarizing: how many variations should you test against the control? There are many different opinions on this one, some completely opposite. Some of it … | Continue reading
Verizon has been caught distributing memos threatening to fire its workers if they repair copper infrastructure, while the company continues to insist it is investing in maintaining its existing service. | Continue reading
Kugelsicheres Basecap, kugelsicheres Klemmbrett, kugelsicheres Einstecktuch, kugelsicheres iPhone-Case: Alles schon gehabt. Trotzdem oder gerade deshalb wirkt die kugelsichere Gesichtsmaske der Firma Devtac besonders makaber, weil schon die Vorstellung,... | Continue reading
Google’s bid to connect the world with its services is a multi-faceted effort that spans mobile services, search, maps, connectivity, devices and more. But today, it’s the company’s efforts in the world of fonts — perhaps one of the less celebrated, but still central, parts of th … | Continue reading
I’ll be at Pubcon next week, speaking my brains out. Here are my sessions: Speed Baby Speed Tuesday, October 11 11:25am-12:30pm I’d say more but this page loaded too fast. All about making your site faster. Not just Google Page Speed. I’m on a panel with Fili Wiese and Jenny Hala … | Continue reading
Netflix has signed a deal with luxury cinema chain iPic Entertainment that will allow the chain to screen ten of Netflix’s original movies on the same day they launch on the streaming site. iPic isn’t the largest cinema company in the United States, but it’s probably one of the n … | Continue reading
New projectsThe EU-funded project RESOLVE is developing technologies for electric-powered light four wheelers that extend range and reduce cost. This could tempt more car drivers to make the switch to these smaller, less polluting alternatives for daily urban commutes.Date: 06/10 … | Continue reading
Once again, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox users visiting The Pirate Bay, the world’s most popular torrent site, are being greeted with a malware warning. Just like last month, the homepage and search result pages load fine, but once you navigate to an actual torrent page, you … | Continue reading
Readers may remember our coverage of a Roger Ver interview from a few days ago where the veteran Bitcoiner and entrepreneur told Bitcoin Uncensored that Lightning Network was still untested and could take a long time to get off the ground. At the time, he was right. But this morn … | Continue reading
While much of the virtual reality hype this week is going to Sony, Oculus isn’t backing down. Facebook’s virtual reality subsidiary is holding its annual Oculus Connect developer conference this week, and that’s kicking off with a major keynote today. You can expect many of the c … | Continue reading
The week of October 6th, 2016, is shaping up to be one of the best release weeks on the App Store in a long while, and some surprise releases are part of the equation. Klei Entertainment, makers of Don't Starve | Continue reading
You could buy a TV and a Roku player, or you could just go crazy and buy a TV with Roku OS built in. A small handful of TV manufacturers have jumped on the Roku TV train already, including Sharp, Hisense and Haier, and now Hitachi’s officially joined their ranks with a trio of 4K … | Continue reading
Signing free agent Ish Smith as a backup point guard behind starter Reggie Jackson generated some buzz among the Detroit Pistons and their fan base. | Continue reading
Sony’s Xperia XZ and X Compact launched in the US earlier this week with an odd change for the American version that curiously omitted the fingerprint sensor that is available on the otherwise identical variants of the phones in other regions. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Fabricating a circuit board isn’t tough but it takes a while. The back and forth, the bugs, and all of the shipping costs can turn a small project into a big problem. That’s why Botfactory raised $1.3 million to stick a PCB printer on your desk. Founded by NYU grad students Nicol … | Continue reading
Oh Twitter, wonderful place on the internet. Sometimes you can be a cesspool of darkness, and sometimes you can be pretty fun. This 80s text graphic generator has been the center of the social network’s latest rage. Users have been flocking to the site to string together a bunch … | Continue reading
China’s Uber-like ride hailing powerhouse Didi Chuxing is looking to build its own self-driving car project, according to an interview with CEO Cheng Wei with Bloomberg, and it’s looking for data scientists with experience in the field from Silicon Valley to hep get the job done. … | Continue reading
Symphony, the enterprise messaging app that counts a number of major investment banks among its investors and customers, is today taking the wraps of a run of new features that catapults the app into the next level of productivity solutions. The company is adding new voice, video … | Continue reading
The marketing machine for the upcoming Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is in full swing, and to accompany it J.K. Rowling has released another Pottermore short story in her Magic in North America series to continue to prepare fans for the new areas of … | Continue reading
La Fabrique DIY, die uns schon mal mit einer Frisbee-Wurfmaschine untergekommen sind, haben eine Katzenunterhaltungsmaschine ausgetüftelt, die das Haustier im Zweifelsfall stundenlang auf Trab halten kann: Der Cat Laser Tower bewegt einen Laserpointer... | Continue reading
Today’s chatbots, for the most part, aren’t all that useful, but what if you could use them to learn a new language? When it comes to learning languages, using what you’ve learned in the context of a conversation is extremely useful. If you are learning online, though, you often … | Continue reading
If you've been waiting to get your hands on the new LG V20, you'll be happy to hear that the flagship will be making its way to T-Mobile on Friday, October 28. | Continue reading
For all their hype, chatbots kind of suck right now. Not necessarily because they’re fundamentally bad, but because it’s often apparent a good old app or website is more convenient and reliable. But thanks to Duolingo, we might finally have chatbots that make sense. The company i … | Continue reading
Halfway through Everybody Behaves Badly , I'm reminded how so many of the 20th century's big ideas were born in cafés. Ideas like DNA, ... | Continue reading
Can bots make learning a new language easier? Duolingo is about to find out.The language learning startup updated its app Thursday with a new feature that uses chatbots to help its users practice conversations.SEE ALSO: This 1 piece of crucial English speaking advice is sending t … | Continue reading
VB LIVE: It’s not enough to give customers what they want — you have to give them what they didn’t even realize they wanted. AI and machine learning helps you offer seamless experiences that speak to consumers, not just sell to them. Join this VB Live event to learn how to levera … | Continue reading
Blue, an audio production company that produces USB microphones like the Yeti, Snowball, and Nessie, has just added another cutely named product to its USB microphone line: the Raspberry. This desktop microphone is similar to the others, with 24 bit / 48kHz audio, and PC and Mac … | Continue reading
Didi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-hail behemoth that is a key ally of Apple and most recently took over Uber’s business in China, is working on developing self-driving cars, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. The company is reportedly scouring Silicon Valley for data scientists an … | Continue reading
European car rental comparison startup Happycar has raised a further €2.6 million million in funding. Backing the company’s third round are lead investor Creathor Venture, HR Ventures, Capnamic Ventures, NWZ Digital, and TruVenturo. Read More | Continue reading
Sony just announced the A6500 camera, a followup to the A6300 released in February and 2014’s A6000 — one of the most popular interchangeable lens mirrorless cameras ever. The new camera has a lot in common with the blistering fast A6300, but Sony promises this version will be ev … | Continue reading
Song-tagging and recognition platform Shazam is the latest tech company to roll out a “lite” version of its flagship app. Launching today for Android users, Shazam Lite is available in only a handful of markets, including India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Venezuela, and Nigeria. Weighin … | Continue reading
Here I am getting ready to play some high-end video games, probably StarCraft or Counter-Strike or Age of Empires II, with some nachos and an Ice Cold Coca-Cola® by my side for sustenance and— OHGODWAIT all 16 ounces of high-fructosey goodness® just tipped over and started pourin … | Continue reading
The CFPB, the government agency overseeing consumer protection in the financial sector has not included bitcoin and other virtual currencies and related products from its new prepaid regulatory requirements. Virtual currencies like bitcoin and related products are outside the sco … | Continue reading
Sony is expanding its popular RX100 compact camera line yet again with the new RX100 Mark V, announced today. The Mark V sits at the top of the range, and boasts an even faster autofocus system than its predecessors. It has a 1-inch, stacked Exmor RS CMOS image sensor with 20.1 m … | Continue reading
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Intel's Kaby Lake has finally hit shipping systems, but what kind of improvements does Intel's first "optimized" processor deliver? | Continue reading
Gree said today that it has acquired the Dragon Soul mobile game as part of an expansion into mobile role-playing games. The announcement was made by San Francisco-based Gree International Entertainment, the Western division of Japan’s global mobile-social company, Gree. It refle … | Continue reading