Super Mario Run beats Pokémon Go’s first day with 2.85 million downloads

Pokémon Go may need to make way for a new mobile success story. Super Mario Run had more downloads on its first day than the location-based sensation, according to app analysis group Apptopia. Super Mario Run on the Apple App Store hit 2,850,000 downloads compared to Pokémon Go’s … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Dead by Daylight free weekend now live on Steam

Asymmetrical horror game Dead by Daylight is having a free weekend on Steam.Between now and Sunday at 9pm UK time, you'll be able to partake in the five-player game about a monster hunting four folks trying to escape the procedurally-generated hell from which they are bound. Happ … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Epic’s Tim Sweeney: Be patient. The Metaverse will come. And it will be open.

I hear a lot of speeches. But Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games and a longtime graphics guru, stitched together the best vision I’ve heard in a while at last week’s VRX virtual reality conference in San Francisco. Sweeney talked about how to build the open Metaverse, the virtual … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Xfinitum: Laptop mit Smartphone Kern

Xfinitum ist eine weitere Lösung für das Problem, dass man eigentlich genug Leistung auf dem Smartphone hat, um daraus ein Laptop zu machen. Man müsste also eigentlich als Laptop nur eine Tastatur und einen Bildschirm haben, wenn man... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For December 16th, 2016

Hey, it's HighScalability time: This is the entire internet . In 1973! David Newbury fou... | Continue reading


@highscalability.com | 7 years ago

4 takeaways from Oracle’s earnings call

For its second quarter ended Nov. 30, database software giant Oracle posted revenue of $9.07 billion, up 1% compared to the year-ago quarter, just missing analyst expectations of $9.14 billion. Once again, the key metric of new software license sales was off — falling 19% to $1.3 … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

The Roots to open NBA All-Star Game 2017

NEW YORK -- The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced today that Grammy® Award-winning hip-hop group The Roots will tip off the 66th NBA All-Star Game during the "Entertainment Series presented by JBL" on Sunday, Feb. 19 at Smoothie King Center. All-Star Game coverage … | Continue reading


@nba.com | 7 years ago

Video: Tour durch das Designstudio von Apple

Apple führt seit einiger Zeit ein Buch im Portfolio. "Designed by Apple in California" nennt sich das Coffeetablebuch und führt durch 20 Jahre Designgeschichte in Cupertino. Nun wurde von Apple ein Video dazu produziert, das seltene Einblicke... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

Podcast @1060interfase: Capacitación en Medios Sociales – Social Media Bootcamp

“Cualquiera puede ser un Community Manager. Es nada más poner cosas en Facebook y Twitter.” Eso es lo que la sabiduría popular entiende por ser un CM. Obvio es una visión incompleta, cu… | Continue reading


@ornitorrincodigital.com | 7 years ago

Bitcoin Price Watch; Closing In On The Weekend

Well, things haven’t quite played out as we might have hoped they would this morning. Things were a little flatter today that we’d thought they were going to be, and the bitcoin price is currently trading a little bit down on the region we were looking at a little earlier on. Tha … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

The DeanBeat: The road ahead in VR and AR will have two steps forward, one step back

John Riccitiello, CEO of Unity Technologies, predicted that tech journalists would start gleefully writing that the virtual reality revolution is over because sales of VR headsets fell short of expectations, and analysts are in the midst of shaving back their predictions. I’m not … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Global: Hershey's to close Chicago store to invest further in experiential

Chocolate brand Hershey's has announced that it will be closing its interactive flagship Chicago store. | Continue reading


@eventmagazine.co.uk | 7 years ago

Film student tricked thief into lifting his phone and spied on him for weeks

Not too long ago, film student Anthony van der Meer was lunching in Amsterdam, when his iPhone suddenly disappeared. He reported the smartphone stolen, but to no avail. The thief had already disposed of the SIM card and disconnected the device from the internet. It was gone. Acco … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Kultspiel Mega Man kommt für Android

Der japanische Spieleentwickler Capcom hat bekannt gegeben, dass die beliebte Spielereihe Mega Man auf Android erscheinen wird. Alle 8-Bit-Klassiker Mega Man 1 bis Mega Man 6 sollen am 6. Januar in Japan herauskommen. Wann der Rest der Welt die Games... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

After a year of setbacks, can smartwatches still succeed?

Consumers haven't taken to smartwatches like they did to smartphones, so what's missing?The post After a year of setbacks, can smartwatches still succeed? appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 7 years ago

Yep. BlackBerry is dead.

At one point, BlackBerry was a big deal. It was the phone brand, adored by overworked financiers and street hoodlums alike. Every year, tens of millions of devices were sold. And then the iPhone happened, followed by the launch of Android, and then things started to go drasticall … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Bold, like Medium for companies, opens its platform to the public and launches a Slack bot

Calling itself your company’s town square, Bold opened its IO publishing platform to the public Thursday and announced that the platform will be accompanied by a Slack bot. The Slack bot can be used to organize Bold posts, create private posts, and deliver notifications when post … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Overstock Issues Shares Using the Bitcoin Blockchain

[…]The post Overstock Issues Shares Using the Bitcoin Blockchain appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. | Continue reading


@cryptocoinsnews.com | 7 years ago

Ubisoft patched out the weird Assassin's Creed 2 NPC face that went viral

Remember the weird-looking NPC in Assassin's Creed The Ezio Collection? You know, the one with the clown face? Ubisoft patched him - his face - out of the g… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Elixir – Testing Phoenix Flash Messages

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@bcat.eu | 7 years ago

Huawei Integrates Tobii Eye-Tracking Features in Honor Magic Smartphone

PRESS RELEASE: Huawei today unveiled the inclusion of eye tracking its new Honor Magic smartphone. The Honor Magic is Tobii's first smartphone integration and uses features that are based on the user's presence and attention, which is a sub-set of... | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Nintendo NES Classic Edition macht sich blendend

Eigentlich ja eine großartige Idee zu Weihnachten. Die schöne, kleine NES Classic Edition zu verschenken. Was allerdings gar nicht so einfach ist. Wer hierzulande auf ebay oder Amazon schaut, findet die Minikonsole nur zu horrenden Wucherpreisen.... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

Super Mario Run is the top-grossing iOS app in 30 countries (update)

Nintendo has the biggest game on iOS right now. Super Mario Run is No.1 on the iOS download and grossing charts in the United States, according to intelligence firm Sensor Tower. That’s abnormally high for a game without free-to-play microtransaction spending. Mario is a free dow … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Creative Spotlight: 6 Ways to Market Yourself as a Freelance Writer

As a freelance writer, marketing yourself is essential for success. Our Creative Spotlight explores how to market yourself as a freelance writer... | Continue reading


@copypress.com | 7 years ago

#SocialSkim: Facebook vs. Netflix; Instagram Live Video; Twitter Livestreaming: 12 Stories This Week

Social Media - Facebook mulls original video content, offers 360-degree live video, admits more metrics errors; Instagram allows livestreaming. Also, grow email lists with YouTube ads, boost Web traffic with Pinterest, and more... | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 7 years ago

Operation FOMO: Three Ways to Turn Customer Envy Into Engagement

Customer Behavior - No matter your audience, their fear of missing out (FOMO) can work marketing magic for you, especially in the age of social media. But beware: If you don't make use ... | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 7 years ago

Trump’s Attacks Require New PR Crisis Response Methods

The president elect’s penchant for high-profile attacks will change corporate communications and PR crisis management. Donald Trump frequently picked public fights in the media and on Twitter during the campaign and shows no sign of dropping the practice. Trump has singled out sp … | Continue reading


@alltop | 7 years ago

Marketing Week in Review: How to Fix Native Advertising

Welcome to the Scribewise Marketing Week in Review, our brief roundup of important stories in marketing, social media, content and … | Continue reading


@scribewise.com | 7 years ago

Putin Critic & Russian Prez Candidate Alexei Navalny Accepts Bitcoin Donations

[…]The post Putin Critic & Russian Prez Candidate Alexei Navalny Accepts Bitcoin Donations appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. | Continue reading


@cryptocoinsnews.com | 7 years ago

Event TV: Bacardi's No Commission platform

Spirits brand Bacardi brought its art and music platform 'No Commission' to Southwark, London between 8-10 December. | Continue reading


@eventmagazine.co.uk | 7 years ago

Top Tech Gifts for the 2016 Holiday Season

Looking for that perfect gift to get a tech-minded friend or colleague? Check out our annual list of top tech gifts from some of tech's foremost leaders. | Continue reading


@labs.openviewpartners.com | 7 years ago

Mars rover plagued with ongoing rock drill malfunction

The Mars rover has drilled into 15 rocks on the Red Planet, but those days may be over. The post Mars rover plagued with ongoing rock drill malfunction appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 7 years ago

Friday Handshake Report: Facebook Wants You to Go Live

Have you tried Facebook Live yet? | Continue reading


@alltop | 7 years ago

Replacing a single Apple AirPod will cost you $69

Apple’s AirPods have some nifty tricks to make wireless pairing easy, but they don’t do anything special to keep them from losing them. Now we know how much a replacement bud will cost if you lost it:  $69, according to Apple’s support page (as spotted by Apple Insider) The same … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Wiederauferstanden: KickassTorrents ist zurück

Noch im Sommer wurde der beliebte Torrent-Dienst KickassTorrents eingestellt. Der Gründer Artem Vaulin wurde verhaftet, aber einige treue frühere Mitarbeiter wollten sich nicht so einfach unterkriegen lassen. Nun ist seit gestern KickassTorrents... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

I Already Have Internet Security — So Why Do I Need a VPN?

Millions of people don’t just like free Wi-Fi—they plan their lives around it. A study from last year found that 49 percent of business travelers say that they consider free Wi-Fi a “deciding” factor when picking out a place to stay. And when they connect from their hotel room or … | Continue reading


@safeandsavvy.f-secure.com | 7 years ago

The Best of Social Media Explorer – Dec. 16 2016

Hi! I’m Don Power, one of the Managing Editors at Social Media Explorer. Every week, we publish an informative and insightful newsletter and it occurred to us that not all of our blog readers are...read moreThe post The Best of Social Media Explorer – Dec. 16 2016 appeared first … | Continue reading


@alltop | 7 years ago

The Best of Social Media Explorer – Dec. 16 2016

To bring you the best of our content (in case you missed it) here's our best picks for the week of Dec 16 2016 from Social Media Explorer & around the web. | Continue reading


@socialmediaexplorer.com | 7 years ago

5 Things the Bitcoin and Blockchain Industry Needs to Stop Saying in 2017

In this CoinDesk 2016 in Review feature, Bailey Reutzel takes aim at some of the dominant talking points in the bitcoin and blockchain space today.Source | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 7 years ago

Global Advertising Forecast for 2017

Advertising - Global advertising spending is forecast to reach $547 billion in 2017, up 4.4% from 2016 ad spend levels, according to recent research from GroupM. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 7 years ago

How We Built a Successful Influencer Marketing Strategy

Learn how Convince & Convert helps our clients align with the right influencers and elevate their influencer marketing strategies. | Continue reading


@convinceandconvert.com | 7 years ago

Call for Papers – Workshop on Interactive Digital Storytelling in Broadcasting

at ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for Television and Online Video (TVX 2017) June 14th 2017 in Hilversum, Netherlands (www.iet-multimedialabs.org/current-research/idb-workshop) Traditional broadcasters are losing their younger audiences. New ways of user … | Continue reading


@nem-initiative.org | 7 years ago

Axis Bank Facilitates Banned Banknote Money Laundering In India

The banknote ban in India is causing some rather unexpected results. Axis Bank’s Noida branch suffered from a similar incident as what happened to Wells Fargo customer not took long ago. Bank employees opened fictitious bank accounts to deposit a lot of money, allowing them to by … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

Skype Mingo ersetzt Telefon- und SMS-Apps

In einer etwas untypischen Veröffentlichung als "unreleased" App im Beta zeigt Skype jetzt, was sie in Zukunft alles auf dem Smartphone übernehmen wollen. Die Telefon und die SMS Apps will Skype für sich beanspruchen. Das dürfte... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

IBM Looks to Put Kenya’s Public Records on a Blockchain

[…]The post IBM Looks to Put Kenya’s Public Records on a Blockchain appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. | Continue reading


@cryptocoinsnews.com | 7 years ago

Shootaround (Dec. 16): Kerr and Pop pay tribute to Sager

Kerr and Pop pay tribute to Sager | Conley to return early from back injury | Hornacek looking like a good hire | New CBA will help Curry, but maybe not Wall | Continue reading


@nba.com | 7 years ago

Ether Camp’s Virtual Accelerator to Incubate Startups using Blockchain Technology

The Virtual Accelerator also opens its registration months in advance and also encourages the participants to share their ideas publicly. | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

Abe-Putin Summit: What You Need to Know

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a two-day summit in Japan that ended Friday. Here's what you need to know about it. Photo: Zuma | Continue reading


@live.wsj.com | 7 years ago