Gigabyte’s upgraded Aero 14 is a super-thin VR ready laptop

At 0.78 inches thick, Gigabyte's Aero 14 laptop is one of the thinnest gaming PCs around. And now, the Aero 14 is getting a serious boost in power with an announcement last week that it’s upgrading to Nvidia's newest GeForce GTX 1060 GPU.Along with the new, VR-ready GPU, the Aero … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

There's a very good reason to tweet emoji at Google right now

Your friends know what it means when you text them a burger emoji — you're hungry! 🍔 — but Google sure doesn't. Or didn't, we should say: Because starting today, Google will be able to interpret emoji via its Twitter handle. Simply tweet an emoji to @Google and the servic … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

13 awesome tech gifts for everyone on your holiday list

‘Tis the time of year when the frenzy of holiday shopping hits and you find yourself wracking your brain for good gift ideas. This time, you’re trying to plan far enough ahead so you don’t end up emailing Amazon e-certificates at the 11th hour. Fear not, there’s still plenty of t … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

NoHold’s QuickStart lets anyone create a chatbot in seconds

There’s a strangely poetic beauty about the birth of a chatbot. Over a shaky WebEx connection, NoHold CEO and Co-Founder Diego Ventura showed me how one can take form in just a few moments. The chatbot had a very simple job. It was created to be an Amazon Kindle savant. You could … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Samsung gets a big chunk of money back from Apple

Three months after Apple secured a huge court win over rival Samsung, the United States Supreme Court has stepped in and reversed the previous ruling, throwing out hundreds of millions of dollars in damages and sending the case back to a lower court. SEE ALSO: iPhone 8 with curve … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Travel Industry Workshop

Anlässlich der Ferien-Messe Wien findet am Vortag, am Mittwoch, den 11. Jänner 2017, von 15:00 bis 18:00 Uhr, der „Travel Industry Workshop“ statt. Nach zwei Jahren direkt am Messegelände übersiedeln die Veranstaltungen des nächsten Jahres erstmals in den Ballsaal des Grand Hotel … | Continue reading


@tp-blog.at | 7 years ago

Samsung’s new Gear S3 bands class up the smartwatch

Samsung’s Gear S3 came with GPS, cellular connectivity, and a lot more bulk. We didn’t love that. But Samsung attempted to make up for the extra weight by partnering with design-oriented tech accessory companies, like SLG Design and Strap Studio, to give the watch a little more s … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

CLOAKCOIN – Private, Secure, Untraceable, Decentralized – The better way to stay anonymous in todays markets – Ready to Go

With ENIGMA the Europe based Cloakcoin team is again positioning their highly private, secure and decentralized cryptocurency system to take center stage in the anon coin market. Formerly named POSA3, ENIGMA is complimenting Cloakshield to enable users with a high demand of priva … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt London 2016 is… Seenit

Startups participating in the Startup Battlefield have all been hand-picked to participate in our highly competitive startup competition. They all presented in front of multiple groups of VCs and tech leaders serving as judges for a chance to win £40,000 and the coveted Disrupt C … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Google Play Movies gets 4K titles and finally arrives on Samsung smart TVs

Google has officially launched 4K UHD films on Google Play Movies & TV. We say “officially” because the company quietly started adding 4K titles to its catalog a few weeks back, but the choice was scant at first. From today, Google Play Movies & TV promises more than 125 titles i … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

4K movies come to the Google Play Movies & TV app

It may be getting a late start, compared with streaming services from Amazon and Netflix, but today Google Play Movies & TV is adding 4K movies to its content library. Google says there are now over 125 movies in 4K resolution, using VP9, available for purchase via its web or mob … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

'Crashlands' 1.2 Juicemancy Update Has Released, With New Item Enchanting System and Controller Support

Crashlands [$4.99] kicked off 2016 with a bang (or, if you'd prefer, a crash) when it launched back in January, and with its incredible attention to detail and interesting amalgamation of action RPG and crafting action, Crashlands is a sure-fire contender for any impending Game o … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

Google Play now sells movies in 4K

Google just announced that 4K movies are now available from the company’s Google Play Movies store in the United States and Canada, with a selection of over 125 titles to start. 4K content has been gradually trickling out across Play Movies over the last few weeks, but today Goog … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

ASUS ZenFone 3 Deluxe review

Is ASUS' latest flagship enough to take on the growing list of high-end but affordable smartphones? We find out, in this ASUS ZenFone 3 Deluxe review! | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Austria's Erste Bank Awards Ethereum Projects in Startup Contest

Two ethereum projects won plaudits at a recent startup contest sponsored by Austria-based Erste Bank.Source | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 7 years ago

Dropbox now lets paid users download folders for offline use

Dropbox is getting a neat update today: You can now download entire folders for offline use. The feature is only available to paid users – that is, Pro, Business, and Enterprise subscribers – but should provide mental peace of mind if you know you have to do work somewhere with l … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

What’s next for tech companies in the Brexit debate

Crowdpac’s Steve Hilton, a passionate advocate of Brexit, has few points of agreement with Daniel Korski, a former advisor to David Cameron and an organizer of the Remain campaign. But the two could agree on at least one thing — the U.K. is headed for a so-called hard Brexit that … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Microsoft’s $26 billion LinkedIn acquisition will close in the coming days

Microsoft has gained all necessary regulatory clearance for its acquisition of LinkedIn, the company announced today, and the massive deal is set to close “in the coming days.” The European Commission was the last hurdle remaining after officials in the US, Canada, and elsewhere … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Zenly lays out its plan to become a must-have social media app

French-based location sharing app Zenly hopes to be the next Snapchat and co-founder Antoine Martin came onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt London to talk about how it plans to get there. The original idea came from Foursquare check-ins but Zenly allows users to check-in and share the … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Arago’s AI can now beat some human players at complex civ strategy games

Arago’s flagship HIRO AI product plays Freeciv, a free civilization building simulation that’s based on the popular and long-lived Sid Meier’s Civilization series of games – and it’s getting more skilled. Freeciv is a complex, sprawling game with a huge number of possible strateg … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Doyodo, LLC Announces Mini Video Game Console “RetroEngine Sigma” Debuts December 6th on Indiegogo

PRESS RELEASE: Doyodo, LLC, a Santa Monica-based innovation incubator founded earlier this year by media and games industry veterans, is proud to announce the launch of RetroEngine Sigma on Indiegogo today. Featuring a killer design and pocket-size... | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

It’s official: Xiaomi won’t launch a flat screen version of the Mi Note 2

Zang Zhiyuan, Xiaomi’s marketing director, has confirmed that a flat screen edition of the high-end Mi Note 2 smartphone will not be released. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

IBM goes all-in on blockchain: Launches app-making ecosystem

IBM today announced a program designed to speed up the development of blockchain-based applications for business. Blockchain technology — which enables secure, decentralized recording of information — has been picking up interest over the past year or two for the variety of impor … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

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@nos.twnsnd.co | 7 years ago

Microsoft details enterprise features in Windows 10 Creators Update

Microsoft today is announcing new enterprise-oriented features coming to Windows 10 with the release of the Creators Update, which is due out in early 2017. For one thing, Microsoft is including new mobile application management (MAM) capability that can run on Windows 10 devices … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Windows 10 Creators update loads up on features for IT

Microsoft announced a slew of goodies today for its upcoming Windows 10 Creators update, designed to please IT admins and simplify management of Windows 10 inside large enterprises. Microsoft has been trying to get enterprise companies — you know the ones with lots of users — to … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Sponsored Post: Loupe, New York Times, ScaleArc, Aerospike, Scalyr, Gusto, VividCortex, MemSQL, InMemory.Net, Zohocorp

Who's Hiring? The New York Times is looking for a Software Engineer for its Delivery/Si... | Continue reading


@highscalability.com | 7 years ago

Paragon’s Monolith update speeds up the PlayStation 4 and PC MOBA

Paragon has just become a faster-paced game. Developer Epic Games today released the Monolith update for its free-to-play MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena), which is in an open beta on PlayStation 4 and PC. The Monolith update brings changes to the whole experience, speeding … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

The Westworld finale: frustrations, revelations, and how the whole first season holds together

[Warning: spoilers ahead for Westworld in general, and the season finale specifically.]The first season of HBO’s Westworld had a solid run, reportedly opening with better season-one numbers than the network’s breakout hit Game of Thrones, spawning a ridiculously huge wave of new … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Google Timelapse: Stadtentwicklung im Schnelldurchlauf

Google hat seit einiger Zeit ein Timelapse-Feature für Google Earth. Nun gibt es ein großes Update, das mit noch detaillierterem Kartenmaterial arbeitet und gerade bei Städten wie Las Vegas oder Chengdu in China zeigt, wie schnell Städte... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

VW’s 13th brand: Moia, for ride-hailing (and maybe self-driving) electric shuttles

VW's 13th brand will provide mobility services, starting in Germany. Initially, they'll be human-driven VWs. Later, they'll be self-driving, using Moia-branded vehicles.The post VW’s 13th brand: Moia, for ride-hailing (and maybe self-driving) electric shuttles appeared first on E … | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 7 years ago

The Snowy Day is Amazon’s beautiful, hopeful addition to television Christmas specials

On Thanksgiving, Amazon quietly published its contribution to the Christmas canon. The Snowy Day is an adaptation of the award-winning 1962 children’s picture book of the same name, written and illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats. Odds are you’ve seen the book, or had it read to you. … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Pepo, Jason Goldberg’s social media app, raises $2.35M from his old Fab.com backers

Jason Goldberg — a founder that may be as well known for his high-profile startups (Fab.com, Fabulis, Jobster) as his failures and pivots (Hem, Fab.com, Fabulis, Jobster) — earlier this year stepped up to the batting plate once again with Pepo, a group social messaging app that l … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Amazon Go is a much better idea than delivery drones

I wanted to dismiss Amazon Go as another Jeff Bezos attention play. But I was wrong. This is the shopping experience we’ve all been waiting for. Amazon is the most important retailer in the country, and when it tries to transform how we shop and receive products, people listenI l … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Netflix rolls out video previews worldwide, but only on its TV app

Netflix is rolling out a new user interface for its app for televisions and streaming media players which will now include video previews, instead of still images. The previews will appear when you’re browsing through the library looking for something to watch, and pause on a spe … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

@BookItBee Launches Free Ticketing

On 1st Dec Bookitbee, the online ticketing and booking tool, will become FREE in the USA & Canada under the campaign strapline “Ticketing Set Free”.  Organisers are being encouraged to sign-up … | Continue reading


@techsytalk.com | 7 years ago

Samsung Galaxy S8 may be losing the headphone jack too

Following in the footsteps of Apple, Samsung might also be ditching the headphone jack on its upcoming Galaxy S8 smartphone. According to SamMobile, the South Korean manufacturer is prepping the release of its flashy new flagship device – but without the standard audio port. Inst … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Snooper’s Charter: What you need to know about the UK’s new surveillance laws

The Investigatory Powers Act 2016, also known as the Snooper’s Charter, is the UK’s controversial new bill aimed at increasing online surveillance. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

'Knight Slinger' Review - A Pretty Spin on 'Monster Strike'

If you had told me five years ago that slingshot RPGs were going to become a thing, I'd have been happy to hear of a future where Squids [$1.99] was so influential. Of course, Squids isn't what really kicked off this craze. No, the current wave of flick-and-flail casual RPGs that … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

Samsung might kill the headphone jack on the Galaxy S8

Apple killing the headphone jack was one of the biggest tech stories of 2016 — and it appears Samsung is looking to hop onto the trend, too.SEE ALSO: Samsung's Siri killer to debut on the Galaxy S8Samsung-centric blog SamMobile reports it can "exclusively confirm" the upcoming Ga … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

European Commission clears the way for Microsoft-LinkedIn deal

Microsoft’s $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn looks like it’s ready to go. The company’s Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith just announced that the deal has been cleared by the European Commission — the last regulator that needed to sign off on the deal. “As a result, we’ve now o … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

The Price of Bitcoin Needs to Increase for the Digital Currency to Survive

[…]The post The Price of Bitcoin Needs to Increase for the Digital Currency to Survive appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. | Continue reading


@cryptocoinsnews.com | 7 years ago

Samsung gets another chance to reduce Apple’s $400 million patent win

The Supreme Court has overturned Apple's $400 million award in its long-running patent lawsuit against Samsung. Apple won the case in 2012, convincing a federal court that a number of Samsung devices had infringed upon iPhone design patents — including one for a rectangular devic … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Musical.ly defends its handling of young users, as it races past 40M MAUs

The CEO of Musical.ly, the lip syncing app that’s become a major with youngster worldwide, has defended the way it manages its users, some of whom are younger than 13 years, while also revealing that the service now has over 40 million monthly active users. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Two Cars Plunge Into Texas Sinkhole

An off-duty sheriff died and two others were injured when their cars fell into a sinkhole that formed after heavy rains in San Antonio, Texas. Photo: San Antonio Texas Fire Department | Continue reading


@live.wsj.com | 7 years ago

Alan Schaaf, $7 investments, and the future of AI – VB Engage

This week, we bring you the first VB Engage to have been recorded live on stage! That’s right: At Web Summit in Lisbon earlier this year, we got to interview Alan Schaaf of internet phenomenon Imgur about the evolution of the company, geek culture, and community, and find out wha … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Samsung scores an 8-0 Supreme Court ruling in Apple patent case

This morning’s Supreme Court ruling was nothing if not decisive. The nation’s highest court handed down an 8-0 ruling in favor of the South Korean smartphone maker in its on-going legal battle against its chief competitor. The case, which dates back to 2011, centers around design … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

In pictures: Instagram and Soap and Glory among brands activating at Beautycon

Guests were invited to Beautycon Festival on 3 December to enjoy a range of experiential and immersive activations from beauty brands. | Continue reading


@eventmagazine.co.uk | 7 years ago