IDC’s latest world wide wearable numbers are in, and everything looks to be coming up Fitbit. As smartwatch numbers declined, the larger wearable space is up overall, thanks in no small part to the Charge manufacturer. According to IDC’s numbers, Fitbit commanded nearly a quarter … | Continue reading
Sometimes you see a gadget and think simultaneously, “that’s insanely clever,” but also just “that’s insane.” The RokBlok was one of those situations for me: Who but a mad genius would have thought of a record player that propels itself along the groove like a little remote contr … | Continue reading
A group of Russian MPs (members of parliament) want to ban a video game for what it’s calling ‘gay propaganda.’ Soccer simulation ‘FIFA 17’ is one of game developer EA’s most popular titles. The studio recently sparked the ire of Russian MPs by offering — gasp — rainbow-colored k … | Continue reading
Do you remember the old days of those Olympics-style games on old PCs and consoles? The ones with a bunch of games with arcane controls and objectives that if you mastered, you were truly the master of gaming? Or did you ever play Justin Smith's Realistic Summer Sports Simulator … | Continue reading
Microsoft is experimenting with a new, tamer chatbot. Months after the company's first chatbot Tay went viral for all the wrong reasons, Microsoft quietly rolled out a new bot that looks to be far less controversial than its predecessor.SEE ALSO: Microsoft's CEO wants bots and AI … | Continue reading
The next version of Android Wear won't officially launch until the first quarter of 2017, and we think Google needs to do three things for it to succeed. | Continue reading
I don’t know which company is going to make the best next-generation virtual reality headset, but I do know that chances are good that it will work with the apps you buy on the Steam PC gaming platform. Oculus releases its Touch motion controllers this week (December 6), and they … | Continue reading
The US may be getting some new legal tender soon that will showcase the most famous space event in history. The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint special commemorative coins to celebrate the 50th anniversary of th … | Continue reading
Facebook is apparently asking users to rate the quality of news stories on its service, after facing criticism for allowing fake or misleading news. At least three people on Twitter have posted surveys that ask whether a headline “uses misleading language” or “withholds key detai … | Continue reading
As we wrote a few days ago, Supercell is getting ready to launch an animated series based on Clash of Clans [Free] and Clash Royale called Clash-A-Rama, and now we finally know that the animated series is launching Friday, December 9th. The series is based on the shorts released … | Continue reading
Artificial intelligence is all around us. It’s in our cars, our homes and our pockets. With all this information, this intelligence, at our fingertips and lips, shouldn’t our educational system catch up? Teaching not rote facts and figures, but instead teaching students the paths … | Continue reading
Amazon’s ambitious physical retail plans extend well beyond its new cashier-less convenience store unveiled earlier today. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Amazon hopes to ultimately operate more than 2,000 grocery and convenience stores across the US in a numb … | Continue reading
Why would you want to “drain the swamp” when it’s home to crocodiles, snapping turtles, and other wonderful wildlife? That’s what a number of biologists are wondering, after the catchphrase from President-elect Donald Trump took on a life of its own.And so the scientists have rus … | Continue reading
The weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas can be an emotional roller coaster for a college student: first, you get to go home, feast, see your hometown friends; then you head back to school only to realize there are still finals and papers in the way before the extended Christ … | Continue reading
Android 7.1.1 starts going live today as an over-the-air update – a roll out that will continue through the next several weeks to a select number of Google approved devices, including the Nexus 6, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus 9, Pixel, Pixel XL, Nexus Player, Pixel C and General Mob … | Continue reading
In the age of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, every studio wants a behemoth self-referential franchise to call its own. Last night, we got a look at Universal’s effort: a reboot of the classic Universal Monsters films, beginning with The Mummy. The lurching bandaged corpse of the … | Continue reading
Midnight Tea Studio has announced their puzzler Dropa is releasing on the App Store on December 8th. The core idea is somewhat like Tetris in that your goal is to is to put down pieces to complete lines to continuously clear the board, and the game ending once you run out of piec … | Continue reading
Google today released new statistics about adoption of different versions of its Android mobile operating system. They show that Android 7.0 Nougat, which was first released in September, is now running on 0.4 percent of Android devices. The percentage is certainly small, but the … | Continue reading
Unveiled in September this year, the LG V20 was the first smartphone with Android Nougat out-of-the-box. | Continue reading
Netflix’s decision to introduce an in-app subscription option in its iOS app over a year ago has helped the streaming service steadily gain more subscribers, and surge up the Top Grossing charts in the Apple App Store. Back in November of last year, the app hit the Top Grossing c … | Continue reading
If you ask Tumblr, 2016 is the year of the caterpillar. Specifically, it is the year of Chicken Nugget, a caterpillar who eventually metamorphosed into a butterfly named Chicken Wing. Chicken Wing née Chicken Nugget was the platform’s biggest celebrity of the year, and the story … | Continue reading
We've all used Reddit before, but some of us like to more than others. If you're looking to get into Reddit on mobile, here are the best Reddit apps! | Continue reading
Every parent’s worst nightmare is a student spending more time playing video games and surfing the web than studying for school. But the team over at OpenAI believes that a “fun parent” approach could actually bring us all one step closer to elusive generalized intelligence. Its … | Continue reading
TypeScript has gained a lot of popularity since the Angular 2 project decided to adopt it and write all their documentation examples in…Continue reading on JavaScript Scene » | Continue reading
Is it possible to put cannabis on the blockchain? With one company, that’s exactly what’s taking place. Motherboard reports that Medicinal Genomics is creating a registered list of all cannabis genomes to be stored on the bitcoin blockchain. The purpose is to take any confusion o … | Continue reading
Ether (ETH) prices fell to a nine-month low on 5th December, extending losses suffered in recent weeks. Source | Continue reading
Shadowverse [Free] is one of the many CCGs that have popped up on the App Store recently but is one of the few to actually get a foothold and a decent player base both on mobile and on PC. Now, the game is getting ready for its second expansion called Rise of Bahamut, and this | Continue reading
There’s no shortage of entrepreneurs in Africa, but their ambitions are often hampered by the lack in many countries of reliable and affordable digital payment systems. Moneywave wants to empower individuals and small merchants to take part in the thriving digital economy by lett … | Continue reading
One of the biggest downsides of vinyl is the inconvenience of using it on the go. With the exception of things like the now-defunct Audio-Technica AT727 portable vinyl player, you've pretty much got to lug an entire turntable around for listening to vinyl records anywhere outside … | Continue reading
To help keep your new smartphone safe from unfortunate accidents, we've rounded up some of the best protective cases that are available for the LG V20! | Continue reading
What Hashtags Do Twitter Marketers Use?We analyzed hundreds of Tweets of 30 of the best Twitter accounts to find out. Twitter is one of the most incredibly useful tools for marketers. Engagement, reach, and unique features allow marketers to address their audience, create a dialo … | Continue reading
There is a reason why cryptocurrency-based online casino platforms are receiving more attention than conventional online gambling platforms. | Continue reading
Disrupt London Day 1 was a massive success. DeepMind’s Mustafa Suleyman taught us about the future of AI. Autonomy founder Dr. Michael Lynch mocked HP’s $5 billion lawsuit against him. And Boston Dynamics’ Marc Raibert showed off his four-legged robotic friend, SpotMini. But the … | Continue reading
Imagine a computing platform that would have no single point of failure and would be resilient to the cyberattacks that are making the headlines these days. This is the promise behind blockchain, the distributed ledger that underlies cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum and … | Continue reading
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Wurster House is a bungalow house located in San Francisco, California, and completed by Jennifer Weiss Architecture for a young family.. | Continue reading
" La Casa " faces the important greenery of Parc Lafontaine in Montreal, hence the use of wood in the indoor spaces. Project by MXMA | Continue reading
Designed by Geremia Design, this Scandinavian-style apartment in the Mission District of San Francisco is home to a successful bachelor ... | Continue reading
Tehama Residence is a single-family home designed by Studio Schicketanz in Carmel Valley, CA, United States. | Continue reading
Tyson Foods Inc., one of the world’s largest makers and marketers of meat products, has announced the formation of a $150 million venture capital fund to back food and agriculture startups.According to Tyson’s Executive Vice President of Strategy and New Ventures, Monica McGurk, … | Continue reading
Thanks to a small publisher in Europe, we’re learning a little bit more about who’s making games for the Nintendo Switch The Vienna-based developer and publisher today announced that it has purchased franchises from Mobile Gaming Studios Ltd. and Enigma Software Productions. Spec … | Continue reading
The Walking Dead: No Man's Land [Free] is getting an exclusive character designed by The Talking Dead host and Nerdist chief executive owner, Chris Hardwick. The character is now available for free but only for a limited time. The character's name is Rufus and is inspired by Hard … | Continue reading
SPONSORED: Presented by Undertone Over the past two decades, a series of digital innovations have made it possible for advertisers to reach global audiences with unprecedented speed and precision. But for all that these “programmatic” tools have done to drive revenues for brands … | Continue reading
When I reviewed the Galaxy Note 7, I was a little amazed at how Samsung was able to cram so many features into a phone so small for its screen size. But a report by manufacturing company Instrumental suggests that cramming is what made the phone prone to catching fire. Instrument … | Continue reading
Google is releasing Android 7.1.1 today, and with it, Nexus devices will gain features that were already included on the Pixel and Pixel XL, like more inclusive emoji and a GIF keyboard. Google created counterparts to its male emoji earlier this year so the update will allow Andr … | Continue reading
Google's latest official Android distribution numbers show only a slight rise for Nougat's share, while Marshmallow and Lollipop continue to stay on top. | Continue reading
President-elect Donald Trump has widened the circle of candidates that could be named secretary of state including ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson. WSJ's Lee Hawkins explains. Photo: AP | Continue reading