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

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@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

Microsoft’s LinkedIn acquisition approved by regulators, but there’s a catch

Microsoft is about to close the books on its $26.2 billion deal to purchase the professional social networking service LinkedIn. On Tuesday, it was announced that the European Commission had given its blessing to Microsoft, adding it to a list of regulators that approved the merg … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Google updates its search app, makes your personalized feed the main screen

Google’s flagship mobile application is getting a big makeover today, with a focus on making it easier to separate the things you need to know about – like upcoming appointments or flights -from the things you’re interested in, like news, sports, and entertainment. The app still … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

The Google app will now split your updates into two separate feeds

Google’s main app can provide some useful information like reminders about meetings and travel tips, but sometimes useful tidbits get lost within other updates and suggestions. To help keep things a bit less cluttered, Google will now separate your information cards into two sect … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

How Facebook and Google help camouflage fake news

If you asked Google who won the popular vote just after the election, there’s a chance you would have been sent to a conspiracy blog with bogus results. And the site is likely to have looked as legitimate as any other. Continue reading… | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Google app splits its feed between news and your personal agenda

Google is launching a new version of the Google app for Android today (with iOS following soon). Currently, the app shows you both your agenda, travel times, local info, and a personalized news feed on a single screen. With this update, Google is reorganizing its information card … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Google is putting a news feed in Android’s home screen

Google Now launched four years ago with a bold promise: instead of making you search for information you need, Google would figure it out and just present it to you in the form of swipeable cards. But it took most of those years for the feature to become more than a promise — pre … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Bowers & Wilkins P7 Wireless review: cutting the cord, keeping the bass

There’s a class of over-ear headphones, costing between $200 and $500, that’s defined by an emphasis on striking, premium design, and an exciting sound that’s rich on crowd-pleasing bass. You can think of them as the next logical step that most people take when they decide they w … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Pokémon Sun and Moon files include unused buddy feature

Pokémon fans have found an unused feature hidden within Sun and Moon's files: animations for your Pokémon to walk or run alongside you.This ability is present in a couple of the main Pokémon games but was ultimately left out of Sun and Moon - to some players' annoyance.Pokéfan Ka … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Deal: Buy the LG G5 or V20 and get a free LG TV

Best Buy is giving out a free 32-inch LG LED 720p Smart TV to customers who either buy the G5 or V20 and activate it on Sprint or Verizon's network. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Workplace by Facebook seeks work life balance

Workplace by Facebook officially launched six weeks ago and director Julien Codorniou came onstage at Disrupt London today to talk about how the platform is responding to and building features to reduce interruption at work. Workplace is both a desktop and mobile app much like Fa … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Video: Gamer sehen zum ersten Mal den Trailer zu "The Last Of Us Part II"

Vor einigen Tagen wurde der erste Trailer zu "The Last of us Part II" vorgestellt. Endlich, der Nachfolger eines der besten Spiele der vergangenen Jahre. Aber wie waren die Reaktionen zu dem düsteren Einspieler? Hier gibt es ein Mashup verschiedener... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

Trump Takes on Beijing’s ‘One China’ Policy

President-Elect Trump’s congratulatory phone call with Tsai Ing-wen was the first time a president-elect, or president, has spoken to a Taiwan leader since 1979. The long gap was the result of the ‘One China’ policy. WSJ’s Jason Bellini reports. Photo: Getty | Continue reading


@live.wsj.com | 7 years ago

Longtime VC Michael Goguen slapped with an even stranger lawsuit

Michael Goguen — a longtime venture capitalist whose career at Sequoia Capital ended earlier this year after he was sued in a salacious breach of contract suit that accused him of sexually mistreating a woman he met in 2001 and then refusing to honor a financial arrangement they … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Somewhere on the internet, a guy shaves his head every day

It’s pretty rare to come across an extremely low quality video these days, so when a friend sent me the above one, I was immediately intrigued. It looks like it’s been shot on a VHS tape, but it’s not impossible to see what’s happening. A guy walks around his living room, checkin … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Sonos Spotify app support is now live for all

Just over a month after making it available to a select number of users through public beta, long-awaited third-party app support for Spotify is officially official. The feature, which was first announced in August, brings the native Spotify experience to the streaming music hard … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Dead Rising 4 improves on past installments, but still lacks polish

Ho, ho, ho! It's Christmastime in Willamette, and Frank West is here to mow down zombies in the most over-the-top way imaginable. Dead Rising 4 is on store shelves today, so now is your chance to smack, slice, and explode the undead hordes on the Xbox One and Windows 10.The post … | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 7 years ago

Facebook Workplace announces enterprise collaboration app platform

Facebook will compete directly with Slack through a full-fledged new collaboration app platform built atop its pay-per-user enterprise communication product Workplace. Exclusively announced on stage today at TechCrunch Disrupt London, the Facebook Workplace platform will support … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Google says it will hit 100% renewable energy by 2017

Green energy projects for data centers and other facilities are goals for a lot of tech companies, but one of the largest – Google – now says it’s going to tip the scale at 100% renewable energy powering its entire global operations by 2017. Google notes this will include both it … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

The first trailer for The Circle takes Silicon Valley culture to a pointed extreme

Dave Eggers’ best-selling 2013 novel The Circle is coming to the big screen, and it looks like the slick near-future dystopia will make a smooth transition. The first trailer shows Mae (Emma Watson) interviewing for a job at the Circle, a mysterious and wealthy Silicon Valley com … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Xiaomi’s latest Mi MIX flash sale goes live later today

After selling out within 10 seconds and 30 seconds in two previous flash sales, the Xiaomi Mi MIX will be made available once again later today. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

HyTrust Survey Finds Government Agencies Are Lacking in Data Security and Encryption in Public Cloud Deployments

PRESS RELEASE: Today, HyTrust Inc., a leading workload security provider, announced its latest cloud survey, highlighting government specific findings. The survey of 59 government and military organizations found that nearly 20 percent of those... | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Skip the passwords and log in using Intel’s facial recognition app (56% off)

Considering the average computer user juggles a multitude of different passwords (and often forgets them), the True Key by Intel app is essential. This innovative program lets you wash your hands of the password nightmare entirely — all while actually strengthening your online se … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

What Pizzagate has in common with every conspiracy theory

On Sunday afternoon, a man named Edgar Welch walked into the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria with an AR-15 rifle, firing at least one shot and surrendering only when he was satisfied that no children were being held captive on the premises. It was the result of a bizarre theory that has … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Lexus LIT IS: 42.000 LEDs machen aus Auto fahrbaren Times Square

Lexus hat ein besonderes Auto als Einzelstück gebaut. Auf Basis des Lexus IS ist der Lexus LIT IS entstanden. Eine Limousine mit dem vielleicht teuersten Lack der Welt. Statt Farbpartikeln sind hier nämlich 41.999 LEDs verbaut worden, die ein... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

Instagram fights abuse with comment disabling and liking

Twitter’s sluggish approach to combating harassment looks even slower today as Instagram pushed its third round of safety features this quarter. The company announced this morning three new features aimed at giving Instagram users more control over their accounts and the way they … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Tech Giants Join Forces to Curb Terror Content Online

Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube announced they would work together to help curb the spread of terrorist content online, such as Islamic State propaganda videos. Photo: Zuma Press. | Continue reading


@live.wsj.com | 7 years ago

One Drop’s smart glucose monitoring hardware gets a green light from the FDA

Last summer, One Drop raised $8 million in Series A funding for its diabetes management app. At the time, the company said the money would go, in part, to developing hardware designed specifically for its mobile health software. The result is the Chrome, a glucose monitoring syst … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Instagram will soon let you turn off comments and boot followers from private accounts

With images as its main form of social currency, Instagram’s problems with abuse have never been quite as visible as those of other social networks. Nevertheless, the Facebook-owned company has been pretty quick to roll out new tools that make its app — in the words of CEO Kevin … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Instagram is changing comments in a big way

Instagram comments are getting more like Facebook.The company is updating its comments so users can like each other's comments on posts, the Facebook-owned company announced on Tuesday. The app is also adding the ability to turn off commenting on specific posts and remove followe … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Citymapper will start monetizing in 2017

Citymapper founder and CEO Azmat Yusuf took the stage today at TechCrunch Disrupt London to talk about the future of cities and Citymapper. Now that the startup works in dozens of cities, it plans to start monetizing in 2017. While Citymapper is a mobile star in Europe and most p … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Google says it will reach 100% renewable energy for its global operations in 2017

Google has claimed that it will operate entirely on renewable energy by 2017 — including its data centers and offices. The internet giant has been purchasing renewable energy for a number of years, and has many so-called “clean energy” initiatives including a wind farm in Kenya a … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Chance The Rapper’s Coloring Book is the first streaming-only project to earn a Grammy nomination

A week after Chance The Rapper released Coloring Book as an Apple Music exclusive, it became the first album to chart on the Billboard 200 without actually being sold. Now that project has made history once again, becoming the first streaming-only album to be nominated for a Gram … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

ESMT Berlin is the First German University to Accept Bitcoin

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@cryptocoinsnews.com | 7 years ago

iPhone 6S battery issues may be more widespread than Apple initially thought

Two weeks ago Apple acknowledged that some iPhone 6S units have been shutting down unexpectedly and announced it will be replacing devices with faulty batteries free of charge at its branded retail stores as well as authorized service providers across the globe. While Cupertino i … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Report: Galaxy S8 to ditch the 3.5mm audio jack

According to the latest reports, the Samsung Galaxy S8 will arrive with a QHD resolution display and a USB Type-C port, but won't feature a 3.5mm audio jack. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Free Christmas Hitman DLC next week

There's free Christmas Hitman content coming to PC, PS4 and Xbox One next week (Tuesday 13th) in the name of charity: the World Cancer Research Fund.It's a festive rework of the Paris Showstopper level, now resplendent with Christmas trees, decorations, maybe a little mistletoe y … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Does the Michelangelo painting in the Westworld finale really show a brain — or is it a uterus?

Episode 10 of Westworld closes out the season with a bloody robot rebellion. Dolores, one of the amusement park’s android hosts, kills the park’s remaining founder, Robert Ford. But in the buildup before she puts a gun to his head, Ford subjects Dolores to an incongruous art hist … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Samsung’s Galaxy S8 might not have a headphone jack

You were probably hoping the whole no headphone jack thing was just a 2016 fad, right? Sorry, but Sammobile thinks it’s here to stay, as Samsung is reportedly preparing to release its Galaxy S8 sans jack. The S8 is also expected to ship with a USB Type-C port for charging and lis … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Amazon Go: Der Supermarkt der Zukunft

Amazon betreibt neuerdings einen Supermarkt in Seattle. Genauer an der Kreuzung 7th Avenue/Blanchard Street. Und Amazon wäre nicht Amazon, wäre der Supermarkt nicht hochmodern ausgestattet. Amazon Go ist nämlich der erste Supermarkt, der... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

Starbucks may have just spoiled a big Pokémon Go update

Will Pokémon Go get a bunch of new Pokémon to catch this week? An upcoming Starbucks event appears to suggest so.Leaked promotional material hints that Pokémon Gold and Silver's quota of 100 critters will join the game this Friday.Starbucks coffee shops will be added to the game … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

techsytalk {unscripted} Interview with Michael Radolinski from @FeteFoneTweets

Like something you read here? Just highlight any line and you can tweet it automatically!  Michael Radolinski is the founder and CEO of FêteFone, a unique audio guest book that lets wedding and spe… | Continue reading


@techsytalk.com | 7 years ago