Oculus Touch finally makes the Rift a complete VR experience

Imagine trying to climb a mountain without using your hands. That's what it's been like using an Oculus Rift since the category-defining virtual reality headset landed in March. The Touch controllers, available Dec. 6, change all of that.SEE ALSO: Here’s how a VR kitchen could tr … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Meet Aiden, your new AI coworker

Let’s say you want to know where one of your digital marketing campaigns is getting the most traction: Twitter or Facebook. You might need to check several dashboards across your social accounts and Google analytics to compile the data — and even if you conclude that one platform … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Mann klaut Auto und wird von BMW-Mitarbeitern über Funk eingesperrt

Auf sehr zeitgemäße Art und Weise konnte die Polizei in Seattle einen Autodieb überführen. Die Geschichte im Kurzen: Ein Besitzer eines BMW 550i leiht am Tag nach seiner Hochzeit sein Auto einem Kumpel. Der ist offenbar nicht so... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

Amazon’s new grocery store project removes checkouts and lines

Amazon has announced Amazon Go, a new grocery store in which customers can pay for goods without visiting the checkout. Instead, they simply walk out the door. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

The next generation of LCD displays could go toe-to-toe with OLED screens

Panasonic announced last week that it has developed a new kind of IPS LCD display with a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio, making it competitive with far most expensive OLED technologies. As HDGuru reports, the new technology offers a massive improvement over most of today's LCD displa … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Infltr lets you filter your photos directly in the iMessage app

Photo-editing app Infltr is best known for giving Instagram a run for its money with an app that lets you choose from an infinite number of photo filters – well, technically, it’s just over 7 million. The idea is that you can use color combinations to give your photo a unique loo … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

India’s Satoshi Studios Becomes South Asia’s First Blockchain Incubator

The Indian cryptocurrency and fintech ecosystem has garnered a lot of interest since the “Demonetization” drive was set in motion. The increased demand for Bitcoin in the country is now complemented by the launch of a Blockchain incubator. According to reports on Indian news medi … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

Twitter Polls: A Valuable PR & Marketing Tool

Twitter polls, which debuted last year, have yet to become a widespread marketing and PR tactic. Businesses may be missing its potential benefits. Twitter Polls can be a valuable way to gain feedback and increase exposure. Like other types of online surveys to produce publicity, … | Continue reading


@alltop | 7 years ago

This mesmerizing sculpture is actually a reimagined chandelier

This hypnotizing chandelier design by 'Harvey & John' was inspired by the murmuration of starlings. Read more...More about Mashable Video, Birds, Starling, Sculpture, and Home Decor | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

IBM predicted Amazon Go back in 2006

Amazon's splashy video for Amazon Go — an all-seeing, all-knowing store where customers can grab items, toss 'em in a bag or pocket and just walk out without ever waiting in line — has obvious appeal. So obvious, in fact, that another tech company proposed the exact same concept … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

The U.S. Federal Reserve is Set to Outline FinTech Monitoring

[…]The post The U.S. Federal Reserve is Set to Outline FinTech Monitoring appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. | Continue reading


@cryptocoinsnews.com | 7 years ago

Bitcoin Experiences Its Busiest Week Ever

[…]The post Bitcoin Experiences Its Busiest Week Ever appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. | Continue reading


@cryptocoinsnews.com | 7 years ago

Leaky boats: Why most retail mobile apps don’t get used — and what you can do about it

SPONSORED: Presented by Phunware A recent article in Marketing Land cited two different studies (from InMarket and Euclid) to establish two pertinent facts: More than half of consumers use smartphones as part of their in-store shopping experience, but few of them are using the re … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Samsung cut it too close with safety margins on the Note7's design, report says

More than two months after the launch of ill-fated Note7, we still don't know what caused the batteries in some of the devices to overheat and, in some cases, explode. A new report by Instrumental, a company that helps tech companies fix manufacturing issues, suggests that the re … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Bluescape expands its virtual workspace for collaborators

Bluescape is launching new features for its visual collaboration software that make it easier for business people to hold meetings within a virtual workspace. The San Carlos, Calif.-based company has a new release of its software that supports more file types and file-sharing ser … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Neuer Trailer: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Im Mai 2017 wird der Nachfolger des Marvel-Films Guardians of the Galaxy in die Kinos kommen und nun gibt es einen brandneuen Trailer des Blockbusters mit unter anderem Chris Pratt und Zoe Soldana in den Hauptrollen. Star des Trailers ist ohne Frage... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

Update Mondays: Demon's Rise 2, Sky Force Reloaded, Sonic Dash, Hearthstone, and More

Hello everyone, and welcome to the week! It's time once again for our look back at the noteworthy updates of the last seven days. Thankfully, things picked up a little last week, so we've got a pretty healthy list of updates to look at. The Christmas and holiday updates are start … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

Personal attention is scalable

Stand in front of an audience and focus on a group of about 50, to the audience, you’re talking directly to them. Walk up to a group of four people, shake hands and have a quick chat with one, and the whole group feels like they spoke with you. Send a personal email daily to just … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

BLU sets the record straight on security

After BLU discovered that the shady Chinese company Adups had installed spyware on their phones, the company implemented auxiliary security measures. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Shootaround (Dec. 5) -- Russell Westbrook in a world of his own

Westbrook still triple-double torrid | Letting Draymond be Draymond? | Pacers' high means Clippers' low | Homecoming but no heroics for Hield | Continue reading


@nba.com | 7 years ago

Marketing an innovator’s dilemma

Marketing innovative B2B technology is hard. Marketing it when you're also selling the incumbent tech is harder. Here's a look at why it's difficult and what to do about it. | Continue reading


@velocitypartners.com | 7 years ago

Google’s new safety app lets you share your location with loved ones

Google is making it easier for your close friends and family to keep track of you with its new Trusted Contacts app for Android. The idea is simple: assign some of your contacts as “trusted” and they’ll be able to request your location and see your current activity status. If you … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

The 25 best Hubble Space Telescope images

Hubble has been in space for over a quarter century. Here are the coolest things it has seen in that time. The post The 25 best Hubble Space Telescope images appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 7 years ago

Google’s Trusted Contacts app lets users share locations in an emergency

Google has just unveiled its Trusted Contacts app to help keep us all a little safer, by sharing location data with close contacts in an emergency. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Uber launches its own AI lab to make food deliveries faster and self-driving cars better

Uber just announced the launch of Uber AI Labs, a new research group focused on improving everything from the route of your food delivery to the way your self-driving Uber car navigates the roads. The lab will be staffed by members of a startup called Geometric Intelligence, whic … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Amazon looks to make shoplifting legal with Amazon Go

There’s a term used to describe people who walk into a store, help themselves to a sandwich or a cupcake, and then promptly walk out: Shoplifters. But maybe not for much longer.  Amazon just lifted the lid on its new Amazon Go technology, which looks to fundamentally transform th … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

WhatsApp stellt zum 30. Juni 2017 Unterstützung für Symbian und BlackBerry ein

Wer noch ein altes Smartphone mit einem betagten OS hat und fleißig WhatsApp benutzt, dürfte spätestens ab dem nächsten Jahr seine Probleme bekommen. WhatsApp stellt nämlich die Unterstützung für Android (früher... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

New Orleans selected to host NBA All-Star 2017

NEW YORK -- (Aug, 19, 2016) New Orleans has been selected to host NBA All-Star 2017, the NBA announced today. The 66th NBA All-Star Game will be played on Sunday, Feb. 19, at Smoothie King Center -- home of the New Orleans Pelicans. The game was previously scheduled to be held in … | Continue reading


@nba.com | 7 years ago

Questions to Ask When Hiring a Digital Agency

Making the right decision when hiring a digital agency can be difficult. It’s hard to know who is going to … | Continue reading


@scribewise.com | 7 years ago

Digital chief-of-staff app Accompany raises $20M and launches a UK Beta

Accompany, an app that Amy Chang bets will be able to replace the chief-of-staff or personal assistant of an executive, launched just a few months ago. The app had been in the works for a while, and now that it’s finally out the door, it’s time to step on the gas — so it’s launch … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Trump Blasts China Over Economic, Military Stance

President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter to criticize China over its economic and military policies. China’s Foreign Ministry’s response to the tweets suggested that Beijing had made its displeasure known directly to Mr. Trump’s team. Photo: Getty Images | Continue reading


@live.wsj.com | 7 years ago

The bizarre drink driving Dead Rising 4 tweet

This morning the Department for Transport's Think! road safety Twitter account shared a picture of a pint glass, full with beer, emblazoned with "Dead Risin… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

French clusters dedicated to Creative Industries, Content & Media @ NEM summit 2016

Cap Digital, Images & Réseaux, Imaginove and Pole Media Grand Paris attended the 2016 edition of the NEM summit in Porto on Nov. 23-25 devoted to driving the future of digital experience. The New European Media (NEM, www.nem-initiative.org, @NEM_ETP) initiative is a Horizon 2020  … | Continue reading


@nem-initiative.org | 7 years ago

Amazon just launched a cashier-free convenience store

Amazon just unveiled a grocery store without lines or checkout counters. Amazon Go, a retail space located in the company’s hometown of Seattle, lets shoppers just grab the items they want and leave; the order gets charged to their Amazon account afterwards.Amazon Go works by usi … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Amazon launches Amazon Go, a mindblowing brick-and-mortar grocery store with no checkouts

Amazon has launched its own grocery store in Seattle, as the commerce giant looks to shine a light on a new “checkout free” shopping experience. Located at 2131 7th Ave, Amazon Go is limited to a new 1,800 square feet retail space, and it’s only open to the company’s employees fo … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

State of Illinois: No Transmitters License Needed for Decentralized Digital Currencies

[…]The post State of Illinois: No Transmitters License Needed for Decentralized Digital Currencies appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. | Continue reading


@cryptocoinsnews.com | 7 years ago

Oculus Touch review: the Oculus Rift is finally complete

When the Oculus Rift reawakened our fascination with virtual reality in 2012, it was largely a visual medium. People imagined their average VR experience as a more exciting and immersive version of a traditional game or movie, something that gave the same familiar interactions a … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Initials hires Paul Gygi as creative director

Creative agency Initials has hired Paul Gygi as the agency's new creative director. | Continue reading


@eventmagazine.co.uk | 7 years ago

Easily create and edit documents with PDFpenPro 8 for Mac (50% off)

PDFs are one of the most prevalent document types online, but creating and editing them is a big pain. Luckily, there’s PDFpenPro, which lets you handle the biggest problem most PDF users inevitably face. Right now, you can get it get it for only $62 (usually $124.95) from TNW De … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Shopify acquires digital studio Tiny Hearts, makers of Wake Alarm, Next Keyboard & more

E-commerce company Shopify is doubling down on its mobile product ambitions with today’s acquisition of digital product studio Tiny Hearts. The studio has released a number of mobile apps, games and bots over the past several years, including popular consumer-facing apps like Qui … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Review: Oculus Touch VR motion controllers

While this year undeniably saw the entrance of quite a few major hardware initiatives from the major players (Google, Oculus, HTC, Samsung and Sony to name a few), 2016 still had quite a tough time grappling with some of the virtual reality industry’s most burning questions.Makin … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

US Commerce Department to Discuss Blockchain Copyright

US officials to discuss using blockchain for copyright management. Source | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 7 years ago

Oculus Rift owners need to get Touch — but the motion controllers need more games

REVIEW: Oculus Rift should’ve launched with the Touch. It completes the VR system and gives it input parity with the competitions from HTC and Sony. But Oculus VR, a subsidiary of Facebook, is showing up fashionably late to this party because its motion-tracked hand controllers h … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

MIT’s DIY design system lets you make the right drone for the job

Drones are fairly off-the-shelf affairs for most people; there’s a wide range of companies making them for both commercial and consumer uses, but ultimately these are all remarkably similar. They tend to favor a quadcopter structure, and are often configured with photography in m … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

The Last Guardian review: can heart make up for technical problems?

Design and technical issues mar an otherwise powerful experience Continue reading… | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

The Last Guardian straddles the line between feeling old and feeling timeless

REVIEW: In 2005, development studio Team Ico released Shadow of the Colossus for the PlayStation 2. More than 11 years later, Team Ico has finally released its next game. The Last Guardian is here. After announcing the game for PlayStation 3 in 2009, you can play it tomorrow on y … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

A 12-Point B2B Positioning Health-Check

Marketing Strategy - This B2B positioning health-check will tell you how effective your positioning really is. And it'll help you overcome preconceived notions about positioning effectiveness and give you a proven way to ... | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 7 years ago

The Last Guardian review

The worst moments are sometimes the greatest moments. For 20 minutes last Wednesday I stood by an expanse of cold water, in an ancient hall that had become home to a vast, lapping pool, and I tried to get my companion, a three-storey motley of house cat, pigeon, and other assorte … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago