Pebble confirms it is shutting down, devs and software acquired by Fitbit

Pebble is shutting down, and Pebble owners are out of luck. The post Pebble confirms it is shutting down, devs and software acquired by Fitbit appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 7 years ago

Apple releases iOS 10.2 public beta 7

The betas just keep coming. Today Apple released the seventh public beta of iOS 10.2, an update to its latest and greatest iOS 10 mobile operating system. Apple released this beta update to developers today. It arrives just two days after the sixth public beta. And sure enough, t … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Zelda: Breath of the Wild gets its own official pocketwatches

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is getting its own licensed pocketwatches via game publisher Taito.As revealed by game merchandising outlet NCSX (via GoNintendo), there are two pocketwatches in this lineup. One has a blue face with an image of Link in the background, whil … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Sequoia-backed video chat app Tribe spammed its customers’ address books

Can mobile app startups please stop building SMS invite systems into their apps already? The latest example of a venture-backed startup getting dinged by customers for having spammed their entire address book without permission is Sequoia portfolio company Tribe. The video chat a … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

New 'Hearthstone' Brawl is Double the Deathrattles

This week's Hearthstone [Free] Tavern Brawl is a deathrattle blast from the past. We first got Double Deathrattler Battler more than a year ago, and now it's here again. As you can guess from the title, in this brawl any deathrattle minion triggers twice, which is the path for al … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

Google Play Store testing separate Apps and Games sections for some users

A number of Android users are reporting their version of the Google Play Store now shows Apps and Games as separate sections, a small but significant UI change. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Hyundai is reportedly preparing to mass-produce electric buses

Hyundai is gearing up to mass-produce electric buses, according to a report from South Korea’s ET News. The buses would be powered by two 51kWh batteries, and capable of traveling around 100 kilometers (about 62 miles) on a single charge. The South Korean automaker reportedly pla … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

How to Master PPC Targeting and Choose the Right Ad Platform

Where do you even begin when there are 72+ PPC options for you? Here's how to choose the right PPC targeting and ad platform for your marketing goals. | Continue reading


@conversionxl.com | 7 years ago

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge now available in Blue Coral variant in India

Priced at ₹50,900 ($755), the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Blue Coral will be available in India in 32 GB variant from December 15. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Fitbit kauft Pebble, schiebt Produkte aufs Abstellgleis

Der Platzhirsch im Wearable- und Fitness-Tracker-Bereich Fitbit hat Pebble übernommen. Damit bestätigen sich nicht nur die diesbezüglichen Gerüchte, sondern auch die Befürchtungen: Fitbit will das Personal, die Patente, die... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

Circle removes ability to buy and sell Bitcoin as it doubles down on mobile payments

Launched in 2013, Circle is a company that wanted to build a platform for buying, selling, and sending Bitcoin. Since then the company has raised over $70M and turned in the direction of social payments. And today the company is fully cutting support for buying and selling Bitcoi … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Samsung Gear S3 review

The Gear S3 is packed with features and has gotten bigger to accommodate all that it can do, but should you buy it? Here's our Samsung Gear S3 review! | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Microsoft releases R Server 9.0 and free R Client 3.3.2

Microsoft today is announcing the release of R Server 9.0, an update for the commercially supported big data software aimed at large organizations. Microsoft is also releasing R Client 3.3.2, the latest version of the free software that people can run on desktop computers, as opp … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

'Alto's Odyssey' Is the Follow-up to the Fantastic 'Alto's Adventure'

Alto's Adventure [$3.99] is a fantastic game and is often a point of reference for many gamers mostly because of its great, moody ambiance, lovely art style, and zen quality. While it didn't innovate the endless runner (or snowboarding) genre, it made it much more artistic than i … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

Lyft’s feature to match drivers with riders along the same route is now available to all

Lyft drivers now have a new feature at their disposal, as the company is rolling out its “destination mode” to all rides. This capability matches drivers with riders according to the route drivers are heading, based on the most recent ride they gave. Launched last year, it was on … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Content Curation in an Age of Fake News, with Dave Pell

On Unemployable, Brian Clark talks with NextDraft's Dave Pell about why smart content curation is a valuable service and how it benefits your business. | Continue reading


@copyblogger.com | 7 years ago

Telltale's Batman season finale due next week

The fifth and final episode in Telltale's Batman series (or at least its first season), Season of Light, will be out on 13th December for PC, PS4, Xbox One, PS3 and Xbox 360, along with iOS and Android devices.Furthermore, the series' first episode, Realm of Shadows, is now free … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

The 3D-modeling software shaping Singapore's future is straight out of a sci-fi film

When you envision three-dimensional city models that you can navigate, explore and alter in virtual reality, there's a good chance the first thing that comes to mind is a video game, or a sci-fi movie that takes place many years in the future.These technologies are hardly far-fet … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Twitter is banning the bots racing to reply to Trump tweets

The space under Donald Trump’s tweets tends to be a cesspool of not only users arguing over his many wild claims but bots vying to reply first. Now, Twitter seems to be moving in to clean up the mess. According to Motherboard, the social network has suspended a number of accounts … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Google, HTC, Oculus, Samsung, Sony join forces to create Global VR Association

After a couple years of being driven primarily by the startups, the virtual reality industry is growing to be one increasingly dominated by the big dogs. There’s still a sizable amount of fragmentation in the industry as well a high chance of failure for many of the efforts curre … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Piernik świąteczny - wersja ekspresowa

Piernik świątecznyKilka dni temu moja siostra Ewa podesłała zdjęcie świątecznej listy (wiadomo, lista jest najważniejsza, czym poczytacie tutaj). Zdziwiłam się, że to JUŻ i jednocześnie poczułam ukłucie zazdrości, że one robią to beze mnie, że układają spis świątecznych potraw pr … | Continue reading


@aniawlodarczyk | 7 years ago

2016 was supposed to be the year of VR. Instead, augmented reality ruled

All signs pointed to a revolution: Powerful VR headsets — Facebook’s Oculus Rift, the HTC Vive and Sony’s PlayStation VR were about to make their official, consumer-ready debuts, while Google's Cardboard and Samsung's Gear VR we're making noise in mobile. The stage was set for 20 … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Sprint partners with Niantic to turn all its stores into Pokéstops

Pokémon Go creator Niantic has inked a deal with mobile carrier Sprint which will see all of its stores transformed into pokéstops or pokémon gyms. This arrangement also extends to all Boost Mobile retail locations, as well as Sprint at Radioshack stores. This gives those still p … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

T-Mobile’s Digits calling service is designed to make phone numbers device agnostic

T-Mobile’s pitch is simple, “We’re dragging the phone number into the internet age.” The actual functionality is a bit trickier, which is why the carrier looked to do a little bit of analyst handholding and a consumer Twitter Q&A (at 10:30AM PT today) ahead of launch. The underly … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Star Wars Battlefront is coming to EA Access next week

Star Wars Battlefront is coming to EA Access and Origin Access on 13th December, just in time for Rogue One's theatrical release on the 16th.… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Watch Pitch@Palace Global Now

TechCrunch is pleased to bring you the Pitch@Palace Global, live from St. James’s Palace. Established by The Duke of York in 2014, Pitch@Palace offers entrepreneurs the opportunity to present their business in front of an audience of influencers. During 2016, the initiative has e … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

The Finale of 'Batman - The Telltale Series' Launches December 13th on the App Store

It may be because I'm a massive fanboy for the caped crusader, but Batman - The Telltale Series [$4.99] has really impressed me with their fresh take on Bruce Wayne that stands apart from many other interpretations in films and video games in the past. Even with some technical di … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

T-Mobile announces Digits: one phone number for all your devices

T-Mobile just revealed its answer to AT&T’s NumberSync technology, which lets customers use one phone number across all their connected devices. T-Mobile’s version is called Digits and it will launch in a limited, opt-in customer beta beginning today before rolling out to everyon … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Micromax launches Vdeo range of budget VoLTE smartphones pre-bundled with Reliance Jio SIM

The two smartphones – Vdeo 1 and Vdeo 2 – come preloaded with Google Duo app and come bundled with Reliance Jio SIM with three months of unlimited free data and voice calling. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

New iPhone Games on Our Forums: 'Silent Depth', 'BMX Backflip King', 'Kami 2', 'Formula Clicker' and Loads More

I hope everyone is having a fantastic International Civil Aviation Day, but let's get down to business: There's tons of new games to play. This week has been a little odd in that most of these hit the App Store on Monday, so if you lurk around our forums chances are a lot of thes … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

Pokémon Go is adding 10.5K gym and pokéstop locations at Sprint stores

Pokémon Go players jonesing for more pokéstops, gyms, and a trip to their local Sprint stores are in luck. Pokémon Go developer Niantic announced today that Sprint will be the first US partner it takes on, meaning that 10,500 Sprint, Boost Mobile, and Sprint at RadioShack spots w … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Blogtable: Which West player will get first All-Star nod?

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@nba.com | 7 years ago

Blogtable: Which East player will get first All-Star nod?

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@nba.com | 7 years ago

Watch: Do Pokémon Sun and Moon prove a 20-year-old Pokéfan theory once and for all?

Everyone loves a good conspiracy theory, don't they. Well, everyone except for maybe Buzz Aldrin.There are plenty of game theories knocking around the net, but one of the first and probably one of the most well known has to be about the relationship between the Pokémon, Cubone an … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Blogtable: Give your NBA All-Star 2017 starting lineups

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@nba.com | 7 years ago

Facebook is patenting a tool that could help automate removal of fake news

As Facebook works on new tools to stop the spread of misinformation on its network, it’s seeking to patent technology that could be used for that purpose. This month the US Trademark and Patent Office published Facebook’s application for Patent 0350675: “systems and methods to id … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Down-Funnel Marketing Analytics Stymied by Data Collection & Measurement Problems

Marketers traditionally focus on the top of the sales funnel. However, more marketers are becoming responsible for down-funnel metrics. Marketing leaders now place less value on lead volume and cost-per-lead, and more value on metrics like revenue, ROI and cost-per-acquisition, a … | Continue reading


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@nos.twnsnd.co | 7 years ago

'DuckTales' and 'The Amazing Spider-Man' Games on Sale: McDuck and Masked Menace in Cahoots?

Probably not. I'm just asking the pertinent questions. Gameloft's The Amazing Spider-Man [$0.99] games and Disney's DuckTales: Remastered [$0.99] only have a few things in common. Both star classic American cartoon and/or comic characters. Both look pretty darned spiffy in action … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

Slack introduces a Google Drive bot and connection to Google Team Drives

Slack’s integration with Google Drive is getting an update, with the unveiling of new features set to roll out in 2017. Today, the productivity app company announced that users will soon be able to leverage a Google Drive bot that manages notifications across Google Docs, Sheets, … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Slack and Google announce partnership focused on better integrating their services

Slack announced a strategic partnership with Google Cloud this morning, which will bring a number of new features, including deeper integrations with Google services, to its collaboration platform for teams. Among the additions are new bots for notifications, as well as support f … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

ET deals: Dell PowerEdge T130 dual-core server for $229

If you're looking to snag a nice barebones server on the cheap, check out today's deal from Dell. The PowerEdge T130 will take a bit of DIY effort to get it up and running, but since this model costs less than 230 bucks, that's definitely a worthwhile compromise.The post ET deals … | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 7 years ago

Shinola’s Runwell Turntable is an elegant first step into the audio business

Shinola announced today that it's getting into the audio business with its new Runwell Turntable. The turntable marks the first release from the new Shinola Audio division of the Detroit-based company, which is typically known for its leatherwear products, bicycles, and watches.T … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Slack is becoming more deeply intertwined with Google Drive

Team communication startup Slack has always billed itself as more than just a chat app. The company sees its software as a the hub of workplace productivity, with the spokes of the wheel being third-party integrations to any number of products and services customers rely on day i … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

VSCO's new interactive preset lets you apply the filter before taking a picture

VSCO, the folks behind that app that’s basically Instagram but for people who know how to take pictures, is releasing a new membership pass that’ll give mobile photographers access to exclusive filters, including an interactive set that you can manipulate within live capture.Film … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Chinese Banks' Risky Investment Products

Amid a slowing economy, Chinese banks are getting creative, repackaging regular loans as "investment receivables," which aren't counted as loans on their balance sheets. But investment receivables can be risky. Here's how they work. Video/Image: Menglin Huang/The Wall Street Jou … | Continue reading


@live.wsj.com | 7 years ago

Deal: Fitbit Alta on sale for just $85 on Amazon ($45 off)

Looking for an inexpensive holiday gift for your fitness-focused friend? Right now, you can pick up a Fitbit Alta from Amazon for just $85 ($45 off). | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft just sent the first images from its new orbit around Saturn

After 20 years of traveling through space, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is taking a close look at Saturn before plunging into the planet in September 2017. And it’s finally sending us some of its first pictures back.The final stretch of Cassini’s mission will allow us to learn more … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago