There has been so much Pokemon GO [Free] news in the past week that it feels like Summer 2016 all over again, and despite the fact that a lot of the recent developments feel anachronistic and likely should have happened a few months ago, it's still great to see the game develop a … | Continue reading

Facebook can't escape criticism about its role in distributing "fake news." Confronted with what you might call a gentle probing on The Today Show on Thursday, a top exec said the company is "working on it." "We've been working on this for a long time, and we've taken important s … | Continue reading

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) gave the green light to Bluetooth 5 this week, a new spec that promises some pretty radicular performance enhancements over its predecessor, according to the organization. The latest version of the ubiquitous wireless technology is said … | Continue reading

After debuting Super Mario's first iPhone game, the eagerly anticipated Super Mario Run, a super-elated Jimmy Fallon tested out the Nintendo Switch for the very first time. We're all pretty used to Fallon having a geek attack every time he gets to play a game on his show — but th … | Continue reading

Dealing with customer service sucks – it is the bane of our existence as consumers. Once you’ve searched the site to find the right number –  which feels purposefully hidden to discourage you from calling – you then talk to a robot that completely fails to understand what you’re … | Continue reading

More than a little bit of drama has emerged in the VR community in response to the trend toward exclusives among hardware manufacturers. Oculus and Sony have devoted significant resources to ensuring its systems have titles either launch first on their platforms or only on them. … | Continue reading

When the Library of Alexandria burned, the world lost a significant portion of its cultural knowledge and history. That’s the fate that Brewster Kahle fears might await the Internet Archive under Donald Trump’s regime — and so he’s creating a backup of his renowned digital librar … | Continue reading

Content - The insight you can derive from your own customers is invaluable. It will help you to not only increase the effectiveness of your content marketing but also reach your business ... | Continue reading

Secret co-founder David Byttow said his shuttered startup would make a return of sorts, tweeting as much in November. Byttow launched the revived anonymous publishing app as IO on Thursday morning, with a different approach that has more in common with Medium than mobile social a … | Continue reading

Now we come to transactional user intent – the last and most fun type of user intent, because it means you're about to make a sale! These users are searching for your company or products because they want to make a purchase ASAP. Your job is to help them out and give them that o … | Continue reading

Jealous of all the cool tech in new cars? We look at options for upgrading your current vehicle so you can get in on the action for a lot less money.The post DIY guide: How to add new tech to old cars appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading

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Microsoft secured regulatory approval for its $26 billion acquisition of LinkedIn earlier this week, and the software giant is finalizing the deal today. In a LinkedIn note, of course, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says he’s “enthusiastic about the common mission” of both Microsoft … | Continue reading

A statement issued by the Surgeon General of the United States on youth e-cigarette use this morning, while not quite definitive, is fairly damning nonetheless. While Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy stated that more research needs to be done on the issue, he believes enough evide … | Continue reading

After getting its final European Commission approvals earlier this week, Microsoft and LinkedIn today announced that Microsoft’s $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, the social networking site, has officially closed. The news comes six months after news first broke of the deal. … | Continue reading

Microsoft is finally bringing Cortana to Android and iOS devices in the UK, complete with an overhauled look and feel. Cortana will be available on Android today in the UK, and iOS “in a few weeks.” The new design includes quick actions like new reminders or weather information s … | Continue reading

HTC is launching a new development and publishing studio for virtual reality experiences. Vive Studios, as it’s called, will release both games developed at HTC and ones from external studios. Its first title, from an internal studio called 2 Bears, is named Arcade Saga — an arca … | Continue reading

Facebook’s dynamic product ads are getting an upgrade. The social networking company is now letting brands use this marketing format to drive mobile app installs. Now, when users see these ads on a website or on Facebook, they may be directed to install the retailer, hotelier, or … | Continue reading

AMD’s big graphics software update this year is called Crimson ReLive, and comes in both Pro and standard formats. The annual huge improvement dump adds a lot of oomph under the hood for Radeon graphics hardware, including performance increases of over 8 percent in terms of speci … | Continue reading

We asked 43 of the best content creators how they're bracing for "content shock" and future-proofing their strategy. | Continue reading