Facebook hat Millionen Nutzer für tot erklärt

Bei Facebook kam es gestern kurzzeitig zu einer gruseligen Datenpanne: Viele Nutzern wurden mit einer Gedenknachricht für tot erklärt. Darunter auch Gründer Mark Zuckerberg. So hieß es in einem Banner über seinem Profil: „We... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

Global industry groups voice opposition to China cyber security law

More than 40 international business and technology organizations representing hundreds of companies on Friday expressed “deep concerns” to the Chinese government about a new cyber security law they said would likely increase the separation between China and the rest of the world  … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Crunch Report | Facebook Made Us All Dead

Facebook has a bug and has switched their profiles to being memorialized, Mark Zuckerberg affirms that Facebook didn’t affect election and Singles’ Day breaks shopping records. All this on Crunch Report. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

How to Choose the Right Color For Your Brand

Your brand is not something that you will keep on changing. Hence, choose colors that is able to convey your brand message across your target audience in an easy manner. | Continue reading


@digitalinformationworld.com | 7 years ago

Lending platform Blackmoon raises $2.5 million in new funding

Russian lending platform Blackmoon has raised $2.5 million in funding from Target Global, A&NN Group, Flint Capital, and a number of unnamed private investors. Blackmoon’s platform allows institutional investors to invest directly in loads issues by balance-sheet lenders. It curr … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Gone Home is free this weekend on PC, Mac and Linux

Exploratory familial mystery Gone Home is free to download this weekend for PC, Mac and Linux, via itch.io.Developer Fullbright decided to offer its coming-of-age tale for free in response to the widespread existential dread permeating the air since the results of the US presiden … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

If You Like TouchArcade, Please Support Our Patreon

Hey everyone, it's Friday and we're close to the end of the week of TouchArcade blasting stories out (unless anything cool happens over the weekend we need to cover), but the fact still remains: To survive, we very much need your support. The business of running a web site is tri … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

TouchArcade Game of the Week: 'RunGunJumpGun'

The idea behind the TouchArcade Game of the Week is that every Friday afternoon we post the one game that came out this week that we think is worth giving a special nod to. Now, before anyone goes over-thinking this, it doesn't necessarily mean our Game of the Week pick is the hi … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

Minecraft Pocket Edition players will fight The Ender Dragon soon

Mojang will release The Ender Update soon for the Minecraft Pocket Edition, which will add the majority of features from the original PC version. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Multiplayer Match-3 Game 'Chief Puzzle Officer' Begins Beta Testing November 15th

Man, it is SO HARD to try and get excited about a match-3 game in 2016, but somehow the folks at DuoFun Studios has managed to capture my interest with their upcoming multiplayer matching game Chief Puzzle Officer. The biggest standout feature is the online multiplayer which will … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

IMAX’s $50 million fund could could buoy the VR ecosystem

Money keeps flooding into the virtual reality ecoystem. Yesterday, the film company IMAX said it was partnering with Acer and Creative Artists Agency to fund at least 25 interactive VR experiences with a $50 million fund. Over the next three years, IMAX could usher in more high-q … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

GameStop’s Black Friday deals include discounts on PS4 and Xbox One bundles

GameStop’s Black Friday ad just leaked courtesy of BFAds.net, and it has some of the better console discounts around. While other stores like Target, Best Buy, and Amazon offer similar price cuts for specific console bundles, GameStop is offering up $50 off standalone units and c … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Snap Inc.’s ‘Spectacles’ are fetching as much as $2,500 on eBay

Yesterday, Snap Inc. — formerly Snapchat — started selling its first hardware product, ‘Spectacles,’ in a kooky pop-up vending machine called a ‘bot.’ The bot stays put for all of 24 hours before moving to a new location to offer up Spectacles to other crazed fans. And crazed the … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

NES Classic Edition is now on sale … oh, and now it’s sold out

Nintendo won’t release the anticipated Switch console until next year, but it may still end up with the hottest new hardware this holiday season afterall. The NES Classic Edition, a miniaturized version of the classic 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System that comes with 30 built-i … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

ZTE could rekindle the Nexus spirit with stock Android phones

Google’s new Pixel phones show the company is getting serious about the hardware business, but with the line’s birth came the death Nexus phones, and their affordable price tag.   Now it seems ZTE may fill in the gap. As Phandroid points out, the company  appears to be considerin … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

iPhone 8 rumored to have larger, curved screens that extend to the edges

If there's one thing Samsung got right with the Galaxy Note7 (before they started exploding) it was squeezing a larger display into a compact design using screens with curved edges.And now rumors suggest Apple might borrow a page from Samsung's playbook.SEE ALSO: iPhone 8 might c … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

'The Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game' Coming to Mobile Next Year

If you like urban fantasy and you've never read Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files novels (or watched the TV show), you're missing out. The books are great fun and so is the show. If you do know that universe, you'll be glad to know that we are getting The Dresden Files Cooperative … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

Oh nothing, just a hedgehog unlocking an iPhone with its paw

If you thought finding silly ways to unlock your iPhone was so 2013, think again.A hedgehog owner trained his iPhone to recognize his hedgehog's tiny paw as a fingerprint – and it worked.SEE ALSO: Jeremy the snail finally found a snail to have sex withBehold, the world's most tec … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

AT&T will throttle video data with Stream Saver starting in early 2017

AT&T has announced plans for Stream Saver, which will by default throttle video streaming data down to 480p. The feature begins in early 2017. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Kickstarter smash hit INSTRUMENT 1 from Artiphon is now available to buy

Take a Chapman Stick, add a lot of tech in its belly and jam a USB cable up its jacksie and you get something that looks vaguely like an INSTRUMENT 1. It’s a completely new type of musical instrument developed by Artiphon. Funded through a seven-figure Kickstarter campaign, the i … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

'WWE SuperCard' Season 3 Getting Royal Rumble Mode

2K Games and Cat Daddy have some major plans in place for WWE SuperCard [Free] season 3 when it rolls out soon. Namely, they're bringing a Royal Rumble mode to the game. Players will take on an opponent in a 15-on-15 card battle. Or a "slam-a-ganza" as they're calling it. Each ro … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

Want to get involved in the national discourse? Don’t be a wet noodle.

I started writing this the morning after Election Day. It took me a few days to get it where I want it. In times like this, major moments in history, or large news events that generate debate, whether we are victorious or in need of consolation, many of us turn to our online comm … | Continue reading


@bigleapcreative.com | 7 years ago

Google Pixel hacked in under 60 seconds by Chinese team

Google’s new flagship just got hacked by a Chinese team at in under 60 seconds. At PwnFest, a hacking competition in Seoul, South Korea, a team of white-hat hackers known as Qihoo 360 demonstrated an exploit that allowed for remote code execution on the Pixel. In under 60 seconds … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Hyve Pryme 5.7-inch phone will go on sale in India on Nov. 20

The Hyve Pryme 5.7-inch Android smartphone was revealed today in India, and will go on sale in that country on Nov. 20 for Rs. 17999. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Facebook: We made a 'terrible error' when we killed everyone

Facebook killed everyone on Friday, because wiping us off the face of the Earth in a post-Trump mercy-killing just felt right.As everyone was mourning life as we know it, the social media giant "memorialized" personal accounts around the world with a banner noting that the accoun … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

GungHo’s Puzzle & Dragons passes 11 million downloads in North America

GungHo Online Entertainment America said today that its mobile game Puzzle & Dragons has surpassed 11 million downloads in North America since its release in 2012. The title is also a big hit in Japan and the rest of the world, and it is now celebrating its fourth anniversary in … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Review: The Roku Ultra makes few compromises

When Roku first launched, it was one of few streamers of its kind, but competition has gotten tighter with Apple TV, Android TV, Chromecast, and Amazon all in the fray, not to mention game consoles and the influx of smart TVs with their own streaming apps. With so many options to … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Richard Garfield's 'Treasure Hunter' Card Game Is Now on the App Store

If you play CCGs, you probably know the name Richard Garfield. If you don't, all you need to know is that he is the game designer who designed Magic the Gathering and also had a hand in games like Netrunner, Battle Tech, and many, many more. Now we just got a drafting card game c … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

Replacing GenEvent by a Supervisor + GenServer

The downsides of GenEvent have been extensively documented. For those reasons, the Elixir team has a long term plan of deprecating GenEvent. Meanwhile, we are introducing tools, such as Registry (upcoming on Elixir v1.4) and GenStage, which better address domains developers would … | Continue reading


@dashbit.co | 7 years ago

Nintendowned: Amazon sells out of the NES Classic Edition in (null) seconds

We knew the NES Classic Edition, with its retro aesthetic and solid game selection, would be hard to get at first, but this is some next level, Tickle Me Elmo style demand. Amazon, which made its supply of the console available at 2PM Pacific today, sold out in what appeared to b … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Buy Audi’s ludicrous Final Fantasy XV-themed supercar for $470,000

Nothing screams excess like a pop culture-specific memorabilia purchase that costs more than a house. For gearheads, there’s now a one-of-a-kind Final Fantasy XV-themed Audi R8 that costs nearly half a million dollars. Developer Square Enix teamed up with the German automaker to … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

'Crashlands' 1.2 Update Will Bring Juicemancy and Controller Support

Butterscotch Shenanigans has announced a big new update for Crashlands [$4.99] that's in the works. The Juicemancy Update will bring a new game system into play, called Juicemancy, appropriately enough. You can channel "craptons of energy" into your equipment, letting you modify … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

Deal: Snag Bose SoundSport In-Ear Headphones for just $40 at Best Buy

Best Buy is currently selling Bose SoundSport In-Ear Headphones for just $39.99, a savings of $60 off its normal $99.99 price. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Bitcoin Wasn't the Only Digital Currency to See Post-Election Bounce

Bitcoin enjoyed a boost following the election, but Monero enjoyed the largest weekly gains, surging more than 20%. Source | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 7 years ago

AT&T downgrades video quality on mobile with ‘Stream Saver’

AT&T just introduced a new “feature” much like T-Mobile’s Binge On that automatically throttles all video streams to a lower resolution and bandwidth unless you opt out of it. They call it Stream Saver, and yes, it applies to “unlimited” data plans. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Facebook Messenger launches its public group chat feature “Rooms” in select markets

Facebook’s experiment with semi-anonymous social networking centered around interests, via a standalone app called Rooms, failed. But the learnings from that earlier experiment have now popped up in Facebook’s Messenger application as new feature called Rooms, which is rolling ou … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

GrubHub App Store reviews plummet after CEO’s anti-Trump memo

GrubHub is at the center of a social media firestorm after its cofounder and CEO Matt Maloney sent an anti-Trump email to employees earlier this week week. Following the election results on Tuesday, Maloney wanted to reassure his staff that neither he nor the workplace culture he … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Upcoming CCG 'Drakenlords' Offers Both PvE and PvP Content

Another week, another CCG is coming to the App Store. This one, though, is aiming to offer plenty of PvE content in addition to PvP modes. Drakenlord has you playing as a warlord who has to prevail in a world filled with dragons, spells, cataclysms, and plenty of other fantasy st … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

8 technologies in Westworld and when we’ll see them

GUEST: It seems like every television season plays host to a single show that takes over our cultural consciousness by coating modern fears in fantastical drama. Game of Thrones taps into the cutthroat nature of modern politics, while The Walking Dead plays into our ever-present … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Signups for encrypted mail client ProtonMail double after election

The election of Donald Trump has lots of Americans worried about their privacy, and they’re turning to encrypted communication platforms to protect themselves. During an interview yesterday, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden encouraged those concerned about the ramifications of Tr … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

University of Pennsylvania black students added en masse to ‘lynching’ GroupMe chats

The University of Pennsylvania is investigating a GroupMe account after black students were added to chats called “Nigger Lynching,” “Mud Men,” and “Trump is Love” today.The mobile messaging app was used to harass students en masse with racial slurs and threats. Images began circ … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Instant apps are publishers’ newest ‘frenemy’ when it comes to monetization

When the App Store opened there were 552 apps. Today, there are 2 million iOS apps, and 2.2 million apps in Android’s Google Play store. Needless to say, getting a single app noticed in a sea of 4.2 million is far from simple. What’s more, individuals tend to use only a limited n … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Join 24option Now and Receive Exclusive Promotions!

24Option, is a Binary Options Broker founded in 2009, is one of the binary options pioneers in the market. 24Option is owned by Rodeler Ltd. Rodeler Ltd is a company operating under Cyprus Securities Exchange Commission (CySEC) license number 207/13. 24Option is also registered w … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

Bitcoin Startup Blockstream Seeking Patent for Sidechains Design

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USTPO) has published a patent application submitted by bitcoin startup Blockstream for its work on sidechains.Source | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 7 years ago

This ingenious device let's you throw your GoPro around for incredible aerial selfies

This invention lets you capture stunning photos and video by throwing your camera through the air. Read more...More about Mashable Video, Drones, Technology, Inventions, and Kickstarter | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Yarraville Garden House by Guild Architects

Guild Architects have recently completed Yarraville Garden House, located in Yarraville, Melbourne. Yarraville Garden House is a family home | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 7 years ago

Lyft denies report — okay, tweet — suggesting its COO is in talks with Trump’s transition team

Yesterday, former Fortune reporter Dan Primack reported that not only was Peter Thiel being considered for Donald Trump’s transition team but that Thiel was, in fact, already on it as of yesterday.That report has since been confirmed. Now, a newer report from Primack — a tweet, a … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Facebook may have briefly declared you dead today

A glitch on Facebook that lasted for a few minutes today put banners on profiles declaring their users to be dead. The glitch has since been fixed. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago