CaribShopper partners with MallForAfrica.com as part of an expanding retail network

Taking a model that’s worked well in Africa, CaribShopper launched earlier this year with a service that lets shoppers across the island nations of the Caribbean shop online at U.S. stores and buy items in their local currency. In recent months the company has made their ties wit … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Ranch Redo in Culver City, California / ras-a studio

Ranch Redo is a renovation project to an existing Ranch style home located in Culver City, California. Ranch Redo in Culver City, California | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 7 years ago

Skyhouse – Family Mountain Retreat Surrounded by Hills and Trees

Skyhouse is a contemporary mountain residence designed by CTA Architects Engineers and located in Lakeside, Montana. | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 7 years ago

Why wouldn’t you wrap your Amazon Echo Dot in this luxurious leather case?

Any Amazon Echo Dot owners feeling a little envious of the new Google Home — with its fancy swappable metal and fabric magnetic bases — can take solace in the fact that they can now have decor-matching cases of their own. Amazon has started selling cases for the Echo Dot in a var … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Final Fantasy XV is getting a mobile spinoff from the creators of Game of War

Final Fantasy XV is getting perhaps its most surprising spinoff yet. It’s a new game developed by the company behind ubiquitous mobile games Game of War and Mobile Strike.Few details on the game are available just yet, but Square Enix says that it will be a mobile massively multi … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Stripe launches Works With Stripe, a directory of apps that integrate with its payments

Stripe, the company that competes against the likes of PayPal by letting businesses add payment services into their apps and websites with a few lines of code, is today launching a new directory that plays into its bigger ambition to position itself as not just a payment tech sta … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Arcade City Taps Blockchain Technology to Create New-Age Uber

The blockchain technology has found its way into various industry segments over time, including peer to peer taxi rides and other similar services. Arcade City is the new kid on the block which is prepared to give the likes of Uber a run for their money. Ironically, the whole con … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

The voice of AOL’s iconic ‘you’ve got mail’ has a side gig driving Ubers

Cleveland, Ohio’s squad of Uber drivers includes a minor celebrity for those of us who grew up using AOL: Elwood Edwards, the voice behind “you’ve got mail!”This weekend, former Facebook PR head and The Pramana Collective co-founder Brandee Barker took a $6.21 UberX ride with Edw … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

HP’s Spectre x360 is an ultrabook winner with a convertible approach

Truth be told, I don’t really use convertible laptops. I’ve used many, but the whole articulating hinge idea never resonated with me. However, it is a cool concept and, if done correctly, a nice feature to have, thus complementing the rest of the system. The result is that a stud … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Why ‘fun’ and ‘easy to use’ are not the best chatbot features

GUEST: As someone whose obsession with all things bot and AI related borders on unhealthy, I struggle to keep up with the ever-growing universe of bot platforms, bot building services, and NLP services. I fancy myself something of an expert on the subject, yet when asked by someo … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Some of Audi's gasoline-powered cars may have cheated emissions, too

Volkswagen could face renewed wrath from investors and the public after regulators in California found emissions-cheating software in some of the company’s Audi models. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) found evidence of emissions testing tampering in both diesel and gaso … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Poaching is on the rise — most illegal ivory comes from recently killed elephants

Almost all the world’s illegal ivory comes from elephants that have been recently killed, researchers say. The new study shows that seized ivory isn’t coming from old stockpiles, but from African elephants that have been poached less than three years before the tusks were seized. … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Why Podcast Advertising Works (and How to Get Started), with Glenn Rubenstein

This episode of The Showrunner features Glenn Rubenstein. He discusses how to make podcast ads more effective and maximize ad revenue for your podcast. | Continue reading


@copyblogger.com | 7 years ago

3D-printed satellite launcher heads to ISS with blessing of Chris Hadfield and Grant Imahara

If you could print something out aboard the International Space Station, what would it be? That was the question posed to engineers and enthusiasts in the ISS Design Competition, and the winner — a clever and powerful device for launching palm-size satellites — will actually be g … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Question Club: Breaking down the good, bad, and awkward of Doctor Strange

Back in 2013, when Marvel Studios first confirmed that a Doctor Strange movie would be part of Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe story, fans reacted with the usual mix of celebration and cynicism about whether the Sorcerer this movSupreme would work on film. Plans for … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Hero’s Song takes it retro open-world to Steam Early Access

You can now play one of the more interesting-sounding role-playing games in some time. Developer Pixelmage Games has released its open-world action RPG Hero’s Song on Steam Early Access. That means that even though it’s not finished, you can still buy it for $20 and start playing … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

This device saves you from the new MacBook Pro's dongle hell

Line Dock wants you to never use a dongle with your new MacBook Pro again. Apple took a giant leap when it designed its new laptops, leaving behind a series of legacy ports that millions of Mac users rely on. The newest Pros are only equipped with two or four Thunderbolt 3 USB-C … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Luma’s WiFi system gets Alexa integration

It was really just a matter of time before WiFi startup Luma added Alexa functionality to its bag of tricks. After all, the hardware startup counts Amazon as among its biggest backers – and distributors. The functionality arrives today for the simple WiFi range extenders, bringin … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

The Yi M1 is a gorgeous mirrorless camera at a rock-bottom price

Before I get into this review, I want to get one thing straight. I am not a photographer. I didn’t study photography at school. I haven’t done any classes. I don’t have a side-gig shooting weddings and bar mitzvahs. I have a relatively decent Nikon DSLR which I primarily use for … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Pandora commits to increasing U.S. employees of color to 45% by 2020

Publicly traded digital radio company Pandora today announced new commitments for diversity. Most significantly, the company intends to raise the percentage of U.S. employees of color — that is, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, American Indians and Alaska natives, blacks an … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

This crazy $30,000 drone gives your 360° video wings

One problem with 360° videos is that you usually see a tripod or a hand holding the camera. One exception is the throwable Panono camera, but obviously you’re limited to how long you can keep a ball hovering. Varavon has another alternative, with a three-axis-stabilized gimbal dr … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

As Web Summit arrives in Lisbon, Portugal tries to seize its startup moment with $220 million fund

As the massive Web Summit tech conference gears up in Lisbon this week, Portugal’s government is hoping to use this moment to ignite its own startup scene. In remarks are the Venture Summit today, an investor-focused event that drew more than 600 venture capitalists from around t … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Vevo now lets users turn music video clips into GIFs

Vevo, YouTube’s biggest competitor when it comes to music videos, has today unveiled a new tool that lets users create GIFs from Vevo’s massive video library. With more than 230,000 videos, Vevo offers users a wide variety of content featuring musicians/celebrities. Giphy, the pl … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

One man wants to turn every porn watcher in California into a condom vigilante

Voters in California will make an unprecedented decision on Tuesday about whether to deputize themselves as condom police. The ballot measure is called Proposition 60, and if it passes it will require adult performers to wear condoms in scenes with “vaginal or anal penetration by … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Accounting Software program & On the internet Bookkeeping

Considering that our inception in 1997, our mission has been to give swift, specialist, and dependable tax and accounting services to all of our enterprise and person customers. We strive to make our clients’ lives a bit easier by taking the tension out of their financial and tax … | Continue reading


@talefoundry.com | 7 years ago

AT&T will add data to some GoPhone monthly prepaid plans on November 11

People who are on the $40 or $55 GoPhone prepaid monthly plans from AT&T will see their data increase starting on Friday, November 11. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Leveraging Social Media to Build a Creative Brand

Bill Kenney, co-founder and creative director of Focus Lab, joins Brian and Lauren for this episode of StudioPress FM to discuss running a creative agency. | Continue reading


@copyblogger.com | 7 years ago

Aurora is a set of connectable, color-changing LED wall panels

Looking for a piece of wall art that doubles as lighting for your home? You’re in luck. Aurora, launched by Canadian smart-lighting startup Nanoleaf, is a set of smart LED panels designed to go on your wall. The panels are triangular (about 9″ on each side), and can be connected … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

With 12K engineers screened, Triplebyte says its skills-based recruiting platform is working

Triplebyte is offering companies a different way to hire engineers — as co-founder and CEO Harj Taggar put it, the goal is “ignoring the résumé.” Today the company announced that its platform has been used to screen 12,000 engineers. The Triplebyte process starts with an online p … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Mass Effect: Andromeda trailer shows unfamiliar characters in an unknown galaxy

Mass Effect is finally getting its Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Trek (2009) sequel/reboot treatment, and a new trailer is giving fans the first decent taste of what that’s going to look and feel like. Publisher Electronic Arts and developer BioWare released the “cinemati … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Scottish Equity Partners just raised one Europe’s biggest funds this year

Scottish Equity Partners (SEP), a 25-year-old, growth-stage venture capital firm, has closed on £260 million ($322 million) in commitments for its fifth fund, in one of the largest capital raises for a European venture firm this year. The firm plans to invest the capital mainly i … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Unocoin Announcement – Launching OTC Platform for high volume trades

A bitcoin-OTC is an over-the-counter marketplace for buying or selling bitcoin for traders looking to trade in bulk with the minimum order of 25 BTC. Each order placed on the OTC platform may be tailored to match based on parameters such as ‘greater than’, ‘less than’, or ‘equal … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

Tailor Brands raises $4M to have robots design logos for you

For the most part, apps like Prisma depend on curated training sets to impersonate style and apply it to a new context. While this may signal that machine creativity is dead on arrival, we shouldn’t forget that even Picasso needed to attend a showing of African masks before he co … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

World of Warcraft’s classic Nostalrius server is coming back online — without official Blizzard support

The group behind the classic WoW server "Nostalrius" are handing their codebase and character database over to a new team.The post World of Warcraft’s classic Nostalrius server is coming back online — without official Blizzard support appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 7 years ago

Sunset Over the River

The post Sunset Over the River appeared first on Picography. | Continue reading


@picography.co | 7 years ago

Google will display election results as soon as polls close

Google has been highly involved with connecting U.S. voters to timely information throughout this election cycle, by offering everything from voter registration assistance to polling place information in its search result pages. Today, the company announced plans to display the r … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Australian Travel Agency Tests Blockchain Bookings

A hotel bookings company based in Australia has developed a blockchain proof-of-concept in partnership with Microsoft.Source | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 7 years ago

Soylent blames algal flour for consumer complaints

After halting production of Soylent Powder and Soylent Bars in October due to consumer complaints of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, Soylent thinks it has finally found the culprit: algal flour. Since its inception in 2013, the Los Angeles-based meal-replacement startup has gaine … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

#FlipMyFunnel Announces Game-Changing Partnership With Sales Hacker for Revenue Summit

PRESS RELEASE: #FlipMyFunnel, a vendor-agnostic community dedicated to challenging the status quo of B2B marketing, sales, and customer success, today announced it will partner with Sales Hacker, an organization focused on shaping the future... | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Why NASA’s Juno mission could last a lot longer than it was supposed to

NASA is preparing for Juno to stick around Jupiter a lot longer than it had originally planned. The probe — which has been orbiting the gas giant since July — is going to stay in its 53-day orbit around the planet for a while, with no definitive plans at the moment to put the veh … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Vevo adds GIF-making tool to create 5-second clips of any music video

Music video service Vevo announced today a new feature that lets users turn any 5-second clip of a music video into an animated GIF. The GIF-making tool is available only on desktop for the moment, but will be soon available on the company’s revamped mobile app. The new feature i … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Square Enix taps Mobile Strike maker MZ to create Final Fantasy XV mobile MMO

MZ (formerly Machine Zone) has partnered with Square Enix to make a massively multiplayer online mobile game based on Final Fantasy XV. The alliance is a combination of powerhouses that says a lot about how mobile gaming is changing. Mobile game fans, just like console and PC gam … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Myst studio Cyan announces Obduction for PS4, PSVR, and HTC Vive

Cyan, the legendary studio that released Myst and Riven in the 1990s, launched its Obduction game on the PC in August, and it debuted on the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset last week. Now, Cyan is announcing that Obduction is also going to debut on the Sony PlayStation 4, the … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

What the Porn Industry Can Teach Us About Running a Membership Site

This episode of Members Only is an insightful look at how to thrive in a hyper-competitive online environment via lessons from an unconventional industry. | Continue reading


@copyblogger.com | 7 years ago

Now we know exactly when Mass Effect Andromeda is set

Mass Effect Andromeda's new Andromeda Initiative website has laid out exactly when the events of BioWare's new game take place - and how it skirts around th… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

The Division's next big expansion adds survival mechanics

The Division's next big expansion, which we already knew after its announcement at E3 would be called Survival, lives up to its name with the introduction of survival mechanics as part of an all-new game mode. Ubisoft announced further details on the paid expansion during a surpr … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Can deep learning help solve lip reading?

Lip reading is a tricky business. Test results vary, but on average, most people recognize just one in 10 words when watching someone’s lips, and the accuracy of self-proclaimed experts tends to vary — there are certainly no lip-reading savants. Now, though, some researchers clai … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Predicting Westworld: the bots are humans

Every week, I swing for the fences with one massive theory about the future of Westworld. Am I wrong? Am I right? We probably won’t know for sure for years, so why not enjoy the present?For weeks, our Westworld predictions have been safe, quite frankly. They’ve been supported by … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago