Remember that silly app, Yo, where you could ping someone with just a tap? Well, Kevin Jonas does. At the Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York, the Jonas brothers talked about why they are creating apps. After seeing the Yo app raise over $1 million in funding, Kevin said … | Continue reading
In a blow to the U.K. government, the High Court ruled that it cannot trigger negotiations to leave the European Union without a vote from parliament. The government says it will appeal the decision. Photo: Zuma Press | Continue reading
Hier kommt der - nach eigenen Angaben - erste Film, der statt mit einer Kamera komplett mit Laser Scannern gedreht wurde, womit die Wahrnehmung beispielsweise von selbstfahrenden Autos per Lidar (Light detection and ranging) auf die Leinwand kommt.... | Continue reading
Playing old games can be hard work.If you happen to have the original hardware around, it usually doesn’t play nicely with modern televisions, and while there are newer devices that let you play old games on new TVs, they’re typically crummy or expensive. Meanwhile, modern video … | Continue reading
The promises that various countries have made to curb greenhouse emissions still won’t be enough to stop dangerous levels of global warming, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Program. Even under the terms of the Paris climate agreement, we’re probably … | Continue reading
Slack has always been easy to like. The fast-growing team communication startup had a classic underdog story, with its founders falling ass-backwards into enterprise software following a failed effort to build a video game. It’s led by Stewart Butterfield, one of the kindest and … | Continue reading
In a bid to juice declining sales, department store Kohl’s will begin selling the Apple Watch in 400 of its 1,100 stores starting on November 15th, according to a new report from Fortune. Unlike Macy’s, which also recently added the device to its in-store Apple boutiques, Koh’s s … | Continue reading
Facial recognition software has become increasingly common in recent years. Facebook uses it to tag your photos; the FBI has a massive facial recognition database spanning hundreds of millions of images; and in New York, there are even plans to add smart, facial recognition surve … | Continue reading
When you’re in virtual reality and start associating your limb and head movements with your onscreen avatar, that digital recreation really becomes an extension of who you are. ObEN is a startup launching out of HTC’s new Vive X accelerator that is hoping to craft a more complete … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: One problem with virtual reality is that you can’t craft your own characters, or avatars, the way you want them to look in the virtual world. Morph 3D wants to change that, and it is unveiling its 3D animated avatars for VR today at the VRDC event in San Francisco. Mat … | Continue reading
What's wrong with this picture? CMOs are spending more on social media marketing without a proportionate return, according to The CMO S... | Continue reading
Der neue Fitness-Tracker Huawei Fit ist eigentlich gar nicht so neu: In China ist er bereits erhältlich, und zwar als Honor Watch S1. Für den Rest der Welt nutzt man lieber die Hauptmarke für die Vermarktung. Der wasserdichte Tracker... | Continue reading
Several of the most popular fitness wearable makers have been criticized for having obscure and asymmetrical terms and conditions that impinge on Europeans’ consumer and privacy rights. Read More | Continue reading
A panel of expert advisors to NASA have expressed concern about SpaceX’s plans to fuel its Falcon 9 rockets with astronauts on board, The Wall Street Journal reports. At a meeting on Monday, members of NASA’s Space Station Advisory Committee argued that fueling is a "hazardous op … | Continue reading
Reviews for the Google Home are out, including one from our very own Walt Mossberg. This week on Ctrl-Walt-Delete, Walt and Nilay compare the new intelligent speaker to the obvious competitor, the Amazon Echo. Can Google, which has promising artificial intelligence software and a … | Continue reading
The Moto Z is an ambitious and impressive device in and of itself, but its success will, in no small part, ultimately be dependent on accessories. In much the same way a gaming console’s hardware prowess doesn’t mean a heck of lot with a great ecosystem of games, a modular handse … | Continue reading
I wish the doctor had mentioned hysteria before he broke my jaw.After seven weeks of watching The Simpsons DVDs, eating cheddar soup through a syringe, and communicating through a dry erase board, I snapped. It was a cool summer evening, and the smell of fragrant — and, more impo … | Continue reading
Modern artists are using social media to turn art into a shared experience with friends, fans and strangers on a global scale. Snapchat has recently become a fixture of 2016 and is increasingly used by...read moreThe post 5 Must Follow Artists On SnapChat appeared first on Social … | Continue reading
Modern artists are using social media to turn art into a shared experience with friends, fans and strangers on a global scale. Snapchat has recently become a fixture of 2016 and is increasingly used by...read more | Continue reading
Das neue Mate 9 von Huawei gibt es in zwei Versionen. Die reguläre mit 4 GB RAM, 64 GB und im vertrauten Design kostet 700 Euro. Wem das nicht reicht, kann zur limitierten Auflage greifen. Gemeinsam mit Porsche Design hat man dieses Smartphone... | Continue reading
Designed by FGMF Arquitetos, Casa REX office is a very interesting workspace project in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Casa REX an Brazilian design office | Continue reading
Wissenschaftler vom Weizmann Institute of Science und der Dalhousie University haben eine Schwachstelle des Nahfunkprotokolls ZigBee benutzt, um im Vorbeifahren bzw. Vorbeifliegen Philips' smarte Hue-Leuchten mit einem Virus zu infizieren, der sich... | Continue reading
SPONSORED: When you think of your workday, which description sounds more accurate? Is it a day of relentless movement from crisis to crisis, email after email, meetings without agendas and long status reports? Or is it a day of scribbling and doodling? | Continue reading
The NES Classic Edition is still a work or so away from release, but, like clockwork, Nyko’s already got a pair of peripherals for the eagerly awaited piece of nostalgia overload, both addressing one of the primary concerns with the retro gaming console. The Miniboss is a wireles … | Continue reading
Huawei hat heute in München das Mate 9 vorgestellt, die neuste Iteration der Phablet-Reihe.Phablet, das ist ein Begriff, der 2016 ja eigentlich nicht mehr passt. Die immer kompaktere Bauweise von Smartphones erlaubt die Nutzung großer... | Continue reading
In September, the Content Marketing Institute and MarketingProfs released their popular B2B Content Marketing 2017 - Benchmarks, Budgets & Trends - North America, which revealed that content marketing might just be working its way out of the trough of disillusionment as companies … | Continue reading
As content marketing evolves, responsive content is becoming essential to a successful campaign. We discuss its importance and where it is heading... | Continue reading
Who said robots don’t have a sensor of humor? One of the funniest characters in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is a fighting military robot called Ethan. In fact, he’s the only character who regularly cracks jokes in the science fiction tale. Everyone else is dead serious about t … | Continue reading
The Verge 2021In celebration of our 5th anniversary, this month we’re publishing a series of interviews with innovative leaders about what the next five years hold. To read more about this series, read our editor Nilay Patel’s introduction here.The idea for TaskRabbit was conceiv … | Continue reading
Our Director of Content Development takes on the publishing house's ill-advised makeover as tronc, and it gets a little personal. | Continue reading
Web Sites - The success of an e-commerce store can be determined by whether it generates enough quality traffic that ultimately turns into sales. SEO can effectively drive traffic for all websites; e-commerce, ... | Continue reading
Content - Have you considered automating your content marketing? Content marketing automation takes traditional content marketing tasks and automates them to save you time and money. | Continue reading
General Management - In the world of marketing operations (MO), words like enterprise and scale are common, but we rarely hear small business enter the conversation. Ironically, small and midsize businesses (SMBs) need ... | Continue reading
The European Union is moving closer to establishing a dedicated task force focused on digital currencies.Source | Continue reading
As touched on in this morning’s hands-on, the Mate 9 is a big phone in just about every way imaginable. But just in case, Huawei’s taking things a step further. The company that brought you a pair of watches called the Jewel and Elegant has teamed with Porsche Design to give the … | Continue reading
Influencer marketing isn’t new. Think about how many times you’ve seen a movie star or athlete star in brand ads and commercials. For generations, B2C brands have harnessed the power of known personalities to pique interest, validate their unique positioning and build trust among … | Continue reading
Today (3 November) Transport for London (TFL) and charity The Royal British Legion teamed up for a series of announcements on London's tubes and buses to raise funds for Poppy Day. | Continue reading
Twitter’s emphasis on text has me of two minds. As someone who’s been on the receiving end of harassment, I appreciate the power to skim a message and quickly remove it from my sight. On the other hand, sometimes Twitter is a lonely service: a way to communicate with people witho … | Continue reading
As a recent university graduate, I keenly remember the dark cloud of midterms looming over me. As autumn became winter outside my window, I sat at my book-covered desk with a mammoth and ever-growing to-do list and the prospect of a good night’s sleep shrinking in proportion. It … | Continue reading
Fitbit is going to have a rough holiday season as the company shared a disappointing outlook for the next quarter on yesterday’s earnings call. As a result, Fitbit shares (NYSE:FIT) opened at $9.03, down 29.5 percent compared to yesterday’s closing price of $12.81.So what happene … | Continue reading
Huawei’s first serious fitness watch, the aptly named Huawei Fit, arrives in the U.S. today for $130 with step, sleep, and exercise tracking, heart rate monitoring, phone notifications, and plenty of quirks. Huawei calls the Fit “the next evolution of Huawei wearables, combining … | Continue reading
The Obama administration announced on Thursday that it will create 48 national charging corridors for electric vehicles, covering off 25,000 miles of U.S. highways running through 35 states. The initiative will include a partnership between 28 states, local utilities, EV charging … | Continue reading
The Mate 9 is big in more respects that one, including a massive display that that dwarfs the Pixel, iPhone 7 Plus and even the dearly departed Galaxy Note 7. It’s a massive 5.9 inches, which finds the hands firmly encroaching on tablet territory – though, at 1080 x 1920 pixels, … | Continue reading
The Huawei Fit isn’t fancy. The company’s leaving the luxury/weirdness for its smartwatch line, all bedazzled with over-the-top names Elegant and Jewel. Sure, the new fitness wearable is shaped like a watch, but its functionality is designed for those looking for a no-frills appr … | Continue reading
Chinese smartphone maker Huawei has unveiled its latest flagship device — the Mate 9. The handset is the company's new top-of-the-line product, positioned above the P9 family and pitched to customers who want to get the very most out of their phone. The Mate 9 comes with a 5.9-in … | Continue reading
We've got a new term for you today! And wow, is it an important one. Programmatic native advertising has the potential to revolutionize how online ads are disseminated within the next couple years. To cover this phenomenon, we're going to dive into the world of ad buying with thi … | Continue reading
In a major antitrust move, the Justice Department has accused DirecTV, now owned by AT&T, of colluding with other TV companies to keep Dodgers games off TV in Los Angeles. Accused of colluding with other TV companiesAccording to a complaint filed by the department, DirecTV met wi … | Continue reading
With its latest app, millennial-focused publisher Mic said it’s hoping to give you a full newsreading experience from your iPhone lockscreen. The app is an updated version of the MicCheck app, now simply called Mic. Anthony Sessa, the company’s vice president of product and engin … | Continue reading