First, let's be clear: The Microsoft Surface Studio is not a "new category" of device, as company executives half-heartedly teased during the keynote leading up the big unveil. It is, fundamentally, an all-in-one PC. Microsoft has managed to give the device enough innovative feat … | Continue reading
Microsoft's most fascinating announcement today was the introduction of its Surface Dial accessory. It's a Bluetooth-powered puck that can sit on your desk or attach to the new Surface Studio display to provide contextual radial menus that you can interact with. It feels like a n … | Continue reading
Yesterday morning, Twitter user @Kuwaddo made a cheeky realization: By Google Trends’ count, the search term “memes” is now more popular than “Jesus.” We’ve reached peak internet in the year 2016.WE DID IT PEOPLE.WE FUCKING DID IT.HOLY SHIT. pic.twitter.com/RgfAM2H9W2— Quad (@Kuw … | Continue reading
Verizon said Wednesday it is buying the technology behind Vessel, the short-form video firm started by former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar.The telecom giant is acquiring Vessel’s product and technology, but plans to shut down the Vessel service. Kilar won’t be joining Verizon long-term, … | Continue reading
Microsoft unveiled the Surface Studio today, the company’s first desktop computer. We shot a quick and dirty hands-on video with the all-in-one PC and its flagship accessory, the Surface Dial — you can view it below — and then we went back to spend more time with it. First and fo … | Continue reading
Centz is teaming up with decentralized crowdfunding source OpenLedger. The crypto and anti-fraud venture, which allows customers to garner cash from unused gift cards, is working with the incubation platform to spur a new funding round this coming November following an announceme … | Continue reading
New research on the habits and successes of B2C marketers using content marketing in North America reveals a strong commitment to the discipline. It also shows most content marketers are struggling with the same issue: having enough time to create consistent, high-quality content … | Continue reading
Some significant consolidation is going down in the world of daily deals — going down being the operative phrase here. Today, Groupon announced that it would acquire LivingSocial, its onetime big rival that was partly owned by Amazon, for an undisclosed sum. Lest you think that t … | Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Microsoft won’t skip virtual reality and jump directly to augmented reality. Instead, the company is combining these technologies into its Windows Holographic platform while also getting aggressive on pricing and capabilities. Microsoft revealed a lineup of third-party … | Continue reading
Microsoft's new Surface Book might look a lot like the old one, but there's one subtle change that the company didn't highlight at all at its event today. Comparing both last year's model and the new Surface Book, it's clear that Microsoft has managed to shrink the gap when the h … | Continue reading
For years we’ve been skeptical, and rightly so, of the “art filters” you can put on your photos, webcam videos and so on. But Google may have made them relevant again — or at the very least, interesting — by letting you mix and match them in real time using a single specialized n … | Continue reading
GUEST: Your employees aren’t robots, and until they are, it is vital to incorporate who they are as humans in your workplace culture. The most successful workplace cultures around the world are no longer focused in just one office, or even one geographical area. Globalization is … | Continue reading
Google is gearing up for the release of Google Home in early November by updating the Google Cast app with a new design and a new name: "Google Home."This marks, somewhat confusingly, the third name for Google’s companion application for controlling Google-branded connected devic … | Continue reading
After failing to secure an acquirer, Twitter has taken its financial woes into its own hands. Bloomberg reports that the company will be laying off about 300 employees, or 8% of its workforce. Twitter has...read moreThe post #NEWS — Twitter in Trouble: Struggling Company to Cut H … | Continue reading
Twitter is reportedly planning to layoff hundreds of employees in a bid to trim costs and become a more favorable buyout target. | Continue reading
The bitcoin price has undergone a healthy rise, and is hovering at around $668. Price expansions have been occurring on an incremental basis; anyone who expects bitcoin to strike the $700 mark overnight is undoubtedly expecting too much, yet it’s probably safe to say that should … | Continue reading
PlayStation 4 gamers looking at Xbox One Elite controllers with envy may not have much longer to wait for a professional PS4 controller of their own. Sony announced today that Razer and Nacon will be each be releasing a pro gaming-focused controller for the PlayStation 4 later th … | Continue reading
This week’s TCBC podcast is all about events: Microsoft’s and Apple’s, both of which happen this week and both of which will be covered by Romain Dillet, who joins as my guest for the episode. We’re fresh from watching and writing about Microsoft’s event earlier today, where it r … | Continue reading
Well that was unexpected — Tesla reported today in its third-quarter that it had earnings of 74 cents per share, compared to Wall Street’s expectations of a loss of 54 cents per share.In other words: Tesla said it actually made a profit this quarter on a GAAP basis. Tesla shares … | Continue reading
The 2.0 update for the Google Allo messaging app is currently rolling out. It includes new features like multitasking support and more. | Continue reading
Tesla’s quarterly earnings report is out, and things are looking good for the upstart electric car company. Tesla claims to have set new records for vehicle production, deliveries, and revenue, while also posting a surprise net profit of $21 million in the third quarter of 2016. … | Continue reading
RTS-MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) game Beyond the Void has joined forces with crowdfunding platform OpenLedger to build a new funding series. | Continue reading
Yahoo Sports released a bot named Blitz today that gives fantasy football coaches advice about how to win each game. Blitz tells you which players to start, find top free agent talent by position, and draws data about the performance of a fantasy football team from a user’s Yahoo … | Continue reading
A property, that was once an expansive saltwater farm, now serves as a setting for this oceanfront retreat located in Portland. | Continue reading
Famous interior designer Fernanda Marques is responsible for the renovation of this London Penthouse for a young family. | Continue reading
Quincy Bay House is a passive house designed by GO Logic Architecture, a architecture and construction firm located in Belfast, Maine, US. | Continue reading
Buddhist Retreat is a contemporary residence designed by Imbue Design, located in Grover, Utah, USA. Sanctuary for Tibetan Buddhist practice | Continue reading
Less than a week after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill that would severely limit the kind of properties New York City residents can rent out on Airbnb, about 50 hosts from the online service rallied outside Cuomo's office this morning to protest the new law. The new … | Continue reading
Microsoft hosted its Windows 10 event today in New York City and, to my surprise, it was quite awesome. Today’s ride started off pretty smooth with some “cool’s” and “hmm’s” regarding the Microsoft 10 update; augmented reality and paint on steroids aka Paint 3D. Then, it got wild … | Continue reading
Snap, the company formerly known as Snapchat, is reportedly looking to raise up to $4 billion when it files paperwork for its initial public offering (IPO). In doing so, the company could have a valuation of between $25 billion to $35 billion. On Wednesday, sources informed Bloom … | Continue reading
23andMe won’t continue on with next-generation DNA sequencing and has reportedly laid off the lab working on the project. About half-a-dozen workers were laid off from the Salt Lake City, Utah-based lab, according to BuzzFeed, which first reported the news. By our own count based … | Continue reading
While Uber and others fight over private car transportation, there remains an elephant in the room which has simply not been disrupted yet and which actually carries far more people on the planet: Buses. You may laugh at the idea, but we are not talking about creating an ‘Uber fo … | Continue reading
The movie theater is becoming a more interactive place. Super League Gaming announced that it has raised $5 million in Series C funding for its business that hosts esports events in movie theaters across the country. Venture firm Toba Capital and aXiomatic, the esports group that … | Continue reading
In May earlier this year, Snapchat raised around $1.8 billion in a financing round that valued it at around $18 billion — and now it looks like that valuation could double in its upcoming IPO. Bloomberg is reporting that Snapchat is looking to raise as much as $4 billion in its i … | Continue reading
Airbnb recently released its 2016 diversity report, showing a 57% white workforce (last year, Airbnb was 63% white) and 43% female workforce — a 3% decline from last year. Although Airbnb lost some female employees, the company noted that it has doubled the number of women in sen … | Continue reading
Apple might be adding another screen size for the release of the iPhone 8 next year.In addition to a 4.7- and 5.5-inch iPhone 8, Apple might also sell a 5-inch model, according to sources who briefed the Nikkei Asian Review.SEE ALSO: iPhone 8 sounds like it'll share design simila … | Continue reading
While Apple includes a free 3.5mm-to-Lightning adapter with every iPhone 7, there’s been an onrush of alternative solutions that hope to replace Apple’s dongle with different designs and restore the ever important option to charge your iPhone and listen to music at the same time. … | Continue reading
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Apple is delaying the launch of its first pair of wireless headphones, the AirPods, which were supposed to come out sometime this month.In a statement, first given to TechCrunch, Apple says that it "need[s] a little more time before AirPods are ready for our customers." It didn't … | Continue reading
Strange is it sounds, Microsoft Paint is once again a Windows focal point . Thirty-one years after its introduction with the first version of the operating system, the software giant has given the application one of biggest revamps, putting it at the center of a 3D content ecosys … | Continue reading
A triple-star system has been captured in the middle of its birth, giving astronomers one of the first direct glimpses into how multiple-star systems come to be. The image of the star trio, taken by the ALMA telescope in Chile, shows two young stars forming in a spiral around an … | Continue reading
At public events like conventions, strapping a virtual reality headset onto your face can feel uncomfortably intimate. Face masks can get sweaty and grimy, and lenses can fog up with other people’s breath. But earlier this week, an anonymous chat transcript suggested that headset … | Continue reading
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff talks to WSJ’s Dennis Berman at the WSJDLive conference in Laguna Beach, Calif. about his vision for acquiring Twitter. | Continue reading
Some outside help is stepping in to up the PlayStation 4’s controller game. Sony has revealed two new “pro” controllers on its PlayStation Blog: the Razer Raiju and Nacon Revolution. Before third-party devices will come out before the end of year, although we do not know how much … | Continue reading
Even though cryptocurrency is relatively new in comparison to the history of online gaming, the bitcoin has made a number of positive changes to the online gaming industry and it looks like it may be here to stay. While many of us are familiar with the advantages of using bitcoin … | Continue reading
This week #ContentChat was joined by Kerry O'Shea Gorgone (@kerrygorgone) to discuss how to avoid common legal and ethical content missteps. | Continue reading
Microsoft’s biggest product announcement at its Windows 10 event this morning was the Surface Studio, an all-in-one iMac-lookalike that breaks from tradition by folding down into a tilted canvas. It’s a gorgeous device, but its hallmark feature could also come off like a gimmick … | Continue reading