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EA Sports has learned a lot about making mobile games, and its latest revisions for its soccer app is a prime example of those lessons. FIFA Mobile Soccer’s latest update is live on iOS and Android, and it introduces a number of new modes built specifically for the way people enj … | Continue reading
What will friending, sharing, and messaging look like in virtual reality? Facebook has tapped video game giant Electronic Arts’ VP Rachel Rubin Franklin as the new head of the Facebook Social VR team. Last week, Mark Zuckerberg presented an exciting demo of how friends can play a … | Continue reading
Samsung is hustling to adjust their marketing strategy after the Note 7's explosion, and they're leaning on the Galaxy S7 to get the job done. | Continue reading
IMAX has made a deal with Europe's biggest movie theater chain to open a "VR center" in Manchester by the end of the year. The VR center will be located inside one of Odeon & UCI Cinemas Group's theaters and will let people play games, watch films, and move through interactive vi … | Continue reading
After a difficult week for Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton leads the Republican candidate by nine points nationally. WSJ's Gerald F. Seib breaks down the numbers and discusses what this means for the campaign. Photo: AP | Continue reading
Hard drives are boring and ugly. That’s a problem if your in the business of selling external hard drives to everyday consumers. Western Digital’s solution? Why, make them shiny and colorful, of course. Compare the old My Passport hard drive: To the new one being announced today: … | Continue reading
Nuheara’s IQbuds are strange little things. It took a rep a few tries to properly explain the things when they first crossed my radar. And honestly, it wasn’t until I took the things for a spin on the crowded Manhattan streets that I really grasped what they were all about. The s … | Continue reading
Madefire is partnering with Facebook's Oculus to be the first company creating VR comics. We sat down with Madefire CEO and artist Ben Wolstenholme and legendary comic artist and writer Dave Gibbons at New York Comic Con to talk about the creative leaps virtual reality can bring … | Continue reading
Messaging app Signal is proud to be end-to-end encrypted, and privacy is their watchword — but its new ephemeral messages aren’t being billed as tools to that end, and nor should they be. Read More | Continue reading
HTC and HP have teamed up to try and make the Vive virtual reality system a little more accessible. Now, if you’re in the market for a VR-ready PC, you can soon buy a HP Envy desktop and the full Vive package for $1,499. The Vive normally retails for $800, and a VR-ready PC costs … | Continue reading
A surveillance camera caught a replacement Samsung Galaxy Note7 self-destructing as the company stops production of the phone. Read more...More about Mashable Video, Mobile Devices, Technology, Discontinued, and Explosion | Continue reading
It’s the time of year where all the ghoulies and ghosties come out to play, and it’s up to the Overwatch squad to put ’em back in their grave. Blizzard updated its team-based shooter today for Halloween with new monstrous and horrific skins for the many heroes in Overwatch. The d … | Continue reading
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The Orlando Magic are dedicating their Oct. 26 home opener to the 49 victims of their city's gay nightclub massacre. | Continue reading
One of the most sought after sneakers ever also just become possibly the most expensive pair ever. A Hong Kong auction house has sold a pair of the new Back to the Future-inspired Nike Mag shoes for $104,000. SEE ALSO: A pair of Nike's 'Back to the Future' self-lacing sneakers co … | Continue reading
The interactive navigation app Waze, with its 65 million active monthly users, has partnered with Esri, which provides geographic information systems (GIS) software to 25,000 state, local, and national governments. While the combination isn’t quite the vehicle to infrastructure ( … | Continue reading
A pair of satellites operating in tandem for five years have produced a depth map of the planet so exact you could theoretically zoom down to street level and tell an adult from a kid, or spot a breaking wave at Malibu. The immense database — some 2.6 petabytes — is available for … | Continue reading
GUEST: Samsung has pulled the plug on its troubled Galaxy Note7 device after repeated problems with both the initial design and remanufactured devices. Certainly having your device catch fire is not good for your sales or your brand image. But is this as bad for Samsung as some s … | Continue reading
The state of the PC industry is not looking great. According to analyst firm Gartner, worldwide PC shipments fell 5.7 percent in the third quarter of 2016 to 68.9 million units. That marks the "the eighth consecutive quarter of PC shipment decline, the longest duration of decline … | Continue reading
ATLANTA, GA (Official Release) -- Atlanta Hawks forward/center Tiago Splitter has been diagnosed with a grade 2 hamstring strain, which he sustained in a recent practice. An MRI taken yesterday at the Emory Orthopaedics and Spine Center revealed the injury. He will be out a minim … | Continue reading
Samsung has officially closed the door on the Galaxy Note 7 after concerns over the safety and well-being of consumers became too great. The Korean manufacturer has taken the step to cease production of the unit for good, but is this the end of the road for the Galaxy Note 7? | Continue reading
Can’t anyone in Russia make up their minds about bitcoin? Yesterday we reported that Russian authorities restricted access to trading site LocalBitcoins. For years, regulators have sworn to make bitcoin usage criminal, ensuring that any user would be hit with fines or a jail sent … | Continue reading
PRESS RELEASE: Kony, Inc., the leading enterprise mobility company, today announced that it has been selected by Green Network Energy to accelerate its digital revolution and support its efforts to expand trading and origination activities in... | Continue reading
Rumors have swirled for months that, if Hillary Clinton succeeds in her bid to become the next U.S. president, she would appoint Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg as Treasury Secretary.But Sandberg shot down those rumors today at the Virtuous Circle conference, hos … | Continue reading
Bitcoin prices surged 11th October, breaking past resistance as the market regained its confidence. Source | Continue reading
At a forum on Capital Hill designed to gather input from industry stakeholders on NHTSA guidelines, Toyota Motor North America director of technology and innovation policy Hilary Cain pointed out that proposed changes to California’s self-driving test guidelines would make a volu … | Continue reading
The promise of 3D printing has been kind of a dud. Aside from a few cool Yoda heads and some small plastic pieces, there have been no “indie” players doing much interesting in the space except Markforged. Markforged is a Boston company that we featured last year and they make car … | Continue reading
Android 7.0 Nougat may have only launched in August, but that isn’t stopping Google from already prepping a major update. The company today announced version 7.1 – the same running on its new Pixel phones – will be available to beta test later this month. Though the company is ca … | Continue reading
We are most successful, we get the best results when we align our personal values with the value we provide. The more our behavior models what we believe in, the more we can close the gap on our promises, the better promises we can make because of trust and credibility. It sounds … | Continue reading
Valve is hosting its Steam Dev Days events this week as part of its annual effort to educate developers about its Steam PC gaming and Steam VR platforms. Valve said that developers have published more than 10,000 titles on Steam for Windows, PC, Linux, Mac, and VR over the past 1 … | Continue reading
Two years ago, Richard Clarkson made the Smart Cloud, a delightfully realistic-looking cloud-shaped lamp / speaker. The design was meant to evoke a thunderstorm, with the cloud flicking accurately... | Continue reading
GUEST: We’re going to be blunt: Chatbots in their current form aren’t great. We were promised bots that would change the way we interact with businesses and services, but instead we have interactive bots that perform worse than apps. 33,000 chatbots have been launched on Facebook … | Continue reading
C1X has raised another $6.5 million in what it says is the first part of a Series B round of funding.The company was founded by Mukundu Kumaran (CEO) and Daisuke Nagayama (chief operating officer and chief global strategist) — Kumara, previously worked as an engineering director … | Continue reading
Oculus has removed all support for the Note 7 from the Gear VR via software update, while Samsung encourages all Note 7 owners to turn the device off immediately and send it back. | Continue reading
PRESS RELEASE: Emerald Media, a Pan-Asian platform established by leading global investment firm KKR for investing in the media and entertainment sector, today announced that it has acquired a significant minority stake in YuppTV for US$50mn. YuppTV... | Continue reading
According to a new study published today from the American Civil Liberties Union, major social networks including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have recently provided user data access to Geofeedia, the location-based, social media surveillance system used by government offices, … | Continue reading
Owners of the Galaxy Note7 are in a dreadful position. Samsung discontinued the $850 phone Tuesday after weeks of disaster: Some handsets overheated and exploded, the company tried to replace them, and then the new devices suffered the same problems.Simply put, it's now irrespons … | Continue reading
Samsung has begun the long and painful process of recalling its defective Galaxy Note7 devices. And because the device is so volatile, the company is taking extra precautions by sending consumers a special thermal protective box. SEE ALSO: Smoking Samsung Note7 video will make ho … | Continue reading
MIAMI (AP) -- Chris Bosh has issued a response to those who may think he should abandon his hopes of playing in the NBA again in order to ensure he's healthy to raise his five children. His message | Continue reading
Tile updated its product line this summer with its slimmest Bluetooth tracker ever, the Tile Slim. It was designed to fit comfortably in wallets. But what about your other gadgets? The original Tile, while bigger than the Slim, came with a punched hole so it could be attached to … | Continue reading
Bitcoin Unlimited, the fork of Bitcoin blockchain is receiving a lot of support lately. Soon after Bitcoin.com mining pool announced its support to Bitcoin Unlimited, another mining pool, ViaBTC has followed suit. ViaBTC, which claimed itself to be the fifth largest Bitcoin minin … | Continue reading
Aiming to increase diversity and foster inclusion in the tech industry is not the same as affirmative action, TaskRabbit CEO Stacy Brown-Philpot said on stage today at the Internet Association’s Virtuous Circle conference. “I wouldn’t say it’s affirmative action but it’s a recogn … | Continue reading
President Obama released an op-ed on CNN today, praising the accomplishments of NASA to date and encouraging the nation to keep its sights set on Mars. While it was an inspiring endorsement for NASA and space exploration, it comes on the tails of a Congressional bill intended to … | Continue reading
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The PC market’s decline still seems to have no end in sight, continuing for up to eight quarters in a row according to at least one research firm. For Q3 2016, both Gartner and IDC found PC shipments were down globally. Gartner estimates worldwide PC shipments fell 5.7 percent to … | Continue reading
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The Note 7 debacle hasn’t been good for anyone — not for Samsung, not for Android, not for consumers, not for airlines, nor for fire departments, not for stylus-lovers and certainly not for Oculus. The Facebook-owned virtual reality powerhouse currently has its entire mobile VR f … | Continue reading