Blockchain technology has won accolades for improving efficiency and transparency in business operations. It has also been seen as improving security. But blockchain security is a complex issue that pits anonymity against trust, according to IBM’s Security Intelligence, a thought … | Continue reading
Samsung once again owes Apple nearly $120 million for infringing on a pair of patents.A federal appeals court ruled today that Samsung had infringed on Apple’s famous slide-to-unlock patent as well as its quick links patent, which covers software that automatically turns informat … | Continue reading
Businesses added 156,000 jobs to the U.S. economy in September, while the unemployment rate ticked up to 5%. WSJ Ahead of the Tape columnist Steven Russolillo explains how the jobs picture might impact the timing of a potential interest rate increase on Lunch Break With Tanya Riv … | Continue reading
The Sennheiser GSP 350 headphones are designed to give gamers an "ultra-immersive experience." Sennheiser's messaging for these headphones seems to be trying to communicate that they’re a bold choice. Just watch that video above. The music is dramatic for a headphone ad, but I gu … | Continue reading
650 million people use Facebook Events — 100 million every day — but it’s a smaller sect of hardcore extroverts who discover these parties and meetups, then invite everyone else. Now Facebook is giving its most outgoing users a dedicated app for browsing and searching for stuff g … | Continue reading
Facebook has continued its practice of spinning off apps from its core product with the launch of a standalone Events service. Available only for iOS devices currently, this app is a dedicated place to find nearby things to do and what your friends are up to. The experience of us … | Continue reading
With 32 days until the 2016 general election, it’s not too late to register to vote. And while Google and startups like VotePlz have already launched programs to encourage people to sign up, Yahoo is also now stepping up to the plate. The company announced today that its search e … | Continue reading
Facebook has such an enormous audience that even minor features still wind up with tens of millions of users. The app’s Events feature, which Facebook says now has more than 100 million daily users, is one of them. Today, it’s graduating to a standalone app of its own. Facebook E … | Continue reading
Facebook Events is a great way for the social network to actually help you manage your social life. But sometimes we forget to keep tabs on the events we'll "maybe" attend, and sometimes we have trouble finding events we're interested in all together. Facebook has decided to addr … | Continue reading
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So it’s time to draw our bitcoin price watch analysis to a close for the week. Things have been ok today, and we managed to get in and out of the markets on a couple of occasions for a quick profit. When we first kicked off today, we were a bit concerned about our risk … Continue … | Continue reading
Women over age 35 who have given birth, also known as "gerries," have exploded since the 1980s. But do "gerries" have advantages over new mothers under 35? Holly Finn joins Lunch Break With Tanya Rivero and makes the case for mothers involved in what some hospitals refer to as ge … | Continue reading
The first teaser for the Doctor Who spinoff Class just premiered at New York Comic Con, io9 reports. The show will follow the students and staff at Code Hill Academy, a school featured in the original 1963 Doctor Who series. This time, the students are left to their own devices, … | Continue reading
Audiences associate the word “horror” with scary movies or terrifying novels. But over the past half-decade, live theater and haunted house exhibits have merged, bringing new life to the genre with interactive, real-world experiences that let audiences step through the screen and … | Continue reading
Intensywnie pomarańczowe, puszyste i wilgotne, polane białą polewą i udekorowane wiórkami kokosowymi. Proste do przygotowania i z podstawowych składników. Ciasto w sam raz na weekendowy podwieczorek czy poczęstunek dla gości. Ciężko poprzestać na jednym kawałku! ;-) | Continue reading
Just a few days after a Surface keyboard and mouse leaked, suggesting a Surface all-in-one desktop is on the way soon, Microsoft has sent out invites for an October 26 event. That said, there’s nothing in the invite indicating it will be a hardware event. The document asks attend … | Continue reading
When its government isn’t cracking down on the reproductive rights of women, Poland can do some cool stuff. To wit: this cool bike path in a town called Pruszków. The path is made of a light-emitting material that charges in the sun and can glow for up to 10 hours in the dark, ba … | Continue reading
Microsoft is holding a special Windows 10 and Surface event in New York City later this month. The software giant has started emailing out invites to an event on October 26th, and Microsoft is expected to make some Xbox-related announcements at the event, alongside new Surface ha … | Continue reading
Microsoft is about to make our fall a little more interesting.The company on Friday sent out invites to press for a New York City product showcase on October 26 at 10:00 AM ET, one that should illustrate the next wave of Windows innovation.A year ago, Microsoft shocked the tech-w … | Continue reading
AT&T will allow any of its customers with replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices to swap them out for a different smartphone, the company tells The Verge. The move follows Sprint's decision to let its customers return replacement Note 7s for a device from a different manufactu … | Continue reading
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! Google and Oculus kept us busy with their virtual reality announcements, and we also got to review the anticipated shooter Gears of War 4. Happy reading, and have a great weekend! Pieces of flair and opinion The DeanBeat: How Oculus’ M … | Continue reading
New rumors swirl in our Media 2.0 world about one massive potential tantalizing and game-changing deal – Disney buying behemoth SVOD service Netflix. That makes sense – and may happen – but Apple (or even Amazon) make even more sense. Each has the means (Disney’s market cap is ab … | Continue reading
Trade shows and other kinds of industry events present superb PR and marketing opportunities. In addition to meeting prospects and potential partners, trade shows offer ideal venues for meeting reporters and editors. The shows are perfect for major news announcements and new prod … | Continue reading
If you’re a maker, a hustler, a shaker, or a serial entrepreneur you probably make a lot of websites. There are a number of tools you can use including Bootstrap (please stop using Bootstrap), Squarespace, and a few cool WordPress plugins. Now there’s also Tilda.Tilda is basicall … | Continue reading
The Oculus Rift got its new controllers this week, and the results from early testers are extremely positive. Will it be enough to take back share from the HTC Vive? | Continue reading
Marketing automation results improve when your message is better targeted. Here’s how to use your content to segment and score your contacts. | Continue reading
Check I’m Here, a platform that helps colleges and universities track student engagement with campus activities, has raised a million in a Series A round of funding to continue to grow its service. Now live at over 80 institutions and reaching 400,000 students across 30 states an … | Continue reading
When I put on a headset to try out Oculus’ new virtual reality avatar system earlier today, the first thing I did was look for the gender toggle. From Second Life to Pokémon Go, this is so ingrained in my understanding of character-creation menus that I barely noticed what I was … | Continue reading
Shame we couldn’t call these ClareMorris Minors! | Continue reading
Dear allBritish and Irish Sound Archives (BISA) are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2016 conference, on 18-19 November at the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, Cultra, Northern Ireland.Details of the programme, how to register plus travel & accommodation i … | Continue reading
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo held a press conference earlier this week aimed at building a bridge (and tunnel) to the mid-21st century. The Governor’s ambitious and controversial plan highlighted a series of initiatives designed to reduce highway congestion and cut down o … | Continue reading
Meet Side, a French startup that used to be called WeSlash until recently. Side is a marketplace for short-term jobs. Companies may need a few extra hands for a few days or weeks, and students may want to work on the side to make a bit of money or gain experience — Side fills thi … | Continue reading
You might be good at some things, but you’ll never be as good at them as this guy is at beating Super Mario Bros. on the Nintendo Entertainment System. The speedrunner (someone who tries to beat games as fast as possible) Darbian just claimed the world record for the classic Nint … | Continue reading
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida seems to have been spared the worst of Hurricane Matthew, after models predicted the area would receive a direct hit from the storm. Instead, the center of the hurricane passed about 26 miles away from KSC’s home at Cape Canaveral, and the s … | Continue reading
Adidas-owned GPS fitness app Runtastic is introducing a new integration with Google Play Music today, one that promises “free” access to an array of music playlists directly within the Runtastic app. Available only on Android from today, Runtastic’s millions of users will be able … | Continue reading
Google has been rolling out a lot of new features lately. Here is a quick recap of a few of the more significant changes that you should be keeping an eye on. | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: There are many reasons a user might choose to uninstall your app. Maybe it is annoying. Maybe it doesn’t work. Maybe it just plain sucks. But increasingly, and especially in markets where 4G data speeds are a mere dream, consumers uninstall apps — or even avoid install … | Continue reading
We’re now two full seasons into the wild experiment of Formula E, a racing series that pits 20 F1-style electric racecars against each other on the streets of the biggest cities in the world. The racing has so far been excellent — the races are short, close, and competitive, and … | Continue reading
Es scheint einen Run auf das erste Smartphone zu geben, das sich von sämtlichen Rändern vorne verabschiedet. Gerüchteweise ist das Galaxy S8 im Rennen vorne und es hätte obendrein einen gebogenen Bildschirm mit 4K, OLED, einem neuen... | Continue reading
At first glances, Apple’s iPhone 7 is virtually identical to the previous model. You could be forgiven for wondering what’s next for smartphone design. This might give you an idea. Sharp has recently shown off their latest display technology innovation, and it looks extremely coo … | Continue reading
The Wall Street Journal was at the top of a list of websites that can now collect bitcoin from Brave on behalf of the browser's users.Source | Continue reading
This week on Vergecast, Nilay, Paul, Dan, and Dieter cover two big events and announcements from the past few days. As you may have read on the site, Google announced a plethora of hardware devices on Tuesday. Then yesterday, Oculus announced a few new features for their VR platf … | Continue reading
TUI AG: Hannover (ots) - Heute hat ein Gespräch zwischen den Arbeitnehmervertretern und dem Management der TUI fly, Henrik Homann (Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender), Jochen Büntgen sowie Roland Keppler (Geschäftsführung) zur Zukunft der TUI fly stattgefunden. ... | Continue reading
Each week we’re profiling one promising company that’s been selected for SCALE – our early-stage startup growth program. Catch up with 60 of the world’s hottest startups at TNW Momentum in New York on November 16th. This week we bring you User1st, the company committed to helping … | Continue reading
Well, great news for all those media publishers investing in video in hopes of better catering to young adults: a new study released this week from the Pew Research Center found that younger people are actually more interested in reading the news than watching it. Meanwhile, it’s … | Continue reading
If anyone could take my mind off the missing-in-action Palmer Luckey at the Oculus Connect conference, it was Michael Abrash, chief scientist of Oculus, the maker of the virtual reality headset Oculus Rift. Even though he was as sick as a dog on stage, Abrash gave a brilliant tal … | Continue reading
Welcome to the Marketing Week in Review, our roundup of the best marketing, PR and content articles of the last … | Continue reading
In a press conference this week, New York governor Andrew Cuomo announced an ambitious plan to revamp New York City’s bridges and tunnels, dubbed the New York Crossings Project. But while the focus of the Crossings project is revamping infrastructure and improving traffic flow, t … | Continue reading