Health insurance giant Aetna plans to make the Apple Watch cheaper to its customers. The company announced a partnership with the tech titan on Tuesday to create health initiatives exclusive to iOS devices. As part of the program, Aetna will make the Apple Watch available to "sel … | Continue reading
The Federal Trade Commission has released guidelines for disclosing sponsored social media posts. Yet many social media influencers and brands have not gotten the message. Paid advertisements masquerading as innocent photos continue to abound. Informed readers likely find them an … | Continue reading
DNB, Norway’s largest bank, has dismissed Norges Bitcoinforening, a recently-formed, non-profit bitcoin association, over concerns about terrorist financing and money laundering, according to e24.no, a Norwegian news site. Norges Bitcoinforening has since decided to take its busi … | Continue reading
Yogg-Saron’s evil reign may finally be at an end. Blizzard has announced changes to seven cards in Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, its popular digital card game for PC and mobile that generates more than $20 million a month from in-game purchases. These nerfs (a term used to des … | Continue reading
The name of one of the world's fastest growing messaging apps appeared pretty self-explanatory. "Slack" seemed like a simple nod to what you shouldn't be doing at work. SEE ALSO: Microsoft is allegedly creating a Slack competitorTurns out it was actually an acronym. It stands for … | Continue reading
What a difference a week makes. It was only a week ago when GoPro threw it’s epic launch party in Squaw Valley, California to formally introduce its Karma drone (along with the Hero 5 Black and Hero 5 Session action cameras). GoPro CEO Nick Woodman boisterously proclaimed the Kar … | Continue reading
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs and phones. This build adds new Edge extensions, authentication changes for NAS devices and home file servers, and updates to the Windows Subsystem for Linux. Windows 10 is a service. As we wrote in our deep dive on how Mi … | Continue reading
There are multiple approaches to tackling self-driving; one is to program algorithms or rules that will tell a car how to behave in specific situations. Nvidia is using a deep learning approach, however, by providing its autonomous system with real-world data from humans drivers … | Continue reading
The rumored Huawei Mate 9 could be launched in eight different colors and with 6GB of RAM and 256GB of storage for the premium model. | Continue reading
Just a few hours ago, Instagram’s lawyers in Germany filed a trademark application for the word ‘gram.’ It’s not the first patent filing by the company in the EU. This year Instagram was awarded patents for nearly all of its filters. It also has pending trademark filings for ‘Ins … | Continue reading
The world won’t stop ending. Wasteland 3 is happening, and developer InXile is promising even more improvements and features for this trek into the post-apocalyptic desert. Like with Wasteland 2, InXile is aiming to crowdfund Wasteland 3. The company is asking for $2.75 million o … | Continue reading
We’ve long extolled the virtues of Moore’s Law in terms of delivering faster, better processors to power our individual computers, but Kuffner says that the rapid, continuous evolution of wireless broadband internet speeds is just as crucial to a future in which robotics help sol … | Continue reading
If you've been playing Hearthstone [Free] Brawls for at least over a year, then you'll remember Boom Bot Vs Annoy-o-Tron from exactly a year ago (give or take a couple of days). As you can imagine if you know the cards themselves, Boom Bot's Hero power deals 2 damage randomly spl … | Continue reading
Amy Schumer is a lot things — comedienne, actress, opponent of the term "plus size" — but she's now also officially a danger to your data.Intel named Amy Schumer the most dangerous cyber celebrity in their 10th annual list of the most dangerous celebrities to search for on the we … | Continue reading
Volkswagen announced today that it would be offering “preferential” vehicle loans to Russian drivers of the ride-hail service Gett. The news comes five months after Volkswagen said it was investing $300 million in the Tel Aviv-based black car-hailing app.Drivers in Moscow will re … | Continue reading
iMessage is supposed to be a private way of chatting with friends and colleagues, but a report from The Intercept this morning points out one glaring flaw: though Apple doesn’t know what your messages say, it does get to see who you might be talking to.When you try to contact som … | Continue reading
HP Labs is housed in one of the original buildings of Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto, California. Not far from the original garage where Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard started HP in 1939, the labs are the home of many innovations over the years, from the inkjet printer to the light- … | Continue reading
John Jantsch shares tips on the modern practice of SEO and how to execute an SEO strategy that grows your business, not just your search traffic. | Continue reading
I admit it: I'm an optimist. I wanted Elon Musk to show me a strong Mars plan with real finances and real life-support design. I was hoping he'd talked some of his billionaire friends into financing this Mars dream. I wanted the dream to be real.Optimists, of course, are frequent … | Continue reading
New season = new business ventures. Before you put your blog on the back burner, check out all the ways blogging can make your launch a success. | Continue reading
Apple has revealed that it’s set to move its UK headquarters to London’s iconic Battersea Power Station. The Grade II listed building, which has stood derelict for the past 33 years, is currently undergoing a multibillion-pound restoration and is expected to open its doors in 202 … | Continue reading
Finally, finally, Twitter has rolled out a version of its storytelling feature called Moments that it should have released at launch. Today, the company says that it’s opening up the Moments platform so anyone can create their own stories using tweets and photos uploaded to the s … | Continue reading
Hard to starboard! Chinese games developer Kingnet Technology announced that its mobile naval game Thunder Fleet will be its first title released for Western markets. The ship combat-based app will be available for iOS and Android devices, although we do not know when. Expansion … | Continue reading
Native Advertising is not something you should ignore if you’re looking to market your business. Here's why. | Continue reading
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Clerkenwell brasserie and bar Bourne & Hollingsworth Buildings is exploring the world of spirits and champagne, with tastings and interactive sessions from brands including Macallan Whisky, Herradura Tequila and Ruinart Champagne. | Continue reading
Twitter’s Moment’s feature is one of the most unique tools to be introduced to the platform in the last few years, but it’s been limited in that only the wizards at Twitter HQ could create them. That’s now changing. The company today announced that it’s opening up Moments so that … | Continue reading
TechCrunch is headed to Seoul, South Korea and we can’t wait to see what kind of gadgets and services are coming out of one of the biggest technology hubs in the world. We’re bringing the TC Meetup + Pitch-off to Seoul on October 27, and we need your help! If you are a founder or … | Continue reading
Lenovo is apparently working on a Bluetooth blaster that it’ll likely use for VR / AR gaming. The device passed through the FCC this week, and its application gives us a lot of detail on what we can expect, including a full diagram and photos, but it also keeps us in the dark. We … | Continue reading
Twitter Moments — those collections of tweets about certain subjects, often the ones that are in the news and are being discussed by lots of users — now make a lot more sense. Today Twitter said it’s starting to roll out the ability for any user to make their own Moments in the a … | Continue reading
Texas whisky brand Balcones is hosting an evening of whisky and BBQ tasting in London. | Continue reading
XSplit is expanding its platform today by purchasing two tools for livestreamers. SplitmediaLabs, which owns and operates the XSplit service that enables you to simply broadcast video to Twitch and YouTube, revealed today that it has acquired the custom-overlay and video-graphics … | Continue reading
On Tuesday, thousands of people stampeded into a lecture hall in Guadalajara, Mexico, to hear SpaceX CEO Elon Musk talk about how he wants to colonize Mars. The fervor of the audience gave the room an electric charge as Musk’s speech got underway; people cheered as he avowed to c … | Continue reading
Today, goTenna is taking pre-orders for their new product, a device called the goTenna Mesh that lets smartphone users text and share their GPS locations, off-grid and across miles of terrain. The new device works like goTenna’s flagship product did in that it can be used where n … | Continue reading
b8ta, the retail store that sells trendy tech gadgets, recently raised a $7 million Series A round led by TriplePoint Capital with participation from Khosla Ventures, Fifth Wall Ventures, Macerich and Eniac Ventures. b8ta also received $8 million in debt funding and previously ra … | Continue reading
Hewlett-Packard, the original startup of Silicon Valley, is in its 76th year. Its HP Labs research division has just turned 50, and Dion Weisler, the CEO of the newly reinvented HP, honored the occasion with a speech that touted the company’s innovation heritage and its emphasis … | Continue reading
Open Positions at CCN: Full Time and Part Time Journalists Wanted. Bitcoin price continues trading above $600 and 4,000 CNY across exchanges. Price action and market momentum are slowing, as bitcoin price typically does prior to a strong directional move. This analysis is provide … | Continue reading
If you are Uber and you need to store the location data that is sent out every 30 seconds by bo... | Continue reading
Got iOS 10? Want to mess with your friends? A hilarious new iMessage App called Phoneys lets you prank others by sending stickers that look exactly like iMessage text bubbles. And thanks to the new layering feature in the updated version of iMessage, you can place these stickers … | Continue reading
Fitbit has released a new firmware update to the Blaze that brings third-party app notifications, new watch faces and move reminders. | Continue reading
Jagex, the developer behind the browser-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game RuneScape, announced today that it took a “pivotal role” in the creation of a new Chinese games company, Zhongji Holding. And why not? China is one of the biggest and fastest-growing gami … | Continue reading
Oh man, so for all the made up holidays that land on Wednesdays, today's might be the best one. It's National Drink Beer Day, which I think I've really got no choice but to celebrate. Too bad it doesn't also fall on Saturday, which is Cantillon's Zwanze Day which is kind of a big … | Continue reading
Apple is planning to consolidate its various London offices into a single campus, come 2021. Read More | Continue reading
Letzte Woche, so berichtet Security Affairs, wurde der französische Hosting-Provider OVH Opfer eines massiven Überlastungsangriffs - 1 Terabit Daten wurden pro Sekunde auf ihn losgelassen, wahrscheinlich der größte sogenannte DDoS-Angriff... | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Bright Box is unveiling a self-driving car retrofit solution with a neural network that learns extreme driving through computer games. Bright Box’s Remoto Pilot emphasizes safe, reliable road/lane following as well as real-time detection and avoidance of various obstac … | Continue reading
America’s most hated villain Martin Shkreli is currently auctioning off a chance to punch him in the face – for charity. The former hedge fund manager that came to notoriety after making a life-saving drug virtually unaffordable announced the offer via Twitter, inviting intereste … | Continue reading
I listened to three non-profit pitches for a $10,000 grant and here is how one organization used story well to influence action. | Continue reading
Microsoft today updated its Skype for iOS app with new features specific to iOS 10. You can download the new app now directly from Apple’s App Store (iPhone, iPad). Skype now supports SiriKit, which means you can call someone on Skype just like you would place a normal call with … | Continue reading