GUEST: Israel, as Eric Schmidt said last week in a fireside chat at Google Tel Aviv, is producing an unprecedented level of innovation, which makes it one of the hottest places on earth to find new and exciting technology. Enough has been said about the Israeli tech ecosystem ove … | Continue reading
For better and worse, Change.org is a window into the public consciousness. Though rarely a tool for widespread change, the petition service provides limitless soapboxes for citizens to call for political action and awareness. It can be a cause for good, though its popularity is … | Continue reading
HP is working hard to make a strong Chromebook case for consumers looking for a secondary – or even tertiary – laptop, featuring some upgraded specs at rock bottom prices. Following on the heels of the Chromebook 13 announced back in April, the company’s just revealed the Chromeb … | Continue reading
Am 22. Juli erscheint endlich der Film "Star Trek Beyond" in den Kinos und nun wurde ein (mittlerweile) dritter Trailer zu dem Blockbuster veröffentlicht, der im Vergleich zu den Vorgängern nicht mit sonderlich viel Inhalten, dafür aber... | Continue reading
Google today announced Project Bloks, a new open hardware platform that allows developers, designers and educators to build physical programming experiences that can help kids (5+) learn to code. While Google worked together with design firm IDEO to build a reference kit, the ide … | Continue reading
The tech hype-cycle works something like this: Some driver triggers a flurry of investments in a particular “theme,” which in turn feeds news flow, panel discussions at conferences and a procession of expert “talking heads.” This febrile atmosphere all too often results in compan … | Continue reading
According to Google, 33% of Americans stream music on their smartphones weekly. Internet radio is surely a popular channel for mobile marketing. Learn more. | Continue reading
Americans' panic over sharks dates to July 1916, when man-eaters killed four bathers at the Jersey Shore. "The New Jersey shark attacks... | Continue reading
YouTuber Duba has celebrated Destiny's best weapons the only way he knows how - by turning their names into a rap.Duba regularly presents videos showcasing the weekly wares of Destiny travelling merchant Xûr. In them, he raps about where to find the hooded vendor and what he's br … | Continue reading
I don't know whether controlling a fleet of enormous, self-piloting cargo ships will actually be this cool in the real world, but credit where credit's due: Rolls-Royce (the industrial conglomerate, not the automaker) has made it seem like pure science fiction. And it's only a fe … | Continue reading
HP today announced the Chromebook 11 G5, the first of the company's Chrome OS laptops in the 11-inch range to include a touchscreen display. The new Chromebook starts at $189 and will go on sale through HP's channel partners in July. It will be more widely available in stores thi … | Continue reading
The Beast is now the star of WWE’s money-making game series. Publisher 2K revealed today that Brock Lesnar is the cover athlete for WWE 2K17, the next installment in the annual game series based on the top professional wrestling company. It will come out on October 11 for PlaySta … | Continue reading
I have not been very active on the forum in the past year, but on occasion I would come on and espouse the virtues of my phone OEM of choice, Sony. I wasn't just some blind fanboy of the brand, I had legitimate reasons for liking their phones. The Z series had pretty impressive b … | Continue reading
SPONSORED: This sponsored post is produced by AT&T Developer Program. A ballpark may not seem like a natural venue to host a leading tech event, but this isn’t any ordinary tech event. This summer, the AT&T Park in San Francisco will host the first ever Shape Tech Expo. Created b … | Continue reading
Samsung bet correctly on virtual reality with the Gear VR and now the headset has become the best way to get a mobile VR experience.But what's next? There's no guarantee that any rising tech trend will be more than a passing fad, but that's also the beauty of technology — it coul … | Continue reading
If you’ve ever gnawed your way through a plastic bottle to get out the last delicious drops of soap you’ll be pleased to learn that researchers at The Ohio State University have created a type of plastic containing small structures that “cradle the droplets of soap aloft above ti … | Continue reading
Hello everyone, and welcome to the week! It's time once again for our look back at the noteworthy updates of the last seven days. We've got a nice mix of the new and the old appearing this week, but as usual, it's mostly tilted towards free-to-play games. Of course, you can keep … | Continue reading
Let us debunk some of the pervasive marketing myths that can stunt your growth and hurt your brand. | Continue reading
Last year, Amazon began offering 4K HDR content on its video services, and now it has expanded its support of the high quality format to include Dolby Vision, the other (and arguably better) high dynamic range format. The second season of of Amazon's original series Bosch is now … | Continue reading
HTC Vive owners rejoice: at the end of last week, Oculus, manufacturers of the rival VR headset Rift, removed the hardware check that prevents games exclusive to the Oculus platform from being played on anything other than a Rift.The check was originally introduced to prevent Viv … | Continue reading
Look, kids break things sometimes. It’s a fact of life. Are you going to buy them sippy cups and trampoline nets and Nerf footballs forever? No way, you gotta let them explore their limits, experience danger, and maybe break that back-to-school 11-inch Chromebook you bought for t … | Continue reading
As the security market shakes up in more ways than one, who wins, who struggles and who will get acquired next? Read More | Continue reading
We're used to cringe-worthy video game celebrity promotions. Who can forget the time EA wheeled Pele on-stage at E3?This one, though, this one will take some beating.To promote the launch of Overwatch, a company called The Integrity Club convinced Blizzard to let it create a live … | Continue reading
And the 2015 Word of the Year goes to: . That’s right, an emoji is the word of 2015. We now live in a world where we prefer using less to say more. Social media platforms such as Twitter have induced this quick, to-the-point mentality. With such a restricted number of words, it i … | Continue reading
Twitter advertisers can now use emojis to target individuals who have tweeted or engaged with a certain emoji. Is this effective...or just annoying? | Continue reading
In a major ruling on abortion, the Supreme Court struck down parts of a Texas law that could have led to the closure of many abortion facilities, setting a precedent for abortion access nationwide.The surprise 5-3 decision struck down two provisions of a law passed in 2013, requi … | Continue reading
Wer weiß, ob wir in fünf Jahren überhaupt noch mit Textnachrichten kommunizieren und nicht eh schon alles mit Emojis, GIF und anderen Bildmotiven abgehandelt wird. Das passende Emoji zu finden kann aber dauern und kostet Zeit. Da möchte... | Continue reading
The latest Game of Thrones season concludes today - and we can't wait to see what happens. Who will win? Who will die? What's going to happen to that nice Ned Stark?To celebrate (and to also sell Blu-rays), Microsoft has created a bunch of specially-branded Game of Thrones Xbox O … | Continue reading
Morgan is the debut directorial effort from Ridley Scott's son Luke Scott, a sci-fi thriller that's being promoted with a new trailer running in advance of Independence Day: Resurgence. (The elder Scott is producing the movie.) Who — or what — is Morgan, exactly? She's an artific … | Continue reading
Uber is integrating Pandora into its Partner app, giving drivers the ability to easily hunt for personalized music stations while on the road. The company says the new feature is rolling out to drivers in the US, Australia, and New Zealand, and will be ad-free for the first six m … | Continue reading
People seem to like editing photos through social media, which comes as no surprise with today’s announcement from Twitter: stickers. Made to be plastered over your new photos, Twitter is making sure that emojis, props, accessories, and anything else of the sort is available to a … | Continue reading
Twitter is introducing #Stickers, a new feature that lets you add tiny drawings or symbols — including silly hats and emoji — to the photos you tweet.SEE ALSO: Catch up on Twitter's top tweets from the past weekRolling out on iOS and Android over the next few weeks, there will be … | Continue reading
Twitter has begun rolling out a way to not only add stickers to your photos, but to also have them be searchable. In the app, choose from a “rotating set of stickers,” then resize and move them around as you see fit on any photo. After it’s been tweeted, you can search based on t … | 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
Twitter will begin letting you add virtual stickers to the photos you post, the company said today. Hundreds are available at launch, including the standard Unicode emoji and some original work from Twitter. The company is also creating collections of stickers that are pegged to … | Continue reading
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Twitter is introducing stickers for images uploaded to your feed, which are also searchable when tapped. It sounds really dumb, but read on — it’s actually pretty neat. Here’s how it works: you upload an image to Twitter, then select some stickers to put on it. Once you post the … | Continue reading
Featuring six Olympic and/or FIBA World Cup gold medalists, USA Basketball unveiled its official 12-man 2016 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball Team. | Continue reading
Universal Pictures promoted its Secret Life of Pets movie at Westfield London over the weekend (25-26 June) with an interactive selfie experience. | Continue reading
Two-time entrepreneur Jason Lemkin just closed a debut venture fund with $70 million called SaaStr Fund. It’s an impressive feat and the latest in a string of interesting opportunities that Lemkin has created for himself since selling his most recent company, EchoSign, to Adobe f … | Continue reading
As the world awaits news on how Britain’s new relationship with the EU will work, the U.K.’s Treasury Chief George Osborne sought to calm nerves in the markets, while “Leave” campaigner Boris Johnson addressed confusion over the status of people living in the U.K. Mark Kelly repo … | Continue reading
Eurail Group G.I.E.: Utrecht, Niederlande (ots/PRNewswire) - Das European Rail Pass Programm verspricht die Weiterführung des Reiseangebotes für Bürgerinnen und Bürger des Vereinigten Königreichs und für Interrail-Fahrgäste, die im Vereinigten Königreich unterwegs sind ... | Continue reading
The sci-fi sounds of No Man’s Sky will soon be beamed to a music venue near you. British band 65daysofstatic have announced a new world tour in support of the soundtrack for the game, starting in October in Tilburg, Netherlands. So far only European dates have been announced thro … | Continue reading
Samsung customers in Turkey will be happy to know their region is the first to receive Marshmallow on the Galaxy On7 handset. Sweet! | Continue reading
Jedes mal wenn der Prügel-Klassiker Street Fighter angeschmissen wird, fragt man sich: Wie zur Hölle soll jemand nur ansatzweise solche Muskeln haben? Ryu, Ken, Guile und Co. sind aber auch nicht mit Astralkörper auf die Welt gekommen... | Continue reading
Seoul has announced its latest attempt to protect oblivious smartphone users in busy city streets: an old school approach that just might work. | Continue reading