Getting traffic to your website can be hard. It's almost as if you have to hustle for every single page view. | Continue reading
Imagine a few thousand people in a room together, watching a random video, without any idea why they got there. That's what's happening in this live stream. | Continue reading
NEWS OF THE MORNING Cavs excited for Love’s season | Gallinari says he passed on trade last season | Noah’s father: Joakim pumped to play for Knicks No. 1: Cavs looking forward to Love’s upcoming season — The Cleveland Cavaliers haven’t exactly gotten the All-Star version of powe … | Continue reading
Expectations are low for the new iPhones that will be announced this week. But Apple CEO Tim Cook may have let slip one intriguing tidbit about Apple Pencil and the upcoming new versions of smartphones. As spotted by the Daring Fireball blog this weekend, it seems Cook gave an in … | Continue reading
The deep web attracts people from all walks of life. One US student admitted he resold the drugs purchased on the darknet with Bitcoin. He also admitted to money laundering charges and is one of three people who were recently arrested for similar facts. This once again goes to sh … | Continue reading
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Last week, reality star Kim Kardashian took it to Twitter to complain that Uber has ‘banned’ her supermodel sister Kendall Jenner from using the service. While the Twitterverse showed little concern for the banned model, Uber competitor Lyft was quick to seize an opportunity to l … | Continue reading
Die Geschichte ist jetzt schon ein Wochenende alt, aber trotzdem wollte ich noch auf die guten Gedanken aus den Hacker-News-Kommentaren zur YouTube/Bravia-Sache hinweisen. Und zwar geht es darum, dass auf Sony-Geräten - in Deutschland offenbar... | Continue reading
SoftBank surprised the technology world with a plan to acquire British chip designer ARM Holdings for £23.4 billion ($31.4 billion) back in July, the biggest ever purchase of a European technology company. After less than two months, SoftBank is announcing today that the transact … | Continue reading
Meeting and getting to know smart digital marketers is easily one of my favorite things about working in the marketing industry. I first meet Josh Mueller when he was at Director of Digital Marketing at Dell and I was presenting an integrated approach to search, social and conten … | Continue reading
Japan-based Softbank said it had completed its takeover of ARM Holdings, one of the year’s biggest teach deals. Announced back in July, it is the biggest deal for Softbank since it bought Spring several years ago. Softbank is hoping to use the purchase of ARM, a British chipmaker … | Continue reading
Twitter has publicly touted its efforts to suspend accounts linked to ISIS, but according to a new study, white nationalists and neo-Nazis continue to use the social network "with relative impunity." The study, published last week by George Washington University's Program on Extr … | Continue reading
We’ve got another gangbuster week in tech coming up. Last week brought us dozens of new products launched at IFA, Europe’s biggest tech show. We won’t have the same breadth of gear this week, but what it’ll lack in numbers will be made up for in notoriety thanks to Apple, Sony, a … | Continue reading
John Lewis will host three branded experiential areas for guests at this weekend's OnBlackheath festival (10-11 September). | Continue reading
Samsung SDI will no longer supply batteries for the Galaxy Note 7, after issues with battery fires and explosions required a mass recall of handsets. | Continue reading
Thirty-seven-year-old Brett Smitheram from London has been named the new World Scrabble champion. He was behind until he scored 176 points for the word "braconid," a kind of parasitic wasp. Photo: AP. | Continue reading
If you’ve ever accidentally soaked your phone with water (or more frequently in my case, a pint of beer), you know the anxiety of having to let it dry in rice, and not knowing if your handset is irreparably busted. But this might be a thing of the past with the latest iPhone 7, a … | Continue reading
Charity Macmillan Cancer Support will be showcasing artwork featuring an entire British skyline made out of 25,000 biscuits. | Continue reading
Northzone, a Swedish-founded venture capital (VC) firm with hubs in London, Oslo, Stockholm, and New York, has announced the closure of its biggest fund to date. The firm says that the NZVIII fund was oversubscribed with a target of €300 million ($335 million) and that it was its … | Continue reading
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Medion auf der IFA erstmals das X5520 gezeigt, das erste Smartphone des Herstellers mit Fingerabdrucksensor. Rund 300 Euro wird das Telefon kosten, wenn es im vierten Quartal in den Handel kommen wird. Das X5520 läuft mit Android 6.0, ein Update... | Continue reading
iQIYI: Peking (ots/PRNewswire) - "Another Me in the World" (Europäische Staffel), die erste Show ihrer Art in China, die sich um das Reisen per Motorrad dreht, gab am 17. August ihr Debüt auf iQIYI, der größten Video-Streaming-Plattform des Landes, und ... | Continue reading
This week, the US patent office issued 6,793 patents. Each patent adds a little something new to the human knowledge base. As we cannot list all six thousand, the PatentYogi team has selected the five most interesting patents. Your favorite Disney princesses may soon come to life … | Continue reading
Garena, Southeast Asia’s most valuable technology startup, has closed additional funding three new investors: SeaTown Holdings International, an affiliate of Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek, Indonesia’s GDP Venture, and Mistletoe, a Japan-based fund from Taizo Son, the … | Continue reading
Diageo-owned gin brand Tanqueray Ten has partnered with florist Rebel Rebel to create the Hanging Gardens of Kyoto Terrace, an installation inspired by Japanese gardens and the botanicals of the gin. | Continue reading
A little update to Google Maps now allows users to set "Catching Pokemon" as an activity in the app's Timeline feature. | Continue reading
Online food delivery startup Deliveroo has revealed that it has undergone a major rebrand to set itself aside from its competition. The firm has traded in its signature black puffer jacket for a bright hyper-reflective jersey, which has been designed to enhance the safety of its … | Continue reading
(The Bridge) – Tokyo-based Pulit, the Japanese startup developing distribution technologies for digital image and video content, this week announced that it has secured 50 million yen (about $500,000) in its seed round. This round was led by Korea’s startup-focused fund BonAngels … | Continue reading
Northzone, a 20 year veteran of the European VC industry, has closed its 8th fund, capped at €300 million, which it will deploy to “early-stage” startups in the region. Specifically, these will be A, B and C rounds, and although investments will span the whole of Europe, there wi … | Continue reading
Space Channel 5, the classic Sega rhythm game about sassy TV reporter Ulala's cosmic battle against aliens alongside buddy Space Michael Jackson (yes), is returning with a demo to be shown at next week's Tokyo Game Show. There's no information on an actual new game, unfortunately … | Continue reading
Der NASA-Satellit Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) behält seit mehr als sechs Jahren die Sonne im Blick und hat uns dabei schon einige bemerkenswerte Ansichten unseres Sterns geliefert, wozu dann jetzt auch noch das seltene Schauspiel einer doppelten... | Continue reading
The country of Italy is currently dealing with a looming banking crisis. The majority of its loans are not performing and are borderline junk. Despite those concerns, the topic of Bitcoin and regulation has to be touched upon as well. Local taxation official recently drafted a pr … | Continue reading
Schweiz Tourismus: Frankfurt am Main (ots) - Die Schweiz ist nicht nur in Bezug auf die Landschaft äußerst vielseitig. Auch bei den Erlebnissen ist die Bandbreite groß. Von bodenständigen Traditionen wie den Schwingfesten bis hin zum Luxusausflug mit einem Bentley ... | Continue reading
Schweiz Tourismus: Frankfurt am Main (ots) - Mit farbenprächtigen Umzügen, ausgelassenen Herbstfesten, alten Bräuchen und skurrilen Wettkämpfen beendet die Schweiz stimmungsvoll den Sommer. Beim Bachfischet in Aarau spielen die Kinder die Hauptrolle. Ein großes Fest ... | Continue reading
Schweiz Tourismus: Frankfurt am Main (ots) - So strahlend und abwechslungsreich wie sich der Schweizer Sommer dem Ende zuneigt, so bunt zeigt sich der Herbst: Die Kühe werden für das wichtigste Ereignis im Jahr, den Alpabzug, geschmückt, Weintrauben erlangen ihre ... | Continue reading
Schweiz Tourismus: Frankfurt am Main (ots) - Vier Hauptgipfel, 350 Kilometer schneesichere Pisten, 150 Kilometer Winterwanderwege und 220 Kilometer Loipen sind die Zutaten für unvergesslichen Winterurlaub in Engadin St. Moritz in Graubünden. Bereits am 22. Oktober ... | Continue reading
Schweiz Tourismus: Frankfurt am Main (ots) - Die Destination Davos Klosters macht sich fit für den Winter: Das Feriengebiet in Graubünden investiert in seine Infrastruktur. Zahlreiche Um- und Neubauten machen den Familien- und Erlebnisberg Madrisa zum Schweizer ... | Continue reading
Halloween is not exactly around the corner yet, but that doesn’t mean it’s not the perfect time for an old but familiar pumpkin to be resurrected. Depending on your knowledge on the history of memes, you may or may not know about the legendary KXVO Pumpkin Dance. This strange vid … | Continue reading
One of the biggest tech deals this year — and the biggest ever in the UK — has now closed. Today, Softbank announced that it has completed its acquisition of ARM Holdings, the semiconductor firm that it announced that it would acquire for £24 billion (around $32 billion in today’ … | Continue reading
Industry analysts expect that the Galaxy Note 7 recall could cost Samsung $1 billion, but it could be worse if its related businesses also take a sales hit. | Continue reading
TechCrunch Disrupt London is happening once again this December and we have some of the most iconic entrepreneurs and thought leaders in the tech industry lined up to speak. The two-day conference runs December 5 to 6 in the Olympic Village’s Copper Box Arena and features Startup … | Continue reading
ADAC: München (ots) - Auch an diesem Wochenende müssen sich Urlaubsrückkehrer auf eine zähe Heimreise einstellen. In Baden-Württemberg und Bayern enden die Sommerferien. Aber auch auf den Routen Richtung Süden ist mit lebhaftem Verkehr durch Späturlauber ... | Continue reading
Viel wird daran geforscht, wie Roboter einen Gegenstand von A nach B bringen können, ohne sich, andere, anderes dabei zu beschädigen, zu viel Energie oder Rechenkraft dafür aufbringen zu müssen. Young-Ho Kim und Dylan Shell haben... | Continue reading
Freddie Mercury would have turned 70 years old today, and to mark the occasion, the late Queen frontman received his very own asteroid. In a YouTube video published on Sunday, Queen guitarist Brian May announced that Asteroid 17473 will from now on be known as Asteroid 17473 Fred … | Continue reading
Math and romance are unlikely allies. So are taxes and humor, and seemingly, technology and emotions. When you talk to a stranger and want to make an easy escape from the conversation, simply say ‘I work with technology’. The other person will immediately start scanning the room … | Continue reading
Pokémon Go might be losing some steam, but the smash-hit mobile game is still popular enough for Google Maps to add a dedicated ‘Catching Pokémon’ activity option in Timeline. That’s right. As noticed by Redditor GoldLeader272, you can now indicate in Maps when and where you’ve b … | Continue reading
Happy rainy Monday. Don't worry, I've got something to cheer you up. Duke Nukem is 3D is nearly 20 years old! Oh sorry I meant: I've got something that will make you feel old! Yes, it's anniversary time, so that means a retro remaster! Well, a retro remaster with eight new levels … | Continue reading
9 Questions with Mike Hatfield is to highlight one of the presenters from the VirCon3. | Continue reading