After three years of development, starting at Motorola then transferred to Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects group, Project Ara is being “suspended” and ultimately, is cancelled.Even after selling Moto to Lenovo in 2014, Google has touted the modular smartphone project as … | Continue reading
Reuters reports that Google has reportedly shelved Project Ara, the company’s ambitious program to develop modular smartphones with interchangeable components like cameras, batteries and speakers. It’s an odd turn of events, especially since the company said in May that it would … | Continue reading
Google will announce two new Pixel smartphones and an updated 4K-capable Chromecast at a hardware-focused event on October 4th, Android Police reports, a day previously flagged by Droid Life as a launch date for the phones. The company will also use the event to show off its Dayd … | Continue reading
After delays, it looks like Google's plan for modular smartphones has come to an abrupt end.Project Ara, the company's foray into creating phones that can be built from interchangeable parts, has reportedly been scrapped according to a report by Reuters. SEE ALSO: The Moto Z Play … | Continue reading
Alienware is refreshing its line of gaming notebooks today with desktop-class graphics chips, just weeks after Nvidia announced its plans to bring the GTX 1080, GTX 1070, and GTX 1060 to laptops. Alienware is taking all of Nvidia's graphics chips and putting each one inside an ap … | Continue reading
Edison Research has focused on understanding millennial moms in its “Infinite Dial 2016” and “The Research Moms 2015” studies. eMarketer spoke to Megan Lazovick, director of research at Edison, about some common characteristics of millennial moms and how t … | Continue reading
In spite of the great advances made in the fight against ad fraud, the practice is still costing US digital display advertisers billions of dollars. | Continue reading
Southeast Asia has all the ingredients for a promising ecommerce market—rising internet and mobile penetration, a growing middle class with greater discretionary spending, and an increasing supply of digital platforms. Still, many challenges continue to hamper ecommerce gro … | Continue reading
Brazil’s internet users are more likely to watch video-on-demand than their counterparts in the rest of Latin America, and according to August research, YouTube is their No. 1 viewing destination. But Netflix is not at all far behind. | Continue reading
Internet users in Spain spend more time on Airbnb per visit via desktop computer than any of their European counterparts; 35% of travelers have also booked lodgings via Airbnb in the past year. That puts them ahead of counterparts in much of Europe as well as the US. | Continue reading
GUEST: Recently, bots have swept the tech and startup world. Interested in jumping in and creating your own bot? Here’s a list of a few amazing tools you can use to build for Facebook Messenger, a platform currently cruising at 1 billion monthly active users, whether your bot is … | Continue reading
Apple has issued new security updates for El Capitan and Yosemite, as well as its Safari browser, fixing the same serious security vulnerability discovered in its iOS software last week. As with the urgent iOS 9.3.5 update, Mac owners should grab today's OS X updates as soon as p … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price is still deciding whether to bounce from or break above the descending trend line, depending on how U.S. data turns out.The post Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 09/02/2016 – Make or Break appeared first on NEWSBTC. | Continue reading
Ever wanted a digital marketing job? Want to be a social media marketer or a search engine optimization expert? We have rounded up some handy tips for you. | Continue reading
Recent rumors have been suggesting the Search Giant plans to end the Nexus legacy and name its phones after the Pixel line-up. What does this mean? | Continue reading
SpaceX rocket explodes at Cape Canaveral, DraftKings raises $150 million, Periscope adds a new way to monetize, Facebook launches Instant Video, and Apple is set to clean its abandoned apps from the App Store. All this on Crunch Report. Read More | Continue reading
Here are a few tips and tricks to help you out improve your market visibility through Pinterest. | Continue reading
Google has "suspended" work on Project Ara, the initiative to build a phone with interchangeable modules for various components like cameras and batteries, according to Reuters. The company reportedly may license the technology to other partners, but will not release a phone itse … | Continue reading
TP-Link raises the bar on its smartphone offering at IFA 2016. The Neffos X1 and X1 Max are decently spec'd metal-clad smartphones, but is it enough? | Continue reading
Logitech has a lot of fans among hardcore gamers and esports players. But it also recognizes that there are a lot of weekend warriors out there who play games on a more casual basis. So the Logitech Prodigy brand is for those players. The company is unveiling the brand and four n … | Continue reading
Logitech is announcing the launch of its Prodigy gaming line today, which consists of a mouse, a keyboard, and a headset. All of them will cost $69.99 when they’re released later this month.Here’s what you need to know about the set:The G403 mouse has six programmable buttons, on … | Continue reading
He-Man Tappers of Grayskull is hitting the Google Play Store and making our days much more entertaining. Are you ready to face Skeletor again? | Continue reading
A couple of days after Android Central reported that Google would be dropping the Nexus brand from its upcoming flagship smartphones, Android Police claims to have the replacement names. The two HTC-built phones will reportedly be called the Pixel and Pixel XL, reusing a brand th … | Continue reading
Gene Wilder passed away earlier this week due to complications from Alzheimer's disease, and to honor the comedic actor’s memory, AMC Theaters will be screening two of his best-known films this weekend.The nation’s second largest theater chain will show Willy Wonka and the Chocol … | Continue reading
President Barack Obama more than quadrupled the size of a marine reserve off the coast of Hawaii last week, making it the largest marine protected area on the planet. WSJ's Monika Auger reports. Photo: Associated Press | Continue reading
Love died on Thursday.In the evening hours, when starry-eyed Tinder users were searching for their soulmates, the iOS version of the app crashed. The wake of devastation was apparent on social media, where people expressed how their only chance at true happiness had just slipped … | Continue reading
Tech innovators tend to operate with an ethos that they consider diametrically opposed to that of government, frequently leading to friction. Given the current regulatory, legal and political climate in our country, and while technology becomes increasingly more pervasive in our … | Continue reading
When I first tried Rock Band VR, an Oculus Rift adaptation of Harmonix Music Studios’ long-running rhythm series, the game exemplified a certain kind of VR prototype. It was the awkward hybrid of traditional mechanics and immersive environments, a good idea struggling to find its … | Continue reading
Yesterday, Apple was granted a patent for its first-ever VR headset. Titled ‘Head-Mounted Display Apparatus For Retaining A Portable Device With Display’ the patent detailed a headset that was similar to that of a Gear VR, but made to house an iPhone. The headset might not look s … | Continue reading
GUEST: Yesterday, contact center company Genesys agreed to buy Interactive Intelligence for about $1.4 billion as it looks to build scale in the face of fierce competition in the contact center and workforce optimization (WFO) markets. The $60.50 per share offer is at a 36 percen … | Continue reading
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The apparently government-sponsored hackery aimed at activist Ahmed Mansoor last week prompted a quick response from Apple, with a patch for iOS arriving the day of the news. Turns out the three (!) zero-day exploits deployed against Mansoor kind of worked against Safari and OS X … | Continue reading
It’s safe to say at this point that I’m really enjoying Legion. World of Warcraft’s newest expansion launched on August 30. The initial rush of newness is over, and I’m falling into more of a pattern with my questing. But the beautiful zones, interesting quests, and class hall pr … | Continue reading
Apple today announced that it has released updates to OS X Yosemite and OS X El Capitan in order to patch the same security vulnerability that led to the targeted attacks through iOS that were reported and patched last week. Today’s releases fix the issues CVE-2016-4654, CVE-2016 … | Continue reading
XperimentalZ Games' Pinball Breaker Forever [Free] did a pretty solid job at combining both pinball and endless Breakout-sttle gameplay when it released earlier this year. The game's just gotten an update with a couple of new game modes. If you're a pinball fan that wants somethi … | Continue reading
Earlier this week, we posted about a free fan game that mashes up elements of Mario games and the space-exploration sim No Man’s Sky. While those projects are cool, Nintendo’s lawyers are less pleased. Indie-game site Game Jolt claims that it will have to take down more than 550 … | Continue reading
Brave is a new ad-free Browser aiming to transform the online ad ecosystem with micropayments and a new revenue-sharing solution to give users and publishers a better deal. Today, Brave announced it was rolling out “Brave Payments,” a Beta solution to encourage users to use a rew … | Continue reading
After SpaceX’s Falcon 9 exploded on the launch pad this morning, we now have video detailing its final moments. The video, shot by US Launch Report — a non-profit that brings military veterans to witness space launches — shows the rocket being fueled before being engulfed in flam … | Continue reading
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV5Jjd0ww5QAs Regulations governing the commercial use of small drones in the U.S. went into effect this week,companies immediately began obtaining exemptions from thethe U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to these rules. Among others, CNN has obt … | Continue reading
VentureBeat’s Bots Channel tracks all the important and interesting news related to the exploding field of bots and messaging. Each week we select the top stories and present them in in our free weekly newsletter, BotBeat. We include news stories by VentureBeat staff, guest artic … | Continue reading
Gurbaksh Chahal is back as CEO of Gravity4, the adtech startup he founded and was forced to relinquish control of after his probation was revoked in a domestic violence case, according to a post on the company’s website.Chahal handed the reins of the company to his sister, Kamal … | Continue reading
Here are three bears: two cubs and a mama. It’s the end of summer, and presumably the mama is about to send the cubs back to bear school, where they will learn important skills like addition, subtraction, and hibernation. So what did they do for a little summer fun? Oh, naturally … | Continue reading
Today more than ever, technology is transforming how enterprises do business. The IT profession has evolved from being reactionary to proactive and CIOs now have a seat at the table to drive company strategy. Greylock COO Tom Frangione catches up with Kim Stevenson, Intel COO for … | Continue reading
Have you ever been in a VR conference call and thought, well, I know what everyone looks like from the front, but what about the other sides? The Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications has your back — and theirs. Researchers there have created a powerful multi-camera setup t … | Continue reading
PlayStation Network isn’t up and running for a lot of gamers right now. Sony’s online gaming service is experiencing an intermittent outage. PlayStation-console owners on social media are complaining about connectivity issues and errors that are preventing them from logging into … | Continue reading
After last month's launch of the bold Q Marshal and Q Wander, Fossil is preparing to a set of smartwatches that are a bit lower tech and less expensive. | Continue reading
“You can't organize truth. That's like trying to put a pound of water into wrapping paper and shaping it” [Bruce Lee] Most of us know Bruce Lee as a famous Chinese movie star in martial arts films. His family, friends, and those lucky enough to be his students knew him also as an … | Continue reading
GUEST: Cisco announced Tuesday that it is buying ContainerX, a two-year old orchestration and management platform used in the emerging market of distributed containerized microservices (e.g., Docker). Although the terms weren’t disclosed, ContainerX has a relatively small number … | Continue reading