French startup Lydia is launching a card so that you can spend your Lydia balance in every retailer that accepts MasterCard. You can trigger a lot of features in the app. In other words, you remain in control of your card, and not your bank.Lydia started off as a peer-to-peer pay … | Continue reading
Even India's richest man is unable to quench the country's thirst for free voice calls and high-speed internet connectivity.SEE ALSO: Why are so many Indians queuing up to get a SIM card?Life is slow for those looking for a Reliance Jio SIM card. Long queues were seen outside Rel … | Continue reading
Smartwatches have changed a lot since the release of the Apple Watch.Once a mess of myriad operating systems and designs, the smartwatch space has morphed into a trinary system with the vertices consisting of the Apple Watch, Google's Android Wear platform and Samsung's Gear watc … | Continue reading
Apple had better hope the new iPhones that will be unveiled this week strike a chord with consumers in China. According to the latest numbers from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, market share of iOS for what the firm defines as “urban china” declined 4.4 percent to 14.3 percent for th … | Continue reading
Stencils have invaded art in a big way. And now they’re getting much easier to create, thanks to Morpholio‘s Stencil tool. Stencil will be a part of Morpholio’s existing digital drawing app, Trace App. You can use Stencil to create your own toolkit of custom graphics that you can … | Continue reading
The UK’s Divido is one of a number of startups and tech companies operating in the point of sale consumer finance sector. Its alternative payment option lets customers spread the cost of any purchase over a period of time while the retailer gets paid in full right away. Today the … | Continue reading
Ethereum classic price managed to climb higher versus Bitcoin, and it looks like the ETC/BTC pair remains supported on the downside. | Continue reading
In the wake of the Galaxy Note 7 recall, you should perhaps hold off on buying a Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge right now too. But for a very different reason. | Continue reading
Der gewöhnlich gut unterrichtete Gerüchteküchenchef Evan Blass will erfahren haben, dass Google einen Nachfolger des Tablets/Phablets Nexus 7 vorbereitet, das von Huawei unter dem Namen 7P produziert werden und mit 4 GB RAM ausgestattet... | Continue reading
Luxury sports car brand Aston Martin has opened a brand experience boutique in London's Mayfair. | Continue reading
Although Google was unable to replicate the success it had with its reasonably-priced Nexus 7 tablet with the 2014 Nexus 9. But it looks like it’s going to give that a go again this year. Evan Blass, the king of hardware info leaks, said on Twitter that the company is partnering … | Continue reading
Podcasts blew up in 2016. Ever since Serial’s success two years ago, the medium has gained devotees among celebrities and… apparently everyone else. The new, new thing in the podcast world is to take the show on the road with tools to give mobile phones nearly the same level of q … | Continue reading
Intel has acquired computer vision firm Movidius, which partnered with Google to develop 3D space mapping technology for Project Tango devices. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. With its latest purchase, Intel is set to build on its RealSense technology, which allows for … | Continue reading
VizEat, a European startup that operates a “social dining platform” to enable travellers to dine in a local’s home, has raised €3.8 million in new funding. The round was led by various, mostly unnamed, investors and also includes current backer Eurovestech. Read More | Continue reading
Zilingo may not be a name known to many prior to today, but the under-the-radar e-commerce company has closed a impressive $8 million Series A round to scale its fashion-focused marketplace in Southeast Asia. Read More | Continue reading
Wer auf Apple Music setzt, wenn es um den Streaming-Dienst des Vertrauens geht, kann bei PayPal jetzt sparen. Der Gutschein für ein Jahresabo wird für 99 Euro angeboten, was faktisch bedeutet: zwölf Monate streamen, zehn Monate bezahlen.... | Continue reading
a new artist exploring Primitive Aesthetics in todays modern world. “I’m seeking to create new works that integrate Primitivism with Modern/ New Media.” Breeze Canyon uses traditional and modern art materials to create a fusion of primitive and contemporary art. Themes vary from … | Continue reading
Event entrepreneur and presenter of The Guestlist Podcast, Jason Allan Scott, will become president of the International Live Events Association (ILEA) UK Chapter next summer. | Continue reading
At the end of June, Google and five other members of the FASTER consortium added a $300 million 60 Tbps (terabits per second) fiber optic undersea cable between Japan and the US to increase connectivity speeds. The company is now extending its efforts to benefit Web users across … | Continue reading
Moving deeper into computer vision, Intel is acquiring Silicon Valley startup Movidius for an undisclosed price. The deal will help Intel move into hot new markets with technology for drones, robots, virtual reality headsets, security cameras, and more. Intel said the move will a … | Continue reading
Intel’s RealSense platform was the star of its Intel Developer’s Forum conference in San Francisco last month and it seems the company is only looking to grow the scale and capabilities of its computer vision tech. Today, the company announced that it is acquiring the computer vi … | Continue reading
You might not have heard of Movidius — even though we said it was a chipmaker to keep your eye on back in March. It makes computer vision chips that allow devices to see and respond to the world around them. It’s a capability that Intel is increasingly interested in, so Intel pur … | Continue reading
Asus hat gestern das neue ZenBook UX330 UA angekündigt, das unverzüglich im deutschen Handel verfügbar sein soll. Der Startpreis liegt bei 1.000 Euro, der nicht ganz eindeutig formulierte Pressemeldung zufolge gibt es dafür einen... | Continue reading
With the IFA almost over and with the upcoming unveiling of the LG V20 and the iPhone 7, HTC doesn’t want us to forget about the upcoming Desire 10 family. | Continue reading
Microsoft has updated the Windows Store with support for pre-orders, and the first products to take advantage of it are certainly worth checking out. The store is now accepting pre-orders for three Xbox Play Anywhere games that you can buy once on either Xbox One or your PC and e … | Continue reading
Following its July offer of $31.4 billion to acquire Cambridge, UK-based chip design firm ARM, Japan’s SoftBank has completed the transaction today in a £24.4 billion ($32.5 billion as of September 6) cash deal. The purchase marks the largest tech acquisition in the UK as well as … | Continue reading
Key Highlights ETH price remained above a major support area versus the US Dollar and currently positioning for a break. Yesterday’s highlighted bearish trend line on the hourly chart (data feed via SimpleFX) of ETH/USD is still in play and may provide us the next break. On the d … | Continue reading
Michael Kors has announced the availability of its new smartwatch line, dubbed Access. The new smartwatches, which were originally teased earlier this year, run Android Wear and come in two styles. The "Dylan" is a sporty style targeted at men, while the "Bradshaw" is all-metal a … | Continue reading
About three in four female internet users in Japan say they research things they see on TV at least occasionally via the internet. The youngest women are the ones most likely to do so frequently, and most commonly look up locations like stores, as well as products and services. | Continue reading
After weathering criticism of its initial ad offerings, Snapchat is poised for explosive growth in ad revenues in the coming years, according to eMarketer’s first forecast of ad revenues for the social platform. | Continue reading
Paid search advertising still accounts for the biggest share of digital ad spend in the UK. However, consumers are increasingly tuning out such ads. More people are failing to recognize them in the first place, while fewer of those that do are clicking on them. | Continue reading
Loyalty programs have become an important marketing tool for retailers, and most companies entice shoppers to join these programs by offering rewards. But these incentives may not be enough to keep consumers satisfied and happy that they joined it in the first place. Retailers ma … | Continue reading
It might be easy to assume that the shorter the video ad, the better the completion rate. But maybe things change when it’s on a social platform. According to Q2 data, video ads that were between 30 and 60 seconds long fared better than those of less than 30 seconds on Face … | Continue reading
Here we are again. At least 790,724 unique email addresses and passwords for the porn site Brazzers have been exposed online, Motherboard reports. The details, provided by the data breach-monitoring site Vigilante.pw apparently came from an accompanying user forum, "Brazzersforum … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price might be in for a pullback opportunity to these inflection points before resuming its climb.The post Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 09/06/2016 – Potential Pullback Levels appeared first on NEWSBTC. | Continue reading
This infographic illustrates how much data we contribute and consume as global users every single minute, and how much the population of the internet has grown over the last four years. | Continue reading
“Master the JavaScript Interview” is a series of posts designed to prepare candidates for common questions they are likely to encounter…Continue reading on JavaScript Scene » | Continue reading
One day away from launching its iPhone 7, Apple has some good news out of Australia.A new report suggests the Apple Watch has captured more than 50 percent of the smartwatch market in the country, followed by the Samsung Gear and Fitbit Blaze.SEE ALSO: Inside Home: Apple’s plan t … | Continue reading
Speech recognition software has gotten really good in the past few years. It’s so good, in fact, that you can actually dictate on your phone faster than you can type out your words. At least one recent study suggests that. Results of the study, published on August 25, show that a … | Continue reading
What does a quality brand publication look like? When you consider how much ‘content’ is spewed onto the buying public, getting it right isn’t that easy. Project of the Year is being announced at the Content Marketing Awards in Cleveland, Ohio, this week. My pet project, Traction … | Continue reading
I’m in a strange place in my Legion adventure. I’m at the max level, but that doesn’t really mean much. I’m still locked out of a lot of the content in World of Warcraft’s latest expansion until I earn some better gear and finish more quests. The work of a death knight is never o … | Continue reading
Like most VCs, we see dozens of deals each week. We’ve developed a funnel that enables us to quickly eliminate those that don’t fit our general investment criteria. The deals that survive this initial process are subjected to greater scrutiny. In the end, we invest in a small per … | Continue reading
After a week using BirkSun’s solar-powered bag exclusively, I can honestly say I’m hooked. Why we don’t have solar panels on all our backpacks is beyond me, but the ability to charge a device without having to worry about first charging an external battery is a godsend — especial … | Continue reading
360-degree videos could be incredible in VR when viewed with no bottlenecks between the camera and headset. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case today. The way video comes to your headset basically means any time you see a panoramic video in VR it isn’t anywhere near the original c … | Continue reading
One of my biggest public speaking fears is that I’ll have a coughing fit while I’m trying to make a point. So watching today’s Hilary Clinton speech, which kicked off with a lot of coughing and water sipping, is gut-wrenching. The incident is also lighter fluid dumped onto the si … | Continue reading
Six years after Intel purchased McAfee antivirus for $7.68 billion, its founder is now in court fighting for the right to use his own name. Bloomberg reports that John McAfee has filed paperwork to sue Intel, who’s attempting to block McAfee from using his name in a new business … | Continue reading
GUEST: Imagine the police arresting a bot and releasing it after months of custody and investigation. This is not a scenario from a futurist’s blog — it actually happened in Switzerland last year. What were the charges against the globe-trotting Swiss bot and its owners? Its name … | Continue reading
Dragon’s Tale is the most exotic Bitcoin Casino and probably the oldest in the Bitcoin gambling industry. It was the first Casino in the Bitcoin to | Continue reading