In 2016, building a brand new messaging app and hoping it catches on seems particularly quixotic.Why spend two years building an app that must ceaselessly throw itself against the wall of Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Kik and the rest? If you're of the Steve Jobs school of though … | Continue reading
Android Pay will be up and running on the mobile web "soon," says Google, letting users pay for their online shopping with their stored credit cards. Taking the payment system beyond something you use on your phone in stores has been on the cards for a while now (with new API sup … | Continue reading
Dot is the physical push notification that combines location, Bluetooth and apps to deliver a user's information in the most convenient place. The product is available for presale on Kickstarter for $20. Read more...More about Mashable Video, Techonology, Tech, Gadgets, and Smart … | Continue reading
lastminute.de: München (ots) - Gestern noch Cocktail nippend am Strand, heute wieder Kaffee trinkend im Bürostuhl. Zurück aus dem Urlaub, beginnt für viele Deutsche der gewohnte Alltagstrott. Und der ist, laut einer aktuellen Studie von lastminute.de, dem Experten ... | Continue reading
The new, Jet Black iPhone 7 is beautiful, and at its event Wednesday, Apple took special care to explain the painstaking engineering process through which the new color was achieved. But unlike all other models, this particular iPhone 7 model comes with two caveats. First, it's o … | Continue reading
For all the drama and outcry surrounding Apple’s decision to nix the headphone jack in the iPhone 7, I suspect the world will keep on turning and iPhone sales will keep on churning even without the venerable 3.5mm connector. But that doesn’t mean we can’t give Apple shit for the … | Continue reading
Five months after its March 2016 launch, Ousta, Egypt’s first local ride sharing app, has received a bridge investment of $1.25 million as it looks to challenge established industry stalwarts, Uber and Careem. Although the financing is a pittance compared to the combined might of … | Continue reading
Am Mittwoch ist in der Nähe von Amsterdam ein Autofahrer mit seinem Tesla gegen einen Baum gefahren und beim Aufprall verstorben. Die Bergung des Leichnams verzögerte sich um Stunden, weil die Feuerwehr Angst vor Elektroschocks vom Akku des... | Continue reading
Following the unveiling of the new iPhone 7, Apple has cut the price of the 9.7-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro on its online store. The 128GB, 256GB and LTE models have all had their price tags slashed by as much as $100, making them more affordable to customers who require a higher … | Continue reading
Nest is making it easier for owners of its cloud-based security cameras to find and review key moments that have been recorded. Called Sightline, it’s an app feature that lets you browse through footage within seconds, getting a glimpse of anything worth investigating. “80 percen … | Continue reading
The new, headphone jack-free iPhone 7 won't arrive until Sept. 16, but why wait — or spend hundreds or dollars — if you can upgrade your old iPhone on the cheap?Enter Plug, a headphone connector without the headphones. You plug it into your iPhone 6S, 6S Plus (heck, even the ol … | Continue reading
Nextail, a Spanish startup that has developed technology to help retailers better manage inventory levels and, ultimately, sell at higher margins, has closed $1.6 million in new funding. The round was led by Nauta Capital, with participation from existing backer Realiza. Read Mor … | Continue reading
Volvo entwickelt langsam ein Händchen für martialisch-spektakuläre Technik-Demonstrationen und im neusten Streich spielt Entwicklungschef Torbjörn Holmström persönlich mit, der wackere Manager hat sich nämlich in den... | Continue reading
Following the launch of the new iPhone 7 and the announcement of a formal shipping date of September 13 for iOS 10, Truecaller has announced that its app will now identify and display whether an incoming call on your iPhone has been marked as spam – allowing you to choose to avoi … | Continue reading
GUEST: The usage-based insurance (UBI) model has been around for over a decade, but it finally started seeing traction in the past few years. EY, in a whitepaper, which posits whether UBI is the new normal, reported that, as of July 2015, the Global UBI market adoption was less t … | Continue reading
The Pokémon Go Plus wearable will be released on September 16th, developer Niantic Labs has announced, almost two months after its planned launch date. The $35 device — a wrist-mounted BlueTooth sensor that vibrates when Pokémon and Pokéstops are near — was originally set for lau … | Continue reading
Apple hat gerade das neue iPhone 7 und dessen neue Farbwahl "Diamantschwarz" vorgestellt. Im Kleingedruckten aber warnt das Unternehmen vor dessen Kratzanfälligkeit. Eine Warnung, die es in der Übersetzung nicht nach Deutschland geschafft... | Continue reading
Statistisches Bundesamt: Wiesbaden (ots) - Im Juli 2016 gab es in den Beherbergungsbetrieben in Deutschland 52,3 Millionen Übernachtungen in- und ausländischer Gäste. Wie das Statistische Bundesamt (Destatis) nach vorläufigen Ergebnissen weiter mitteilt, war dies ein Plus ... | Continue reading
Following the release of Chrome 53 for desktop last week, Google today launched Chrome 53 for Android. Among the new features are PaymentRequest API support and autoplaying of muted video. You can download the new version from Google Play. The PaymentRequest API allows for seamle … | Continue reading
Basic FUNCTION: Offers monthly accounting, financial, and reporting help in a manner that assures the integrity & accuracy of the economic statements.The reference to interpersonal skills points to yet yet another reason for the alterations in the employability ability requiremen … | Continue reading
Serial entrepreneur Kevin Hartz has joined the San Francisco-based early-stage venture fund Founders Fund as a partner, he revealed earlier today in a post on Medium. Hartz was most recently the co-founder and chief executive of event and ticketing startup Eventbrite. He’s the se … | Continue reading
Nintendo and Niantic Labs want to keep the Pokémon Go phenomenon going. And they’ll do that with the launch next week of the Pokémon Go Plus device, which lets you capture Pokémon without using your smartphone. John Hanke, CEO of Niantic Labs, said today at Apple’s press event th … | Continue reading
Key Highlights ETH price remained in a small range against the US Dollar, which is now annoying for investors. There is a channel pattern formed on the hourly chart (data feed via SimpleFX) of ETH/USD, which may provide us a few moves in the near term. A break above $11.60 is nee … | Continue reading
Dragon’s Tale is the only Casino MMRPG and one of the leading Bitcoin Casinos in the industry. Dragon’s Tale was the first to introduce this completely new genre into the gambling ecosystem. The site first appeared in early 2012, and since then it has been steadily growing, and t … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price is having trouble breaking past this area of interest visible on the daily time frame as technical indicators are giving mixed signals.The post Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 09/08/2016 – Stalling at Area of Interest appeared first on NEWSBTC. | Continue reading
Social media is playing a growing role in the purchasing habits of internet users in Australia, with many mentioning it as a key influence on buying decisions. That’s leading to higher prices for social ads among Australian retailers as they seek to persuade consumers. | Continue reading
Marketers around the world are funneling an increasing amount of their ad budgets into digital channels. But that’s just the beginning of the story. | Continue reading
Digital video ads are becoming an ever more important part of the digital display landscape in the UK. However, while digital video ad spend is increasing, it remains a minority portion of overall digital display spending. | Continue reading
Restaurant executives are continually turning to technology to improve overall efficiency, and according to June 2016 research, they are not only adopting customer-facing technologies such as loyalty programs and personalized offers, but also those in the back end, like predictiv … | Continue reading
Nearly 80% of millennials ages 18 to 34 were aware that digital ads are served to them based on their browsing history, compared to under 70% of the total survey base, users ages 18 to 64. Millennials were also more likely to understand the basic tradeoff of value involved in ad- … | Continue reading
More than half of US internet users subscribe to subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video. And according to June research, the US is well ahead of other major markets, such as the UK and Australia, when it comes to the ongoing trend a … | Continue reading
Basic communications functions rule smartphone use in Brazil, according to February 2016 research. Nearly 80% of those surveyed in said they emailed, called and texted daily via their phone. | Continue reading
Take a look at the iPhone 7 Plus that Apple announced today. The dual-camera system on the back is among the phone’s most prominent features. Apple says the twin 12-megapixel cameras — one with a 28mm wide angle lens, the other being a 56mm telephoto lens — capture better shots w … | Continue reading
Mr. Robot is a show built on hacks. The mother of all hacks serves as the big cliffhanger at the end of the show's first season, and nearly every plot development leading up to it was nudged along by some kind of exploit. It’s rare to get through an episode without at least one d … | Continue reading
Apple held its special event in San Francisco to announce the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, the Watch Series 2 and AirPods. It also announced that Pokemon Go will be coming to the Apple Watch and Nintendo is bringing Super Mario Brothers to the iPhone. All this on Crunch Report. Re … | Continue reading
YouTube is an important asset for your brand. This infographic illustrates you how to use it to your advantage. | Continue reading
Apple can’t really keep a secret, either.Minutes into Apple CEO Tim Cook’s iPhone 7 event presentation, which started with Super Mario, Pokémon and coding for everyone, the company’s freshly reactivated Twitter account posted a video of the new iPhone 7 getting splashed by water. … | Continue reading
GUEST: Measuring how hard your team is working by counting the number of hours they work or what time they get in and leave is how amateurs run companies. The number of hours worked is not the same as how effective they (and you) are. I had been invited by Rahul, one of my studen … | Continue reading
Jobbio, a careers marketplace that connects employers with jobseekers, has raised €5 million ($5.6 million) in a series A round led by NJF Capital, with participation from Balderton Capital founder Barry Maloney, the Smurfit family (of the Smurfit-Kappa group), and Michael Chadwi … | Continue reading
This has been my Summer of Video — several months when it became clear to me that we’ve reached an inflection point in the transition from linear TV to online video. Read More | Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO — Wearing the Apple Watch Series 2 is nothing new. That is, it doesn't inspire much in the way of "wow" moments where you can see, hear or feel something different. It's a new Apple Watch, same as the old Apple Watch.That's not really true, of course. The Series 2, … | Continue reading
Apple is pretty freaking proud of their decision to remove the headphone jack on the iPhone 7, saying that doing so took “courage.” Turns out they were just following Nintendo’s lead. history repeats itself pic.twitter.com/50D51V5SyT — Balrog (@BalrogGameRoom) September 7, 2016 T … | Continue reading
There are a number of reasons why Apple decided to move on from the headphone jack. BuzzFeed today sat down to talk about some of them with a foursome of Apple executives including VP of worldwide marketing Phil Chiller, VP of hardware engineering Dan Riccio, VP iOS, iPad and iPh … | Continue reading
Intel announced today that it has plans to spin off its security unit into a new company that will be owned in-part by private equity firm TPG. Intel will retain a 49 percent ownership stake of the entity with TPG taking the majority stake. In exchange, Intel will be receiving $3 … | Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO — Much of what you need to know about the Apple iPhone 7 Plus, which was unveiled here Wednesday, can be found in the iPhone 7 hands-on. These handsets are of a piece.Like the iPhone 7, the 7 Plus is virtually the same size and shape as its predecessor. In the demo … | Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple's new AirPods are either genius or a disaster. After trying them out at the iPhone 7 launch, I think they might be both.Each AirPod looks almost exactly like a regular Apple EarPod, just with the cables cut off. The bottoms of each are silver and contain the … | Continue reading
At its September 2016 event in San Francisco today, Apple announced the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, succeeding the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus respectively. Apple’s 10th-generation phones are now official. Preorders begin September 9, and the devices will begin shipping Septembe … | Continue reading
One of the most accomplished and well-regarded game designers in the history of the world just made a pitch for his new app today during Apple’s annual iPhone conference. Here’s why that matters more than an update to the Apple Watch or even an iPhone 7. Shigeru Miyamoto announce … | Continue reading