Wikipedia is probably one of the best resources on the Internet — a mountain of facts that most people who use it barely ever see. Today, the company has a newly re-designed app for iOS that takes advantage of the information you don’t normally see on Wikipedia, by utilizing the … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Technology evangelist, author, and blogger Robert Scoble is leaving Rackspace to pursue an entrepreneur-in-residence role with UploadVR. He says that he’ll do the same kinds of videos and blogging he’s always done but now with a specific focus on startups and technolog … | Continue reading
Built.io offers a number of services for enterprises, including a mobile backend service and an integration platform. In addition, it also offers Contentstack, a headless content management service (CMS) that aims to challenge the likes of WordPress and Drupal in the enterprise. … | Continue reading
If you were a developer, would you want to expend a lot of time, energy, and money getting up to speed on the latest Android APIs if you know nearly all potential customers won't be able to access those features? | Continue reading
The new Ratchet & Clank on PS4 is technically billed as a reimagining of the original, a modern update to a nearly 15-year-old game. But based on the few hours I’ve spent with a preview version, it’s clearly much more than the splash of high-definition paint that constitutes most … | Continue reading
While messaging services that are also platforms are nothing new (see Messenger and Slack), new app Cola thinks it can make life easier for users, especially those who don’t want to be tied into a larger social network. Using the chat interface as a medium, Cola keeps its tools s … | Continue reading
The Wikimedia Foundation has rolled out a significant update to its iOS app today, one designed to make it easier to find random new things to read. The refreshed app serves up a tailored feed based on a number of factors, some of which are personalized based on your location and … | Continue reading
Shutterstock is today launching a couple of tools that will make it easy for users to find photos without having to figure out the right keywords for what they’re looking for: reverse image search and visually similar search. It’s pretty much exactly what it sounds like. With rev … | Continue reading
Hyperloop Transport Technologies is one of two Los Angeles-based startups working to build Elon Musk’s open-source dream: A high-speed public transport network made up of a series of pods. That company is busy building a test track in California and has announced today that it’s … | Continue reading
Remember when your teachers told you spelling was important? Well, they weren’t wrong. Even if you’re going after a life of crime, as one group of hackers recently learned. The not-so-sharp cyber criminals hacked into the servers of Bangladesh Bank and managed to get $81 million … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price is edging higher as Gold is whip-sawing near its 2016 highs. With Classic(TM) looking to be heading the same way as XT, the market may feel renewed confidence in the integrity of Bitcoin. Today’s analysis proposes a few technical confirmations that should be observe … | Continue reading
With more than 67 million players logging in each month, League of Legends is the most popular video game in the world. Actually, that sentence doesn't even do it justice - those numbers are about two years out of date by now, and developer Riot Games claims today's figures are " … | Continue reading
Bringing back local industry to cities helps build strong local economies and strengthens our workforce. The maker movement is encouraging entrepreneurs to share ideas, and the city is the central place where it lives, breathes, and succeeds. Read More | Continue reading
Up All Night, a startup aiming to give your nightlife a boost, is announcing that it has raised $500,000 in seed funding. More exciting than the amount of the funding is who’s involved: Grammy-nominated musician Kaskade, Nihal Mehta of ENIAC Ventures, former Square CTO Bob Lee an … | Continue reading
We’re going to kick of this analysis a little differently than normal We are in a live trade based on an upside breakout a little earlier on today, and as such, our strategy dictates that we shouldn’t be looking to enter any further trades until this one resolves – be that throug … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Casual game publisher Wooga is branching out into hardcore mobile games with the creation of a new studio, Black Anvil Games. The new Wooga-owned studio is working on a turn-based fantasy strategy game dubbed Warlords, GamesBeat has learned. The move will help Berlin-b … | Continue reading
Dieser Merchandising-Kapriole anlässlich des kommenden Superhelden-Superfilms Batman v Superman gebührt dann wohl ein Spitzenplatz in der Liste der originell-beknackten Gepäckstücke: Der Batmobile Suitcase tarnt sich als Superhe... | Continue reading
What do you do when you have a low traffic site? Can you still run A/B tests? Well, it depends what you qualify as a low-traffic site. You need to have some volume, of course. And there's higher risk involved without the surplus of data. But sometimes you can still test. While it … | Continue reading
The Walk of Life Project hinges on a simple, pure, and extremely goofy question: what would happen if you laid Dire Straits' 1985 hit "Walk of Life" over a handful of iconic final sequences from the last half-century of movies and TV? I know it's the brainchild of Peter Salomone, … | Continue reading
Hackers attempted to steal up to $1 billion from Bangladesh's central bank last month — but their plans were partially stopped after they made a typo in an online transfer request, Reuters reported. Continue reading… | Continue reading
A native Facebook Messenger app for Windows 10 is likely on its way.On Thursday, a beta version of the app appeared on Microsoft's Windows app store. The universal Windows app works on PCs and tablets running Microsoft's newest operating system. It doesn't work for Windows 10 mob … | Continue reading
Confide, the messaging platform that keeps everything confidential, has today announced the close of a $1.6 million extension to their seed round, bringing total funding to $3.6 million. Investors include existing investors such as WGI Group, First Round Capital, SV Angel, Crunch … | Continue reading
The Verge's New York offices now have an official virtual reality room. The library for its HTC Vive Pre holds a bunch of experiments and demos for full games we won't see for weeks or even months. But there's too much cool stuff to ignore. So for the next few weeks, we're puttin … | Continue reading
Google appears to be testing Android N preview on the Nexus 5, as well as variants of the Nexus 7 (2013). That's not conclusive proof that N preview will ever roll out to the devices. | Continue reading
In situations where you might not feel threatened enough to call the police, but where you do want to reach out to a friend and say ‘something’s not right here’, freshly launched app Guardian Circle has your back. The idea is simple: you add your friends & local contacts to an al … | Continue reading
At one time or another, almost all organizations seek media coverage. Most businesses, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies strive hard for positive media attention. Whether with in-house PR staff or a PR agency, they use many avenues to gain media coverage, ranging f … | Continue reading
Identifier: H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2016Pillar: Excellent ScienceOpening Date: Deadline: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)Modification Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016Latest information: H2020 2016-17 Work Programme update- The scope in the topic description has been updated, ther … | Continue reading
This is the Sony Mavica MVC-FD73, one of the first digital cameras. And the only way to record anything on this camera was on a floppy disk. Do you remember when 3.5" floppy disks roamed the earth? Few do. This was pre-memory-card. This was pre-Y2K. This might as well have been p … | Continue reading
Everyone has to start somewhere. David Bowie may have turned in impressive performances in Labyrinth and The Man Who Fell To Earth, but his first ever movie role was starring in The Image, a 13-minute short film that's most charitably described as enjoyably bad. The short has bee … | Continue reading
"No Love Like Yours," the latest video from Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, is an evocative, dreamy vision of death and rebirth, set against the unique backdrop of New Orleans. It was also shot entirely on an iPhone 6S Plus. Utilizing a cobbled-together camera rig and an ap … | Continue reading
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When actress Olivia Wilde offered to direct the latest music video for Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros —fronted by her good friend Alex Ebert — she had something unique in mind.“I’ve been following the band for almost 10 years now, and I've told Alex over that time I'd love to … | Continue reading
Citymaps, the curated mapmaking company, has updated its iOS and Android application. Read More | Continue reading
Brands that manage their content marketing well do exist. Find out how the following six companies represent... | Continue reading
This week we teach you how to create the perfect internal linking structure for SEO and give you some in-depth advice on creating a St Patrick's Day marketing strategy with big results. | Continue reading
One of the biggest selling point of encrypted messaging app Confide is that you can send messages to someone with a level of discretion. But in case you type to the wrong person, the app will now let you ‘un-send’ that message as long as you’re using the mobile app version and yo … | Continue reading
Humans are nothing if not contrary. Technology destroying jobs is something most Americans accept will happen within their lifetimes, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center, just not to their own jobs — which most believe won’t change significantly in the next 50 yea … | Continue reading
At CES this year Roku and its TV manufacturer partners announced that some 4K models would be coming to market this year, bringing its inexpensive Roku-branded TVs from the likes of TCL and Insignia to the next level. Now the first 4K Roku TV is here.This morning Roku and TV-make … | Continue reading
General Management - Your client-agency partnership depends on open lines of communication. If that communication is limited, there's no real value in the relationship. | Continue reading
Is your site failing to attract visitors for a second time? Entice potential customers to return with this six optimization tips. | Continue reading
Craft from InVision just got a lot more powerful. A new Sketch plugin dubbed Styles lets you create, manage and edit your brand style guides on the fly. Seated in the Craft Manager, Styles creates a new page within Sketch where you can manage things like color palette, fonts, tex … | Continue reading
You might have the most innovative idea in the world, the most committed management team, and more funding than you could ever need – but if you can’t deliver a quality product to your customers on time, you’re in serious trouble. Maintaining a competitive edge requires product d … | Continue reading
DeepMind’s stunning victories over Go legend Lee Se-dol have stoked excitement over artificial intelligence’s potential more than any event in recent memory. But the Google subsidiary’s AlphaGo program is far from its only project — it’s not even the main one. As co-founder Demis … | Continue reading
South African online marketplace Bidorbuy has enabled bitcoin purchases. | Continue reading
You might soon be able to see a movie on opening night without leaving your couch. According to a report from Variety, top studio executives are considering a partnership with Screening Room, a new service that would give viewers at-home access to movies the same day they're out … | Continue reading
Ägyptisches Fremdenverkehrsamt: Berlin (ots) - - Umfrage zeigt: 61% aller Touristen weltweit sehen Ägypten als Reiseziel, das man einmal im Leben besucht haben muss. Für 53% ist ein Besuch im Land ein Muss und "the next big thing" der Zukunft. - Deutsche ... | Continue reading
Popular GPS driving app Waze has unveiled a refreshed Android app today, and with it comes a handful of interesting new smarts. Besides a new design and layout, perhaps the most intriguing new feature of version 4.0 is reminders — through integrating with your Google calendar, Wa … | Continue reading
The Bank of England (BoE), the central bank of the United Kingdom has sought a digital currency of its own. A centralized, completely central-bank controlled bitcoin clone in the form of a cryptocurrency called RSCoin. While financial institutions such as securities exchanges are … | Continue reading