Spot, a startup that says it can help you find “the best places in the world,” is launching to the public. The company emerged from “startup studio” Expa. It’s also announcing today that it has raised $2 million in seed funding from Expa, SV Angel, Ram Shriram, Tim Ferriss, Fenwi … | Continue reading
No two software engineers are alike, but the Applications Developer Alliance is creating a program to encourage more standardization in how engineers are considered. The new Developer Workforce Initiative is “a global effort to increase the size, expertise and understanding” rega … | Continue reading
Dallas-based precious metals dealer JM Bullion is now accepting bitcoin through bitcoin processor BitPay. | Continue reading
If Alto from Alto's Adventure [$2.99] decided he's had enough of all the snow and went to the California for surfing, what you would get is the upcoming Go Surf, an endless surfer. According to the game's description, the developer Diverso Games is trying to create an involving e … | Continue reading
Imagine a much better world — the people-centered economy — where three billion workers have jobs tailored to fit their unique sets of skills, talents, passions, where they work with people they are inspired by and productive together with, where they engage in the most meaningfu … | Continue reading
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said the central bank won't be making any recommendation on whether the U.K. should stay in the European Union. | Continue reading
It’s dumbfounding how an industry as huge as live music still relies on a patchwork of backwards, outdated technologies. Word document offer letters, PDF riders, endless back-and-forth emails, spreadsheets, physical checks. Fax! It makes the whole process a headache that takes fo … | Continue reading
Along with the March security update that Google just announced yesterday, the Nexus 5X is getting some much-needed bug fixes and performance improvements. | Continue reading
There have been discussions about the United Kingdom exiting from the European Union for a while now. Most of us know that the European Union is not doing that great when it comes to the economy. Many EU countries have been suffering from economic slowdown for years. Greece has b … | Continue reading
April 8th is the date to circle on your calendar, but Canadians will also get an extra freebie with their pre-ordered LG G5’s. | Continue reading
As drones become more prevalent and automated, we measly humans have started to think up better ways to take them down. For instance, the SkyWall drone defense system, which can drop a drone without breaking it. Flying your jet ski into one of them, however, may be a little bit e … | Continue reading
Maersk announced today it has made the first official drone delivery to an undocked ship, as reported by G-Captain. The test took place near the Kalundborg port in Denmark, and saw a small drone dropping a parcel more than 15 feet to the deck of an unmoored tanker. The initial pl … | Continue reading
Now this is a way to cement a Silicon Valley legend. Madame Tussauds San Francisco said today it will make a wax figure of Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak. The legendary maker of wax figures and wax museums will reveal the 3D image of Woz on stage at the first-ever Silicon Valley C … | Continue reading
By all accounts, the London startup scene was abuzz with Entrepreneur First‘s latest Demo Day today, as 25 startups — up from 9! — took to the stage to pitch their wares. The so-called ‘talent first’ investor targets the best technical graduates in Europe and beyond to put them t … | Continue reading
The tracking of citizens' reactions in social media during crises has attracted an increasing level of interest in the research community. In particular, sentiment analysis over social media posts can be regarded as a particularly useful tool, enabling civil protection and law en … | Continue reading
When Simogo released Year Walk [$3.99] (and its companion app), I really enjoyed delving into Northern European mythology and learning about all its intriguing creatures and stories. There's something about the moody, icy weather and landscape of countries like Sweden and Norway … | Continue reading
With the hiring of Chris Poole, Google got everyone talking about Plus again, but not in the way it may have wanted. According to one engineer, Plus won’t be the new 4Chan, so we can rest easy. Yonatan Zunger is the man behind the social tech at Google, and took to Plus to commen … | Continue reading
In 2014 game developer and special effects wizard David OReilly created a mountain simulator and for his next trick he's letting you inject consciousness into all sorts of inanimate objects with the upcoming PS4 game Everything."In Everything - every single thing is a playable ch … | Continue reading
European Union leaders have announced the framework for a deal that would return to Turkey refugees from Syria who are now in Greece. What does Turkey want in return? WSJ’s Jason Bellini has #TheShortAnswer. Photo: Getty | Continue reading
If you’re using a third-party Snapchat app, it’s time to delete it. Change the password to your Snapchat account while you’re at it. Will Strafach of Sudo Security Group, a company that researches security vulnerabilities in apps, came across numerous third-party Snapchat apps ig … | Continue reading
If you opened Snapchat on Tuesday and noticed that things look a little different, you're not losing your mindSnapchat updated its font on the iOS app, which now appears throughout the app — though not in photo captions or on Snapchat DiscoverSee also: 10 hidden tricks to make Sn … | Continue reading
Hearthstone really wants new players to feel welcome. Blizzard announced a new feature — Dark Recipes — for the digital card game today. Dark Recipes are preselected decks that players can create with the in-game deck-builder. If players do not have the cards needed to make the D … | Continue reading
With Facebook Instant Articles opening to the public in April, WordPress has released a plug-in to support it. Here’s what it means for content marketers. | Continue reading
Opera Mini's new Video Boost feature lets you have more control over your streaming data. | Continue reading
The tracking of citizens' reactions in social media during crises has attracted an increasing level of interest in the research community. In particular, sentiment analysis over social media posts can be regarded as a particularly useful tool, enabling civil protection and law en … | Continue reading
The tracking of citizens' reactions in social media during crises has attracted an increasing level of interest in the research community. In particular, sentiment analysis over social media posts can be regarded as a particularly useful tool, enabling civil protection and law en … | Continue reading
Turn-based strategy infiltration game Invisible, Inc. is coming to PS4 on 19th April, developer Klei Entertainment has announced.It will cost $19.99 (about… | Continue reading
Back in November of last year, St. Lous-based production company Forever an Astronaut announced that they would be creating a series of behind-the-scenes Dev Diary videos on developer Butterscotch Shenanigans and the creation of their latest project Crashlands [$4.99]. As you are … | Continue reading
There is a new Android king in town, and its name is Lollipop. Google released its monthly update to the Platform Versions page for Android today, and the gold and silver positions have swapped. Android Lollipop has managed to finally pass Android KitKat in terms of adoption. The … | Continue reading
The sixth season of Game of Thrones begins on Sunday April 24th, and this new trailer has us fairly trembling with excitement. Set to the melancholic strains of James Vincent McMorrow's "Wicked Game," it promises a difficult future for the main characters, including the imprisonm … | Continue reading
After 31 years, the Brooklyn Heights Association will end its historic home tours due to visitors sharing photos from inside the private homes on Instagram. The tours offered visitors an opportunity to peek inside the unique residences in that particular neighborhood. It’s an int … | Continue reading
League of Legends is getting a few siblings. Developer Riot Games announced today that it has acquired developer Radiant Entertainment. The League of Legends company now owns the studio responsible for the castle-building PC game Stonehearth and fighting game Rising Thunder. Riot … | Continue reading
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Google has just released new Android distribution numbers for March 2016, and Marshmallow is on the rise. | Continue reading
Ubisoft has snuck one of its own development studios in the midst of midtown Manhattan in its latest post-apocalyptic adventure The Division.As you can see in Ian's video below, the Ubisoft Manhattan office contains plenty of artwork and decorations from Grow Home and a poster fo … | Continue reading
Microcephaly is "now only one of several" birth abnormalities associated with the Zika virus, Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization, said during a press conference today. Fetal death, placental insufficiency, fetal growth retardation, and injury to a fe … | Continue reading
Happy International Women’s Day. This year, the theme is “Pledge For Parity,” meaning committing to achieving equality around status and pay. Last year, the World Economic Forum predicted that it would take until 2133 to achieve worldwide gender parity. Meanwhile, many tech compa … | Continue reading
The Olympics have always been a showcase for new television technologies, but this the event is going one step further: large swaths of it will be filmed in virtual reality. According to Advanced Television, the Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) confirmed that it will capture “ … | Continue reading
IT consulting giant Infosys believes that blockchain technology will impact finance faster than incumbents have projected. | Continue reading
This means that Chromecast has finally cracked the top five players in Connected TV Devices. | Continue reading
Austin 3:16 says I just matched three gems! Mobile game publisher company Scopely announced today that it will publish WWE Champions, a match-3 puzzle game based on the wrestling company and featuring its famous stars like The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin. WWE Champions is av … | Continue reading
As you can probably tell by my recent reviews, I like Telltale games quite a lot, mostly for their heavy narrative focus and lack of traditional puzzles. While not all the company's games reach the same heights, I'm willing to try any game Telltale develops. Recently, Telltale co … | Continue reading
According to a new patent, Facebook is exploring new software designed to scan the social network looking for emerging slang and nicknames. Once found, the software would deposit the terms neatly into a “social glossary” for further analysis. The patent, which was granted in Febr … | Continue reading
For most of recorded history, humanity has reflected on its own mortality via works of great literature or badass paintings of skulls. Adults today have Teens React, which is far more harrowing. Forget Hamlet's soliloquies about this mortal coil of ours; forget Hieronymus Bosch's … | Continue reading
Selerity, a content recommendation solution, announced today a $4.2 million investment from Citi. The New York-based startup, which says that it offers personalized content recommendation functions for enterprise applications, also announced that finance consultant Jeff Penney of … | Continue reading
Even Bill Gates isn't quite sure what Apple should do about encryption. Gates weighed in on the Apple vs. FBI controversy during a Reddit AMA this afternoon, arguing that a balance needs to be struck between security and the ability to provide law enforcement with critical inform … | Continue reading
David OReilly's first game wasn't your typical game, it was Mountain, a barely interactive simulator that was like a surprisingly emotional pet rock. His next project is equally strange, but a lot more ambitious: it's called Everything, and it's a game where you can play as, well … | Continue reading
Content automation doesn’t have to be a bad thing. It's necessary if you want to have more time to focus on engagement and more insights into what works, who to engage with, and where to engage. If you automate the areas mentioned in this infographic-post, you will be well on you … | Continue reading