Lyft, locked in intense competition with its larger, better financed ride-hail rival Uber, announced Monday that Facebook Messenger users can now do what they've been able to do with Uber since December: hail a Lyft car from within the Messenger app. Lyft is also expanding its AP … | Continue reading
Anonymous, the hacker collective taking on ISIS, might have a foe even more difficult to thwart than Middle Eastern extremists, Twitter. Since the middle of 2015, Twitter has upped its efforts to remove accounts associated with terrorism by removing some 125,000 accounts linked t … | Continue reading
The Federal Communications Commission announced today that it has reached an agreement with Verizon Wireless.The FCC says it’s been investigating Verizon’s use of Unique Identifier Headers (more commonly known as “supercookies,” which serve as a permanent identifier that tracks u … | Continue reading
You can now sign up for Project Fi, Google’s first foray into offering its own cell phone service, without an invite. The service, which launched ten months ago, was an invite-only project until now — though getting an invite wasn’t all that hard. Starting today, anybody in the U … | Continue reading
Google Cardboard is an amazing idea for bringing virtual reality to anyone on the cheap. Unfortunately, wearing one looks ridiculous, and most versions are either bulky or too complicated to fold. Dodocase, a company that’s primarily specialized in making accessories for Apple de … | Continue reading
Within the next month, a pair of the most highly hyped VR headsets are getting ready to launch. The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are both expensive, powerful pieces of hardware that will likely see adoption among gamers and evangelists of the platform but are not necessarily systems … | Continue reading
The traditional Chinese game of Go has been on the mind of the folks at Google for some time. While the complex game of chess has long been reduced to algorithmic success by computers, Go makes chess look like CandyLand. But this week, the AlphaGo AI powered by Google’s DeepMind … | Continue reading
Instead of going into a theater and watching a movie on a huge projection screen, your next movie experience could be one with a VR headset strapped to your face.In 2015, Samhoud Media experimented with what it calls the VR Cinema, using pop-up theaters around Europe. But last we … | Continue reading
Microsoft-owned Skype today announced new integrations of its messaging and calling capabilities inside more Microsoft services: specifically Office Online (that includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote Online) and OneDrive. “This creates a natural, collaborative experience … | Continue reading
Following a historic 18 years in the NFL, celebrated quarterback Peyton Manning is retiring. What might he do next? WSJ sports editor Geoff Foster and Tanya Rivero discuss. Photo: Getty | Continue reading
UpLabs is a community-powered marketplace that lets designers and developers share ready-to-ship UI resources — like login boxes and payment forms — to build apps and sites.Originally from France, founders Matt Aussaguel and Guillemette Dejean moved to the U.S. after finding thei … | Continue reading
The Assassin's Creed movie won't be out until 21st December, but it's reportedly already greenlit a sequel.According to The Tracking Board, New Regency has already signed with producers Jean-Julien Baronnet from Ubisoft Motion Pictures, Frank Marshall through his Kennedy-Marshall … | Continue reading
Payments startup Qiwi is pushing ahead on a cryptocurrency project despite an uncertain climate for the tech in Russia. | Continue reading
Three common mistakes businesses make with email marketing, and how you can leverage content to both resolve these issues and enjoy greater online... | Continue reading
Skype announced today further integrations into Microsoft’s suite of online tools, with news that access to the communications app is now available while working in Office Online and OneDrive. This is an expansion of the earlier announcement from this past October, which then int … | Continue reading
“Most of us are brave and afraid in the same moment, all day long.” [Brené Brown] We underestimate the power of feedback. It's useful to learn how to provide it, and to understand the types of feedback that are well suited to each situation. When we engage in a creative endeavor, … | Continue reading
The drone business is booming, and companies which manufacture these aerial robots are increasingly trying to produce units that can straddle the divide between the consumer and enterprise market. 3D Robotics, one of the biggest US drone makers, announced this morning that it is … | Continue reading
Verizon is settling with the FCC over its use of an ad targeting technology known as a "supercookie," which tracks the websites visited by phones on its network. Supercookies allow websites to better target ads to visitors with Verizon cellphone service; but those visitors — for … | Continue reading
Microsoft is canceling the upcoming Fable Legends and in discussions to close Lionhead Studios. Microsoft-owned Press Play will also be shuttered. | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: February has come and gone without the highly-anticipated Windows 10 Mobile upgrade for legacy Lumia handsets. In an email to partners, seen by VentureBeat, Microsoft is now targeting a release this month, to occur after the regular monthly service updates for the two … | Continue reading
A new world record for the fastest street legal all-electric car has been awarded to the Genovation GXE, a heavily-modified 2006 Z06 Corvette which hit a top speed of 186.8 mph at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida last month. The GXE is a prototype created by small automotive c … | Continue reading
Blizzard’s next big game is coming this spring. Overwatch, a team-based shooter that we’ve enjoyed our time with, launches for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on May 24. This will bring colorful, fast-paced gunplay to gamers across all three platforms. But you don’t have to wait … | Continue reading
Peter Panic [Free] is Wario Ware mixed with a musical, and only halfway complete. Seriously, the game borrows its structure and goofiness from Wario Ware almost exactly. You play through levels all with a specific theme, trying to complete a short micro-game to get a point and ad … | Continue reading
Supercell chief executive Ilkka Paananen announced today on Twitter that the Finnish company has hit 100 million daily active players who play its four games. That is a huge accomplishment, considering the company has just 180 employees. Supercell has four releases on the top-gro … | Continue reading
The next big thing from Blizzard is coming very soon. The developer announced today that its colorful multiplayer shooter Overwatch will be launching on May 24th on the PS4, Xbox One, and PC. It was previously pegged for a spring 2016 release. A beta for the game will be availabl … | Continue reading
Although HTC posted a pretty big loss in revenue for February 2016, investors are remaining hopeful about the upcoming Vive headset. | Continue reading
Dropbox today announced a new milestone: Half a billion users. The company has thus added 100 million users over the last nine months — Dropbox passed the 400 million user milestone in June 2015. These most recent 100 million users have come from all over the world, with Dropbox … | Continue reading
Data insight and management startup Zaloni announced today that it has closed a $7.5 million series A round led by Sierra Ventures. Based in Durham, North Carolina, the startup said it will use the funds to further develop Zaloni’s software and its data lake management solution. … | Continue reading
At least four major video game publishers have dropped out of the show floor for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the giant gaming extravaganza held each year in Los Angeles in June. This likely forces the Entertainment Software Association, the trade group that organizes … | Continue reading
Confirming reports from earlier this year, which spoke of a forthcoming revamp of the Facebook Messenger application for Android devices, Facebook today began rolling out a new, Material Design-styled version of Messenger on Android to all users worldwide. The updated application … | Continue reading
Gross? Well, that gross idea just pulled in a $4 million Series A round from AccellFoods, existing investor Collaborative Fund and a bunch of angels including Nas and Tim Ferris. The team behind the creepy crawlies as food company previously raised $1.6 million, adding up to $5.6 … | Continue reading
Apple's new campus has received significant attention during its development phase, from design renderings to blueprints to aerial footage captured by drones. Apple has shared with Mashable exclusive details and photos of its new corporate offices, including the theater that will … | Continue reading
No show likes to troll its audience quite like The Walking Dead. Game of Thrones may kill off people you love, and Homeland may test your patience, but there’s something unique about The Walking Dead’s ability to get you invested, hold your hand through long stretches of dialogue … | Continue reading
This year, more money will be spent on political ads – $11.4 billion – than ever before. According to Borrell Associates around $1 billion of that will be spent on digital media, and half of that on social media. Compare that digital media spend to the $22.25 million spent in 200 … | Continue reading
Facebook Messenger is getting a major design refresh on Android. Head of Messenger David Marcus took to social media today to announce the new look, which uses a variety of Material Design elements, including a floating action button for starting new chats. For comparison here’s … | Continue reading
Greggs is hosting a sleep-based activation on the banks of the Thames today, in order to promote its new flat white coffee. | Continue reading
Event is to bring its Agenda print issue to life with a special lunch for the MDs of some of the UK's leading brand experience agencies, at the Bulgari Hotel in London's Knightsbridge today (8 March). | Continue reading
Windows 10 users who’ve been waiting patiently for Instagram to arrive on their OS can finally download a public beta of the mobile app, released today on the Microsoft Store. Like on every other versions of Instagram, Windows 10 users can use Facebook to sign into their account, … | Continue reading
Finally, we've seen white smoke! Well, sort of since we didn't actually hear anything new about the upcoming Hearthstone [Free] expansion, but at least now we know that on March 11th, Blizzard will announce what's next for the game we enjoy. More are expecting to hear about a pre … | Continue reading
“Cut the sh**, I’m here to do business.”It’s not a phrase that has passed Sarah Michelle Gellar’s lips, but she has wanted to say it, many times. | Continue reading
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Promoted by Goldman SachsOpen source solutions have changed the way people think about software and hardware alikeAs defined by Don Duet, head of the Technology Division at Goldman Sachs, "Open source is fundamentally the ability to take intellectual property and make it broadly … | Continue reading
Case modder Jeffrey Stephenson creates the type of extravagant PCs you want to construct a whole room around. His latest is the art deco-inspired SkyVue, which uses mahogany-like sapele wood and aluminum trim to mimic the look of a 1930s skyscraper (although that also means it lo … | Continue reading
Apple looks to have come to the end of the road in a long running legal saga involving allegations of an e-books price inflating conspiracy. Read More | Continue reading
Google is reportedly looking into various methods including gaze tracking to bring in-app purchases to Google Cardboard content in the near future. | Continue reading
Google received just over 75 million DMCA-related takedown requests in the month of March, representing a new high as content owners seek to keep pirate websites out of search results and invisible to people searching for leaked album downloads, movies, and other media. The rate … | Continue reading
WASHINGTON (By Lawrence Hurley, Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Apple Inc’s challenge to an appellate court decision that it conspired with five publishers to increase e-book prices, meaning it will have to pay $450 million as part of a settlement. Th … | Continue reading
Augmented reality and virtual reality have been the subject of a lot of hype from proponents who advocate its inevitability as a mainstream platform. With over $1.1 billion invested in the space in the last two months according to Digi-Capital, it seems that the growing class of … | Continue reading