WikiLeaks publishes a ton of democratic national committee emails, a bunch of employees leave reddit, Pokemon Go is live now in Japan, Verizon is close to buying Yahoo assets, Gravity4 CEO Gurbaksh Chahal has violated probation. All this on Crunch Report. Read More | Continue reading
Travis Bogard, a top Jawbone product executive, has parted ways with the company, The Verge has learned. Bogard had been with Jawbone since 2008, first as executive director of product and later on as vice president of product and strategy. Before Jawbone, he worked at Microsoft … | Continue reading
It clogs systems, causes accidents, wastes energy and makes people unhappy. It’s more than a bad experience on a website — in cities, bad user experience (UX) design can actually kill. We’re talking about signage, public spaces, civic and emergency communications and other forms … | Continue reading
In this infographic titled, The State of Search Marketing 2016, you'll discover the volume of search, frequency and the behavior of search engine users via mobile and desktop and explore the top opportunities to rank higher in search engines. | Continue reading
We're streaming live on Mobcrush right now. There's a couple different ways you can watch the stream, and they all work equally well and it's really just a matter of personal preference as to which method you prefer. The easiest way to watch is just watching the embedded player r … | Continue reading
We're almost over talking about Pokemon Go [Free], or so it would seem, as we only spent about five minutes this weeks talking about the game- Primarily surrounding the incredibly massive Pokemon Go Chicago meetup which was attended by thousands of people standing around waiting … | Continue reading
Good news for California and Nevada drivers this weekend: Google is offering up free gas for two days between LA and Las Vegas.Yes, really, free gas. The giveaway is part of a promotion around its new Google Maps app and includes free burgers and coffee for drivers making the sch … | Continue reading
Hey everyone, it's Friday and we're close to the end of the week of TouchArcade blasting stories out (unless anything cool happens over the weekend we need to cover), but the fact still remains: To survive, we very much need your support. The business of running a web site is tri … | Continue reading
The idea behind the TouchArcade Game of the Week is that every Friday afternoon we post the one game that came out this week that we think is worth giving a special nod to. Now, before anyone goes over-thinking this, it doesn't necessarily mean our Game of the Week pick is the hi … | Continue reading
Show me the money. I’m delighted to announce our newest panel for AR/VR Day at GamesBeat 2016. We have a panel of active investors who are looking at deals for augmented reality and virtual reality games. You can register for the event here. Check out the new agenda here. The pan … | Continue reading
Perhaps the best perk of working on a NASA mission is getting the official stitched mission patch. Nearly every project at the space agency produces its own unique emblem that is adorned by astronauts and engineers alike, serving as a reminder of the hard work put into each assig … | Continue reading
Hillary Clinton just can’t seem to catch a break when it comes to email — nor should she. WikiLeaks today, posted a treasure trove of messages to and from top democratic party officials in the days and weeks leading up to the Democratic National Convention (DNC). Containing nearl … | Continue reading
It's pretty darn common to see new games trickle out well after our weekly Out Now post, and this week was no different. Gone are the days of iOS games releasing (mostly) like clockwork. The latecomers this week are numerous and noteworthy enough that we figured we'd round them u … | Continue reading
American Gods, the TV adaption of Neil Gaiman's acclaimed novel, is actually happening. Like for real, really actually happening, after years of being kicked back and forth. And now Starz has put out a first preview of the show. It's a short first look at the show that focuses on … | Continue reading
As Pokémon Go takes over the world, players are finding themselves in a strange new place called “outside.” This has led to a few run-ins with concerned citizens who don’t understand why all these humans are standing on the sidewalk outside their homes and businesses — and someti … | Continue reading
The future is small in space: picture Cubesats the size of toasters and Femtosats an inch across crowding the skies. A newly invented motor that’s both tiny and powerful goes hand in hand with that vision, providing compact spacecraft with the ability to adjust their position wit … | Continue reading
The nice thing about Pokemon GO [Free] being built on various databases with available APIs is that it has inspired people to make their own tools to find Pokemon, to try and streamline the process. Pokevision is one of the most powerful tools yet – it allows you to scan the area … | Continue reading
We miss all the pokéball throws we don’t take. Sometimes we miss the ones we make, too. A man named Jon Cleaver knows this, so he created a case for the iPhone 6 that includes a pokéball aimer. We might never miss a Gyarados again, or even a Pidgey.Cleaver put his plans for the p … | Continue reading
Samsung has unveiled a new typeface dubbed SamsungOne, which will now become the universal font for every product the company releases in every market. | Continue reading
(Reuters) – Yahoo is focusing on U.S. telecommunications company Verizon as the buyer of its core business after reviewing final bids that it received this week, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. A deal would boost Verizon’s AOL internet business, which the company … | Continue reading
Dots & Co., the follow-up to the popular puzzle games Dots and Two Dots, launched on iOS and Android earlier this week. If reading about the new game isn’t enough for you, you can watch me try it out in the video above. In many ways, Dots & Co. should feel pretty familiar to fans … | Continue reading
Cranky internet commenters have been calling it since about two hours after Pokemon Go [Free] hit the App Store, but according to survey company and analytics firm SurveyMonkey, Pokemon Go peaked on July 14th. They're figuring that based on the number of people playing Pokemon Go … | Continue reading
So often in modern literature, the would-be avant-garde talent grows stifled, boring. They attend the same parties and talk to the same people, and form movements and issue manifestos and so on. This activity in fact dominates the literature world so thoroughly that — paradoxical … | Continue reading
It's now customary for Game of Thrones to greet fans at San Diego Comic-Con with a fresh blooper reel. This year is no exception. In this video, Emilia Clarke struggles with her Dothraki, and Kit Harington feels a little shy about being nude in front of Carice van Houten. But Pet … | Continue reading
After unceremoniously putting the old kibosh on it Instant service back in 2014, your friendly neighborhood DVD dispenser Redbox is ramping up to give streaming another go. The movie distributor, whose vending machines have become a supermarket mainstay across the US, is taking a … | Continue reading
Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones is back on Twitter after several days of horrific abuse at the hands of anonymous trolls. The actress spoke with Seth Meyers last night about her experiences from the last couple of days.As Ghostbusters enjoyed its weekend box office run, Jones foun … | Continue reading
Today there is enough data available to bring people of similar or adjacent profiles closer, and inform them about signals and contexts where they could either help, pay it forward or seek help. Over a period of time, a community (a micro-market network) will form that will prosp … | Continue reading
As many as 120 blockchain-related projects are being undertaken by governments and companies rated by Moody’s, new data shows. | Continue reading
Okay, I'll admit, I just like saying "foveated rendering" because it makes me sound smart. But it's a real thing, and it's going to probably play an important role in the next stage of this little VR journey we're all on. Foveated rendering saves on GPU work by only rendering sha … | Continue reading
GUEST: The unveiling of the Facebook chatbot platform has created a veritable maelstrom of activity in Silicon Valley. Every day, a new article either bemoaning the digitization of communication or celebrating the simplicity of automation, weighs in on this phenomenon. Is 2016 th … | Continue reading
“What are they doing?”That was the question an older woman, probably around 70 or so, asked me yesterday. She was pointing to a group of 18-ish boys and girls near a YMCA, the biggest (and, so far, only) Pokestop in the city where I live. Without exception, the teens were all sta … | Continue reading
Millions in ether remain unclaimed from an account established for the purpose of allowing original investors in The DAO to get it back. | Continue reading
I got into poker at a relatively young age. For most kids in conservative families, it's usually the same story -- one of your relatives probably teaches it to you and tries to get you to sip a beer. I carried over my knowledge of straights and flushes into middle school, where I … | Continue reading
A San Francisco judge ruled today that ad tech CEO Gurbaksh Chahal violated his probation in a domestic violence case. Judge Tracie Brown ordered Chahal to surrender his passports to the court on Monday and will determine his sentence on August 12. Chahal’s legal woes began when … | Continue reading
Jaybird X2 Bluetooth Sport Headphones are sweat-proof, sport an 8-hour battery life, and can stay securely in your ears regardless of your workout. | Continue reading
3D sound, it’s, ahem, all around you. From the look (or, rather, sound of it), hardware startups are convinced that the effect is set to be the next big thing in consumer audio, and Kickstarter, accordingly, is littered with headphones that promise a more immersive listening expe … | Continue reading
When you’re invited to see Hodor DJ a set at the single biggest nerd convention in the country, you don’t think twice. You put on your finest raiment, say a prayer to the Old Gods and the New, and prepare for a night to remember. That’s what I expected from Rave of Thrones — Kris … | Continue reading
Last season The Walking Dead left audiences hanging with one of the most infuriating cliffhangers the show has ever attempted. That strategy is in full effect in this new trailer, revealed today at Comic-Con, that infers just about anyone could end up on the wrong side of Negan's … | Continue reading
Feminist writer Roxane Gay and poet Yona Harvey will write a Marvel comic series set in the same world as Ta-Nehisi Coates' Black Panther series, The New York Times reports.Reportedly coming this November, the series will be called World of Wakanda, and it will go deeper into the … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Mobile social game RockYou is laying off 65 people, or 18 percent of its staff, over the next three months, GamesBeat confirmed today. The San Mateo, California-based company has been steadily expanding and contracting as its business needs change. RockYou’s business r … | Continue reading
The week before Hillary Clinton is expected to become the Democratic presidential candidate, WikiLeaks has published over 19,000 emails it says come from seven top Democratic National Committee figures. Among them are hundreds of messages that appear to hold personal information … | Continue reading
In spite of the progress of car tech overall, the number of vehicles breaking down is actually spiking. According to Fortune, the American Automotive Association (AAA) tended to a record-high 32 million drivers with vehicle breakdowns last year. The main causes? A lot of flat tir … | Continue reading
Baidu, the Chinese search giant, has quietly launched TalkType, a virtual keyboard for Android devices that lets you use your voice as your main input method. All you have to do is hit the microphone icon in the middle of the keyboard and start talking, and Baidu will quickly and … | Continue reading
History was made this week in tech as Peter Thiel wowed the crowd at the RNC, Elon Musk exposed Master Plan Part Deux and we saw yet another iPhone 7 leak. Read More | Continue reading
In likely the least surprising Pokemon GO [Free] development to come out this week, Apple has recently confirmed that Niantic's overnight sensation has broken the record for most downloads in the first week of availability. That means it even beat out ultra-popular game series li … | Continue reading
Toronto entrepreneur David King learned something over the past four months, doing random bringing people together for random dinners at restaurants in Toronto: Many of the people participating were freelancers and entrepreneurs, and many of them wanted somewhere to work more oft … | Continue reading
If you're starting out in the colorful world of Pokémon Go and you're keen to catch them all/be the best like no one ever was/etc., there are a few key things you need to get to grips with first.Whether you've never played Pokémon before or you have fond childhood memories that y … | Continue reading
Mark Zuckerberg's personal artificial intelligence is already toast...ing his bread.Since January, the Facebook founder and CEO has been working on an AI to help him at home and with work. "You can think of it kind of like Jarvis in Iron Man," he wrote on Facebook in January.SEE … | Continue reading