Does the world need another food ordering app? No? Well, what about an app that’s all about pizza? The startup formerly known as MyPizza has already been working with independent pizzerias by helping them to accept online orders. (It’s also provided pizza at TechCrunch meetups.) … | Continue reading
Codemaster's acclaimed 2011 racing game, DiRT 3, is free on PC and Mac through the Humble Store.All you need to do is snag a Steam code before Saturday at 6pm UK time.More good news: this isn't just DiRT 3, but the Complete Edition of the Colin McRae Rally title. That means it in … | Continue reading
Get your wallet out because it's shopping season.Best Buy just released its shopping deals for Black Friday, the biggest shopping event of the year. SEE ALSO: Amazon just killed Black FridayFor techies, it means lots and lots of new gadgets at discounted prices. We've combed thro … | Continue reading
There's often a sense of trepidation when booking a visit to a tourist destination never been to before. A new virtual reality app from Australian airline Qantas is here to help. Would-be travellers, bored daydreamers and anyone with an appreciation for the beauty of nature can n … | Continue reading
Google's developer forums have now labeled a request to add Night Mode to Nexus phones running on Android 7.1 Nougat as a "FutureRelease". | Continue reading
As in life, nothing in marketing is guaranteed, but there are some tried and true tactics that have a greater likelihood of success than others. When you use A/B testing of landing page components that have been found repeatedly in research to be effective, then you have a good c … | Continue reading
AOL’s president of media brands Luke Beatty is stepping down from his position today to spend more time with family.Beatty ran AOL’s tech blogs — including TechCrunch and Engadget — as well as several other online media properties for the company. He came to AOL from TechStars af … | Continue reading
Trying a new section this week, gigs/jobs in the space, ping me if you'd like to add any. Hot topic this week is, what is the path to digital revenues for publishers? Replacing print advertisers fast enough. The challenge here is most of the market are focused on existing digital … | Continue reading
My workflow is predominantly iOS-centric, but, lately, I’ve been turning more to the Mac — my girlfriend’s 15” MacBook Pro — to get work done. I’ve enjoyed getting reacquainted with Apple’s desktop operating system. I like the Mac. While it’s true the 12.9” iPad Pro is generally … | Continue reading
Scientists at Imperial College of London have teamed with UK biotech company DNA Electronics to develop a USB stick-based HIV test capable of sophisticated detection in a fraction of the time of a standard test. The computer plug-in just needs a single drop of blood to go to work … | Continue reading
Microsoft is rolling into the 2016 holidays with a lot of momentum for its video game brand. The Xbox One is the top-selling console in the United States in October, according to data-tracking firm The NPD Group. Microsoft shared this information today. The company also confirmed … | Continue reading
Eine Diskussion über die Zukunft ist kaum möglich ohne das Wort Innovation in den Mund zu nehmen. Ein Blick über den Gartenzaun in das benachbarte Deutschland weist den Schlafstrandkorb als die Innovation des Jahres aus. Der allseits bekannte Strandkorb – das Wahrzeichen der Osts … | Continue reading
Writing Audience-Friendly Content to Boost Your Online Engagement This week #ContentChat was joined byRachel Moffett (@redheadrachel) from Express Writers who shared her tips for creating audience-friendly content. Q1: How do you define audience-friendly content, and why is it i … | Continue reading
The Syfy Channel dropped a new trailer for the next season of The Expanse, as well as a new release date for when we get to catch up with the crew of the spaceship Rocinante. The footage is a solid reminder that you really should be watching this show.Last season dropped viewers … | Continue reading
Announced earlier this year, the PillDrill is a simple system designed to take some of the pain out of remembering to take medication – taking things between those big plastic pill boxes with the help of a little 21st century connectivity. The system is built around the Pill Dril … | Continue reading
The Verge relaunch is a project like no other for Vox Media. This was the first time we’ve taken a brand that our company originally built and given it a full redesign. We’re not just talking about the website, either. This redesign covers everything from the logo to event space … | Continue reading
Since its release in 2015, the thinking face emoji has been ubiquitously used as a symbol for sarcasm or response to ironic statements. It replaced the shruggie when we had no words to better describe absurdity; Max Read described it as the “perfect non-response.” But with 51 new … | Continue reading
If you're looking for a great deal on TVs, phones, consoles, or really any gadget or gizmo, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are some of the best shopping days of the year when it comes to new tech. We're sorting through all of this year's discounts to find the best of the best and … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: A new version of the smartphone game Wordie launched today, and it allows iOS users to create custom puzzles with images and GIFs from Giphy. Custom puzzles can be sent to groups of friends or shared with the larger Wordie community through the Wordie iOS app or iMessa … | Continue reading
Nvidia reported record revenues of $2 billion for the third fiscal quarter ended October 30, and it blew past Wall Street estimates for both revenues and earnings. Nvidia’s stock rose 13 percent in after-hours trading to $76.66 a share. Nvidia is riding high on virtual reality, P … | Continue reading
Nudge is seeking a passionate digital marketer to join our team. We're a bunch of misfits, hackers who have come all the way from New Zealand to bring our product to the market. This means our work culture is a little different to your typical NY company, we all love to travel a … | Continue reading
Instagram has put in a few new additions to its Stories feature, including support for brief Boomerang videos, mentions and links. | Continue reading
Snap’s Spectacles are having a spectacular debut today, with (at least) hundreds of people lining up at their first Snapbot pop-up vending machine location in Venice Beach. We got the chance to speak to a few of those lucky enough to have grabbed some today, and they told us what … | Continue reading
Verizon has been selling its own Ellipsis-branded line of budget Android tablets for a while now, and today the company announced its latest offering, the Ellipsis 8 HD. It’s an updated version of the earlier Ellipsis 8, upgrading the 8-inch display from 720p to 1080p, the camera … | Continue reading
Cliff house is a private residence designed by Michael Hsu Office of Architecture. The house offers a captivating view of Lake Austin. | Continue reading
Valburn West House is a contemporary residence designed by Alterstudio Architecture, located in Austin, Texas. | Continue reading
It was only a matter of time, but Instagram has confirmed today that it’s working on its own live streaming implementation. In an interview with the Financial Times, Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom said: Live is really exciting for us. I think it can enhance what we’re doing. If I’ … | Continue reading
a21studio designs a small temple in the beautiful landscape of Nha Trang, Vietnam. The unvarnished construction method seems to recall the ... | Continue reading
Located in Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, Peninsula Residence was completed in 2016 by SJB Architecture. | Continue reading
A Parallel Architecture has modernized and renovated Three-Courts House, a mid-century residence located in Austin, Texas. | Continue reading
Google has started selling Live Cases for its Pixel phones that feature designs from well-known American fashion designer Jeremy Scott. | Continue reading
Oculus has launched the feature that establishes a new minimum spec for its Rift headset, making it accessible on cheaper PCs. In a blog post, the company announced the addition of asynchronous spacewarp, which lets VR titles run smoothly at half the normal frame rate. While the … | Continue reading
Increasing interest in blockchain technology based applications among banking and financial institutions has got governments and central banks across the world making special allowances for Fintech companies. Singapore is the latest country to consider offering special concession … | Continue reading
Over the past 24 hours, top executives at Apple, eBay, Box, and Microsoft have sent company-wide memos urging employees to try to move forward and expressing the belief that people are inherently good. Others, like Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, have posted public statements about h … | Continue reading
“I hear so much about the NIH, and it’s terrible,” President-elect Donald Trump told conservative radio host Michael Savage last year, using the acronym for the National Institutes of Health. The NIH is the federal agency that shelled out $32 billion for biomedical research in fi … | Continue reading
An international trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has hit the web, giving us our best look yet at the franchise’s iconic villain, while also providing a bit more of a glimpse into Jyn Erso’s backstory.While this film is supposed to stand alone from the rest of the franchi … | Continue reading
Donald Trump won the US presidential election this week, and a lot of people are nervous. Trump previously called for a boycott of Apple’s products after it refused to build a backdoor key for law enforcement who wanted to access the iPhone of a suspected terrorist. Trump has als … | Continue reading
Google took its first real stab at entering the VR headset world...and the version is pretty cozy. Read more...More about Mashable Video, Daydream, Google, Vr, and Real Time Video | Continue reading
In a shift sure to give frequent flyers hope for trips filled with Netflix binges, American Airlines is finally getting rid of its notoriously slow in-flight W-Fi. SEE ALSO: India is still not keen to allow in-flight Wi-FiBloomberg reports that American plans to retrofit 500 air … | Continue reading
Verizon has started selling the Ellipsis 8 HD Android tablet. The 8-inch device with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow is priced at $249.99 without a contract. | Continue reading
GUEST: Chatbots are artificially intelligent platforms that interact and communicate with customers on behalf of a business entity. They are making a difference, developing a different user experience and raising customer retention and loyalty. With the latter being vital to the … | Continue reading
No matter which side of the aisle you’re on it’s clear that in next four years technology will be taking center stage. Politics are now less about relationships between people and more about relationships between computers and no matter who you voted for we believe tech is truly … | Continue reading
No-fly zones have been put in place around President-elect Donald Trump’s residence at Trump Tower in New York City and Vice President-elect Mike Pence’s home in Indianapolis.The FAA directives, officially called Notice To Airmen or NOTAM, is routine following a presidential elec … | Continue reading
"Alexa, can I get a cheaper Echo?""Yes, yes, you can."Amazon.com will, obviously, be a prime destination for holiday shopping, with most people buying stuff not made by Amazon. The e-retail giant would like to change that a bit, which is why it's priming the pump by pre-announcin … | Continue reading
A (John) King of all trades gives us his thoughts on life as a writer turned content marketing strategist and where he sees the industry going | Continue reading
Google announced a new milestone for its Chrome browser today: 2 billion active installs between desktop and mobile since its September 2008 release. The news was made public onstage at the Chrome Dev Summit conference by Chrome Engineering VP Darin Fisher. Of course, this stat d … | Continue reading
It’s Spectacle day. Snapchat surprised everyone this morning by deploying a vending machine that sells Spectacles right along the beach in Venice. The machine will only be there for 24 hours, and there are already crazy lines. We got some hands on video from Jameson Detweiler, wh … | Continue reading
The same group that hacked and leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee during the campaign is focusing on a new set of targets, according to research from security firm Volexity first reported by Brian Krebs. The group, dubbed “The Dukes” by Volexity researchers, has … | Continue reading