Lenovo today is starting to sell the Phab 2 Pro, the $499 phablet that’s notable for being the first phone that supports the Google Tango augmented reality system. As such, these are the first devices that can run new Tango applications that will be available through the Google P … | Continue reading
Silicon Valley’s most talkative investor will bring his enterprise experience and connections to the makers of UberConference. Office cloud communications startup Dialpad today announced that Marc Andreessen is joining its board of directors. “The company’s hit its stride” Andree … | Continue reading
After running Ripple for around four years and overseeing the company’s growth through around $94 million in financing, CEO Chris Larsen will be stepping down. Larsen will become executive chairman of the company — a common move in CEO transitions. But COO Brad Garlinghouse, prev … | Continue reading
It was just a matter of time, really. Facebook, Twitter and their ilk have been pushing live streaming in a big way of late, and certainly that brand of interactivity makes sense in the context of a service like Twitter. While it’s not technically a social network in the purest s … | Continue reading
If you’re designing a piece of hardware to help design hardware, it certainly helps to have a prominent projects under your belt. The team behind InstruMMents is responsible for a few, including, perhaps most notably, the Misfit Shine, the modular activity tracker that seemingly … | Continue reading
Distributed ledger startup Ripple has announced its current CEO will soon step down.Source | Continue reading
Seattle’s FlowPlay has launched Dynasty Football, an online fantasy football strategy card game. The title aims to capitalize on the 51.6 million people in the U.S. who play fantasy sports games (according to Fantasy Sports Association). Market researcher Ipsos estimates that eac … | Continue reading
If it weren’t for Pokémon Go, augmented reality might have stayed another forlorn futurist technology the public paid little attention to. Instead, the AR mobile game from developer Niantic Labs, a former Google subsidiary, catapulted the technology to hundreds of millions of sma … | Continue reading
How do you measure something that’s not in a straight line? Rulers and tape measures work, but only so well, and at certain points you’re making an approximation as you try to fit the object to the curve.The 01, the first product from a new company called InstruMMents (founded by … | Continue reading
Master & Dynamic is a relatively new brand in the audio world, but it has built up a name around its stylish line of headphones that combine premium materials with a signature design. Today, the company is expanding its range with the MW50, a wireless version of its original MH30 … | Continue reading
By now it's a familiar narrative in startup circles: you can make millions by disrupting industries where exorbitant markups are the standard. Usually though, a company doesn't try to attempt to change an industry responsible for manufacturing something that you put on top of you … | Continue reading
Sean D'Souza shares three attention-grabbing methods you can use in your writing. They yank your readers into your articles by creating intense curiosity. | Continue reading
Organizing new product launches and telling customers about new features can be a daunting task. Learn how to market a feature with Kathryn from CoSchedule. | Continue reading
Google is finally realizing its vision for 3D-sensing smartphones. Lenovo's Phab2 Pro, the first smartphone to be equipped with Google's Project Tango technology, is now on sale. The phone's unique combination of cameras and sensors allow it to take advantage of augmented reality … | Continue reading
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BlackBerry’s QNX division is one of the Canadian company’s rare bright spots: The software maker’s operating system is a key ingredient in the infotainment offerings of a large number of automakers (BlackBerry says it’s currently running in over 60 million vehicles), and it’s now … | Continue reading
What does F-Secure have in common with Google, Microsoft and Reaktor? We’re all among “Finland’s Most Attractive Employers” according to a new survey of 5,993 professionals by Universum conducted from March to August of this year. We rank sixth behind those big names but we’re fo … | Continue reading
Play-Doh has teamed up with John Lewis to offer shoppers the chance to buy personalised tubs of the children's modelling material, as part of the brand's 60th birthday celebrations. | Continue reading
Israel-based equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd is launching a sector specific fund fully focused on digital health — touting it as Israel’s first fund with such a focus. The fund, called OurCrowd Qure, will invest in early stage startups at the seed and Series A level. Fundra … | Continue reading
The recent rush of allegations against countries like Russia and China and their possible roles against cyber attacks on countries like the U.S. have prompted a big move from the UK: the government said today that it plans to invest £1.9 billion ($2.3 billion) over the next five … | Continue reading
At least 30 million people wear contact lenses in the U.S., but somehow, less than one-third of this population wears daily disposable lenses, which are deemed the most hygienic and healthiest option by eye health professionals. A New York City startup called Hubble Contacts, co- … | Continue reading
Bitcoin has been going strong since the past few weeks. The cryptocurrency which was priced at around $640 in mid-October has surged past the $700 mark and now stands at $725, after falling to $690 briefly over the weekend. At the current pace, the price of Bitcoin reaching $800 … | Continue reading
Pokémon Go had its first special in-game event this Halloween, and the results are promising for people hoping Niantic will run more in the future: Revenue was up 2.3 times from the week before, according to app analytics firm SensorTower, and daily revenue on October 29, in the … | Continue reading
Japanese bank SBI Group has launched a blockchain consortium focused on its domestic market.Source | Continue reading
Urban Partnerships, a division of experiential agency MKTG, has teamed up with Havas Media to facilitate the partnership between cycle scheme Buzzbike and online payments company Braintree. | Continue reading
Über Sinn und Unsinn der Touch Bar beim neuen MacBook Pro wird fleißig gestritten. Revolutionär sagen die einen, ärgerlicher Mumpitz sagen die anderen. Da muss ein sinnvoller Usecase her, dachte sich dieser Programmierer, der eine... | Continue reading
When’s the best time to post on LinkedIn? The results are in, and it’s 9 AM EST on Wednesdays. That’s … | Continue reading
Spin Master has launched its Air Hogs Connect: Mission Drone, which combines the fun of a kid’s drone with an augmented reality game. Toronto-based Spin Master said the $150 drone is now on sale at U.S. retailers, including Barnes & Noble and Amazon. The toy is one more example o … | Continue reading
Music streaming continues to grow as a proportion of our recorded music consumption, with 47% of all recorded music revenues coming from streamed services in the U.S. in the first half of 2016, according to the RIAA. And in the wake of that wave of usage, we’re seeing the emergen … | Continue reading
Back when he was called "the most famous unknown artist in the world," Dennis Hwang was primarily in charge of designing Google Doodles, the fun, often-informative bits of multimedia content that live within the Google logo on the company’s search page. Since then, his design can … | Continue reading
Wall Street makes common appearances in many campaign ads as candidates try to tie their opponents to money from big banks. In the 2016 election, the villain of the banking industry has been attacked by both Democrats and Republicans alike. Photo: AP | Continue reading
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The New York Times is teaming up with Samsung to launch a new immersive 360-degree video journalism project. Launching on the web, the New York Times’ mobile apps, and through Samsung’s own virtual reality (VR) content service, Samsung VR, The Daily 360 promises “at least” one 36 … | Continue reading
Freshdesk has been moving beyond the pure customer service help desk for some time, and today it got $55 million to continue that expansion.The round was led by Sequoia Capital India with participation from Accel Partners, which has been investing in the company from the beginnin … | Continue reading
Every once in a while, Microsoft updates its vision for the future with an impressive look at a world beyond beige PCs on every desk. I’ve seen many over the years, and I study them obsessively for any hints at what the company might be planning in real life. So when I sat at Mi … | Continue reading
FreshDesk, the startup behind a cloud-based customer support software, announced today that it has closed a whopping $55 million investment round. Sequoia Capital India led the series F funding round, followed by returning investor Accel Partners. The San Bruno, Calif.-based SaaS … | Continue reading
Korg hat einen kompakten und besonders mobilen Bass-Synthie vorgestellt: Den monophonen kleinen Bruder des Minilogue, der dann auf den Namen Monologue hört, im mehr oder weniger gleichen Gehäuse wie sein Vorgänger kommt und neben der... | Continue reading
Elon Musk, Tesla's chief executive and chairman of SolarCity, unveiled Oct. 29 his vision for a sustainable and integrated future. Musk, speaking on a street from the set of Desperate Housewives, pointed to the houses all around and asked the audience if they noticed anything dif … | Continue reading
It is now Tuesday morning, and once again, we have had an excellent night’s worth of trading in the bitcoin price. Things initially looked a little flat as we headed into the late US session, but after a bit of Asian volume mixed into the equation, price broke out to the upside, … | Continue reading
PRESS RELEASE: linked2pay, an award-winning banking and payments technology provider announced today that they have added 'Pay by Text' as an option on their Bank Centric Payments platform. This enables partners on the bank integrated platform to offer... | Continue reading
Energy company SSE celebrated their 'proud to make a difference' motto with a concert that took place last Monday (24 October). | Continue reading
BTCC announced today that it will be adding US dollar (USD) to its existing bitcoin exchange service.Source | Continue reading
The current political landscape of Philippines has caught everyone’s attention. The so-called war on drugs, gambling and what not by the country’s new president Rodrigo Duterte has allegedly turned the country into a wild west. Now, with vigilantes and police cracking down on som … | Continue reading
The Verge 2021In celebration of our 5th anniversary, this month we’re publishing a series of interviews with innovative leaders about what the next five years hold. To read more about this series, read our editor Nilay Patel’s introduction here.In his final months on the job, US … | Continue reading
There are many meetups, parties and events happening during the week of Web Summit. The Lisbon community (and those beyond) have been busy organising. Remember that you may need to register or book your place for some of these events. See a list of just some of the events below.T … | Continue reading
Print company Photobox is launching its first ever Christmas grotto, allowing shoppers in London to create and wrap personalised presents for free. | Continue reading
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