Earlier this year, Kristen Koh Goldstein merged two of her companies, three-year-old Scalus and six-year-old BackOps into a new company called HireAthena, a back-office-as a service startup that also sells fully automated workflow software. From the start, the company has aggress … | Continue reading
Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima announced today that major details about the Nintendo Switch home-and-tablet game console will be shared at a January 12 event called the Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017. Fans have so far only been treated to a 3-minute video showing off the … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price could be due for more gains after this upside breakout, possibly aiming for the $750 level next.The post Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 10/27/2016 – Next Upside Targets appeared first on NEWSBTC. | Continue reading
Smartphone vendors shipped a total of 362.9 million smartphones worldwide last quarter. This figure is up 1.0 percent from the 359.3 million units in Q3 2015. After two flat quarters in a row, smartphones have seen a slight return to year-over-year growth. It would have been even … | Continue reading
A saying that picture is worth a thousand words has never been more relevant than it is today. Online tools have overshadowed traditional marketing strategies and no marketer must fail to utilize them, since they are the place where the visual content fully shines. | Continue reading
Follow live from San FranciscoThe SD card slotPhotographers, prepare to get angryNo escape key?The function keys may be deletedFingerprint scannerCan we unlock it with our fingerprint?[View the story "Apple event, October 2016" on Storify]Apple event, October 2016Storified by Mas … | Continue reading
The struggle is real for Samsung. The Korean electronics giant’s operating profit plunged 30 percent year-on-year as the effects of the Galaxy Note 7 crisis begin to take a financial toll. Read More | Continue reading
(Reuters) — Salesforce.com Inc Chief Executive Officer Marc Benioff spoke on Wednesday about a pair of key acquisitions that got away, suggesting his vision for LinkedIn Corp (was different from Microsoft Corp’s and that he would have pursued Twitter Inc if shareholders had not l … | Continue reading
They say if you love something, let it go. But Apple is having a hard time setting free its infamous AirPods.The company says it needs "a little more time" before it starts selling the new wireless ear buds, announced at the same time as the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. The headphone jac … | Continue reading
Nintendo doesn't plan to reveal much more about its upcoming Switch console this year, but you won't have to wait too long into 2017. The company just announced a "Nintendo Switch Presentation" in Tokyo on January 12th, which will be streamed live around the world. Nintendo will … | Continue reading
Microsoft’s getting quite good at design moonshots, creating product silhouettes that challenge our notions of what computing should look like. The large, yet astonishingly thin, Surface Studio is a perfect reflection of that still somewhat new skill.As I looked over that all-in- … | Continue reading
Nintendo has a new console coming in March, and it is running on some familiar hardware. This could give us some idea of what to expect from the new system. When Nintendo unveiled the Switch on Thursday, Nvidia also came out and revealed it is working on the hybrid home/handheld … | Continue reading
The numbers look grim. Data analyzing how the social media site Twitter is used for abusive online behavior, or trolling — in internet parlance — does not paint a pretty picture. The company may have lost potential buyers because of its very real problem with trollsBloomberg repo … | Continue reading
More than a year ago, Intel Capital allocated $125 million to a fund dedicated investing in minority and women-owned startups. On Wednesday, the venture capital firm announced that it was expanding its focus to include founders from the LGBTQ community, are living with disabiliti … | Continue reading
GUEST: If you’re interested in learning about, investing in, or building a company involved in machine learning, Toronto should be on your radar. Here are five reasons why: 1. The Geoff Hinton Lab Mafia If you’ve been following the industry, you likely know all about Geoff Hinton … | Continue reading
Facebook recently fired the entire Trending Topics team of human editors amid accusations they were promoting specific agendas and biasing what news was deemed “important.” Now the company is relying on machine learning algorithms to manage Trending Topics — and finding that keep … | Continue reading
Emporio Armani has realized even people with expensive taste want connected devices. The fashion company partnered with Fossil to launch its first hybrid connected watch this week, called the EA Connected Watch. The watch comes with an analog display, but still syncs with phones … | Continue reading
LAGUNA BEACH, California — Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says he had an "exciting vision" for how he could have used Twitter at his company even though he wasn't able to make good on it.Speaking Wednesday at the Wall Street Journal's WSJD conference, Benioff again spoke about his r … | Continue reading
Microsoft unveiled its revamped and modernized Paint app for Windows 10 earlier today. It's designed to make 3D object creation easy across devices with a regular mouse and keyboard, touchscreens, and stylus input. Microsoft is now letting Windows Insiders test out an early versi … | Continue reading
Just a day after Facebook demonstrated an app that would deploy filters in live video, Prisma announced that its solution will be available in the “next couple of days.” In a broadcast, company chief executive and cofounder Alexey Moiseenkov said that Prisma Live brings the style … | Continue reading
Elon Musk began Tesla’s earning call regarding its third-quarter results on an upbeat: he suggested that Q4 will also be strong for the company, deflating some analyst commentary that the results for this most recent reporting period might’ve been up at the expense of the next on … | Continue reading
MIT is getting into the incubator business in a big way with “The Engine,” a major fund and accelerator space aimed at nurturing early-stage companies solving big, difficult problems in tech and science. After The Engine raises its targeted $150 million fund, up to 60 companies a … | Continue reading
Gameforge said it has acquired a military PC game from Aeria Games, even as the German game publisher laid off staff making mobile games. Earlier this week, Gameforge said it would lay off a fifth of its workers in Karlsruhe, Germany. The company didn’t say how many were affected … | Continue reading
Vessel announced on Wednesday that its video subscription service is being acquired by Verizon where its capabilities will be used to further the telecommunication giant’s online video ambitions. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Vessel will be shuttered on Octo … | Continue reading
Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested Wednesday that he can create a car-sharing network that’s so good, customers will abandon Uber and other ride-sharing companies in droves to adopt it. During an earnings call Wednesday, Musk was asked to explain whether his proposed car sharing netwo … | Continue reading
Apple plans on unveiling its own version of a TV guide tomorrow during its Mac hardware event in Cupertino, California, according to Recode. The software will live on top of the Apple TV streaming box, as well as an app on iOS devices, to let users easily search and find shows an … | Continue reading
The beloved emoji that we take for granted and use every day to transmit our deepest emotions have a history, and now that history will be protected as part of the Museum of Modern Art's (MoMA) permanent collection. SEE ALSO: Interracial couples emoji app and hashtag launches to … | Continue reading
When Elon Musk revealed Tesla’s plan to ship all Tesla’s made going forward with all the hardware they need to achieve full autonomy, the company noted that car owners would not be able to use their future self-driving Teslas to drive for Uber or Lyft. Instead, they’d be able to … | Continue reading
The big night is tonight! At 6pm, the TC Meetup + Pitch-off is going down in Seoul, South Korea. We’ll be joined by some of the brightest minds in the local tech scene to discuss going global and diversity, and then we’ll dive straight into the Pitch-off itself. Each of these 10 … | Continue reading
Verizon is buying Vessel, the subscription video service founded by Jason Kilar (Hulu’s former CEO) and Richard Tom (its former CTO). Vessel enlisted YouTube stars and other video creators, offering early access to their videos for $2.99 a month. It raised more than $130 million … | Continue reading
Dragon’s Tale is an online Bitcoin Casino offering gamblers a new approach to gambling. In this Casino, gamblers can find a 3D virtual world with lots and lots of original casino-based mini-games. There are many casinos in the Bitcoin gambling industry but none of them offers the … | Continue reading
Black Mirror’s latest season has no shortage of downer moments. In its second episode, “Playtest,” the show veers away from its typically cynical view of technology, however, and falls straight into a horror rabbit hole. It turns out it could have been much worse. “Playtest” prov … | Continue reading
GUEST: In a month packed with big music industry stories, the rumor of a potential sale of Soundcloud to Spotify stood above the rest. And that rumor is still getting attention. On paper, it all makes sense — Soundcloud has struggled recently to launch its paid streaming service, … | Continue reading
OpenStack, the open source cloud computing platform that allows enterprises to essentially run their own version of AWS in their data centers, was founded by NASA and Rackspace in 2010. Today, it’s being used by the likes of Comcast, PayPal, Volkswagen, CERN, AT&T, China Mobile a … | Continue reading
LEOcoin – It sounds like money a lion would use, but in actuality, it’s an open source, peer-to-peer platform that today, is celebrating the release of its new mobile app. Customers and users alike will now be able to carry the power of LEOcoin with them at all time on their smar … | Continue reading
JSON is the lingua franca of exchanging data over the net and between applications written in different programming languages. In this article, we create a tiny JSON client/server app in Go. | Continue reading
Identifier: PP-2-2016Pillar: 3rd Health ProgrammePlanned Opening Date: Deadline: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 17:00:00 (Brussels local time) | Continue reading
First, let's be clear: The Microsoft Surface Studio is not a "new category" of device, as company executives half-heartedly teased during the keynote leading up the big unveil. It is, fundamentally, an all-in-one PC. Microsoft has managed to give the device enough innovative feat … | Continue reading
Microsoft's most fascinating announcement today was the introduction of its Surface Dial accessory. It's a Bluetooth-powered puck that can sit on your desk or attach to the new Surface Studio display to provide contextual radial menus that you can interact with. It feels like a n … | Continue reading
Yesterday morning, Twitter user @Kuwaddo made a cheeky realization: By Google Trends’ count, the search term “memes” is now more popular than “Jesus.” We’ve reached peak internet in the year 2016.WE DID IT PEOPLE.WE FUCKING DID IT.HOLY SHIT. pic.twitter.com/RgfAM2H9W2— Quad (@Kuw … | Continue reading
Verizon said Wednesday it is buying the technology behind Vessel, the short-form video firm started by former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar.The telecom giant is acquiring Vessel’s product and technology, but plans to shut down the Vessel service. Kilar won’t be joining Verizon long-term, … | Continue reading
Microsoft unveiled the Surface Studio today, the company’s first desktop computer. We shot a quick and dirty hands-on video with the all-in-one PC and its flagship accessory, the Surface Dial — you can view it below — and then we went back to spend more time with it. First and fo … | Continue reading
Centz is teaming up with decentralized crowdfunding source OpenLedger. The crypto and anti-fraud venture, which allows customers to garner cash from unused gift cards, is working with the incubation platform to spur a new funding round this coming November following an announceme … | Continue reading
New research on the habits and successes of B2C marketers using content marketing in North America reveals a strong commitment to the discipline. It also shows most content marketers are struggling with the same issue: having enough time to create consistent, high-quality content … | Continue reading
Some significant consolidation is going down in the world of daily deals — going down being the operative phrase here. Today, Groupon announced that it would acquire LivingSocial, its onetime big rival that was partly owned by Amazon, for an undisclosed sum. Lest you think that t … | Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Microsoft won’t skip virtual reality and jump directly to augmented reality. Instead, the company is combining these technologies into its Windows Holographic platform while also getting aggressive on pricing and capabilities. Microsoft revealed a lineup of third-party … | Continue reading
Microsoft's new Surface Book might look a lot like the old one, but there's one subtle change that the company didn't highlight at all at its event today. Comparing both last year's model and the new Surface Book, it's clear that Microsoft has managed to shrink the gap when the h … | Continue reading