Nintendo just unveiled its next-generation console, the Nintendo Switch. Will this hybrid platform reverse the company's poor living room hardware sales? | Continue reading
Last week, I published a piece on The Verge detailing the upcoming fall local multiplayer releases across all the major gaming platforms. There were 11 games on the list. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Get ready for a lot more 360 videos in Facebook articles. After introducing Instant Articles in May 2015 and 360 content in September of the same year, Facebook is bringing the two together. Starting today, any publisher can implement 360 content in their Instant Articles. They w … | Continue reading
Health tech startup Cardiogram has raised $2 million in a seed round led by the a16z Bio Fund for an app that screens users’ cardio health and gives them help improving or maintaining it. The company started out with an Apple Watch integrated app, initially. But it is ultimately … | Continue reading
A Bitcoin airdrop which was held in September successfully brought new users to the digital currency community. Hosted by one Blockchain Education Network (BEN), an independent network of student blockchain clubs, the said Bitcoin airdrop attracted students from all across Canada … | Continue reading
The trailer for Nintendo's new Switch console plays like a Mission Impossible heist. Just when you think Tom Cruise is stumped, his gadget does one more weird trick to save the day.Dog needs to go outside?No problem, just take apart your modular controller and snap the pieces ont … | Continue reading
VentureBeat’s Bots Channel tracks the most important news and analysis from the exploding field of bots and messaging. Each week, we select the top stories and present them in in our free weekly newsletter, BotBeat. We include news stories by VentureBeat staff, guest articles fro … | Continue reading
Learn why storytelling should be infused into your content marketing efforts from Shane Snow, Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder of Contently. | Continue reading
The R3 private banking consortium's blockchain software code will be released publicly. The post Report: R3’s Banking Blockchain Software is Going Open Source appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. | Continue reading
Donald Trump has a propensity for spouting off at the mouth, especially on Twitter. At this point, that statement should surprise no one. In fact, it’s one of the most oft-mentioned reasons his followers love him — he lacks the filter of previous presidential candidates. But ther … | Continue reading
Key messages build the foundation of public relations. They help PR prioritize efforts, ensure consistency, and stay focused when speaking to the media, employees and other stakeholders. “In addition to audience retention and the ability to respond to questions faster, having agr … | Continue reading
Today Razer is overhauling its biggest and baddest machine, the 17.3-inch Razer Blade Pro, with a formidable spec sheet and probably the best keyboard ever attached to a laptop.Specced to be a true "desktop inside your laptop," the new Blade Pro starts off with a 2.6GHz quad-core … | Continue reading
The Nintendo Switch is a bold move from Nintendo to get back into the good graces of gamers with a hybrid device that blends a traditional home console with a portable device. The company announced today that the Switch will arrive in March 2017, and it runs on a custom Tegra pro … | Continue reading
Udacity, the online education platform founded in 2011 by computer scientist and the former head of Google’s “moonshot” Google X program Sebastian Thrun, has revealed a slew of new partners for the company’s recently launched autonomous car nanodegree program, including BMW and M … | Continue reading
Square has introduced a product that is likely to provide merchants and small business owners with the flexibility to work with their current infrastructure. Instead of forcing its customers to purchase its Square Stand or other hardware, Square’s Virtual Terminal offering enable … | Continue reading
Radiotrophic bacteria we found in a mine shaft might force us to change our whole approach to the search for extraterrestrial life. | Continue reading
Salesforce has a history of staying close to the cutting edge of technology, so it shouldn’t be surprising that it announced an artificial intelligence initiative recently, it dubbed Einstein.We caught up with some key members of the Einstein team at Dreamforce earlier this month … | Continue reading
So that’s another day done, and it’s been a pretty good day from an intraday trading perspective. We noted this morning that we would like to see lots of movement, and while it’s always nice to see some upside momentum from a long term perspective, intraday doesn’t really necessi … | Continue reading
The future of bitcoin could be impacted by a mysterious new mining pool, one that has shown it's willing to go its own way on technical debates.Source | Continue reading
With a women’s fertility declining just as they enter the full flush of their careers alongside their male counterparts (usually from the mid 20s to 30s) egg freezing has been on the rise. In 2014 only 6,200 women in the US opted to freeze their eggs to preserve their fertility. … | Continue reading
After more than a year and a half of speculation, we finally know what Nintendo's NX project is: the Nintendo Switch. The company revealed the first details today via a three-minute video posted to its website. You can watch it above, and read our breakdown of the trailer here.Th … | Continue reading
Disruption. There’s a reason startups use this buzzword – they’re all about trying new things, testing them, and re-doing it all over again. And while there is no one right way, there are plenty ways that are better. Change is never easy. For companies to benefit from the vast di … | Continue reading
CRISPR is like graphene. It’s one of those exciting new technologies science nerds will invariably invoke as a sort of game changer for every industry imaginable. And indeed, the gene-editing tool has already been unleashed on an impressive range of life-altering tasks, from the … | Continue reading
Google's pop-up shop opened today in New York City, and it's a swanky space in the heart of SoHo for people to check out the Pixel, Google Home, and Daydream VR for themselves. The shop doesn't actually have any products for sale, though — you'll have to do that online or at Veri … | Continue reading
FORPHEUS was recently named the world's first robot table tennis tutor by Guinness World Records. It's now been updated in order to return balls with greater accuracy using artificial intelligence. Read more...More about Mashable Video, Artificial Intelligence, Table Tennis, Japa … | Continue reading
Nintendo has shown us its future, and now it’s time for us to try to make sense of it. The house of Mario has finally given us a good look at its next system, the Nintendo Switch. The console formerly known as NX is a hybrid between home system and portable, and it has interchang … | Continue reading
We want other people to like us. It’s a human desire. We also want other people to like our websites. If, on our site, we come across as likable, we tend to become more profitable. So, in conversion optimization, likability is an important and powerful psychological trigger. Lika … | Continue reading
Most people scan, rather than read, web pages. Here's how professional web copywriters take that fact and create effective content for brands. | Continue reading
WSJ national politics editor Aaron Zitner analyzes Wednesday's third and final presidential debate on Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero. He and Tanya Rivero discuss key takeaways from face-off between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Photo: Reuters | Continue reading
Thanks to the Childrens’ Internet Protection Act, schools in the U.S. that provide internet access to their students must also generally use web filtering systems that block them from accessing obscene or harmful content online. The law, enacted originally in 2000 and updated in … | Continue reading
[…]The post Blockchain Can Decentralize the Corporate Industry, Says Coinbase Co-Founder; Website Sees a Redesign appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. | Continue reading
A whole lot of companies take design inspiration from Apple, like, pretty much exact design inspiration. It makes for a boring phone landscape. But do you know how companies think they’ll win the hearts of consumers and tech writers to outdo Apple? Antenna lines. Those dang anten … | Continue reading
Team communication app Slack today said that it now has more than 4 million daily active users, up from more than 3 million in May. And the service now has more than 1.25 million paying users. It had 930,000 paid seats in May. Today Slack also said that Slack teams have installed … | Continue reading
The short animated film Borrowed Time, made over the course of five years as a side project by two animators at Pixar Animation Studios, has been circulating at film festivals since 2015. But this week it was made publicly available on Vimeo, which marked the first time most of t … | Continue reading
Nintendo has a new console coming in March. The Switch is a hybrid between a home system and handheld, and it looks fascinating in its debut trailer. But, of course, it’s the games that really matter. And with that in mind, let’s take a closer look at the handful of games that Ni … | Continue reading
Analysing Mobile Internet Video Trends 2015-2020 In this article I will examine the growing tren... | Continue reading
The Wikimedia Foundation, the parent organization behind Wikipedia, has filed a petition in support of Google in France regarding an ongoing dispute between French authorities and Google over its implementation of the so-called “right-to-be-forgotten” ruling. To recap, the right- … | Continue reading
Tesla has upgraded its Autopilot hardware to a level it claims will be able to support its new Full Self-Driving Capability, once the software is ready. This puts it at odds with most of its competitors, who are still feverishly working with expensive, prototype hardware. | Continue reading
Long before he wrote The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien served in the British Army during the First World War. Upon his return to England he resumed writing, laying down the foundations of what would become Middle-Earth — an epic story that includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the … | Continue reading
There are lots of ways to learn a language, and if you go looking for one, Google will point you to a crowd favorite — Rosetta Stone (remember the mall kiosks?), Babbel, or Duolingo. These services have one thing in common: They deal in software (like A.I) and rigid lesson plans … | Continue reading
You can now play Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2 and Portal on Xbox One, via Valve's excellent Orange Box collection. The Xbox 360 game is now playable on Xbox One via backwards compatibility.Joe Danger 2: The Movie and Galaga Legions are also available to play on Xbox One via back- … | Continue reading
As with most reveal trailers from Rockstar Games, the first teaser for Red Dead Redemption 2 focuses on tone over gameplay. Considering the developer’s reputation for creating violent open worlds full of cynical troublemakers, the footage is notably absent of a singe gun being fi … | Continue reading
Osmo has made its mark with award-winning augmented reality iPad games for children, and now it’s launching another one: Osmo Pizza Co., where kids learn how to run a pizza shop and develop entrepreneurial skills. It’s another magical way to teach kids how to run a business, make … | Continue reading
With its latest title, educational game-maker Osmo is tackling a subject that’s close to CEO Pramod Sharma’s heart — entrepreneurship. Co-founded by Sharma and Jérôme Scholler (both former Googlers), Osmo makes iPad games that combine touchscreen gameplay with real-world objects … | Continue reading
Automatic went for a more expensive, but more full-featured offering with the 3G-enabled Automatic Pro earlier this year, but the new Automatic Lite delivers a more affordable connected car device with Bluetooth connectivity, at a lower price point than any previous hardware they … | Continue reading
How exactly does marijuana make us high? We’re a little closer to knowing now that scientists have figured out the structure of the brain receptor that interacts with the drug. The discovery will help us understand how to better use marijuana for medical purposes — and solve the … | Continue reading
Earlier this year, former Braintree founder Bryan Johnson publicly announced his plans to forge Kernel, a company with the sole purpose of building hardware and software to augment human intelligence. Today, Johnson is investing $100 million of his own money into the concept, loo … | Continue reading
The Nintendo Switch — known before its announcement as the NX — is one of the weirdest and most interesting pieces of major gaming hardware we’ve seen for a while. It’s a modular device that can be used as a portable console or placed in a dock for living room gaming. But Nintend … | Continue reading