Google has nearly tripled the number of countries that can access Android Auto. The smart car interface now has functionality in 18 new countries plus the territory of Puerto Rico; the list now includes potentially huge markets like India and Russia, along with several countries … | Continue reading
Fallout's Deathclaws are nine feet of muscle, sinew, teeth, and claws, and their main objective is to utterly terrorize the player of Bethesda's open-world RPG series. They're also beautifully designed, and given a detailed back-story about their origins as humble chameleons, but … | Continue reading
Earlier this month head of Xbox Phil Spencer suggested that Microsoft would release upgraded versions of the Xbox One throughout its lifecycle. This was oft interpreted to mean Microsoft was brewing up an "Xbox One and a half", the way Nintendo did with New 3DS or Sony is alleged … | Continue reading
AccorHotels is acquiring Onefinestay for around $170 million (£117 million). The company is also committing to a $70 million investment in Onefinestay (£50 million) over the next few years. Onefinestay is a London-based startup that provides an Airbnb for high-end homes combined … | Continue reading
In an effort to improve the social networking experience for users with visual impairments, Facebook has introduced a new feature in its iOS app to help them ‘see’ photos. With the help of AI, the app automatically generates a description of each photo a user comes across. When t … | Continue reading
With several major technology brands finally bringing their virtual reality systems to the public this year, many consumers are wondering if these immersive headsets will live up to the hypeOculus Rift, Sony's PSVR and the HTC Vive all have impressive demonstration videos of what … | Continue reading
IBS Software: Dubai, Vae (ots/PRNewswire) - IBS soll die Modernisierung der Besatzungsmanagement-Plattform von Europas größter Fluglinie unterstützen Der führende Anbieter von IT-Lösungen für die globale Luftfahrtindustrie, IBS Software, hat einen Vertrag mit der ... | Continue reading
Ask a member of Facebook’s growth team what feature played the biggest role in getting the company to a billion daily users, and they’ll likely tell you it was photos. The endless stream of pictures, which users have been able to upload since 2005, a year after Facebook’s launch, … | Continue reading
We’ve never been shy about our love for Sphero’s adorable smartphone-controlled BB-8. The adorable droid was one of Google’s most-searched toys this holiday season, one of our favorites from CES 2016 and a great tool to unleash the Jedi that resides in all of us. Now, Sphero just … | Continue reading
The once fast-growing tablet market in Western Europe will tail off as Europeans increasingly choose large-screen smartphones as their primary mobile device, eMarketer predicts. | Continue reading
In total, 55% say they will open at least 11 new stores this year, which indicates that substantial growth is on the mind of a majority of retailers worldwide. Over half of those surveyed are concerned with growing real estate costs, however. | Continue reading
Advertisers in Australia report they are increasingly turning to people-based targeting to improve the effectiveness of their online ad campaigns. Many harness data gleaned from first-party sources, as well as from partners and digital ad platforms, to provide more relevant and e … | Continue reading
In Q4 2014 the region had 3.3 million pay TV subscriptions, which rose to 3.7 million subscriptions in Q4 2015—a positive change of 13.5%, and reason to believe there is room for market expansion. | Continue reading
Programmatic advertising continues to become more sophisticated, and spending via the media buying technique is growing, albeit at a decreasing pace. In our latest US programmatic forecast, eMarketer predicts that this year, more than two-thirds of all digital display advertising … | Continue reading
US executives have many thoughts about the innovation happening at their company. According to June 2015 research, many agree their organization is looking for the next silver bullet innovation over pursuing a portfolio of opportunities. | Continue reading
Facebook has launched a tool, Automatic Alternative Text, for blind and visually impaired people to “see” images on the site. For people using screen readers to identify what’s displayed on a screen, AAT uses object recognition technology to generate descriptions of photos on Fac … | Continue reading
Facebook today announced the launch of a feature called automatic alternative text. It’s a big step forward in accessibility, because it will allow people who use screen readers — software that provides spoken descriptions of what’s onscreen — to receive summaries of what’s conta … | Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO — Laurene Powell Jobs is moving her education reform program forward this Friday. She, along with Russlynn Ali, chief executive of the XQ Institute, will announce the next phase of their plan to reinvent the high school system. At the third-annual Female Founders co … | Continue reading
Key Highlights Ethereum price continued to trade lower and my suggested plan of sell with a break worked perfectly. There was a contracting triangle pattern formed on the hourly chart (data feed via Kraken) of ETH/USD, which was broken to ignite more losses. The price traded as l … | Continue reading
Bitcoin Price Key Highlights Bitcoin price is still on an uptrend but it is in a slow crawl these days. Support at the bottom of the channel held and price is treading close to the mid-channel area of interest, which appears to be holding as resistance for now. This period of low … | Continue reading
Could mobile messaging be the next big screen? With a little help from bitcoin, perhaps. Wiper, an encrypted mobile messaging app with a built-in bitcoin wallet, has released a new functionality called Wiper Film that allows users to view films and allows online digital content p … | Continue reading
If you're a fan of Apple's instantly recognizable white drawstring bags, you better start hoarding them. The company may soon begin phasing out all plastic bags in its stores.In an email sent to Apple employees and obtained by 9to5Mac, the tech giant said it would aim to eliminat … | Continue reading
Traffic? That’s just a vanity number. Trust? That’s where the sales and profits are. | Continue reading
Nintendo's NES classic The Legend of Zelda is 30 years old this year, and what better way to celebrate it than to drag it kicking and screaming from its console origins, right to your browser. The Legend of Zelda 30-Year Tribute is an open-source version of the original game buil … | Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO — Y Combinator cofounder Jessica Livingston has announced that she’s taking a temporary leave of absence, stepping aside after 11 years of being a major part of the Silicon Valley startup program. During her one-year sabbatical, she plans on spending time with her f … | Continue reading
VB EVENT: Intuit made headlines last month when VentureBeat reported that one million people were using TurboTax on their mobile phones. And now with the U.S. tax filing deadline less than two weeks away, the company is working to simplify the process even further. Speaking today … | Continue reading
Nest is dropping support for one of its products on May 15. More than just dropping support, the product will cease to work entirely.The product isn’t one of Nest’s branded lines – it’s not the thermostat, the smoke alarm or the Nest Cam. Instead it's the Revolv smart home hub.Ne … | Continue reading
Tips are everywhere. There’s an abundance of generic advice available for how to build teams and culture, how to fundraise, how to be productive, how to stay above the noise… But what about specific advice? Specific tips for what differentiates the leaders from the followers. And … | Continue reading
An untold number of schools will be receiving some happy news this coming Friday.According to an on-stage appearance today at the Female Founders Conference in San Francisco, philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs revealed that a six-month-old national education challenge she’s backi … | Continue reading
Thomas Staggs, chief operating officer at The Walt Disney Corporation, is stepping down. Staggs is widely seen as the successor to CEO Bob Iger, so this makes the entertainment giant’s plans after Iger’s departure seem a lot less certain. Staggs has been at Disney for 26 years, a … | Continue reading
Despite implementing a stricter app review process last year, Google still has some work to do when it comes to its developer policies. The company removed an app created by the Taliban from its Play Store Saturday. The app was reportedly published to Google Play on April 1, 2016 … | 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
NASA has collaborated with Microsoft to create a new mixed-reality exhibit known as “Destination: Mars“, allowing the public to explore the red planet with holographic tour guides. The exhibit will open this summer in Florida at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Featur … | Continue reading
Doppler Labs’s augmented audio device, Here, seems to be all the rage in music hardware these days. Doppler recently won a SXSW Innovation Award and will begin a partnership with Coachella starting next week. Each Coachella attendee received a code with their tickets to claim the … | Continue reading
There’s now a lobbying group to protect the rights of drone owners, and the interests of drone companies. Called ‘The Drone Manufacturers Alliance,’ the group is made up of former Small UAV Coalition members DJI, 3DR and Amazon Prime Air. In a statement, the alliance said it woul … | Continue reading
[appicon]Hi there, friends! It's time once again for the RPG Reload Podcast, where Eric, Andy, and I discuss all kinds of things RPG and otherwise. First of all, I have to apologize. This was recorded at the height of a nasty cold I had, and I sound exactly how I felt. I hope to … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Machine Zone, one of the top-ranked mobile game companies, said it is launching a platform today that lets other companies license its cloud technology to enable many millions of people to communicate and interact in real time. The company, which makes the hugely popul … | Continue reading
The wheels of government turn slowly, especially when it comes to technology. So when one branch, the executive, gets an upgrade, it’s worth noting, especially since it's unlikely to happen again during this or the next administration.According to The New York Times, the While Ho … | Continue reading
Combine love at first sight with powerfully simple design and what do you get? More than one million dates each week on Tinder, perhaps the world’s most popular dating app. Best known for it’s “Swipe Right” feature, Tinder has been on a tear in recent months introducing new featu … | Continue reading
Most content and digital marketers learn over time with experience where and how to promote content but here is a 40 point content promotion checklist | Continue reading
Way back in 2002, the worlds of Disney and Square Enix collided in the original Kingdom Hearts for Playstation 2. The series has spawned tons of games since then and gone on to become one of the more beloved video game franchises around. Just about a year ago, series director Tet … | Continue reading
NASA took the wraps off a new website on Monday dedicated to tracking global changes in the sea level. It’s packed full of free online resources that will likely be useful to teachers, the climate-change-curious, and anyone just looking to dig into publicly available data. Read M … | Continue reading
To attempt to compete with Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, BBM is making some premium privacy features free to all. | Continue reading
We know that Apple's iPhone SE has the guts of an iPhone 6S with the body of an iPhone 5S, but which one holds up better against the elements?Phone warranty company SquareTrade put the SE through a series of tests to see how well it fares when dropped on the ground and dunked und … | Continue reading
When Microsoft announced its Windows 10 strategy last year, the thinking was that the unified platform would drive Windows Mobile and finally bring the Windows phone out of the doldrums where it’s been virtually forever. The idea was you could develop once for Windows 10 desktop … | Continue reading
The Legend of Zelda originally released on the NES in 1986, and went on to become one of the most successful and popular video game series on the planet over the next 3 decades. That makes 2016 the 30th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda, which is a big milestone for an absolutel … | Continue reading
If you have an old TV from the 70s or earlier sitting around (or see one at a garage sale), here’s a neat mod to get Chromecast running on it. A YouTuber has posted a tutorial with simple instructions on how to bring an old TV to the modern age with just a few adaptors. First, yo … | Continue reading