Virtual reality is about to go mainstream, but a lack of content threatens to hold it back

Technology is surrounding us; its surface is becoming more complex, pliable and familiar to the eye. Virtual reality is no longer creeping into the mainstream: It’s leaping. Though the industry is giddy with the potential of VR, the consumer is still a step away from being able t … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Sci-fi Sunday: the creeping fascism of American literature

Every few years, a public figure proposes repression and violence in the name of patriotism, and we go back to the dystopian novel It Can’t Happen Here. Sinclair Lewis’ 1935 book is currently being read in the context of Donald Trump’s presidential run, built on bare-faced xenoph … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

45 Degree House Can Be a Solution for Sites with Extreme Topography

45 Degree House is a house with an interesting architecture designed by New Zealand studio BBC Architects. The 45 Degree House project ... | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 8 years ago

Cavs' Irving out against Hornets with sprained ankle

Cavaliers starting guard point Kyrie Irving will miss Sunday's game against Charlotte with a sprained right ankle. | Continue reading


@nba.com | 8 years ago

WPForms Review: The Best Contact Form Plugin for WordPress With PayPal Integration

Looking for WPForms Review? Check out the unbiased review of WPForms & see if its the best. Pros & cons revealed. Why WPForms is the best contact form builder and how can it help you eliminate more plugins and save more money by reducing external services on your blog. Discover m … | Continue reading


@digitalgyd.com | 8 years ago

INNOVATE2016: General Catalyst’s Hemant Taneja on the importance of politics for startups

There’s been a “global application rewrite” which means that entrepreneurs need to understand that “regulation is part of their product”. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Book Review: "Disrupted" by Dan Lyons

While "Disrupted" is well written and funny in places, it is very critical of HubSpot and the entire startup economy. | Continue reading


@webinknow.com | 8 years ago

New drone video shows Apple's massive new spaceship campus is coming together

Apple's new headquarters is no simple office building. Yes, it looks like a UFO. And, yes, it is estimated to cost close to $5 billion dollars. But it is shaping up impressively ahead of its planned late 2016 or early 2017 completion date. Just a few months ago, the buildings ap … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Watch us play Lucky’s Tale in Oculus Rift virtual reality

Virtual reality is finally putting players into video game worlds, and one of the best early examples of this is an Oculus Rift launch game that plays a whole lot like classic games you remember from Nintendo 64. Lucky’s Tale is out now for Oculus VR’s head-mounted display, and w … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Offseason starts early as Brooklyn shuts down Lopez, Young

Brook Lopez’s and Thaddeus Young‘s work for the Brooklyn Nets apparently is done for 2015-16, which means the two veteran frontcourt players won’t suit up for a game that counts for nearly seven months. And here you thought summer vacation was great back in your grade school and … | Continue reading


@nba.com | 8 years ago

Airbnb report in San Francisco shows nearly 10 percent of listings are likely illegal

Airbnb’s newly released report for the city of San Francisco shows the kinds of listings put up by hosts in the city. And like the one released about the city of New York late last year, the company has shown that it has a significant number of hosts with multiple home listings. … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Bitcoin Price Analysis: Two Paths

Bitcoin price printed another nondescript feeble advance, after failing to engage in decline. Analysis considers this year's price action to-date... | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 8 years ago

Next Looming Financial Crisis Is A Potential Boost for Bitcoin

Given the recent financial crisis, the question becomes whether or not there are any signs of recovery, or if things are worse for the wear. Depending on which country one resides in, there might be a slight improvement although a large part of the world is still working towards … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 8 years ago

Sensor tech isn’t yet ready to power the ‘wearable Internet’

GUEST: In the future, instead of carrying around your favorite technology like you do with your smartphone, your must-have technology may be glued to you. Before pulling on your jeans each morning, you would apply its silicone layers directly to your skin. Its functions would sur … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Capcom Mobile established to consolidate Japanese company’s mobile efforts

Capcom Mobile has been established to unite the Japanese studio's mobile efforts. "Aggressive" use of franchises such as Monster Hunter and Mega Man cited. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Siri can now answer more of your baseball questions

Opening Day is here, and baseball fans are getting some welcome Siri upgrades for the new season. Siri now has some more baseball smarts: it can answer questions about more detailed statistics, according to Apple, including historical stats going back to the beginning of baseball … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Fences, Walls & The Boy in Striped Pajamas

He’s making the country great again.Related posts:The new $5.95 Trump magazine is for readers who don’t have to ask how much it costs Gored Hey, What About All Those Trump Magazines That Failed? | Continue reading


@rexblog.com | 8 years ago

Meet the Man Who Will Hack Your Long-Lost Bitcoin Wallet for Money

The owner of a cryptocurrency wallet recovery service is seeing increased business following the launch of Ethereum's blockchain. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

The cordless workstation is a DIY enthusiast's dream come true

Need a jig saw but you're on the go and there are no nearby outlets? Well that's an odd predicament, but don't fret. The Power8 Workshop is here to improve all of your quick DIY projects. Beautiful Engineering featured this amazing all-inclusive cordless toolbox that will help yo … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Skigebietsverbindungen

Kürzlich fand in Saalfelden die Tagung BERGUMWELT statt. Die Veranstaltung, für welche die Universität für Bodenkultur Wien verantwortlich zeichnete, war dem Thema Skigebietszusammenschlüsse gewidmet. Einige Erkenntnisse aus dem spannenden Themenreigen seien hier festgehalten. Un … | Continue reading


@tp-blog.at | 8 years ago

Microsoft game chief Phil Spencer on openness, HoloLens, and Xbox 1.5

Microsoft has had its fair share of criticism about its platform strategy. Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, recently blasted Microsoft’s commitment to an open Windows platform. HoloLens may not do much for games at a time when rivals are betting on virtual reality. And Sony contin … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

5 Android Apps you shouldn’t miss this week! – Android Apps Weekly

Welcome back to Android Apps Weekly! Miitomo goes worldwide, LEGO Jurassic World is awesome, Cortana to get wicked new feature, and more Android apps news! | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

BTCC’s Humorous Documentary on Bitcoin Mining in China

China is one of the major economies and a regional superpower in Asia. The vast country with the highest population in the world is also the country that tops the charts with the highest hashing power. The Chinese Bitcoin community is actively involved in Bitcoin mining operation … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 8 years ago

Dear Apple, please beta test your dev tool changes (starting with Universal Links)

GUEST: Apple’s software quality has been drawing criticism for some time now. Marco Arment helped bring this to the forefront with his blog post “Apple has lost the functional high ground.” What followed was a firestorm that was so pronounced that when Apple publicly announced iO … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

The Bitcoin Standard Would Bring An End To Central Bank Lending

Throughout the years, there have been several comparisons between Bitcoin and gold, as both types of monetary value share some similar traits on the surface. Neither Bitcoin nor gold has intrinsic value, they are both scarce, and mining is part of the process for both types of cu … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 8 years ago

Marketers should stop relying on hover rate

For many, the promise of digital advertising is the wealth of information that comes with every impression they buy. However, all this data becomes virtually useless when marketers employ the wrong success metrics for their campaigns. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Walmart is selling the iPhone SE for $299, offers discounts all Apple and Samsung smartphones

Depending on who you ask, April is the time to buy a new smartphone, and it looks like Walmart would like you to pick one up in its stores. The retail giant is taking $100 off all iPhones and $150 off Samsung smartphones including the Galaxy S7 and S6. There is a catch, however: … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Morning shootaround — April 3

VIDEO: The Fast Break — April 2 NEWS OF THE MORNING Spurs (yawn) set more marks | Running with Bulls proves hazardous | Pacers need to snap out of it | Jazz’s Exum waits, watches, learns No. 1: Spurs (yawn) set more marks — San Antonio has been so good for so long – 19 consecutiv … | Continue reading


@hangtime.blogs.nba.com | 8 years ago

IPO window slams shut on 22 tech companies seeking just $1.5 billion

ANALYSIS: When it comes to going public, sometimes discretion is the better part of valor. The first quarter of 2016 saw no technology IPOs on U.S. markets, according to a report released last week by research firm Dealogic. The last time this was happened was seven years ago, in … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

The Verge Review of Animals: the coywolf

This column is part of a series where Verge staffers post highly subjective reviews of animals. Up until now, we’ve written about animals without telling you whether they suck or rule. We are now rectifying this oversight.Okay, I’m probably about to piss off a bunch of scientists … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Build an IT career with this 3-Certification Essentials Training bundle

If you have IT security management career ambitions, a full-fledged immersion in essential training is available in the IT Security CISA, CISSP & CISM Certification Training offer, now an impressive 91 percent off on TNW Deals. Built around industry best-practice guidelines, the … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

The rise of the blockchain asset class

GUEST: Bitcoin first cracked a $1 billion market cap on March 30, 2013. And by the following month, it had reached $1.504 billion. Meanwhile, the market for additional blockchain assets outside of bitcoin (“non-bitcoin blockchain assets”) was vastly smaller, totaling in at just $ … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Hollywood vs. VR

Let us all take a moment to celebrate the remarkable resilience of Hollywood. As “the music industry finds itself fighting over pennies while waving goodbye to dollars,” to quote the New York Times; as the publishing industry finds itself increasingly eclipsed by Amazon; as “the … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Samsung soll noch dieses Jahr mit seinem faltbaren Smartphone-Tablet-Zwitter kommen

Laut Berichten von ETNews soll Samsung noch dieses Jahr das sagenumwobene Smartphone mit faltbarem Display auf den Markt bringen.Scheinbar soll es sich um einen 5-Zoll Bildschirm handeln, der ausgeklappt eine 7-Zoll Größe hat. Wie das... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Are Bitcoiners Rational Economic Agents?

Bitcoin and blockchain technologies have big visions of changing the macroeconomics of the financial system. Less investigated, the microeconomics of Bitcoin could supply us with unique insights into how the Bitcoin digital financial complex might evolve. Microeconomics examines … | Continue reading


@cryptocoinsnews.com | 8 years ago

Why Financial Incumbents Need to Be Brave on Blockhain

Markit VP and blockchain leader Jeffrey Billingham examines the challenge of building a long-term framework for the technology in financial services. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Windows 10 Update erlaubt Spiegeln von und Reaktion auf Android-Notifications

Während sie ihre eigenen Smartphone-Unternehmungen auf der Build 2016 etwas links liegen lassen haben, gibt es dennoch überraschende Neuigkeiten rings um Windows und Mobile. Mit dem kommenden "Anniversary Update" für Windows 10 wir... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Must read: top 10 Android stories this week

The week of April 1 is a minefield of fake stories. Some are too outrageous to even consider, others are subtle enough to warrant a double take. But if you think about it, it's amazing how many real stories of 2016 would be dismissed as pranks just ten years ago. Food for thought … | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

RobinHood’s chief executive on the importance of design in fintech

In this podcast, chief executive Baiju Bhatt discusses what it was about their initial value proposition that made so many users convert, and the integral role design plays at RobinHood. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

The 12 most impressive social good innovations from March

It takes a little help from everyone — activists, scientists, engineers and artists — to make the world a better place. And every day, there are new examples of how technology is being used to promote social good. Innovators around the world are bringing attention to social issue … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

VR in RL: Oculus Rift und HTC Vive kämpfen mit Lieferschwerigkeiten

Sowohl Käufer des Oculus Rift, als auch die des HTC Vive müssen sich derzeit den Einstieg in die VR-Welt gut verdienen. Oculus Rift kann derzeit nicht ausliefern, da es einen unvorhergesehenen Engpass bei einem Bauteil gegeben hat und v... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Blu Vivo 5 International Giveaway!

3 chances to win a brand new BLU Vivo 5 Phone! | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Heute Wiedereröffnung des Brüsseler Flughafen Zaventem / Verschärfte Sicherheitskontrollen nach den Terrorattacken / Brüssel kein Vorbild für deutsche Flughäfen

ADV Deutsche Verkehrsflughäfen: Berlin (ots) - Die verheerenden Terroranschläge vor knapp zwei Wochen haben auch bei den deutschen Flughafenbetreibern zu großer Betroffenheit geführt. Umso mehr begrüßt der Flughafenverband ADV, dass am Brüsseler Flughafen heute die ersten ... | Continue reading


@presseportal.de | 8 years ago

Tesla hat den Ansturm auf Model 3 massiv unterschätzt

Tesla ist das neue Apple. Die Schlangen vor den Shops zeigen das deutlich. Und hier geht es immerhin um ein Auto, das 35.000 Dollar kostet, nicht ein Smartphone. Während die Vorbestellungen des Model 3 immer noch rasant steigen (derzeit ca. 25... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Treating your talk as a gift

In a few weeks, Chris Anderson's much awaited book on TED Talks comes out. I've just finished reading it, and it's well worth a pre-order. When Chris took the leap 11 years ago and published the first online TED talks,... | Continue reading


@sethgodin.typepad.com | 8 years ago

Neuronales Netzwerk färbt Schwarzweiss-Bilder automatisch bunt

Wir kennen alle die in letztere Zeit populär gewordenen Effekte, die neuronale Netzwerke auf unsere Fähigkeit, Horrorszenarien herbeizuhalluzinieren, haben können, aber manchmal bringen ihnen die Forscher auch ganz nützliche und... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Watch: Doom brings old-school deathmatch to Xbox One

Occasionally we are invited to play a first-person shooter in multiplayer matches against people who make it their business to be very good at them. Take th… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

That time Qantas raced a Boeing aircraft against a Tesla Model S

Ok, so it's a promotional video, but this race is still a chance to see two truly impressive pieces of technology duke it out.To celebrate a new collaboration between Qantas and Tesla Motors, a Qantas Boeing 737-800 took on a Tesla Model S P90D on a 3 kilometre (1.9 miles) runway … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago