Well, uh, Microsoft’s Tay chatbot, which got turned off a few days ago after behaving badly, has suddenly returned to Twitter and has started tweeting to users like mad. Most of its musings are innocuous, but there is one funny one I’ve come across so far. “i’m smoking kush infro … | Continue reading
INRIX: München (ots/PRNewswire) - - INRIX stellt die erste App vor, die maschinelle Lerntechnologien nutzt, um Fahrtrouten, Reiseziele und Verkehrswarnungen vorherzuberechnen und zu personalisieren - Durch Integration des Kalenders werden persönliche ... | Continue reading
Today, INRIX is launching its completely redesigned GPS app, INRIX Traffic. The app uses machine learning to better plot your routes in addition to providing turn-by-turn navigation with maps from OpenStreetMap (OSM). The app uses smart algorithms to take most routing decisions o … | Continue reading
Phil Tippett the man is perhaps best known as the subject of a meme — for failing in his role as "dinosaur supervisor" on Jurassic Park — but the veteran artist's most famous work is his holochess pieces, stop-motion beasts originally seen on the Millennium Falcon's game table in … | Continue reading
Uber’s mission is to help you get from point A to B with as little friction as possible — it’s all about the overall experience you get. When you request a ride, a car arrives, you get in, and you’re on your way. But what happens when Uber’s ride request feature is integrated int … | Continue reading
Jetzt gibt es für Nintendos erste Smartphone-App auch ein Veröffentlichungsdatum. Am Donnerstag kommt Miitomo nach Deutschland und ist dann für iOS und Android verfügbar. Miitomo lässt einen über den eigenen Mii-Charak... | Continue reading
Ryuichi 'Woshige' Shigeno had been waiting for more than a decade to fight Ken-ichi 'Ogawazato' Ogawa on a tournament stage when he heard that he'd drawn, as he puts it today, the "match of his dreams." When he was 13-years-old, Shigeno played in his first Japanese national video … | Continue reading
Twitter is now more accessible to the visually impaired, introducing descriptions to images with screen readers and braille displays.SEE ALSO: The best and worst U.S. states for people with disabilitiesTwitter announced the new feature Tuesday, which will be available on the Twit … | Continue reading
Yeah, you know where this is going. That poor Galaxy S7 Edge won’t live to tell the tale. That’s not surprising. But you know what is surprising? How dramatic the whole thing is. | Continue reading
Ben & Jerry's has teamed up with civil rights group Hope Not Hate to launch its Don't Get Frozen Out campaign, which aims to increase voting among Londoners. | Continue reading
Neurotechnology startup Rythm, based in France, has raised $11 million in funding and announced a new partnership with France’s biomedical research institute for research into sleep conditions. The new round of funding comes from biotech investor and entrepreneur Dr Laurent Alexa … | Continue reading
Cyan Banister, a renowned angel investor and startup founder, has joined Founders Fund. She’s the 11-year-old firm’s first female investing partner. According to a Bloomberg story, investors at the San Francisco-based outfit now include its billionaire cofounder Peter Thiel; cofo … | Continue reading
Email marketing is one the digital marketer’s strategies of choice when trying to build conversations with prospects as well as existing clients. The fact that email is more or less free while remaining an effective way to send messages means that you don’t need a big budget to d … | Continue reading
Uber added a ride request button to let third-party apps add the ability to order a ride last year, but today it has introduced a more feature-rich option that it says caters to requests it has received from Asia. Read More | Continue reading
Planday, the Danish startup that offers a cloud-based “shift planning” solution for various types of businesses that employ a flexible workforce, such as restaurants, hotels, stores, call centers and gyms, has scored $14 million in Series B funding. Read More | Continue reading
Dragon’s Tale is one of the most popular Casino Multiplayer Role Play Games in the whole cryptocurrency industry. Its unique content and original style is incomparable, and its features beat any other gambling option in the ecosystem. In this game, players will find dozens of ori … | Continue reading
Key Points Bitcoin price found offers intraday, and as highlighted in yesterday’s post, the $425 resistance area acted as a perfect barrier for the bulls. BTC/USD broke a crucial support trend line on the hourly chart (data feed from Bitstamp), which ignited sharp losses. The pri … | Continue reading
The MLB is taking a page from the NFL’s playbook and equipping teams with tablets to use during games for the 2016 season. But, instead of Microsoft Surface Tablets, the MLB has made a deal with Apple to provide all 30 MLB teams with iPad Pros to use. The iPads will give coaches … | Continue reading
Apple and Major League Baseball have signed a multi-year deal that will see every team receive iPad Pro tablets for use in the dugout, reports The Wall Street Journal. The 12.9-inch tablets will have rugged cases featuring the MLB logo, and a custom app called MLB Dugout will hel … | Continue reading
There's a lot to look at in the night sky, but sometimes amateur astronomers get particularly lucky. That was the case for two individuals — one in Austria, and one in Ireland — this month, who... | Continue reading
There’s good news in the fight against rogue USB-C cables, some of which have caused major problems with smartphones and laptops, after Amazon tightened the regulations around the type of cables that it sells. Read More | Continue reading
Tokyo-based BizReach, the Japanese company providing an online talent search platform under the same name, announced today that it has fundraised about 3.73 billion yen (about $32.9 million) in the second funding round. This round was led by YJ Capital, the investment arm of Yaho … | Continue reading
Mothers may be in the driver's seat when it comes to making household purchases, but that doesn’t mean fathers aren’t taking part in the decision-making. For brand messaging to resonate with the modern dad, marketing and advertising content should reflect his expa … | Continue reading
While the internet of things (IoT) is changing the automotive industry, most young US internet users still prefer a traditional car to a self-driving vehicle, according to October 2015 research. | Continue reading
In 2016, eMarketer estimates, digital ad spending will make up 35.8% of total media ad spending in the US, just 1 percentage point below the share for TV. That 1 percentage point adds up to about $1.78 billion, but a new eMarketer report explores how digital is catching up. | Continue reading
Internet usage is higher in China among men than among women, according to our latest forecast of internet usage around the world. And, in turn, men outnumber women in the digital population of the country. | Continue reading
Smartphone penetration in France has steadily grown quarter by quarter over the past two years. In Q4 2013, 64.1% of internet users in France were smartphone users; in Q4 2014, that figure rose to 66.0%; and in Q4 2015 69.2% of internet users were also smartphone users. | Continue reading
Uber’s developer team has unveiled a Ride Request “widget”. The on-demand private car service introduced today a widget — essentially an SDK — that directly brings the Uber service right into third-party apps, eliminating any deep-linking. Although it’ll be available worldwide, t … | Continue reading
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor 2 seems like it's a thing that's happening as the title was leaked via a stuntwoman's curriculum vitae.As discovered by NerdLeaks, the actress listed her role as "stunt/acting" for the yet-to-be-announced title and noted Blur as the employer. Blur S … | Continue reading
Bitcoin Price Key Highlights Bitcoin price has been trending higher recently, moving above a rising channel on its 1-hour time frame. Price is now testing the channel support near $410 and a bounce could take it back to the top at $430. Technical indicators are suggesting that fu … | Continue reading
Key Highlights Ethereum price managed to trade higher once again after a minor dip, but failed to clear the $11.80 resistance area. There were a couple of attempts to break the stated level, but the bears managed to defend it successfully. There is a bullish trend line formed on … | Continue reading
(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice will disclose over the next two weeks whether it will continue with its bid to compel Apple Inc to help access an iPhone in a Brooklyn drug case, according to a court filing on Tuesday. The Justice Department this week withdrew a similar … | Continue reading
When it comes to writing social media posts it’s important to make them engaging, entertaining and interactive to enhance audience participation and interaction. The following is a guide on how to craft ridiculously engaging social media updates that will help increase your follo … | Continue reading
Microsoft's largest event of the year is about to get underway.The company's annual Build developer conference kicks off Wednesday in San Francisco and we're looking forward to two jam-packed keynotes with updates around Hololens, Windows and Microsoft's A.I. efforts, as well as … | Continue reading
Ignore Snapchat at your own peril. It’s a lot more than sexts and ephemeral photos. Today’s Chat 2.0 update makes Snapchat a competitor to your phone itself. What started as an app for horny high school kids has blossomed into the most vibrant communication platform on the market … | Continue reading
The NCAA has decided to broadcast the most important part of this year's college basketball tournament, the Final Four, in virtual reality, for the first timePresented as a partnership between the NCAA, CBS and Oculus, the live stream event will be produced by VR production house … | Continue reading
If you're planning on hailing an UberX in Sydney or Melbourne in Australia this week, your ride could get a little boost thanks to free Wi-Fi and a super-fast mobile charger.In partnership with Australian telecommunications company Optus, Uber will soon trial 4G Wi-Fi in 100 Uber … | Continue reading
Virtual reality is out. It exists. You can buy at least one of the major headsets. Unfortunately, the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive are nowhere near the holodeck from Star Trek: The Next Generation, but you can simulate being in that simulator. The Vive, which HTC built with Steam … | Continue reading
Our team has been active as investors in the Internet of Things and hardware space over the past two years. We’ve read pitches from hundreds of companies, met with dozens, read hundreds of research reports and spoken with various experts. We’ve invested in six IoT/hardware compan … | Continue reading
Airbnb has begun rolling out a new feature giving some hosts the ability to add others to help manage their listings. Called Associated Hosts, it’ll be available to a “small percentage of global hosts,” although the company declined to specify what criteria was used to select the … | Continue reading
Apple's battle with the FBI in San Bernardino may be over, but the iPhone wars continueEven after the FBI gave up on getting a judge to compel Apple to hack the San Bernardino shooter's work-issued iPhone, the tech company is still bogged down in orders to assist authorities in u … | Continue reading
We've been following the progress of Extreme Gear ever since spotting it for the first time back in late January, but today is the day that Zero Games' Extreme Gear: Demolition Arena [Free] has finally arrived in the App Store. If you haven't been following along, Extreme Gear is … | 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
On-demand streaming music is inevitable, so Spotify is taking whatever fuel it can get to win the race against Apple. Whoever can sign up customers faster to consume their data and network effect could earn money off them for a long, long time. So it makes sense that Spotify woul … | Continue reading
Just north of London, one of the world's most unusual aircraft is taking shape. Hybrid Air Vehicles is trying to bring gas-filled blimps back into style with the launch of its Airlander 10. When will we see blimps flying commercially? As early as the end of the decade, reports Ro … | Continue reading
Newly unsealed National Hockey League emails show executives including commissioner Gary Bettman, discussing the link between fighting, concussions and "personal tragedies," following the deaths of three NHL enforcers. Photo: AP | Continue reading
Instagram has announced that they are rolling out full minute video support on their popular social media app. | Continue reading