What's better than a brand-new Pontiac Trans Am? A brand-new Trans Am signed by Burt Reynolds, of course.SEE ALSO: Lincoln Navigator Concept SUV: Like a sailboat on four wheelsThankfully, that's what Trans Am Depot will do — a Floridian company keen to continue the legacy of Gene … | Continue reading
Super Mario World is one of the most beloved games ever made, and that has led to fans breaking the game open in order to figure out how they can change it and manipulate it. And now someone has taken this to an extreme new high. YouTube personality SethBling has uploaded a new v … | Continue reading
Even though we're still six months away from the next iPhone (which will probably be called the iPhone 7), rumors are already starting to appear about the next iPhone. You know, the one that won't be out until 2017.I love a good Apple rumor as much as the next person, but this is … | Continue reading
After weeks of back and forth, it appears that the FBI vs Apple saga ends today, at least in the federal courtroom that started it all. The US Government officially said that it has gained access to San Bernadino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook’s iPhone 5c and is now asking the court … | Continue reading
The FBI has unlocked Farook’s iPhone 5c involved in the San Bernardino shooting using an alternative method that didn’t involve Apple. Given this new development, the Department of Justice is dropping the case. The government has been evasive about this alternative method, but it … | Continue reading
A YouTuber called SethBling just combined Super Mario World and Flappy Bird. Why? We don’t know. But it’s how that’s truly amazing. Before you roll your eyes thinking it’s a simple mock-up or sprite switch, it turns out the process is way more involved than you might expect: Seth … | Continue reading
After years of build up and pre-release developer kits, the first deliveries of the consumer version of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset started arriving this morning. Join us as we take our first steps into this crazy new future we’re in, won’t you? Read More | Continue reading
The U.S. government today officially said it has gotten into San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook’s iPhone 5c and it is now asking the court to vacate the court’s original order to compel Apple to help the government unlock the phone. The government has issued a proposed ord … | Continue reading
Deadpool, in a development few could have seen coming, is now the top-earning R-rated movie in cinema history. The unlikely hit, starring Ryan Reynolds as the "Merc with a Mouth," has so far earned $746 million dollars globally, putting it ahead of 2003's The Matrix Reloaded, whi … | Continue reading
After months of work, the FBI finally has a way into the San Bernardino iPhone. In a court filing today, prosecutors told the court the new method for breaking into the phone is sound, and Apple's assistance is no longer required. "The government has now successfully accessed the … | Continue reading
Many of you are already wondering whether we need another mobile MOBA after the latest deluge of MOBAs hoping to draw substantial player bases in order to survive. Well, the trailer for the upcoming MOBA PigBang starts by pretty much answering that same question and proceeds to c … | Continue reading
Major changes are coming to Instagram and, naturally, everyone is freaking out.The company announced earlier this month that it would be switching to an algorithm-based feed, rather than a chronological one. While not totally surprising that the Facebook-owned app would consider … | Continue reading
Free earned media is a Holy Grail for brands, so why do so many marketers get in the way of it happening? You probably don’t think you do it. But I’ve spent 17 years in mainstream media newsrooms and these are the most common things I’ve seen that have stopped brands and individu … | Continue reading
Two Worlds 3 is officially happening, series developer Reality Pump Studios has announced.The developer said it's in the concept stage and scheduled for development over the next three years.In the meantime, Reality Pump hasn't given up on Two Worlds 2. Far from it. Despite being … | Continue reading
If you text and walk in New Jersey, a new bill might slap you with fines and penalties similar to jay walking. | Continue reading
If you’re interested in the old Netflix and Chill but bae isn’t close enough to cuddle up to on the couch, then that’s quite a modern problem. But now there’s a modern answer in the form of a nifty Chrome extension designed to sync up your binge-viewing with a friend. Netflix Par … | Continue reading
Everyone who downloads torrents has his or her own preferred bit torrent app, and now Windows users can try out one client that's among the most popular for OS X. Transmission, which has been around for Macs since 2005, has made its way to Windows, promising the same speed, relia … | Continue reading
The New York Times has one million digital subscribers, but it wants more. Now it looks like it’s trying to get them by plugging holes in its paywall.The Times is experimenting with limiting the number of stories that Facebook and Twitter users can read each month without paying … | Continue reading
Netflix's library has shrunk by a third in recent years, and while the company is producing critically acclaimed original content, it's still lost access to multiple high-profile movies and TV shows. | Continue reading
Theranos is more likely than conventional labs to return blood work with unusual numbers, according to the first comparison study between the Silicon Valley start-up and two well-known commercial labs. The results suggest that doctors who use blood tests from Theranos may decide … | Continue reading
Simogo - developer of Year Walk, Device 6, The Sailor's Dream, and Beat Sneak Bandit - has revealed a cancelled game prototype from its archive.Originally in development for 3DS, Rollovski was an abstract arcade game about a limbless, spherical sleuth searching for clues in an ab … | Continue reading
If you can't beat your enemies you must join them, right? In this post we aim to take a look at some of the ways in which Microsoft continues to infiltrate the Android OS. | Continue reading
An interesting development has been announced earlier today, as Coinify is working hard to expand their presence in the Asian region. Thanks to a partnership with iPayDNA, they can now offer multi-coin payments across Asian countries, Another notch in the belt for digital currenc … | Continue reading
Oculus Rift is out today, but maybe you’re waiting for some virtual reality that enables you to get up out of your chair to walk around. For that, you’re gonna need the the HTC Vive and SteamVR. GamesBeat has messed around with the Vive Pre headset (from Taiwanese manufacturer HT … | Continue reading
Netflix Party is a Chrome extension that lets you chat and watch movies in sync with your far-away friends. | Continue reading
Sonos has lost its chief product officer, Marc Whitten, the company confirmed to Tech Insider. Whitten had been at the helm of product development at Sonos for the past two years, which included the release of the Play:5 and its new sound balancing feature Trueplay.The announceme … | Continue reading
Alright so this is a weird one, but it seemed too cool not to post. Apparently, the Flappy Bird phenomena is alive and well, at least inside of the Super Nintendo code injection scene. If you haven't been following all this, strap in for some raw insanity- The extreme cliffsnotes … | Continue reading
Last week, film critics came together and pulverized Batman v Superman. "Blunt, humorless, and baffling," wrote Slate's Jonathan Fischer. "It collides the brutish directorial stamp of its director (he of 300 and Watchmen fame) with the most shameless instincts of our latter-day s … | Continue reading
I keep trying out new virtual reality apps on family members using the HTC Vive Pre. And the latest to catch our attention was TheBlu: Encounter, an undersea VR experience from Wevr. This kind of VR experience fits in the virtual tourism realm, where you can go someplace in an an … | Continue reading
The cost of entry to the startup world has decreased dramatically in the last decade. We’re now at the point where the tools that were once only available to enterprise users have made their way into the hands of everyday users. Access to bleeding-edge innovation is no longer lim … | Continue reading
I literally cannot calculate how many hours I spent on Contra back in the day, especially playing it on my PC with my brother. That game was so much fun, and we had reached a point where we had the whole thing pretty much memorized. Now, we'll get to play it again (hopefully) on … | Continue reading
Google AdWords is getting a facelift that will help it look a lot more Google-y and a lot less like a boring advertising platform. Specifically, Adwords is getting a Material Design makeover, which Google says will help it focus on “the next 15 years.” Though it’s seeing a design … | Continue reading
Here are our 3 steps for spring cleaning your content marketing strategy... just in time for spring. | Continue reading
Drink up! Or not. Now, you can save as much wine as you want for up to 30 days after opening a bottle — if you drink out of Kuvee‘s new smart wine bottle. The Boston-based winery startup announced today that it served itself a $6 million investment led by General Catalyst and Fou … | Continue reading
Blockchain startup CommonAccord is one of eight startups selected for BNP Paribas' new FinTech accelerator, L’Atelier. | Continue reading
It wasn’t worth it for celebrities to respond to their endless digital fan mail until now. TipTalk lets them set a price for a private text, photo, or video response. The idea is that in their downtime, they could forge deeper relationships with their audience while earning enoug … | Continue reading
Governor Nathan Deal is vetoing Georgia's controversial HB 757, a bill that would've allowed businesses to deny services to LGBT people as a means of preserving religious freedom. Deal's veto is arriving less than a week after a large group of entertainment and technology compani … | Continue reading
Last year, we reported Google’s headfirst dive into the world of Pinterest-esque photo bookmarking by allowing you to save photos in your browser and organize them by folder. Today, you can do the same thing from your desktop. The feature allows users to save their favorite image … | Continue reading
Hideo Kojima surprised many when he announced that he'd recast the voice of Metal Gear Solid protagonist Snake with Kiefer Sutherland in MGS5 after nearly t… | Continue reading
Earlier this month, Instagram said it would begin showing the "best" posts in your feed first, abandoning the chronological feed the app has used since its inception. "All the posts will still be there," the company said, "just in a different order." But the company's statements … | Continue reading
Though he's not a celebrity in any traditional sense, T-Mobile CEO John Legere has now joined a growing list of notables with their very own Twitter emoji. The outspoken exec was given an emoji, which appears alongside the hashtag #TweetJohn, to celebrate the launch of the Uncarr … | Continue reading
Card Thief, the followup to the fantastic Card Crawl [appprice url="asdf"] released last year by Tinytouchtales, is well into development. A new developer's blog has just been posted that runs down some of the new features that they're working on. For example, guards, one of the … | Continue reading
The Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James and the Golden State Warriors' Klay Thompson today were named NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, March 21 through Sunday, March 27. | Continue reading
While Apple’s iOS 9.3 update brings some great new features like Night Shift and password protection for Notes, it also appears to render Internet browsers almost useless for many users. This follows the news that older devices were bricking after downloading the iOS update a few … | Continue reading
Bitcoin services startup Coinkite has announced that it will soon be dropping its popular and secure bitcoin web wallets, Tor access to users as well as their API in order to focus on hardware-based bitcoin products and services. The phase out from its current roster of services … | Continue reading
Overwatch isn’t just a brand new franchise for Blizzard — it’s a new way of thinking about story. The company is known for building huge franchises, from Diablo to Warcraft, and Overwatch represents its first new property in close to two decades. In the past, when Blizzard create … | Continue reading
VB EVENT: Small, medium, and large companies alike are overwhelmed with data, much of it being siloed for use by different teams for varying purposes. That’s why we’ve committed a deep-dive session at next week’s VentureBeat Mobile Summit in Sausalito, California to discussing th … | Continue reading
Ringing Bells is under police investigation for their suspiciously inexpensive Freedom 251 smartphone. | Continue reading