New ransomware encrypts your whole hard drive, if you let it

If malware that holds the files on your computer to ransom isn’t bad enough, news that there’s a new variant in the wild that locks down the whole of your computer by taking over the boot process just made the situation a whole lot worse. Called ‘Petya’, the new threat bypasses l … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

How to be a responsible and badass developer

Great and successful developers are often responsible but not necessarily so. Responsibility means that you know yourself and your own limitations while also maintaining an awareness of what the project requires. I will try to explain who exactly is a responsible developer and wh … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

First Click: Oculus Rift ships, Microsoft Builds, and more in the week ahead

Remember this day because Monday, March 28th, 2016 will be recorded by historians as a milestone. Today’s the day that the first Oculus Rift headsets will arrive at homes in 20 countries, nearly four years after the ambitious VR campaign launched on Kickstarter. I’ll be taking lo … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

You’ve probably broken the law on Snapchat without knowing

With over 100 million daily active users, Snapchat gives you unbridled access to a massive audience from the get go. However, with such large numbers of people on the app, it’s next to impossible to control who takes a sneaky screenshot of your snaps unless you have your account … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Lipstrike: Gamerin spielt Counterstrike mit Lippenstift

Die Gamerin Chloe Desmoineaux macht es vor. Um Egoshooter wie Counterstrike zu spielen, braucht man nicht zwingenderweise eine Tastatur und Maus. Chloe ballert auf ihrem Twitch-Kanal nämlich mit einem modifizierten Lippenstift herum. So nennt... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Watch Oculus founder Palmer Luckey hand-deliver the first Rift

The retail version of the Oculus Rift — the VR headset that restarted the virtual reality market — ships to customers today, March 28th. However, this weekend, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey decided to deliver the first ever Rift himself, making the trip to Alaska (while wearing a … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

This Chrome extension solves one of Netflix’s most annoying features

You’re watching your favourite show on Netflix and just as the next episode starts you get this: This is fine for the casual Netflix user, but if you binge-watch shows like I do, it pops up every three to four episodes. Which is annoying as all hell. But this deeply first-world p … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

The Rise And Growth of Ethereum Gets Mainstream Coverage

Ethereum, considered by many to be the most promising altcoin, has grabbed the attention of The New York Times. The “newspaper of record” has run a big feature story on Ethereum, noting its value has spiraled 1,000% in the last three months and is attracting interest from major f … | Continue reading


@cryptocoinsnews.com | 8 years ago

Idiots shouldn’t be jailed or fined for using a phone while walking

Not too long ago, I was walking down the street pawing idly at my phone, only to look up moments before walking into a pole. I narrowly avoided it by bending myself around in a way that I was previously unaware I could do, much to the (openly exhibited) amusement of the girl walk … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

How Small Differences in Perception can have Potentially Major Consequences

“The church is near but the road is icy; the bar is far away but I will walk carefully.” [Russian proverb] What makes some people see the glass as half full and others half empty? What is the connection between our minds and body? Does it leads us to see the world differently? So … | Continue reading


@conversationagent.com | 8 years ago

Counterparty Founder: Ethereum Can’t Work, it’s 100% Hype

Ethereum has arguably become one of the world’s most popular technologies in 2016. Multi-billion dollar banks and the world’s most powerful financial establishments and technology firms have begun to adopt the Ethereum network to create smart contract enabled blockchain networks … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 8 years ago

How to find qualified candidates and build a more diverse startup

Having a diverse team might be the secret to long-term success. A team built of diverse, qualified candidates offers a wide range of perspectives and insights, all of which are valuable for building the best product possible. But how do you find these candidates? Below, a number … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Truebill launches to help find and cancel your forgotten subscriptions

It has happened to all of us at one time or another: You scan your credit card bill and notice some phantom $7.99 monthly charge for some service you had signed up for months or maybe even years earlier. Now you face a dilemma: Do you sink the time into tracking down the website, … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Galaxy S7 Active listed in Samsung app

For the past few years, Samsung has released Active versions of its flagship smartphones — variants with added features like waterproofing and rubber cases. It seems the company is doing the same for the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, with SamMobile spotting a "Galaxy S7 Active" device l … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Savion Residence – “L” Shaped House for a Family of Four

Savion residence is a single-family home designed by Neuman Hayner Architects. Located in Savyon, Israel, the house has an area of 380 sqm. | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 8 years ago

Learn Where Influencer Marketing Fits in the B2B Customer Journey

Build credibility early on with prospects by incorporating influencers into content meant to represent different stages of the buying cycle. | Continue reading


@toprankblog.com | 8 years ago

Google briefly worked out a way of bypassing China’s Great Firewall

Last night, Web users in China had access to all of Google’s services – something that the country’s Great Firewall was supposed to prevent. From 11:30pm on Sunday to 1:15am on Monday morning (local time), people with IP addresses based in mainland China could use YouTube and Goo … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

India has the slowest Internet speeds in Asia, but things are changing slowly

Despite having one of the largest number of Internet users in the world, India's ambitious digital ambitions continue to be hindered by slow Internet connection speeds. India had both the slowest average connection speed and peak connection speed in Asia-Pacific, according to Aka … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

IT Crowd’s 0118 999 881 999 119 725 3 Easter egg found in Google’s dialer

The whole "0118 999 881 999 119 725 3" thing is a popular joke among IT Crowd fans, and it looks like there are some IT Crowd fans at Google. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

17 of the best tech stories you missed this Easter weekend

Easter is a time to take a break. To step back and spend some time with your friends and family. Of course, if you did spend the weekend doing that, there’s a good chance you missed the biggest and best stories that happened while you weren’t paying attention. Luckily you for you … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Sony pulls the Xperia Z5 Marshmallow update in Canada due to Play Store problems

Sony pulled the Marshmallow update for the Canadian versions of the Xperia Z5 and Xperia Z5 Premium due to a bug preventing users from accessing Google Play. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Eris & Ledger Form Partnership To Further Blockchain Technology

These days we hear a lot about multinational corporations entering the blockchain space via partnerships with each other. Less known are the blockchain companies, who do not have ties to multinationals, partnering with each other to push blockchain technology. Last week, Eris Ind … | Continue reading


@cryptocoinsnews.com | 8 years ago

Facebook apologizes for freaking people out with misdirected Safety Checks

Facebook has apologized for mistakenly asking users in the US, UK, and other countries whether they were affected by a bombing in Lahore, Pakistan on Sunday that killed at least 69 people and wounded left around 300 wounded. Facebook deployed its Safety Check notifications shortl … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Geht bald los: Neuer Trailer für Game of Thrones ist da

Es ist nicht der erste Trailer, der zur sechsten Staffel von Game of Thrones ausgestrahlt wird, aber vielleicht der spannendste, beziehungsweise actionreichste bislang. Die neue Staffel beginnt am 24. April via HBO. Seht den Trailer nach dem Break... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft built a special government-approved version of Windows 10 for China

Being notoriously strict about censorship, China makes it difficult for companies to launch their products there. It’s a major stumbling block for businesses that want to take a stab at the largest market in the world. Often, companies will have to bend to suit the requirements o … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Think you’ve cracked Social Media Integration in your venue? Think again!

From customer service to marketing and technology to content co-creation these 4 venues are leading the way in terms of social media interaction. After airlines, hotels and venues were the next travel and tourism sectors to sign up to the social media revolution and allow their b … | Continue reading


@eventmanagerblog.com | 8 years ago

The Past isn't Dead. It isn't Even Past.

Ideas that Germans call Schnapsideen are those so stupid, you must have been drunk when you conceived them. What kind of schnapps-idea... | Continue reading


@blog.themightycopywriter.com | 8 years ago

Witaj wiosno! [uczta dla oka]

Dzień dobry, Ostatnio obiecałam, że zaproszę Cię na ucztę dla oka. Oto i ona. Jakiś czas temu miałam przyjemność podziwiać kolekcję śnieżyc i innych... | Continue reading


@klaudynahebda.pl | 8 years ago

Samsung’s smart windshield concept is both a great and terrible idea

We've seen plenty of heads-up displays for cars that put smartphone notifications on your windshield, but not so many for motorbikes and scooters. Well, the Italian subsidiaries of Samsung and Yamaha have teamed up to create exactly that, with their new smart windshield concept p … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Tim Swanson of R3 CEV Publicly Thrashes Bitcoin Core Development

There is little to no love lost between the true Bitcoin believers and the R3 CEV consortium, as both parties will never see eye-to-eye on most aspects of digital currency. However, when the Director of Market Research of R3 CEV decides to openly criticize and attack the Bitcoin … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 8 years ago

DARPA wants to use AI to squeeze more bandwidth out of the airwaves

DARPA has launched its latest Grand Challenge, this time to bring advanced machine-learning capabilities to the way radio frequencies are used. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Gluten-free Blueberry Muffins

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@wallflowergirl.co.uk | 8 years ago

It looks like LG may bring back the app drawer to the G5

The LG G5 may ship with an app drawer after all. A recent video walkthrough of LG’s UX 5.0 interface shows the option to enable the classic app drawer. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Smartphones: AMOLED-Displays erstmals preisgünstiger in der Herstellung als LCDs

Branchen-Analyst IHS Technology meldet, dass im ersten Quartal 2016 die Produktion eines AMOLED-Displays für Smartphones erstmals preisgünstiger war als die eines vergleichbaren LCD-Screens. Das konkrete Bespiel bezieht sich auf einen 5"... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Short order cooks rarely make change happen

How far in the future does your agenda extend? One way to tell: of the things you worked on last week, how many were due last week? The marketplace has always tempted us with short-term cycles (they require less trust)... | Continue reading


@sethgodin.typepad.com | 8 years ago

FW: Preserving audio history with the National Recording Registry

bias fwd from nra - apols x postingIain| Iain E.F. Flett | iainflett@hotmail.com |Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 20:43:43 -0500From: pakurilecz@GMAIL.COMSubject: Preserving audio history with the National Recording RegistryTo: ARCHIVES-NRA@JISCMAIL.AC.UKThis past week the Library of Cong … | Continue reading


@jiscmail.ac.uk | 8 years ago

Ableton's Connection Kit lets you make music with Lego and a banana

Type "Lego music machine" into YouTube and you can see all sorts of imaginative contraptions. But making tunes with those stackable bricks just became easier with the release of a new add-on pack for popular music software Ableton Live. The pack — named Connection Kits — lets use … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Facebook apologizes for sending Lahore explosion Safety Checks to users in other areas

Facebook has apologized for accidentally sending Safety Check notifications for the Lahore, Pakistan suicide bombing to people in other areas, including the United States and United Kingdom. Users who got notified by SMS were especially alarmed and confused because the text asked … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Bitcoin Price Watch; Weekend Highs Hit

That we will get a solid and sustained intraday move in the bitcoin price over the weekend – and more often than not, on Sunday – is becoming something of a standard assumption as late. Generally, it comes as the markets in Asia open for a fresh week, and a bump up in volume init … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 8 years ago

Up for the ride? Where self-driving cars are really taking us

When most people think about self-driving vehicles, they picture themselves sitting in the passenger seat with their legs up, arms folded behind their head, as the car autonomously drives itself from Point A to Point B. It could be cross-country, down the street. Or, maybe they’r … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Uber is recruiting engineers through an in-app coding game

Uber is scouting for potential hires through hacking challenges offered to users during their rides. The challenges are appearing in the Uber app under a heading that reads: "Code on the Road." Several Twitter users have posted screenshots of the mobile game, and Uber confirmed t … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Im Ausland drohen drastische Bußgelder / ADAC informiert über Geldbußen für Verkehrsverstöße in 35 Ländern

ADAC: München (ots) - Wer Urlaub im Ausland macht, sollte die Verkehrsvorschriften des Landes gut kennen. In vielen europäischen Ländern sind laut ADAC die Bußgelder für zu schnelles Fahren, falsches Parken und Fahren unter Alkoholeinfluss viel höher als ... | Continue reading


@presseportal.de | 8 years ago

Samorost 3 review

Arguably the most appealing aspect of point-and-click adventures is not solving the puzzles themselves - though they're often a joy - but that moment something whirs into life. Where you're tinkering around with a mechanical puzzle and a new animation triggers. Progress! It's a s … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Jetzt mit Drossel: Telekom passt Spotify-Option im Mobilfunknetz an

Laut iphone-ticker.de plant die Telekom zu Ende April eine Anpassung der Spotify-Option für Mobilfunkkunden. Wer die Musik-Flatrate des Streaming-Anbieters über die Telekom zum handelsüblichen Preis von zehn Euro bucht, muss sich &uu... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Samsung explains the Galaxy S7’s Always On Display (AOD)

Samsung has taken to talking about its latest innovation: the Galaxy S7's Always On Display. Learn about its history and its power preservation practices! | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Ihre originellen Tourismusfotos

Haben Sie nicht auch schon Situationen erlebt, die so skurril oder merkwürdig waren, dass man sie einfach festhalten musste? Unsere Idee ist es, solche Momente künftig im tp-Blog zu teilen, um darüber zu diskutieren oder einfach zu lachen. Senden Sie uns Ihre Fotos zu originellen … | Continue reading


@tp-blog.at | 8 years ago

Das Honor 7 bekommt Android Marshmallow, in echt und unwiderruflich

Finally folks. The Marshmallow update for Honor 7 is out from today forward via OTA. #honor #forthebrave pic.twitter.com/H33b0FNxL2— HonorEU (@HonorEU) 25. März 2016Nach dem Abschluss des Beta-Test sind schon wieder knapp sechs Wochen... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

This gamer uses her lipstick as a controller in Counter-Strike

Playing a first-person shooter with a mouse and keyboard is passé — prepare for the future, where cosmetics are the controllers of the future. Tune into Chloe Desmoineaux’s Twitch channel and you’ll spot her taking on foes in Counter-Strike using a tube of lipstick. She uses a mo … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago