Crossing the Line: How tech firms are pushing to control the Internet

ANALYSIS: Mobile messaging giant Line announced an interesting tidbit yesterday — the Japanese tech titan revealed plans to become a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). For the uninitiated, Line rose to prominence back in 2011 for a messaging app that today claims more than 2 … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Interviews: Game Changers for Content Marketers [Content Matters Podcast Episode 8]

In this episode, Andy and Barry talk about how interviewing experts helps you generate greater content and build meaningful relationships. | Continue reading


@feldmancreative.com | 8 years ago

Kevin Spacey is a virtual reality hypebeast

Kevin Spacey is a great actor and theater director, but I'm a bigger fan of Kevin Spacey, the breathless tech evangelist. When Spacey likes a trend, he invests his time, money, and celebrity. Streaming services are the future? Spacey becomes the star of the first breakout streami … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

'Dream Machine: The Game' Review – Not a Monument Valley Clone

You would definitely be forgiven for looking at the screenshots in this review and assuming this game was some kind of clone or expansion DLC for Monument Valley [$3.99]. But aside from the Escher-esque optical illusions in the levels, the design, mechanics, and even the other as … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

Apple pulls back iOS 9.3 for older devices

Sorry iPhone 5 users, you probably won't be getting Night Shift today.The launch of iOS 9.3, one of Apple's more significant "point" mobile OS updates, didn't go down so well for those owning older iOS devices. The latest software, in some cases, is locking users out, so Apple ma … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Watch Batman v Superman reviews take a toll on sad Ben Affleck

I like Ben Affleck. Good Affleck, bad Affleck — I don't care. I like Reindeer Games. I love Shakespeare in Love. I don't like Clerks 2 or Runner Runner or Surviving Christmas, but I can make the most of them, similar to the way I use over-ripe bananas to make delicious banana bre … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Uber and Blade partner to offer helicopter rides to Coachella

Uber and Blade have joined forces to ferry passengers down to Coachella from Los Angeles for the music and arts festival this year. The flight, which can be purchased through either Uber or Blade will run festival goers $4,170 for a charter, which can sit up to six people at $695 … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Programmatic advertising and the rapid changes in digital ad space

With all the rapid changes happening in the digital advertising space, especially around the exploding growth of computer-driven programmatic advertising, I needed a crash course to get up to speed. I was fortunate to stumble on this ABC’s of Programmatic Advertising whitepaper f … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

An old law could force the FBI to tell Apple how it broke into iPhones

The on-going spat between the FBI and Apple has taken yet another surprising turn this week, thanks to an old law the US government brought in to protect US citizens from cyber attacks. The obscure “vulnerabilities equities process” was a rule brought in by the Obama administrati … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

How drug laws aimed at pregnant women penalize their children

Shortly after Cassie Duran’s son was born, he began to suffer from symptoms of drug withdrawal. The newborn’s tiny body shook and shivered— and he often cried inconsolably.  She blamed herself:  Duran had taken methadone during pregnancy."I felt so bad," the Boston native says, " … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Offensive improvement in Charlotte

VIDEO: NBA Rooks: Frank Kaminsky — Taking Stock HANG TIME NEW JERSEY — The Charlotte Hornets have been the league’s most improved offensive team this season, having scored 6.8 points per 100 possessions more than they did last season. That’s a bigger jump than the Oklahoma City T … | Continue reading


@nba.com | 8 years ago

This 360-degree video tour shows you where Google stores all your data

360-degree videos, while not quite as immersive as virtual reality, can transport you to any place in the world. With the ability to look in all directions, it's almost like you're really there — without the need to actually travel.Google just put up a fantastic 360-degree video … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Data management platforms: The backbone for data-driven marketing

Thanks to the technological advances in data-driven marketing, today more than ever, marketers have a wealth of data at their disposal. This crucial information informs brand campaigns and strategies at every turn. And as many marketers can attest, the influx of customer data tha … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

HTC 10, aka One M10, to ship starting April 15th?

A new rumor from ePrice claims that we could see the phone as early as April 15th, at least in its home country. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

The CEO of Young Thug’s label made a bonkers Snapchat story about Slime Season 3

Lyor Cohen is the co-founder and CEO of 300 Entertainment, a label whose roster includes upstart rap heroes like Migos, Fetty Wap, and Young Thug, and also Coheed and Cambria. Young Thug's third mixtape in his Slime Season series dropped at midnight last night, but before it did, … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Kaboom’s new keyboard lets you send destructible messages fast

The difficult thing about sending destructible messages is that you usually have to go to a completely different platform in order to use them. Anchor Free has slimmed the process down a step by creating an iOS keyboard for its destructible messaging product, Kaboom. Available to … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

VPN stalwart AnchorFree brings Kaboom’s self-destructing messages to a new mobile keyboard app

AnchorFree is the latest company to follow the keyboard app trend, with an update to its Kaboom app for iOS. The popular VPN app provider is famous for Hotspot Shield — which has garnered around 400 million downloads — and already has a number of separate apps, including Kaboom, … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For March 25th, 2016

Did you know there's a field called computational aesthetics ? Neither did I. It's cool though. ... | Continue reading


@highscalability.com | 8 years ago

57Gbps: Forscher stellen neuen Glasfaser-Temporekord auf

Forscher an der University of Illinois haben einen neuen Rekord aufgestellt. Sie jagten Daten mit 57 Gbps fehlerfrei durch ein Glasfaserkabel und das bei normaler Raumtemperatur. So soll die Technologe vor allen in Datenzentren, Flugzeugen und and... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Snapchat briefly snags the number one spot on U.S. App Store for the first time

Snapchat, the rapidly growing social application favored by mobile’s youngest users, has hit a notable milestone: for the first time ever, its iOS application reached the top of the iTunes App Store, where it briefly become the #1 Overall free application in the U.S. While Snapch … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Formula E will let you experience its races in virtual reality using CGI

Formula E is going to offer computer-generated recreations of its races in virtual reality, starting with a downloadable version of next weekend's race in Long Beach. The series eventually wants fans to be able to watch the races in real time, and it plans to do so well before th … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Netflix is making videos look like garbage on AT&T and Verizon

If you’ve tried streaming Master of None from your tablet running on Verizon on AT&T, chances are it looked like a big pile of unwatchable pixels. It turns out Netflix is quietly capping videos on these networks so that you don’t burn through your entire data cap in just a few ho … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Snapchat reportedly acquires Bitmoji maker Bitstrips for $100 million

Fortune is reporting that Snapchat, the ephemeral messaging platform that has today become the number one free app on the App Store, has agreed to acquire Bitstrips, the folks behind popular emoji-creation service Bitmoji. Though we haven’t received confirmation from Bitstrips or … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Bitcoin Price Watch; The Weekend Ahead

We’re about to shut down our analysis for the weekend, but before we do, let’s take one more look at the bitcoin price, in an attempt to set up against any potential volatility that comes this evening and, beyond that, into the weekend. The chart below shows action across pretty … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 8 years ago

It's Heroic Cats Versus Evil Pugs in the Upcoming 'Garrison Cats', and you Can Join the Beta Now

It's a well-known fact that cats have effectively taken over the the internet, the world, and my house. So, it's not a surprise that they are also the stars of more and more games. In the upcoming Garrison Cats by PocApp Studios, you are in charge of a group of cats that have fou … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

Analytics Art: Westbrook, Ross, Len among week’s worst shooters

VIDEO: Relive Russell Westbrook’s 14 triple-double this season By Ben Leibowitz, Special to NBA.com For the NBA players who sputtered through shooting slumps over the past seven days, NCAA March Madness diverting basketball fans’ collective eyeballs was probably a good thing. Tho … | Continue reading


@nba.com | 8 years ago

Analytics Art: The three hottest shooters in the NBA this week

VIDEO: Jeremy Lin dominates against Spurs By Will Laws, Special to NBA.com For the fans who have tuned into the NCAA Tournament more than the NBA of late, they are missing out on some stellar shooting performances from players determined to improve their team’s playoff positionin … | Continue reading


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

Immediately’s Branko Cerny on the rise of bottom up sales and the importance of branding

In contrast to the more traditional top down, generally involving the sale to a CIO or VP, the bottoms up sales approach enable each employee to be a credit card carrying decision maker. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Sick of those unwanted wedding pics on Facebook? This app may be your answer.

How many times have you been sick of unwanted, annoying photo posts from friends that clog your social media feed?And how many times has that driven you to unfollow, or even deactivate your account, only to realize that unfollowing is no foolproof measure of filtering trash, and … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

World Economic Forum Gears Up for Hands-On Blockchain Research in 2016

CoinDesk profiles the World Economic Foundation and its ongoing blockchain technology research. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Deal: 2-pack 128GB microSD cards for just $89, 2-pack 64GB for $39

Trusted eBay seller “buydig” is currently offering a 2-pack of 128GB Lexar microSD cards for just $89. There’s also a 2-pack of 64GB cards for $39, if you don’t need as much space. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Someone chopped up 2001: A Space Odyssey into 569 gifs

As you might’ve guessed, we love a good gif here at TNW. Heck, our logo has one built-in (just go and hover your mouse over it to see). But what happens when you turn an entire film into a series of 569 gifs and post them all in order on to Giphy? That’s precisely what Jean-Bapti … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

The Oculus Rift is finally shipping

If you were one of the clever people who got in early with their Oculus Rift preorder, you’ll be happy to learn that your headset is on its way. Confirmed by CEO Brendan Iribe, customers should start receiving their bundles from Monday, March 28. The first Oculus Rift has shipped … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Tinder rival Bumble is majority-owned by European dating behemoth Badoo

It was already on public record that Andrey Andreev, the low-profile Russian founder of European dating behemoth Badoo, is an investor in female-led dating app Bumble, the Tinder competitor founded by ex-Tinder employee Whitney Wolfe. However, TechCrunch can now reveal a number o … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

How to Craft a Captivating About Us Page

Although unglamorous and often neglected, the About Us page is one of the important web pages for companies and other organizations. About Us pages – or About Me pages in some cases – often register high traffic volumes. Even if they do not, visitors who read About Us pages have … | Continue reading


@alltop | 8 years ago

Sprint will give your money back if you’re not happy with its service in the first 30 days

Sprint hopes that a new 30-day no-questions-asked refund window will convince you to try its network, and, who knows, maybe fall in love and stay for good. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Student Founder Turns Down Microsoft And Google To Build Bae, An App For Black Singles

Over 30 million Americans have used an online dating service or mobile dating app, according to Pew Research Center. Yet Black online users face apparent bias: Data collected from 25 million OkCupid accounts demonstrated that when users rated their matches they penalized Black me … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Switcher Studio turns your iPad into a live video editing studio

While improvements in camera-phone technology have led to our mobile devices slowly but surely replacing clunky single-purpose cameras, most heavy editing and production still has to be done on desktops. This is especially true for live video, which often requires a full mixing b … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Waze integration for drivers rolls out nationwide in Lyft’s mobile app

Earlier this year, on-demand car service Lyft announced its plans to integrate with Waze’s software, allowing its drivers to automatically receive updated routes for more efficient and faster fare completions. Now, that integration has gone live – according to the the Lyft mobile … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

The DeanBeat: At the Upload Collective, investors and entrepreneurs gather to evangelize VR

I’ve been hanging out a bit at the Upload Collective, a new virtual reality incubator started by the founders of UploadVR, to soak in the enthusiasm that Silicon Valley has for VR. During the Game Developers Conference last week, I attended the Upload Collective’s coming out part … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Reimagine how you interact with cars with Genesis' new sports hybrid

There's a new luxury brand on the scene called Genesis and it just unveiled its new car, cleverly named the "New York Concept" at the 2016 New York Auto Show. Watch the video above to hear Mashable's Transportation Reporter Nick Jaynes give you his first impressions of this new l … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Ostergeschenke: Google macht Profi-Bildbearbeitungs-Plugins Nik Collection kostenlos

Wer sich eine Weile mit den Bildbearbeitungs-Optionen in Google Photos beschäftigt hat, der dürfte sich fragen, woher die eigentlich kommen. Vor Jahren hatte Google mal Nik Software gekauft (mit u.a. Snapseed) und die zugrunde liegenden F... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

iPhone SE review: today’s tech, yesterday’s design

Earlier this week at Apple’s campus in Cupertino, the company announced a brand-new iPhone. The heavens didn’t part, pop bands didn’t play, and people aren’t camping out at Apple Stores to buy the thing. It was a subdued launch, for a smaller, mid-cycle phone that looks exactly l … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Cult anime series FLCL is returning for two new seasons

Cult anime series FLCL — otherwise known as Fooly Cooly — will be getting two more seasons, according to an announcement from Cartoon Network parent company Turner. The two seasons will include 12 new episodes, and be produced with Cartoon Network's Adult Swim and Japanese anime … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

6 Oculus Rift experiences primed to change the way we think about VR

SPONSORED: This sponsored post is produced by Nvidia. March 28 sees the long-anticipated release of the Oculus Rift, the first mass-market VR headset capable of delivering on the true potential of next-gen virtual reality. It’s an incredibly powerful system that, naturally, requi … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft told potential Yahoo buyers it might back bids

(By Vishal Sridhar and Rishika Sadam, Reuters) – Microsoft Corp executives are in talks with equity firms considering bids for Yahoo Inc! saying that Microsoft might be willing to offer “significant financing” for their efforts, tech news site Recode reported on Thursday. However … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Mazurek kajmakowy

Co tu dużo mówić – bez mazurków kajmakowych nie ma świąt! Jako dziecko chyba ze wszystkich słodkości najbardziej właśnie na nie czekałam. W domu zawsze dzielimy się z moją Mamą świątecznymi przygotowaniami. W przypadku mazurków, to ja zagniatam kruche ciasto (teraz mam już dzieln … | Continue reading


@makecookingeasier.pl | 8 years ago

The Range makes obscure samples sound personal on Potential

Producer James Hinton, aka The Range, uses samples like a construction worker uses concrete. The songs on his sophomore album Potential are composed of nearly all samples, and the samples become the backbones of his songs, the glue holding everything together. Most of the samples … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago