We first learned about Midnight Star Renegade, the follow-up to 2014's enjoyable on-rails first-person shooter Midnight Star [Free], at the beginning of this month, and last week at GDC we were given a lovely hands-on demo from developer Industrial Toys and really liked what we s … | Continue reading
Just days after the terrorist attacks on Brussels, the French newspaper Le Monde reported that one of the bombers’ DNA was found in the Brussels airport where he blew himself up. That DNA was also found on the suicide vests used in the Paris attacks, where 130 people died in Nove … | Continue reading
Apple has launched a new web tool that lets you tinker with all the combinations of cases, bands, and faces available for the Apple Watch. It's a welcome, if long overdue, addition to the company's website, especially considering the hundreds of possible variations. In fact, teas … | Continue reading
Microsoft today announced the release of new Windows 10 preview builds for PCs and mobile devices for people in the fast ring of the Windows Insider Program. Unlike the build released on March 17 that brought extensibility to Microsoft’s Edge browser, this preview build doesn’t h … | Continue reading
Auto shows tend to be pragmatic affairs: they're usually arranged and promoted by local dealer associations with the simple, straightforward hope of bringing in people who need to buy a new car sometime in the next year. Yes, there are concept cars scattered across the halls — li … | Continue reading
Google is once again challenging developers to make the best use of Android, and giving away I/O invitations to the most unique submissions. Via the Android Experiments Challenge, developers can submit their take on best use cases for Android. It can be just about anything, so lo … | Continue reading
Motorsport Manager [Free] is free for the first time ever, and if you enjoy games where you manage racing drivers but are tired of the Kairosoft offerings, you should definitely pick this one up. When Motorsport Manager originally came out in 2014, people who enjoy racing games w … | Continue reading
More evidence is pointing toward a mysterious Neptune-sized planet lurking at the outer edges of our Solar System. One of the scientists who claimed in January to have found strong evidence for a ninth planet — temporarily named "Planet Nine" — now says there are even more clues … | Continue reading
Real estate managing tool OneRent announced yesterday that it sealed a $4 million funding deal with early-stage VC Renren, Inc. The investment will be used to hire new personnel and expand to six new cities, including Los Angeles, San Diego, and Washington, DC. OneRent, which cur … | Continue reading
Scientists have long been trying to figure out how exactly our ancestors evolved from fish to land vertebrates some 375 million years ago. Now a tiny, eyeless fish that walks and climbs up waterfalls could offer some clues, The New York Times reports.tiny fish, big questionsThe f … | Continue reading
Are bitcoin transactions really frictionless compared to traditional currency? Alexander Kroeger, a research analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Research and Startup Group, and Asani Sarkar, an assistant vice president at the bank’s Integrated Policy Analysis Group, … | Continue reading
Google is announcing today the launch of Android Experiments I/O Challenge, a short program to encourage the submission of cool new open-source Android apps to the Android Experiments program that Google introduced last year. Google has racked up apps in its online gallery since … | Continue reading
Microsoft today announced that it has started to ship out its large Surface Hub touch-friendly displays to business customers. The displays are available in 55- and 84-inch models, for $6,999 and $19,999, respectively. Microsoft first announced the device in January 2015 and sinc … | Continue reading
A newly discovered zero-day vulnerability for OS X allows hackers to execute code previously thought to be protected by Apples new kernel defense, known as System Identity Protection (SIP). “Our researchers recently uncovered a major flaw which allows for local privilege escalati … | Continue reading
VB WEBINAR: How do you combat user acquisition scams that are increasingly slick and nearly undetectable? Find out from the front line how pros are successfully combating mobile fraud. Register here for free. Like ants to a picnic, the extraordinary success of the mobile app mark … | Continue reading
If you’re in the market for a giant 84-inch 4K touchscreen computer (and have about $22,000 set aside for that), today is a good day. After numerous delays, Microsoft today started shipping its Surface Hub to business customers. Surface Hub comes in both the giant 84-inch version … | Continue reading
I have a confession to make: I’m obsessed with listicles. You may immediately associate the term with BuzzFeed, which has become known for its vast selection of hilarious lists, which touch on tips, secrets, observations and more. All listicles are quick, easy to read and includ … | Continue reading
Do icons improve usability? It depends on how extensively you've tested the five elements of icon usability during the development stages. Here's how. | Continue reading
The folks over at x.ai – creators of Amy, the artificial intelligence answer to scheduling meetings – have had a shot at showing exactly what it looks like inside their bot’s brain, using AI, of course. The team used a powerful deep-learning model, a Recurrent Neural Network (RNN … | Continue reading
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we tried free VR porn, the Oculus Rift starts shipping, and we learned the origins of Diablo (the game, not the devil). Have a great weekend! Pieces of flair and opinion The DeanBeat: At the Upload Collective, investors and … | Continue reading
The injury-decimated New Orleans Pelicans have received a hardship exemption from the NBA allowing them to increase their roster to 17 players and have signed forward Jordan Hamilton to a 10-day contract. | Continue reading
Uber is now sourcing developers from its pool of riders. On Twitter, Microsoft employee (and possible Lumberjack) Joshua Debner shared screenshots of an in-app experience he had while taking an Uber ride. It asked Debner to ask some fairly routine interview-type questions. All of … | Continue reading
Nach ausgiebigen Testversuchen will Netflix in Kürze ein Feature freischalten, dass einem ermöglicht, die Bandbreite und damit Qualität der Videos auf Smartphones zu drosseln. 600kbps sollen reichen, um einen guten Stream hinzubekomm... | Continue reading
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
In this episode, Andy and Barry talk about how interviewing experts helps you generate greater content and build meaningful relationships. | Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Did you know there's a field called computational aesthetics ? Neither did I. It's cool though. ... | Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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