Bitcoin price fell away from yesterday’s strained highs, but a price correction introduces some uncertainty about what’s next. Previous price patterns suggest the decline will continue, but simple technical analysis helps us plan contingency, and identify the confirmation of decl … | Continue reading
Raus aus dem kalten Grau, das wär jetzt nicht schlecht. Warum nicht nach Sri Lanka? Auf Google Street View kann man neuerdings virtuell durch den Inselstaat kurven und sich im quirligen Colombo oder auf hügeligen Teeplantagen und Traumstr... | Continue reading
Capcom has dated its big March update for Street Fighter 5, with a patch arriving on March 28th that will introduce features such as Challenge Mode, 8 player lobbies and an online rematch option. Shortly afterwards, on March 30th, another update lands that will introduce Street F … | Continue reading
Chair Entertainment has been busy since it concluded its 50-million-download Infinity Blade mobile game series in 2014. Chair, a division of Epic Games, has just published Shadow Complex Remastered on the Xbox One and is prepping the title for the PlayStation 4 and Steam. It is a … | Continue reading
With nearly 70 percent of American’s shopping online at least once monthly, it’s safe to say that our online Amazon binges are officially a “thing.” Unfortunately, another “thing” that’s quickly pervading the online shopping world is the fear and uncertainty that comes with enter … | Continue reading
Swarm has evolved a lot since it was spun out of the main Foursquare app a couple of years ago. The game side of it is more fun than ever, even if it doesn’t appeal to everyone. Now the app has learned some new tricks that should appeal to people who don’t see the point of mayors … | Continue reading
Foursquare has just launched Swarm 4.0, complete with brand new profile pages, updated search capabilities, full-screen photos and a weekly Swarm update from your friends. The most important update to the app comes by way of new individual user profiles. These profiles show a cli … | Continue reading
This week, Twitter turns 10. Over the next few days we’ll be exploring how far the microblogging service has come, the challenges it faces going forward and some of its key moments along the way. One of the most palpable sore spots in the dynamic between San Francisco and the tec … | Continue reading
Foursquare has updated its Swarm app with a feature it calls an “important one.” Starting today, besides checking into places and competing for points against your friends, you now have access to an analysis of all that data. With “lifelogging,” you can see what story your check- … | Continue reading
In 2016, it’s remarkably hard to buy something anonymously. Bitcoin would be the easiest way, but most places don’t accept it. Even walking into a store and paying cash, there’s a decent chance you’ll be asked for your name and zip code. Paying online is even harder. Use a credit … | Continue reading
President Barack Obama spoke at a memorial honoring the victims of Argentina's military rule and said the U.S. will declassify related documents from the period, with a goal of confronting the past with transparency and honesty. Photo: AP | Continue reading
Even though the new Prius is just a few months old, Toyota has already made major changes to the interior of the new plug-in version, the awesomely named Prius Prime. Unfortunately, the only Prius Prime on display at the New York Auto Show yesterday was a locked-up model we could … | Continue reading
The Information today published a profile on Nest CEO Tony Fadell, but swiftly mentioned in the piece are reports of Google building its own Amazon Echo competitor. “Nest asked to be included in a secret Google project to create a competitor to Amazon’s Echo, a voice-controlled p … | Continue reading
That didn't take very long.Less than a day after Microsoft unleashed Tay, its experimental A.I., to social networks including Twitter and Kik, the chatbot's already become a racist jerk you wouldn't ever want to be friends with.See also: The 100 best iPhone apps of all timeDesign … | Continue reading
e-hoi GmbH & Co. KG: Frankfurt (ots) - NENA-Fans dürfen sich nicht nur auf ein Live-Konzert ihres Idols freuen, auch Stars ihrer Jugend wie Suzi Quatro und die Spider Murphy Gang geben ihre Hits auf der musikalischen Kreuzfahrt zum Besten. Unterhaltung mit Ross Antony, ... | Continue reading
As mentioned last week, and included in our "Out Now" post yesterday, Sega has officially launched Total War Battles: Kingdom [Free] following a lengthy Canadian soft launch. We've had a thread rolling in our forums for a while now, and the response the game has gotten has been.. … | Continue reading
At a loss for ways to improve the quality of your content? This in-depth list of 17 tips will get you started. | Continue reading
Bitcoin Press Release: Lisk raises over 14,000 BTC (approx. 5.7 Million USD). Placing the Lisk ICO as the second most successful crypto-currency crowd-fund to date, and within the top 20 highest funded crowd-funds world-wide. Aachen, Germany – Lisk, the decentralized application … | Continue reading
Paul McCartney, best known as the father of esteemed fashion designer Stella McCartney, has been cast in the new Pirates of the Caribbean film, Dead Men Tell No Tales, according the Deadline. The film news site speculates that the husband of New York Metropolitan Transportation b … | Continue reading
Welcome to the brand spanking new TNW site. Well, it’s not all that new. We still have awesome posts from awesome writers about awesome things, but we’ve made a few changes that we hope will make the experience of exploring content a lot more enjoyable. But before we get into wha … | Continue reading
Sony’s $500 PlayStation VR launch bundle was made available to pre-order less than 48-hours ago on Amazon and it’s already sold out. No need to panic just yet though, because Amazon has confirmed that it will be making a second batch of the bundles available to order today from 2 … | Continue reading
Let me lay out a scenario for you: You're a British TV presenter. You've been asked to answer the question "what does human flesh taste like?" You get a tiny piece of your leg removed. Hilariously, your name happens to be Greg Foot. (Foot is almost Leg.) You take the man meat to … | Continue reading
European lawmakers are considering a Europe-wide “Google tax” requiring search engines to pay publishers for linking to and using “snippets” of their work. Trouble is, the idea has already been tried in Spain and Google simply closed its News service in the country, leading to a … | Continue reading
TiVo is in talks to be acquired by Rovi, the maker of TV program guides, according to The New York Times' DealBook. The talks are said to be "advanced," but could still fall through. Continue reading… | Continue reading
DoorDash is unveiling new versions of its website and app today, putting each restaurant’s delivery experience front-and-center. That’s happening through a new “Delight” score, which Head of Design Josh Abrams described as an “industry-first” rating — one that doesn’t just reflec … | Continue reading
The LG G5 and LG Watch Urbane 2 LTE are now both up for pre-order on Verizon's network, with ship dates set for April 1st. | Continue reading
Der britische Design-Schnickschnack-Shop SUCK UK hat ein Gadget für die nahende Grillsaison im Angebot, das erdige Kerle am Grill noch männlicher aussehen lässt: Die BBQ Toolbox ist ein portabler Grill im Formfaktor einer klassischen... | Continue reading
Messaging app giant Line revealed Thursday that it’s set to launch a mobile Internet service using its own SIM cards. Called Line Mobile, it’ll launch in Japan this summer.Line Corp director Jun Masuda announced the move this afternoon at the Line Conference Tokyo 2016 event.The … | Continue reading
LG CEO Cho Ju-no shrugs off the threat posed by the Apple iPhone SE, scorning the handset for using the "same-old technology". | Continue reading
Last week when we posted footage of what appeared to be Pokemon Go, and while we weren't entirely sure if it was legit at the time, news coming out of the Pokemon Company and Niatic confirms a bunch of details we were speculating on. There's still no solid launch date aside from … | Continue reading
Call it on-demand on steroids. A San Francisco company called Recharge has developed an app that enables users to book a stay in hotel for just for 67 cents a minute, or $40 an hour. The offering sounds both brilliant and preposterous, yet it has already attracted some smart inve … | Continue reading
Well, this sucks. A Texas-based demolition company is blaming Google Maps for providing the wrong address for the house it was supposed to tear down, which instead led them to destroy a nearby family home. Demolition workers were supposed to knock down a tordano-ravaged home on 7 … | Continue reading
Music streaming service Vevo has been working to extract itself from YouTube’s shadow over the past several months, despite the two networks’ symbiotic relationship. The company recently launched new, more personalized music applications on iOS, Android and Apple TV. Today it’s t … | Continue reading
This week on Ctrl-Walt-Delete, we briefly review the Apple event from this week and then discuss what Apple needs to do next as competitors step up.We love your feedback and suggestions on how to make our show better and more fun — you can tweet to Walt at @waltmossberg and Nilay … | Continue reading
Bitbucket Server, Atlassian’s self-hosted Git version control service, and Bitbucket Data Center are getting a small but potentially very useful feature in preview. The new early access version of Bitbucket now features the ability to search for code in your repositories. With th … | Continue reading
Google today updated Gmail with two new security improvements. The company also underlined a proposal to further boost email security as a whole. First up, Google has turned on its Safe Browsing service for Gmail users. While the feature has already been used to identify potentia … | Continue reading
Google is increasing the visibility of security warnings inside Gmail to help protect the service’s billion-plus active users more adequately. Read More | Continue reading
Microsoft today announced that in the next few weeks it will roll out a preview of its Skype universal Windows app to people participating in the Windows Insider program. The current Skype app will still work on PCs running Windows 10, but Microsoft will be gradually bringing the … | Continue reading
People continue to spend more money on digital games. Consumers spent $6.2 billion on downloadable releases and microtransactions in free-to-play mobile and Web games last month, according to market-intelligence firm SuperData Research. That is up 10 percent year-over-year, and t … | Continue reading
AppDirect, a company that helps customers manage multiple cloud vendors, announced today it was buying former TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield participant Xendo for an undisclosed amount. Xendo, which actually launched at my first TechCrunch Disrupt in September, 2014 enables users … | Continue reading
Resolution Games, the VR game studio started by Tommy Palm of Candy Crush Saga fame, has launched Bait!, a new free-to-play fishing game for the Samsung Gear VR virtual reality mobile headset. Bait! is one of a variety of games that Resolution Games is creating to lure gamers int … | Continue reading
Not every great business is VC backable. But every business needs capital to grow. If you’re launching a great business, but you don’t plan on being a unicorn, keep reading. Read More | Continue reading
Microsoft today launched a preview of the next version of Skype for Windows 10. This preview, which is now rolling out to Windows Insiders, is the first full Universal Windows Platform (UWP) version of Skype. The new version was written from scratch and features a redesigned user … | Continue reading
Google’s efforts to keep users safe might be forcing other email providers to make better security decisions. In February, the company started flagging unencrypted emails, allowing Gmail users to know whether they're sending emails to, or receiving emails from, providers that don … | Continue reading
Microsoft killed off its touch-friendly Skype app for Windows 8 last year, and decided to build separate messaging and video calling apps for Windows 10 instead of a universal app. It's now changing its plans based on feedback. "As the screen size gets bigger — large tablets, 2-i … | Continue reading
Microsoft has been touting the importance of its Universal Windows Platform (UWP) – apps that can be easily made to run on any form factor from desktop to phone – since Windows 10 was announced. So it’s a little odd that Skype, one of its biggest properties, is still using a deci … | Continue reading
DoorDash, the SF-based company that lets people order food from their favorite restaurants for a fee, this week announced it has raised a whopping $127 million to accelerate its business. It’s not wasting any time making its next moves: Today DoorDash is releasing a new feature, … | Continue reading
Atlassian has added a few features to BitBucket, which now lets developers search for code snippets and use modifiers to narrow the results. Developers maintaining large codebases often have multiple repos with an ungodly amount of code. Via the early access program, Bitbucket us … | Continue reading