The universal reaction to Atlas, the newly upgraded next-generation humanoid robot from Boston Dynamics (a company owned by Alphabet), was lots of empathy. Unmindful of being punched, pushed and teased, it focused on finishing tasks in a demo video. People who watched the video r … | Continue reading
Ooyala's latest Global Video Index reveals pertinent information to help marketers strengthen video strategies. | Continue reading
As part of their initiative to launch 100 smart wearables this year, today Fossil has unveiled seven new models, two of which are Android Wear. | Continue reading
While card game mechanics seem to be in almost every game on the App Store recently, you won't hear many complaints from me because I've always enjoyed card games, from Ascension [Free] to Hearthstone [Free] and beyond, although their themes are often a bit too similar. VEmpire: … | Continue reading
When the pilot for AMC’s upcoming series adaptation of Preacher screened at SXSW yesterday — to rapturous applause from the fan-heavy crowd — much of the focus was on directors and executive producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. But the secret weapon of the show is writer/showr … | Continue reading
The Division has set a new world record for biggest week one sales of a new IP, Ubisoft trumpeted.That's right, it even toppled Destiny. (Though Bungie's sh… | Continue reading
GitHub just changed the way code reviews are handled, and it will probably leave developers with a lot more time on their hands. Saying the changes are meant to make GitHub “faster and more flexible” for teams, developers can now filter pull requests by extensions. If you’re the … | Continue reading
Crytek announced today that it is changing its business model to “pay what you want.” It is also setting up a $1 million indie game development fund. The new business model is a bold bet that relies on the kindness of fellow game developers. The company made the announcement as p … | Continue reading
Have you ever wondered when you should be posting on social media? We have discovered that the best days and times vary across each social media platform. Keep our infographic on hand the next time you want to optimize the number of likes, clicks or retweets on your post. Read o … | Continue reading
The expression “timing is everything” could not be more true when it comes to posting on social media. It’s one thing to create fresh and exciting content, but what’s the point of posting something if your audience is not seeing it? Posting content at the right time, on the right … | Continue reading
In a clearly stated analysis and opinion blog post about the costs and benefits of doing either a hard fork to a 2 MB block size limit versus going with the “Hong Kong Compromise” Segregated Witness (Segwit) upgrade, Sam Cole offers the perspective from that of a Bitcoin miner in … | Continue reading
There’s virtually no drama in the story of a successfully recovered addict, plodding dutifully through the daily fight for sobriety. But there’s plenty of drama in a story about addicts buckling under pressure, giving in to their worst impulses when it matters most. That simple e … | Continue reading
A judge has rejected a claim by Mizuho Bank that a class action lawsuit related to its involvement in the collapse of Mt Gox should move to Japan. | Continue reading
ILMxLab has just revealed its first trailer for the upcoming Vive-exclusive VR experience Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine. | Continue reading
Crytek unveiled its next-generation video game development engine, CryEngine, with support for virtual reality headsets. The Frankfurt, Germany-based company made the announcement at an event at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco today. Cevat Yerli, CEO of Crytek, sa … | Continue reading
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Without the right tools, working with social media clients can be frustrating. Here are 3 reasons why Facebook Business Manager is your lifesaver. | Continue reading
With the primaries in full swing and the election just months away, a handful of new (and new-ish) Google search features make researching and tracking your favorite — or least favorite — candidates even easier. The best part is, you don’t even have to leave Google Search results … | Continue reading
Which is more effective? Content marketing or native advertising? The difference between the two is that websites charge sponsors to place native advertising that looks like editorial content whereas websites accept and publish content marketing pieces as an actual part of their … | Continue reading
Esports are about to do the dinosaur. Developer Studio Wildcard revealed Ark: Survival of the Fittest, a spinoff based on its online game Ark: Survival Evolved, and it’s out today via Steam (with a console release date to be determined). It’s calling Survival of the Fittest a mul … | Continue reading
Amid the nonstop parties, panels, activations, and tacos, Google was dealing with a pronounced shadow hanging over its presence at SXSW this week: the company’s ambitious self-driving car program was responsible for its very first collision back in February. Now the fallout has f … | Continue reading
With claims like that, it looks like we can expect HTC's new smartphone to be a first class, first world device. | Continue reading
Far Cry Primal's latest patch lets you take prettier screenshots of its prehistoric jungle by allowing players to disable the game's obtrusive HUD.… | Continue reading
Around June of last year, Lucasfilm and its usual cohorts — Industrial Light and Magic, Skywalker Sound — announced that they were banding together to form the ILM Experience Lab, or ILMxLab. The new team would focus largely on figuring out how to translate the Star Wars universe … | Continue reading
Proposed new UK surveillance powers are getting a second reading in parliament today, as the government seeks to update and extend the law in this area before the end of the year. Read More | Continue reading
Last April, Julien Arnold quietly left his role as CEO of Numbrs, the mobile-first banking app he co-founded with Swiss company builder Centralway. Now, almost a year on, he’s on the verge of launching his next project: Clinc, a mobile app to make it easier to save money for a fu … | Continue reading
$4.4 million, while a lot of money, isn't exactly a lot of cash for a vintage Ferrari. After all, a 1957 Scaglietti recently went for $34 million. However, $4.4 million is a lot for a Ferrari Superamerica.See also: Sorry, Tesla: The world’s fastest electric car is made in... Croa … | Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Google released a new version of its Google Analytics product this morning, adding new features and bringing in existing offerings that previously worked separately. Marketers can use the suite to track and respond to their customers more seamlessly than ever before. Ab … | Continue reading
Google Maps makes it easy for users to compare different ways of getting around: driving a car, taking public transportation, walking, or bicycling, for example. A few years ago, Uber integration — complete with estimates for pricing and length of ride — was added to give riders … | Continue reading
From app developers to accessories makers, the world has turned the iPhone into a kind of digital Swiss knife that can do nearly anythingNow a new startup wants to add scientific research to that list by transforming the smartphone into a working microscope. SEE ALSO: Can Your i … | Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO — Most of the room of game-industry insiders raised their hand after Spry Fox founder Daniel “Danc” Cook asked them if they own more than 10 games on the PC software portal Steam. Smiling, Danc told them “you don’t matter.” For years, mobile gaming has fended off th … | Continue reading
The scene opens to a children’s playground in a park. Two mothers are having a conversation on the bench as their kids run about. You can choose to stay focused on the women and listen to them talk, or investigate the playground to see where their children are playing. And you sh … | Continue reading
Google has finally embraced one of iOS’ most standard features: bottom-bar navigation. With a change to its Material Design guidelines, Google is now encouraging developers and designers to use navigation buttons on the bottom of the screen. Ahead of this change, all in-app navig … | Continue reading
Google today added a new section to its Transparency Report that focuses on the use of encryption on Google’s own sites and across the web. The company says over 75 percent of requests to its own servers are now using encrypted connections (though traffic to YouTube is not includ … | Continue reading
Last year Valve introduced paid mods on Steam when Bethesda allowed its fanbase to sell Skyrim mods. That experiment was short-lived, but Valve is having another crack at it, this time handling things itself through one of its first-party games, Dota 2.Soon Dota 2 players can pur … | Continue reading
Samsung is showcasing an app that writes music based on your hums, a collaborative social media app, and VR tech that convinces you you're flying. | Continue reading
Fossil is expanding its Android Wear smartwatch lineup today with two new models: the Q Wander and Q Marshal. The new watches follow the Q Founder that was released late last year and offer alternative designs to the Founder's heavy metal frame. They will be available later this … | Continue reading
Researchers have proposed a new kind of cryptocurrency that puts a central bank in control of the network but retains a transparent ledger. | Continue reading
AlphaGo just proved that artificial intelligence is advancing much faster than anyone predicted. But how did AlphaGo became so advanced? And what are the implications for all of us? | Continue reading
Chances are, you don’t have an iPhone 6s or 6s Plus. That means you don’t get to take advantage of 3D Touch, but a new GitHub repository named PeekPop could bring all the peeking and popping fun of 3D Touch to older devices. With Apple’s newest iPhones, a new screen assembly brou … | Continue reading
Traffic sucks? No conversions? Stuck in a rut? We’ve all been there. Marketing your business online is hard and requires a lot of upkeep to keep it running like a machine. If you aren’t getting the results you want, you are probably committing one or more of these things below. D … | Continue reading
I've spent the last few minutes staring at a black-and-white picture on an iPad. It's a picturesque, cartoony campground surrounded by picnic tables, a flower garden, and even some farmland. I'm looking for Mary. I know that she's a farmer, and that she is holding a trowel in one … | Continue reading
What if you could travel back in time and experience the last four minutes of a famous person’s life? Well, you can, if you’re willing to lock yourself in a morgue cabinet in the dark, listen and deeply inhale the air around you. That’s the only mildly-scary premise behind the Fa … | Continue reading
Last month, Google updated its search engine to quickly display information about the US presidential election, including delegate counts and the political stances of each presidential candidate. Now it's adding campaign finance information provided by the Center for Responsive P … | Continue reading
PikPok is no stranger to making crazy games, as they're the guys behind a ton of totally off the wall titles published by Adult Swim. Their latest game fits right in with what we've come to expect in that it's delightfully weird but incredibly well done. It's called Doomsday Clic … | Continue reading
Harrison Ford will return once again as Indiana Jones. Disney announced this morning that he'll star in a new movie, directed by Steven Spielberg, slated for release on July 19th, 2019.That's basically all of the detail we have so far. Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall, who wor … | Continue reading
Director Mike Flanagan introduced his second feature film, Hush, at the Alamo Drafthouse screening I attended this weekend saying, "this screening that you're seeing, here in this theater, is the best one so far." Aside from the noxious combination of the Drafthouse's pizza, beer … | Continue reading
One of the themes of this GDC seems to be meeting up with developers we saw last year who now have games which are way closer to release than we were when we saw them originally. Disco Party is one such example, and all we posted last year was a few screenshots, well, the puzzle … | Continue reading