More smartphone users in Canada have plans to increase their mobile payment usage this year than last year, according to research breaking out intentions by demographic. Regardless of age or gender, mobile payments appear to be getting more popular. | Continue reading
For ecommerce site Overstock.com, the back-to-college shopping season isn’t just for selling products—it’s a chance to transform students into lifetime customers. eMarketer spoke with Jeanne McPhillips, vice president of merchandising at Overstock.com, about the … | Continue reading
At the Cannes Lions international advertising festival in June, data visualization technology provider Buzz Radar conducted an experiment that took sentiment analysis further, diving deeper into different types of emotional nuances. Patrick Charlton, director and co-founder of Bu … | Continue reading
Many IT executives in North America currently have—or plan to have—machine learning programs in place, according to research. Predictive analytics is the No. 1 implementation, but execs have dozens of use cases on their agendas. | Continue reading
With increasing access to marketing data, practitioners are able to refine their personalization efforts more and more. And well over half of US marketers are carrying this out through their emails and websites, according to research. | Continue reading
About eight in 10 smartphone users in Vietnam have the messaging app Zalo installed on their phone, making the Vietnamese-created app the most popular in the category. Facebook Messenger is not far behind. | Continue reading
Nearly three-quarters of internet users find the idea of smart home technology attractive. Cost and privacy concerns trouble more than one in three, though—and there’s confusion about which providers are trustworthy. | Continue reading
Bitcoin price broke below its triangle support to indicate that the selloff isn't over yet.The post Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 06/29/2016 – Triangle Breakdown! appeared first on NEWSBTC. | Continue reading
By going through this flowchart, you are about to find out the best digital marketing channel for your startup – depending on the amount raised. | Continue reading
PREVIEW: Monster Hunter Generations (known was Monster Hunter X in Japan) is off to a huge start. Since its November launch, Capcom has sold over 3 million copies in the publisher’s homeland. Generations hits July 15 for the Nintendo 3DS in the States, the latest entry in the 12- … | Continue reading
Does Facebook suggest new friends based on your location? The answer seems to change day by day. Yesterday, Fusion reported that Facebook uses location data to make friend suggestions and pointed out that this could lead to unfortunate privacy mishaps. Users could find themselves … | Continue reading
Qualcomm said today it is optimizing its Snapdragon family of processors to run Google’s Project Tango augmented reality technology. The world’s biggest mobile chip maker announced that its Snapdragon 652 and 820 processors both support Tango, a technology that enables someone to … | Continue reading
New technology is emerging at ever-increasing speeds, transforming how we communicate, collaborate and manage our day-to-day responsibilities. As soon as we get a strong grasp on the latest workplace technology, an even newer solution surfaces. Read More | Continue reading
☔ Read that — I dare you. Oh, you can’t? Maybe that’s because I’ve rendered it unreadable with Mozilla’s unbreakable emoji-based cipher, Codemoji! Read More | Continue reading
Fans of EA Sports’ FIFA 16 soccer game are in an uproar after a group of players discovered an issue that is potentially handicapping cards in certain situations. And now EA is thanking them for their vigilance. FIFA’s Ultimate Team mode, which has players collecting cards of pla … | Continue reading
This weekend was the annual San Francisco Pride Parade. The event drew over a million spectators and participation from many of the tech world’s most recognizable companies. Over 30 tech companies marched in this year’s parade. Whether you were there in person or in spirit, SF Pr … | Continue reading
TechCrunch is pleased to bring you a recap of Pitch@Palace Malaysia that took place earlier today. Established by The Duke of York, Pitch@Palace offers entrepreneurs the opportunity to present their business in front of an audience of influencers. Pitch@Palace Malaysia aims to pr … | Continue reading
In the world of System Shock, the evil mega-corporation known as TriOptimum is indirectly responsible for the near-destruction of Earth, humanity, and at one point the literal fabric of reality. If it were a real company, I would be totally on board with that, as long as it sold … | Continue reading
Compass, a 5.5-year-old startup that had raised $3.7 million from investors for its business monitoring and intelligence service, is getting out of the crowded business of field of benchmarking startups and instead zeroing in what it sees as a far more underserved market: it’s he … | Continue reading
The latest Humble Bundle for Android and PC users offers a great variety of games at a killer price, but the longer you wait the more you'll pay! | Continue reading
We're streaming live on Mobcrush right now. There's a couple different ways you can watch the stream, and they all work equally well and it's really just a matter of personal preference as to which method you prefer. The easiest way to watch is just watching the embedded player r … | Continue reading
Searching Google using the phrase "speed test" has become a common practice for internet users looking to double check their Mbps rate, typically by surfacing a link for the free web product provided by analytics firm Ookla. To take advantage of the common behavior, Google appear … | Continue reading
Both of the major Puzzle Quest games out there right now are getting some nifty new updates. First up is Marvel Puzzle Quest [Free], which has added a new Captain America: Peggy Carter. Yes, the character who has become a standout among the Marvel Cinematic Universe, making appea … | Continue reading
Best Buy is testing out a new consultation service in a few cities, which involves the retailer's employees coming to your home, scoping out all the tech you've got, and recommending potential upgrades and fancier gadgets to replace all of it with. Well, not all of it; the idea i … | Continue reading
Live.ly, the newly released live streaming app from musical.ly, has now secured the top slot in the Apple app store. That puts live.ly above Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, Google Maps and Instagram.Live.ly finished rolling out last Thursday and the app has already received over 50 … | Continue reading
The mad roboticists at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne have produced another biomimetic mechanoid — this one based on the lithe locomotion of the salamander. “Pleurobot” imitates the amphibian’s ambulation with its own articulated vertebrae, allowing it to slither al … | Continue reading
Talend, a startup with data integration software that simplifies the process of aggregating multiple data sets for later analysis, today filed to raise $86 million in an initial public offering (IPO). Lead underwriters include Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Barclays, and Citigroup. … | Continue reading
VB LIVE: Installs are meaningless if you can’t engage and retain users. Whether you’re trying to turn casual users into daily users, reward power users, or re-engage lapsed users, get valuable intel from our panel of pros. Register here for free. “It’s not a sprint, it’s a marath … | Continue reading
Hit 1981 arcade game Defender is the grandaddy of horizontal scrolling shooters, and was one of my favorites when I was a kid. It sounds rather quaint nowadays, but there was something so freeing about being able to switch directions and chase down enemies in the "open world" lev … | Continue reading
A startup based in Branford, Connecticut, Ancera Inc. has raised $8.9 million in Series A funding for technology that helps food producers detect contaminants faster than other methods will allow.The company’s mission is to prevent food waste, recalls or worse, the spread of food … | Continue reading
In a move that's sure to ruffle a feather or two, Evernote has elected to increase the prices paid subscriptions and limite free users to two devices. | Continue reading
Say what you want about the exterior design of the new second-gen Porsche Panamera that debuted Tuesday afternoon in Berlin, Germany. But there's no denying the all-new luxury sports sedan is smart. Let me explain.SEE ALSO: VW to pay $15 billion to settle 'dieselgate' in the U.S. … | Continue reading
✉✋ Quick, decode that. Stumped? That’s because it’s encrypted. Well, sorta. The message, if you were curious, reads: “Encryption Matters,” and it’s part of a project by Mozilla — alongside TODO, an Italian creative agency — to teach Web users how to better understand the math th … | Continue reading
Turning classic 2D cartoons into 3D renderings can be a tricky act to balance. There's always something a little unsettling and kind of off about the finished model, like say, The Peanuts Movie, or Garfield: The Movie. Maybe it's the way that it looks way too polished, or how it … | Continue reading
There is great writing. And there is content. And at this juncture in the Internet’s evolution it seems very plain, Dear Online Reader, that you are mostly being served a tsunami of content — accelerated into your attention trough by click-dependent digital business models which … | Continue reading
An attack at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport killed at least 36 people on Tuesday. Arriving and departing flights were suspended by Eurocontrol following the attack. Photo: European Pressphoto Agency | Continue reading
PredictSpring, a startup that helps brands and retailers build mobile apps, announced today that it has raised $11.4 million in Series A funding. Founder and CEO Nitin Mangtani has said that one of his goals is to help businesses create truly native mobile experiences that make i … | Continue reading
The rules for commercial drone usage released last week by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) left some unanswered questions on the table. We discussed some of these with Thomas Gemmell, a former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot and the co-leader of the drone team at the … | Continue reading
Google collects a ton of information about you. Pretty much everyone who cares about tech knows that, but now the company is looking to make it easier to control the data it has on throughout all your various devices. According to Wired, you’ll soon see a prompt on Google service … | Continue reading
The Gentlebros is the studio that brought you the fun Halloween-themed action-RPG, Slashy Hero [Free], which Kongregate wound up publishing last year. The ex-Koei-Tecmo developers aren't resting on their laurels, as they're hard at work on a brand new game, Cat Quest. You play as … | Continue reading
Google's new virtual reality platform is still being prepared for its debut in the fall, but in the meantime the company is leaking out small samples of what the platform can deliver. The latest demonstration of Daydream's power reveals a simpler way for creators to produce anima … | Continue reading
BauBax wants to make the next leap in wireless charging to "mindless charging" by integrating power banks with clothing and wearables. | Continue reading
Motorola's Moto G series is one of the best-bang-for-your-buck smartphones if you're on a tight budget.The Lenovo-owned company announced on Tuesday its fourth-generation Moto G will finally launch in the U.S. on July 12 starting at $199.99. Pre-orders start immediately.SEE ALSO: … | Continue reading
Skagen is coming out with a line of wearables, the first of which will be a smartish watch and activity tracker under the name Hagen. If that sounds familiar, Skagen has been selling a sleek analog watch under the name for some time, but this new line will be its first foray into … | Continue reading
In an email to Blue Origin fans this morning, founder Jeff Bezos announced that the company broke ground on their orbital vehicle manufacturing site in Florida. At 750,000 square feet, the new custom-built facility is designed to be large enough to accommodate manufacturing, proc … | Continue reading
Overwatch's highly anticipated Competitive Play mode is launching today on PC. That's the good news.The bad news is that console players will have to wait until next week. "We don't have an exact date to share, but we can confirm that the patch is going through approvals right no … | Continue reading
Samsung is on an unbelievable roll.The Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge are its two best smartphones ever, the Gear S2 received rave reviews after Samsung's previous smartwatches flopped, and the Gear VR is arguably the best mobile VR experience on the market. SEE ALSO: Samsung's fitness-tr … | Continue reading