Windows 10 phones are getting NFC payments at last

Windows Phones mostly achieved feature parity with iOS and Android with Windows 10, but the lack of NFC payments has been a glaring omission. That’s starting to change today. Windows Insiders running builds 14360 or higher can run an updated Microsoft Wallet app to make mobile pa … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Reddit’s native image hosting goes (almost) site-wide

A couple weeks back, Reddit announced that it would be providing its own image hosting solution to a handful of subreddits. The experiment appears to have been a success, because the site announced today that the feature is rolling out to any SFW subreddit that wants to take adva … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Coworkrs Offices – New Life for an Industrial Building in Brooklyn

Leeser Architecture was enlisted to transform an industrial building into a three level collaborative work share facility for Coworkrs. | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 8 years ago

Samsung NBA Summer League 2016 schedule to feature Top 10 selections from NBA Draft

A matchup between the Philadelphia 76ers and Los Angeles Lakers, owners of the first and second overall picks, respectively, in NBA Draft 2016 presented by State Farm, highlights the 67-game schedule at Samsung NBA Summer League 2016. The 11-day showcase of top young NBA talent … | Continue reading


@nba.com | 8 years ago

The best free shows buried in Ticketmaster’s garbage fire legal settlement

In 2013, Ticketmaster lost a class action lawsuit over its shady processing fees. This week, those of us who purchased tickets between October 1999 and February 2013 reap the rewards of the court case in the form of free ticket vouchers applicable to a limited set of shows pre-se … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Next Nissan Leaf EV will hit 200 miles, just like Chevy Bolt, Tesla Model 3

Nissan confirms its 200-mile EV: the 2018 Nissan Leaf. It arrives late this year with a 60-kWh battery. Cost-conscious buyers should be able to get 100-mile Leafs with small battery packs. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Apple is returning money to ebook buyers after losing price-fixing lawsuit

Three years after a court first ruled that Apple was liable for conspiring to fix ebook prices, consumers are finally getting their money back for buying overpriced books. Starting today, booksellers are beginning to refund customers by placing store credit into the accounts they … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

How virtual reality gaming is blowing its big chance in 2016

This year’s E3, the gaming world’s annual marquee show, was virtual reality’s chance to shine. Two high-end headsets — the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive — are on sale already, although they serve only a small market. We’re four months from the launch of PlayStation VR, which will open … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Yahoo Radar is a mobile travel guide with a chatbot-like assistant

Yahoo this morning launched a new travel guide for iOS it’s calling Yahoo Radar. While the app will offer traditional travel companion type features like restaurant recommendations and details on popular attractions, landmarks, and other sights in a given city, the app will be mo … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

High ROI is Costing You Money

Aiming for the highest-possible ROI? You're probably losing revenue. Try balancing ROI and audience growth, instead. See what happens. | Continue reading


@portent.com | 8 years ago

Taking the headphone jack off phones is user-hostile and stupid

Another day, another rumor that Apple is going to ditch the headphone jack on the next iPhone in favor of sending out audio over Lightning. Or another phone beats Apple to the punch by ditching the headphone jack in favor of passing out audio over USB-C. What exciting times for p … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

With Voter Verification, Brigade Becomes A More Legitimate Platform For Political Debate

Brigade, the political advocacy platform backed by Sean Parker and made from the early team of Causes, has come a longer way in the last six months. Originally unveiled as a really simple way to agree or disagree with political positions, Brigade has evolved into a more robust si … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

ZTE Grand X Max 2 Review

The Grand X Max 2 is ZTE's latest budget phone but is this Cricket Wireless handset one that you should consider buying? Here's our full review! | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Innovative Testing: What It Is, What It Isn’t and When to Try It

At one end of the spectrum you have iterative testing and at the other, you have innovative testing. What's the difference? When do you use each one? | Continue reading


@conversionxl.com | 8 years ago

E3 2016: PlayStation VR made Oculus CEO Palmer Luckey ‘really happy’

The 2016 Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show in Los Angeles last week marked Sony’s biggest virtual reality push yet, and one of the company’s competitors likes what he sees. Palmer Luckey, who invented the Oculus Rift and cofounded Oculus VR, revealed on social media yester … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Frozen claims its latest victim — my favorite ride at Disney World

The Disney film Frozen, which I have admittedly only watched once in its entirety and that was in a minivan, is a constant burden to me. It has murdered so many things that I care deeply about and today it has done so for the 14th time.To recap, here are the first 13 things Froze … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Videolan releases VLC 2.0 for Android, adding features but reducing permissions

VLC, the venerable and widely used multi-platform video player, received a major update on Android today, adding a number of highly requested features while managing to actually reduce the number of permissions it needs. That seems like an infallible sign of a trustworthy develop … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Hillside House by Tim Cuppett Architects

Austin architect Tim Cuppett recently designed the Hillside house in South Austin that conquered the problem of the two homeowners’ divergent | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 8 years ago

Epson made a 4K projector for less than $3,000

Epson unveiled two new projectors this week, which it says are the first "WirelessHD projectors with 4K content support." That's cool, but what's really special about these projectors is that they’re both priced below $3,500. The Home Cinema 5040UB and the Home Cinema 5040UBe are … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

A DIY Prototype of a Family House in Posazavi

Designed by A69 Architectural Studio, this DIY prototype of a family house is built in a former granite quarry in Posázaví, Czech Republic. | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 8 years ago

The Most Crazy Cool Beds for Kids by Circu

Whether it's in the form of a car, a space ship, a balloon, or a shell, these incredibly cool beds have us wishing we were children again. | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 8 years ago

The Floating Piers – A Walkway Across the Water of Lake Iseo

A 3 kilometer long walkway was created as The Floating Piers extend across the water of Lake Iseo. Floating Piers - Christo and Jeanne-Claude | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 8 years ago

Docker launches a new marketplace for containerized software

At its developer conference in Seattle, Docker today announced the private beta of the Docker Store, a new marketplace for trusted and validated dockerized software.The idea behind the store is to create a self-service portal for Docker’s ecosystem partners to publish and distrib … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

The Incredibles Invade 'Disney Magic Kingdoms' for a Limited Time

The Incredibles hit the Disney Parks in the latest Magic Kingdoms event. | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft updates mobile wallet app with tap-to-pay feature for Lumia phones

Today, Microsoft released a big update to its mobile wallet app with NFC tap-to-pay features. That puts Microsoft Wallet on par with Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, and Android Pay. Like those other digital wallets, Microsoft's only works on the company's own software. You'll also need a … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Startup Battlefield Application Deadline Extended for Disrupt SF

Attention startup hopefuls, it’s time to stop procrastinating and apply for the Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF. Startups from across the US and around the world have until 12pm PT on July 5th to get your application in front of the selection team. Apply now! For those who aren … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Tesla just opened a pop-up shop inside a Nordstrom

If you thought the clothes at Nordstrom were expensive, just wait until see how much the electric cars are going for.SEE ALSO: BMW plans to turn old i3 EV batteries into home energy storage systemsTesla has been waging a war to sell cars outside the dealership system across the U … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft shows off SQL Server in a Linux container, Docker Datacenter comes to Azure Marketplace

Microsoft today is announcing new capabilities for running applications in containers — an alternative to more traditional virtual machines — both on its Azure public cloud and in companies’ on-premises data centers. Rather than simply drop the news in a blog post, today Mark Rus … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft expands its support for Docker containers

Docker is hosting its developer conference in Seattle this week and showcasing the quickly growing ecosystem that has grown up around its container tools. One of the companies on stage today was Microsoft, which announced that it is great expanding its support for Docker containe … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Apple is breaking the upgrade cycle this year so next year’s iPhone can be awesome

Here’s a bit of unexpected news: Apple is doing away with the traditional two-year iPhone cycle, according to the Wall Street Journal. In other words, don’t expect anything special from this year’s model. The good news is that 2017’s should be just as awesome as 2016’s will be du … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

WSJ: New iPhone will look like the 6S, but big changes are coming in 2017

The Wall Street Journal is today backing up rumors that Apple's iPhone 7 will bear a close resemblance to its two most recent predecessors, the iPhone 6 and 6S. The device, due this fall, will see "subtle changes" and you've already heard about the biggest one: the headphone jack … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Mark-Zuckerberg-Fankunst: Der Konzernchef als Posterboy

Dass Mark Zuckerberg Popstar-Status genießt, ist wohl keine Frage, aber diese eigentlich wohl zwangsläufige Begleiterscheinung verblüfft irgendwie trotzdem: Rustikales Digitalkunsthandwerk, mit dem der Facebook-Chef ungelenk, verkitscht... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Michelle Obama is now on Snapchat

Michelle Obama, probably the coolest First Lady of all time, has just joined Snapchat. According to The Verge, Mrs. Obama will use the account to post snaps from the White House and give followers a behind-the-scenes view of her daily life and events with the president throughout … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

What’s the best location for a fingerprint sensor? [Poll of the Week]

Every OEM does it differently, but we want to know which way you prefer. What do you think is the best location for a fingerprint sensor? | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Nicolas Winding Refn and Elle Fanning talk Neon Demon, and the narcissism of the selfie generation

Love it or hate it, Nicolas Winding Refn’s latest movie, The Neon Demon, is hard to forget. The film premiered at Cannes in May 2016 to divided reviews and the festival’s increasingly famous chorus of audience boos. On June 24th, it heads to American theaters, where viewers can j … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Slack debuts message buttons: bots with Trello, Kayak and 10 more to perform tasks in its app

Slack, the communication and collaboration platform for coworkers, now offers instant integrations with 500 other apps, letting people chat to each other while calling in projects and other content from elsewhere with simple short codes. And from today it’s significantly stepping … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Robots are coming for your job — but maybe that’s okay

Trends toward automation have never resulted in the employment doomsday many have feared, but is the coming invasion of robots going to be different? | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Slack adds shortcut buttons for quick actions in connected apps

Slack is on a mission to make it easier for us to get things done, supported by the launch of new message buttons — interactive elements that enable better interactions with some of the 500 apps in Slack’s marketplace. Among the early launch partners include Trello, Kayak, and Ri … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Slack just made apps for its chat service way more useful

Workplace chat service Slack will now let users interact with third-party services without ever having to leave the app. The new feature, called message buttons, lets companies create interactive Slack apps for performing tasks from within the chat window, like approving expense … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

7 Content Marketing Trends Driving Growth in 2016

Ever since marketers discovered that SEO alone wasn’t enough to meaningfully engage consumers, they’ve been working round the clock to make their content better. It’s no longer just about ranking on search engines. Today’s marketers are more worried about the usefulness of their … | Continue reading


@alltop | 8 years ago

Instagram now has 500 million users, 300 million of them active every day

Instagram has announced it now has 500 million users, 300 million of whom use the social media platform every single day. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

PlayStation Vue is now available on Roku

Sony has made its internet TV service PlayStation Vue available on Roku TVs and set-top boxes, the company announced today. The service, which offers a pretty robust lineup of channels including ESPN and a cloud DVR starting at $29.99 a month has been expanding its availability o … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

VR and stationary biking are, not surprisingly, a pretty good match

My favorite game was, weirdly, the Pegasus. It’s amazing how willing your mind is to believe that you’re a winged horse for a few glorious moments while riding an exercise bike in a Los Angeles hotel suite. Toss in a floor fan and the effect would pretty much be complete. I’m wil … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Michelle Obama has just joined Snapchat

The first lady now has her very own Snapchat account. Starting today, Michelle Obama will begin posting Snaps from the White House, giving her followers a behind-the-scenes look at her daily activities, as well as the official events she and the president attend throughout the ye … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Finnish City Awarded €2.4 Million to Test Blockchain-Powered Shipping

An economic development firm owned by a Finnish city has been awarded €2.4 million to build blockchain-powered smart shipping containers. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Microsoft brings SharePoint to iOS

Microsoft announced this morning the launch of a new mobile app for SharePoint customers aimed at bringing a company’s SharePoint-powered intranet portal and its content to users’ smartphones and tablets. The app is initially available on iOS – meaning it will work on iPhone and … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

You can watch picture-in-picture videos on Android with VLC now

Streaming’s nice and all, but when you need to watch a good-old local file, VLC is one of the most popular choices around. The Android app was just updated to version 2.0, with a few features make power-users giddy. Perhaps most notably, you can now watch videos in a pop up windo … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Federal Reserve: 'Brexit' Could Have Economic Repercussions

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said considerable uncertainties remain for the economic outlook, including the so-called Brexit vote in the European Union, set for Thursday. Photo: Getty | Continue reading


@live.wsj.com | 8 years ago