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
An economic development firm owned by a Finnish city has been awarded €2.4 million to build blockchain-powered smart shipping containers. | Continue reading
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
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
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
PRESS RELEASE: AdAction is eager to introduce its first-in-class data-driven platform, Action Insight (AI). The Action Insight platform programmatically optimizes media sources for real-time bid management, KPI visibility, accurate tracking... | Continue reading
In April, Ford launched its Credit Link program as a pilot in Austin, which allows up to six people to share a single vehicle using an app to manage payments and availability — basically, a private Zipcar for you and a few friends. Sounds useful enough for young urban dwellers wh … | Continue reading
It feels like only yesterday that we were reporting yet another record breaking statistic related to Angry Birds [$0.99], such as the second main game of the series reaching 1 million downloads in the first twelve hours after release. Following such grandiose statements declaring … | Continue reading
Burner, the app that lets you create and destroy new phone numbers on a whim, now has a bot of its own that automatically blows people off. Called Ghostbot, the bot lets you assign it to any number you have active, and respond to any number that may text you. Burner says there ar … | Continue reading
The Impossible Project was created in 2008 in order to preserve Polaroid’s instant film process after Polaroid revealed that it would be killing it off, and in the past few years at least, it’s a bet that worked. The project has kept a tiny part of the photography market alive wi … | Continue reading
You're a hard working freelance blogger. The last thing you need or want is a client from hell. Read this post to find out how to find clients you'll want to work for. | Continue reading
Any online publishers hoping ad blocking was a trend that might fade better think again. In a report from eMarketer released today, the marketing research firm projected that the number of Americans using ad blockers will grow to 69.8 million in 2016, up 34.4 percent from last ye … | Continue reading
Port Canaveral — the busy naval port on Florida’s Space Coast — is considering making a big change to its tariff fees. Specifically, the port is mulling over charging companies a hefty fee for bringing "aerospace" or "aircraft items" into the harbor. If the new change goes into e … | Continue reading
GigSky: Palo Alto, Kalifornien (ots/PRNewswire) - Der internationale Betreiber von Drahtlosnetzen und Anbieter von Mobilfunktechnik, GigSky, gab heute bekannt, dass er Urlaubern für ihr iPad mithilfe der Apple-SIM ein Funkdatenangebot in über 140 Ländern ... | Continue reading
Thoughts on how to respond to negative feedback to shape perception, rather than let the incident define it, taking control of the narrative. | Continue reading
Both the UE Boom 2 and Megaboom Bluetooth speakers now support Google Now and Siri voice commands so you can control your music playback with your voice. | Continue reading
This week was the third and final part to the Chadwick Trilogy. We last saw a jilted Chad returning to the Bachelor Mansion for what we presumed would be a violent showdown. And so we open with the guys, blissfully unaware of the looming threat and jovially celebrating Chad’s dep … | Continue reading
Documents published by a hacker using the name “Guccifer 2.0” are shedding light on ties between tech industry lobbyists and Congress. Guccifer 2.0 claims to have stolen the documents from the Democratic National Committee, which announced last week that it was a victim of a brea … | Continue reading
Without establishing credibility, content lacks the intellectual heft and emotional resonance it needs to effectively communicate your message. | Continue reading
In celebration of the WNBA's landmark 20th season, the league today unveiled the 20 greatest and most influential players in its history. The announcement of the WNBA Top 20@20 presented by Verizon was made on ESPN's SportsCenter: Face-to-Face with Hannah Storm. | Continue reading
There are a bunch of companies selling autonomous drones to mining and construction companies. SkyCatch is working with Komatsu, the largest builder in Japan. And Kesprey is trying out autonomous drones in the US. Today, a new player entered the market, Israel's Airobotics. And i … | Continue reading
Can a small group of committed activists bring down a corporation or a government? Recent hacks show that idea isn’t as far-fetched as it seems. Next week, The Verge's own security expert Russell Brandom is hosting a panel on the politics of hacking, and we want you to be there. … | Continue reading
SINGAPORE — Getting massaged all day by a jacket you can wear sounds like an insane genius idea.It's just crazy enough to have won Tware, the Singaporean startup behind the AiraWear jacket, more than 1,000 backers and $150,000 on Kickstarter. SEE ALSO: Ryan Gosling accidentally l … | Continue reading
It took a fairly long time, but today Sonos finally got around to adding lock screen controls to its iOS app. So now you can pause, skip, or backtrack songs without needing to unlock your iPhone or iPad first to get at the Sonos Controller app. These are the same lock screen musi … | Continue reading
The Star Wars: Battlefront Bespin DLC arrives today and introduces the Cloud City and new heroes Lando Calrissian and Dengar, among other things. And alongside Bespin comes a beefy free new update for everyone.In that free universal update is a rank increase to 70 as well as a ne … | Continue reading
Postmates is lowering the price of its minimum order size for Postmates Plus Unlimited, the startup’s $9.99 a month subscription service. When Postmates launched the service in March, it offered free deliveries on all “Plus” orders over $30, minus the service fee. Starting today, … | Continue reading
Yahoo has launched an application to make it easier for people to plan their next trip. Called Yahoo Radar, it brings the company’s search, communication, and content areas together to help you research your destination. With elements that you’d find in Kayak, TripIt, and TripAdv … | Continue reading
I get pitched a whoooolllleeee lot of iOS games on Twitter and while I make an effort to try out most of them, with it being nearly eight years into the life of the App Store, it's sort of rare to see games that make me think "Oh dang, this is super clever." This was | Continue reading
Sonia Simone is featured in a new documentary called The Abundance Code, and it's premiering on the web for free. Check it out! | Continue reading
These evaluation tools will help you with content creation and understand what language your consumers are using. | Continue reading
Thirstie, an online and on-demand booze delivery service based out of New York, has announced that it’s expanding into mail delivery as it looks to build a more scalable business model. Founded in 2013, Thirstie teams up with local liquor stores to offer wine, beer, and spirits f … | Continue reading
Zwar ist der MacBook Pro mit 13 Zoll ohne Retina-Display noch auf Lager, aber die Tage scheinen für das Modell allmählich gezählt. Apple Insider berichtet, dass in diversen Apple Stores in den USA das alte Modell nicht mehr in den Showrooms... | Continue reading
The time has come to focus on expanding the use of measurement in content marketing and in improving methods and metrics, a new study from Curata asserts. In its 2016 Content Marketing Staff and Tactics Study, Curata surveyed over 1,000 marketers and identified 29 percent who imp … | Continue reading
NBA Digital will provide extensive multi-screen coverage leading up to and following 2016 NBA Draft presented by State Farm at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Thursday, June 23. NBA TV's live and original programming -- also featured across NBA.com and the NBA App -- will provide … | Continue reading
Apple this summer is expanding its lineup of Apple Camp sessions to include a new course that teaches children the basics of coding. Aimed at children ages 8 through 12, the new 3-day session will use software from Tynker to introduce concepts of block-based coding and will allow … | Continue reading
The U.S. government just grounded delivery drones.The good news is commercial drone flight in the U.S. has its first set of operational rules, which were released on Tuesday from the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration.SEE ALSO: Autonomous medical … | Continue reading
VideoLAN today released VLC for Android 2.0, the first major upgrade to the popular video player in six months. The release brings a number of new features and enhancements, and is available to download immediately from the Play Store. Along with Android N-compliant permissions, … | Continue reading
Clearing and settlement leader Euroclear has announced its first partnership with a blockchain industry business. | Continue reading
While the array of traditional RPGs on iOS certainly are welcome (as long as they remain on the App Store, at least), it's cool to see an increasing number of role playing games that take a more portable and mobile edge on the genre while still remaining true to their roots. One … | Continue reading
For companies serving enterprise customers, there are two ways to become a big fish: Go after other big fish or go after lots of small fish. Read More | Continue reading
The Fable Fortune Kickstarter has been canned, but the game will launch on Steam, its developers have said.Flaming Fowl Studios, the new developer set up in the wake of the closure of Lionhead Studios, took collectible card game Fable Fortune to Kickstarter with the blessing of F … | Continue reading
With tons of website design checklists, it's hard to know which to use. Be prepared when building your website with our ultimate web design checklist. | Continue reading
BMW announced today that it's working with Germany's Beck Automation to use complete i3 battery packs as a home energy storage solution. As with other car companies getting into this business — Daimler and Tesla, notably — the idea is to store energy from renewable sources like s … | Continue reading
On early Saturday morning New York’s state assembly passed legislation legalizing daily fantasy sports throughout the state.The move was huge for the industry, as it means companies like DraftKings and FanDuel can restart offerings in the state, and also may serve as as indicator … | Continue reading
BetaList features the newest startups. Today, we take a closer look at Vinylize.it, a service that turns your favorite SoundCloud tracks into a vinyl record. Submit your startup to get featured too. What is Vinylize? Vinylize.it is a service for all music fans, enabling them to c … | Continue reading
Memes are ephemeral novelties. The best evolve. The worst are abandoned. No meme lasts forever. That’s why the return of 2014’s best meme is so odd."But that’s none of my business" exploded in the summer of 2014, likely because of its ease of construction. The meme had the struct … | Continue reading
If all we seem to be doing at the moment is offering up cautionary tales, it’s because that’s exactly what we are doing. It’s so easy to get overexcited when price gains double digit percentage points in the space of a few hours – something we’ve seen on a number of occasions acr … | Continue reading
After watching other social networks get rich off of video, Twitter’s tuning in.Brevity that inspires information density has always been what’s magical about Twitter. In 140 characters or 6-seconds you could laugh or learn something. But Vine’s tiny time limit and the 30-second … | Continue reading