MasterCard unveils 'selfie' security checks, says heartbeat authentication could follow

MasterCard says it plans to bring "selfie pay" security checks to more than a dozen countries. Last year, the company started trialling the technology — which uses facial recognition to authenticate users' identity — but now says it has firm plans to roll the feature out to users … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Watch: The Division's loot is cool and boring all at once

Tom Clancy's The Division is a strange beast. On one hand, it's a really fun cover based shooter; on the other, it looks like it ought to be populated exclusively by Liam Neesons. While the loot system is pleasingly comprehensive, there's something about The Division's realistic … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Google’s speedy mobile pages are now showing up in search results

Google Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP), the company’s effort to help publishers speed up their sites, has gone live today with the company quietly beginning to show results in searches. The AMP project is Google’s version of Facebook’s Instant Articles. The company created a speci … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

DJI will now cover the cost of repairs if you crash your drone

It can be thrilling to fly your drone at top speed low to the ground, but that's also asking for trouble, since accidents can be quite expensive. Owners of DJI drones, the Phantom or the Inspire, can now push the limit without worrying about covering the full cost of repairs. The … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

We are the Soothsayers: 2016 Content Marketing Trends Report

These content marketing trends will help you stay relevant during the next year, no matter the nature of your business. | Continue reading


@dcustomdallas.wpengine.com | 8 years ago

9 Tips for Making Your Data Visualization More Effective

The more data, the easier it is to persuade customers to purchase our products and services, right? Learn how to create effective data visualizations... | Continue reading


@copypress.com | 8 years ago

Four Ways Marketers and Creatives Can Collaborate Better

General Management - Most marketers and creatives describe their relationship as frustrating. A small few, however, call it satisfying; here's what they do compared with their frustrated counterparts. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Five Steps to Build E-Commerce Sales: How to Link Engagement to Revenue

With users spending more time online, marketers should strive to keep their connected users engaged. Learn 5 steps to build ecommerce revenue. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Construct a Rocking Marketing Team [Infographic]

General Management - Is your marketing team rocking it? A stellar team is made up of strong talent willing to collaborate to drive audiences wild. Here's a look at the various roles of ... | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Battery Ventures Closes on $950 Million Across Two Funds

Battery Ventures, a 33-year-old investment firm with offices in San Francisco, Menlo Park, Boston, and Herzliya, Israel, has raised $950 million across two new funds: a main fund, Battery Ventures XI, which is a $650 million pool, and a side fund that will support the company’s l … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Booking.com now recommends hotels by passion, like gambling or stargazing

Booking.com, part of travel monolith Priceline Group, wants to sell you a hotel room based on what you like to do — not just where you want to go. The company has soft-launched a new feature, called Passion Search, which recommends destinations and hotels based on interests like  … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

3D Printing Company Scrapes Thingiverse And Begins Selling “Free” Designs

A small 3D printing company called Just3DPrint has scraped a large portion of Thingiverse, Makerbot’s Creative Commons-based database of 3D models. The company then posted these models for sale on eBay in direct violation of many of the terms the creators offered online.The resul … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

WhatsApp opens its Android beta testing program on Google Play

WhatsApp is making it easier to trial new features on Android by opening up its beta testing program on Google Play. Up until now, the Facebook-owned messaging app has required people to manually install an .APK file directly from the WhatsApp website, but now beta-testers can jo … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Bill Gates' response to 'Formation' is underwhelming, unlike Beyoncé

Sure Bill Gates has a lot going on, but one of the habits of successful people is certainly keeping tabs on Beyoncé.Gates talked to Wired about protecting customers' private information from FBI. He also finally responded to the divine honor of being name dropped in "Formation," … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Kevin Jackson joins board of Swedish agency

Kevin Jackson has joined the board of Swedish-based event and communications agency Nine Yards as a special advisor. | Continue reading


@eventmagazine.co.uk | 8 years ago

You may not think you want to wear clothes by Amazon, but you might be doing it already

Amazon has been quietly registering trademarks for different clothing lines: Franklin & Freeman, Franklin Tailored, James & Erin, Lark & Ro, North Eleven, Scout + Ro and Society New York. While some of them are yet to be granted, and Franklin Tailored has been opposed by another … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Why You Should Use Video Advertising on Instagram

Instagram video ads has becomes a more popular and effective way to advertise. See why you should start using it for social and advertising. | Continue reading


@peppergang.com | 8 years ago

Australian Startup Rewards Customers Paying Bills with Bitcoin

An Australian startup that acts as an intermediary to enable Australians to pay their bills with Bitcoin is now rewarding customers with a first-of-its-kind loyalty program. Living Room of Satoshi, aptly named after Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto is an Australia … | Continue reading


@cryptocoinsnews.com | 8 years ago

Court documents detail 13 ‘similar’ Apple cases under FBI investigation

Court documents unsealed today reveal thirteen different Apple devices currently subject to court order by the FBI. Twelve of the devices are listed in a filing by Apple in response to a New York district court request, while the Department of Justice mentions an additional devic … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

The U.S. Government Is About To Start A Tech Civil War… We’re Siding With Apple

This time, it’s Washington DC vs. Silicon Valley as both fight for the citizens of the United States of America Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

SoundCloud Pulse, A Dedicated App For Music Creators, Arrives On iOS

SoundCloud Pulse, the music streaming service’s dedicated app for artists and creators, is now available on iOS. In an odd move in a market where apps tend to release on iOS first, Pulse first debuted on Android back in November. Like the Android version, the iOS app also aims to … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

360-Grad-Video: David Attenborough zeigt größten Dinosaurier

Die BBC hat ein sehenswertes 360-Grad-Video produziert, in dem niemand Geringeres als David Attenborough einen CGI-Blick in einen Titanosaurus gewährt, dem wohl größten Dinosaurier, der je auf der Welt gelebt hat. Attenborough wei&... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Greater Data Analysis Capabilities Are Coming to Snapchat

For the past couple of years now, Snapchat has been considered one of the next frontiers in social media marketing—and it’s easy to see why. The app has exploded in popularity, particularly among young people, and its founders have so much faith in it that they turned down a bill … | Continue reading


@proprcopy.com | 8 years ago

Activision Blizzard completes acquisition of Candy Crush developer King

Last November, Activision Blizzard — the publisher behind some of gaming’s biggest brands, like Call of Duty and World of Warcraft — announced that it was getting into mobile gaming in a big way by acquiring Candy Crush maker King Digital Entertainment for a whopping $5.9 billion … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Valve’s Portal-themed diagnostic tool will tell you if your PC can handle VR

With Oculus Rift and HTC Vive set to start shipping virtual reality sets (VR) for commercial use in late March and early April (respectively), Valve wants to make sure your PC has enough oomph to handle the experience. Available for free on Steam, SteamVR Performance Test is a di … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Street Fighter V will be great when it's finished

It’s not every year a new Street Fighter comes along. Beside the copious updates and tweaks to keep the series fresh, last week’s release of Street Fighter V marked the first legitimate new entry in the legendary fighting franchise since 2008’s successful Street Fighter IV, which … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

DJI launches repair service for clumsy drone owners

While drone crash videos might be funny to watch, they aren’t as amusing for the owners of the devices. Accidents are pretty common, not everyone is a skilled pilot from the get-go, so all the little bangs and mishaps can amount to a costly bill. So, to give drone owners peace of … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Bill Gates says he was 'disappointed' by reports he backs FBI in Apple fight

In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Bill Gates says he was "disappointed" by reports that he supported the FBI in its legal battle with Apple, saying "that doesn't state my view on this." Continue reading… | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Can optogenetics restore sight to blind people?

Scientists in Texas hope to restore sight to the blind using optogenetics -- a combination of light and gene therapy that could allow the blind to regain some degree of vision. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

New Docker Data Center Admin Suite Should Bring Order To Containerization

Docker announced a new container control center today it’s calling the Docker Data Center (DDC), an integrated administrative console that has been designed to give large and small businesses control over creating, managing and shipping containers.The DDC is a new tool made up of … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Augmented Reality Motorcycle Helmet Startup Scully Hires Former HTC, Ducati Execs

New leadership is coming to the augmented reality startup Skully whose strikingly cool $1,499 AR-1 motorcycle helmet is continuing to ship to early backers. Today, the company officially announced that they have brought Martin Fichter on as COO and Andrew Williams on as VP of Fin … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

These companies are leading the trend in consolidating your workflow

This post is brought to you by Transpose, information and project management your way.Establishing an effective workflow process for your company is central to how successful your business will be. Though workflows differ from one company to the next, the end goal is always the s … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

StarLeaf Cloud Protects Investments and Future Proofs Existing Video Systems

PRESS RELEASE: StarLeaf, the leading cloud video conferencing and calling provider, announced a new Cloud Endpoint Subscription – a video endpoint registration service exclusively designed for organizations who want to protect current investments... | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

The $999 Razer Blade Stealth is here to slay your MacBook Pro

In this week's "Plugged In," Mashable tech corespondent Ray Wong investigates the Razer Blade Stealth laptop. At a starting price of $999 it's a hell of a deal for a laptop, but does it compete with the beloved MacBook Pro? Ray tells you all you need to know.More details: http:// … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Hands On With eero, Or A Noob’s Guide To Building An At-Home Wireless Mesh Network

eero was supposed to go out late last year to those who bought the system during pre-launch but a manufacturing hiccup pushed the ship date to the here and now. But the startup has toiled away for well over a year to hopefully solve the agonizing pain of waiting for the next epis … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Registration Is Now Open For Country Pavilions At Disrupt NY 2016

Disrupt NY 2016 is just a few short months away, as soon hundreds of entrepreneurs, investors and innovators will flock to the lovely Brooklyn Cruise Terminal for the best startup show in the Big Apple. Will you and your budding international startup be with them? One of our favo … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Hollywood backs Fifth Journey to take movie-licensed games to China

Hong Kong game publisher Fifth Journey has won backing from film studios Universal Pictures, Lionsgate, and MGM Studios to create movie-based mobile games for Asian markets such as China. The business makes sense because China is already the world’s fastest-growing film market, w … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

FreshBooks launches $29 card reader for merchants to accept in-store payments on mobile devices

Following a short invite-only period, accountancy software company FreshBooks has launched its new credit card reader to let merchants accept credit card payments through a smartphone. First announced back in December, the $29 pocket-sized contraption sees FreshBooks go up agains … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

SoundCloud brings its Pulse app for artists to iOS

Three months after it launched on Android, SoundCloud’s Pulse app for artists has arrived on iOS. As with the Android version, the app allows easy access to a notifications feed, the ability to reply to comments, listening stats and details of all tracks currently available on th … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Google just showed me the future of indoor navigation

When I visit museums I usually use a mapping app to get there, and then I’m immediately lost once I’m inside. That changed tonight, thanks to Google. At Mobile World Congress, Google and Lenovo are demonstrating a useful feature of Project Tango: indoor navigation. Google has bee … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Mossberg: Eero makes Wi-Fi simpler and stronger

Welcome to Mossberg, a weekly commentary and reviews column on The Verge and Re/code by veteran tech journalist Walt Mossberg, now an Executive Editor at The Verge and Editor at Large of Re/code.When a colleague heard I was reviewing the new Eero Wi-Fi system, aimed at covering … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Why Haters Are the Petri Dish of Great Content Marketing

Jay Baer explains why the best business lessons are born from criticism and shows how you can apply this idea to your own content marketing. | Continue reading


@copyblogger.com | 8 years ago

Content and Social Tactics That Generate Leads for B2B Marketers

Content - B2B marketers say whitepapers and LinkedIn are the most effective digital content and social media tactics for generating leads, according to a recent report from DemandWave. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Why Hugging Your Haters Promotes Innovation

What happens when you ignore customer feedback and innovation opportunities? Someone else will hug your haters for you. | Continue reading


@convinceandconvert.com | 8 years ago

Activision Blizzard Closes Its $5.9B Acquisition Of King, Makers Of Candy Crush

Activision Blizzard today announced that it has closed its acquisition of King Digital for $5.9 billion, a deal that it says makes it the largest game network in the world with more than 500 million users. King is the publisher of the popular Candy Crush series of social and mobi … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

South Africa Tourism to unveil giant vending machine experience

South Africa Tourism is to launch a new experiential campaign featuring a giant vending machine in London tomorrow (24 February). | Continue reading


@eventmagazine.co.uk | 8 years ago

India’s TaskBob Lands $4.5M For A Qualitative Approach To Home Services

TaskBob is the latest home services startup in India to land a Series A round. The Mumbai-based company has closed a $4.5 million raise that was led by IvyCap Ventures with participation from existing investors Orios and Mayfield. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Hack the Hacker: Using Analytics to Respond to Cyber Security Threats

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@servantofchaos.com | 8 years ago