Tag 12 Ein langer Weg stand uns an diesem Tag bevor. Key West sollte auf unserer Reise durch Florida nicht fehlen. Wir hatten uns im vorhinein für die Route über die US-41 entschieden da an dieser zum einen das kleinste Post Office der USA gelegen ist und zum anderen wir auch meh … | Continue reading
(Reuters) – The U.S. Commerce Department said on Friday it would begin deploying digital trade experts in overseas markets as part of a pilot program intended to help U.S. businesses navigate foreign Internet regulations when selling digital products or transferring data abroad. … | Continue reading
Michael Goguen, a longtime partner at Sequoia Capital who joined the tony Sand Hill Road firm roughly 20 years ago, has been named in an extraordinary breach of contract lawsuit that accuses him of sexually mistreating a woman he met in 2001, then refusing to honor a financial ar … | Continue reading
Amazon has teamed up with Capital One Financial Corporation to let you make a number of bank transactions using only your voice with the company’s Alexa-enabled devices like the Echo, Tap and Echo Dot. Once you’ve turned on the Capital One skill in the Alexa app, you can check yo … | Continue reading
Living communities and the people who build them are unique, but they share many common threads: a mix of private and community spaces, a set of shared rules and a commitment to friendliness and warmth rather than the anonymity and awkwardness of a typical residential high-rise. … | Continue reading
Bitcoin startup 21 Inc has launched the 21 Micropayments Marketplace, a new offering aimed at developers. | Continue reading
Google has come up with a novel way to weed out candidates for its Google Creative Lab, a yearlong internship-like program where people work on experimental technology such as the recently launched Chrome Music Lab. Rather than just provide a conventional form that applicants fil … | Continue reading
Here are some effective tips for creating truly addictive content. The really good thing about them is the fact that they were tried and tested. They are not just opinions. They were actually put into practice by experts and successful people in the business and they worked. So w … | Continue reading
After his nearly year-long mission on the International Space Station (ISS) and 20 years of service with NASA, Astronaut Scott Kelly will retire from the agency, effective April 1st. “This year-in-space mission was a profound challenge for all involved, and it gave me a unique pe … | Continue reading
Yahoo is in turmoil. Its CEO and Board are pursuing different paths to either return it to solvency or a shell corporation. Much of what’s being discussed is what the company should do with core assets, two of which are Flickr and Tumblr. CEO Marissa Meyer says she wants three ye … | Continue reading
The week before GDC is always totally insane for us, but things are even going to get crazier next week as we meet with dozens of different developers to see what kind of new cool stuff they're working on. In this episode, we talk a bit about GDC then shift gears to discuss the f … | Continue reading
As a student of the BIC masters program of Branding and Integrated Communications, I got a chance to participate in today's native ad conference at The CUNY Grad School of Journalism. The conference was named "Journalism in the Age of Branded Content…and Vice Versa." and was part … | Continue reading
We've been posting about our Patreon for a while now, and we've really never done that much for our backers beyond just doing what we're doing and offering up some minor rewards in the form of forum titles. That's largely intentional, as we want to keep providing an awesome web s … | Continue reading
ANALYSIS: With Apple facing what may be one of its most challenging periods in a decade, it would certainly be understandable if Apple CEO Tim Cook put his head down and just focused on products. Instead, Cook has continued to elevate his public profile by tackling political and … | Continue reading
The idea behind the TouchArcade Game of the Week is that every Friday afternoon we post the one game that came out this week that we think is worth giving a special nod to. Now, before anyone goes over-thinking this, it doesn't necessarily mean our Game of the Week pick is the hi … | Continue reading
On launch, Apple’s new MacBook didn’t have much going for it with regard to accessories. Now that USB-C is more familiar to device manufacturers, we’re getting some really powerful plug-in devices, and Minix’s NEO C is no different. The hub plugs into a MacBook’s USB-C port and o … | Continue reading
Aeroflot: Moskau (ots/PRNewswire) - Aeroflot Group gab die zweithöchste Gewinnmarge unter den alteingesessenen europäischen Fluggesellschaften im Jahr 2015 bekannt: Gewinnmarge von 10,6 % bei einem Betriebsgewinn von 44.107 Millionen RUB. (Logo: ... | 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
Typing emoji on your smartphone is easy. For an onscreen keyboard, changing all the keys to symbols is always just a tap away — even if you don't do it, you've probably accidentally switched to an array of smileys and raised hands from time to time.On a Mac, however, typing emoji … | Continue reading
Seemingly out of nowhere, a new service called Screening Room could soon let consumers watch new movies the same day they hit theaters — for a hefty price. On Wednesday, Variety reported that movie studios and the Sean Parker-backed startup have been in negotiations to help make … | Continue reading
BitStamp detected yet another scam targeting Bitcoin users. Much publicized, the Bitcoin community has faced threats from hackers and other plays for years. Oftentimes, phishing attacks have been used to trick users into giving up their coins to criminal elements. Other times, ra … | Continue reading
Yo-Kai is too big for the Nintendo 3DS to handle on its own, so the next game in the franchise is headed to mobile. Level-5 revealed today that Yo-Kai Watch: Wibble Wobble launches on iOS and Android on March 24. This is a new puzzle game where players must tap on jellified “Wib … | Continue reading
AUSTIN, TEXAS – Google's self-driving cars aren't immune to crashes, but for the first time, it was responsible for colliding with a bus last month after it misjudged the situation on the road.Speaking at 2016 South by Southwest Interactive, Chris Urmson, director of the Google s … | Continue reading
Snapchat has been known for some bold (and perplexing) moves in regards to content features, attempting to revamp event marketing through Stories, redefine journalism through Discover and rethink the selfie through Lenses. They’ve tackled software features but now they may be loo … | Continue reading
While Apple’s growth has slowed substantially since 2014, Huawei has been briskly closing the gap, capturing fully 24.3% of the market. | Continue reading
VB WEBINAR: Consumers are more protective of their inboxes than ever, which goes hand in hand with the glut of email now. Join VB analyst Jon Cifuentes and guest panelist Realtor.com CMO Nate Johnson as they share how to how to break through instead of getting banished to email p … | Continue reading
Google has been hard at work on developing the driverless car for 8 years now, and more than ever there’s promise that we will live in a future where driving is no longer required. But just how far off are we before we have mass adoption of the driverless car? Google Self-Driving … | Continue reading
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly will retire from the space agency on April 1st — less than a month after he returned from nearly a year in space, NASA confirmed today. Kelly just spent 340 days aboard the International Space Station for NASA's One-Year Mission, an experiment to see ho … | Continue reading
As President Obama makes his historic appearance at SXSW, it was clear the topic of Apple versus FBI was the elephant in the room. Though Obama spent most of the one-hour conversation on the importance of innovation to leverage civic engagement, he managed to avoid commenting on … | Continue reading
If you didn't play last year's Blokshot Revolution [Free], you're missing out as the game was really, really good – Shaun Musgrave gave it 5 stars. Now, the team at Foxhole Games is set to release their next game, a sort of continuation of the mechanics of Blokshot Revolution but … | Continue reading
Artificial intelligence is one of the hottest subjects these days, and recent advances in technology make AI even closer to reality than most of us can imagine. The subject really got traction when Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and more than 1,000 AI and robotics researchers signed … | Continue reading
This past week, the Go-playing world was rocked by DeepMind AlphaGo's unexpected victory over legendary champion Lee Se-dol. Sure, supercomputers have beaten chessmasters at their own game before, but due to the extremely complex nature of the 5000-year old game of Go, this was a … | Continue reading
Consider this a public service announcement for DoorDash customers. In the coming weeks, you’re going to start seeing something new on your bills — a service fee.However, a spokesperson for the food delivery service said it’s not actually a new fee, and the total cost won’t chang … | Continue reading
Microsoft is fending off criticisms of its plan to unify its products and to raise the profile of its Windows Store, and the company is now planning to take that debate into its annual gathering of developers later this month. Xbox boss Phil Spencer responded to the ongoing criti … | Continue reading
[appicon]The Room trilogy has offered mobile gamers some of the prettiest games on the platform as well as showing off how the touchscreen interface could offer different gameplay experiences than a controller or a keyboard. The games' tactility combined with the occult themes ma … | Continue reading
President Barack Obama today kicked off SXSW with an opening keynote urging attendees to utilize technology and innovation as a way to encourage civic engagement. It is the first time a sitting president has made an appearance at the Austin festival. “We are at a moment in histor … | Continue reading
AUSTIN — The co-founder of the annual South by Southwest festival Louis Meyers died on Friday, just as the festival kicked off its 30th year in the Texas capital.The news was first reported by publication Austin Statesman shortly before President Obama joined the event to discuss … | Continue reading
WildStar publisher NCSoft has let go of a number of staff from developer Carbine after canceling its plan to bring the sci-fi MMO to China.The company made the announcement on its official forum where it noted that it will continue "operating and updating WildStar as a live game … | Continue reading
Welcome back to The Verge’s weekly musical roundup. I’m Jamieson, I’m still your host, and I’ll confess that I wrote up this week’s entries while dreaming of the barbecued meats and warm temperatures I’m going to enjoy at SXSW next week. This’ll be my first year at Austin’s music … | Continue reading
If you’re keeping up with USB-C, you know there are a rising number of peripherals and cables coming out all the time. Moshi’s new Charge Cable for the MacBook may be the best of the lot, though. Though it may seem like any other USB-C cable, Moshi has actually put quite a bit of … | Continue reading
Samsung is throwing crisp thirty dollar bills (which totally exist) at anyone who completes a Samsung Pay transaction on a new Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 Edge. | Continue reading
Though the scaling debate remains in progress, bitcoin enjoyed both price stability and high trading volume in the seven days through 12:00 UTC on 11th March. Market participants traded more than 35m BTC during the seven days through 1:30 p.m. (EST), Bitcoinity figures reveal. Th … | Continue reading
It used to be that you'd buy an atlas of the world to hang on your wall, but now you're better off with a map of space exploration. This poster from Pop Chart Lab follows the rough path of every "orbiter, lander, rover, flyby, and impactor to ever slip the surly bonds of Earth’s … | Continue reading
President Barack Obama believes that there should be some compromise when it comes to protecting the United States from terrorists and criminals while ensuring people’s privacy. When confronted about the issues around encryption and personal data with the government’s case agains … | Continue reading
Google took pretty much everyone by surprise when it announced the Android N Developer Preview yesterday, over two months before the expected announcement at Google I/O. After joining the new Android Beta Program, I installed the OS on my Nexus 6P through a simple system update. … | Continue reading
Google wants to get a better idea of how people use its products, so it's put a few researchers inside a van and sent them off to drive around the US to find out. According to the Associated Press, Google's van will stop in a handful of cities throughout March and April, inviting … | Continue reading
It hasn't been that long since we got the 0.14 update for Minecraft Pocket Edition [$6.99], and yet I'm already waiting for update 0.15 to hit because I want those pistons for my completely-unnecessary secret chamber entry. After a relative silence of a couple of weeks, the devel … | Continue reading