Google launches Cloud Dataproc service out of beta

Google today announced that its Cloud Dataproc service — a fully managed tool based on the Hadoop and Spark open-source big data software — is now generally available. The service — which supports the MapReduce engine, the Pig platform for writing programs, and the Hive data ware … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Snapchat now lets you create your own Geofilters for parties and events

If you’re a Snapchat user, then you know the serendipitous feeling of travelling somewhere or attending an event and discovering new Geofilters – overlays for your snaps that can only be shared from that specific part of the world. Now Snapchat is letting anyone pay to create On- … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

This photo of Mark Zuckerberg with a VR army is disturbingly Orwellian

The image is delightfully and disturbingly apt: Mark Zuckerberg confidently striding alongside a crowd of seated people all wearing virtual reality headsets, his smile indicating how pleased he is to be so close to so many people experiencing VR.SEE ALSO: Mark Zuckerberg gives Sa … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Why Apple and the FBI are fighting over an iCloud account

For the last six days, Apple has been waging the legal fight of its life over a phone used by alleged San Bernardino attacker Syed Farook. The case centers on whether the government can compel Apple to rewrite the phone’s security protections to allow the FBI access to the data i … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Twitch competitor DingIt rounds up 20M monthly viewers

Twitch shouldn’t be, well, twitching just yet, but another site wants a piece of that streaming pie. DingIt, a global streaming site specializing in esports, noted today that it has an average of 20 million monthly viewers a year after its launch. Of course, it has a ways to go i … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

What will the car of the future look like?

Presented by Goldman Sachs: Read more...More about Cars, Automobiles, Tech, Brandspeak, and Travel Leisure | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

HTC Vive priced at $800

The HTC Vive Virtual Reality kit's consumer edition has been priced at $800.That's roughly £565, but no UK pricing has been announced and these things rarely come down to a straight currency conversion. We'll update when the price in pounds is confirmed.$800 may sound like a lot … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Twitter hires longtime Apple PR executive Natalie Kerris

Twitter has brought on Natalie Kerris, the former Apple PR exec who helped launch products from the iPod to the Apple Watch, as its new vice president of global communications. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted out the news this morning, following speculation that Kerris was in the … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Iosco Plans to Research Blockchain Technology

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today announced that they are venturing up their exploration into the disruptive potential brought by the new technologies like blockchain, robo-advisors, and cyber security. IOSCO is an international body that coor … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 8 years ago

Meet the Fixers Collective: the geeks who are fixing the iPhones that Apple wants you to throw out

It was approaching 10:00 pm on a Wednesday, but dozens of people were crowded around several long wooden tables in the center of a cluttered workshop in Chelsea. Some stared intently at lines of code, others hunched over a soldering iron or sewing machine. One evening a month, th … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

HyperX Cloud Core II Hardware Review - A Gaming Headset Actually Worth Buying

The problem with gaming headsets is that you're often trading quality for convenience. And the expensive gaming headsets don't often mean that you're getting a better product if you care about sound quality. Many premium brands focus on style and branding and the sound quality su … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

Rocket City will be the first in the US to build a new Google Fiber network from scratch

What better place to become the next Google Fiber partner than Rocket City, a.k.a. Huntsville, Alabama, so called because of its links to the space exploration sector and its high concentration of engineers. Google is already working with 20 different areas in the US to deliver F … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Google Fiber is coming to Alabama

Google today announced Google Fiber is coming to Huntsville, making it the first city in Alabama to get the $70 per-month service. Mayor Tommy Battle shared the news this morning that Google will be playing a part in helping Huntsville Utilities build its fiber network. To be cle … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

SpectroCoin is giving away free bitcoin debit cards

London, February 22, 2016. UK Bitcoin service provider SpectroCoin.com last month introduced multi-currency wallets for its clients, so now they can choose among of a number of currencies such as EUR, USD, GBP, CHF, CZK, PLN, NOK to name but a few as their base currency in Spectr … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 8 years ago

Watch Rihanna and Drake bump and grind in their video for 'Work'

Rihanna released the music video for her Drake-featuring single "Work" this afternoon, and the clip's one-two visual punch could give the song the boost it needs to climb to the top of the pop charts around the world. It was filmed across North America — Rihanna and Drake were sp … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Technology is shaping a new, profitable win-win lending model (webinar)

VB WEBINAR: New tech trends have transformed the business of lending. Join our panel of pros as we reveal essential technologies and processes that can vastly improve your profitability. Register here for free. An entrepreneur who’s been in business for a couple of years can go t … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

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@nos.twnsnd.co | 8 years ago

A small collection of Zuckerberg memes — and a way to make your own

The Zuckerberg photo — you know the one — is so loaded with existential dread and techno-anxiety that my good friend and colleague Rich McCormick penned an entire item on why we can't look away from it. The businessmen in button-ups unknowingly being passed by a billionaire in a … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Snapchat Now Lets Everyone Pay To Design Geofilters

Snapchat is introducing yet another revenue stream today in the form of on-demand geo-filters. As it stands now, Snapchat already has two types of geofilters. Community Geofilters can not include logos or marketing and can be submitted for free. For example, where I live in Brook … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Social Media’s Response to Apple vs. The FBI

Business: Virgin America Launches #LetModFly Calling all Mad Men fans! Time to pull out your best mid-century look and book a flight with Virgin America. In an effort to promote the airline’s expanded year-round service to Palm Springs from San Francisco and New York, Virgin Amer … | Continue reading


@convinceandconvert.com | 8 years ago

Snapchat will let you buy temporary, on-demand geofilters for your next party

Snapchat users feeling limited by the app’s geofilter overlays can now make their own and define areas in which they’ll show up. Users can choose spaces that are a minimum of 20,000 square feet — about the size of an office — to a maximum of 5,000,000 square feet — roughly a few … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Snapchat will now let you create custom geofilters for that party or wedding

Anyone can now make Snapchat a more official part of their special events.The company is rolling out a new "on-demand" geofilter that allows people and businesses to pay for custom filters, which will temporarily appear within the app. Though Snapchat has offered sponsored geofil … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Five tips for social entrepreneurship in developing countries

Our blog articles feature the latest ideas and thinking from our Action and Research Centre and Fellowship staff and guest bloggers. You are welcome to contribute and comment. | Continue reading


@thersa.org | 8 years ago

'The Walking Dead: Michonne' Gets a Launch Trailer, Hits the App Store This Week

One could make a pretty strong argument that Michonne is the most bad ass character in The Walking Dead (actually, there's plenty of bad asses, but she's my favorite) which has got me extra-stoked that Telltale is on the verge of releasing an entirely new Walking Dead game featur … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

ZTE stuck a tablet on the back of a projector for no apparent reason

Here at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona there’s always the weird and wonderful — this year’s no different. Chinese gadget maker ZTE has a curious new device: an Android tablet attached to the back of a projector. It’s called the Spro Plus, and on the back you’ll find an 8.4-in … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Google Fiber Is Coming To Huntsville, Alabama

Google today announced that it is bringing its gigabit Fiber service to Huntsville, Alabama. As Google noted in today’s announcement, every city it has brought Fiber to is different. In Huntsville, the company is piggybacking on the fiber network that Huntsville Utilities is buil … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Emotion vs. function: How Amazon made its game-changing Super Bowl ad

Just moments after Carolina Panthers’ Cam Newton was sacked in the second half of Super Bowl 50, a short video clip of famed quarterback Dan Marino rushed and blitzed across social media: “You’re blowin’ it bro,” Marino said in the repeating loop, as if chiding Newton. The few-se … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

SanDisk Automotive: SD-Karten speziell für Autos

Es ist ein bisschen wie bei Turnschuhen. Für jeden Anlass sollte man das richtige Equipment tragen. Denn beim Fußball sind die Ansprüche anders als beim Basketball oder Golf. Aber das weiß man ja. Der Speicherhersteller SanDis... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

New Girl, same Girls: what happens when coming-of-age shows grow up

It’s easy to remember a time before Girls. It was a more innocent time, when the internet was not yet overrun with discussions about whether or not Lena Dunham should be naked onscreen, or if the way young women are spending their lives today is substantially different from the w … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

After Zika outbreak, India's Tata settles on a new name for its Zica hatchback

The Zica compact hatchback will now be known as the Tiago, Indian automaker Tata Motors has announced. Tata had previously announced its intention to rebrand the car in the wake of the global Zika health crisis, a mosquito-borne virus that is widely thought to be causing serious … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

IBM’s Watson has new APIs meant to gauge how you’re feeling (and which shoes you have on)

Watson has a new set of APIs available for developers, and may be able to tell if you like them or not. The three APIs — Tone Analyzer, Emotion Analysis and Visual Recognition — are in beta, and IBM is announcing its Text-to-speech engine also has emotional capabilities, and is b … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Hackers Run Wild in Gameloft's 'Order & Chaos' As The "test box" Spreads Like Wildfire

Gameloft just can't seem to catch a break lately- They've got studios closing up left and right, and this weekend hackers have absolutely been going crazy in Order & Chaos Online [Free], their WoW-like MMO which launched in late 2011. This is one of those pieces of MMO history th … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

VMWare and IBM partnership will help companies become cloud-based and virtual

IBM is trying to push businesses into a more virtual realm. A new partnership with VMWare will help businesses utilize the cloud while still using virtualization, which will help them offload workflow from on-premise data centers to the cloud. Nearly 100 percent of Fortune 500 co … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Political campaigns collect tons of data, but they’re terrible at protecting it

Over the last three months, more than 100 million US voters have had their data exposed online. These data breaches weren’t caused by a sophisticated hack or malware. Instead, political campaigns' abysmal cybersecurity practices are to blame. Although modern campaigns constantly … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Mobile marketers gone wild

SPONSORED: This sponsored post is produced by SessionM. Spring Break season is here. Travelers are packed and ready, and wherever they’re headed, I can guarantee they all have one thing in common in their carry-on — their smartphone. Smartphones play a distinct role in a traveler … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

We tried out a flexible LCD bracelet, and it was the geekiest thing ever

BARCELONA — You might be able to buy a smartphone with a slightly curvy screen — both LG and Samsung have one — but now a UK company called FlexEnable is working to deliver screens that are much more curvy, and fully flexible.The company's booth at Mobile World Congress in Barcel … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

IBM Inks Deals With Apple, VMware, GitHub, Bitly And More As It Doubles Down On The Cloud

While a large part of the mobile industry swirls around the streets of Barcelona, IBM is playing host at its own big InterConnect event in Las Vegas, where it unveiled a rush of deals that underscore another major aspect of the growth of mobile: the rise of cloud services. Today, … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Our first look at Disney's Star Wars theme park expansions

It's hard to believe that when Disney announced plans this past summer to build Star Wars-themed expansions in both Disneyland and the Disney World Resorts, The Force Unleashed was still a giant question mark looming over the future of the brand. Last night, with the critical su … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

What Entrepreneurs Need To Know About Their VCs And How To Identify Red Flags

To most entrepreneurs, the road to venture capital financing is littered with criticism and rejection. Ranging from “limited traction” to “that’s a hard space,” VCs have an entire vocabulary of terms to pass on investments — and can sometimes even forgo that vocabulary with the “ … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Best Decks of the Week, Ben Brode Streaming, 8-Bit 'Hearthstone', and More Weekly 'Hearthstone' News in Touchstone #36

We are one week closer to the introduction of Standard and Wild in Hearthstone [Free], and everyone is looking to the future. Similarly to last week's news, this week's were also on the thin side since everyone is either talking about the upcoming format changes or silently waiti … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

YouTube is looking for its next batch of vlogging stars

YouTube is searching for its next group of stars, 360 to be precise, as part of its NextUp initiative. YouTube NextUp aims to help budding vloggers up their game by offering exposure, mentorship and financial backing. Since its launch in 2011, NextUp has helped launch the careers … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

IBM cloud launches Swift runtime, open-source AWS Lambda competitor, GitHub Enterprise, VMware support

IBM today announced new services available from its public cloud, thanks to deeper partnerships with Apple, GitHub, and VMware. IBM is also launching a new cloud service called Bluemix OpenWhisk that represents an answer to Lambda event-driven computing service from public cloud … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

IBM’s new Swift runtime and Package Catalog will help ready the language for servers

To enable Swift for enterprise solutions, IBM is making a Swift Package Catalog and runtime available in the cloud for deployment with Bluemix. Though both are still in preview mode, IBM is hoping it s increasingly deep toolkit for Swift will make deploying apps via the could sim … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Warburtons teams up with Parkrun for junior running events

Bakery brand Warburtons has announced a new partnership with running not-for-profit organisation Parkrun, in a bid to help more young people get active. | Continue reading


@campaignlive.co.uk | 8 years ago

Even the trolls have abandoned Jeb Bush

Jeb Bush pulled out of the Republican race Saturday night after finishing fourth in South Carolina with just 7.8 percent of the primary vote behind Trump, Rubio and Cruz and it appears George W.’s loser brother has quickly become too lame even to prank. JebBush.com was never owne … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Space is the place: the architecture of Afrofuturism

Birmingham, Alabama-born jazz musician Herman Sonny Blount stood out quite a bit from the other Southern, African-American musicians who immigrated to Chicago in the middle of the 20th century. Then again, any saxophonist claiming he was a robed mystic born on Saturn would probab … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Patent: Airbus plant Sitzbank für flexiblere Sitzbelegung im Flugzeug

Von Airbus wurde ein neues Patent beantragt, das eine flexiblere Sitzbelegung in Passagierflugzeugen ermöglichen soll. Statt Einzelsitzen gibt es hier nämlich eine Art Sitzbank. Klingt anachronistisch, wäre aber vor allem für k... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Morgan Freeman now narrates your navigation in Google’s Waze

Morgan Freeman is lending his voice to popular GPS driving app Waze, meaning those in the U.S. can be given directions by the soothing, dulcet tones of the legendary Hollywood actor. Freeman joins other big-name stars who have added their voice to the navigation app in the past, … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago