Grizzlies guard Mario Chalmers will miss the rest of the season after rupturing his right Achilles tendon, and Memphis waived the veteran to clear up a much-needed spot on the roster. | Continue reading
Far Cry: Primal was February's top-selling game in US retail shops, according to chart-tracking group NPD.Interestingly, NPD noted that spin-off Far Cry: Primal had "greater sales than Far Cry 4 when adjusted for the number of days the games sold within their respective launch mo … | Continue reading
This was inevitable, but the speed at which it happened is surprising. A Chinese company has already come up with a clone of Supercell’s No. 1-ranked mobile game, Clash Royale, according to a Chinese web site. For sure, this isn’t good for Supercell. But it’s unlikely this cloned … | Continue reading
Procedurally-generated co-op action-RPG Moon Hunters has launched for PC on Steam.Announced in 2014, Moon Hunters became part of the Square Enix Collective after a very successful Kickstarter campaign saw developer Kitfox Games raise $178,986 Canadian dollars.Moon Hunter's unique … | Continue reading
News Republic is a pretty solid Android app that provides users with many different sources of information, and today it's getting much better. | Continue reading
(Reuters) – Fifteen years after calling the open-source operating system Linux a “cancer,” former Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has softened his position. Speaking on Wednesday night at a dinner hosted by Fortune magazine, Ballmer said the position was right for the tim … | Continue reading
As Apple and the FBI head to another hearing on the San Bernardino iPhone case, both sides are growing more aggressive — and the exchange is quickly turning negative. Hours ago, federal prosecutors filed a motion that said "Apple’s rhetoric is not only false, but also corrosive o … | Continue reading
For those whose Recent Apps list get a little out of control, here is the button to close all the apps. GravityBox root app required - Android customization | Continue reading
Those guys over at Wargaming.net continue to update World of Tanks Blitz [Free] almost monthly, ensuring that the game stay fresh and tankers have new battlefields to explore and new tanks to blow up. Yesterday we got update 2.7, with its highlight being a whole new map, Mirage. … | Continue reading
If you judged each country based on how many websites used their two-letter Internet domain code, like Canada’s .ca or India’s .in, the U.S. would pale in comparison to the might of the United Kingdom, Germany and China.Nominet, the official registry for UK domain names, created … | Continue reading
Apple has some timeless, gorgeous designs under its belt. Chargers don’t fall under that category, but a new accessory called the Blockhead can help. It’s a simple little thing, but exceedingly smart. Rather than prongs that face forward, Blockhead’s look east. A charger that onc … | Continue reading
February had a lot of blockbuster game releases, but that wasn’t enough to match spending from last year. Consumers spent $842.5 million on new physical gaming products at United States retailers during the four-week period from January 31 through February 27, according to indust … | Continue reading
If you're still painstakingly killing all your apps in the hopes of squeezing out some extra battery life from your iPhone, you can officially stop.Apple's iOS chief Craig Federighi has dispelled the myth that force closing your iPhone apps will help save your battery. The execut … | Continue reading
Uber has an emergency phone number for passengers and drivers to get in touch with a human employee at the ride-hail company, according to a report in Inc. Thursday. The number, which has been operational since October, is only available in 22 cities and is only intended for non- … | Continue reading
Learning how to code takes diligent effort and tons of time digging into Xcode or another developer environment, but there’s another component that you may be overlooking. Regardless of what type of development you’re learning — or even which language you’re interested in — you c … | Continue reading
VB EVENT: Gabe Leydon, CEO of one of the largest gaming companies and now one of the largest mobile advertisers, Machine Zone, ruffled some feathers in the media world last week. He said media publishing and agency giants are behind the times, and vulnerable to disruption if they … | Continue reading
Last week, my friend and colleague Ben Kuchera posted a video on Polygon about the hidden danger of virtual reality: leaning on a fake desk and falling on your tookus. I admit, I still giggle at the image of a grown man wearing an expensive virtual reality headset, tethered to a … | Continue reading
Attorneys with the U.S. Department of Justice today filed their reply to Apple’s formal motion to vacate the order that’s pushing the company to help the FBI unlock San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook’s iPhone. The lawyers dismantled Apple’s legal case, including its defens … | Continue reading
We've seen everything from press renders to blurrycam shots of the HTC 10 over the past couple weeks, and today we're getting yet another pair of photos of the device the wild. | Continue reading
Calling itself an ‘active listening’ device, Here promises to let you tune into the things you want and filter out what you don’t. It may sound silly or kitsch, but in reviewing here earbuds, I found it may not be. What is Here? Two wireless in-ear buds and a charging/storage cas … | Continue reading
Since it’s Throwback Thursday on social media, we might as well throw it all the way back to that iconic 1966 “spaghetti Western” starring a young Clint Eastwood and directed by Italy’s Sergio Leone that has become a favorite of headline writers and those trading in triplets of a … | Continue reading
Creating valuable content can sometimes be tricky. After you've published it, you can't just sit and wait for it to perform. All the following steps need to be taken into consideration when creating content, from planning to measuring it. Content Planning Most actions start with … | Continue reading
Learn the essentials of content metadata and its powerful potential for your marketing. | Continue reading
VB EVENT: The Mobile Data Strategy roadshow is coming to San Francisco! How can you excel at data-driven marketing in a mobile-first world? Register for the event now. Marketing wants a product that does everything. Engineering wants to deliver it on time and on budget. Marketin … | Continue reading
Few are better positioned to ride the second wave of vinyl popularity than Crosley Radio. The company has been around in some form or another since 1920, branching out into TVs, kitchen appliances and even cars — but audio has always been the company’s core.Recent years have seen … | Continue reading
Bitcoin started the cryptocurrency revolution. Bitcoin was first introduced in 2009 after Satoshi Nakamoto published a paper about the new digital currency the previous year. Being an open source protocol, many alternate cryptocurrencies followed bitcoin. These alternate currenci … | Continue reading
Gamers continue to flock to the latest hardware offerings from Sony and Microsoft, but only one can dominate this generation. PlayStation 4 outsold the Xbox One once again at physical retailers in the United States in February, according to data from industry-tracking firm The NP … | Continue reading
The Russian Finance Ministry has reportedly beefed up penalties for the issuance of so-called money surrogates including digital currencies. | Continue reading
This 36 square-meters apartment is located in Paris and was completely refurbished by Transition Interior Design Margaux and Carla Meza Lopez | Continue reading
Campaign of the Week: Discovering Dubai Source: Travel&Leisure Why we like it: A beautifully built custom feature in Travel & Leisure that leaves you wanting to book a flight and be on your way to Dubai. Restaurant and bars, maps and destinations. This piece is interactive and en … | Continue reading
Older consoles and games are a memorable part of a lot of childhoods and you can play the classics again with the best emulators for Android! | Continue reading
The Department of Justice issued a response to Apple today claiming that it was creating undue burden where none existed. “By Apple’s own reckoning, the corporation — which grosses hundreds of billions of dollars a year — would need to set aside as few as six of its 100,000 emplo … | Continue reading
When you’re a kid, you have the first day of school to contend with. When it comes time to trying your hand at “adulting,” you have to meander your way through the first day of work. Your first day at a new job can be almost as anxiety-provoking as a blind date set up by […] | Continue reading
The Chicago Bulls got the news they anticipated after orthopedist Dr. James Andrews found no structural damage in All-Star guard Jimmy Butler's injured left knee. | Continue reading
AMD's XConnect is designed to bridge the gap between mobile and desktop-class gaming hardware and give gamers the advantages of both. | Continue reading
Expect to see more and more online multiplayer games on mobile this year. It's always been a thing that companies have wanted to crack, since there is an interest. But up until Clash Royale [Free], it didn't feel like anyone got the live PVP multiplayer thing quite figured out. W … | Continue reading
Split-screen multitasking is one of the biggest new features in the Android N developer preview Google released yesterday, and we're still finding new ways to use it. One bit of functionality that Google added (at least in a very rudimentary form) is the ability to drag and drop … | Continue reading
The war of words between Apple and the federal government relating to the San Bernardino case intensified today with the release of a 43-page document from the Justice Department that alleges, among other things, that Apple has engaged in “false,” “corrosive” rhetoric regarding t … | Continue reading
Nest's wide variety of products already do a pretty good job at automating your home, and today they're getting even better. | Continue reading
In the spirit of Charles Lindbergh, a French research company hopes to complete the first carbon-free trans-Atlantic flight later this year.The Eraole, an electric biofuel plane developed by Laboratoire Océan Vital, will take flight from New York to Paris in June: The company say … | Continue reading
The Sacramento Kings have suspended center DeMarcus Cousins for one game for "conduct detrimental to the team." | Continue reading
I’m a bit of a black sheep at Lush because I am not an early adopter; I’m more the bandwagon type. I wasn’t in the line for the first iPhone and I was not the first of my friends to join Facebook. I don’t have the patience to be there first, sitting through repairs, bug... | Continue reading
The first footage from Laika Studios’ new stop-motion feature Kubo and the Two Strings started emerging out in 2015, and it was exciting stuff. The studio behind Coraline, ParaNorman, and The BoxTrolls has always been an ambitious innovator in the stop-motion field, but Kubo look … | Continue reading
A new filing from the government has struck back at one of the central claims in Apple's San Bernardino defense. One of the most controversial aspects of the case has been FBI handling of Syed Farook's phone in the days after the shooting, particularly the decision to reset the p … | Continue reading
By all accounts, the Patriot Hot Wheels Computer was a poorly executed idea. Released alongside the virtually identical Barbie Computer (the two were respectively "Designed specially for Boys [sic]" and "Designed specially for Girls") in the fall of 1999, it sold for $599 and cam … | Continue reading
Every year, Jeep enthusiasts gather in Moab, Utah for Easter Jeep Safari, a weeklong celebration of the iconic SUV, off-roading, and the gorgeous Utah desert. This year is the 50th edition of the event, and Jeep — the company — is bringing along some special concept Jeeps to show … | Continue reading
Nintendo Wii U owners have long wished for a streaming option that Playstation and Xbox have had for some time, Spotify. Well, you still won’t have Spotify, but Nintendo has at least given a passable option by announcing today that it was bringing Rhapsody, and its 30 million-plu … | Continue reading
Late last year, Congress passed legislation that substantially improved the legal landscape for startups, early-stage companies and the stakeholders in the ecosystem. You might have read about, for example, Congress making permanent the 100 percent tax exclusion for sales of qual … | Continue reading