The basic specs and price of Tesla's budget electric vehicle offering, the Model 3, have yet to be released, but that hasn't stopped one eager man from lining up for the chance to put his name down to buy one.Australian man Andreas Stephens claimed first place in line at Sydney's … | Continue reading
The Oculus Rift has been a long time coming. After delays upon delays, customers finally started receiving their Rift consumer units today, and Oculus will continue working to fulfill pre-orders of their virtual reality headset which is currently back-ordered until July. I’ve spe … | Continue reading
The Philippines is getting a new “Thrilla in Manila” — its first major gaming studio. Ubisoft unveils its new Ubisoft Philippines studio today. It’s base is Santa Rosa Laguna, a suburb that’s 24 miles south of Manila. It’s an outgrowth of the French publisher’s operation in Singa … | Continue reading
People like thought leaders. To be a thought leader in your industry you must connect to your audiences with ideas that are thought-provoking and innovative. Your company must continuously strive to broaden your connections and brand, both within your industry and outside of it. | Continue reading
We’re pretty much expecting Tesla Model 3 enthusiasm to build to a fever pitch over the coming week. Thursday, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk will reveal the design of the $35,000, 200-mile electric car that the company plans to use to vault itself into sales of hundreds of thousands … | Continue reading
The dispute between the FBI and Apple over an iPhone connected to the San Bernardino terrorist shootings came to an unexpected end earlier today, as the FBI revealed it had managed to break into the phone without Apple's assistance. Details of how exactly it achieved this remain … | Continue reading
I received an Oculus Rift virtual reality headset today, and the set-up was quite easy. That’s a good omen as the age of VR kicks off with the launch today of the Oculus Rift on the Windows PC. It helped that I had an Oculus-ready PC, or a PC with a high-end 3D graphics chip […] | Continue reading
If you really don't use the "phone" part of your phone any more, T-Mobile may have something in store for you. TmoNews reports that the carrier will launch a range of plans called Simple Choice Data Only on March 30; the plans include unlimited texting but don't come with any voi … | Continue reading
Today, a $2.3 million private-public partnership called the Global Accelerator Learning Initiative (GALI) is releasing its first major report, in collaboration with Village Capital, a seed-stage accelerator that operates development programs for early-stage entrepreneurs around t … | Continue reading
The Russian Finance Ministry has long taken a determined hardline stance against bitcoin and other digital currencies, deemed by the regulator as... | Continue reading
One of the biggest charges levied against unicorn science startup Theranos is that its ground-breaking technology — which supposedly requires a fractional amount of blood — is neither reliable nor accurate compared to traditional blood tests. And in the first independent study pu … | Continue reading
Join us for discussion on Pokemon Go, LA, Hollywood, AMOLED displays and the new iPhone SE and iPad Pro 9.7. Enjoy AA Podcast 056. | Continue reading
The DTCC has announced it will test a distributed ledger solution for managing repurchase (repo) agreements. | Continue reading
VB WEBINAR: Missed it? You can still tap into the insights shared recently by VB analyst Jon Cifuentes and guest panelist Realtor.com CMO Nate Johnson as they show how to how to break through the inbox instead of getting banished to email purgatory. Access the webinar on demand r … | Continue reading
It’s time for the virtual reality showdown you’ve all been waiting for: the Oculus Rift vs. the Virtual Boy. Sure, 20 years of technological advancements separate the two — and many consider the Virtual Boy to be one of worst products that Nintendo has ever made — but GamesBeat … | Continue reading
In 1979, Brian Eno gave a lecture at the inaugural New Music America Festival in New York on a very Brian Eno-ish topic. Titled “The Recording Studio as a Compositional Tool,” it is most definitely worth a listen or a read. In the lecture, Eno discusses the ever-evolving relation … | Continue reading
Some of my favorite mobile games are ones that can be played with one hand in quick sessions. After all, if you have your phone always with you, then why not fill any empty gaps by playing a game? I love deeper experiences as well, but the ones I keep coming back to are the | Continue reading
The ‘Mars’ speaker by crazybaby is a futuristic speaker that would look right at home in a Sci-Fi movie. The cylindrical base acts as both a control unit and a subwoofer, while the top looks like a flying saucer and levitates two to three inches above the base while providing 360 … | Continue reading
If the pre-launch campaign for the Huawei P9 were a cruise ship, you’d probably want to pass on tickets because this thing has been as leaky as the Titanic. | Continue reading
Virtual reality is a strange place where anything can happen, and this has led Valve to come up with a fun way to acclimate people to the new technology. Valve, the company that operates the Steam digital-distribution platform for PC games, has updated its SteamVR software that p … | Continue reading
What do you call it when you have an app that lets your friends take a photo of you, using your own phone? It’s not a selfie… It’s not a portrait… Let’s call it a someone elsie. Shootlr today launched an iOS and Android app that is attempting to take this brave new frontier of ph … | Continue reading
Buyer's remorse be gone! Tesla will now upgrade your Tesla P90D with "Insane" acceleration mode up to "Ludicrous" for just $10,000*.SEE ALSO: The MX-5 RF is a surprising showstopper from MazdaOn the Tesla Gear website, current owners of P90D (Performance 90 kilo-Watt-hour dual-mo … | Continue reading
Good news for those of y'all who need a game where you smash stuff with a giant spiked ball behind your car: Flail Rider arrives on March 31st. The game, inspired by a Ludum Dare project by developer Catpancake and published by BulkyPix, has you trying to wreck up one of three di … | Continue reading
The LG G5 looks nearly physically identical to its big brother, but compromises have been made in regards to some of its components. | Continue reading
What's better than a brand-new Pontiac Trans Am? A brand-new Trans Am signed by Burt Reynolds, of course.SEE ALSO: Lincoln Navigator Concept SUV: Like a sailboat on four wheelsThankfully, that's what Trans Am Depot will do — a Floridian company keen to continue the legacy of Gene … | Continue reading
Super Mario World is one of the most beloved games ever made, and that has led to fans breaking the game open in order to figure out how they can change it and manipulate it. And now someone has taken this to an extreme new high. YouTube personality SethBling has uploaded a new v … | Continue reading
Even though we're still six months away from the next iPhone (which will probably be called the iPhone 7), rumors are already starting to appear about the next iPhone. You know, the one that won't be out until 2017.I love a good Apple rumor as much as the next person, but this is … | Continue reading
After weeks of back and forth, it appears that the FBI vs Apple saga ends today, at least in the federal courtroom that started it all. The US Government officially said that it has gained access to San Bernadino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook’s iPhone 5c and is now asking the court … | Continue reading
The FBI has unlocked Farook’s iPhone 5c involved in the San Bernardino shooting using an alternative method that didn’t involve Apple. Given this new development, the Department of Justice is dropping the case. The government has been evasive about this alternative method, but it … | Continue reading
A YouTuber called SethBling just combined Super Mario World and Flappy Bird. Why? We don’t know. But it’s how that’s truly amazing. Before you roll your eyes thinking it’s a simple mock-up or sprite switch, it turns out the process is way more involved than you might expect: Seth … | Continue reading
After years of build up and pre-release developer kits, the first deliveries of the consumer version of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset started arriving this morning. Join us as we take our first steps into this crazy new future we’re in, won’t you? Read More | Continue reading
The U.S. government today officially said it has gotten into San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook’s iPhone 5c and it is now asking the court to vacate the court’s original order to compel Apple to help the government unlock the phone. The government has issued a proposed ord … | Continue reading
Deadpool, in a development few could have seen coming, is now the top-earning R-rated movie in cinema history. The unlikely hit, starring Ryan Reynolds as the "Merc with a Mouth," has so far earned $746 million dollars globally, putting it ahead of 2003's The Matrix Reloaded, whi … | Continue reading
After months of work, the FBI finally has a way into the San Bernardino iPhone. In a court filing today, prosecutors told the court the new method for breaking into the phone is sound, and Apple's assistance is no longer required. "The government has now successfully accessed the … | Continue reading
Many of you are already wondering whether we need another mobile MOBA after the latest deluge of MOBAs hoping to draw substantial player bases in order to survive. Well, the trailer for the upcoming MOBA PigBang starts by pretty much answering that same question and proceeds to c … | Continue reading
Major changes are coming to Instagram and, naturally, everyone is freaking out.The company announced earlier this month that it would be switching to an algorithm-based feed, rather than a chronological one. While not totally surprising that the Facebook-owned app would consider … | Continue reading
Free earned media is a Holy Grail for brands, so why do so many marketers get in the way of it happening? You probably don’t think you do it. But I’ve spent 17 years in mainstream media newsrooms and these are the most common things I’ve seen that have stopped brands and individu … | Continue reading
Two Worlds 3 is officially happening, series developer Reality Pump Studios has announced.The developer said it's in the concept stage and scheduled for development over the next three years.In the meantime, Reality Pump hasn't given up on Two Worlds 2. Far from it. Despite being … | Continue reading
If you text and walk in New Jersey, a new bill might slap you with fines and penalties similar to jay walking. | Continue reading
If you’re interested in the old Netflix and Chill but bae isn’t close enough to cuddle up to on the couch, then that’s quite a modern problem. But now there’s a modern answer in the form of a nifty Chrome extension designed to sync up your binge-viewing with a friend. Netflix Par … | Continue reading
Everyone who downloads torrents has his or her own preferred bit torrent app, and now Windows users can try out one client that's among the most popular for OS X. Transmission, which has been around for Macs since 2005, has made its way to Windows, promising the same speed, relia … | Continue reading
The New York Times has one million digital subscribers, but it wants more. Now it looks like it’s trying to get them by plugging holes in its paywall.The Times is experimenting with limiting the number of stories that Facebook and Twitter users can read each month without paying … | Continue reading
Netflix's library has shrunk by a third in recent years, and while the company is producing critically acclaimed original content, it's still lost access to multiple high-profile movies and TV shows. | Continue reading
Theranos is more likely than conventional labs to return blood work with unusual numbers, according to the first comparison study between the Silicon Valley start-up and two well-known commercial labs. The results suggest that doctors who use blood tests from Theranos may decide … | Continue reading
Simogo - developer of Year Walk, Device 6, The Sailor's Dream, and Beat Sneak Bandit - has revealed a cancelled game prototype from its archive.Originally in development for 3DS, Rollovski was an abstract arcade game about a limbless, spherical sleuth searching for clues in an ab … | Continue reading
If you can't beat your enemies you must join them, right? In this post we aim to take a look at some of the ways in which Microsoft continues to infiltrate the Android OS. | Continue reading
An interesting development has been announced earlier today, as Coinify is working hard to expand their presence in the Asian region. Thanks to a partnership with iPayDNA, they can now offer multi-coin payments across Asian countries, Another notch in the belt for digital currenc … | Continue reading
Oculus Rift is out today, but maybe you’re waiting for some virtual reality that enables you to get up out of your chair to walk around. For that, you’re gonna need the the HTC Vive and SteamVR. GamesBeat has messed around with the Vive Pre headset (from Taiwanese manufacturer HT … | Continue reading