Microsoft's popular database software SQL Server is coming to Linux and will be available sometime next year. This is the first time that Microsoft has let SQL Server run on a platform other than Windows — it's a notable shift that means Microsoft is now prioritizing the sale of … | Continue reading
I was in a place where the only thing constraining me in virtual reality was my couch potato bod and a crippling realization that footage of me using it would live forever on the web. This is life with the Virtuix Omni, a $699 device that allows you to walk through virtual realit … | Continue reading
Unlike New York, Illinois and Nevada, Virginia is welcoming fantasy sports betting from sites like DraftKings and FanDuel. The new “Fantasy Contests Act’ outlines just how those entities are allowed to operate legally. The main takeaway is that Virginia is monetizing fantasy spor … | Continue reading
Opinions on Yelp updates are like stubby fingers, at first glance harmless, upon further examination, hilariousThat was our first thought when Yelp — the app that facilitates opinions on a wide range of businesses — found a way to weigh in the would-be bloviator-in-chief, Donald … | Continue reading
Virginia today signed into law the "Fantasy Contests Act," a bill outlining how daily fantasy sport sites like DraftKings and FanDuel can operate legally in the state. The law is the nation's first formal recognition of the industry after months of heated legal activity in multip … | Continue reading
BioWare senior editor Cameron Harris is departing from Mass Effect: Andromeda and the video game industry at large come mid-April.Harris made the announcement on Twitter with the following series of tweets:"I've decided to exit the video-game industry to return to Seattle for new … | Continue reading
There is a looming crisis in information security that will necessitate that businesses change how they manage their security efforts. While there will always be new attacks and methodologies with which to contend, it’s the growing shortage of skilled cybersecurity resources that … | Continue reading
Mercury’s abnormally dark coloring has puzzled scientists for years — but a new study using NASA data has revealed the origins of the planet’s unique look. Patches of a carbon-rich material called graphite — the same stuff that’s in a pencil — cover Mercury’s surface, tinting the … | Continue reading
In a world where apps are getting more feature-rich and complex, Prompt is taking a step backwards and aiming to be ‘a command line for the real world.’ Tagline aside, the application (SMS/Slack/Web) lets you text commands to a number of integrations to do things like change the … | Continue reading
The love between a human and a dog is a special bond represented in everything from books to film. Now the relationship is showcased in the newest intimate form of media — virtual realityMercedes-Benz recently equipped the Internet famous Loki the Wolfdog and his owner Kelly Lund … | Continue reading
There is often some bizarre connection to adjacent items in my RSS news reader or Twitter stream. The following three stories all appeared about the same time in my RSS feed. They seem related. But none reference the other, so I guess they are just coincidence. However, as any Ne … | Continue reading
The Gillmor Gang — Dan Farber, Frank Radice, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Saturday, March 5, 2016. The Gang goes full tilt boogie on the Republican race to the bottom with Trump in the driver seat. In the real time race, Twitter has the nomination lo … | Continue reading
Jimmy Butler's return from a knee injury lasted all of one game, and the Chicago Bulls aren't sure when the All-Star guard will be able to play again. | Continue reading
The payments technology company Square has launched it's Square Reader product in Australia. The square-shaped reader is a small device that attaches to a phone or tablet to process credit and debit card payments.Square Reader plugs into a headphone jack of an iOS or Android devi … | Continue reading
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe just signed into law the “Fantasy Contests Act,” which is a legal framework for fantasy sports providers that operate in the state. The bill, which was approved by the Virginia legislator a few weeks ago, makes Virginia the first state in the nat … | Continue reading
GUEST: Disclaimer: I’m a big fan of Pandora. I’ve been a listener for a decade or more, and I started paying for an annual subscription even before there was any real incentive to do so, solely because I loved the service and wanted it to succeed. This post isn’t really about Pan … | Continue reading
More people play Supercell games every day than live in London, Beijing, Delhi, New York City, Tokyo and Moscow combined. | Continue reading
For those of you who are sneaky enough to have an ad-blocker extension on your browser, the Grey Lady is not having it anymore. According to a report from Adage, a spokesperson said that the publication is testing out a system that detects whether an ad-blocker is being used and … | Continue reading
Eden Games, creators of classic racing games like V-Rally and Test Drive Unlimited, have soft-launched a racing game for iOS called Gear.Club. They're bringing their experience with creating gorgeous worlds to race through with fancy-looking real-world cars to iOS. While you won' … | Continue reading
Right now there doesn’t appear to be much information as to what kind of role the 4chan founder will serve at Google. | Continue reading
The auto industry spends a lot of time selling us on the dream of a future of environmentally friendly vehicles and self-driving cars, but that vision is rarely framed for the public in one, easy-to-comprehend visionTo that end, Nissan has released a concept video that attempts t … | Continue reading
I finally conquered a technical challenge that had been stumping me for awhile. This blog runs on Middleman, which requires Ruby and a slew of other things that aren’t necessary in my work dev environment (i.e., the laptop I usually take with me when I travel). This is clearly so … | Continue reading
OnePlus has just announced that they are initiating installment plans that can let you rock a OnePlus 2 for as little as $22.60 per month. | Continue reading
Your Android device is a pocket-size container of important information that you don't want to fall into the wrong hands. It is crucial to keep your Android data safe. In this post, learn how to encrypt your Android device. | Continue reading
The New York Times is the latest website to employ a pop-up to encourage readers using ad blockers to whitelist their site, according to Ad Age. The news site began testing out various methods including pop-up ads to get users to either whitelist the website or subscribe to the p … | Continue reading
One of gaming’s most beloved niche publishers wants to sell itself … to its fans and employees. Paradox Interactive, the publisher responsible for critically acclaimed grand-strategy game releases like Crusader Kings II and Europa Universalis IV, has begun the process to present … | Continue reading
Peeple, the notorious people-rating app that went viral last year for all the wrong reasons, has landed in the App StoreOften billed as "Yelp for people," the app — which launched on iOS Monday — lets you rate people you know on a 1-to-5 star scale professionally, personally or r … | Continue reading
A small but potentially useful update for budding authors using Google Docs: you can now export your musing as .epub files – one of the most popular open formats for ebooks. The main advantage with Epub over PDFs or other document formats is its ability to quickly and automatical … | Continue reading
Present Kanye West can’t seem to get out of future Kanye West’s way. Today, the hip hop artist swore off CDs and pledged to never again distribute music using a physical format — “only streaming.” I was thinking about not making CDs ever again… Only streaming — KANYE WEST (@kanye … | Continue reading
Here’s the big question: When your digital content marketing efforts aren’t driving the leads, sales, or revenue that they used to, can content strategy help? Absolutely. Here’s how. How to Use Content Marketing Strategy Tactics to Improve Lead Generation Do a little research exp … | Continue reading
Microsoft’s SQL Server is coming to Linux early next year as the company preps SQL Server 2016 for a late-2016 launch. Today, the company is previewing a SQL Server for Linux that features the core relational database features of SQL Server 2016. The aim is to allow companies to … | Continue reading
Some exciting news for Galaxy S7 fans: the new Samsung flagship will be arriving on Boost Mobile on March 11 and Virgin Mobile USA on March 18. | Continue reading
Scott Forstall, an Apple executive who left the company after it fumbled the high-profile launch of its Google Maps competitor in 2012, is a co-producer of Eclipsed, the first Broadway play featuring an all-female cast and creative team and starring Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o. I … | Continue reading
Bitcoin regulations is a serious business and the governments know that. These regulations are not about parallel economies or money laundering anymore. Bitcoin technology may be the answer for the solutions they were looking for so far to improve their financial sector. The impo … | Continue reading
I have a hunch that the title caught your eye, didn't it? I have to admit, Labyrinth sounds promising, and from what I've seen so far in various gameplay videos, it seems to deliver on that promise. So, what is Labyrinth? Well, if you were hoping for a game starring David Bowie, … | Continue reading
Music listeners are cheapskates. Few will pay Spotify or Apple $10 a month even to stream almost every song ever. Meanwhile, radio services Pandora hardly scrape by on the meager ad rates after they pay out royalties. So if Pandora wants to resuscitate the battered corpse of Rdio … | Continue reading
Below is a curated list of links to access the individual posts: Education – includes Chetna Mehrotra, Prof. D.V.R.Seshadri, Bharti Dekhate Aspiration – includes Kavi Arasu, Tara Sharma… | Continue reading
Wallet provider Blockchain has released data that indicates its users are complaining more about service disruptions amid increased network demand. | Continue reading
HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — The San Antonio Spurs will be without coach Gregg Popovich for their next two games as he takes time to deal with a family medical emergency, according to the team. Spurs assistant Ettore Messina will take over for Popovich while he is away. Messina will … | Continue reading
A 99 million-year-old baby chameleon was found in a lump of amber in Myanmar, according to a study published in Science Advances on Friday. That makes it the oldest known chameleon fossil ever discovered, researchers say. Because of its age, the lizard is being referred to as a " … | Continue reading
SQL Server, Microsoft’s flagship relational database product, is now available on Linux in the form of an early private preview, with a full launch planned for mid-2017. Until now, SQL Server was strictly a Windows product, but as Scott Guthrie, Microsoft’s executive vice preside … | Continue reading
Most tech journalists used DOS, Windows 3.1, and then Windows 95. It’s thus easy to forget that most young people who grew up using smartphones never experienced this critical time in PC history. And because they know so little about the time, it’s even harder for them to appreci … | Continue reading
You may encounter errors signing into Xbox Live right now. Microsoft has confirmed that its online gaming service isn’t working for everyone on Xbox One and Xbox 360 today. The company updated its Xbox Live Status site to indicate that “core services” aren’t functioning properly, … | Continue reading
The technology was invented by Toshiba, but in Q4 2015 Samsung made nearly twice as many sales. | Continue reading
For the past three years, Verizon has been using a so-called ‘supercookie’ to track users and sell this information to outside advertising partners. Now, the FCC is levying a $1.35 million fine and requiring Verizon to offer consumers the ability to opt-out of its various trackin … | Continue reading
Facebook is using artificial intelligence to give it a better sense of where human populations are across the world. The technology is allowing the social networking company to create “much more accurate population maps” across 21.6 million square kilometers of Earth compared to … | Continue reading