I find it disconcerting to see my own sloppy handwriting turned into a pristine digital object, but unfortunately, it's an unavoidable experience while testing out Montblanc's new Augmented Paper. This €650 notepad-and-pen announced at IFA converts every scribble into a digital f … | Continue reading
Amazon’s latest perk – discounted student loans, aimed at Amazon Prime Student customers – is no more, according a report from Bloomberg, and confirmed by both companies. The partnership between the online retailer and Wells Fargo was announced this July, and saw the lender offer … | Continue reading
Turning your good old radiator into a connected, smart radiator could be a dream of yours. Imagine being able to control the temperature of each radiator individually without having to move from the couch! If that’s your thing, Netatmo just announced Netatmo Valves. As the name … | Continue reading
When you hear the words pitching, hit and home run, the first thing that probably comes to mind is baseball. But after working for a PR firm and spending many of my summer nights and weekends at the ballpark, I have come to realize baseball and PR have many parallels. Teamwork – … | Continue reading
Pokémon Sun and Moon are closer than ever to their November 18 launch, and Nintendo revealed a few new details about the game today. The most significant, especially for rabid fans, is that early purchasers (who buy between launch and January 11, 2017) will get Munchlax over thei … | Continue reading
BERLIN — Sony's still hammering away at its e-paper watch.The second-generation watch is called the FES (by Fashion Entertainment Watch) Watch U and it's a more refined than the original model with a more scratch-resistant sapphire glass front.SEE ALSO: Samsung goes BIG with Gear … | Continue reading
On this day in 1979, a new book by Michael Ende hit bookstores in Germany: Die unendliche Geschichte. The novel was translated into English in 1983 under the title The Neverending Story, and has since become a fantasy classic.Google’s doodle honors the book’s original publication … | Continue reading
Facebook can’t stop copying Snapchat, it seems. Remember how Instagram shamelessly injected Snapchat Stories into its service last month? Well now Messenger is getting a very Snapchat-like new feature: instant video. Read More | Continue reading
It has been five years since Tim Cook took the reins as Apple's CEO after Steve Jobs stepped down, and we're about see a new line of products launch at next week's Apple event. So this week on Ctrl-Walt-Delete, Walt and Nilay review the past five years and discuss what has (or ha … | Continue reading
Facebook is adding an ‘instant video’ feature to Messenger, which allows you to view and share a video feeds with your friends while you chat. But wait, Facebook already has video chat, right? The difference with Instant Video is that you can actually send text messages as you vi … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Business-to-business apps tend not to get the plaudits that consumer products and services do, which is a shame. There is innovation happening in the B2B space that can have far-reaching implications. Take MyiTalent, which launches today from iTalent Corporation — a di … | Continue reading
The latest trailer for the upcoming FX dramedy Atlanta is a four-minute introduction to the show’s setting and aesthetic. What it lacks in dialogue it makes up for in gorgeous split-screen shots of Atlanta’s food, streets, people, and 24-hour diners.Community's Donald Glover crea … | Continue reading
IBMs Watson kann dann den nächsten Job in seinen Lebenslauf schreiben: Szenen-Editor für Gruselfilm-Trailer. Jedenfalls hat die Künstliche Intelligenz genau das für den Streifen Morgan (mit Kate Mara, Paul Giamatti, etc.) erledigt,... | Continue reading
BERLIN — Wireless, noise-cancelling headphones that are also comfy and look good aren't that easy to find. Companies including Bose, Beats, Plantronics and Sony have been trying to find a perfect formula for years, but there's always one or two components missing for that perfect … | Continue reading
DraftKings has closed $150M in new funding this morning, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. The round was led by Washington D.C-based Revolution Capital, the venture firm helmed by AOL founder Steve Case and Washington Capitals and Wizards owner Ted Leonsis. As part of the dea … | Continue reading
Sony Electronics is announcing that it will create its first Future Lab Program in San Francisco, where it will share product concept prototypes with users so that it can get feedback and co-create “future lifestyles.” Sony will take the somewhat daring step of showing prototypes … | Continue reading
A good rule of thumb in software these days is that any social product without a video feature is going to get one eventually. Another good rule of thumb is that any feature developed by Snapchat is coming soon to a Facebook product near you. Enter "instant video," a twist on Sna … | Continue reading
You know all of that talk about video being added everywhere? Well Facebook isn’t letting up — and it has now introduced instant videos into Facebook Messenger, meaning that within any text-based conversation, you can jump right into a video chat if it’ll enrich your interactions … | Continue reading
A new study by Mattermark of the 50 fastest growing B2B companies in the country finds 80% blog. According to The State of Sales & Marketi... | Continue reading
The Osmo Mobile is a high-end 3-axis video stabilizer gimbal that comes with robust companion software to keep your video as smooth as butter. | Continue reading
HBB4ALL progress presented by RBB at IFA2016 RBB as project partner will represent the main developments progress at IFA2016, 2-7 September 2016. In recent months, as part of our work in the project HBB4ALL, the RBB innovation Projects team have been testing usability issues inte … | Continue reading
French startup Molotov has been available in France for a couple of months already, and it is rolling out new platforms. After launching on the iPad, the Apple TV and computers, the company is launching its iPhone app. Android devices and recent connected TVs from Samsung and LG … | Continue reading
What is this “edgier” device that HTC is talking about? Thanks to an older report from @evleaks, we know it’s the Desire 10. | Continue reading
Crowdfunding site Kickstarter has officially opened its doors to projects in Asia after it announced its availability in Hong Kong and Singapore this week. The service is available in 18 countries, including Australia, but these are its first in Asia. Read More | Continue reading
BERLIN — Sony's out of its mind. At IFA 2016, the company unveiled a new high-resolution Walkman audio player... that costs $3,200.As part of its Signature Series and aimed at audiophiles who have "golden ears," the new NW-WM1Z isn't just expensive, it's also one chunky and heavy … | Continue reading
Super Mario Maker isn't the only Wii U game making the jump to the Nintendo 3DS: the adorable platformer Yoshi's Wooly World is also going portable. Nintendo made the announcement today, and the portable version will feature all of the same levels as its console counterpart, but … | Continue reading
Pikmin is coming to 3DS, though not as you’d expect. The genre-bending console series look to be a more traditional side-scrolling adventure, judging from the limited footage shown during today’s Nintendo Direct stream. As the familiar hero Captain Olimar, the player will press t … | Continue reading
As far as smartphone gimmicks go, CSX is a pretty fun one. The project takes the sort of community driven creation brought to space courtesy of startups like OnePlus and takes it to the next level, asking customers to help design the next device in the ZTE portfolio.Phase one rev … | Continue reading
We apparently live in a world now where a company can get away with calling a 5.2-inch phone a “mini.” Keep in mind that when the first Galaxy Note was introduced at IFA five years back, many were convinced that the phone was way to large to be destined for any sort of mainstream … | Continue reading
Nintendo announced during its Nintendo Direct stream today that a new Pikmin game is coming out for the 3DS. This will be the series’ first portable entry. While the main games have a top-down, 3D view, the 3DS release will be a 2D sidescroller. It will come out in 2017. Don’t wo … | Continue reading
Baidu announced Thursday that it has received an autonomous vehicle testing permit from California’s Department of Motor Vehicles, bringing the Chinese search giant one step closer to testing its self-driving cars on Google’s home turf. Earlier this year, Baidu said it would be c … | Continue reading
Nintendo announced during its Nintendo Direct stream today that Yoshi’s Wooly World is coming to the 3DS on February 3. The original version of Yoshi’s Wooly World came out for the Wii U in 2015. The 3DS version includes every level from the Wii U release. It also includes new st … | Continue reading
Another day, another VR headset that you will never be able to buy.Today at the IFA conference in Berlin, Qualcomm unveiled a reference design for an all-in-one headset built on the company’s new Snapdragon VR820 architecture.The company’s Snapdragon 820 is already one of the mos … | Continue reading
In February of this year Qualcomm announced a new processor for wearables, the Snapdragon Wear 2100. Now we're starting to get an idea of which products will actually be using this chip.At IFA today in Berlin, Qualcomm revealed that the new Fossil Q Wander and Marshal smartwatche … | Continue reading
Chip maker Qualcomm has revealed a reference platform for a standalone virtual reality headset, which it’s calling the Snapdragon VR820. The VR820 was created in partnership with Chinese electronics company Goertek, built on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 mobile processor and software … | Continue reading
BERLIN — This summer, ZTE launched the Axon 7, the company's new flagship phone — which in ZTE's case pretty much means affordable but solid. Now, ahead of the IFA show in Berlin, the company followed up with the ZTE Axon 7 mini, a smaller version of the Axon 7, with an ever lowe … | Continue reading
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is available today on the Wii U. Nintendo announced the rerelease of its critically acclaimed Wii role-playing game during today’s Nintendo Direct stream. The publisher also announced that a handful of new Zelda amiibos will be in stores this ho … | Continue reading
Super Mario Maker is making its way to the 3DS, Nintendo announced during its latest Direct video presentation. Easily one of the Wii U’s most popular games, Super Mario Maker lets you make your own Mario levels using the touchscreen and various preset characters and items, and t … | Continue reading
Achieving virality has become a bit of a holy grail conquest for content curators. Marketers are tasked with having to create something that caters to the sensibilities of the web at large. But as you...read moreThe post Cracking the Code to Going Viral appeared first on Social M … | Continue reading
Going viral has become a bit of a holy grail conquest for content curators. Here are a few best practices laid out by the marketing gods among us. | Continue reading
What’s new in MediaConch 16.08, the results of the pre-IETF Berlin Symposium: "No Time to Wait!: Standardizing FFV1 & Matroska for Preservation", and much more in this September edition of MediaConch newsletter. Sign up for the upcoming webinar on September 15th and meet MediaAre … | Continue reading
Nintendo announced some surprises for fans of its The Legend of Zelda series during its Nintendo Direct stream today, all celebrating the franchise’s 30th anniversary. This includes four new Amiibo featuring versions of characters from classic Zelda games, which you can see above … | Continue reading
Nintendo’s more portable version of its Super Mario Maker game-building game (that’s not a typo) is available on December 2, the company announced today. The scaled down game offers much of what you get in the Nintendo Wii version, the company shared today, and will be able to pl … | Continue reading
Want to learn how to code? Build a strong foundation in the most commonly used coding languages and web technologies with The Complete Web Developer Course. This valuable course delivering hands-on training to prepare you for a developer career — at a fraction of the retail cost. … | Continue reading
Say what you will, but IBM Watson is one resourceful supercomputer. We’ve previously seen the AI describe the contents of photos, predict the most popular toys during Christmas season and gauge your emotional state – all of that with an exceptional accuracy. Now IBM Watson has ad … | Continue reading
If you used to make in-car navigation devices, odds are pretty good you make wearables now. That’s just the way things are. Now that everyone has turn-by-turn driving directions on their phone, those kinds of standalone mapping products have really lost their luster. TomTom’s on- … | Continue reading
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My first morning in Altamonte Springs, Florida, I was faced with a dilemma: how to travel the two miles from my hotel to city hall without a car. Walking would take nearly an hour in the sweltering June heat. Taking a bus would entail waiting up to half hour at a stop with little … | Continue reading