“Come out here and give me back my name!” was the response of writer Salman Rushdie to Facebook, when he found out that the social network website had deactivated his account. The case goes back to 2011 when Rushdie took to Twitter to inform his followers how Facebook was literal … | Continue reading
Pomysł na pyszną kolację na ciepło! Dla wszystkich fanów lecza i wszelkiego rodzaju zapiekanek. Placek Leczo czyli zapiekanka z ciasta francuskiego z duszoną papryką, kiełbaską, czerwoną cebulą oraz żółtym serem. Myślę, że danie prędko trafi do Waszych ulubionych, bo szybko się r … | Continue reading
Making photos with the popular photo-editing app Prisma has required internet access. Not anymore, says Prisma Labs, which is announcing today that the iOS version of the app now lets you edit photos offline by running neural networks on your smartphone. It’s part of a larger str … | Continue reading
Optoma released its HD26 projector two years ago. Reviewers liked it at the time, especially considering its low price tag of $599. The HD26 did have some issues, though, like showing rainbow artifacts. But generally, it could produce a decent image under the right conditions and … | Continue reading
iPhone 6 and 6 Plus users are suffering from a manufacturing issue that presents itself as a gray flickering bar at the top of the screen and an unresponsive — or less responsive — touchscreen. Affectionately known as ‘touch disease,’ it’s a persistent problem that Apple seems fu … | Continue reading
Your news feed video streams might scream in the near future. Facebook is testing out auto-playing audio along with news feed videos -- keep the headphones handy! | Continue reading
Prisma quickly rose to prominence with its neural-network-powered art filters for your photos, but the caveat was always that it was a bit slow to process, and only worked if you had a solid internet connection. That’s now changing; Prisma just added offline capabilities to its i … | Continue reading
Prisma, the photo manipulation app that uses neural networks to regenerate users' images in the styles of famous artists and paintings, marks a big upgrade today. The iOS Prisma app is being updated to allow offline processing of images for the first time, taking away much of the … | Continue reading
VB LIVE: Omnichannel is one of those words you may love to hate. But love or hate it, reaching customers effectively wherever they are, using whichever device they choose in the moment, is today’s marketing reality. Find out how personalization strategies — and improving on them … | Continue reading
Prisma, the app that lets you turn regular photos into beautiful artworks with a single tap, now works offline. Since the app uses neural network-based tech to apply its photo filters, it has so far required an internet connection. The required computing power was simply too grea … | Continue reading
Software Advice helps businesses find their perfect match by providing a free directory of top email marketing software systems. | Continue reading
One of the few new top-level domains that actually makes sense, .blog, is starting the process of registration. Automattic, which runs WordPress and a number of other useful web apps, owns .blog and is handling applications at get.blog and, confusingly, dotblog.wordpress.com. Rea … | Continue reading
That rumor Lyft was trying to sell itself to the highest bidder? All nonsense perpetrated by Uber, says Lyft. Speaking to Business Insider, Lyft president John Zimmer said “Lyft is not seeking a buyer,” and that it was approached — not the other way around: Getting approached and … | Continue reading
Get ready to play Uncharted on your computer: Sony has revealed that PlayStation Now game streaming is coming to PCs. The company says that PS Now will be available “overseas in parts of Europe soon and will come to North America shortly thereafter.” Sony recommends the following … | Continue reading
The trading day has now come to an end out of Europe in the bitcoin price, and it’s time to publish the second of our twice daily bitcoin price watch analyses. Action has been pretty uninspiring throughout the day’s session, with very little movement to go at from a breakout pers … | Continue reading
PlaySation Now, the all-you-can game subscription service that provides access to classic PlayStation titles on-demand, is making its way to Windows PCs, starting now in Europe and rolling out soon in North America. Sony’s also making it easier to game on your PC, with a DualShoc … | Continue reading
PlayStation 3 games are coming to PC. Sony Interactive Entertainment announced today that it is bringing its PlayStation Now game-streaming program to Windows PCs. This service broadcasts PlayStation 3 games over the internet similar to the way Netflix beams movies to devices lik … | Continue reading
Heroes never die, and Blizzard is giving 32 teams a chance at immortality this week. Starting August 24, the publisher will kick off the Overwatch Open North American and European playoffs as part of a contest worth $100,000. Each region will host 16 teams, and the top 4 from acr … | Continue reading
Facebook is scary-good at targeting ads. To provide this level of targeting to advertisers, Facebook has to pull from a staggering amount of data that each of us post to the social network without really thinking much about. Our political leanings, the technology we use and even … | Continue reading
As the venture funding landscape continues to flourish, entrepreneurs who want to build a sustainable business should proceed with caution before heading down the VC path. As a veteran in the startup space, I’ve done and seen a lot. As a result, I’ve become educated about the pro … | Continue reading
Disrupt SF 2016 is right around the corner, and soon thousands of the best and brightest entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts will make their way to San Francisco’s Pier 48 for the show.But one of our favorite parts of Disrupt actually happens before the show floor opens up for the … | Continue reading
Facebook claims to know your political biases — and it's generating ads to exploit them.The social network rolled out a new "ad preferences" page earlier this month, allowing users to understand more about how the company markets to them based on interests like "video games," "Ai … | Continue reading
Japan's central bank issued remarks this week that found it forecasting that blockchain could come to have a fundamental impact on finance. | Continue reading
The FCC reveals that a new Bluetooth speaker is coming from Samsung, called the Scoop. It's very portable, sleekly designed, and looks easy to use. | Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago, I booted up a game I hadn’t touched in years: the 2004 RPG Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines. For all the time I’d spent away from it, I was surprised how well I remember its distinctive dark fantasy version of Los Angeles. After being unceremoniously dr … | Continue reading
We may not have to wait long for Google’s Daydream VR platform. According to a report by Bloomberg, Daydream is set to launch in “the coming weeks,” and Google has been preparing by setting up deals with various companies to share and produce immersive content. That means dozens … | Continue reading
Surviving lethal conditions has become a reliable backbone for modern games. Sometimes it’s the unknown alien landscapes of No Man’s Sky, other times it’s the harsh post-apocalyptic world of DayZ. You craft, you hunt, and you take shelter in a genre that often feels like a video … | Continue reading
Google will soon rank sites with clumsy interstitials ads lower than those which are more responsible, the company announced today. The change will affect mobile sites, and only those which have ads that take up an entire screen or otherwise block content wholly. Ads that try to … | Continue reading
The FAQ page is one of the most useful but often most neglected marketing tools. When done correctly, FAQ pages significantly improve user experience and customer satisfaction. According to Forrester Research, 70 percent of consumers prefer to find answers to their questions on a … | Continue reading
One user’s bloatware is another’s feature. And really, depending on where you fall on Microsoft productivity software, this could go either way, really. Lenovo announced today that it’ll be preloading the software giant’s offerings on future handsets – namely Office, Skype and On … | Continue reading
A Russian graphic designer named Mike Levchenko is doing his part to mend the icy relationship between his country and the West — or at least Western capitalism — by reimagining a half-dozen global brands as if they were from the Soviet Union.Levchenko took the logos of McDonald’ … | Continue reading
Hi, thank you for the interview. Many of our readers are not familiar with yourself. Could you please give us a brief introduction? Hello, I’m Dawei Lee, chief executive officer of CHBTC, which is one of the mainstream digital currency exchanges in China. Before founding CHBTC, I … | Continue reading
When the robots come for our weak human flesh during the Singularity, let's hope they're at least as cute as the Xpider, a robot being developed by a small team in Beijing. The developers, who were originally inspired by the cyclops character, Mike, from Monsters, Inc., created a … | Continue reading
Activision has released a new Call of Duty game every year for the last 11 years, and that started in 2005 with Call of Duty 2 on the Xbox 360. Now, in 2016, you can head back to that World War II shooter on a Microsoft’s most recent console. Call of Duty 2 is available to […] | Continue reading
A controversial data-sharing agreement between Google-owned AI company DeepMind and the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) has caught the eye of the National Data Guardian — the government appointee who works with the Department of Health to try to ensure citizens’ confidential h … | Continue reading
Gut Ding braucht Weile – über die Suchfunktion konnte ich feststellen, dass ich in diesem Blog vor sieben (!) Jahren einen Beitrag zum Thema Einheimischentarife gepostet hatte. Ein Salzburger befasst zu diesem Thema seit zehn (!!) Jahren die Gerichte. Er sieht nicht ein, warum er … | Continue reading
Facebook is testing a change to its main mobile apps that would have videos automatically start with the sound turned on, according to Mashable. The test, which appears to be active in Australia and may be ongoing in other countries, has Facebook video playing with sound so long … | Continue reading
Google today announced two major changes related to its mobile search results. The one you’ll probably notice first is that Google is removing the “mobile-friendly” label that highlighted pages that were easy to read on mobile from its mobile search results pages. In the long run … | Continue reading
U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden met with NATO allies to reaffirm America's commitment to the decades-old treaty, while also challenging Donald Trump's basic understanding of Article 5 and the principle of "collective defense." | Continue reading
Szukając pomysłu na zastąpienie w tej sałatce manadarynek czymś bardziej sezonowym, wpadłam na pomysł wykorzystania soczystych brzoskwiń. Połączenie naprawdę udane, tym bardziej, że o tej porze roku składniki te są w najlepszej jakości i świeżości. Chrupiącym dodatkiem będą tutaj … | Continue reading
Pinterest has acquired Instapaper, both companies have confirmed. Pinterest did not disclose the terms of the acquisition but the company said Instapaper will continue as a standalone app. Instapaper's team, including CEO Brian Donohue, will join Pinterest where they will work on … | Continue reading
Dyson has sold fans, heaters, and air purifiers individually for some time, but now it has combined these three functions into a single device. The Dyson Pure Hot+Cool Link is much like the Pure Cool Link that was released earlier this year: it features Dyson's blade-free design, … | Continue reading
Nick Baker doesn’t get out much. The distinguished engineer at Microsoft helped create the hardware and silicon brains behind Web TV, Ultimate TV, the Xbox 360, and the Xbox One. But he got out Monday to describe the inner hardware of Microsoft’s newest toy, the HoloLens holograp … | Continue reading
Comcast entered the cord cutting fray last fall with the launch of its online and mobile streaming service Watchable, which offered a variety of videos from popular websites like VICE and Vox, in an effort to reach the growing number of younger subscribers opting out of paying fo … | Continue reading
In-flight VR entertainment and security guard drones were amongst our favorites from the 44 startups that launched at Y Combinator’s Summer 2016 Demo Day 1. After querying investors and our writers, here are TechCrunch’s picks for the 7 most promising companies from the first hal … | Continue reading
Pinterest said today that it would be acquiring the team behind Instapaper, which will continue operating as a separate app. The Instapaper team will both work on the core Pinterest experience and updating Instapaper. Pinterest’s logic here is that one of the company’s core tenet … | Continue reading
Pinterest is making investments to help users discover and save articles on its visual search engine. The company announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Instapaper, the online bookmarking service that was created by Tumblr cofounder Marco Arment. In contrast to previous deals, … | Continue reading
Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are just some of the services encouraging us to broadcast what we’re doing at this very moment. Whether your content is live or recorded, these social networks are eager to help you share footage with the world. But what if you’re not interested in … | Continue reading