Dish Network’s Sling TV has so far offered a different way for cord cutters to subscribe to the “best of TV” via its online streaming TV service. However, that hasn’t included access to local channels that you receive over-the-air. But that may be changing, according to an Amazon … | Continue reading
I am sympathetic to the pressure of making Madden games. The creators of the football franchise are dually burdened by reality and expectations. Fans demand an increasingly lifelike simulation of professional football, while also wanting each entry to be garnished with uniqueness … | Continue reading
Deus Ex Go, the mobile turn-based puzzler by Hitman Go and Tomb Raider Go developer Square Enix Montréal, is out today on iOS and Android. Priced at £3.99 / $4.99, Deus Ex Go puts players in the role of ungrateful cyborg agent Adam Jensen as he infiltrates various corrupt corpora … | Continue reading
You’re saying it wrong. MacRumors noticed Apple is no longer calling its retail locations ‘Apple Store.’ They are now simply known as – wait for it – ‘Apple.’ So instead of ‘Apple Store, Soho,’ the location is now just listed as ‘Apple Soho.’ ‘Apple Store, Ridge Hill,’ is now jus … | Continue reading
Canadian carrier Telus claims to know the Android 7.0 Nougat release date: Monday, August 22 for the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P, according to its update schedule. | Continue reading
One of the advantages to owning the larger ‘Plus’ series iPhone is optical image stabilization (OIS) for the camera. A new leak suggests that feature will be made available on the 4.7-inch iPhone 7. Via nowherelese.fr, an alleged camera module for the iPhone 7 shows off four area … | Continue reading
John Maeda is leaving VC firm KPCB where he was a design partner to join Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and a bunch of other things. Maeda will have a long, elaborate title at Automattic — he’s the company’s new Global Head, Computational Design and Inclusion. Befor … | Continue reading
Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten has acqui-hired bitcoin startup Bitnet as part of a bid to staff its new blockchain development lab in the UK. | Continue reading
Microsoft today launched its OneNote-to-Evernote tool for Mac. You can download the OneNote Importer for Mac now from OneNote.com. Once your notes have been imported, you can access them in OneNote on your computer, phone, and the web. Microsoft first launched the tool that lets … | Continue reading
Google Maps made some subtle but effective changes to their design. Here are the 5 lessons you can learn from their update. | Continue reading
A couple of times a week for about 3-5 hours, Sam Triplett sits in his abode in China, opens a live-streaming app called Huajiao and talks about anything and everything, prompted mostly by commenters who are watching. Ricey Chen does the same thing using the same app, but she doe … | Continue reading
Every day, billions of pieces of content are shared on Facebook. To keep up with the data, Facebook has been using a variety of tools to classify text. Traditional methods of classification, like deep neural networks, are accurate but have serious training requirements. In an eff … | Continue reading
IT monitoring specialist ScienceLogic today announced that it has acquired AppFirst, a service to give IT admins deeper visibility in what apps and services run across a company’s servers, virtual machines and cloud instances. The companies did not disclose the financial details … | Continue reading
Advanced Micro Devices revealed its schedule for rolling out Zen microprocessor chips today, and it disclosed a few tea leaves that are crucial for figuring out the moves that Nintendo and Microsoft will make in the video game console wars. In short, AMD’s schedule for the releas … | Continue reading
The automotive industry will be the next ‘big thing’ in information technology, according to one senior researcher at Samsung Electronics. LG agrees. | Continue reading
Uber is acquiring Otto, a startup that’s been working on developing self-driving trucks for an undisclosed sum. The company’s co-founder, Anthony Levandowski, is a former Googler who has been working on autonomous driving for years. He’ll head up Uber’s entire self-driving divisi … | Continue reading
Google Play Music currently has a bunch of 99 cent albums full of classic greatest hits albums and must-have legendary tunes. | Continue reading
Do you have trouble hearing what people are saying when talking on your smartphone? Your hearing probably isn't the problem. WSJ's Michael Hsu has a fix. Photo/Video: Carly Marsh/The Wall Street Journal | Continue reading
If you own a Mac and have been waiting for Overwatch to be playable on your computer, well today is your lucky day. Kind of. Parallels 12, the latest version of the virtual machine software that lets you run Windows on your Mac, will support the very popular FPS. The company work … | Continue reading
We’ve extended the deadline once, but it won’t be happening again. Tomorrow is your last chance to score early bird tickets to Disrupt SF 2016 for the super-low price of $1,995 each, a full $1,000 cheaper than they’ll be on Saturday. Sure, if you still wanted to procrastinate jus … | Continue reading
A forthcoming bitcoin software update will be the first to feature preliminary code for a future scaling upgrade. | Continue reading
Bitcoin price has halted decline and may have found support at the $555 (Bitstamp) level. The 4-hour candle chart shows that advance is possible, but that a critical watershed for decline remains close-by. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full … | Continue reading
Facebook is preparing to take on Steam for casual gaming. The company today announced the Facebook PC Gaming Platform, a downloadable desktop hub for games made in partnership with Unity. The platform is actually an update to the Facebook Games Arcade beta from earlier in May. An … | Continue reading
AT&T has announced a new plan called Mobile Share Advantage that keeps all the benefits of the old plan but removes overage fees and increases data limits. | Continue reading
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Microsoft today announced that it is open sourcing PowerShell and bringing it to Linux and OS X. PowerShell is Microsoft’s command line shell for Windows power users, as well as an extensible scripting language for automating system tasks. It’s not unlike Bash on Linux (and now W … | Continue reading
After struggling to find a sustainable business model and sizable user base, The New York Times today announced it will shut down its news summary application NYT Now. The publisher claims that the innovations developed in the app have now been incorporated into the Times’ other … | Continue reading
The name “MiniStudio” should give you a pretty clear idea of what you’re in for with Tascam’s new offerings. The two devices are essentially little boards designed to recreate a radio studio on a small scale at home for podcasting purposes. Both boards are Windows and Mac compati … | Continue reading
In June, Mozilla announced that it would be designing its logo with the help of the internet’s collaboration. Along the way, it asked its community members to provide feedback on every step, shaping the logo into what the Web believes is a strong rebrand. Today, the company unvei … | Continue reading
Continuing the trend of late night rocket launches this week, the United Launch Alliance is scheduled to launch one of its Delta IV rockets from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 12:47AM ET this evening. The vehicle will send a pair of surveillance satellites into a super high orbit for … | Continue reading
Using the sun to disinfect water is nothing new; UV rays start killing bacteria after six hours, although the process can take up to 48 hours. It’s time-consuming, but often an only option in developing countries. Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerato … | Continue reading
Considering the engineering and financial challenges of building a working Hyperloop, it's not a given that the technology envisioned by Elon Musk will ever come to fruition. However, it is certain (in my opinion, anyway) that any working Hyperloop pods are likely to be claustrop … | Continue reading
Smartphones are shaping the world we live in, they also have a real impact on our inner world. Let's take a look at how our beloved phones can change the way we think and feel. | Continue reading
Redbooth, makers of project management and collaboration software, announced a new Apple TV app today that brings their service directly to Apple TV. We mostly think of Apple TV as a consumer device, designed to give us access to entertainment and games or to project the contents … | Continue reading
The butt flies!The Airlander 10, the world's largest aircraft, completed its first test flight on Wednesday. The "Flying Bum," as it's been nicknamed, took off from Cardington Airfield in Bedfordshire and remained airborne for about 20 minutes.Developed by Hybrid Air Vehicles (HA … | Continue reading
Spotify’s first original videos, a music cartoon series called “Deconstructed,” may have been something of a dud, but don’t count out Spotify’s entire lineup of originals just yet: the company has now debuted its new series called “Landmark,” which starts off by chronicling the b … | Continue reading
Facebook advertising can be intrusive and annoying, but with some strategic targeting, ads on the platform become a lot more impactful. | Continue reading
Like many of you I am a user of Facebook, often logging in multiple times a day. One of the frustrations that seem to be forever increasing is advertising; often undesired advertising. I recognize that advertising...read moreThe post My Changing View for Facebook Advertising appe … | Continue reading
Facebook and game engine company Unity have announced a partnership that will let developers easily port their Unity games onto the social network, including a Facebook desktop gaming platform that’s currently in development. Developers have until August 31st to apply for a close … | Continue reading
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It’s always exciting to be recognized for our work! Check out this mention from Bizzabo in their blog about the best podcasts for event planners and then, if you haven’t already, check … | Continue reading
How does storytelling (new school) differ from arguing (old school)? Let's look back—to 350 BC. In Poetics , Aristotle taught that sto... | Continue reading
He doesn’t want to work. He just wants to bang on his drums all day. Epic Games has revealed the newest hero for its multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) Paragon. His name is Narbash, and he uses drums to support allies with an inspiring beat. MOBAs are some of the most popular … | Continue reading
While most celebrities have moved on to social channels like Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, and sometimes Facebook Live or Periscope to share their thoughts and feelings, America’s favorite naked bongo-playing actor Matthew McConaughey is still sticking it out with YouTube. Unfort … | Continue reading
T-Mobile and Sprint are both making a big splash today with the introduction of some too-good-to-be-true data plans. Both companies' new plans offer unlimited talk, text, and — importantly — data, but both companies' unlimited data come with big asterisks beside them.That's becau … | Continue reading
Pictures of an alleged Meizu Pro 7 smartphone show off a dual-edge display and a dual rear camera configuration. | Continue reading
NASA is currently giving us some more insight into its plans to get humans to Mars, under the blanket mission called ‘Journey to Mars,’ and during the press conference, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development Bill Hill revealed that the current hop … | Continue reading