Microsoft just called Apple out on its silly ‘iPads are computers’ ad

A couple of weeks ago, Apple released an ad that implied the iPad could replace a real computer. We wrote about how silly a concept that is, at least in the iPad Pro’s current state. Here it is again, for reference: Microsoft’s answer? An ad that basically says “Lol, no.” It poke … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

HIKEA: Möbel auf Drogen zusammenschrauben

Eine äußerst unterhaltsame Webvideoreihe, die seit einigen Tagen die Runde macht, nennt sich HIKEA und ja, dort nehmen vor laufender Kamera Probanden Drogen und werden dann aufgefordert, Möbel von IKEA zusammenzuschrauben. Ein Teil 1... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Everything you need to know about the NSA hack (but were afraid to Google)

In what Edward Snowden deems “not unprecedented” hackers calling themselves the Shadow Brokers have collected NSA-created malware from a staging server run by the Equation Group, an internal hacking team. The Shadow Brokers published two chunks of data, one “open” chunk and anoth … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Peter Dering, Kickstarter, and winning with radical transparency – VB Engage

Star Date Episode 15. Today, Travis and Stewart get excited about the new app-sharing economy. What do we mean by that? Apps within apps, people, and we’ll tell you why you should get seriously pumped about this trend too. And then we interview Peter Dering, who was just about to … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Amazon is putting its original TV pilots on Facebook and YouTube for free

Amazon is sharing free full-length episodes of some of its popular original shows – which you normally need an Amazon Prime subscription to watch – right on YouTube and Facebook. Of course, you can only watch the full seasons right on Amazon, but it looks like the company is tryi … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

How to Optimize Video for Every Medium

Your site, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube... video is everywhere, making optimization tricky. Here's how to optimize video for today's top mediums. | Continue reading


@conversionxl.com | 8 years ago

Feature for feature, the Samsung Galaxy Note7 beats the iPhone 6S Plus

Mashable's Raymond Wong put the Samsung Galaxy Note7 and it's features — including water resistance, GIF maker and iris scanner — to the test.The verdict? The Samsung Galaxy Note7 might just be better than the iPhone 6S Plus. Ray's full review: http://on.mash.to/2bv5VbD Read more … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

What are men to rocks and mountains?

“What are men to rocks and mountains?” ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice Human exploration of and travel through mountains dates back millennia. It’s only in the last few centuries, though, that exploration of mountains for exploration’s sake, or for ... | Continue reading


@blog.europeana.eu | 8 years ago

Grovemade’s wooden speaker set looks like beautiful cybernetic alien eggs

The title says it all, really. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

New vs. old in back-to-school gear

Ultrathin laptops help you find information, but writing things down, on paper, in a notebook, helps you learn and remember. Wireless headphones make your music better and more portable, but earplugs ensure sleep. And though your smartphone is the camera you always have with you, … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

‘Cognitive Insights’ uses machine learning to cut time developers spend fixing bugs

Developers can’t be everywhere, but a new service from Logz.io named Cognitive Insights can — and it might keep developers from wasting valuable time on Stack Overflow. Currently, development teams have to search for fixes to their problems on the internet when they’re stumped. I … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Inclusive Growth in Scotland

Our blog articles feature the latest ideas and thinking from our Action and Research Centre and Fellowship staff and guest bloggers. You are welcome to contribute and comment. | Continue reading


@thersa.org | 8 years ago

Google search now includes info on how to vote

Google has rolled out an update to search aimed at helping U.S. users find out how they can vote in the upcoming November election. This includes information on what sort of ID you need to bring with you to your polling places, voting deadlines, details on early voting and mail-i … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

'Sociable Soccer' Is Bringing Online Soccer Arcade Action to the App Store Later This Year

After what has felt like an excruciatingly long few months, the soccer season has finally started to kick back into action. One of the best parts of becoming unfathomably disappointed by your team's heartbreaking 4-3 loss at home is that the new football year brings with it a who … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

Facebook fights Messenger spam with Asimov’s three rules of bots

The big risk of Facebook launching the Messenger platform was that spammy bots could drown out your friends. Now Facebook is formalizing rules to prevent that. Messenger API experiences may only respond to users who initiate conversations. They can only reply within 24 hours, and … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Watch: 5 crappy retro games based on classic British TV shows

Did you know 'Allo 'Allo! had a video game? How about SuperGran, did you know there was a game made about her? Do you even know what a SuperGran is? I bet Chris doesn't.Whether you knew these classic TV shows had games or not, they do exist and they are absolutely terrible. Don't … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Watch the first trailer for Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi movie Arrival

After a tense teaser release, the first full-length trailer for Denis Villeneuve's latest sci-fi offering Arrival is here. The movie stars Amy Adams as a linguist and translator hired by the government to communicate with aliens who have just arrived on Earth. The team must make … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Video: Playing Super Mario on Microsoft HoloLens looks equally awesome and surreal

We’ve already seen how cool playing Pokémon Go on HoloLens looks, but have you ever wondered what it’d be like to play Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda II, Donkey Kong and a bunch of other oldschool games in mixed reality? Thanks to independent developer Andrew Peterson and his N … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Deal Alert: iOttie car mounts on sale today at Amazon

iOttie car smartphone holders are currently on sale with 35 percent off over at Amazon. Today only. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Vettery raises $9M as it expands its hiring marketplace to San Francisco

Vettery, a startup offering an alternative to the traditional recruiting process, has raised $9 million in Series A funding. On the Vettery website, the company pairs potential job-seekers with a “talent executive” who helps them through the process of creating a profile and look … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Nuance brings deep learning tech to its Dragon speech recognition

Your speech-recognizing friends at Nuance are back with a major update to their flagship app, Dragon. The popular productivity software is now in its 15th version, an update that promises some substantial improvements in accuracy courtesy of the company’s own deep learning tech, … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft bashes Apple’s iPad Pro computer claims in new Surface ad

Microsoft first started bashing the iPad with comparison ads back in the Windows 8 days of 2013, and the company is now reviving its efforts this week with a new commercial aimed squarely at the iPad Pro. Apple's latest iPad Pro commercial really wants you to believe the iPad Pro … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Study Shows Bitcoin and Blockchain Investments Near $300 Million in First Six Months

A study conducted by Juniper Research has found that the total value of Venture Capital (VC) blockchain and bitcoin investments totalled $290 million in the first six months of 2016. While more than 30 startups were involved that received funding during that time, more than a thi … | Continue reading


@cryptocoinsnews.com | 8 years ago

Nosulus Rift: Virtuelle Furz-Realitäten

Immersive Spielerfahrung muss nicht immer visueller Natur sein. Ubisoft hat für das Spiel "South Park: The Fractured But Whole" ein Gerät namens Nosulus Rift entwickelt. Die Referenz an das Device von Oculus ist eindeutig. Nur wird das Nosulus... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Data Binding in Android

How to use the Android Data Binding Library to build apps faster and easier, with powerful declarative layouts and minimum code. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Top Marketing Books for Business Branding & Expansion

When in doubt, do your research. Learn more about the best ways to brand your business with these top marketing books for business branding and expansion. | Continue reading


@revitalagency.com | 8 years ago

Amazon brings free episodes of its Original Series to YouTube & Facebook

Amazon this morning announced that, for the first time ever, it will begin distributing its Original Series from Amazon Video to social media sites, including Facebook and YouTube. Pilot episodes from ten primetime and kids series are now available in both places, in their entire … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

This external battery will easily power your phone for a week (69% off)

Anyone who tells you it’s hard to charge your devices in the wilderness is wrong. But it’s not their fault they haven’t heard of the Mophie Powerstation XL External Battery. Packing a whopping 12,000 mAh capacity, the Powerstation will easily keep all your devices powered. And yo … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

EA Gamescom 2016 live report

Guns, balls, robots. It's all here from 6.15pm. | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

DraftKings launches Leagues so you can play daily fantasy sports with friends

DraftKings has been in the news a lot over the last 12 months. But almost everything you’ve read has probably been about their efforts in passing legislation to explicitly legalize daily fantasy sports – an industry that had sort of an identity crisis a year ago when state govern … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Mafia III’s attention to detail makes its take on New Orleans feel real

At first glance, Mafia III doesn’t look all that unique. It’s yet another crime-focused open-world game that has players starting from the bottom and building up an underworld empire from scratch. It takes place in a fictionalized version of a major American city — in this case, … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Logitech's new G Pro Gaming Mouse is remarkably similar to its G303

Logitech announced its new G Pro Gaming Mouse today as an option for gamers who might be looking to upgrade their G303 from last year. It’s a wired mouse designed to withstand 20 million clicks. There aren’t a whole lot of differences between the G Pro Gaming and the G303. Both c … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Content Marketing for the Travel Industry

Content marketing can varies from industry to industry. Content marketing in the travel industry includes a large amount of travel influencers and bloggers. | Continue reading


@copypress.com | 8 years ago

Designer creates a handy GIF guide to remind every state when to register to vote

Are you registered to vote? Are your friends? Every election, we hear about disappointing voter turnout rates, so one designer decided to use the medium everyone enjoys to remind and encourage people when they should be registered by. Brooklyn-based Erica Gorochow created VoteGif … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Everything You Need to Know About Bitcoin Based Binary Trading

A few years ago (in 2008, to be exact,) there were two major innovations that entered the world of trading, and these two innovations changes the world of finances as we know it: Bitcoins and binary options trading. What is a Bitcoin? Simply put, a bitcoin is a form of digital cu … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 8 years ago

Trump, Brexit and ISIS are the symptoms, and technology is the problem

The Third Industrial Revolution is already happening. We now have a choice: Do we take advantage of technology and create an incredibly better world for the entire human race, or do we let all of the gains continue to consolidate and grow societal conflict to the breaking point? … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Is Your Brand Trusted? Here's What Happens When It Is—and Isn't

Brand Management - If you cultivate and foster brand trust correctly, your company won't need to constantly throw piles of money at rebuilding and repairing trust with customers. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

How to Boost Your Content's IQ [Infographic]

Content - Want to make sure your content stands out online? Make sure it's adaptable and intelligent. The following tips show you how to make it so. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Facebook delays Account Kit pricing for developers until 2018

Announced at its F8 conference earlier this year, Facebook is updating its Account Kit with simpler pricing for developers. Specifically, Facebook is suspending pricing related to SMS messages used to authenticate a user’s sign-on. Apps involved in FbStart, the company’s early-st … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

All the Galaxy Note 7 pre-order offers from EU carriers and retailers

Here is a list of current pre-order offers from carriers and retailers across Europe for the new Samsung Galaxy Note 7. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Amazon greenlights Jack Ryan series starring John Krasinski

Amazon is trying to revamp novelist Tom Clancy's classic John Ryan character. The company just greenlit a 10-episode series based on the fictional CIA agent, starring John Krasinski as the lead role. Krasinski was cast this past spring when the show had a series commitment from A … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Buckshot's Back: P&G Bails on Ad Targeting

The real fact of the matter is that nobody reads ads. People read what interests them, and sometimes it’s an ad. Howard Luck Gossag... | Continue reading


@blog.themightycopywriter.com | 8 years ago

4 Unexpected Ways Social Media Can Impact SEO

Brands often operate their SEO and social media teams separately, but taking a "social media SEO" approach boosts your social engagement AND search ranking. | Continue reading


@socialmediaexplorer.com | 8 years ago

4 Unexpected Ways Social Media Can Impact SEO

Far too often, I see companies operating their SEO teams and their social media teams completely separate from one another. When in reality there is a desperate need for coordination among them. Having a well-planned content strategy...read moreThe post 4 Unexpected Ways Social M … | Continue reading


@alltop | 8 years ago

Datopolis: Brettspiel thematisiert Open Data

Brettspiele können auch dafür genutzt werden, digitale Phänomene verständlicher zu machen. Datopolis ist so ein Konzept. Entwickelt wurde es von Ellen Broad und Jeni Tennison vom Open Data Institute und ja, bei Datopolis geht es um... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Lenovo embraces VR with a pair of angular gaming PCs

Happy Gamescom week, everyone. The folks at Lenovo are celebrating Europe’s biggest gaming event with a pair of PCs aimed at embracing virtual reality, doing so with an almost sci-fi-like panache.The desktops are constructed from all sorts of of strange and dissonant angles, culm … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Global: Urban Expositions eyes stronger foothold in consumer events

US-based Urban Expositions, a Clarion Events company, has acquired LeftField Media, as it seeks to establish expertise and market reach in the B2C events sector. | Continue reading


@eventmagazine.co.uk | 8 years ago

Early Access coming to Windows 10 via Xbox Game Preview programme

Move over Steam Early Access and GOG Games in Development and the ilk, because here comes Microsoft with the Xbox Game Preview programme for Windows 10.The programme that launched on Xbox One last summer will expand to Windows 10 later this year. As you can imagine it lets you b … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago