When Michael Crichton passed away in 2008, he left behind a massive collection of papers: outlines, notes, and several incomplete novels. In the years since his death, Crichton’s widow Sherri has been combing through those files, and recently discovered a new manuscript called Dr … | Continue reading
While it’s no question that Alphabet has advertising in the bag, the company is hemorrhaging funds in a blanket category described as “Other Bets.” | Continue reading
When it comes to Pokémon Go, not all locations are created equal.If you don't live in a heavily populated area, then everything from catching Pokémon to locating Gyms can be much more challenging. Luckily, if you live in the suburbs, there are a few steps you can take to maximize … | Continue reading
Sen. Barbara Mikulski, the longest serving woman in Congress, told the audience at the Democratic National Convention to "put on your lipstick" and "polish those shoes" and fight to put Hillary Clinton in the White House. Photo: AP | Continue reading
Do you really need a phone charger that levitates? Tech startup OvRcharge thinks you do. OvRcharge uses magnetic force to keep your phone suspended in the air and stops charging it when the battery is full.The company is hoping to distribute the gadget starting in November 2016, … | Continue reading
We’re pretty used to bombastic movie trailers: Hero X does this, Threat Y presents itself as that, fight fight fight, and then wrap it up with a pithy one-liner that leaves The Kids™ wanting more. We’re rarely surprised, though, because a formulaic trailer is typically selling a … | Continue reading
The Samsung Note 7 is believed to be on its way, and one Redditor with a good track record of Samsung leaks is dumping all the details in an AMA. Samsung’s Note 7 is said to have 4GB RAM and 64GB Memory standard, and a “body is similar to the S7 edge” with rounded edges and a nea … | Continue reading
A new study has found that Apollo astronauts who reached the Moon die more often from heart disease than astronauts who never made it to space or who only reached low-earth orbit. WSJ's Monika Auger reports. Photo: NASA | Continue reading
We take a look at some of the many reasons why the ZTE Axon 7 is one of the best Android smartphones you can currently buy. | Continue reading
A recent write-up by an MIT writer gives us a glance at what 5G will look like, what challenges its development faces, and how it will change our world. | Continue reading
This Android customization project will help you set sound profiles for any app on your device. Never will Pokemon be too loud or quiet again. | Continue reading
Throughout her tenure as CEO, Marissa Mayer insisted that Yahoo would be able to win by playing to its strengths. By focusing on a few of its “core” areas, like email and news, the thinking went, Yahoo would be able recast its mobile business and make its long-awaited turnaround. … | Continue reading
After the launch of Xiaomi's laptop, rival Chinese firm Lenovo is eager to ensure they don't miss out on the fun with the launch of the Lenovo Air 13 Pro. | Continue reading
WILLIAMSBURG, NY — Brooklynites will no longer have to travel into Manhattan to visit the Genius Bar. On Saturday, July 30, Apple's first retail store in Brooklyn opens in Williamsburg.Located at 247 Bedford Avenue on the corner of N 3rd Street, the store is adjacent to Equinox, … | Continue reading
You will soon no longer need a Samsung Gear VR to enjoy a low-fidelity simulation. Microsoft’s Windows 10 version of Minecraft is a year old today, and the company is celebrating by unleashing PC virtual reality support in the block-building phenomenon. In a blog post on Windows. … | Continue reading
Uber has launched a new service called UberCentral that lets business request door-to-door rides for their clients / customers. The people going in the backseat don't need an Uber account at all; they don't even need the app installed. Instead, this is meant to position Uber as a … | Continue reading
A new study from SurveyMonkey Intelligence revealed the 30 most-downloaded, and most-used apps in the American iOS and Android app stores so far this year.Social media apps like Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram ruled over mobile games in the first six months of 2016.Because Pokém … | Continue reading
What do you know about the Clinton email scandal? If you’re anything like me, not much – yet! Let’s take a stroll into our political Swamp of Sadness where both parties are currently mired. One candidate became stuck there while trying to beat the dead horse of the Crooked Hillar … | Continue reading
One of the unique elements of mobile is that because people have their devices with them constantly, game design has taken on a new element of trying to fit into people's lives. Phoenix 2 [Free] feels like the idea was to provide an intense shoot 'em up experience that could be m … | Continue reading
Nothing tells the story of how the Mexican tech ecosystem is steaming ahead in Latin America quite like the rise of fintech. The financial services space ticks all the right boxes entrepreneurs look for when launching a company. On the flipside, Mexico’s fintech industry has ever … | Continue reading
It's no secret GoPro is developing a drone called "Karma" for release later this year. But what it looks like, nobody outside of GoPro really knows.Last month, GoPro posted a teaser video for the animated film The Secret Life of Pets and speculation ran wild that the company may … | Continue reading
Matt Damon is one of those actors who has become one of the most recognizable and bankable stars in the movie industry. Because he’s worked in film for nearly three decades, he’s also an embodiment of time’s cruel indifference. Burger Fiction has put together a great 13-minute su … | Continue reading
CBS's bold experiment in over-the-top TV streaming is paying off. The company says its All Access and Showtime subscription services have 2 million total subscribers, with user bases evenly split between the two. "That’s well ahead of where we’d thought we’d be this early in the … | Continue reading
Google is giving you one less reason to think of the Docs and Sheets mobile apps as simple document viewers. | Continue reading
VB LIVE: As financial services have become more efficient and convenient, they’ve lost some of their personal touch. This webinar will demonstrate that financial institutions are utilizing big data to better personalize customers’ connections with their finances…as well as the pr … | Continue reading
Since launching four years ago, Snapchat is a platform you and your business can't continue to ignore. | Continue reading
At this year's Olympics, the U.S. women are expected to bring home more medals than the men. Here are some of the top U.S. women athletes to watch at the summer games in Rio. Photo: Getty | Continue reading
Wars, rogue nations and extremists are just some of the vexing challenges that the next president will have to face. Here’s a quick-hit look at where Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump stand on Russia, China, Iran, ISIS, and North Korea. Photo: Getty | Continue reading
Coinbase's first employee has departed to start a blockchain-focused hedge fund. | Continue reading
Proving the sharing economy is dominating every aspect of our lives, we now have an app for cleaning up dog poop. The new app, Pooper (seriously), is designed to keep dog owners from having to pick up after their four-legged friends when they do their business. Its motto? “Your d … | Continue reading
The Chamber of Digital commerce, a trade association comprised of industry leading companies representing the digital assets and blockchain sector, unveiled a new initiative called Smart Contract Alliance (SCA). The project aims to promote real world applications of this new “vi … | Continue reading
LG Display will spend around $1.7 billion to build a new production line for making flexible OLED smartphone screens. Flexible smartphone screens, which go into phones like the curved Galaxy S7 Edge, are becoming increasingly popular, and they seem likely to become a dominant sty … | Continue reading
However, after I started to explore the assorted CEF accounting features, it turned out the entire thing is just not as simple as it seems to be. The software program should be capable of give you a report for every transaction made and these reports ought to be obtainable for e … | Continue reading
If you're looking for a CCG that promises a higher degree of complexity than a game like Hearthstone but one that's still quick to play, you might want to check out the just-released Deckstorm: Duel of Guardians [Free] by DeNA. In Deckstorm's matches, players throw cards down sim … | Continue reading
Sprig is making some changes to its delivery model, and in order to do it as efficiently as possible, the company is pausing its operations in Chicago and laying off seven team members across its marketing and operations teams. In reviewing different aspects of the logistics behi … | Continue reading
When software developer Todd Moore wrote up the code for his now-famous White Noise app in 2008, it was a side project to him and one of the first mobile apps go live on the Apple app store. The app quickly climbed to a number one spot in the Health and Fitness category, and has … | Continue reading
A company called iPatrol has released a sentry robot called Riley that will cruise around your home on tank tracks with an HD camera, but without the requisite weapons to deter intruders (unless the intruder is a small animal). The tiny robot features a 5MP camera with night visi … | Continue reading
Whether you're playing Pokémon Go, texting, sending an email, or just checking out fantasy baseball scores. In some cases, this leads to dire consequences. | Continue reading
Until last year, Amazon was known as much for its ubiquity in online retail as it was for the bold and expensive visions of CEO Jeff Bezos. The company would spend mightily, only to assuage investor fears with promises of a bright future. Many of those investments, like in cloud … | Continue reading
The unexpected rise of Ethereum Classic, the original Ethereum blockchain without a hard fork has got few leading cryptocurrency exchanges considering its implementation into their platforms. Poloniex became the first cryptocurrency exchange platform to include ETC support, with … | Continue reading
Alphabet, the umbrella for Google’s core business, as well as its riskier "Other Bets," posted its second-quarter earnings today. In the third time the company has detailed its performance segment by segment, it handily beat analysts’ expectations. It notched $21.5 billion in rev … | Continue reading
Amazon reported earnings for its second fiscal quarter of 2016 today and for its AWS unit, it was once again a big quarter. AWS net sales hit $2.9 billion in the last quarter, up from $2.5 billion in net sales in the last quarter. That’s up from $1.8 billion in the year-ago-quart … | Continue reading
It used to be that only car companies could build cars. But this is the twenty-first century, when seemingly anyone can build a car or four, including a Chinese solar power company. Hanergy Holding Group, which manufactures thin-film solar panels, has created a Solar Vehicle Busi … | Continue reading
Amazon shattered expectations when it reported second quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday. Adjusted earnings per share came in at $1.78, when Wall Street was forecasting $1.11. Amazon also beat revenue predictions, posting $30.4 billion for the quarter when analysts were … | Continue reading
While Alphabet’s core advertising business has often been questioned as the net value of its ads has been in decline, there’s one thing that’s hard to argue — it’s still one of the biggest technology businesses in the world, and it’s still growing. And it’s growing very quickly. … | Continue reading
Have you ever been curious what the person in front of you in line at Chipotle is thinking about while Snapchatting? Now you can find out with Whatsgoodly. Whatsgoodly claims to be “the largest database of millennial attitudes,” and is now searchable by anyone. Via a familiar Goo … | Continue reading
As expected, the MVNO Republic Wireless has now expanded its lineup to include the Galaxy S7, S7 Edge, Galaxy S6, Nexus 6P, and more. | Continue reading
Learn from former filmmaker & current consultant and storytelling expert Donna Lichaw, author of The User's Journey: Storymapping Products That People Love. | Continue reading