Polymail now has an iOS app to take on Gmail and Apple Mail

Popular desktop email client Polymail has landed on mobile with the introduction of an iOS app. On launch, Polymail was widely heralded as a new way of thinking about email without compromising productivity. It tracks how many have read an email automatically, and includes profil … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Tony Fadell speaks out about innovation, revolution, Nest, Steve Jobs and entrepreneurship

At a time when Silicon Valley is so focused on software, Tony reminds us that being truly revolutionary requires a combination of both great hardware and great software. A few years ago, it was the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad, and Macs. Now it’s products like Nest and cars where e … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Writers rejoice: Scrivener for iPad and iPhone is finally here

For authors and would-be authors, the long wait is over. The beloved writing app Scrivener has finally released an iOS version — and fans in the writing community are stoked. When Scrivener made its debut on the Mac in 2007, it was widely celebrated as one of the best tools for f … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

CounterCraft bags $1.1M to fire up a security decoy play

Spain-based security startup CounterCraft, founded last September, has closed a €1 million ($.1M) seed round to accelerate development of a b2b security decoy technology designed to engage hackers and keep them harmlessly occupied while also providing tools to analyze what’s goin … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Three Ways Mobile Impacts Your Content

1) Load time is life and death If your content doesn't load fast you lose the user. This is an invisible tax you're already paying but not realising. Slow load time can result in as high as 50% drop off in people intending to read your content and actually doing that. 2) People s … | Continue reading


@giveitanudge.com | 8 years ago

Kinsa released an Elmo version of its Smart Ear Thermometer

Kinsa has partnered with Sesame Street to incorporate Elmo into a special edition of its Smart Ear Thermometer, which is designed for young children. The rebranded Smart Ear Thermometer comes with a new color scheme in a very familiar shade of red, and Elmo's voice will be availa … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Sony wants to 'bring the real world into your living room' with Z series TVs

LOS ANGELES — Sony Electronics is stepping up its television game.The tech giant announced the launch of its Z Series of TVs, a line of 4K HDR Ultra HD models, at an event on Wednesday.SEE ALSO: Samsung's next Galaxy phone may have a 4K screen designed for VRThe TVs have displays … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Firefox will soon start blocking invisible Flash content

Starting in August, Mozilla’s Firefox will block Flash content that “is not essential to the user experience,” the organization announced today.With this move, Mozilla is following Google’s lead, which made a similar decision last year and now plans to almost completely block Fla … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

This Pokeball charges your phone while you’re binging on Pokemon Go

Pokemon Go is consumptive. It asks a lot of your time, but also drains your phone’s battery and chips away at your data plan. There’s now a clever fix for the battery life issue, if you don’t mind carrying a real Pokeball. An enterprising Etsy seller has created a Pokeball phone … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

China pumping brakes on highway testing of autonomous cars

Pump those brakes. China has issued a temporary ban on the highway testing of autonomous cars. According to Bloomberg, the country’s auto regulators have warned automakers to keep their autonomous vehicle testing off highways until official rules are in place. China’s Ministry of … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

How to Find the Best Local SEO Company (28 Important Questions)

Do not hire a local SEO company without reading this. You could get burned and lose out. Read now. | Continue reading


@ignitevisibility.com | 8 years ago

Apple releases iOS 10 public beta 2

Apple today rolled out the second version of the public beta of iOS 10, the next version of its operating system for iPhones, iPads, and the iPod Touch. This release follows the introduction of the original public beta on July 7 and the launch of iOS 10 at Apple’s WWDC conference … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Sony's Z Series is its new ultra-premium lineup of 4K TVs

Today, Sony Electronics announced its newest flagship line of 4K LCD TVs, the Z Series. The lineup now sits ahead of Sony's X Series in terms of display quality, and it also incorporates the company's latest HDR (high-dynamic range) and 4K image processor for improved contrast an … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Apple just dropped another iOS 10 public beta for you crazy testers

This didn’t take long. Just a day after releasing the third iOS 10 developer beta, the second public beta of iOS 10 is now available to download. The second public beta of macOS Sierra was also released today. And of course, you won't have to pay $99 a year for a developer a … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Suda 51's 1999 visual novel The Silver Case teases first footage of remake

Back in May Killer 7 and No More Heroes director Suda 51 announced an HD remake of The Silver Case, the first game from his studio Grasshopper Manufacture.Now we have a trailer showing what the modern art style looks like in this re-imagining of a 1999 PlayStation One title. We a … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Washington State Utility Raises Power Rates on Bitcoin Miners

A local utility in Washington State is raising power rates months after a dispute began between it and bitcoin miners seeking cheap electricity. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Interested in a postdoctoral fellowship in business, civil society or government bodies ? Only two months to apply for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship Call

NewsWith a budget of €10 million, the "Society and Enterprise" panel of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships, will fund experienced researchers at post-doctoral level and beyond for 1 to 2 years outside academia.You can apply until 14 September 2016.Date: 20/07/2016 … | Continue reading


@ec.europa.eu | 8 years ago

Mozilla is finally killing Flash next month (mostly)

Today, Mozilla announced its plans to do away with the thorn in our side that is Flash. Starting August 2016, with Firefox 48, Mozilla will block all Flash content deemed “not essential to the user experience.” The move is the first in a series that will finally kill Flash for go … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

This video may be our best look yet at the iPhone 7 design

As we wait impatiently for Apple to drop new iPhones on us, leaks abound. This new video may be our best look yet at a dummy iPhone 7, and it even has a side-by-side comparison to the phone you probably already have. The video host says the dummy unit came straight from a supply … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Apple Pay is also launching in Hong Kong

Right after launching in France, Apple Pay is now available in Hong Kong as well. As usual, only a few partnering banks are part of the launch, but the company expects to roll out support for more cards and stores over the coming months. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

This new brain map shows almost 100 areas never described before

You don’t have to be a neurosurgeon to know it’s hard to get to the right place without a good map. But neuroscientists have been blundering around with blurry brain maps, which sometimes aren’t very detailed, or omit important functions. That’s why a new map is so exciting — it … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Teal drone set to blaze across the skies at 85mph in time for the holidays

George Matus has been building drones since he was 11 years old. At 18, he has built the world’s fastest production drone, Teal. The 730 gram craft will be able to takeoff at 70mph and has hit speeds of close to 85mph in testing. Drone racing is taking off (literally), and Matus … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

A clear look at Jeff Bezos in his Star Trek costume eating with a plastic fork

Big budget sci-fi films now double as amusement parks for the powerful and wealthy. Star Wars: The Force Awakens alone featured 24 — 24! — cameos noteworthy enough to appear in a Vanity Fair writeup. Not to be outdone, this week’s new release, Star Trek Beyond stars one cameo po … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

There's a pokéball battery extender on Etsy

Everyone's still going bananas for Pokémon Go, and naturally, the global market is adjusting to our newfound obsession by capitalizing on it until we're eventually forced to hate it. We haven't hit peak Pokémon-themed gadgets yet, but we have already seen an attempt at creating a … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 announced for September

Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 is real and it's coming this September to PS4, Xbox One and PC.Like the brilliant Pac-Man Championship Edition DX, this sequel will allow players to chain together pursuing ghosts in a conga line before devouring the whole lot of them in one fell sw … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Google’s new Arts & Culture app brings the world’s art, virtual tours and more to your smartphone

Experiencing the world’s art just got a little easier, thanks to Google’s newly launched Arts & Culture application which puts works of art from over a thousand museums across 70 countries into the palm of your hand. But the app goes beyond offering only static images and text – … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Über-Renn-Spiel: Echte Autos im POV-Modus ferngesteuert

Die Jungs von BMW haben sich einen feuchten Bubentraum verwirklicht und ein maximal aufwendiges Autorennspiel-Setup realisiert, indem sie zwei ausgewachsene Rennwagen (BMW M6 und M6 GTLM) auf Fernsteuerung umgerüstet haben, deren Dashcams ihre... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Café Society review: the latest fancified peek deep into Woody Allen's id

The urge to psychoanalyze Woody Allen through his films wouldn’t be so strong if he didn’t make it so easy. As breezy and feather-light as his scripts can be, they still feel uncomfortably revealing, because he returns so often to the same ideas. There’s an aggressive, uncompromi … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Zeen tells you what to watch tonight

BetaList features the newest startups. Today, we look at the future of TV entertainment guides. Submit your startup to get featured too. What does Zeen do? Zeen is solving the common problem “what shall I watch tonight?” for modern audiences, helping to navigate in the sea of con … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

NYC’s chief digital officer Jessica Singleton is heading to business school

This is Jessica Singleton’s last week as chief digital officer of the City of New York. Singleton became the city’s digital director in January 2014, then took on an expanded role as chief digital officer last year — at the time, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration said she wou … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

New ticketing technologies will open more doors to live entertainment

Teams and artists aren’t able to manage their businesses effectively, e.g. they cannot move prices in real-time in response to changes in supply and demand (closed ticketing systems don’t expose the APIs necessary for real-time pricing, a practice that is standard in other indust … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 coming for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam in September

Everyone’s favorite yellow circle is coming back for more dot-gobbling and ghost-dodging. Publisher Bandai Namco has announced Pac-Man Championship Edition 2. It debuts PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam this September. Pac-Man is one of the most recognizable game characte … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

STYR Labs’ wearable fitness system features customized vitamin deliveries

Nutrition has been something of a missing link in the world of heath wearables. At best, some devices feature a system that requires users to manually enter what they’ve eaten over the course of a day. On a whole, however, what we eat doesn’t get nearly as much scrutiny as the wa … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

New iPhone Games on Our Forums: 'Dead Shell', 'Tiny Archers', 'FIE Swordplay' and Tons More

According to obscure holiday-collecting web sites, today is nap day. Some guy on Blogspot calling the day nap day is more than good enough for me, and really, it should be good enough for you. Anyway, assuming you're not taking this opportunity to go take a nap right now, there's … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

Teenager designs world's fastest consumer drone

There's a new consumer drone in town and it's got a real need for speed.With an average top speed of around 70 miles per hour (the drone can reportedly fly at up to 85 mph in the right conditions), the Teal drone is nearly twice as fast as DJI's Phantom 4. George Matus, the 18-ye … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

A Pokemon Go chat app is coming, and it sounds awesome

Razer, best known for its peripheral computer hardware, is making a Pokemon Go chat app that sounds like something you’ll actually want to use. Via The Verge, we learn that the RazerGo will let Pokemon users chat with others up to 600 miles away, and your conversations can be pub … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Minimalist arcade shooter Inversus sets release date on PS4 and PC

Inversus, a clever "negative-space shooter" developed by Bungie's former lead sandbox engineer Ryan Juckett, is coming to PS4 and PC on 16th August.The seemingly simple-looking title has players control sentient black and white squares with a revolver chamber icon on them dictati … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Google launches new API to help you parse natural language

Google today announced the public beta launch of its Cloud Natural Language API, a new service that gives developers access to Google-powered sentiment analysis, entity recognition, and syntax analysis. This new API joins Google’s other pre-trained machine-learning APIs like the … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Learn-to-code startup CK targets the Minecraft modding craze

The learn to code space is packed with ideas. But when it comes to what children want to do online, towering over everything else is the build-it-yourself Microsoft-owned Minecraft platform. All lesser virtual, creative playgrounds are overshadowed by this pixellated silhouette. … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Yahoo’s head of diversity and inclusion is woke

Yahoo’s first diversity report in 2014 was a wake-up call for Margenett Moore-Roberts. At the time, she was working heads-down as senior director of Yahoo’s video advertising strategy and facilitating $50 million a year in revenue.“I hadn’t looked up until our diversity report wa … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Dilapidated Campus Theater - Tallahassee

Dilapidated Campus Theater - Tallahassee | Continue reading


@nos.twnsnd.co | 8 years ago

Google Cloud Platform launches Oregon region, Cloud Natural Language API

Google today is announcing the launch of a new Oregon region for its Google Cloud Platform cloud infrastructure, along with a new Cloud Natural Language application programming interface (API) that will let developers integrate Google’s natural language understanding technology i … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft Bookings is a new Office 365 service for managing appointments

Microsoft today is announcing the launch of Microsoft Bookings, a new web-based Office 365 application that businesses can use to handle appointments that their customers make. The app will become available initially in a First Release build for companies that pay for the Office … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft debuts Bookings, a new Office 365 service for online appointment scheduling

Microsoft this morning announced an expansion to its Office 365 suite with the debut of a new service called Bookings, which will allow customers to schedule appointments with a business using online software. In addition to connecting businesses and customers without the need fo … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Google Cloud Platform opens its first West Coast region

Back in 2006, Google opened its first owned and operated data center in The Dalles, Oregon, and starting today, you’ll also be able to host your Google Cloud Platform applications in Oregon, too. The company today announced the launch of its first West Coast region (formally know … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Video: Star Wars Battlefront's offline multiplayer feels like the game's best addition yet

Well, here it is: that single-player Star Wars Battlefront you've been waiting for has arrived. Well, sort of. The Skirmishes announced for DICE's shooter a… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

The slowpoke’s guide to playing Pokémon Go

So here at TNW we’re now forced to play Pokémon Go every day, for ‘health’ reasons. If you ask me, it’s merely an excuse for Boris to go out catching Pokémon instead of working. Some coworkers had a bit of trouble getting on board, so I decided to do a quick write-up for others o … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Building Highly Scalable V6 Only Cloud Hosting

This is a guest repost by Donatas Abraitis , Lead Systems Engineer at at Hostinger Internationa... | Continue reading


@highscalability.com | 8 years ago