When the partners at Bloomberg Beta — a $75 million seed investment fund — sit down to review how they’re doing, they say they don’t first look at the valuation of their portfolio. Instead, they first take a look at how the founders in the fund are grading them as investors and p … | Continue reading
Snapchat just keeps adding new features. The company just announced that it has partnered with Bitmoji, the popular personal emoji startup, to let users snap or chat with their own custom stickers. It's only the latest move that Snapchat clearly hopes will keep users in the app w … | Continue reading
We already know about the huge number of new franchises headed to Lego Dimensions for its second year. We already know which will arrive first, when the game returns for its second season this September.But fans of the Lego-to-life brand are being kept waiting for other specifics … | Continue reading
IT experts are modern day superheroes in the world of business, with the skills and insight to secure and fortify the success of companies worldwide. Available for a limited time, the Professional Python & Linux Administration Bundle will teach you, over the span of four in-depth … | Continue reading
A UK House of Lords committee is holding a hearing on blockchain this afternoon. | Continue reading
You’re a diehard New York Yankees’ fan stuck deep in Connecticut without access to a car or reliable public transportation, but the launch of startup Rally means you no longer have to give up hope of making the trip to Fenway Park for the Yankees-Boston Red Sox series August 9. N … | Continue reading
Powerful social media reach starts in-house. Get your employees to promote your company by sharing social media updates about your brand. | Continue reading
Something as indispensable as hearing aids — which cost upwards of $5,000 (and that’s just for the basics) — should be as accessible and, frankly, affordable as a smartphone. Considering how many people have hearing loss, or are at risk, it’s astonishing to see that innovation in … | Continue reading
SoftBank's $32 billion buyout of ARM, a company that only made around $1.5 billion in revenue last year, is a deal that many may conclude makes little sense for the buyer. SoftBank's shares plunged upon news of the acquisition as investors bemoaned further turmoil for the Japanes … | Continue reading
Just over 10 years ago, twitter appeared in our lives. Twitter's influence on marketing has continued to increase and is a vital role in content marketing.. | Continue reading
Social Media - Knowing the ins and outs of Instagram can help you use the platform as a marketing tool, not just a social network. | Continue reading
Customer Behavior - Is it true that the more granular a segmentation is, the more an offer can be tailored to customers' specific needs and wants, resulting in high engagement? We conducted a ... | Continue reading
Have you logged into Overwatch on PS4 to discover you're a lower level than when you logged out? And that you've lost in-game credits and even skill rating?You weren't drunk; it's a genuine problem. Eurogamer was contacted by a reader suffering from the same bug, and there are ma … | Continue reading
Sales - In B2B marketing, to convince customers to buy from you, they must know who you are, what you do, and why you matter to them. Here's how to move their ... | Continue reading
Virtual reality game The Assembly comes out today for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.nDreams' story-led sci-fi thriller costs £19.99.There's also a non-VR edition… | Continue reading
Selma director Ava DuVernay's next film, a documentary about mass incarceration, will open the New York Film Festival before it's released on Netflix and in some theaters October 7th. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Since the moment we set foot on the moon, Mars has become an obsession for millions of dreamers. While you might have to wait another 20 years or so to venture on a journey to the Red Planet, in the meantime there might be another alternative that will quench your interplanetary … | Continue reading
It’s not quite Steve Jobs or The Social Network. Think Friends With Benefits. The writing team behind that 2011 Justin Timberlake/Mila Kunis vehicle has been given the early thumbs-up from Warner Bros. for their upcoming Tinder-centric romantic comedy.The studio is developing the … | Continue reading
Some people have theorized that self-driving cars and ride-hailing apps will lead to the end of public transport, but really, you still can't beat the efficiency of cramming a load of people into a single bus. Combine that with autonomous driving tech and you might have a whole n … | Continue reading
The internet may have put a dent in the coffers of offline retailers, but around 90 percent of shopping still takes place offline. The benefits of e-commerce to retailers, however, are well understood. Beyond reduced overheads and enhanced efficiency of being able to serve custom … | Continue reading
Amazon this morning is introducing a new way to read short-form content on Kindle devices and in the Kindle app with the launch of “Singles Classics.” The service will bring articles, stories and essays from well-known authors and top periodicals – many available in digital forma … | Continue reading
Die Effekt-Komiker Niko Pueringer und Sam Gorski aka Corridor Digital haben uns schon öfters mit Game-bezogenen Filmchen amüsiert, nun haben sie sich dem aktuellen PokeHype gewidmet und eine Real-Life-Version des Spiels inszeniert, was etwas... | Continue reading
We go hands-on with Prisma, a new “filter” app that’s going viral on iOS, and that will soon be available for download on Android. Beta opening tonight! | Continue reading
Nintendo and The Pokemon Company have another game besides Pokemon Go that they want you to remember: Pokemon Sun and Moon. Since I loved Pokemon before it was about getting exercise and meeting new people, I’m very excited about Sun/Moon’s release on Nintendo 3DS, which happens … | Continue reading
A couple of months ago Europeana organized the Europeana Labs Challenge Fabruary 2016 to try to increase innovative re-use of the digital cultural heritage material available on our website. Today we’d like to present to you one of the winners ... | Continue reading
The Republican National Convention is officially upon us, and two satirists have reunited to try to make some sense of the madness. Last night, Stephen Colbert mulled over how the country got to this historic place. "How did Donald Trump get the nomination?" he asked. "I know I c … | Continue reading
Remember when Snapchat bought Bitstrips a few months ago? Well, the company is finally actually doing something with the purchase. If you’re not familiar, Bitstrips makes cartoon-style avatars that you can put in various situations, and now that includes Snapchat. You can now lin … | Continue reading
The first sponsored location - or in-game destination sponsored by a company - is coming to Pokémon GO tomorrow, and you'll never guess who it is. | Continue reading
If you want to take a close look at your competitors, you need to start following them on social media – and we're not talking about following their profiles and giving them an occasional thumbs up. The social media world is instant, demanding, and filled with information, which … | Continue reading
As rumors swirl of yet more consolidation in the digital music market, a longtime player out of Europe already live in 180 countries is finally making a full entry into the U.S. in a play for more scale. Deezer, an on-demand streaming service that competes against the likes of Sp … | Continue reading
Warner Bros. has picked up a movie called Worst Tinder Date Ever, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The movie will be written by Keith Merryman and David A. Newman, who also wrote the script for 2011's Friends with Benefits.While "worst Tinder date ever" sounds like a parody o … | Continue reading
Almost 60% of Ethereum miners have now upgraded to support the hardfork. The hardfork chain is therefore now certain to be the winning blockchain. | Continue reading
Snapchat bought Bitstrips, the startup behind Bitmoji, back in March. The acquisition was worth a reported $100 million, but at the time, how the product would be integrated wasn’t clear. Today, Snapchat finally acknowledged the acquisition and revealed how it would integrate Bit … | Continue reading
The most popular and memorable app of this year will inevitably be Pokémon Go, but the title of the best app might very well go to another summer newcomer: Prisma. The product of a small team in Moscow, Prisma lets you apply a variety of art filters to your pictures and then shar … | Continue reading
In the never-ending talk about business marketing platforms, it seems like one is always forgotten: good old-fashioned print. [..] | Continue reading
The creators of a drone that can autonomously map, detect, and detonate land mines say their technology could potentially clear the world of these deadly devices in less than 10 years' time. It's... | Continue reading
In the second quarter, China hit a new milestone as it surpassed the U.S. to become the No. 1 country for iOS game revenue, according to market researcher App Annie. The change was inevitable, and it shows the shifting tides of the $36 billion mobile game industry. App Annie said … | Continue reading
Feuer, Fleisch und Messer: Wenn Roboter den Grill übernehmen, ist das Schicksal der Menschheit besiegelt. Politik und Wirtschaft feiern mit unseren zukünftigen Herren auf der Stallwächterparty in Berlin: | Continue reading
Hootsuite has integrated itself into more services, giving social media managers additional resources for outreach and engagement with their company’s customers. Starting today, Hootsuite now allows photos and GIFs to be imported directly from Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, Microsof … | Continue reading
Service is an app we’ve covered before – the startup acts as an intermediary between you and businesses where you’ve had bad experiences. So this means whenever your bags are lost by an airline or a restaurant ruins your meal, Service will interface with the business on your beha … | Continue reading
Last year, China’s Tencent invested $126 million for a 15 percent stake in Glu Mobile. The companies began collaborating, and one of the fruits of that labor is debuting today as the Rival Fire mobile shooter game. The title is one more attempt to take a game global in the $36 bi … | Continue reading
Mobile advertising can be really intrusive. But, if done right, you might not even notice you’re being advertised to. That’s what mobile rewards startup Kiip is all about. It allows advertisers to seamlessly integrate relevant content and rewards into mobile apps. Today, Kiip has … | Continue reading
If you’ve used free wifi in San Francisco, there’s a good chance you’ve used Zenreach and just don’t know it yet.The company, until now, has flown largely under the radar, because they wanted to amp up their business quietly for competitive reasons. And they’re finally ready to a … | Continue reading