Amazon has acquired Cloud9, a cloud-based IDE, for use with its AWS service. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Cloud9 is a fairly robust developer environment, and exists entirely int he cloud via Docker Ubuntu environments. It’s not a shell, either; the company gives develop … | Continue reading
DomiNations [Free] is yet another super popular free to play game I wish I had time to play. We've talked about this quite a bit on episodes of our podcast in that once you get deep into "one of these," you really just don't have time to get into other ones. I've sunk so much | Continue reading
Stylish Zelda-like Hyper Light Drifter is coming to PS4 and Xbox One on 26th, July.Developer Heart Machine made the announcement to Gematsu. The game was described by the developer as an "action adventure RPG in the vein of the best 16bit classics, with modernised mechanics and … | Continue reading
I recently moved back to Curaçao, a tiny island in the Caribbean where I grew up. Before, I was living in Belo Horizonte, Brazil from where I managed to get some amazing partners on-board for our last conference in Amsterdam. This experience of managing to organize our biggest an … | Continue reading
Phone mounts for bikes have been around for a few years, but a new one that just hit Kickstarter puts a few twists on the idea. It’s called Bycle, and it’s a clever little mount with an equally clever app that can be used for both navigation and recording (and sharing) your bike … | Continue reading
The number of consumer-advocacy organizations calling for Tesla to do something about its much-criticized Autopilot system is growing.Consumer Reports called for Tesla to "disable hands-free operation until its system can be made safer" Thursday morning. What's more, it urged the … | Continue reading
Das Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR) entwickelt Bots, die dem Landwirt nicht nur peripher assistieren, sondern richtig anpacken: Der SwagBot soll beispielsweise Herden hüten und das auch im unwegsamsten Gelände. Gerade hat der HüteBot... | Continue reading
Twitch is about to come through on a promise to its game-livestream spectators and broadcasters. The San Francisco gameplay livestreaming company is announcing today that it has a test version of its HTML5 video player. The new video player will replace the much-maligned Flash pl … | Continue reading
Indie developers have another reason to gather on the West Coast. Google has revealed that it is throwing the Indie Games Festival in San Francisco on September 24. The company came up with this concept after listening to feedback from its indie partners. The event has a number o … | Continue reading
Facebook’s latest diversity report is a lot more of the same, with the exception of two components: LGBTQA employee representation and hiring data from the last 12 months. Facebook also announced a $15 million investment in Code.org to help the non-profit organization develop com … | Continue reading
Alongside the release of iOS 10 this fall, Apple will put out a video game filled with strange aliens, blocky worlds, collectible gems, and clever logic puzzles. Only it's not just a video game — it's a series of coding lessons and challenges designed to teach kids the fundamenta … | Continue reading
Google is hoping to lure more indie game developers to its platforms with an upcoming festival in San Francisco. Called simply the Indie Games Festival, the event takes place on September 24th, and Google is currently taking submissions for games that will be featured.Submissions … | Continue reading
Video game streaming site Twitch is making good on its promise to ditch Flash. Today the company is launching a closed beta for its new HTML5 player, which the company says will result in “a smoother streaming experience with faster load times and more consistent delivery of high … | Continue reading
In an ongoing effort to showcase independent developers, Google is having an ‘Indie Games Festival’ on September 24 at the Terra Gallery in San Francisco. Developers that meet Google’s criteria (US or Canadian developers with 15 or fewer on staff) can submit apps util August 14, … | Continue reading
Heading into WWDC, iOS developers from all corners of Twitter loudly proclaimed that Apple should make an Xcode app for the iPad. ‘Coding on the iPad is the next generation!’ they said. They were right — sort of. Coding on an iPad is for the next generation of developers, and the … | Continue reading
Nintendo announced today that it was bringing back the NES, as the NES Classic Edition with a smaller box, HDMI support, and a new controller that can also be used to play NES games on the Wii U Virtual Console. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Cloud syncing and sharing software company Dropbox today announced that it has released an image compression algorithm called Lepton under an Apache open-source license on GitHub. Lepton can both compress and decompress files, and for the latter, it can work while streaming — tha … | Continue reading
Game of Thrones, The Americans, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, and Fargo are leading this year's pack of Emmy nominations. The Television Academy enlisted Anthony Anderson (a previous nominee for his work on black-ish) and Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls, Parentho … | Continue reading
Nest has just unveiled its very first outdoor security cam, aptly named the Nest Cam Outdoor. | Continue reading
We've just gotten our hands on review units of both the Moto Z Droid Edition and Moto Z Force Droid Edition from Lenovo. And the first thing I wanted to dig out of the box was the USB-C headphone adapter; neither phone has a headphone jack built in — a design change that's also b … | Continue reading
Six months later an offline Skirmish mode is coming to Star Wars Battlefront on consoles. It will be available starting 20th July, said EA on the Star Wars Battlefront website. That's next Wednesday! Offline Skirmish mode is for consoles only. Skirmish offers the modes Walker Ass … | Continue reading
The Expanse was one of my absolute favorite shows from the last year. Based on the series from James S.A. Corey, the show is one of the best to come out of Syfy since Battlestar Galactica. But for whatever reason, The Expanse hasn’t captured the same mainstream attention as Battl … | Continue reading
Former London Mayor Boris Johnson was the surprise pick in U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s first cabinet, which will be responsible for negotiations with the European Union over Britain’s exit from the bloc. Photo: Getty Images | Continue reading
Recent press around Nest has mostly revolved around its corporate changes, from former CEO Tony Fadell stepping down to shutting down Revolv, a smart home network it acquired. Finally, we have some news regarding product. Nest has announced a new outdoor version of its security c … | Continue reading
A new Batman game hit the App Store this morning, titled Batman: Arkham Underworld [Free], and it's ... actually surprisingly cool. When we originally heard about it back in March, the original pitch made it sound a lot like Batman meets Clash of Clans [Free]. In actuality, it's … | Continue reading
Back in May, Periscope hired Evan Hansen to be Editor-in-Chief to help find and curate the best streams for you to follow. Now that hire has come to fruition with a now ‘Editors’ Picks’ section. If you open up the app, you’ll find the new channel under your suggested broadcasts, … | Continue reading
Industrial content marketing used by manufacturers, distributors and engineering companies is failing to engage the target audience. | Continue reading
Nintendo is having what we call in the biz, "a good week." Hot on the tails of Pokémon Go’s world takeover, Nintendo has announced a little $59.99 homage to the original NES, with 30 built-in games, and people are losing their minds over it. Never mind that these games are availa … | Continue reading
Do you want to be an SEO copywriter, but you've heard that it's too technical to learn? Relax! Let these 12 FAQs calm your mind about your future SEO writing career. | Continue reading
Decluttr is a web service that buys up your old junk, including CD's, DVD's, games, cell phones, and a bunch of other stuff. Apparently, like everyone else, they've gotten into Pokemon Go [Free] in a big way, and compiled a map based on state-specific search terms to find which P … | Continue reading
Planning a product roadmap for your startup can be challenging. Here's how to build one successfully, following the same process we use at CoSchedule. | Continue reading
In a unanimous vote this morning, the Federal Communications Commission approved a plan to begin readying the United States for 5G wireless networks.The proceedings will lead to the commission opening up airwaves that allow for faster data speeds; rights to those airwaves will th … | Continue reading
University of Cantabria, a public Spanish university located in Santander, Torrelavega and Comillas, has announced the introduction of a summer Bitcoin course led by Telecommunications engineers Steven Vaerenbergh and Oscar Gonzalez, and mathematician Claudiu Tanasescu. Vaerenber … | Continue reading
Da haben wir doch neulich glatt das letzte Demo der Game Engine von Unity Technologies verpasst, aber die 5.4-Beta-Leistungsschau ist auch nach drei Wochen noch eindrucksvoll: In Echtzeit mit einer GeForce GTX980 bei 1440p gerendert, gibt es hier noch... | Continue reading
Yesterday, Valve clarified its rules on sites that use Steam to run gambling businesses.Gambling businesses, that is, such as CS:GO Lotto - the site owned and promoted by YouTube stars who did not properly disclose how they were profiting from it.Now, streaming giant Twitch has i … | Continue reading
Mechanical keyboards can make for an excellent typing and gaming experience, and now they’re coming in a hyperthin package. Razer, the company responsible for a number of gaming hardware products, announced its new Razer Mechanical Keyboard Case for the iPad Pro today. This is a … | Continue reading
Instead of targeting the fitness or gaming crowd, this time Razer’s after the mobile productivity set with its new mechanical keyboard case for the iPad Pro. Caveat: it’s expensive as hell. Razer’s Mechanical Keyboard Case employs a new switch, called the “Ultra-Low-Profile Mecha … | Continue reading
Razer today announces a whole new ultra-low-profile mechanical switch, designed for and making its debut in the company's first mechanical keyboard case for the iPad Pro. The gaming peripherals champion is clearly taking the idea of the iPad Pro as a PC replacement seriously, and … | Continue reading
Pret A Manger's summertime pop-up shops were a smash hit with Londoners. Now they're turning to Twitter to ask customers what to do next. | Continue reading
Event producers in the UK on average spend only $10,697 to market a B2B event, according to a new survey by Eventbrite . That amou... | Continue reading
Total War: Warhammer gets a new playable race, the Beastmen, as its next Campaign Pack launches on the 28th July. It'll cost £13.99.Call of the Beastmen is the game's first substantial expansion, introducing the new race into the Grand Campaign, as well as adding a new Story Camp … | Continue reading
A new Micro Machines game is out.Mobile game publisher Chillingo, which is owned by EA, has released Micro Machines on the App Store. It's developed by Codemasters.Up to four players can play across 10 tracks in three race modes. You can collect and race over 60 vehicles, with 60 … | Continue reading
The markets are about to draw to a close in Europe, and it’s time to take our second look of the day at the bitcoin price. Things have been pretty up and down over the last twenty four hours or so, and we’ve been going at the markets with a pure scalp breakout focus. Intrarange … … | Continue reading
There's a lovely little seaside town in South Korea called Sokcho, about a two-hour bus ride away from Seoul, where you can lay on the beach and have some fried chicken and beer delivered by foot. But this idyllic summer spot is being visited by a new type of tourist: the pokémon … | Continue reading
Niantic's Pokemon Go [Free] is well on its way to being to biggest video game ever, but the one trend that's arguably even more predictable than Pokemon games doing well is internet curmudgeons racing to let everyone know how much they don't like or don't care about the new popul … | Continue reading
Still fascinated by the viral spread of Pokémon Go? So are we. The app on Monday topped Twitter’s daily users, and has people spending more minutes per day playing the game than browsing Facebook, reports have indicated. Now comes word that game has also topped Pandora, Netflix, … | Continue reading
SPONSORED: This sponsored post is produced by Echobox. The Internet is awash with attempts to answer the seemingly simple question of when a publisher should share on Facebook to achieve maximum traffic. Coschedule, Fast Company, Hubspot, ShortStack, Forbes, Hootsuite, QuickSprou … | Continue reading
Cloud9 IDE, a startup that offers a cloud-based integrated development environment (IDE) in which developers can quickly start building applications and collaborate with others, announced today that it has been acquired by public cloud market leader Amazon Web Services. In the sh … | Continue reading