Luka is a different kind of bot company. Whereas many bot makers are stampeding towards conversational commerce, founder and CEO Eugenia Kuyda has a different idea. Speaking today at MobileBeat 2016, Kuyda described her company’s approach to bots. “What if there are conversations … | Continue reading
Back in October of last year, the two-brother team known as Rossman Bros Games released the frightfully difficult and highly underrated auto-runner Jump Jack [$0.99], which was a passion project completed in the brothers' free time and also was based on an actual bedtime story Er … | Continue reading
We already told you the iPhone 7 could be short and chubby, and now we know what may be hiding inside: a bigger battery. The OnLeaks Twitter account is a fairly reliable source for Apple info ahead of launch, and is reporting that the new iPhone 7 could have a slightly larger bat … | Continue reading
Made in Space, the company that owns and operates a 3D printer on the International Space Station, has announced their next big project: growing optical fiber in microgravity. The company is scheduled to send a new manufacturing product to the ISS in the first quarter of 2017. If … | Continue reading
Having launched in the US only one week ago, Pokémon Go is already the biggest mobile game in US history based on its daily active users.According to analysis site SurveyMonkey, Pokémon Go had just under 21m daily active users as of yesterday. The record prior to that was Candy C … | Continue reading
Adobe’s Lightroom is a widely-used tool among photographers, but the mobile version has always been hampered by poor RAW support — until now. Previously limited to DNG files, Lightroom for iOS now has the ability to open and tweak any RAW file that the desktop version can. Read M … | Continue reading
Google's grand plans for a futuristic new campus in the North Bayshore district of Mountain View, CA may finally become a reality thanks to a new real estate deal struck with LinkedIn. According to the Silicon Valley Business Journal, the two tech companies came to an agreement o … | Continue reading
Pokémon Go can’t sit idly if it want to keep … well, going. The free-to-play app has quickly become a money-making phenomenon. But as fun as the mobile, location-based game is, it could still use extra features. Adding new content will not only make the experience better, but it … | Continue reading
Accounting software provider Sage is working on a chatbot built on Facebook Messenger and Slack that lets you manage business finances, including expenses, something that small businesses will find appealing since it’ll allow them to focus on doing their work. It’s expected that … | Continue reading
The road to the Rio Olympics for the U.S. women’s volleyball team has included grueling, six-hour practice sessions, sparking the need for players to train smart — not just hard. After all, one critical injury could derail the team’s chances of a successful showing on the world s … | Continue reading
Because as of last week everything must somehow be related to Pokémon Go, a company in the Netherlands called TRNDlabs posted a video of something called the Pokédrone. SEE ALSO: Man playing 'Pokemon Go' gets lured into a pondThe tiny, palm-sized drone would — according to the vi … | Continue reading
It was just last week we learned that adorable point-and-click adventure Love You To Bits [$3.99] would be getting two brand new levels and iCloud syncing, and today that update has gone live in the App Store. Love You To Bits was a story about a space explorer searching the gala … | Continue reading
AT&T today wrote a blog post detailing a proposed project involving something called a Flying COW. And no, it’s not a nursery rhyme book. COW stands for Cell on Wings, which is the company’s new drones initiative to bring LTE service to high volume areas like concerts, festivals, … | Continue reading
Yikes, if winter is coming, someone make sure to get this intricate computer hardware orchestra somewhere dry.YouTube user Paweł Zadrożniak, who had previously used his technologic symphony "The Floppotron" to cover tunes from a galaxy far, far away, brings Game of Thrones into t … | Continue reading
Xiaomi is back with yet another affordable fitness tracker. Here's everything you need to know about the Xiaomi Mi Band 2! | Continue reading
The massive Chinese entertainment company Dalian Wanda Group has been gobbling up domestic entertainment companies, and the next one on its list could be Paramount Pictures. Reuters and The Wall Street Journal report that the company has been in talks with Viacom, Inc. about acqu … | Continue reading
As a teenager, my only interaction with the world of webcomics was Achewood. Launched in 2001 and published sporadically ever since, Achewood is like Seinfeld crossed with Adult Swim. It felt for me in the early 2000s like this lone, weird thing.A few years later, around when I g … | Continue reading
I think we can all universally agree that there’s something special about hot tubs. They’re magical places filled with lore of raging parties, drinking, and forced intimate social situations. I only get to experience hot tub magic when I’m at a fancy hotel (rarely) or if I acquir … | Continue reading
Paul Feig’s new Ghostbusters won’t be opening in China. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the reboot has been denied approval to screen in China, which could have a major impact on its final box office returns.China, the world’s second largest film market, is highly restrictiv … | Continue reading
If you like your Hearthstone [Free] Tavern Brawl with a side of RNG, today's Brawl should be just your thing. 'Servant of Yogg-Saron' Tryouts has you picking a class and then gives you a deck full of random minions. For every minion you play, a random spell is cast on a random ta … | Continue reading
After having become one of the most viral mobile applications of all time, Pokémon Go will soon include advertising, according to its developer. In an interview with the Financial Times, Niantic CEO John Hanke said that “sponsored locations” would provide a new revenue stream, in … | Continue reading
OK, I know what you’re thinking: journalists don’t always have the best reputation. People love to whinge about the profession. Sometimes it’s from the people we give a hard time, like politicians who are angry they’re not getting an easy ride. Sometimes it’s because of our own b … | Continue reading
Nintendo's seemingly unstoppable mobile hit has reached a new milestone.iPhone users may be spending more time playing Pokèmon Go than they do browsing Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter or Instagram, according to a new report.SEE ALSO: Pokemon Go shouldn't be as good as it isThe number … | Continue reading
Former supermodel, America's Next Top Model host, and classic horror movie star Tyra Banks will be one of three mentors on a Shark Tank-esque reality series on NBC, Variety reports.The show, called Funded, will also feature venture capitalist / MTV reality kingpin / holder of 21 … | Continue reading
Mensch, App und Screen, zwei Kameras und ebensoviele Realitäten: Zeitgeistiger in Form und Inhalt als das Slapstick-Filmchen, das YouTuber Gragas The Rabble Rouser unter dem schnörkellosen Titel Man Falls in Pond Playing Pokemon GO zeigt,... | Continue reading
Discogs is the ultimate physical and digital music collection management resource, and now it's available on your Android device. | Continue reading
Valve has promised to crack down on users who offer in-game goods as prizes for gambling sites. CS:GO Lotto was one such site implicated in a… | Continue reading
Reports from Russia indicate that a minor political party is moving to accept bitcoin donations. | Continue reading
Alcatel first showed off the Idol 4S at MWC but now, ahead of its upcoming US release, the company has made some interesting changes. Here's our hands on! | Continue reading
Alcatel has announced that the Idol 4S smartphone is available for preorder from its website in the US starting today. The Idol 4S, which was originally announced at Mobile World Congress in February, comes with a virtual reality headset and has VR content available through an ap … | Continue reading
As if Xiaomi and Huawei eating Samsung's lunch in the smartphone market wasn't already enough trouble, now the Korean electronics giant has to worry about Alcatel.Announced at Mobile World Congress in February, Alcatel's finally revealed a release date and U.S. pricing for the Id … | Continue reading
It feels a little like the music community is taking one long, collective nap this summer, and that means I'm extremely grateful for today's semi-salacious news involving Taylor Swift, Calvin Harris, and some songwriting subterfuge. TMZ reported this morning that Swift secretly c … | Continue reading
The developer behind Pokémon Go has vaulted from "successful" to "powerhouse" in a matter of days -- but will Google regret spinning off its one-time subsidiary? | Continue reading
TRNDlabs, (which, it should be noted is an actual drone company), released a video today announcing their attempt to cash-in on the Pokémon Go craze with the Pokédrone. Now, while using a drone to cheat at Pokémon Go is (sadly) nothing new, the Pokédrone earns some serious style … | Continue reading
In 2004, nine hospitals in Michigan began implementing a new procedure in their intensive care units (I.C.U.). Almost overnight, healthcare professionals were stunned with its success. Three months after it began, the procedure had cut the infection rate of I.C.U. patients by six … | Continue reading
Event[0] is a game about a stranded astronaut talking to an artificial intelligence to help them get back to earth. Like Firewatch before it, much of this solitary adventure is centered around conversing with your colleague. Unlike Firewatch, your colleague is a computer recallin … | Continue reading
One minor difficulty with Pokemon GO [Free] is that some of the Pokestops are not always convenient to get to. Some may be in the middle of the ocean. But some may be in buildings that aren't always accessible to the public, such as sports stadiums. Like, minor league baseball st … | Continue reading
Despite holding the vast majority of the world’s wealth (or perhaps because of that), banks aren’t exactly hotbeds of cutting-edge tech, often relying on decades-old systems for everyday tasks. ThoughtMachine, a company led by ex-Google engineer Paul Taylor, is looking to change … | Continue reading
Skin cancer is serious business and yet we take an incredibly haphazard approach to sun protection. Even when we think we're covered, we're not, but who can tell? Most of the sunblock we use is invisible anyway.SEE ALSO: 25 people who will never forget to properly apply sunscreen … | Continue reading
Spring Ranch is a new 5,000-square-foot single-family residence designed by San Francisco-based Feldman Architecture. | Continue reading
Designed by Jessica Helgerson, this luxurious private gothic office is in an 1870s historic gothic revival building in downtown Portland. | Continue reading
The Content Audit Report helps you streamline employee and customer content that has been proven to keep them engaged. | Continue reading
Apple has opened up casting for its first reality TV show, ‘Planet of the Apps,’ but it doesn’t want actors; only developers need apply. The show will follow developers as they shop their apps around to Venture Capitalists (VC) for funding, distribute and market those apps and re … | Continue reading
You don’t have to sit through a lot of pitches before your will-to-live-o-meter points to “kill me now.” Imagine you’re a VC, sitting through your fifteenth pitch that day — are you still going to be enthusiastic? Probably not. So what happens if you could instead feed your pitch … | Continue reading
The International Space Station is getting an important piece of cargo next week: a new International Docking Adapter, or IDA, that will allow future crewed spacecraft to automatically dock with the station. The large metallic ring, which measures 63 inches in diameter, will even … | Continue reading
Here’s your weird but interesting technology story for the day. The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) are using M&M dispensing drones to save endangered black-footed ferrets in rural Montana. The ferret’s main source of food are prairie dogs, which being killed by the sylvatic … | Continue reading
Chock up another "W" for Amazon. On Wednesday, the Seattle-based retailer announced that its second annual Prime Day was the "biggest day in the history of Amazon."The event was a huge success last year, but it was even bigger this year, Amazon said, with worldwide and U.S. order … | Continue reading
Koss Porta Pros. The very name of these achingly retro-looking headphones is hallowed among the audio lovers who’ve gotten to hear them. The Porta Pros are about the same age as I am, and they’ve endured because of their inexplicably, illogically awesome sound quality, which beli … | Continue reading