10 best gif creator apps for Android

Have you ever wanted to try to create a gif on Android? Here are a few apps that may be able to help you do just that! | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Pokémon Go may get turned into a movie by the studio behind The Dark Knight

You can't accuse Hollywood of not striking while the iron is hot: a Pokémon Go movie may soon be in the works. Deadline reports that Legendary Pictures — the company behind The Dark Knight trilogy, Godzilla, and Warcraft — is close to sewing up a deal for the live-action film rig … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Twitch Plays Pokemon GO Is Currently Happening in Central Park

We have been inundated with weird, wacky and wonderful stories related to Pokemon GO [Free] ever since it became a national phenomenon in every single country it has been released in. Whether that is people using drones to catch Pokemon from afar, or the Westboro Baptist Church u … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

Blockchain Coders Win Grant to Fix Smart Contracts With 'Legalese'

Smart contract startup Legalese has won a great to help better secure the future of smart contracts. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

FiveAI picks up $2.7M to build AI-driven software for autonomous vehicles

FiveAI is a rather ambitious U.K. startup that’s building AI-driven software to help accelerate the development of autonomous vehicles. The young company wants to apply the latest developments in computer vision and AI/machine learning to enable self-driving cars to do more of th … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

First 'Pokémon Go' update blocks full access to your Google account data

A day after it was discovered the hit game Pokémon Go was requesting full access permission to a user's Google account data, developer Niantic has released a software update that resolves the security scare.Although Niantic confirmed to Mashable the app was not accessing the all- … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Bvddy, now on Android, matches athletes of like skill to play and get fit together

About 80% of the U.S. adult population, aged 18 and older, fails to exercise enough to meet federal guidelines each week according to the most recent available data from the Centers for Disease Control’s Healthy People 2020 study. That means a majority of us are pretty lazy, ‘Mur … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Don't Walk Around Barefoot, Chillingo's 'Micro Machines' Has Hit the App Store Ahead of Schedule

Although many indies have tried to replicate the tiny racing feeling of classic early '90s release Micro Machines on mobile, the actual licensed IP has been strangely absent from the App Store. Way back in October of last year, Chillingo and original Micro Machines developer Code … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

Android Wear 2.0 Developer Preview 2 showcases gestures for 3rd party apps, Android Platform API 24

The second Android Wear 2.0 Developer Preview is now available, and though it doesn't have much for end-users, app developers have quite a bit to play with. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Comcast business phone service is down and small businesses are freaking out

Comcast’s business phone service seems to be having a huge nationwide outage. While the company acknowledged that some customers may be experiencing problems with phone service, the issue seems to be pretty widespread, with reported outages in dozens of cities across the country. … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 – everything you need to know

What will the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 have to offer? In this post we try to create a one-stop shop for all your Samsung Galaxy Note 7 details, leaks and rumors. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Twitch Plays Pokémon Go is of course a thing

Remember Twitch Plays Pokémon? That bizarre experiment to play through the Pokémon games using only Twitch chat, which turned into a surprisingly insightful take on anarchy, democracy, and religious iconography? Oh and it actually beat all the games? Well now there's one of those … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Ousted Hyperloop One cofounder sues, claims company 'rife with nepotism'

Brogan BamBrogan has not quietly stepped back from his chief technology officer duties at Hyperloop One.Instead, he filed a wrongful termination lawsuit alleging nepotism and waste along with four other former Hyperloop One employees.According to the lawsuit filed Tuesday, the gr … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

'Monument Valley' Lead Designer Founds New Studio Called Mountains, First Title Will be a Premium Mobile Game

Monument Valley [$3.99] was one of those games that broke into the mainstream (thank you Frank Underwood and House of Cards) and stayed there. Many people I know who don't play mobile games have either seen or heard about the game. Now, Monument Valley's lead designer, Ken Wong, … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

It’s official – Samsung confirms the Galaxy Note 7 will be unveiled August 2

Samsung has just announced that the Galaxy Note 7 will be officially unveiled on Tuesday, August 2. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Memorials of the dead ask people not to play Pokémon Go on their grounds

While Pokémon Go is still in its infancy, it's becoming more and more clear that the game's approach to creating in-game hotspots is posing some serious problems. In addition to the influx of aspiring pokémon trainers flooding the 9/11 Memorial in New York, the US Holocaust Museu … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Shopify-owned Kit’s artificial intelligence marketing bot now on Facebook Messenger

Virtual marketing assistant Kit CRM announced today the launch of its chatbot on Facebook Messenger, making it the third platform it’s available on. The move comes three months since it became one of the first companies to announce an integration with Facebook’s conversational pl … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

The Avis Now app could end our car rental nigthmare

Avis is trying, with a simple app, to end our long, national car-rental nightmare.If you’ve done any traveling, you know what I mean. After sitting trapped on an airplane for hours, you are forced to line up behind a dozen other weary travelers, all waiting to talk to a car renta … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Samsung is officially unveiling the Note 7 on August 2

Samsung just sent out invites for its next hardware event. And while it doesn’t explicitly say it will be releasing the next device in the Note series, the accompanying graphics and timing make it pretty obvious. Update: Actually, Samsung isn’t even bothering to keep any semblanc … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Pokémon Go Privacy Concerns are Overblown

There hasn’t been app that has exploded this quickly in a long time — possibly ever. An “augmented reality” game that combines geocaching with a kids’ favorite from the 90s- 00s, Pokémon Go is already nearing 10 million downloads. And you can hardly go on social media without fin … | Continue reading


@safeandsavvy.f-secure.com | 8 years ago

Pokemon Go incites a 136% increase in PokePorn consumption on PornHub

Not only is Pokemon porn going out of control in the wake of Pokemon Go, but Android users are 51 percent more likely to seek it out. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Report: Tesla Autopilot implicated in another crash

Autopilot, Tesla's semi-autonomous driving system, has crashed again.A Tesla Model X crashed in Montana Saturday morning while in Autopilot mode, according to CNNMoney.The driver, identified only by his last name, Pang, was driving in the middle of the night at or just above the … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Westboro Baptist Church is Using 'Pokemon GO' to Spread its Political Beliefs

In an interesting and quite peculiar twist in the popularity of Pokemon GO [Free], the game has become a 'weapon' of choice for political statements. This story is so crazy, though, that you might want to take it with a pinch of salt because it borders on the unbelievable. The in … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

Brand Newsroom 96: The art of public speaking

Public speaking is a vital skill for anyone in business, yet so many of us are bad at it. The Brand Newsroom team has been delivering presentations for years. Today they swap notes and share advice to help you make your presentations the engaging, lead-generating business tools y … | Continue reading


@lushthecontentagency.com | 8 years ago

Booking.com launches pilot for destination experiences bot

EXCLUSIVE: Chatbots are coming to the last frontier of the travel industry. Booking.com plans to bring artificial intelligence and conversational interfaces to a realm of hospitality that was thought to be the sole domain of humans with local knowledge: destination experiences. T … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Invites sent out for Samsung’s August 2 Unpacked smartphone event

Samsung just mailed out invitations for its Samsung Unpacked 2016 event where it’s expected to unveil its latest Note smartphone. The event is taking place August 2 and 11AM EST, and will be live-streamed on samsung.com. The device is likely going to be called the Note 7, somethi … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Zotac’s new GTX 1060 Mini is only 8.27-inches long so you can make bb computers

Zotac unveiled its GeForce GTX 1060 series today, which includes two options for the 1060: a Mini version that's 6.85-inches long and an AMP Edition that's 8.27-inches long. The Mini comes with a 90mm fan that directly touches the GPU and an aluminum heatsink. The AMP comes with … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Watch highlights from Summer Games Done Quick

Speedrunning festival for charity, Games Done Quick, has wrapped up its summer event on Saturday after raising $1,296,061 for Doctors Without Borders.The six-day event saw dozens of games sped through by the industry's top players at a lightning pace. Here are some highlights:Cas … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Google acquires deep search engine Kifi to enhance its Spaces group chat app

Google has made another small acquisition to help it continue building out its latest efforts in social apps. The search and Android giant has acquired Kifi, a startup that was building extensions to collect and search links shared in social apps, as well as provide recommendatio … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Oculus launching the Rift without the Touch controllers probably wasn’t a great move

The Oculus Rift launch has been a rocky one that hasn’t exactly left fans of the highly influential consumer VR platform very happy. Today, Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe announced a few things (we’re pretty sure it was him this time). He clued us into the fact that after three-and-a-h … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Sen. Al Franken questions Niantic over Poképrivacy policy

Always with his finger on the pulse, Senator Al Franken today sent an official request to Niantic asking about particulars of the Pokémon GO privacy policy. “I am concerned about the extent to which Niantic may be unnecessarily collecting, using, and sharing a wide range of users … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Took a Selfie of herself | Podcast 071

Josh, Joe and Jonathan take a moment to chat Pokemon GO and Final Fantasy VII before getting into the topic of beauty mode for Selfies. Enjoy AA Podcast 071 | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Samsung will unveil its highly anticipated Galaxy Note 7 in August

Samsung will give us all the juicy details on the Galaxy Note 7 on Aug. 2.The Korean electronics company will once again hold an "Unpacked" event to announce the Android smartphone.SEE ALSO: Leak reveals Samsung Galaxy Note 7 in all of its gloryThe official invitation, which you … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Samsung will announce the Galaxy Note 7 on August 2nd

Samsung has today revealed plans for an event on August 2nd in New York City where it will officially announce the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone. The Note 7, which has been rumored for months, is expected to have a dual curved display, much like the existing Galaxy S7 Edge.Of note, th … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

What can you do when Pokémon Go decides your house is a gym?

When Boon Sheridan decided to convert an old church into his new home, he didn’t think he would end up fending off dozens of would-be pokémon trainers. But that’s exactly what happened when Niantic, the augmented reality gaming company behind Pokémon Go, marked Sheridan’s home as … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Syros Summer House by Block722

Syros Summer House is a vacation home designed by Greek studio Block722. Situated in the island of Syros, this summer house hosts a family ... | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 8 years ago

Japanese delivery giant Yamato’s Line chatbot lets you schedule deliveries

A bot that automates communication with the customers of one of Japan’s largest delivery companies was debuted by PandoraBots at MobileBeat today. Created by VentureBeat, MobileBeat is a two-day gathering of artificial intelligence and chatbot industry leaders. In January, Yamato … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Gordon Ramsay's mobile game is @#$#-ing great

When I completed the first stage of Gordon Ramsay Dash, I was rewarded by a little cartoon of Gordon Ramsay smiling at me, my phone playing a clip of his voice telling me I did a great job, and a dopamine squirt in my brain. The latter guaranteed I'd be spending actual American d … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

More EVs—and more kinds of EVs—are expected to be sold this year

If it seems like EVs are everywhere, you’re closer to being right this year than ever before. Navigant Research expects the EV market to grow 62% year over year in 2016, which adds up to nearly 200,000 EVs being sold this year.Navigant points to long-range battery electric vehicl … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Watch the Indiebio Demo Day here

TechCrunch is pleased to bring you Indiebio’s Demo Day this Thursday, July 14th from San Francisco. Backed by SOSV, Indiebio is the largest life sciences accelerator to date. Indiebio provides each startup in the accelerator with $250,000, lab space, and expert mentors including … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Freewallet Ethereum Wallet Now Available for iOS Platform

Freewallet’s Ethereum wallet is now available for Apple (NASDAQ : AAPL) iPhone users. The company known for its mobile first cryptocurrency wallet had its Ethereum wallet available only on Google (NASDAQ : GOOG — listed as Alphabet Inc.) Play Store for Android-powered mobile phon … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 8 years ago

A Brief History of Cheating, from 'Pokemon Ruby' to 'Pokemon Go'

Pokemon GO [Free] has only been out for a few days, but we've already seen numerous highly creative attempts at cheating the system and becoming a Pokemon master, through the traditional technique of living a sedentary lifestyle from the comfort of your sofa. We've seen record pl … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

Pizza Hut launches chatbot for ordering pizzas, asking about anchovies

Domino’s has some new competition when it comes to artificial intelligence and pizza cravings. Pizza Hut — the largest pizza chain in the world, based on orders and deliveries — today announced a new chatbot that works within Facebook Messenger and on Twitter. It’s part of a mass … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

The Troops Slackbot lets you talk to your Salesforce data

When you’re using a customer relationship management (CRM) product, it’s not exactly the most lively, is it? It’s just a bunch of data and fields that you have to fill out in a manner that doesn’t really match up with the conversational way work is starting to become. Troops want … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Flora Farms Culinary Cottages in Baja California, Mexico

Flora Farms Culinary Cottages is a project completed by Dorman Associates in Baja California, Mexico. Organic Farm Community | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 8 years ago

Uber for 911 transport is a horrible idea

The Washington D.C. Fire and EMS Department is considering a plan to use Uber to transport low priority 911 callers, according to NBC Washington. It’s a horrible idea.Washington’s plan is to hire a team of nurses who could evaluate a caller’s condition over the phone and direct t … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Juno probe’s tiny sensors to perform big science around Jupiter

One of the striking things about the Juno probe, I remarked to one of its creators, is its simple and streamlined design — compared to other spacecraft, at least. The engineers had a hell of a time packing everything in there, but it helps when critical sensors have shrunk in siz … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Zoho Notebook wants to steal you away from Evernote

With many Evernote users feeling disgruntled by recent subscription changes, Zoho Notebook is angling to be the next go-to note-taking app. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago