Valve's unreleased Half-Life mod Threewave uncovered, fixed and released

Valve was once working on a Half-Life-related game with Three in the title. No, not Half-Life 3. Threewave.Threewave began life as a Capture the Flag mod for the original Quake that went on to enjoy huge popularity among the PC first-person shooter community.As revealed by a new … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Rise of Iron is a heartfelt tribute to the last two years of Destiny

“Rise of Iron” is Destiny’s fourth major expansion, and it plans for the game’s future with new weapons, armor, missions, and multiplayer modes. It’s as good an excuse as “The Taken King” was to jump back into developer Bungie’s world: the loot is plentiful, the levels are easy t … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Apple is reportedly scouting South Korea for a new retail location

It’s worth noting right off the bat that this is all still in the very early stages. Apple scouts plenty of locations for its stores, and plenty never come to fruition. But the fact that Cupertino is potentially looking to plant its flag in South Korea is pretty telling – not onl … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Police use-of-force data is finally coming to light

All we knew was that BART had received 66 complaints, with excessive use of force being the primary allegation, according to a 2010 audit. In 2015, when a homeless man was shot and killed on Skid Row in Los Angeles, there was no data available on how many homeless people are shot … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Etermax launches Trivia Crack X with personalized trivia quizes

Trivia Crack has been a huge mobile game hit with more than 200 million users. And now Etermax, the Buenos Aires company that created the original, is following it up with Trivia Crack X. Trivia Crack X is a new social tool for creating and sharing fun animated trivia on social m … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Fueling Thought Leadership with Bylined Articles

At Scribewise, one of our mantras is “without content, you don’t exist.” | Continue reading


@scribewise.com | 8 years ago

Amazon undercuts rivals with launch of new photo printing service, Amazon Prints

Watch out, Shutterfly. Amazon has quietly launched a new service called Amazon Prints, which allows consumers to print photos and custom photo books, and soon, other photo products like stationery and calendars, at prices that are significantly cheaper than rivals. Though the com … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

The Vamp Stereo repurposes old speakers with great new sound

Old speakers are thrown out every day, laid to rest in favor of shiny new portable speaker systems from Jawbone, Beats and Bose.  SEE ALSO: Look out Sonos, Vizio's coming for you with its Google Cast-ready speakersWhy waste? Take a look at the Vamp stereo + speaker. It's a Kickst … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

What if New York City is just a really good optical illusion?

Life in New York City can feel artificial. I don’t mean that in the stereotypical sense — that its residents are vapid, self-interested snobs. No, for me, it’s the opposite. The city’s unease stems from its density of humanity.On a simple walk to work, you will pass beneath hundr … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

This new electric car is designed for a $37 weekly subscription service

Europe continues to test the waters of shared vehicle ownership models, and the Amber One is a car designed to help eliminate the huge amount of time our own vehicles currently spend idle. The all-electric concept has a 250-mile range on a single charge, a top speed of over 93 mp … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

WRG forms alliance with The Moment agency

Experiential agency WRG has partnered with The Moment, an agency specialising in marketing communications, film and virtual reality. | Continue reading


@eventmagazine.co.uk | 8 years ago

Hackers post emails from White House staffer, including Michelle Obama’s passport

Anonymous hackers have compromised the private Gmail account of a low-level White House staffer, and posted the email archive publicly on the site DCLeaks. It’s the same site that published Colin Powell’s personal email archive earlier this month, as well as emails from the Democ … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Volvo-Busse hupen Fußgänger automatisch aus dem Weg

Volvo kümmert sich nicht nur um die Sicherheit der Fahrzeuginsassen, man sorgt sich auch um Fahrradfahrer, Kängurus und andere, durch Kraftfahrzeuge gefährdete Verkehrsteilnehmer, schließlich will man erreichen, dass bis 2020 niemand... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

5 Trends at Content Marketing World to Inform Your 2017 Content Strategy

Content Marketing World brings together many of the world’s best content marketers in the “Content Marketing Capital of the World,” Cleveland, Ohio, as CMWorld and Content Marketing Institute’s founder Joe Pulizzi has deemed it. Just browse through the #CMWorld hashtag and you’ll … | Continue reading


@alltop | 8 years ago

Fotr forces you to print every iPhone photo you take

When was the last time you printed a photo? Well, Fotr is a new iPhone app that wants to turn that trend on its head, by automatically printing every photo you take. The idea is to bring back an aspect of analog photography: shoot fewer, but higher-quality photos. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Interview: Building a Customer Centric Brand with the CMO of Belkin

Okay, I’ll admit it — I’m a gadget geek. I love consumer electronics, a passion that has made CES a cherished pilgrimage for nearly three decades and certainly made my 15 years working with Panasonic...read moreThe post Interview: Building a Customer Centric Brand with the CMO of … | Continue reading


@alltop | 8 years ago

Interview: Building a Customer Centric Brand with the CMO of Belkin

Okay, I’ll admit it — I’m a gadget geek. I love consumer electronics, a passion that has made CES a cherished pilgrimage for nearly three decades and certainly made my 15 years working with Panasonic...read more | Continue reading


@socialmediaexplorer.com | 8 years ago

Lorn's Anvil music video is a beautiful glimpse into a bleak cyberpunk future

The sky is tuned to a dead channel as drones fly lazily over the metropolis. This is the opening shot of the new music video for Lorn’s song Anvil, set in an overpopulated world a century from now.The monochromatic palette enhances this bleak story, where people are required to j … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft researcher behind TB treatment-monitoring program wins ‘genius’ grant

The annual MacArthur Foundation fellows have been announced, and among them is Bill Thies, a researcher for Microsoft who works on communications programs in the developing world.In a statement, the foundation, which awards the grants sometimes referred to as the "genius" awards, … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

The Internet Marketplace Entrepreneur Bundle is your blueprint for starting a successful side business

Ready to moonlight as a successful digital entrepreneur? The Internet Marketplace Entrepreneur Bundle delivers a crash course on everything you need to start your own side business. For a limited time, you can pick up this 6-course package for over 90 percent off from TNW Deals. … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Mobile app marketers will lose $100 million to fraud this year

Mobile app marketers will lose up to $100 million this year due to app install and engagement advertising fraud. San Francisco-based mobile attributing and marketing analytics firm AppsFlyer said in a report that its data shows the U.S. is targeted the most by fraudsters. After t … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

7 Ways to Utilize Infographics In Your Content Marketing Strategy

With eye catching visuals and intriguing text, you can utilize infographics throughout your content marketing strategy. Check out this tips on how! | Continue reading


@copypress.com | 8 years ago

Signia Venture Partners raises $85 million fund for early stage tech companies

Signia Venture Partners is announcing today that it has raised a second fund — totaling $85 million — to invest in early-stage technology companies. The fund is headed by a seven-member team that includes Rick Thompson, former chairman of Playdom (which Disney bought for $763 mil … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

DECENT Network’s Success of Ongoing ICO and More

DECENT, the blockchain based content distribution platform has begun its ICO on a successful note. The much-anticipated platform has raised around $2.4 million in Bitcoin within only a day since ICO launch. Launched on September 11, 2016, at 13:00 GMT, DECENT raised a total of 37 … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 8 years ago

Virginia is a surreal adventure that feels like a playable movie

The term “cinematic” is overused in video game criticism to the point of cliche. The label is liberally applied when a game’s world is realistically rendered, when its storytelling has the thinnest sliver of ambition, or when the publisher hires Hollywood talent for the voice-ove … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Social Success for the CMO: Four Signs You're Doing It Right

Social Media - Modern CMOs know that to be successful they must integrate multiple data streams to glean valuable, actionable information for Marketing, Sales, and the wider business. Here's how to tell whether ... | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

The Challenge of Proving the Value of Public Relations Today

Public Relations - For the PR industry to grow and thrive, it needs to prove its direct value in the most tangible ways possible. Doing so is difficult, but, fortunately, not impossible. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Signia Venture Partners has $85 million in new funds to invest

Signia Venture Partners has closed its second fund at $85 million to lead early-stage deals in emerging tech startups mostly in and around San Francisco. For the unfamiliar, Signia is typically the first money in and the lead investor in the companies it backs, writing $1-2 milli … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Google's grand ads signal it's taking on the iPhone directly

Google is buying up massive swaths of vertical real estate to advertise its upcoming October 4th hardware event. Billboards in the United States, building-side projections in Germany — timed to coincide with Cologne’s Photokina exhibition — and even a freaking statue have all pop … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

daptr: iPhone-7-Case bringt die Kopfhörerbuchse zurück

Dass das iPhone 7 ohne die vertraute Kopfhörerbuchse kommt, gefällt vielen Nutzern überhaupt nicht, weil ihnen weder das Hantieren mit dem offiziellen Adapter oder irgendwelchen anderen Zusatz-Gadgets noch die Verwendung von AirPods gefallen... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

The Voyager Golden Record comes down to Earth

The Voyager Golden Record wasn’t made for you. It was made for aliens. But if buying stuff that wasn’t originally intended for you isn’t what Kickstarter is for, I honestly don’t know what is. Longtime Boing Boing editor David Pescovitz has teamed with Amoeba Records manager Timo … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Symbiont Showcases Blockchain Catastrophe Swaps to Insurance Execs

Blockchain startup Symbiont has demonstrated a self-executing catastrophe swap smart contract on a platform designed for a wide-range of industries.Source | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Instagram passes 500,000 advertisers, up by more than double in 7 months

Instagram has announced that it now has more than 500,000 advertisers using the platform to market their wares. The milestone figure comes seven months after the Facebook-owned photo- and video-sharing service said it has passed 200,000 advertisers, meaning it has grown by around … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

You can now stream Android games to Facebook Live from your PC

Game streaming is something that everyone working in streamed video wants a part of, and now Facebook Live can stream Android games (and other apps) via the BlueStacks desktop emulator for PC and Mac. The integration is pretty smart, and while it was previously available for Twit … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Lenovo's new Z2 Plus flagship smartphone features Snapdragon 820 SoC but costs just $270

Chinese companies are increasingly showing us why one shouldn’t have to pay a premium for a high-end smartphone.SEE ALSO: Lenovo launches affordable Moto E3 Power smartphone in India for $120Take Lenovo for example, which today launched the Z2 Plus, its new flagship smartphone fo … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Star Wars Holochess creator Phil Tippett shows hybrid board-card mobile game

For 30 years, Phil Tippett has been creating monsters for the movies, including the memorable Holochess game in the original Star Wars film. And now he’s made the monsters for a new augmented reality mobile game, HoloGrid: Monster Battle. I traveled to Tippett Studio in Berkeley, … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

These foldable Bluetooth headphones let you take your music anywhere

It’s time to hang up those bulky, wired headphones–for good. FRANKLIN Headphones deliver clear wireless sound, and they fold for easy transport. For a limited time, you can pick up your own set for just $39.99 from TNW Deals. Pair your FRANKLIN headphones with your phone, tablet, … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

The Ugly Truth About Content Saturation (And What To Do About It)

All right, we know about saturation in paint mixes (too dark) and superhero movies (too many), but what does saturation mean when it comes to blogging? It's not pretty: content saturation refers to a point where there are so many blogs out there that your own blog impact becomes … | Continue reading


@alltop | 8 years ago

Scale Model, the betaworks-backed tool for audience targeting, goes self serve

Scale Model, the betaworks-backed marketing platform for better audience targeting, has today announced the launch of its fully-baked V2.Scale Model hooks into the Twitter Ads API to help brands and influencers better understand their audience, and the way that their own follower … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Hillary Clinton on Between Two Ferns is her campaign’s best youth play ever

In yet another play for the hearts of the nation's youth, Hillary Clinton has appeared on Zach Galifianakis' web talk show Between Two Ferns. This time however, it stands to pay off for Clinton — she gets to sit mostly in silence and offer deadpan responses to Galifianakis' deadp … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Homeward Bound: Iraqi Families Return to Fallujah after ISIS Rule

Three months after the Iraqi city of Fallujah was fully liberated from Islamic State, families are returning home. The first images have been released from inside the city showing people returning to claim back their homes and their property, or, what is left of it. Photo: Assoc … | Continue reading


@live.wsj.com | 8 years ago

‘Miss Mousie’s Ball’ and ‘The ewe with the crooked horn’: animal-related songs and tunes from the Irish music tradition

This blog post was originally released on the Europeana Sounds blog. After a nice journey through Europeana Sounds items related to goats , let’s continue our series on animals and sounds with some fascinating resources held by the Irish Traditional ... | Continue reading


@blog.europeana.eu | 8 years ago

Morning shootaround — Sept. 22

NEWS OF THE MORNING Pacers committed to George | Wall’s health a question | Sixers not shopping No. 1: Bird says Paul George going nowhere — Larry Bird drafted Paul George and has helped him blossom into an All-Star and the foundation of the Pacers franchise. Now the team preside … | Continue reading


@hangtime.blogs.nba.com | 8 years ago

BlueStacks launches a robust set of tools for Facebook Live streamers

Mobile platform BlueStacks today announced an elegant solution to stream apps directly to Facebook. The company has already had success doing the same with platforms like Twitch.tv, a move that saw streamers and technophiles broadcasting in front of a potential audience of millio … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

BlueStacks integrates fully with Facebook Live to bring streaming to 150 million users

BlueStacks is announcing today it has fully integrated with Facebook Live, a move that will enable streaming for 150 million users on its platform for playing mobile content on PCs and other platforms. Not only games, but also karaoke/music apps and other mobile-first experiences … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

iOS 10 review: doors into the walled garden

There's a very good chance that you've already installed iOS 10, the latest operating system for Apple's iPhone and iPad. Apple is much better at getting devices upgraded consistently than Google is, so reviewing it is a little different than other operating systems like Android, … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Backed by anti-Trump Twilio, HelloVote bot registers voters in under 2 minutes

Roughly one-third of eligible voters are not registered to vote, but more than 90 percent of Americans own a mobile phone. HelloVote is designed to close that gap by using phones to help everyone register to vote. The bot can register voters in all 50 states, and it takes the ave … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

The Moment of Truth Nearly Every Brand Blows

Jay Baer weighs in on why so many brands blow the all-important Moment of Truth: when a curious site visitor goes searching for answers. | Continue reading


@convinceandconvert.com | 8 years ago