Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, Overwatch conquers the world of porn, Ratchet & Clank becomes a sales success, and Star Wars: Battlefront 2 gets a release window. Enjoy, and have a great weekend! Pieces of flair and opinion The DeanBeat: Just how far is Di … | Continue reading
Apparently, merpeople are the new trend in interactive fiction. Yes, I call something a trend if I spot more than one instance. I'm pretty weird that way. Anyway, a couple of months ago, Choice Of Games released The Daring Mermaid Expedition [Free], a somewhat farcical adventure … | Continue reading
Es gibt beim Konsum von Alkohol eine Grundregel. Wer billig trinkt, muss auch den Schaden tragen. Sei es der schlechte Geschmack oder auch der dickere Schädel am Morgen danach. Diese beiden Forscher von Lifehacker zeigen uns dennoch, wie man... | Continue reading
With all this talk about chatbots from Facebook and Microsoft, teaching artificial intelligence to be smarter has become a central topic of the tech world. But what about what AI can teach us? Ashok Goel, a computer science professor at Georgia Tech, put that question to the test … | Continue reading
This new way of displaying the trends in global temperature over history will chill you to the bone. Sorry. | Continue reading
Dr. Greg Irving, a Clinical Lecturer from the University of Cambridge, recently authored a research project on the potential impact of blockchain technology on scientific research. While the use is not novel in principle, it underscores the very reason blockchain was created. | Continue reading
The news last night that Apple had invested $1 billion in Didi Chuxing, China’s largest ride-hailing company, is giving Uber CEO Travis Kalanick both professional and domestic headaches. Hours after the news broke, Kalanick tweeted this:girlfriend owns @apple shares which makes h … | Continue reading
Blizzard has confirmed its stance on cheating in Overwatch, stating that any player using hacks, bots, or third-party software will be "permanently banned" from the game."These assertions aren't new or groundbreaking for Blizzard," said community manager Lylirra in a forum post t … | Continue reading
A Japanese blockchain startup has reportedly raised $6.2m in a new Series A funding round. | Continue reading
For beginning freelancers, figuring out the right rate to ask for can be almost as difficult as landing the gig itself. Who Pays Writers is an anonymous, crowdsourced open data that lets writers report their rates from various publications for print and Web. Though it has been ar … | Continue reading
Raise your hand if you’ve ever made an impulse purchase. I can relate (and the stack of random junk in my room can attest to that). If we’re not alone in this behavior, then clearly there’s a market of impulse buyers. In fact, UIE found impulse purchases represent almost 40% of a … | Continue reading
Footage shows the moment a train collided with a truck at a level crossing in Poland on April 19. Realizing the train would not stop in time, the driver dashed from his cabin to warn passengers to get down. | Continue reading
Sprint is running a Samsung-sponsored promotion to attract new Samsung Pay customers by offering gift cards in return for new registrations. | Continue reading
Der Abgang von Jan Böhmermann und Olli Schulz beim öffentlich-rechtlichen Radio kam überraschend, genauso die Ankündigung, dass man an einem Nachfolgeformat für Spotify arbeiten würde. Die vergangenen Wochen wurde gemu... | Continue reading
If you only read the headlines this week, you might conclude that Disney’s decision to shut its Infinity toy-game business means that it’s exiting the console game business. Or that toys-to-life genre of physical toys and digital games is dead. Or that Disney will only use extern … | Continue reading
If you grew up watching 80s slasher and horror movies like I did or simply enjoy that era, I have a great trailer for you to watch. Slayaway Camp, which we wrote about recently), is an upcoming puzzle game that is the brain child of PopCap's co-founder, Jason Kapalka, and of the … | Continue reading
NFL games are coming to YouTube! Wait, don’t get too excited just yet – YouTube and the NFL have only announced a strategic partnership that’s bringing “classic” games to the video platform. Specifically, the NFL will post three of the greatest games from the history of each of t … | Continue reading
You can do a lot of things in virtual reality, but so far, there's no commonly accepted VR operating system — a full interface that offers all the same options as a desktop or mobile system. On tethered headsets like the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, you can use a program like Virtua … | Continue reading
Journaling website Hi.co (dedicated to recording "moments big and small") is closing on September 1st, and archiving its users' contributions in a nickel-plate "book" designed to be readable for the next 10,000 years. The site's creator, Craig Mod and Chris Palmieri, decided they … | Continue reading
Inside Iron Man's suit is just a man. Sure, a man with a tiny arc reactor in his chest, but otherwise just a flesh-and-blood person who's made super strong and virtually indestructible thanks to a mechanized suit of gold-titanium alloy.If one guy can build such a suit, surely an … | Continue reading
Alpha Piano has partnered with Porsche Design to create the mPiano, a truly stunning work of technology and design. An actuator sits underneath each key allowing the user to adjust the resistance and pitch of each key via an iPad app. You can even change the feel of the entire pi … | Continue reading
So that’s it – the end of the week. We’ve had some considerable up and down swings in the bitcoin price since Monday, and as we mentioned in the first of our twice daily bitcoin price watch pieces this morning, we’ve been able to get in and out for a profit on a couple of … Conti … | Continue reading
SPONSORED: This sponsored post is produced in association with Phunware. With our mobile devices constantly connected to location-based tech like GPS, beacons, and Wi-Fi, the opportunities for brands to engage us as we shop and seek out other services are greater than ever. But t … | Continue reading
Claudio was defined as a punk alchemist of contemporary art Born in Catanzaro (1962-Italy) where he lives and works, Claudio Parentela is an illustrator, painter, photographer, mail artist, cartoonist, collagist, journalist free lance, active since many years in the international … | Continue reading
Since we've only just received Doom review code, we're going to have a full review up next week. In the meantime, here are some early impressions of the campaign.Remember the original Doom's pistol? It's the crappy little pea-shooter you fall back on when you've no other option, … | Continue reading
A third of Facebook users only log in with their phones. See the full benefits of having a mobile-focused social media advertising in this day and age. | Continue reading
A global governing body for esports, The World Esports Association, has been announced in London.WESA has been founded by ESL, the world's largest esports company, with the backing of eight big esports teams.Put simply, it is hoped WESA will become the FIFA of esports (albeit wit … | Continue reading
Hello, friends. As you know, I spend most of my time at TouchArcade writing about things like old premium RPGs and interactive fiction. Real barn-burners, I assure you. Today, however, I was asked by the Shadowy Consortium who occupy the penthouse of TouchArcade Towers if I might … | Continue reading
New images claim to give us a look at the upcoming OnePlus 3. | Continue reading
Google will reportedly unveil its much-rumored virtual reality headset at its I/O developer conference next week.The headset, dubbed "Android VR" will supposedly be a self-contained device, according to Peter Rojas, founder of Gizmodo and Engadget, and now entrepreneur-in-residen … | Continue reading
Braille Bricks ist ein schönes Projekt der brasilianischen Dorina Nowill Foundation, das gemeinsam mit der Werbeagentur Lew'Lara/TBWA realisiert wurde. Mit Hilfe von Lego-Steinen soll Kindern das Erlernen der Braille-Schrift für Blinde er... | Continue reading
I'm a big fan of Woody Allen's work. He's made some great movies and enough other movies that you can certainly find a handful of gems among the mess. His latest, Cafe Society, premiered at Cannes this week and put out a first trailer. Along with it came plenty of press.Then The … | Continue reading
Max Payne is one of my top ten games of all time. There's something about the scrunchy-faced hero's first rampage through New York City that's stayed with me ever since I first played it in 2001. Aoife, on the other hand, had never played Max Payne until this month. Imagine growi … | Continue reading
While Spotify does come with its own options for creating shared playlists, making ad-hoc lists with your friends is often a hassle. For one thing, anyone who wants to contribute a song to the playlist needs their own Spotify account, plus an approval from the playlist’s owner. B … | Continue reading
Before you get too excited, the above image is the Vision NEXT 100, the concept car BMW showed off back in March to note that, as it celebrated its 100th anniversary, the company was spending more time looking forward than back. The automaker’s CEO Harald Krueger struck a similar … | Continue reading
Less candy, more crush. Wicked Fun has a new take on the popular Puzzle & Dragons puzzle-fighter genre. The company is launching its Force of Elements fighting game today on Android and Steam, with an iOS version coming soon. The free-to-play title is a bit of a genre bender. It … | Continue reading
The Bitcoin ecosystem in Romania is reportedly experiencing a steady growth. According to Antonio Eram, the CEO of Romania’s leading mobile payment solutions provider Netopia, the Bitcoin volume is the country has recently surpassed the €1 million mark. The tech evangelist backed … | Continue reading
Netflix already gives users insight into their internet connection through its monthly ISP Speed Index ratings and allows them to adjust video quality to save mobile data. Now the company appears to be readying itself to launch a speedtest-like app called Fast, which might help u … | Continue reading
There’s a moment at the end of "It Means I Love You" where Jessy Lanza grabs you by the chin and demands your attention. The track empties out and the beat drops away. She’s making the only sound that matters. "Look into my eyes, boy: it means I love you." It’s a marked change fr … | Continue reading
Psychologists in Canada have developed a mathematical formula for quantifying the humor of nonsense. Most of us would be forgiven for thinking math and humor are mutually exclusive. One is perceived as logical while the other is considered an intangible, uniquely human trait. Sti … | Continue reading
Social Media - Product launches and redesigns were the talk of the town this week. Amazon surprised us all and introduced a user-generated video service to take on YouTube, and Instagram launched a ... | Continue reading
Content - Yeah, you could totally wing it blog post by blog post, tweet by tweet. But if you truly want to build brand awareness and create meaningful relationships with your readers, ... | Continue reading
Customer Relationships - Whether positive or negative, customer feedback provides valuable information to any business. But understanding when to respond to negative comments and when to ignore can be tricky. | Continue reading
According to multiple rumors and a newly spotted placeholder on the Google Play Developer Console, it seems that Google will be unveiling an Android VR headset at Google I/O next week. Android Police first spotted the placeholder, which is currently just that — you can’t click in … | Continue reading
Testing your message and visuals as a standard social media post can help you perfect messaging and improve ROI for your paid social media ads. | Continue reading
Over the past few days, I was in New York City for our sister brand Retail TouchPoints’ annual Retail Innovation Conference. It was a packed agenda featuring analysts, shopper behavioralists and retail executives who shared their views on the latest industry trends and best pract … | Continue reading
Berlin, 30 August - 1 September 2017 Venue and Date: Berlin, Staatsbibliothek Berlin - August 30- September 01, 2017. Call for Papers and other key-information will be published soon.Digital Meets Culture has been appointed as Media Partner of the International Conference. Some v … | Continue reading
Das könnte doch ein ganz angenehmer Job sein. Google sucht im US-Staat Arizona Testfahrer für seine selbstfahrenden Autos und zahlt einen Stundenlohn von 20 Dollar. Der Arbeitstag ist sechs bis acht Stunden lang und Bedingung ist ein F&uu... | Continue reading