User experience is indeed critical for any business and investing in creating a prominent website UX is the secret to success. | Continue reading
A representative for a US think tank spoke before a Congressional committee yesterday on blockchain's role in health care. | Continue reading
Researchers from Disney Research, Carnegie Mellon, and MIT have figured out a way to increase the speed and accuracy of tracking wireless, battery-less RFID tags. They've used the discovery to create a bunch of cool, interactive objects that don't need a power source, including w … | Continue reading
Soon you can blog at .blog.When I was your age, I had to blog at Xanga. And by the time LiveJournal came along, we thought things couldn't get better. "This is as good as it gets," we said, redundantly, as we updated our LiveJournal emoji, which symbolized our emotional status i … | Continue reading
Early year hits have helped Ubisoft’s numbers. Ubisoft released its earnings for the financial year of 2015-16, beating its target of $1.548 billion sales with a final number of $1.587 billion. That figure is down 4.8 percent from the previous year. The fourth quarter, however, s … | Continue reading
Ubisoft won’t release the next Assassin’s Creed during its fiscal 2017, but it will have something new. The French publisher revealed today that it has five big-budget blockbuster games planned for the 12-month period ending March 2017. One of those is a new property, according t … | Continue reading
Going head-to-head with Amazon Prime, Walmart is exploring a two-day shipping subscription service, The Wall Street Journal reports. Starting Thursday, its ShippingPass customers will be eligible for two-day shipping for $49 a year.Cheaper than AmazonShippingPass launched last ye … | Continue reading
A two-year investigation of electronics recycling using GPS tracking devices has revealed that policies aimed at curtailing the trade in toxic e-waste have been unsuccessful, with nearly one-third of the devices being exported to developing countries, where equipment is often dis … | Continue reading
With the rapid-fire pace of the App Store, it's really crazy when you realize something has been around for a year. Well, that's the case with Mortal Kombat X [Free], which, sure enough, we reviewed over a year ago now with a guide posted not long after. If you haven't tried the … | Continue reading
Bitcoin startups always attract a lot of attention, and they are often invited to be part of pitching programs at various events. Bitwala, a service letting users get paid in Bitcoin through bank transfers, has been nominated as a top 70 startups at Pioneers Festival of 2016. Bit … | Continue reading
James Comey isn’t the biggest fan of encryption. He took the opportunity yesterday at The National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee to voice his displeasure with services, like WhatsApp, that use encrypted messaging — a move that Comey explained could lead to future … | Continue reading
Ubisoft’s latest Tom Clancy shooter has caught on with quite a large crowd. The Division has 9.5 million registered players, according to the publisher’s fiscal 2016 financial report. That helped the company beat its revenues and earnings targets for the 12-month period ending Ma … | Continue reading
Uber's latest promotional stunt will give passengers the chance to watch Amazon Originals programming like Transparent, Mozart in the Jungle, Bosch, and more. Starting now and running through May 14th, riders in Los Angeles — nowhere else, sadly — can open the Uber app and might … | Continue reading
Ubisoft Entertainment said today that its Hungry Shark World has topped 10 million downloads on mobile devices in just six days. The French video game publisher made the announcement as part of its year-end earnings announcement today. The company hasn’t disclosed any revenues re … | Continue reading
Project Tango is one of Google's stranger lines of research. At its core, the technology uses cameras to map the space around you in detailed 3D. It uses that data to create indoor maps, layering guided navigation on top of your screen's view of the world. It can also be used wit … | Continue reading
The Australian Outback can be a very dangerous place, and that danger can be compounded by the lack of cell signals and Wi-Fi for hundreds of miles. To help remedy the connection issues, Toyota has created the LandCruiser Emergency Network to help bring a mesh-like network to the … | Continue reading
Who's Hiring? Site Reliability Engineer Manager . We at Spotify are looking for an en... | Continue reading
After 70 years of rocking musicians with its guitars and amps, Fender today releases its first general consumer product: a range of headphones that double as in-ear monitors for performers. They sound vibrant and clear even at loud volumes, and run from $99 for the basic DXA1 to … | Continue reading
Wir haben schon bergeweise irgendwie smarte Koffer gesehen, aber den Roboter-Koffer, der seinem Besitzer automatisch hinterher rollt oder schon mal allein ins Hotel vorgeschickt werden kann, bisher nur als Vision oder Konzept. Mit dem Cowa Robot k&... | Continue reading
Evernote and Google today announced a partnership that lets you access your Google Drive files directly in Evernote. The new integration, which is still in beta, is available in Evernote for Android and in the Web app, but only using Chrome. Evernote said other platforms will fol … | Continue reading
There is no shortage of aerial dogfighting games in this world, both 2D and 3D. Tons of games try, fairly successfully, to capture that aerial combat dynamic, but very few are aces. That’s the kind of case we have on our hands today. Pilots of the Dawn [Free], from Sapeli Studio … | Continue reading
With the dawn of virtual reality, we are in the midst of a massive paradigm shift in how educators will perceive and incorporate video gaming experiences. Video games tend to be simulations of the real world, but given the development costs associated with quality 3D games, the r … | Continue reading
Pinterest is no longer banning affiliate links on its service, after decreeing more than a year ago that it did so to prevent spammers from abusing those links. The company today updated its policy to reflect this change, saying that it has improved its spam detection to better r … | Continue reading
Evernote is getting a lot more powerful today if you’re a Google Drive user. Google and Evernote are announcing a partnership to embed Drive files right onto your notes. Previously, if you wanted to supplements your notes with Drive files in Evernote, you could only use plain old … | Continue reading
Monster Hunter: Generations - aka Monster Hunter X - will launch in Europe on 15th July.The 3DS game is set to arrive with a special edition New Nintendo 3DS XL bundle, too:Generations introduces a new mode for beginner players where you control a Felyne - one of the game's anthr … | Continue reading
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Four seasons or so. That was Scott Skiles‘ typical shelf life as an NBA coach, the average length of his stays in Milwaukee (4.4 actually), Chicago (4.3) and Phoenix (about 2.4 spread over three years, after two as a Suns assistant coach). The length of Skiles’ stints with those … | Continue reading
Alavara, a Seattle, Wash.-based provider of tax compliance automation for businesses that has already embraced bitcoin in its tax compliance engine, announced plans to explore blockchain technology during its conference in New Orleans Wednesday, according to Accounting Today. Pet … | Continue reading
Dark Sky, the hyperlocal weather app that brings you down-to-the-minute, super accurate forecasts, is now available on Android for free. | Continue reading
LONDON — Nissan threw an incredibly lavish event this week, 180 meters above the streets of London at the top of the city’s Gherkin building.Under the iconic glass dome, journalists from across Europe mingled as a member of Clean Bandit spun tunes, and beams of light powered by a … | Continue reading
The INSPEC2T project held its second Stakeholder Advisory Group / External Expert Group workshop in London on 19-20 April 2016. For further details, read the press release here. | Continue reading
Scott Skiles has stepped down as coach of the Orlando Magic after just one year, the somewhat surprising decision coming about a month after the conclusion of a frustrating regular season. | Continue reading
British broadband operator TalkTalk said it had bounced back from a customer data theft in October, stabilizing its customer base in the final quarter after 95,000 subscribers left following the breach. | Continue reading
Finding the perfect employee/employer match is a little like trying to find "the one." It takes time, patience and often a little bit of compromiseThough there's debate about whether or not there's an actual "talent shortage" in the tech world, one thing is clear: Tech companies … | Continue reading
Dating app Happn will soon get a new feature that will make it easier for its users to meet up in person. Called ‘See You There’, the feature lets you post on your dating profile what you’ll be doing over the next few hours so other people can join you. Activities will range from … | Continue reading
The Korea Exchange opens up about its strategy on blockchain tech and why it is investigating how it could be used to open new markets. | Continue reading
Ungarisches Tourismusamt: Frankfurt/Main (ots) - Gourmets sollten sich ab sofort diesen Namen merken: Tamás Széll! Der 34-jährige Koch gewann den "Bocuse d'Or 2016", die angesehenste Auszeichnung der Europäischen Gastronomie. Der Bocuse d'Or bringt alljährlich die Crème de ... | Continue reading
Date: 12/05/2016my-AHA, a 4-year Horizon 2020 funded project, will empower older citizens to better manage their own health, resulting in healthcare cost savings. This project will use state-of-the-art analytical concepts to provide new ways of health monitoring and disease preve … | Continue reading
When Android N launches this fall, the operating system will not include built-in support for pressure-sensitive touch screens in the vein of Apple’s 3D Touch. | Continue reading
The Russian Embassy in London has tweeted a screenshot from PC real-time strategy game Command & Conquer: Generals.The image, of three green army trucks, was posted with the accompanying text: "Extremists near Aleppo received several truckloads of chemical ammo."Aleppo, the large … | Continue reading
VB INSIGHT: Paul English, the former CTO and co-founder of the travel website Kayak, is pulling the veil off his $19.7 million travel app this morning with an iOS app called Lola. English’s promise is to reinvent the high touch, personalized nature of a travel agency and marry it … | Continue reading
The popular weather forecasting app Dark Sky is coming to Android after four years on iOS, and it's not your run-of-the-mill weather app.SEE ALSO: 5 can't-miss apps: TaxiLater, Sochat, Launcher and moreDark Sky gives users hyperlocal weather forecasts that are down to the minute. … | Continue reading
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The right marketing agency can be a tremendous asset to your organization, but marketers must take a methodical approach to finding the right firms. | Continue reading
On top of being a world-class athlete, Serena Williams is also a world-class sharer of friendly advice. Last year she gave us a detailed account of what one should do when one's phone is stolen off of a cozy café table. It involved shouting and sprinting and references to the cla … | Continue reading
Have you ever tried and failed to explain the sound of an effect that's been applied to a certain piece of music you love? It's a pretty specific problem — and as someone who writes music criticism, I probably run into it more than most — but it's one even casual listeners can un … | Continue reading
Since its founding in 1982, The Weather Channel (TWC) has counted on people’s innate, if not intense, need to know the weather — delivering forecasts across each new platform as it emerged: from cable tv to the web to apps. This spring, TWC has set out to further advance how we i … | Continue reading
Many years ago, I encountered a really cool boss in a game called Mega Man X. As one of the last encounters leading up to the final fight, players were locked in a room with a giant robotic spider, with multiple metal "webs" hanging from the ceiling. Every few seconds the webs wo … | Continue reading