If the CEO Behaves Badly, Then What?

Misconduct by the CEO, even if it’s not illegal, greatly impacts the organization – and lately there have been many unfortunate instances of scoundrels in the C-suite. The recent cases mostly involve improper relationships (such a useful equivocation) with employees or contractor … | Continue reading


@alltop | 8 years ago

Lazertouch projector turns any flat surface into a touchscreen Android tablet

Turning every conceivable surface into a touchscreen is a deeply held goal of the human race. We must not give up. We must not relent.Lazertouch is a new, small-ish projector that just showed up on Indiegogo and promises to do exactly what we all crave so desperately: turn walls … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Watch: Hyperloop hits 400 mph in 2 seconds flat

Today in North Las Vegas, Hyperloop One (formerly Hyperloop Technologies) completed its first successful open-air propulsion test. The demonstration was the first public test of the system that could one day propel Hyperloop travelers to nearly 800 mph. While that might sound lik … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Dragon’s Tale – Play Eight Treasures and Win Bitcoin

Dragon’s Tale is an original online Bitcoin Casino that brings a new style into play. It has mixed gambling with role playing to ultimately result a magnificent and unique game for the Bitcoin ecosystem. In the virtual world of Dragon’s Tale, players are able to find fun-filled c … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 8 years ago

You can now ask Amazon Echo's Alexa to track your packages

“Alexa, where’s my stuff?”In a move that surprises absolutely no one, Amazon Echo users can now ask Alexa for tracking updates on packages from, of course, Amazon.The Echo smart speaker's voice-assistant Alexa can now field questions related to any items you’ve ordered off its si … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Pizza bezglutenowa

Z pewnością osoby na diecie bezglutenowej próbowały już mojej pizzy gryczanej. Dzisiaj coś dla tych, którzy poszukują pizzy bezglutenowej zbliżonej jeszcze bardziej do tej klasycznej z mąki pszennej. To bardzo łatwy i szybki przepis, trzeba tylko wcześniej zaopatrzyć się w odpowi … | Continue reading


@kwestiasmaku.com | 8 years ago

X-Men: Apocalypse has a bad case of Batman v Superman disease

There’s a lot going on in X-Men: Apocalypse. An ancient god-king-mutant-thing named En Sabah Nor awakens after centuries of dormancy, and decides to obliterate the modern world out of sheer disgust. Professor Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) proudly presides over a thriving school f … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Review: The North Face’s Access Pack is a backpack design that fizzles

It doesn’t happen very often, but sometimes backpack designs get creative. Typically, backpacks are boring, with little variation in their shape, their materials…even their colors. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Sunrise will sunset on August 31st

We all saw it coming, but it’s still hard to swallow. Well-designed calendar app and service Sunrise will be removed from the stores in the next few days. The servers will be shutting down on August 31st. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Amazon's Echo can now tell you where your Amazon packages are

Amazon's Echo speaker gains new features pretty much every week, but only starting today can Alexa tell you exactly where in the delivery process your Amazon.com orders are. You can ask "Alexa, where's my stuff?" or say "track my package" and find out the status of your incoming … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

U.S. upgrades its weather forecasting system, but still lags behind competitors

The National Weather Service (NWS) has completed a major upgrade to its main supercomputers, which are now processing weather data in four dimensions instead of three. The move will result in more accurate weather forecasts, the agency says.However, the NWS still lags considerabl … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Oculus and Samsung have 1M Gear VR users

Oculus has already sold more than 1 million virtual reality head-mounted displays — although most of those are the Gear VR peripheral for Samsung Galaxy phones. The Facebook subsidiary announced in a blog today that 1 million people used the Gear VR last month, which is a signifi … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Hyperloop One passes first big test

One small push for Hyperloop, one giant thrust for the future of transportation.In the arid northern deserts of Nevada, far from the bright lights and towering edifices of Las Vegas, the Los Angeles-based Hyperloop One took a gamble and won, successfully testing its linear induct … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

12 Innovation Imperatives

Innovation suffocates in a culture of mediocrity. Here’s how to breathe life into company culture to compete for the future. Ideas are a dime a dozen. Everyone seems to have one or more. I just wish that more organizations would appreciate how plentiful and beneficial ideas are t … | Continue reading


@briansolis.com | 8 years ago

YouTube built a messaging feature into its mobile app

While YouTube comments have long been the chaotic and unheeding scourge of the internet, the company still appears confident its users can have civil conversations about online video. Starting today, a new chat feature called native sharing is available for a small subset of YouT … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Austin transportation director recommends deregulation of the city's taxi industry

The head of the Austin, Texas Transportation Department believes the city's taxi industry should be deregulated, putting traditional cabs on an equal regulatory footing with upstart ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft, reports The Statesman.Austin Transportation Director Rob … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Justin Kan accepts Y Combinator Fellowship pitches over Snapchat

One of the latest Snapchat trends (at least in our little tech bubble) is venture capitalists using the social media platform as a way to dish out advice to aspiring entrepreneurs. People like Mark Suster, Gary Vaynerchuk, and Justin Kan preach on topics ranging from how to ask f … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Exclusive albums are the new normal

Up until a few months ago, albums from major acts were released wide — to the most outlets possible for the biggest impact — and it worked out fine for most artists. But as album sales continue to drop and streaming services grow, windowed or exclusive releases have become a test … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Driver whose Tesla Model S crashed while using Summon was breaking all the rules

A Utah man had his Model S autonomously crash into a parked trailer a couple weeks ago, which has kicked off an interesting back-and-forth between Tesla and the owner. Tesla claims that the car's Summon self-parking feature was activated, and the company seriously came to play he … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Garmin's new Forerunner 735XT is an impressive multisport watch

Garmin hasn't been short on wearable announcements lately, but this one is likely to make fitness freaks happy: its newest smart sport watch, the Forerunner 735XT, is a lightweight multisport watch with built-in heart rate tracking, Strava integration, and an 11-day battery life … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Rehiring the Fired: The IRS Does It; Should You?

HR experts and employment attorneys say there are circumstances that justify the rehiring of terminated workers, but only in exceptional situations. | Continue reading


@shrm | 8 years ago

Email Marketing in 2016: Key Predictions

The impressive analytical results from the past can enable us to look into email marketing trends, are most likely to follow in 2017. | Continue reading


@orchestrate.com | 8 years ago

YouTube is slowly rolling out an in-app messenger so you can discuss cat videos at length

Here’s a bit of unexpected news: YouTube is getting a chat service. Wired reports that YouTube is testing a new “native sharing” feature starting today. It’s essentially a messaging service that lives right within YouTube’s mobile apps and allows you to share embedded YouTube vid … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

At Long Last 'Warhammer 40,000: Regicide' is Coming to iOS on May 19th

It's hard to believe that it was nearly two years ago to the day that we first talked about Warhammer: 40,000: Regicide, a brutal take on Chess set in the Warhammer universe. The folks at developer Hammerfall Publishing have been busy with the game since then, first releasing it … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

Google wants better female representation in emoji

We have plenty of professional male emoji, but where are all the women? Google has submitted a proposal to Unicode Consortium petitioning their addition. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft unlocks frame rates, adds G-Sync and Freesync support for Universal Windows Platform

Microsoft's Universal Windows Platform has picked up a few updates today that should make PC gamers happy. The latest Windows 10 update unlocks frame rates and adds support for AMD’s Freesync and NVIDIA’s G-Sync technologies, which help match GPU render and monitor refresh rates. … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

The Hyperloop just had its first public test in the Nevada desert

It was over almost before it began. Hyperloop One's first public open-air test just happened out in the Nevada desert, and if you blinked you may have missed it. A metal sled accelerated from zero to 100 mph in 1.1 seconds, or about 2.4 Gs of force. It traveled little more than 1 … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

You can now add comments to Google’s shared photo albums

In December, Google Photos introduced shared albums — but didn't allow anyone to comment on shared albums or the individual photos in these albums. Today, five months later, you can do both. Ya know, like on nearly every other social network. This update to shared albums is rolli … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Tesla crashes into trailer while in autonomous Summon mode, owner claims

Imagine you're bragging to a passerby about your Tesla and it crashes itself into a trailer. Embarrassing.SEE ALSO: Volvo's in-car delivery service will bring packages to your trunkA Tesla Model S owner in Utah, reportedly identified as Jared Overton, claims his Model S started u … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Twilio names first executive director for its nonprofit foundation

In 2013, Jeff Lawson’s telecommunications API provider company Twilio had done pretty well appealing to developers. But then he thought about how nonprofits and other philanthropic organizations could benefit from its technology, and this led to the formation of Twilio.org, a fou … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

GitHub’s Electron reaches 1.0 release with new features for Web apps turned desktop

Electron, GitHub’s tool for creating cross-platform desktop applications, has reached its 1.0 release which the company says is “a major milestone in API stability and maturity.” Formerly known as Atom Shell, Electron 1.0 has API demos with code snippets so you can get up and run … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

GeoOrbital’s wheel turns almost any bike into an electric bike

TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2016’s “wildcard” participant GeoOrbital has a different take on the electric bike. Instead of putting a motor on the bike, they put it in the wheel. This crazy idea was actually prompted by something founder Michael Burtov saw in the movie “Tron.” He though … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

What the designer of the old Instagram icon thinks of the new one

Plenty of people are complaining about the new Instagram logo and want it changed back to the "original." But wrap your mind around this little-known fact: The old Instagram logo — the square instant camera with the tiny rainbow — was actually not the original.Before Instagram ha … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Carmelo Anthony looks to be a VC MVP with Melo7 Tech Partners

Carmelo Anthony, already a superstar forward for the New York Knicks, is looking ahead to his next act as a venture capital mogul. Coupling his longtime interest in technology with a desire to promote entrepreneurship, Anthony and his partner Stuart Goldfarb (also a pretty big de … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Agrilyst raises $1M seed round for its indoor agriculture analytics service

Agrilyst, the winner of our Disrupt SF 2015 Battlefield competition, today announced that it has raised a $1 million seed round for its indoor agriculture analytics service. The round was led by Brooklyn Bridge Ventures with participation from Metamorphic Ventures and a number of … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

'King Rabbit' Goes Free, Update with Expansion Pack Available Now

RareSloth's King Rabbit [Free] has just gotten the big update that was announced earlier this week, and along with it, the game has just gone free from its $0.99 regular price. The game was considered to go free-to-play at one point but eventually launched as a paid title, though … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

Kik already has over 6,000 bots reaching 300 million registered users

Messenger and WhatsApp may be the 800-pound gorillas in the chat space thanks to Facebook’s significant reach, but Waterloo-based Kik is rapidly building a young, dedicated audience of users that are already showing interest in bots. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Facebook will soon let anyone upload 360-degree photos, no fancy hardware required

Facebook has increasingly made VR an integral part of its platform, so today’s announcement isn’t a huge surprise: 360 degree photos are coming to your news feed. The update follows the introduction of 360-degree video in September, and the stills version will work pretty much th … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Apple releases third Safari Technology Preview update with Web Inspector improvements, bug fixes

Apple today released the third update to its Safari Technology Preview browser, which is meant to implement the most cutting-edge Web technologies into a browser for developers that looks just like normal Safari. Today’s release shows Apple fixing a whole bunch of things about th … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Matching Workspace to Personality

Everyone has a work personality, and it's best if your workspace matches it. | Continue reading


@shrm | 8 years ago

Kepler team announces largest-ever collection of 1,284 verified new exoplanets

Despite malfunctioning hardware and dwindling fuel reserves, Kepler forges onward, equipped with a new statistical method that confirmed more than 1200 exoplanets. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft is killing its Sunrise calendar app on August 31st

Microsoft revealed last year that it was planning to merge its Outlook and Sunrise apps into a single app. After acquiring Sunrise more than a year ago, Microsoft is now planning to kill off the standalone app at the end of August. Sunrise will be removed from the App Store in th … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Latest iPhone 7 rumor is just as sketchy as the rest of them

Even before the iPhone 6S officially launched, we’d been hearing about the iPhone 7. While we’re not expecting Apple to launch the device ahead of the Fall, there are still a lot of rumors floating around, and they all seem like garbage. The latest sketchy rumor involves actual s … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

The price of gold – how bad do you really want it?

„If it feels too good, then it’s wrong“, says Christian Olsson, a famous Swedish triple jumper in his interview for a documentary called „The Price of Gold“. With this sentence Olsson states that practices and exercises shouldn’t feel comfortable and … Continue reading → | Continue reading


@allaboutperformance.wordpress.com | 8 years ago

Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant can finally track, you know, Amazon packages

Amazon really wants people to use the Amazon Echo and its Alexa voice assistant, so it has consistently added features since the Echo’s launch, from reordering groceries to controlling your thermostat. Imagine my surprise when I found out when it couldn’t, you know, track Amazon … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Perfect World is putting Xbox One multiplayer battler Gigantic on Windows beyond Microsoft’s app store

One of the Xbox One’s most interesting-looking free-to-play games is also coming to nearly every active version of Windows thanks to a new partnership. Developer Motiga is teaming with publisher Perfect World, the company responsible for massively multiplayer role-playing games l … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Facebook will turn panoramas into “360 Photos” for feed and Gear VR’s 1M users

Those panoramas trapped on your phone will finally get a better viewing experience, both on News Feed and the Oculus-powered Samsung Gear VR, which Facebook now says has 1 million monthly users — the first time it’s released monthly usage stats.Facebook’s upcoming “360 Photos” fe … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Virtual reality documentary Nomads arrives on Gear VR

Oculus VR wants you to know that virtual reality can be a medium for serious film and documentaries, and it's first high-profile project, Nomads, is ready for public viewing on the Gear VR. Created by Félix Lajeunesse and Paul Raphaël, the duo behind Montreal-based VR studio Feli … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago