The latest mobile marketing statistics in 2016 marketers & advertisers should care about. Change your perspective on how you see your mobile audience. | Continue reading
uBeam could be vaporware, according to a blogger claiming to be uBeam’s former VP of Engineering. They accuse the startup of being unable to fulfill promises made about its technology. uBeam says it’s building a device that could wirelessly charge your phone or other electronics … | Continue reading
Google Translate just got way more useful on Android. A New ‘Tap to Translate’ feature lets you use translate text from any app. It works by translating whatever is in your clipboard. For instance, when you copy text from a WhatsApp message, a little Translate bubble will pop up … | Continue reading
One widely accepted rule in B2B content marketing is that product-focused content belongs in the final stage of the buyer’s journey. Education first. Solutions second. Product third. If only it were that simple… The irony is that by saying unequivocally that buyers don’t want pro … | Continue reading
Civilization 6 has just been announced, with a trailer that doesn't show us any gameplay, but does include narration from Sean Bean.Set to release on 21st October, this will be the first numbered Civilization in over six years. "The visual presentation of the game is inspired by … | Continue reading
The (in)famous former Top Gear presenter trio: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, who last summer signed to Amazon’s Prime video streaming platform to make a new car show this year, have revealed what it’s going to be called — and it’s The Grand Tour. Read More | Continue reading
Each week, we’ll ask our stable of scribes across the globe to weigh in on the most important NBA topics of the day — and then give you a chance to step on the scale, too, in the comments below. BLOGTABLE: MVP favorites for 2016-17? | Lottery-to-playoffs in 2017? | Who wins Rapto … | Continue reading
Each week, we’ll ask our stable of scribes across the globe to weigh in on the most important NBA topics of the day — and then give you a chance to step on the scale, too, in the comments below. BLOGTABLE: MVP favorites for 2016-17? | Lottery-to-playoffs in 2017? | Who wins Rapto … | Continue reading
Each week, we’ll ask our stable of scribes across the globe to weigh in on the most important NBA topics of the day — and then give you a chance to step on the scale, too, in the comments below. BLOGTABLE: MVP favorites for 2016-17? | Lottery-to-playoffs in 2017? | Who wins Rapto … | Continue reading
New data shows Android's market share is on the rise globally, with significant market share gains in Western Europe, China and the U.S.. | Continue reading
Google announced today that it will no longer allow payday lenders to advertise on its systems because the loans often come with high interest rates and quick repayment requirements that push borrowers into debt. Payday lenders offer quick cash to low-income people, who are then … | Continue reading
Esports is outgrowing its status as a niche industry for hardcore gamers, and it’s turning into global entertainment. More than a billion people will know about the concept of esports before the end of 2016, according to industry intelligence firm Newzoo. The analytics firm resea … | Continue reading
Amazon founder and newspaper owner Jeff Bezos' thumbprint continues to appear in the online version of The Washington Post . Havin... | Continue reading
Ever wondered how Google conducts research for Android Auto? Google's Nat and Lo have taken a trip to the Android Auto Research Labs to get a better look. | Continue reading
Demoscene is always astonishing. Artists and programmers take on a ridiculous constraint, like a Windows executable of 64 kibibytes (65,536 bytes, smaller than your average JPEG), and make something mind-melting out of it. Procedurally generated everything, mixed with all the too … | Continue reading
Today at TechCrunch Disrupt NY we had Robyn Exton of Her, Dawoon Kang of Coffee Meets Bagel and Whitney Wolfe of Bumble discuss the latest trends in the mobile dating space.Two of the apps, Her and Bumble, both let you use their platform to find friendship as well as relationship … | Continue reading
A Tesla owner in Utah says that he returned to his parked Model S to find that it had crept forward and crashed into the trailer parked ahead of it. The man claims that this all went down without explanation; Tesla refutes that claim, saying that after taking a look at the car's … | Continue reading
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The pick-up in economic growth over the past year has raised employees’ expectations of higher pay and richer benefits, new research by the Society for Human Resource Management and others shows. | Continue reading
Bitcoin price has drawn sideways around $450 (Bitstamp) for most of the day before making a rounded push higher. The decline may be over but additional price action is needed so soon after the strong upside reversal. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Re … | Continue reading
Take-Two Interactive‘s 2K label and Firaxis Games are pulling out a nice surprise for gamers today. They’re announcing that Sid Meier’s Civilization VI is going to ship on the PC on October 21. The new turn-based strategy game is the next entry in the award-winning Civilization f … | Continue reading
Nest wants to make it easier (and quicker) to get more smart home gadgets on the market. In a move to build out its smart home presence (and propel the industry forward), the company is opening up its Thread network, Nest's smart home network that connects various Internet-of-Thi … | Continue reading
The next Civilization is on its way. Today developer Firaxis announced that Civilization VI will be launching on PC on October 21st, making it the first main entry in the series since Civilization V in 2010. That game was a huge success, which means that there won’t be any drasti … | Continue reading
Instagram introduced a brand new icon and really nice black and white app redesign today. In the case of the icon, it's one case where the word "finally" is truly justified; Instagram spent years holding onto its iconic emblem and ignoring the modernized design guidelines of Andr … | Continue reading
Nest has released an open-sourced version of its Thread protocol, making its home automation network technology more broadly available. The introduction of OpenThread is expected to give parties interested in working with open-source technology the benefits of building on Thread … | Continue reading
Earlier this year, a report in The Information claimed that Google-owned Nest was working on a rival to Amazon’s Echo — a service that would bring together a number of other connected devices and services to help people organise and manage their homes alongside Nest’s own thermos … | Continue reading
The Internet is buzzing with reports that a budding archaeologist may have found an ancient Maya city -- but actual experts in the field have a different opinion. | Continue reading
Google today is announcing the release of version 5.0 of its Google Translate service. The release brings a number of enhancements, especially on Android and iOS. On Android, there’s a new feature called Tap to Translate, which lets users copy text and then tap a new button to ge … | Continue reading
Google is launching an update to its Translate apps for iOS and Android today.There are three main parts to today’s announcement: offline support for iOS, Tap To Translate on Android, and Word Lens support for Chinese across platforms.With this new version, the Translate team is … | Continue reading
Nest announced today that it is releasing an open-source version of its Thread networking protocol. Called OpenThread, the protocol makes the technology already used by Nest's products available to other developers and device makers. The company says that this will make it easier … | Continue reading
Google's Translate app is one the most robust translation apps available. Beyond being able to translate 103 different languages, Google Translate has improved since its release with features like Word Lens, which uses your smartphone's camera and augmented reality to instantaneo … | Continue reading
Five years have passed since Soledad O’Brien covered race in Silicon Valley as part of her documentary series Black in America. Now she’s ready to take a second look. Today, O’Brien discussed the documentary and the broader issues it raised while on-stage as part of TechCrunch’s … | Continue reading
Forscher der Universität Freiburg haben ein Verfahren entwickelt, mit dem man beliebigem Filmmaterial den Look eines Beispielbildes verpassen kann, also etwa dem Dschungelbuch den Stil eines Picasso-Gemäldes oder Star Wars den Stil eines... | Continue reading
Starting in the late 1960s and continuing through the 1970s, countless waves of young Americans—mostly white, well-educated, and middle-class—left the cities and suburbs and moved, often sight unseen, to the country. Some joined communes, while others preferred single-family life … | Continue reading
DoorDash CEO Tony Xu says the company is cash flow positive in some of its early markets — but the company still has to invest in its growth. That’s the reason that the company raised $127 million in a new venture financing round. But it wasn’t without hiccups: DoorDash reportedl … | Continue reading
4 years after her appearance at Disrupt SF 2012, Jessica Alba took the Disrupt NY stage to discuss The Honest Company’s latest news. Alba started by touching on the company’s early days, which was plagued with the usual technology issues faced by young startups, like website down … | Continue reading
Brands that provide reporters a streamlined digital newsroom experience gain a distinct media relations advantage. Corporate public relations can do a much better job creating corporate newsrooms that deliver what journalists want, a new survey reveals. Only 6% of journalists sur … | Continue reading
Dear readers, today we happily announce that on May 17th 2016, about a week from today, Prof. Roberto Giorgi, AXIOM Project Coordinator, will take part to an Invited Talk regarding his latest paper entitled "Exploring Dataflow-based Thread Level Parallelism in Cyber-Physical Syst … | Continue reading
Tired of that boring old Instagram icon that hasn't changed in years? You'll be happy to hear Instagram is finally getting a redesigned app and icon in its latest update. | Continue reading
For many people, Geocities — the free web hosting service that was launched in 1994, acquired by Yahoo in 1999, and quietly put to rest a decade later — was the first time they'd created something online. For some, it may also have been the last time they had near-total control o … | Continue reading
So we are about to close out the session in Europe, and action has been pretty much flat throughout the day. In this morning’s analysis, we said we would attempt to focus on both the intrarange side of our strategy and the breakout element, but we haven’t really had any opportuni … | Continue reading
The Heroes Rise trilogy of gamebooks are, as near as I can tell, among the most popular releases from Choice Of Games. There are probably a lot of reasons for that, including the popularity of both superheroes and reality show send-ups, the interesting, convoluted plot, and the o … | Continue reading
Samsung created a surfboard that can integrate a Galaxy S7, so surfers can keep up with their Twitter feeds while riding the swell out in the ocean. | Continue reading
Hero images are all the rage. But if you haven't tested yours, it's likely it's underperforming and you're losing sales. Learn from 22 good (and 4 bad) examples. | Continue reading
One of the best-kept secrets on the internet is the amusement park video community. This subculture uploads footage of every part of the amusement park experience: entering the park, eating at the overpriced restaurants, watching the kitschy stage shows, and, most importantly, ri … | Continue reading
Google’s announced today that adverts for short-term ‘payday’ loans will be banned on its network from July 16. It says the notoriously high interest rate loans on offer often lead people into financial difficulties, but that existing mortgage, car, student, commercial and credit … | Continue reading
Today Instagram, that app Facebook bought for a billion or so dollars a while back, debuted a new look. We should have seen this coming a mile a way. The app now sports a redesigned black-and-white design and a colorful, gradient-laden icon. The new look isn’t all that bad — it’s … | Continue reading