Mobile database platform Realm is launching support for Microsoft’s Xamarin platform. The new Realm was made specifically for Xamarin, too — no fussy workarounds. The Realm team also had direct insight from Xamarin on best practices for structuring APIs and taking advantage of th … | Continue reading
Your ticket to TNW Europe is so much more than a simple, all-access pass to one of the world’s favourite tech conferences: it’s also the key to free registration and 50 percent discounts for a week of incredible side events running from May 23 – 27, 2016. The goal behind Tech Wee … | Continue reading
According to mainstream women’s magazines, there are about as many types of female orgasms as there are brands of flattering workout pants. There’s the storied g-spot orgasm, the cutting edge "a-spot" ("anterior fornix") orgasm, the even more obscure "u-spot" (urethra) orgasm, th … | Continue reading
CD Projekt Red has officially announced the release date for the second, and final, Witcher 3 expansion Blood and Wine. It is 31st May, a day later than was rumoured yesterday.The release date arrives as the embargo lifts on Blood and Wine coverage. I spent a few hours with the g … | Continue reading
With about a month left until Orange is the New Black's fourth season premieres, Netflix has released its first trailer out into the wild. The big shift this season is that Litchfield is now a for-profit prison, which means 100 new inmates, stricter rules, and even more personali … | Continue reading
This is The Harper Spin, a weekly column from seasoned auto critic Jason H. Harper. He’s raced at Le Mans, crushed a car in a 50-ton tank, and now, he’s bringing his unique style to The Verge.One of Murphy’s Laws states that if something can be borrowed and it can be broken, you … | Continue reading
Microsoft has announced upgrades for the Universal Windows Platform, allowing for v-sync control, unlocked frame-rates and G-Sync/FreeSync support. The upgrade is due to roll out today, but there's a small sting in the tail - developers need to revisit their existing UWP games an … | Continue reading
Ghost Games has announced it's working on a new Need for Speed game that's due for release next year, while it's also winding down work on last year's reboot of EA's long-running racing franchise. In a detailed blog post on its official site, Ghost Games outlined the progress tha … | Continue reading
One of science fiction's most mind-bending authors is coming to television in a new series called Electric Dreams: The World of Philip K. Dick, announced today by Sony Pictures and the UK's Channel 4. The 10-part anthology series will focus on Dick's short stories, which also ser … | Continue reading
One of Donald Trump's presidential delegates is a familiar name in the tech world: investor and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel. Yesterday, Thiel's name appeared on a list of pledged California delegates selected by Trump, at this point the presumptive Republican presidential candi … | Continue reading
Since it launched in 2014, Reserve has often been described as a “dining concierge” — which sounds cool but also maybe a little vague. Basically, the company combines a flexible reservation system with payments. Now Reserve is ready to do more, with the launch of something called … | Continue reading
A couple weeks ago, my friend and colleague Bryan Bishop visited Las Vegas for a flashy conference called CinemaCon, where movie studios and theater owners discuss the future of the film industry — a future that isn't as predictable as it used to be.Many theater owners worry that … | Continue reading
The most important attribute in today's cutting-edge drones is the ability to see and understand the world so that the drone can safely navigate to its destination and around obstacles. Last week The Verge learned that Amazon had acquired a team of a dozen computer vision experts … | Continue reading
In a wide-ranging conversation at Disrupt today, Mike George, Amazon’s Vice President of Echo, Alexa and Appstore discussed the past and future of the company’s surprise hit home appliance. George kicked things off by explaining that he wasn’t aware of rumors that the project sta … | Continue reading
Speakers from all over the world stole the show at the Consensus 2016 blockchain conference last week. Here are 10 quotes that defined the show. | Continue reading
For decades, big budget video games were designed to look like films.Why not? Films became, in the 20th century, the most popular form of storytelling. Spread across dozens of genres and forms, films can be funny or sad, artsy or pedestrian, unabashedly childish or confidently ma … | Continue reading
Reserve thinks that the restaurant reservation process is broken and has doubled down on fixing it with the launch of Reserve for Restaurants. This table management system offers restauranteurs more control over key elements such as seating, scheduling reservations, and managing … | Continue reading
Haus Stein (Stone House) is a holiday house designed by Jan Rosler Architekten in collaboration with Sven Rickhoff. | Continue reading
The National Institute for Standards in Technology has issued a report on the need to plan for the cryptographic apocalypse. | Continue reading
LastPass, commonly known as the most popular password manager and vault around has hinted at Bitcoin acceptance as payment for its paid (and premium) accounts. Widely-used password manager and storage vault LastPass could soon begin accepting bitcoin as payment from users. The re … | Continue reading
Falls es jemand noch nicht mitbekommen hat – der britische Actionstar Jason Statham ist das Testimonial für das LG G5 und seit einigen Wochen tummelt sich der Werbespot mit seinen diversen Stathams im Netz. Mit allein 3,5 Mio. Views auf... | Continue reading
Nintendo has finally given us a better look at the next Pokémon games. A new trailer for the Sun and Moon versions revealed that the anticipated 3DS games will release on November 18 for the 3DS. It also showed off the new starter Pokémon (these are the three critters that player … | Continue reading
Amazon announced a significant addition to its on-demand video offering today in the form of Amazon Video Direct (AVD), which will provide a portal for anyone to upload their own clips and shows. The new content will be made available to Prime subscribers in much the same way as … | Continue reading
Mobile-first document creation platform Quip is partnering with Slack to aide in real-time collaboration and offer ‘living documents’ in your channels. For teams using Quip, a simple slash-command (like /quip) along with the document title brings those files directly into Slack. … | Continue reading
Conventional wisdom is that if your eyes hurt from staring at screens too long you need to take a break, maybe go outside and have fun looking at objects that aren't two feet away from your face. Well, conventional wisdom never reckoned with the Aurai — a water-filled eye massage … | Continue reading
Insensi has been working hard on a brand new device to make it easier to communicate with other family members. The device, Ily, is a modern take on landline phones that is so easy to use that children and grandparents don’t need directions. Ily is now available on Kickstarter fo … | Continue reading
While many people in the venture community bemoan the near-term fate of the industry, Fred Wilson, the co-founder of Union Square Ventures and one of the architects of the resurgence of New York’s technology sector,In a far-ranging discussion with TechCrunch’s own Jordan Crook, W … | Continue reading
Well, the wait is finally over. Wise-cracking, jet-setting, henley shirt-wearing mass-murderer Nathan Drake is back in his latest and last adventure, A Thief's End. Our very own editor Oli Welsh liked the single player campaign enough to award it a Recommended badge, but while he … | Continue reading
Scaling content in general is a task. You want quantity without losing quality. Here is how we at CopyPress scale content in the Travel Space... | Continue reading
Online security has hit a new level of importance. Even pornography websites are starting to embrace good practices. Pornhub, the largest porn site on the Internet, today launched a bug bounty program in conjunction with HackerOne. Rewards start at a minimum of $50 and can go up … | Continue reading
Blatant content marketing mistakes such as misspellings and misused terms must be avoided at all costs. Stop using these 12 words and phrases today! | Continue reading
Content - Planning to use infographics in your marketing? Then check out what characteristics the most popular infographics have in common. | Continue reading
General Management - Value creators know how to achieve positive business results and gain CEO support by doing these four things better than anyone else. Here's a look at each area and why ... | Continue reading
We surveyed hundreds of B2B marketers to find out what drives an effective B2B customer experience. Here are the results. | Continue reading
Congressional gridlock can usually be blamed on stubborn Representatives and Senators. But a new string of ransomware attacks on the House of Representatives could stall legislation more effectively than party infighting or a filibuster. Read More | Continue reading
Pornhub is known for allowing all kinds of access points, but it’s not cool with all of them. In a partnership with HackerOne, Pornhub is launching a bug bounty program for those who can find security vulnerabilities. The bounty program has been in a quiet beta for some time, wit … | Continue reading
People who aren’t in the Millennial generation view us in one of two ways, according to New York Times contributor and Wall Street Executi[..] | Continue reading
In discussing a World of Warcraft: Legion spider mount that costs a whopping 2m gold, assistant game director Ion Hazzikostas gave a glimpse behind the curtain at what it takes to keep millions of players happy.His long post came after he was called out for saying "the 2m price-t … | Continue reading
Talmon Marco thinks he knows what it takes to beat Uber in the on-demand ride sharing business. The Israeli entrepreneur, known for co-founding of messenger service, Viber, is launching Juno in New York City “soon.”Marco spoke up with our Ingrid Lunden on stage at TechCrunch Disr … | Continue reading
Towards the end of April, Deepak Abbot, an executive from one of India's biggest media houses, decided to try his hand at becoming an Uber driver in Delhi. Over the new few days, he learnt the trials and tribulations of being behind the wheel and chauffeuring other people. See al … | Continue reading
Juicy water brand Volvic Juiced is launching its biggest-ever brand campaign to date, which will include experience-led activity alongside nationwide sampling. | Continue reading
Amazon has today announced a new platform that lets creatives and video-makers upload their own videos to rent or sell through Amazon Video. With Amazon Video Direct (AVD), the Internet giant is looking to increase the amount of content available through its online video-streamin … | Continue reading
American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers is an important book to learn how the young generation—both girls & boys—use their smartphones. | Continue reading
Amazon unveiled its own plans to compete in the user-generated video market with the launch of a new service called Amazon Video Direct in a surprise announcement this morning. This service, explains the company, allows creators to upload their own videos to Amazon’s Prime Video … | Continue reading
Sony plans to release a new version of its LED speaker lightbulb this month, and while yes, you can use it to simultaneously light your house and play music, the bulb truly shines when you pull it out to wow a date. The company demonstrates some use cases in its promotional video … | Continue reading
Indiegogo wants to step out of Kickstarter’s shadow by embracing commerce beyond crowdfunding. That means helping sell pre-orders and finished products from entrepreneurs who are done raising money. So today Indiegogo announced it’s acquired Celery, the “pre-commerce” platform th … | Continue reading
Blockchain startup Coinfirm.io has announced the launch of the first Blockchain lab to collaborate on the innovation’s development, research and collaboration in the region. Coinfirm, a Polish blockchain startup has launched the Coinfirm Block Lab, a go-to hub for blockchain deve … | Continue reading
Most gamers would likely find a free game pretty cool, but a thousand bucks to spend on any of Steam’s 3,500 games? That’s downright awesome. That’s exactly what you’ll win with The $1,000 Steam Gift Card Giveaway, currently running on TNW Deals. With your $1,000 Steam gift card, … | Continue reading