Adobe Lightroom just got an update on iOS, and it brings along a couple of features that should make it a fair bit more useful for photographers on the go. Most notably, the app can now export photos at full resolution. The old limit was 2560 pixels on the long edge, which is goo … | Continue reading
Google Photos’ existing navigation UI was by no means cumbersome, but there were a few frequently used features that were tucked away inside menus. | Continue reading
Are we about to see Auras in the next Hearthstone [Free] expansion? The answer to that is maybe, since today's Tavern Brawl, Deal Your Fate, is all about Auras. Why does that matter, you may ask? Well, this is the second Brawl we get in the last two months that uses an Aura-like … | Continue reading
The head of Microsoft's Xbox division, Phil Spencer, is talking up the idea of a fully-upgradeable console that would evolve and improve over time. | Continue reading
The Twilight Princess HD Wolf Link Amiibo will bring the Wolf Link/Midna duo into Super Mario Maker.Beginning 10th March Super Mario Maker will add a new themed event course along with access to the new skin should you apply the new Amiibo to the DIY platforming title.You can tak … | Continue reading
Stephen Curry is the leader of the pack in more ways than we can count these days. He's the frontrunner for the KIA MVP, which would make it his second straight, leading the Golden State Warriors on an historic chase for 73 (or more) wins and revolutionizing the game in the proce … | Continue reading
Nintendo is known for making Mario games, designing cute pocket monsters, and having an effective legal team. The publisher announced today that it has successfully fought off an appeal from technology firm UltimatePointer in the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. The appellate ju … | Continue reading
Back in January we got a look at the next project from Tap Quest: Gate Keeper developer Nanoo Company, a side-scrolling hack 'n slash action RPG called Dark Sword. Last night the developers posted | Continue reading
Verizon is forming a joint venture with Hearst to develop content for millennials to watch on their smartphones, according to The New York Times. The newly formed Verizon Hearst Media Partners will launch RatedRed.com, a channel for "millennials from the heartland" that will offe … | Continue reading
VB EVENT: Jill Soley, VP of marketing at customer support software company Freshdesk, has joined us as one of our participants at the sixth annual VentureBeat Mobile Summit on April 4-5. The event focuses on strategies business leaders are using to drive significant mobile growth … | Continue reading
Voice calls are coming to Slack, and they begin rolling out in beta today. Testing will start in Slack's desktop apps and in Chrome. Someone with administrative privileges has to enable them, but once they're turned on, a phone icon should appear throughout the app, allowing anyo … | Continue reading
HBO announced today it would be expanding its streaming footprint with the launch of standalone streaming services in Brazil and Argentina, which are set to go live before the end of 2016. These join the recently announced standalone service arriving in Spain, also before year-en … | Continue reading
The Wintergartan Marble Machine, built by Swedish musician Martin Molin, is unlike anything I've ever seen before. Comprising 3,000 wooden pieces, and using 2,000 marbles, the elaborate music-box looks like a loom met a cotton gin and the two started making beautiful music togeth … | Continue reading
Join us at the coast! We’re looking for a stellar Public Relations Account Executive or Senior Account Executive Clearpoint Agency, an award-winning, boutique PR firm located in coastal Encinitas, is interviewing for a PR account executive with at least 3 years of experience or a … | Continue reading
Seeing a competitor in front of television cameras or mentioned in a major print article likely exasperates the company’s PR folks and their C-suite executives too, at least if the interview did not involve a scandal. PR and the executives probably believe the story should have f … | Continue reading
The Pentagon said on Wednesday it would invite vetted outside hackers to test the cybersecurity of some public U.S. Defense Department websites as part of a pilot project next month, in the first-ever such program offered by the federal government. | Continue reading
Just because your taste in cars is small doesn't mean your penchant for tech is equally diminutive.See also: Sorry, Tesla: The world’s fastest electric car is made in... Croatia?Enter the Audi Q2, which offers the roominess and outward visibility of an SUV, the exterior dimension … | Continue reading
Last year hackers stole sensitive records from over 100,000 350,000 700,000 people after a security breach of the IRS website. Hackers found a vulnerability in the ‘Get Transcript’ verification process and used this to amass some 700,000 names, Social Security numbers, addresses … | Continue reading
Of all the virtual reality headsets out there, the HTC Vive feels most like what science fiction visionaries promised us in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Yes, every single product evokes the same set of comparisons: jacking into the Matrix, hanging out on the Holodeck. These are always wron … | Continue reading
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly gave his first post-flight interviews in Kazakhstan today, after wrapping up a 340-day stay on the International Space Station. Kelly has only been back on Earth for a little over 12 hours now, but the former ISS commander briefly discussed what it's li … | Continue reading
Hands Free is Google's payment method that doesn't require you to handle cash, cards, or even your smartphone. | Continue reading
Star Wars: Battlefront has some new heroes, but we’re using the term loosely. Developer DICE revealed details today on the online shooter’s next expansion, Outer Rim. Notably, the downloadable content adds Sullustan pilot Nien Nunb as a hero for the Rebels and the Rodian bounty h … | Continue reading
A European Parliament event in Brussels today saw experts and regulators discuss the potential for encoding oversight into blockchain applications. | Continue reading
Google today released an experimental payments app called Hands Free, a service that lets you pay for items in stores without taking your phone out. The iOS and Android app relies on Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and location services to determine when you're nearby a participating retailer … | Continue reading
[appicon]It begins again! The original Badland [appprice url="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/badland/id535176909?mt=8"] was notorious for receiving new levels and features WELL after its original release in April of 2013. So when the sequel Badland 2 [appprice url="https://itune … | Continue reading
A Swedish musician by the name of Wintergatan has created and built an amazing musical instrument he calls the Marble Machine -- and you won't believe how good it sounds. | Continue reading
Debit and credit cards with Wells Fargo, one of the United States' largest banks, can now be used with Samsung Pay! | Continue reading
Today, using bitcoin as an investment tool is becoming an attractive option. Bitcoin financial businesses have been growing while new investment solutions have been coming to the digital currency ecosystem. The bitcoin Industry is stronger than ever. New players and big rounds of … | Continue reading
This Monday, the bitcoin community woke up to the beginning of a new week and a new month. As the day progresses, they thought that their worst fears about the bitcoin network are coming true. The bitcoin network was overloaded and transactions were taking unusually longer to get … | Continue reading
Google today announced that Google Docs, the web and mobile app for composing web-based documents, is getting a few new templates. These are in addition to the document templates Google introduced last year. But the new ones are special, Google will tell you, because they were de … | Continue reading
Part of the big update to Google Docs back in September was the introduction of new and useful templates to help users of the service start up common types of documents quickly. The company has now taken that one step further, announcing today that it has created new templates ‘d … | Continue reading
Home furnishings site Dot & Bo is expanding into workplace design, with the launch of Dot & Bo for Business. The e-commerce startup will be offering a free styling service to other startups and businesses who are looking to find the right vibe for their offices. Read More | Continue reading
As marketers look at the American population, there are four living generations for them to address. This four-infographic series is designed to give a quick glimpse into what makes each of these generations tick. Traditionalists are the parents of Baby Boomers, grandparents of G … | Continue reading
The world is awash with productivity apps, from well-known, multi-use tools like Evernote, Slack and Trello, to niche tools like the Hemingway App and RescueTime. Yet, we all still struggle with maximizing productivity, particularly in larger organizational teams. Why? With so ma … | Continue reading
The U.S. Department of Defense is rapidly ramping up its cyber efforts to combat the operations of terrorist organization ISIL, or ISIS. Speaking at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter yesterday described the importance of disrupting ISIL’s … | Continue reading
Another chance to participate in TechCrunch Include Office Hours is here. On March 18th, Santi Subotovsky and Alison Wagonfeld of Emergence Capital will join TechCrunch editors to provide advice and feedback to startups. Launched in 2014, Include is TechCrunch’s diversity program … | Continue reading
Carmelo Anthony is apologizing for his interaction with a fan during the New York Knicks' latest loss. | Continue reading
Uber announced today that it was expanding its carpool service to the East Bay cities of Oakland, Berkeley, and Alameda, in a bid to appeal to residents who want to use the ride-hail service to commute to work in San Francisco. UberPool, in which riders pay a cheaper fare to shar … | Continue reading
The former CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, now executive chairman of its parent company Alphabet, is about to start helping the military improve what it does by borrowing concepts and ideas straight from Silicon Valley. Schmidt will chair the new 12-person Defense Innovation Advisor … | Continue reading
Clash Royale [Free], Supercell's latest game, has just released worldwide, and I'm sure many of you will be playing it for the first time today. So, we thought you'll probably need some help getting the most out of the game because the more you win, the more fun you'll have. And … | Continue reading
Slack was being cheeky when yesterday it said voice chat would start testing “very, very soon”. Today the new “Calls” feature starting rolling out on Slack for desktop. It lets you start a private Slack Call or launch a conference call in a channel that anyone can join with a cli … | Continue reading
At a time when everything is being made “smarter,” the time has come for a smart receipt. That note you receive in paper format or electronically after making a purchase hasn’t really evolved for decades, and merchants are losing out on a potentially valuable touch point. FlexRec … | Continue reading
A second piece of the lost MH370 airliner may have washed ashore in Mozambique. Malaysian Airlines officials and Mozambique authorities are both urging caution until the part is confirmed, but there aren't very many 777s losing horizontal stabilizers in that part of the world. | Continue reading
The U.S. Department of Defense today announced the formation of a new Defense Innovation Advisory Board, with the idea of improving the department with help from people in the private sector from Silicon Valley and other areas. Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google’s umb … | Continue reading
A new limited time event has been discovered in Diablo 3 paying tribute to late Blizzard artist Kevin Kanai Griffith.As spotted by astute Reddit users, visiting the Immortal Throne at the Ruins of Sescheron now leads to a secret cow level called "Kanai's Stomping Grounds," named … | Continue reading
Alphabet executive chairman Eric Schmidt will chair a new advisory board for the Department of Defense, according to a statement from the department released today. The Defense Innovation Advisory Board will comprise up to 12 people from the private sector, meant to use their exp … | Continue reading
VB WEBINAR: The VC landscape for martech remains one of the hottest areas of investment. In this essential webinar, our VB analyst and panel of venture capitalists will fill you in what’s getting commitment from investors — and what you need to do to do get their attention. Regis … | Continue reading