Nintendo’s mobile debut is going well. 1.6 million people downloaded the publisher’s Miitomo social platform in the U.S. alone from March 31 through April 3, according to industry-tracking firm Sensor Tower. That number includes both iOS and Android, and it doesn’t include the da … | Continue reading
VB WEBINAR: Think of it as a free crash course from top experts who can make sense of the sometimes incomprehensible. We’ve taken the complexities of mobile app acquisition and monetization — from the best tools to the best practices — and broken it down into a 6-part webinar ser … | Continue reading
Generally speaking, I'm not the sort of gamebook fan that replays books terribly often after finishing them. I'm usually okay with getting whatever story and ending comes from my choices, so long as it's an ending and not a "game over". With The Daring Mermaid Expedition [Free], … | Continue reading
Phoenix Suns guard Brandon Knight yesterday underwent successful surgery to treat a sports hernia. The surgery was performed by Dr. William Meyers in Philadelphia. Knight has already begun rehabilitation and will return to Phoenix next week. | Continue reading
At 4:43 pm EST, SpaceX successfully launched their next resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS). In addition to a seamless launch, SpaceX landed the first stage of their Falcon 9 rocket on an autonomous drone ship for the very first time. 1st stage has landed on … | Continue reading
One of the biggest rumors surrounding the iPhone 7 is that Apple is adding a second camera module (at least on the Plus model), and it makes a lot more sense than you might realize. After all, other manufacturers have already caught on. LG’s G5 comes with a ultra-wide angle lens, … | Continue reading
SpaceX has finally landed its Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship, following four failed attempts. Before landing, the rocket had been on mission to deliver cargo for the International Space Station. It included an inflatable habitat – basically a bouncy castle, in space. Elon Musk, … | Continue reading
NexDock, the hardware concept that your laptop should be powered by the mobile device of your choice, just got one step closer to reality. The $149 laptop shell that extends your smartphone, tablet, or PC stick has passed its $300,000 funding goal on Indiegogo. Indeed, NexDock co … | Continue reading
It’s not just savvy PC gamers who have worries about virtual reality privacy. Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota sent a letter to Oculus chief executive officer Brendan Iribe on Thursday expressing his concern over the privacy policy for the company’s Rift virtual reality headset, via … | Continue reading
As we’ve said, the battle between Apple and the FBI is just the beginning of a broader debate about device security and national securityExperts and participants on both sides of the issue have agreed that this is something Congress should weigh in on. And now it has.SEE ALSO: Th … | Continue reading
Developers and designers are still figuring out movement in this crazy virtual reality thing. Some early games have you walking around in a space no bigger than a small room, others have you teleporting, and some even turn you into a virtual camera while controlling a character f … | Continue reading
(Reuters) – A U.S. magistrate judge in Boston in February ordered Apple to assist law enforcement officers in examining the iPhone of an alleged gang member, according to a court filing unsealed on Friday. “Reasonable technical assistance consists of, to the extent possible, extr … | Continue reading
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on Friday with a cargo ship bound for the International Space Station and the launch vehicle's reusable main-stage booster set to attempt a quick return landing on an ocean platform, NASA said. | Continue reading
Digital currency exchange service ShapeShift is offline after a security incident earlier this week. | Continue reading
SpaceX has finally landed its Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship at sea, after launching the vehicle into space this afternoon. It's the first time the company has been able to pull off an ocean landing, after four previous attempts ended in failure. Today's success is a crucial mil … | Continue reading
SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station this afternoon, marking the first time the company has sent cargo to the station after its last resupply mission failed in June. Continue reading… | Continue reading
There’s a new bot in town (Tokyo, specifically), and while it might not be as cute as Nao, as creepy as Spot and BigDog, or as anthropomorphic as Atlas, it might be more practical than all of them. It walks on two legs, but not like a man, or even a bear. This one, designed by Al … | Continue reading
A newly discovered Apple patent could mean the end to physical keyboards on MacBooks. Dubbed ‘Zero Travel,’ the patent aims to turn your existing keyboard into a flat surface — like typing on a screen. The patent identifies using haptic feedback as a means to let you know you’ve … | Continue reading
Twitter has acquired Peer, an employee and manager feedback tool launched by former Salesforce COO George Hu, the startup quietly announced yesterday. Peer sought to reinvent performance reviews and create an environment where employees could monitor their performance continuousl … | Continue reading
The Samsung Galaxy J1 is a solid entry-level device that does away with flash and flair in favor of nuts-and-bolts reliability on a budget. | Continue reading
Quantum Break launched for PCs this week, delivering all the lousy performance you'd expect from an absolutely top-notch terrible console port. Poor Nvidia optimizations, driver crashes, frame rate stutters, and odd frame rates abound in this brilliant example of how not to port … | Continue reading
Solid Snake voice actor David Hayter may have been replaced by Kiefer Sutherland, but the classic Metal Gear Solid actor is sure getting a lot of mileage out of the role as he just reprised his most well known character in a Ford commercial.That's right, the car manufacturer coll … | Continue reading
As more and more online content ends up hosted on Facebook, it becomes more important for Facebook to provide ways for publishers and creators to make money. That’s why some changes announced today to the social network’s branded content and ads policies could be a big deal.Under … | Continue reading
Seeking mobile success is a familiar “tale” for companies that traditionally publish console games. Japanese game publisher Bandai Namco, known for games like Pac-Man, announced today that the free-to-play Tales of Link has launched for iOS and Android. This a mobile entry in the … | Continue reading
Volumes in the bitcoin markets declined amid price stability that some traders indicate is scaring away business. | Continue reading
A watermelon and several hundred rubber bands just helped prove why Facebook is betting so heavily on live video.More than 800,00 people tuned in to a Facebook Live Friday to watch as two BuzzFeed staffers attempted to explode a watermelon with rubber bands. SEE ALSO: This is how … | Continue reading
Ford has launched the lease-sharing program it announced earlier this year, starting with three dealerships in Austin, Texas. It's called Ford Credit Link and it's sort of similar friends and family plan from a cellular carrier, but for sharing a car.Having your own car is nice. … | Continue reading
For 30 minutes this afternoon, the world stood still to watch two BuzzFeed employees wrap rubber bands around a watermelon. It was the most ridiculous use of Facebook's new Live video feature imaginable, and yet it was some of the most compelling live content the world has ever s … | Continue reading
I’ve already hurt myself in virtual reality, and now I’m hurting animals. Please don’t call PETA. I sat on my cat because I was trying to sit down in virtual reality. While wearing my HTC Vive headset, I noticed that a simulated recliner lined up pretty well with the real-world r … | Continue reading
SpaceX is lofting nearly 7,000 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station — the first time that Elon Musk's rockets will resupply the ISS since the company's failed cargo mission last June. Continue reading… | Continue reading
There are two Slitherine games that I've been waiting to play on iOS, but it had been a while since we'd heard any news on a possible release date. Those games were Heroes of Normandie, the digital port of the slightly over-the-top tabletop board game, and Gettysburg: The Tide Tu … | Continue reading
"We may be on the cusp of a safety innovation revolution," said Mark Rosekind, who runs the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), kicking off the federal government's first public hearing on self-driving cars. Over 200 people attended the hearing Friday at the U … | Continue reading
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BMW just launched a new car-sharing service called ReachNow that will enable Seattle residents to access 400 cars that they can pick up and drop off pretty much wherever they like, as long as that’s not on the outskirts of town. Eventually, the idea is to expand into cities natio … | Continue reading
Yesterday I just tried to debug an ES6 Node.js application using Visual Studio Code and noticed that I couldn't remote debug. So I just asked on Twitter and got some replies from Erich Gamma and Andre Weinand today: @alexzeitler_ @code pls see the remote debugging section here ht … | Continue reading
How do we create serendipity in analytics when serendipity, by definition, is a happy event created by chance? | Continue reading
See data from successful blogs on Quora, discover how to start a Quora blog for your business, and more. This is the ultimate guide to blogging on Quora... | Continue reading
Louis Tomlinson used to be the least-famous member of One Direction.Since the band’s inception in 2011, Zayn Malik was the beautiful one, with the best voice; Niall Horan was the funny one with the charming accent and the bottle-blonde hair; Liam Payne was "Daddy Direction," a ru … | Continue reading
A test unit of the HTC VIve may be coming to a Gamestop or Microsoft store near you as early as this month. | Continue reading
The solo act of flying a drone is oddly better in a group setting. DJI, a leading consumer drone manufacturer, is introducing a new app for iOS and Android to help you find some people to fly with. Dubbed DJI+ Discover, the app does just about everything DJI’s piloting app doesn’ … | Continue reading
Phil Libin has made his first investment since joining General Catalyst in a bot company called Begin that’s co-founded by GDGT co-founder Ryan Block, who left AOL Alpha in September last year to pursue the new venture.This is Libin’s first investment in bots, but it certainly wo … | Continue reading
One device will have a full keyboard, the other will have a full touchscreen. No release date targets or pricing was given in the source interview. | Continue reading
Daimler, parent company of Mercedes-Benz, is the closest thing that BMW has to an arch-nemesis — so it's not a huge surprise to see that Daimler's Car2Go car sharing service has lobbed some remarks today at ReachNow, a similar service from BMW that just launched in Seattle. … | Continue reading
Uber driver Michael Spelletz is launching a new ride sharing service with a twist: all the drivers and passengers will be women. Chariot for Women will be active in the Boston area on April 19. But does the world need another ride sharing service? Especially one so specific? It t … | Continue reading
Ryan Murphy's The People vs. O.J. Simpson may have just come to a close, but ESPN's almost eight-hour documentary, O.J.: Made in America, is still looming on the horizon. The first trailer for the documentary is out now, via The Hollywood Reporter. Continue reading… | Continue reading
This one’s for you, procrastinators. We are giving you one extra week to get tickets to Disrupt NY at the early-bird price point of $1,995 per ticket, a full $1,000 off the full retail price of $2,995. You now have until next Friday, April 15, to get in on this incredible discoun … | Continue reading
Publishers make an increasing percentage of their revenues through so-called "branded content" — articles and videos that look and feel like standard editorial products, but paid for by advertisers. At the same time, publishers' audiences are increasingly migrating from their web … | Continue reading
This summer, the Japanese government is set to begin testing a system that would allow foreign tourists to verify their identities and purchase goods and services using nothing more than a fingerprint. Ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, Japan sought to prevent … | Continue reading