In San Andreas, Google's self-driving car still needs some work

Google might have just signed a deal with Chrysler to build self-driving minivans, but it'll be a few years before you'll be able to actually buy one. Much research must be done to make them ready for the public. That's true in the satirist world of Grand Theft Auto V, too.Google … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Article: IT Professionals in Australia See Benefits, and Barriers, to Cloud Technologies

IT professionals worldwide are embracing the benefits of the cloud. In Australia, many cite increased infrastructure flexibility and agility, as well as eliminating responsibility for maintenance of underlying infrastructure, as leading benefits. | Continue reading


@emarketer.com | 8 years ago

Article: Desktops, Consoles Most Used Devices Among Frequent Gamers

More than half of US frequent gamers—who play video games at least three hours per week—use their desktop, laptop or dedicated game console to do so. | Continue reading


@emarketer.com | 8 years ago

Article: For Social Media Marketers, Facebook Produces the Best ROI

Nearly all social media marketers worldwide believe Facebook produces the best ROI and is essential to social media marketing success, a March 2016 survey revealed. | Continue reading


@emarketer.com | 8 years ago

Article: Banking via Smartphones Skews Younger in France

In France, digital banking users ages 35 and younger are far more likely to access their banking services via a smartphone than a tablet. Older generations use both devices for their banking needs, not necessarily preferring one over the other. | Continue reading


@emarketer.com | 8 years ago

Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 05/05/2016 – Eyes on Triangle Resistance!

Bitcoin Price Key Highlights Bitcoin price bounced off the symmetrical triangle support as predicted in the earlier blog post. Price is now setting its sights back on the triangle resistance around $450. Technical indicators are suggesting that a selloff might be in order. Bitcoi … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 8 years ago

Apple, Facebook and other tech firms urge presidential candidates to support encryption as ‘critical security tool’ and more

(Reuters) – Thirteen U.S. industry groups representing technology companies Amazon, Uber, Apple, Facebook and others are pushing for the next U.S. president to support the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal and to make it easier to hire high-tech workers from abroad, acco … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Out Now: 'Hungry Shark World', 'INKS.', 'Black Hole Joyrider', 'CarneyVale: Showtime', 'Final Meteor', 'Hexcells' Trilogy, 'Joan Mad Run', 'Super Smash the Office', 'Never Gone' and More

It's that time of week again where a big ol' batch of new iOS games bust onto the App Store scene. It feels like only yesterday that we had a huge list of new iOS games to sort out, but it was actually a whole week ago. I checked a calendar and everything. With the | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

The Art of Turning Instagram Likes Into Sales - #infographic

Are you wondering how to leverage those Instagram 'Likes' to generate revenue for your organization? Here are four effective ways to convert your fans into loyal customers. | Continue reading


@digitalinformationworld.com | 8 years ago

Instagram's new business profiles spotted in the wild

If you use Instagram to promote your business, you may soon have more ways to connect with potential customers.Instagram is testing new profile pages for businesses that feature large "contact" buttons, which make it easier to connect directly with the companies running the accou … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Battleborn Tap arrives in the Play Store

It's a very different kind of game than its PC and console counterpart, but if you're looking for tap-happy action, look no further than Battleborn Tap. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Sci-fi master John Carpenter dives into virtual reality in new music video

John Carpenter is the one of the masters of cinematic science fiction and horror (The Thing, Escape From New York, Halloween), but he's also a long time electronic musician, and his latest album, Lost Themes II, is just as gripping as his films. But what really stands out is the … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Microgravity contest takes students and experiments on the vomit comet

FOX’s “Xploration Outer Space” show is teaming up with Arlington, Va.-based ZERO-G Corporation, which operates weightless flights from U.S. airports. The reason they’re collaborating: to create the ultimate consolation prize for college students who were just too young to apply t … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Dark Souls 3 player defeats one of its hardest bosses in one hit

Dark Souls 3 players who have reached the game's second half will no doubt remember Pontiff Sulyvahn, the dual-wielding cleric with an obnoxious habit of duplicating himself. But there's a way to slaughter this sadistic boss in only one hit, though it requires a witch's brew of b … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Periscope is beta testing a feature that may let you save streams forever

Periscope is fantastic for live broadcasts, but it will only save your streams for 24 hours (if you choose that option). A new beta feature could solve that issue, and make it easier to save your streams indefinitely. With a simple hashtag in the title of your stream, Periscope w … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

The Obamas celebrate Star Wars Day with a stormtrooper dance party

Nobody is safe from Star Wars on May the 4th — not even the Emperor President. The White House has posted a cute little video to celebrate the day that shows Barack and Michelle Obama dancing to "Uptown Funk" alongside a duo of stormtroopers. R2-D2 is there too, and it appears to … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Garmin’s new vívomove watch blurs the line between classic timepiece and activity tracker

Garmin today has introduced the vívomove. Not only is this a sexy analog watch, it also doubles as an activity tracker. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

GoPro camera takes us into space on back of a test rocket, and it’s beautiful

Thanks to NASA and companies like SpaceX, amazing footage of rockets traveling into space have become fairly common. However, a new video shot with the GoPro Hero 4 emerged Wednesday that is particularly stunning, no matter how much space footage you've seenThe crystal clear, hig … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Periscope makes replays permanent if you put #Save in the title

Periscope added its biggest missing feature today in a move that could make it more palatable to brands and social stars, and help it compete with Facebook Live. You can now permanently save replays of your broadcasts by including #Save in their title. Previously, broadcasts disa … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

No one organizes any crime on Slack, apparently

Following the lead of other major tech companies, Slack released its second annual transparency report today, revealing that it has received a grand total of one government request for user data. Just one. The number is somewhat remarkable when compared with the rest of the indus … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

We're Streaming iOS Games Live on Mobcrush [Wednesday Night with Carter]

We're streaming live on Mobcrush right now. There's a couple different ways you can watch the stream, and they all work equally well and it's really just a matter of personal preference as to which method you prefer. The easiest way to watch is just watching the embedded player r … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

How consolidations will play out in the transportation, food and entertainment industries

There has been no shortage of thoughtful articles exploring a bubble in technology. I would argue that the world has already been transformed, and there is no bubble in the purest sense. Instead of massive flameouts that leave everyone burned, I think we are going to see a wave o … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Man sets Guinness World Record by spending 25 straight hours in virtual reality

Proving not all heroes wear capes, Derek Westerman swapped reality for virtual reality as he donned a HTC Vive and painted in VR for 25 hours. “While many people, especially gamers, have spent a lot of time in Virtual Reality, it seemed important to set an official Guinness recor … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

LG Stylo 2 arrives on Cricket May 13th, priced at $170

On May 13th the LG Stylo 2 will arrive to Cricket priced at $170 and packing decent entry-level specs, alongside Android 6.0 Marshmallow based software. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Millions of email names, passwords hacked in giant data breach, report says

More than 250 million email usernames and passwords have been breached and are being used by "Russia's criminal underworld," according to a Reuters report. SEE ALSO: Biggest-ever U.S. data breach hits 100 million people with bank accountsHold Security's Alex Holden, who reported … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Oculus’s new COO has shipped a gadget before: Fitbit’s Hans Hartmann

Oculus announced today that it has brought on board Fitbit’s Hans Hartmann as its new chief operating officer, replacing Laird Malamed who had assumed that post since the company’s founding. Malamed will be taking on an unspecified executive role aimed at “helping [Oculus] scale … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Twitter updates its Mac app with Moments and poll support

Twitter is doing what it can to make its Mac app more appealing. In an update out today, the company is bringing over its Moments tab from the mobile and web versions of the site. Moments, first introduced back in October, is designed to make Twitter more palatable for the causal … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

U.S. chief data scientist: Entrepreneurs should do a ‘tour of duty’ in government

There’s no question that the U.S. government has data on every single American and likely much of it was given up voluntarily and anonymously. Whether it’s for things like the census, housing, agriculture, transportation, or health care, federal agencies have accumulated a lot of … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Kasich's Moderation No Match in Year of Insurgents

Ohio Gov. John Kasich announced he was dropping out of the Republican presidential race, leaving front-runner Donald Trump as the last man standing. Photo: AP | Continue reading


@live.wsj.com | 8 years ago

Hulu to stream cable TV in 2017

Hulu is bringing live cable television to your computer screen or mobile device in early 2017, and you can expect to pay about $40 per month for it. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Addiction Specialist Sheds Light on Prince's Death

An attorney for a California addiction specialist said at a press conference Wednesday that doctors planned a medical intervention to help Prince with his alleged use of painkillers, but failed to reach the popstar before his sudden death on April 21. Photo: Getty | Continue reading


@live.wsj.com | 8 years ago

Fitbit says 'exciting' new products are coming by end of year

Fitbit CEO James Park said during the company's first-quarter earnings call today that it is planning on introducing "exciting new products" heading into the holiday season this year, though Park didn't specify exactly what those Fitbit products will be.It's not a huge surprise, … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Survey: The average Mac developer is a white dude in his 30s who really wants to learn Swift

According to a recently published survey, the average Mac developer is white, male — and uses JavaScript (but really wants to learn Swift). Details come via Git Tower, which had just under 7,300 respondents to its survey. A wide range of questions spanned everything from age and … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Bitly and Shoppable CEOs debate omnichannel success tactics (VB Live)

VB LIVE: No matter the touchpoint, the channel, or the device they use, a customer is still just one person. Learn how to treat them that way and adopt an effective omnichannel strategy that unifies the customer experience with Bitly’s and Shoppable’s CEOs as well as VB analyst S … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Vice and ESPN Team Up To Produce Sports Shows

ESPN and Vice Media are planning to make shows and share content on each other's TV channels and digital platforms. WSJ's Lee Hawkins explains the partnership. | Continue reading


@live.wsj.com | 8 years ago

Cloud-seeding drones are a thing now

Humans have always wanted to control the weather. Also, drones are cool. Put those together and you've got the "Sandoval Silver State Seeder," a new drone built by the Desert Research Institute which deploys silver-iodide flares to kick off rain fall. The cloud seeding drone just … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

'Star Wars: Commander' Gets New 'Squad Wars' Multiplayer Mode

Disney's Star Wars raiding-strategy game Star Wars: Commander [Free] has gotten another huge update just in time for Star Wars Day on May the 4th (be with you). The game has a new multiplayer feature called Squad Wars, where you and your 15-person squad engage in interesting new … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

Free Code Camp survey reveals demographics of self-taught coders

If you’ve ever wondered who exactly is signing up for all these free learn-at-home coding classes and tutorial websites, Free Code Camp (which is one of them) has kindly surveyed 15,624 users with regard to various basic demographics and some more code-centric items. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Disney wants to write a very big check to buy part of MLB’s video streaming company

Last month we told you that Disney would like to invest in BAM Tech, the video tech business that pro baseball’s MLB Advanced Media unit would like to spin off.It still does. Here’s a brief update: Disney is willing to write a very big check to buy into BAM Tech.Industry sources … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder Booed and Heckled

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, who has drawn deep criticism for his role in the Flint water crisis, was loudly booed and heckled as he spoke to about 1,000 students, teachers and residents at Northwestern High School Wednesday. Photo: Fox News | Continue reading


@live.wsj.com | 8 years ago

Oculus snags Fitbit exec Hans Hartmann as new COO

Oculus is bringing a new COO aboard as it perhaps looks to double down on tightening things up logistics-wise. Fitbit COO Hans Hartmann will be jumping ship and joining the virtual reality company owned by Facebook according to a tweet from Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe. Hartmann, who … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Roost’s new smoke detectors will alert your phone if they sense danger

Roost's smart smoke alarm connects to Wi-Fi, comes with a companion app, and lets you know when it's low on battery. The alarm also alerts you and your loved ones when it detects smoke, just to make sure everyone is good and worried. It relies on Roost's smart battery, which conn … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Siri's creators will unveil their new AI bot on Monday

Shortly after being purchased by Apple, two of Siri's founders left the company to begin creating yet another AI assistant. It's called Viv, and The Washington Post reports that it'll be unveiled to the world on Monday.Viv is essentially meant to be Siri, but good. It's an AI ass … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

The guy who dreamed up the Chevy Jolt just wants GM to build cool EVs

The Chevy Jolt isn't real, but Matt Teske really wants it to be. Teske is a marketing and branding consultant for the car industry and an electric vehicle fan. He invented the car and its brilliant spoof website. He owns a Chevy Volt and his wife has a Chevy Spark EV (electric ve … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

3 potential holes in WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption

GUEST: It’s been almost a month since, right on the heels of the Apple vs FBI showdown, WhatsApp added fresh fuel to the already hot encryption debate when it announced it was enabling end-to-end encryption for all of its 1 billion users. As of April 5, every message, every video … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Tesla sets July 1, 2017 production date for Model 3, but there's a catch

Tesla has set a Model 3 production date of July 1, 2017. Of course, there's a caveat.SEE ALSO: Ahead of Model 3, Tesla leases new warehouses, loses 2 product chiefsElon Musk revealed during the Tesla first quarter earnings call Wednesday afternoon that Tesla has told its third-pa … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Forex Broker Inc – Visit the Trading Academy and Learn Forex Trading Techniques

Forex Broker Inc. is a trading platform registered in the Marshall Islands, with its headquarters in Belize and the European Offices in Malta. The company is a very reputable Forex broker always trying to do its absolute best to increase its traders’ profits through its several b … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 8 years ago

'Thumb Drift' Gets Cars Inspired by Rooster Teeth, Regular Car Reviews, and More

[appicon]SMG Studio's keeping the new cars coming to the fun Thumb Drift [appprice url="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/thumb-drift-furious-one-touch/id1001425491?mt=8"]. 12 new cars in total have been added to the game, several focusing on guests from across internet and automob … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago