Ben Holmes, founder of SpaceVR, said that his startup has raised $1.25 million to send a virtual reality camera into space as a satellite, orbiting the Earth and taking 3D imagery of the planet and outer space. Holmes said that the satellite will be launched into space in early 2 … | Continue reading
Where to write? That's difficult to say. I run through 3 of the best places to write if you're an author and you work remotely. | Continue reading
Read on for the key elements of a successful local PPC strategy, a few tips on how to execute it, and what to expect after you execute. | Continue reading
The League, the dating startup that’s maybe-maybe-not elitist, is launching version 2.0 in a new city — Los Angeles. Founder and CEO Amanda Bradford said The League has already rolled out the updated app to users in its existing markets, New York and San Francisco, without much f … | Continue reading
Mast Mobile today announced that its service is now supported on Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 Edge, S6, and S6 Edge smartphones with Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Mast originally launched in February, but was only available on the iPhone.Mast's pitch is that it allows two phone numbers to wo … | Continue reading
Rick Osterloh is coming back to Google. The former president of Motorola, who left the Lenovo-led handset maker last month, has been hired by Google to run a new division to unify the company’s disparate hardware projects, Re/code has learned. Continue reading… | Continue reading
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If you've been following the news about Uber's landmark $100 million settlement with its drivers in California and Massachusetts, you may think that tipping your driver is now a thing. After all, Uber said it would now allow drivers to start soliciting tips as part of the agreeme … | Continue reading
YouTubers will soon be able to receive revenue made during Content ID claim disputes.As is, if a YouTuber uploads a video and someone else claims the video was theirs first, YouTube prevents anyone from receiving revenue while the situation is sorted. This is unfortunate for thos … | Continue reading
Never get ambushed by apps again thanks to a new flag in the Google Play Store. | Continue reading
The human microbiome is one of the most mysterious subjects in modern medicine, but two studies published today in Science are helping to change that. By drawing on the gut bacteria of nearly 4000 subjects across Belgium and the Netherlands, scientists found new evidence that a p … | Continue reading
Following yet another quarter of sluggish user growth, social networking company Twitter has made a change as to how its flagship mobile application is categorized on Apple’s iTunes App Store. Instead of competing against Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, Pinterest, and o … | Continue reading
"They don't make 'em like they used to!" is an expression that does not apply to Jeff Vogel and his development studio Spiderweb Software. He began making in-depth RPGs for desktop computers back in 1994, and has continued to do so for the past two decades while retaining the old … | Continue reading
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone is ready to take the wraps off Jelly 2.0, a reimagining of his failed Q&A app that's now less social network and more search engine. The product, now live for iOS and available on the web, allows you to ask questions anonymously and the app will then … | Continue reading
You can now draw your own face over your face, or draw clothes on yourself in Periscope. Pericope's new doodling feature, which it began testing earlier this month, is now available for iOS, The Next Web reports. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Is it distinctly un-Buddha-like to see a new gadget and say, "I want one?" Probably, but that's what this one inspires: The New York Times and others report that a 1000-year-old temple in Beijing, China is using an adorable robot named Xian'er to help impart the teachings of Budd … | Continue reading
Google’s OnHub routers are getting a little bit smarter today with the help of IFTTT, the online tool that allows you to easily connect different online services and platforms. Thanks to this, you can now automatically prioritize traffic from your Apple TV or Xbox when you want t … | Continue reading
Facebook released its biannual transparency report today, detailing the requests for user data it received from government agencies in the second half of 2015. The report includes requests received by Facebook as well as Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram. Facebook also disclosed … | Continue reading
Microsoft today announced many updates to its OneNote note-taking app. Probably the most interesting new feature is support for videos in notes on OneNote for Windows 10, Mac, and iOS. This addition arrived in the desktop Windows app in November; now it’s more widely available. V … | Continue reading
Frequent bitcoin- and blockchain-focused investment firm Digital Currency Group now sees Western Union as an investor in a new funding round. Money-transfer giant Western Union is Digital Currency Group’s newest investor, in a new funding round. Digital Currency Group (DCG) is al … | Continue reading
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has received a "101 trailer" in which cyborg security expert Adam Jensen gruffly explains the ins and outs of Eidos Montreal's upcoming sci-fi stealth adventure.Set in 2029, we follow Jensen as he fights terrorism in a world where augmented people are per … | Continue reading
Every July, San Diego turns into the massive geek mecca known as Comic-Con — but despite having an impressive lineup of fan-friendly films, it looks like 20th Century Fox won't be participating in the show's bombastic Hall H presentations this year. The Wrap reports that Fox is s … | Continue reading
Samsung is all-in on virtual reality, as if it were the next smartphone. The latest estimates from global market research firm TrendForce show the virtual reality market growing from under $7 billion today to $70 billion in 2020. In the next ten years, it’s estimated that there … | Continue reading
Australian stock transfer company Computershare is working with a UK-based blockchain startup to create securities registries using the technology. | Continue reading
Advantage of higher security is added to these factors increasing the level of automation in finance surely sounds lucrative. | Continue reading
Carly Fiorina brings to the Ted Cruz campaign a proven ability to go toe-to-toe with Cruz arch rival Donald Trump. Here are some of the sharpest exchanges between Fiorina and the GOP front-runner. Photo: AP | Continue reading
Samsung is pushing hard into the Internet of Things, and in an effort to show off its new ARTIK IoT platform, the company created Otto, a personal assistant robot similar to the Amazon Echo, but a bit creepier. Otto has a microphone and speaker, can answer questions when prompted … | Continue reading
With a full slate of superhero movies being release in 2016, including "Captain America: Civil War" in May, is the comic-book genre destined to burn out? WSJ's Michael Calia explores. Photo: Marvel Studios. | Continue reading
With Nilay out, Dieter brings in the editor of Circuit Breaker, Paul Miller, and news editor Jake Kastrenakes to discuss this week in tech. Racked senior reporter Nicola Fumo engages the hype matrix in this week's episode of Vergecast. Tune in at 4:30PM ET / 1:30PM PT / 8:30PM GM … | Continue reading
I am really glad PC games like League of Legends don't have a /played command to see your cumulative play time, as mine would be... Horrifying. I play a ton of PC MOBA's, but really have yet to find one on mobile that has really grabbed my attention for very long. Titan Brawl is … | Continue reading
LG was fast out of the gate with the Marshmallow updates for its flagships, and now users of the LG G3 on AT&T and T-Mobile can look forward to their own update notification. | Continue reading
The iPhone camera has spawned an entire generation of "iPhoneographers," but often times, those fans have to use additional accessories to capture a particular shot. And there are still limitations even with those add-ons — one phone can only handle so many accessories. A company … | Continue reading
The Division might have to fight an outbreak in New York City, but it doesn’t have a recruiting problem. Research group SuperData released info on digital game sales in March, and Ubisoft’s online shooter took first place from all digital console games by making $109 million. The … | Continue reading
If you think Tickle Me Elmo is freaky already, wait until those talking monsters can beat you at Jeopardy!. Sesame Workshop, the educational nonprofit behind Sesame Street and its iconic characters, this week announced a partnership with IBM Watson to develop edtech for pre-schoo … | Continue reading
For cryptocurrency enthusiasts, there are quite a few options where they can do business in regards to trading and exchanging one type of digital currency for another via a digital exchange. Some exchanges offer sophisticated trading options with limiting, stop order and more. Ho … | Continue reading
Google’s cool OnHub router (no, really, it’s pretty neat for a router) now supports IFTTT, letting you automate just about anything connected in your home. IFTTT lets users create ‘recipes’ that trigger actions based on initiators. When you arrive home, your phone may connect to … | Continue reading
A young girl trying to capture the perfect Snapchat is nothing out of the ordinary — but a speeding selfie comes with its costs. A new lawsuit alleges that Snapchat's speed filter, which lets users display the speed at which they're moving while taking a photo, encourages reckles … | Continue reading
It took me 55 days, but I finally have the Prince. One of the most powerful characters in Supercell’s Clash Royale is very hard to earn without paying real money in the free-to-play mobile game. But after getting lucky and patiently biding my time, I was finally able to secure th … | Continue reading
Calling it an “un-pivot,” Biz Stone is bringing back the original Jelly concept. Launching today, the new and improved Jelly remains a Q&A platform, but with an added twist. This time, everything is anonymous so you can ask what you really want to know. Referring to the new Jelly … | Continue reading
IBM has made a big leap forward in the ability of its Watson artificial intelligence computer to recognize conversational speech. Last year, IBM was able to hold conversations in which the AI recognized English conversational speech with an 8 percent word error rate. Now IBM’s Wa … | Continue reading
You know entrepreneurship has gone mainstream when a local Shark Tank hits cable TV. I was approached by the Shark Tank production team in Mexico to recommend startups for the show. I sent some names of candidates that had not yet received institutional capital nor angel investme … | Continue reading
The third time may be the charm for Twitter cofounder Biz Stone. Jelly, the Q&A startup the Twitter cofounder created alongside Ben Finkel, has just opened up to the public, launching more than four months after the company announced its “un-pivot.” Now the company is one that St … | Continue reading
Birth rates among black and Hispanic teenagers have fallen by nearly half in the last 10 years, according to a new analysis released by the CDC. That decrease is the result of community-centric initiatives aimed at those communities, which have helped bring the overall birth rate … | Continue reading
Google has just made a change to its mobile application storefront, Google Play, which will help customers make better decisions about the apps they want to download: it’s now displaying if an app contains advertisements. This label will now appear alongside the existing designat … | Continue reading
If you're new to the Deus Ex universe — or it's just been a while since you've played — the latest trailer for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is a great way to get up to speed. The six-minute-long clip is narrated by protagonist Adam Jensen, as he outlines the state of the dystopic wor … | Continue reading
HP is starting to make Chromebooks exciting again. This morning, it unveiled the Chromebook 13, a slim, all-metal laptop that looks nicer than most Chromebooks that came before it. It should run better than most Chromebooks that came before it, too.We had a chance to check out th … | Continue reading
First-person puzzle shooter Superhot is coming to Xbox One on 3rd May.Originally it was scheduled to arrive on Microsoft's console back in March, but it got delayed.Superhot, for those who don't know, is a minimalist first-person shooter where time only moves when you do. As a re … | Continue reading
On yesterday's investor call, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was asked how the machine learning technology behind its recent introduction of bots to Messenger would manifest itself in the future. "So the biggest thing that we're focused on with artificial intelligence i … | Continue reading