After a closed beta test and soft launch, Snail Games has globally-launched their action-RPG sequel Taichi Panda: Heroes [Free] on to the App Store and Google Play. This time around, you'll be commanding a team of heroes, including the eponymous fighting panda, into battle, where … | Continue reading
CoinDesk goes inside Barclays' latest distributed ledger trial, showcasing how it is digitizing smart contract templates on R3's new ledger Corda. | Continue reading
Talkshow, a new iOS app out today, wants people to open up the act of texting from a closed-door conversation to a public chat anyone can view. Created by former Twitter exec Michael Sippey, the app lets anyone create a "show" and start talking with friends. The thread, which ope … | Continue reading
Augsberg has installed traffic lights into their sidewalks, but is this really the solution distracted smartphone walkers need? | Continue reading
Twitter ($TWTR) today released the results of its Q1 2016 earnings, revealing that it saw $595 million in revenue. This was attributed to the slow down in the lack of spending by brand marketers compared to what the company expected. But the interesting part was with its user gro … | Continue reading
"What if you stuff a bunch of LEDs around the eyeballs?" asked scientists. And then they answered their own question. Microsoft Research just presented a new paper, titled "Augmenting the Field-of-View of Head-Mounted Displays with Sparse Peripheral Displays" at a human-computer … | Continue reading
Twitter reported its Q1 earnings today, and they’re not great. On the back of 310 monthly active users, the company reported revenues of $595 million, with Q1 GAAP diluted earnings per share of ($0.12) and non-GAAP diluted EPS of $0.15. This is a big miss on revenues but a beat o … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Samsung is preparing two new products in its line of Gear accessories, according to a person testing the items: a sequel to its Gear Fit fitness tracking band, and a pair of cordless, Bluetooth earbuds. While a few features of the so-called Gear Fit 2 (above right) and … | Continue reading
SpaceX confirmed to TechCrunch that their next launch is scheduled for May 4th at 1:22 am EST with a two-hour launch window. The company is expected to couple the launch with another rocket landing attempt on a drone ship out at sea.It was less than three weeks ago that SpaceX ma … | Continue reading
In the beginning, Ikea created a VR kitchen for would-be buyers on the HTC Vive. It followed a long and proud tradition of virtual reality test kitchens. The people were unimpressed.But why? Ikea asked. We let you pick from three different cabinet colors! You can see the furnitur … | Continue reading
The FBI plans not disclose to Apple the method it used to access an iPhone belonging to the San Bernardino shooter, or submit it for an internal government review, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The FBI announced in March that it had purchased a hacking tool from a th … | Continue reading
A new type of wireless sensor can run entirely off ambient energy and be reprogrammed in the field. It's a breakthrough for this type of device and could lead to major advances in wearable and wireless computing. | Continue reading
So you’re a techie and a foodie. You’re having dinner and your phone buzzes to let you know you can pay for the meal you’re enjoying right from an app. It’s then you realize there’s something going on in restaurant tech. Read More | Continue reading
Wired UK discussed the future mobile VR with CCP Games, developers of EVE Online. The developer's Shanghai studio is working on smaller games like Gunjack, which fit into the EVE universe (the recent book Empires of EVE gets into just how deep the world has run thanks to players) … | Continue reading
Whether you have one or not, Apple Watch is a hot topic of late. As we look back on a full year with Apple’s first smart wearable, we’re left with as many questions as answers. But the real one, at least to me, is whether or not we expected too much of Apple Watch. What Apple Wat … | Continue reading
Your security is always at risk online, and now it’s fans of the game Minecraft: Pocket Edition that should start worrying. Hackers targeted the community website Lifeboat for Minecraft: Pocket Edition in January and extracted sensitive information for more than 7 million account … | Continue reading
Of all the major social platforms, Instagram has evolved the slowest. (Insiders might say "the most thoughtfully.") Long after the rest of the world has moved away from skeuomorphism, Instagram continues to use a realistic camera as its icon. But there are signs that the app is m … | Continue reading
Windows 10 is getting even better.Now that Microsoft has successful undone the damage wrought by Windows 8 and delivered Windows 10 to at least 270 million systems, it’s time for the company to start ever-so-gingerly moving forward again.SEE ALSO: Acer unveils its own Surface Pro … | Continue reading
Early this year, Samsung started showing off its weird side. The company unveiled a handful of experimental gadgets at CES, which included VR motion controllers and a "smart belt" that tracks your waistline. And now it's back with five more odd doohickeys and gizmos from its Crea … | Continue reading
Itaú Unibanco, the largest private sector bank in Latin America has announced a partnership agreement with private blockchain consortium R3, making it the first Latin American bank to join the banking blockchain collective. Joining the ranks of over 40 other global banks, Itaú Un … | Continue reading
Don't let your bosses diminish the hidden value of social media as search engine fodder and as a valuable type of information that people share. | Continue reading
Selfie sticks are arguably dumb, but selfie sticks on wings? The guys at Zero Zero Robotics might be onto something. The Beijing-based company today unveiled the Hover Camera drone, a foldable device that can track your face and follow you around to snap videos and photos whereve … | Continue reading
Washington Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld announced today that Scott Brooks has been hired as the team's new head coach. Brooks will become the 24th head coach in franchise history. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not released. | Continue reading
Two members of SpaceX's founding team are starting a new rocket venture of their own, called Vector Space Systems, aimed at getting satellites into orbit. But the team's focus is a bit more narrow than that of SpaceX. Rather than launch large space probes deep into orbit around o … | Continue reading
On April 5th, Dan Marshall — a game developer best known for witty adventure games like Ben There, Dan That — joked that he was going to make a soccer game. Then he took things a step farther. "You thought I was joking," he tweeted less than an hour later, "but I genuinely just s … | Continue reading
HTC is a company that isn’t afraid to leap into new spaces. It built the first Android phone, and it just released the first SteamVR headset. Now the company is investing even deeper into virtual reality. Vive X is a new $100 million fund for VR startups from HTC (via The Verge). … | Continue reading
With May the 4th (be with you) on its way, there's loads of Star Wars activity happening. Zen Studios' collection of Star Wars pinball tables is the latest to go on sale, with Star Wars Pinball 4 [Free] now available for free. This is the same app as has always been available, it … | Continue reading
The passing of Prince offers examples of how not to conduct social media marketing. Marketers naturally posted their respects to the musician on social media, often including a connection to their brands. Cheerios issued the tweet “Rest in Peace” against a purple background and t … | Continue reading
Beyoncé's visual album Lemonade came out this week. Not only is it a complex, personal rendering of a marriage, it's smart, political, and some of the most innovative storytelling we've seen in music, period. Oh yeah, and the music's pretty great too. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Game 4 of the Warriors-Rockets series drew the largest television audience for the first round of the NBA playoffs in 14 years. | Continue reading
Remember when a California regulatory agency tried to shut down carpooling services like UberPOOL and Lyft Line throughout the state? Well, you can breathe a sigh of relief. Two years after its initial threats, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has decided that th … | Continue reading
InVision, the company behind some of the best design tools and Sketch plugins around, have acquired Web animation tool Easee and hired its creator, Steven Fabre. It’s a good old-fashioned acquihire; Fabre will join the InVision team, but will be working on “other projects.” Easee … | Continue reading
The BlackBerry Priv is getting Android Marshmallow starting on May 3rd. But more importantly than that general update is what the recent OS brings with it. The Priv's physical and digital keyboards are getting a major upgrade where they'll be able to work more like Swype. Users c … | Continue reading
Bill Simmons' HBO-backed show is finally on the horizon. HBO just announced that the new series, Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons, will premiere on June 22nd. The show is getting a 20-episode season, and will feature Simmons — currently one of the most recognizable voices in … | Continue reading
Today’s VR headsets are marvels of miniaturization. And, as iFixit’s teardowns show, both the Oculus Rift and HTC’s Vive are also remarkably user-friendly when it comes to repair and customization. Read More | Continue reading
Top executives from Google are reportedly weighing a pitch from its "smart city" spin-off Sidewalk Labs about taking over a section of a preexisting city and rebuilding it with a particular focus on technology, efficient infrastructure, and self-driving cars. According to The Wal … | Continue reading
When we write about cord-cutting, it’s almost always under the guise of users who are dropping traditional cable service for subscription video on-demand (SVOD) content. But a new report from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), shows that increa … | Continue reading
HTC’s been busy with launch of the HTC 10 and Vive, but now it’s got a new project on deck: an accelerator program for virtual reality startups. Simply named ‘Vive X,’ the accelerator is investing $100m to cultivate its set of startups. The program will pilot in Beijing in May, a … | Continue reading
One of the biggest releases of 2015 is getting one of the features that many PC players have wanted from the beginning. Publisher Bethesda is updating its open-world survival role-playing game Fallout 4 today with a new beta that introduces support for community-created mods. The … | Continue reading
ToyTalk, the startup that mashed together Barbie and the Internet of Things and let your kids chat away with Thomas the Tank Engine for hours on end, is cashing out on the bot craze with a slight realignment of philosophy — and a new name. The company developed a whole toolset — … | Continue reading
This election season, flaunting your civic responsibility by wearing badges and "I Voted" stickers won't quite cut it. With social media platforms absorbed into our culture, the voting booth selfie will be more popular than ever — even though, in some states, it’s technically ban … | Continue reading
Google has made it easier to customize the physical appearance of your Android Wear device. The company today introduced its Mode watchbands that may seem like ordinary bands, but the selling point is the ability to quickly replace them with just a snap. The company worked with b … | Continue reading
YouTube's home screen is now less cluttered, and deep neural network technology governs video recommendations. | Continue reading
Last week, the VPN service Cloak found a frightening message in its inbox:"We are Armada Collective," the email read. "We have launched the largest DDoS [distributed denial-of-service attack] in Swiss history and one of the largest DDoS attacks ever… All your servers will be DDoS … | Continue reading
Amazon, Alibaba, Walmart and others are all experimenting with novel ideas to make drone delivery a reality. One of the major concerns — that’s yet to really be addressed — is how to make this safe both for humans and other aircraft. Thousands of delivery drones, after all, would … | Continue reading
Mods are now officially supported in Fallout 4. Today developer Bethesda released an open beta for modding in the PC version of the post-apocalyptic RPG. While mods previously existed in the PC version of the game, the update opens them up to everyone. "Our goal was to make mods … | Continue reading
It’s called the Self-Driving Coalition for Safer Streets, and their angle is to promote the statistical certainty that self-driving vehicles are hands-down better and safer drivers than human beings. | Continue reading