The New York Times reports that a government regulator forced the closure of iBooks Store and iTunes Movies in China last week. The two services launched there in September, along with Apple Music (which is still available). Read More | Continue reading
Key Highlights Ethereum price moved down as forecasted against the US Dollar and all targets of the sell trade were achieved. Yesterday’s I highlighted that the price may spike down close to the $8.10-00 support area, which happened recently. The highlighted bearish trend line on … | Continue reading
Apple is no longer able to sell ebooks and movies in China after a government regulator reportedly demanded the services' closure. The New York Times reports that China's State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television is behind the shutdown, which happene … | Continue reading
The drone industry is booming and not just for the companies making the small flying machines.In Australia alone, experts estimate there is something in the vicinity of 50,000 commercial and recreational drones out there. That's 50,000 opportunities for one to fly somewhere it sh … | Continue reading
Two Apple services, iTunes Movies and the iBooks Store, were shut down in China last week following pressure from the Chinese government, according to a new report. The services were suspended less than one year after they were first launched in China, following input from China’ … | Continue reading
Bitcoin Price Key Highlights Bitcoin price recently made an upside breakout from a long-term consolidation pattern highlighted on the longer-term time frames. This signals that bulls have gotten the upper hand and might have enough energy to push for more gains. However, price ap … | Continue reading
Ford is bringing its F-150 pickup to China, the first full-size American pickup to be officially available in the country. But it's not bringing just any F-150: it's bringing the 400-plus horsepower off-road racing F-150 Raptor.Moving more than a half-million units each year, For … | Continue reading
The rate of suicides in the US has gone up over the past 15 years — for almost everyone. The percentage of overall deaths attributable to suicide was 24 percent higher in 2014 than it was in 1999 for everyone under the age of 75, according to a new study by the CDC’s National Cen … | Continue reading
Nine in 10 US smartphone owners use location services on their phone, according to data from Pew Research Center. Still, there is significant room for growth. eMarketer estimates the number of smartphone users will increase by 8.7% in 2016, and the number of those who use locatio … | Continue reading
Mobile shopping is mostly attractive due to its convenience, according to mobile phone internet users in Asia-Pacific. The ability to buy on the go, as well as use apps to shop and buy, were also popular. | Continue reading
The hype around artificial intelligence (AI) is ramping up, especially as big tech companies like Amazon, Google, Facebook, IBM and Microsoft attempt to commercialize its use. Agencies are also starting to figure out how they can leverage AI to make their clients’ marketing … | Continue reading
More US customers are placing orders at fast-food and fast-casual restaurants by using technology this year than in 2015. According to research, guest-facing digital offerings such as in-store tablet ordering saw double-digit growth. | Continue reading
More than 100 million people in Latin America will use a tablet regularly this year, eMarketer estimates, representing 18.4% growth in the region’s tablet audience since 2015. About 10% of the world’s tablet audience lives in Latin America. | Continue reading
Digital payment methods such as PayPal and giropay are increasingly popular, especially among males and consumers ages 40 and older. Yet nearly one in three adults shopping online or via mail-order still use open invoices for transactions. | Continue reading
Uber has reached a landmark settlement in two class-action lawsuits that will see it pay as much as $100 million to the drivers represented in the cases, but will allow it to keep categorizing them as independent contractors, rather than employees. As part of the settlement, Uber … | Continue reading
WordPress is an award-winning web software, used by millions of webmasters worldwide for building their website or blog. SiteGround is proud to host this particular WordPress installation and provide users with multiple resources to facilitate the management of their WP websites: … | Continue reading
Hands on with the new LeEco Le 2, Le 2Pro and Le Max 2, which offer great specs in sleek bodies and the latter is the first phone to offer 6GB of RAM! | Continue reading
Uber’s driver vs. independent contractor debate just took a huge turn. In a blog post from Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, the company just announced that it has reached a settlement in two class-action lawsuits in California and Massachusetts. Both suits contested that Uber should be … | Continue reading
Some experts suggest that where a company is heavily reliant upon the Internet for lead generation, having accounts on all the major social networks including Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter is one way to ensure maximum exposure. As a small business, however, you may not have the … | Continue reading
Correct the Record, a super PAC supporting Hillary Clinton's bid to become US president, has promised to invest more than $1 million to respond to users criticizing its candidate on Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Instagram, and other social media services. The super PAC says its new … | Continue reading
Rumor has it the iPhone 7 will ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack. Instead, you'll need to buy new Lightning headphones, use an adapter, or go wireless with Bluetooth headphones.If it comes true this fall, there will no doubt be riots on the streets. Apple fans will be pissed at firs … | Continue reading
Face swapping has to be one of the creepiest, most popular Snapchat trends of 2016, but until now, users haven't easily been able to tell just what they'd look like with Taylor Swift's face.With its latest iOS update, released Thursday, Snapchat will now allow you to face swap wi … | Continue reading
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca today unveiled a ten-year project to sequence the genomes of two million people — with top-tier medical and tech partnerships and a nine-figure price tag. The resulting database would be the largest of its kind, and would be used to hunt rare gene … | Continue reading
Only three main occupations were available to intrepid job seekers 10,000 years ago: hunting, gathering and procreation. Since then, the job market has advanced dramatically, developing into something not only more diverse, but also more abstract. This progress was the result of … | Continue reading
In a perfect world, we would turn on the television on Sundays to watch teams of humans and dinosaurs competing alongside one another. But while reality has denied us this, gaming is picking up the slack. Studio Wildcard is bringing the esports spinoff of its Ark: Survival Evolve … | Continue reading
We've been playing with the new MacBook all week, and we are divided on it.This week on MashTalk, we break down the strengths and drawbacks of Apple's latest MacBook and compare it to its biggest competition. Plus, we look at Amazon's moves to become a Netflix competitor and the … | Continue reading
Hello, gentle readers, and welcome to the RPG Reload, the weekly feature where you can't have a boat until you get yourself a map. Each week, we take a look at an RPG from an older time to see how it's doing in the modern day. It's a chance to revisit old favorites, dig up | Continue reading
HOUSTON — Stephen Curry has won most of his battles on the basketball court over the past few seasons, but he lost the debate with the Warriors staff about playing in Friday night’s Game 3 against the Rockets. His sprained right ankle is improving, but not enough to get him back … | Continue reading
A report today suggests that infighting at Apple is beginning to drive employees to leave as Apple’s upper management, and two development teams, tries to figure out just what to do with iCloud. Multiple sources claim that Apple is working on its own internal cloud infrastructure … | Continue reading
Bitcasa, a company that has offered a cloud storage service for backing up files, today announced the discontinuation of its Bitcasa Drive cloud service. The service will become unavailable at 11:59 p.m. PT on May 20. “We are discontinuing our Bitcasa Drive service in order to fo … | Continue reading
Elon Musk has a plan to solve the traffic crisis in our cities. A vague, secret plan. He may not actually have a plan. But he did say something out loud in public about it, and he doesn’t usually do that unless he has at least kind of a plan. Read More | Continue reading
Morgan Stanley has issued its predictions for how the blockchain industry could evolve over the next decade. | Continue reading
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
Turns out a Prince tribute wasn’t the only new feature Snapchat had in store today: an update is rolling out to iOS users allowing them to face swap with any photo in their camera roll. Now when you enter the masking features – long press on a face during the capture process – yo … | Continue reading
A little more than a year ago, we sat down with Ludoko Studios during GDC 2015 and took a look at their unique arcade dodging/reflecting game Outdodge. At that time, Ludoko expected the game needed maybe another couple of months of work before release. Boy were they wrong! As it … | Continue reading
"Oooooohhh myyyyyyy gaaaaaaaawwwwd!" my passenger, Jon, screamed, as I punched the throttle on the McLaren 570S. "Aaaaahhhhhhhh!""A—are you being serious?" I stammered back at Jon. "You don't have to put on an act for me," I said. I'd never heard anyone in real life react that wa … | Continue reading
Chinese researchers have edited human embryos. The cost of doing basic synthetic biology experiments is only a few thousand dollars, for lab gear and chemicals, and it is possible to design and order up DNA sequences on the Internet. We are not ready for the consequences of these … | Continue reading
VB WEBINAR: How did Netflix become a global, best-in-class monthly subscription service? Join our free, in-depth look at converting users into long-term members, optimizing payment solutions, and expanding into the growing global market. Register here for free. With a record-brea … | Continue reading
No country in Latin America has reached the 1300 MHz recommended by the International Telecommunications Union for mobile networks in 2015. | Continue reading
Thanks to a new deal between Viacom and Dish, Sling TV users will soon have a handful of new channels. Comedy Central, BET, Spike, MTV, and Nick Jr. "and many others" (but not Nickelodeon, apparently) will start showing up on the service "in coming months," according to a stateme … | Continue reading
Call of Duty is a juggernaut on home gaming consoles and PCs — and it’s finding players on mobile as well. Activision announced today that Call of Duty: Heroes has reached 30 million downloads worldwide on Apple’s App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, and Amazon’s Appstore. This … | Continue reading
Chameleon is a startup that wants to help other startups and online businesses do a better job of explaining their product to users. It announced today that it has raised $1.9 million in seed funding led by True Ventures. Co-founder and CEO Pulkit Agrawal said that for many compa … | Continue reading
Tasker on Android Wear is a sticky subject, this Android customization project avoids third-party apps, let's use Tasker directly on your smartwatch. | Continue reading
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Snapchat is done selling you stuff. As of today, every snap can be replayed once, but you can no longer buy extra replays. That means people with more money can’t break the rules of Snapchat any more. Snapchat launched $0.99 replays on top of the one free one you got per day, but … | Continue reading
Two people familiar with the deal say the Washington Wizards have reached an agreement with Scott Brooks to become the team's new coach. | Continue reading
With all of the expanding developments in e-commerce, website functionality and social communication avenues via apps and social media, there is a lot of “noise” occurring in the digital age. Ignite Visibility’s CEO John Lincoln and COO & President Krish Coughran visited the Weal … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Idibon, a startup that has developed technology for analyzing text in many languages, could be shutting down soon, VentureBeat has learned. The startup ran out of money to keep operating independently, and acquisition talks recently fell apart, a source familiar with t … | Continue reading