Schools in the U.S. may soon be testing a new fitness tracker from Adidas in kindergarten through high school gym classes to keep track of the health of its students. Back in 2015, Adidas announced it was working on an initiative to keep students active, but the company is finall … | Continue reading
Publishers are continuously looking for new ways to expand their reach. One sure bet? Video.Even Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg recognizes this. Discussing the company’s performance last year, he told media how video remains central on the News Feed of its users. “We’re ente … | Continue reading
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs. This is the first build released since Build 2016, where the company announced the the Windows 10 Anniversary Update coming this summer. Windows 10 is a service. As we wrote in our deep dive on how Microsoft is still buil … | Continue reading
On Monday, the Associated Press got early access to a report commissioned by the FAA on how drones flying over or near people should be categorized and restricted. Today, that report was officially released, with all the juicy (and boring) details you’ve come to expect from gover … | Continue reading
If your smartphone and mobile network support voice over LTE (VoLTE) calls, you're probably aware of how much better and clearer they sound than regular old phone calls. More and more devices now support VoLTE, though it's by no means a certainty that every call you place will ut … | Continue reading
Astronomers may have found an explanation for the origins of a strange, radioactive material found deep inside Earth’s oceanic crusts. Much of the material, called iron-60, seems to come from two supernovae explosions that occurred millions of years ago, according to a new study … | Continue reading
Ever had services like Yelp and Pinterest mercilessly boot you off their mobile site and force you to download a native app whether you want it or not? Pinterest’s product lead for growth, Casey Winters, can tell you why that happens because he’s “the asshole that makes Pinterest … | Continue reading
Google recently changed the layout of its AdWords ads in the search engine results pages, which will affect digital advertising strategies for many. | Continue reading
Microsoft is releasing a new test build of Windows 10 today, just a week after the company announced some new features for the OS. The biggest addition is running native Bash on Ubuntu in Windows 10, and testers will have access to test this feature today. Windows 10 build 14316 … | Continue reading
[appicon]If you dislike RNG in Hearthstone [appprice url="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hearthstone-heroes-warcraft/id625257520?mt=8"], then you should definitely stay away from today's Tavern Brawl, Too Many Portals. If you enjoy all kinds of crazy RNG-induced shenanigans, you … | Continue reading
Microsoft’s first big update to Windows 10 was the biggest news to come out of its Build event last week. Now it’s finally ready to be tested by the public – Microsoft has released the first preview for the Windows 10 Anniversary Update to its Insider beta-testing program. There … | Continue reading
Apparently setting up accounts for your cute pets on Instagram and Vine is a thing. It’s also a thing that people follow said accounts. To complete the trifecta, brands pay big money for sponsored content from four-legged Insta-celebs. In fact, many of these pets make significant … | Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO (By Mari Saito, Reuters) – In a letter sent to shareholders on Tuesday, Amazon.com Inc’s founder and chief executive, Jeff Bezos, defended the online retailer’s corporate culture, which was the subject of a critical report by The New York Times last year. Bezos note … | Continue reading
Gal Gadot's portrayal of Wonder Woman was one of the few highlights of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and now her standalone movie will be coming out sooner than originally anticipated. Variety reports that Warner Bros. has moved up the release date of Wonder Woman to June 2 … | Continue reading
You may have innocently filled out a Google poll before accessing an article on the Web. Or you may have already downloaded Google’s polling app that gets you to answer questions in exchange for credits for the Play store. You may not have done either. Either way, Google is in th … | Continue reading
There’s no shortage of 360 cameras on the market these days. If you have a desire to shoot immersive video and a ton of disposable income there’s nothing stopping you! The issue is what happens to that content after its captured. I’d say 90% of the photos I take on my DSLR never … | Continue reading
We bring this to you with a huge heaping bowl of salt, especially in a world where elaborate fakes can be created in a world of 3D printing and Photoshop. But a YouTube user uploaded a video of their recently-updated PlayStation app [Free] having a Remote Play feature in the app, … | Continue reading
Die notorischen Zeitlupenfilmer The Slow Mo Guys schaffen es dann doch immer wieder gut und interessant zu unterhalten, ob mit simplen Farbspritzern, einschlagenden Taser-Pfeilen oder der Zunge in der Mausefalle (warum auch immer), in ihrem neusten... | Continue reading
Taco Bell is riding the bot wave in a big way: the fast food chain today announced a new integration with workplace messaging company Slack to offer an artificial-intelligence-powered ordering service. Aptly named TacoBot, the software will make use of AI advancements like natura … | Continue reading
This week, the world has been attempting to make sense of the 11.5 million documents stolen from a law firm in Panama that has been allegedly been helping the rich and famous hide their money from the world’s tax men. In little over 48 hours, it has already had its first major po … | Continue reading
Vivaldi has launched its new desktop browser today after months of beta testing, and it’s hoping to give users an alternative to market leaders, such as Google’s Chrome and Apple’s Safari. Rather than slimming down the desktop browser, making it possible to add extensions, Vivald … | Continue reading
iOS users may no longer have to hide stock apps that they don’t want or use inside unnamed folders on their home screens. Apple quietly added new keys to iTunes’ metadata recently that suggest some apps might soon be hideable. The keys say "isFirstParty" and "isFirstPartyHideable … | Continue reading
Pizza chain, and unashamed Hatsune Miku fan club, Domino's has announced its latest innovation in food ordering: an app that orders a pizza with "zero clicks."The process isn't quite hassle-free. To order a pizza with "zero clicks," a customer must first download the app, connect … | Continue reading
At the start of Catastrophe’s second season, Rob (Rob Delaney) and Sharon (Sharon Horgan) are idly lying in bed. The first thing we notice is that Sharon is pregnant, which is startling — the previous season ended with Sharon giving birth to the child she and Rob had conceived du … | Continue reading
Those iOS apps you don’t use — you know, the ones you’ve tucked away in a folder on your third or fourth home screen — may soon be completely out of the way, according to some iTunes metadata. First spotted by AppAdvice, Apple seems to have added some keys for ‘isFirstParty’ and … | Continue reading
Doctors perform hundreds of thousands of knee surgeries every year, often to replace damaged or worn cartilage. The techniques for performing these surgeries today may be about to change, thanks to new research. In the not-too-distant future, orthopedic surgeons may simply draw n … | Continue reading
Virtual reality headsets are finally reaching consumers, and one company is working on a way to make it easier for people to start building video content for that platform. VideoStitch, the company responsible for software that instantly renders together multiple camera feeds for … | Continue reading
Schlaumeier des Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) am MIT haben einen neuen Dreh gefunden, um Roboter mehr oder weniger in einem Aufwasch am 3D-Drucker zu produzieren: Mit dem "Printable Hydraulics" genannte Verfahren kön... | Continue reading
Sorry this post is a little later in the morning than we typically post it, but today is National Twinkie Day and let's just say the festival at my house is in full swing. Anyway, this week is a little light on game releases so far, which either means the runway is being cleared … | Continue reading
Everyone who’s had the pleasure of meeting Lisa Ladle Wallace has probably enjoyed her warm smile, friendly style and a good laugh — all icing on the cake when you see how much of herself she puts into delivering quality work for her clients. That’s just a part of why she took no … | Continue reading
Meet TechCrunch’s writers and fellow Facebook developers the night before the madness of Facebook’s F8 conference begins. Join us at the Southern Pacific Brewing Company at 620 Treat Avenue in SF’s Mission District from 6-9pm on Monday April 11th. You can tell us about your start … | Continue reading
Huawei launched two new high-end smartphones today, its latest efforts to become a household name outside of the Chinese market, and challenge Apple and Samsung’s dominance of high-volume sales in Europe. The devices are slim, both sport an all-metal (6.9mm) chassis and come with … | Continue reading
The Vice President of Sberbank, Russia’s biggest bank, has opined that the advent and spread of blockchain technology will see banks disappear by 2026. | Continue reading
Blocky Pixel is bringing its take on endless, Crossy Road [Free] inspired shoot 'em ups to the App Store next week on April 14th with Astro Attack. While Shooty Skies [Free] does exist, this game aims a bit more for being like Space Invaders, with formations of enemis that move b … | Continue reading
Verizon has acquired a 24.5 percent stake in the online network AwesomenessTV, and will launch a new premium video service with the network that will launch on its Go90 service. The new service will focus on short-form content featuring dramas and comedies geared toward teens, as … | Continue reading
Sometimes, people just want to watch a highlight of an esports match instead of a whole tournament. Plays.tv, a site that enables people to easily record and view replays of PC games, announced today that it has crossed 10 million monthly active users during its first year. Four … | Continue reading
A lot of people hate ads, but making them interactive could turn them into something more palatable. Mobile programmatic DSP (demand-side platform) CrossInstall today announced PrePlay, playable ads that let users try a game before an app directs them to the iTunes or Google Play … | Continue reading
Hungry? Lazy? Domino’s has the app for you. The company today unveiled a new mobile application that lets you place an order simply by launching the app on your phone. No clicking necessary. The delivery chain keeps coming up with new – and yes, sometimes gimmicky – ways to make … | Continue reading
On-demand delivery is something consumers have come to expect. With that in mind, startup Dispatch is building a fleet of autonomous delivery vehicles designed for sidewalks and bike paths. Today, the company announced a $2 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz’s Chris Di … | Continue reading
VB INSIGHT: Segment is an increasingly popular customer data aggregator that makes it easy for engineers to track funnel events, test new analytics partners, and combine data collected from websites, mobile apps, and servers. In a marketing technology universe littered with custo … | Continue reading
360-degree video, coinciding with the advent of practical virtual reality, is going to be big. But so far, the format seems to have been split into two categories: cheap consumer cameras like the Rico Theta, or ridiculously expensive rigs like Google and GoPro’s Jump or Nokia’s O … | Continue reading
Game developers have more free tools than ever to start building their projects, and one of the biggest companies providing that software wants is hyping up one of its products to make studios some money. More than 60 percent of mobile gamers are open to at least occasionally eng … | Continue reading
After years of languishing, virtual reality is suddenly all around us. High-quality consumer headsets are finally available for purchase, and there are a handful of phone-powered mobile VR options as well. Each platform comes with a way to download high-quality content like video … | Continue reading
The medium of virtual reality is just beginning to blossom and developers are experimenting with how to take advantage of the technology. There have been first-person video games, immersive films and interactive dioramas, but the worlds of live-streaming video and VR have yet to … | Continue reading
If you’re into data, you’ll love Sources. A new product from Segment, Sources cobbles together info from various, disparate sources and cobbles it together in an easily digestible format. Specifically, Segment lets you take data from Salesforce, Zendesk, Stripe, SendGrid, Mailchi … | Continue reading
The Slow Mo Guys are a faucet from which wonderful videos gush. Sometimes the videos are informative, like when they filmed what happens inside a camera. Other times, they border on Cronenbergian... | Continue reading
Am Dienstag wurde in Amsterdam ein einzigartiges Kunstwerk enthüllt. "The Next Rembrandt" ist das Ergebnis eines 18-monatigen Projekts von DatenwissenschaftlerInnen, EntwicklerInnen, IngenieurInnen und KunsthistorikerInnen von Microsoft, der T... | Continue reading
Today Facebook has announced a new update to its Android app that brings a number of new features to Facebook Live. | Continue reading