MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative Establishes $900,000 Bitcoin Developer Fund

The Digital Currency Initiative (DCI) in part with the MIT Media Lab has announced in a blog post that a $900,000 Bitcoin Developer fund has been started to help fund independent research of Bitcoin associated technology. Appropriately, the fund has a specific wallet set up to ac … | Continue reading


@cryptocoinsnews.com | 8 years ago

American McGee's Spicy Horse studio cuts staff, ditches F2P

Spicy Horse, the Shanghai-based studio founded by American McGee, has cut its staff down to a core team.Job losses earlier this week have now been confirmed by McGee via Twitter, following an earlier report on Chinese social media site Weibo that Spicy Horse had closed completely … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Fiber Phone ist der neue Festnetztarif von Google

Google Fiber, der Glasfasernetzdienst von Alphabet, hat gestern überraschend einen Telefonie-Service angekündigt. Fiber Phone kostet 10 US-Dollar im Monat. Dafür können die Kunden innerhalb der USA unbegrenzt telefonieren, w&aum... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Report: Samsung Q1 2016 earnings to be better than expected

A new report out of Korea sees Samsung making some major profit for Q1 2016 due in part to the stellar shipments of the S7. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Za kulisami bloga…

Od dłuższego czasu zabierałam się za ten wpis. Do końca jednak nie jestem przekonana, czy będzie to dla Was jakaś wartość dodana – zawsze jednak można spróbować. Odkąd porzuciłam pracę w HR i na dobre zaangażowałam się w kulinarne blogowanie minęło sporo czasu. Z sentymentem spog … | Continue reading


@makecookingeasier.pl | 8 years ago

T-Mobile starts taking LG G5 orders, while AT&T begins shipping handsets

T-Mobile is taking orders for the LG G5 and is throwing in a free spare battery and 360 Cam. However, AT&T has already begun shipping out its G5 pre-orders. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Amazon officially bans bad USB Type C cables, but you still need to be careful

Amazon is putting the kibosh on non-standard USB Type C accessories. That means that it should be safer, and simpler, to buy cables, adapters, or chargers for your Type C device, be it smartphone, tablet, or laptop. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

How To Strip Down To Bare Essentials A 2016 Jeep Wrangler

www.ZerCustoms.com - Here is a little DIY project, in case you own a modern 2016 Jeep Wrangler. We al... [...] | Continue reading


@zercustoms.com | 8 years ago

How to Build an Authoritative Healthcare Blog

How to Build an Authoritative Healthcare Blog | Continue reading


@blog.atomicreach.com | 8 years ago

35-Calorie Mini Vegan Quiches

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@wallflowergirl.co.uk | 8 years ago

Facebook gives in to BlackBerry’s begging, creates web-based app after killing native app

BlackBerry will take its victories these days where it can get them, no matter how small. Today, the company announced a modest reprieve for users of its BlackBerry 10 and BBOS devices when it said it had reached a compromise to keep a web-based version of the Facebook app availa … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Bitcoin Price Watch; Pattern Suggests Volatility

We’ve seen some pretty solid patterns this week in the bitcoin price. The weekend action offered up a nice sharp movement – one that we managed to take advantage of and draw a quick profit from the market. We then noted that – as a hypothesis based on the consolidation we saw pos … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 8 years ago

Alibaba’s healthcare unit invests $35M in a medical imaging company

If you live outside of China, it can be easy to forget that Alibaba’s business aspirations go far beyond e-commerce and into many aspects of daily life. This week, the company took another step toward building its health business by making an investment worth RMB 225 million (abo … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Foxconn confirms Sharp takeover for a reduced price of $3.5B

Foxconn’s proposed acquisition of Sharp, a deal that was sensationally put on hold last month after Sharp had announced it, has been completed today after both companies confirmed the agreement. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Ambient re-launches with new strategy, logo and website

Ambient has today (30 March) announced a new strategic approach with human emotion at its core, as well as a refreshed identity. | Continue reading


@eventmagazine.co.uk | 8 years ago

Ferrari California T Deserto Rosso Gathering

www.ZerCustoms.com - Ferrari recently held a gathering for California T owners in the Arabian Desert.... [...] | Continue reading


@zercustoms.com | 8 years ago

So entsteht ein Weißer Wanderer: Die Prosthetik bei Game of Thrones

Kurz nach dem letzten Trailer zur sechsten Staffel von Game of Thrones hat HBO ein spannendes, knapp vierminütiges Filmchen veröffentlich: Barrie Gower, der als Prosthetic Designer bei der Fernsehserie für die Monstermasken und -k&ou... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Amazon bans low quality USB-C cables after Google engineer slammed shitty cables

Over the last few months, Google engineer Benson Leung took to Amazon to review hundreds of shoddy USB-C cables that were available for purchase but not up to specification. Today Amazon quietly made a change to its terms and conditions to prohibit USB-C cables that aren’t compli … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Mass Effect: Andromeda marketing survey leaks

An EA marketing survey detailing Mass Effect: Andromeda has leaked online.The questionnaire provides facts about BioWare's upcoming space shooter sequel, then asks how likely it is you would buy the game after hearing them.Here's the opening blurb:Read more… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Foxconn finally agrees to Sharp takeover at lower price

Following months of rumors and delays, Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group has approved a deal to buy 66 percent of Japanese firm Sharp. According to a report from Bloomberg, the companies announced the move in a joint statement this morning, with Foxconn's board agreeing to pay 38 … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Frichti grabs $13.4 million for its full stack food delivery service

French startup Frichti is making the news again with yet another round of financing. This time, the company is raising $13.4 million (€12 million) from Idinvest, existing investor Alven Capital, as well as busin Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Time for a new model?

Human beings are prediction machines. Successful humans skate to where the puck is going to be, predict what's going to happen next, have an inkling of what's to come. We do this by creating models. A really good model is... | Continue reading


@sethgodin.typepad.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft's Tay chatbot returns briefly, swears a lot and brags about smoking weed

Oh, Microsoft. Last week, the company pulled its Tay chatbot from Twitter after some users trained it to become a racist jackass. On Wednesday, Tay was brought back online, sending thousands of tweet replies. The vast majority of these were just "you are too fast" messages indica … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft AI bot Tay returns to Twitter, goes on spam tirade, then back to sleep

Near a week after being silenced because the internet taught her to be racist, Microsoft’s artificial intelligence bot “Tay” briefly returned to Twitter today, whereon she went on a spam tirade and then quickly fell silent again. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

6 Simple Tips for Presenting Benefits that Convert

"Copywriting can be fatally disconnected from the real world of buying and selling," says Brad Shorr in Convince & Convert . To bridge ... | Continue reading


@blog.themightycopywriter.com | 8 years ago

Amazon cracks down on bogus USB-C cables

A new offender has been added to Amazon's prohibited products list for third-party sellers: USB-C cables and adapters that are "not compliant with standard specifications issued by USB Implementers Forum." It's a perfectly sensible policy, though it's probably most significant fo … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Vodafone extends Capital's Summertime Ball sponsorship

Vodafone will remain the headline sponsor of Capital's Summertime Ball for the next three years after signing an agreement with Global, the station's owner. | Continue reading


@eventmagazine.co.uk | 8 years ago

Microsoft's AI chatbot is back online and spamming everyone

Tay's back. Microsoft AI chatbot is tweeting again after being taken offline following a bout of sudden racism last week. At some time around 03:30AM ET this morning, Tay started firing out tweets to other users, with one particular message repeated over and over again: "You are … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Honor 7 Premium kommt am 15. April nach Deutschland

Ursprünglich für den März angekündigt, wird das Honor 7 Premium nun wohl Mitte April in Deutschland verfügbar sein. Bestätigt hat Honor dies zwar nicht, aber in den Onlineshops von Saturn und Media Markt kann man das S... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Relaxing of foreign investment rules set to shake up India’s e-commerce market

India’s e-commerce space might be about to get a shake-up after the government appeared to open the door to overseas companies owning majority stakes in domestic internet sales companies. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Kit and Ace targets top hotels with travelling pop-up series

Canadian retail brand Kit and Ace is teaming up with luxury hotels across the globe, to launch branded pop-ups within the buildings. | Continue reading


@eventmagazine.co.uk | 8 years ago

Urlaubsstimmung bei VOX! "Einmal Camping, immer Camping" mit neuen Folgen ab dem 8. Mai immer sonntags um 18:15 Uhr

VOX Television GmbH: Köln (ots) - Die schönste Zeit des Jahres verbringen sie im Caravan, Wohnmobil oder Zelt - in den neuen Folgen von "Einmal Camping, immer Camping" zeigt VOX ab dem 8. Mai immer sonntags um 18:15 Uhr die spannenden und witzigen Urlaubs-Abenteuer von ... | Continue reading


@presseportal.de | 8 years ago

How to livestream Microsoft’s Build 2016 developer conference

Microsoft’s biggest event of the year is upon us once again: Build 2016 is being held in San Francisco from May 30 to April 1. You can stream the company’s developer conference here or watch via the embedded livestream below. Day 1’s keynote is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. Pac … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft’s Tay chatbot comes back online, says it’s ‘smoking kush’ in front of the police

Well, uh, Microsoft’s Tay chatbot, which got turned off a few days ago after behaving badly, has suddenly returned to Twitter and has started tweeting to users like mad. Most of its musings are innocuous, but there is one funny one I’ve come across so far. “i’m smoking kush infro … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Neue INRIX Traffic App berechnet die Route auf Basis erlernter Fahrgewohnheiten

INRIX: München (ots/PRNewswire) - - INRIX stellt die erste App vor, die maschinelle Lerntechnologien nutzt, um Fahrtrouten, Reiseziele und Verkehrswarnungen vorherzuberechnen und zu personalisieren - Durch Integration des Kalenders werden persönliche ... | Continue reading


@presseportal.de | 8 years ago

Newly redesigned ‘INRIX Traffic’ app is the perfect marriage of GPS and machine learning

Today, INRIX is launching its completely redesigned GPS app, INRIX Traffic. The app uses machine learning to better plot your routes in addition to providing turn-by-turn navigation with maps from OpenStreetMap (OSM). The app uses smart algorithms to take most routing decisions o … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

The creator of Star Wars' holochess is making a monster-battling AR card game

Phil Tippett the man is perhaps best known as the subject of a meme — for failing in his role as "dinosaur supervisor" on Jurassic Park — but the veteran artist's most famous work is his holochess pieces, stop-motion beasts originally seen on the Millennium Falcon's game table in … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Uber now lets app developers target riders with contextual information

Uber’s mission is to help you get from point A to B with as little friction as possible — it’s all about the overall experience you get. When you request a ride, a car arrives, you get in, and you’re on your way. But what happens when Uber’s ride request feature is integrated int … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Miitomo, Nintendos erste Smartphone App, ist ab Donnerstag verfügbar

Jetzt gibt es für Nintendos erste Smartphone-App auch ein Veröffentlichungsdatum. Am Donnerstag kommt Miitomo nach Deutschland und ist dann für iOS und Android verfügbar. Miitomo lässt einen über den eigenen Mii-Charak... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Meet the tester who changed Street Fighter

Ryuichi 'Woshige' Shigeno had been waiting for more than a decade to fight Ken-ichi 'Ogawazato' Ogawa on a tournament stage when he heard that he'd drawn, as he puts it today, the "match of his dreams." When he was 13-years-old, Shigeno played in his first Japanese national video … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Twitter is now more accessible for the visually impaired

Twitter is now more accessible to the visually impaired, introducing descriptions to images with screen readers and braille displays.SEE ALSO: The best and worst U.S. states for people with disabilitiesTwitter announced the new feature Tuesday, which will be available on the Twit … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Crushing a Galaxy S7 Edge with a 400-ton hydraulic press is surprisingly dramatic

Yeah, you know where this is going. That poor Galaxy S7 Edge won’t live to tell the tale. That’s not surprising. But you know what is surprising? How dramatic the whole thing is. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Ben & Jerry's encourages Londoners to 'give a fudge' via sampling events

Ben & Jerry's has teamed up with civil rights group Hope Not Hate to launch its Don't Get Frozen Out campaign, which aims to increase voting among Londoners. | Continue reading


@campaignlive.co.uk | 8 years ago

Rythm raises $11 million for wearable device to measure sleep quality

Neurotechnology startup Rythm, based in France, has raised $11 million in funding and announced a new partnership with France’s biomedical research institute for research into sleep conditions. The new round of funding comes from biotech investor and entrepreneur Dr Laurent Alexa … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Cyan Banister joins Founders Fund as partner

Cyan Banister, a renowned angel investor and startup founder, has joined Founders Fund. She’s the 11-year-old firm’s first female investing partner. According to a Bloomberg story, investors at the San Francisco-based outfit now include its billionaire cofounder Peter Thiel; cofo … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

7 Email Testing Best Practices to Get More Conversions

Email marketing is one the digital marketer’s strategies of choice when trying to build conversations with prospects as well as existing clients. The fact that email is more or less free while remaining an effective way to send messages means that you don’t need a big budget to d … | Continue reading


@alltop | 8 years ago

Uber announces a more immersive ‘Ride Request’ option for third-party apps

Uber added a ride request button to let third-party apps add the ability to order a ride last year, but today it has introduced a more feature-rich option that it says caters to requests it has received from Asia. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Planday, the workforce management solution for shift-­based businesses, scores $14M Series B

Planday, the Danish startup that offers a cloud-based “shift planning” solution for various types of businesses that employ a flexible workforce, such as restaurants, hotels, stores, call centers and gyms, has scored $14 million in Series B funding. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago