GDC 2016: 'Super Stickman Golf 3' is Turning Out Great

Noodlecake was teasing Super Stickman Golf 3, and today we got a brief look at the future of the Super Stickman Golf-iverse. Two big things that were revealed today includes a new card system for power-ups, and the ability to put spin on the ball. Subscribe to the TouchArcade You … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

Apple responds to DOJ: ‘Courts must zealously guard civil liberties’

Apple today responded to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys’ reply to Apple’s motion to vacate an order to help the FBI unlock San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook’s iPhone. “This case arises in a difficult context after a terrible tragedy. But it is in just such … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Apple says the Justice Department is using the law as an 'all-powerful magic wand'

In a filing entered today in Central California district court, Apple says the government is seeking "an all-powerful magic wand" to force the company into assisting law enforcement. The argument comes in response to FBI demands for Apple to break security on an iPhone linked to … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Mt. Gox Comes to Haunt Mizuho, Faces Lawsuit in the USA

In 2014, Bitcoin faced one of the worst disasters that turned the clock back on the whole ecosystem. That disaster was none other than the collapse of Mt Gox, a major bitcoin exchange at that time. The Japanese bitcoin exchange collapsed following a series of alleged hacking inci … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 8 years ago

GDC 2016: Surf Forever in the Upcoming 'Endless Wave'

I think one of the best things Flappy Bird ever did for the App Store was bring about the trend of super-quick retries. The upcoming Endless Wave takes that idea and runs with it, as you're (obviously) surfing on an endless wave, which in itself is cool- But if you die, you just … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

Instagram is ditching chronological order so you don’t miss the photos you care about

Instagram is announcing a subtle but important tweak to its platform today: photos will no longer be sorted in purely chronological order. Basically, the app will now behave a bit more like parent company Facebook, organizing your feed based on an algorithm that decides what’s mo … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Hang Time Podcast (Episode 231) Featuring D’Angelo Russell

D'Angelo Russell's LA story is in the infant stages, the ink is barely dry on the first page. If things go according to his plan, few people will remember his humbling start. And that's exactly the way Russell wants it, now that he's spread his rookie wings and gotten more comfor … | Continue reading


@nba.com | 8 years ago

Instagram will start showing posts out of order, like Facebook

Instagram is testing a more personalized feed for its users, the company said today. The reorganized feed relies on an algorithm to sort images and videos based on what users are likely to be most interested in. The social media platform currently organizes posts from newest to o … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

PlayStation VR requires a camera — but doesn’t come with one

You might have noticed that the display showing Sony's final PlayStation VR setup included the PlayStation camera, which has been around since PS4's launch. That is indeed a required accessory, and it is indeed... sold separately. A Sony spokesperson noted that many people alread … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

GDC 2016: Kiloo's 'Spellbinders' Is Another Neat Mobile MOBA-Like

I feel like we're on the verge of describing way too many games as being MOBA-like, but it still feels vaguely appropriate here when it comes to Kiloo's upcoming title, Spellbinders. In the game, you play as different characters, commanding various unique forces on a battlefield … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

Apple is turning its News app loose and letting just about everyone publish content

Apple has been fairly guarded about its News app, to the point it won’t even reveal to publishers how many readers see content there. Now, it’s opening the platform up to just about everyone. With an update to its publishing protocols, Apple will let anyone push content to News, … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

GDC 2016: 'Tesla Tubes' is Coming This Week

Kiloo is on fire lately with all their various successes on the App Store and their latest likely hit, Tesla Tubes is hitting the App Store this Thursday. It has a basic puzzle mechanic involving connecting two points, like quite a few other games on the App Store, but where Kilo … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

Study: Blockchain Tech Low on Finance Sector’s Priority List

Many financial services executives say blockchain technology is low on their corporate priority list, according to a new survey. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Instagram is switching its feed from chronological to best posts first

The average Instagram user misses 70 percent of what’s in their feed, including great photos with tons of Likes and posts by their best friends. So today Instagram announced it will start rearranging the order of posts in its feed. Rather than strictly reverse chronological, Inst … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

A big change could be coming to your Instagram feed

Instagram users, you might want to sit downInstagram may soon be messing with your timeline, showing photos not based on chronological order, but based on popularity and other social signals.In other words, your Instagram could soon be curated in a way similar to Facebook's News … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Brand Newsroom 79: Stop the Sales v Marketing War

Sales and marketing are meant to be on the same team, so why are they so often at war? One level, it’s completely understandable. The two departments have different goals and missions. Sales is tasked with closing business ­— getting people in and getting them to sign on the dott … | Continue reading


@lushthecontentagency.com | 8 years ago

These are the games coming to Sony's PlayStation VR

Today at its GDC virtual reality keynote, Sony revealed which experiences will graduate from tech demos into full-fledged PlayStation VR titles. Well, we got confirmation on some of them. We already had some sense of what this list would look like as PlayStation VR marches toward … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

The photos you see on Instagram will soon be decided by an algorithm

Mirroring the moves of parent company Facebook, Instagram warned users and businesses today that their photo feeds “will soon be ordered to show the moments we believe you will care about the most.” Up until now, Instagram organized its feeds in reverse-chronological order. That … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Star Wars Battlefront is coming exclusively to PlayStation VR

More Star Wars force is coming to virtual reality. At today’s PlayStation VR press event, Sony CEO Andrew House teased onstage that Playstation will be partnering with EA to bring about my (and everyone else’s) fantasy of Star Wars Battlefront in virtual reality. The PSVR employs … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

A closer look at Sony's final PlayStation VR hardware

Just minutes after Sony announced the price and release date for the PlayStation VR system, behind the stage the company unveiled a display showcasing the full PS VR system. It's not any crazier than other VR setups — camera, controllers, extra cables, etc. — but the processing u … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Medium is betting big on curation with its new ‘Collections’ feature

Medium is giving curation a shot. A new feature for iOS and Android named ‘Collections’ will see Medium staff and “trusted testers” push content to the forefront. The home screen will now feature popular topics like politics or technology in a menu along the top. Medium’s current … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Sony announces PlaysStation VR will launch in October for $399

At long last Sony has announced a price and release date for for its virtual reality system during its conference at the Game Developers Conference: The PlayStation VR will launch in October for $399 (£349 in the UK). That’s a fair bit cheaper than competing systems like the Ocul … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Sony partners with EA and Lucasfilm to create VR version of Star Wars Battlefront

Sony game chief Andrew House said today that Sony is partnering with Electronic Arts and Lucasfilm to create a exclusive virtual reality version of Star Wars Battlefront for the PlayStation 4’s PlayStation VR headset. House said that Sony will launch the PlayStation VR headset fo … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Sony announces PlayStation VR will launch in October for $399

Sony game chief Andrew House announced today that the PlayStation VR virtual reality headset will launch for $399 in October. It’s going to be a big year for VR, and the crowds at the VR sessions at the Game Developers Conference reflect that. VR is expected to be a $30 billion m … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

PlayStation VR Will Arrive in October for $399

Sony took to the stage today during GDC 22016 in SF to show off the consumer-ready version of its PlayStation VR headset. A good deal was already known about the company’s first foray into console virtual reality, except for a couple key ones: price and availability.Well, we now … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

PlayStation VR will cost £349, out in October

UPDATE 16/03/2016 1.31am: It looks like there's going to be a PlayStation VR / PlayStation Camera bundle, at least in North America. A Sony rep told Te… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Sony announces PlayStation VR price and release date

Sony has finally announced the final price of the PlayStation VR. The virtual reality headset will cost $399, and it will be available in October 2016. The company announced the news this afternoon at the 2016 Game Developer Conference in San Francisco, CA.That price could almost … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Washington DC’s subway system, the nation’s second busiest, is shutting down for an entire day

Washington DC's Metro, the city's subway system that is used by more than 700,000 people every day, will close for 29 hours beginning at midnight tonight — all day on Wednesday, in other words. The closure will allow the inspection of electric cables in the system following an el … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

First look at Sony's new PlayStation VR headset

Sony just took the wraps off of the final consumer version of its PlayStation VR headset at its event at GDC 2016. The final version looks very similar to the headset Sony first showed off way back in 2014, but it has a slightly different lighting pattern on the outside. Sony say … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Academy offers weak apology for offensive Asian jokes at the Oscars

Twenty-five members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recently sent a letter to the Academy's board of directors voicing their concerns with parts of the Oscars that perpetuated Asian stereotypes, The Hollywood Reporter reports. The jokes in question came during … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Squarespace former employee alleges “overt” racism

Accounts of racism, sexism and discrimination are unfortunately way too common in the tech industry. The latest comes from Amélie Lamont, a black woman and former employee at website creation company Squarespace, who was fired after slapping a co-worker at a bar. Lamont was a cus … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Secret Cinema's X concept to return for Easter

Secret Cinema has revealed that its nightclub concept, Secret Cinema X will return for one night on Easter Saturday (26 March). | Continue reading


@eventmagazine.co.uk | 8 years ago

Live from Sony's PlayStation VR keynote

Join us live from San Francisco to see the future of Sony's virtual reality efforts, and stay tuned as we get a hands-on look at new games and hardware. Continue reading… | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

We went to a wake for dead startups at SXSW – and it was brilliant

I don’t like to use words like ‘brilliant’ lightly, but seriously, the Irish Startup Wake at SXSW really was that. Failure is something that has become fetishized in the startup world. At some point in the past few years ‘it’s okay to fail’ became ‘failure is cool.’ But there’s s … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Mobile users: Acquiring high-revenue users on the cheap (webinar)

VB WEBINAR: The battle for high-quality mobile users has never been more fierce. Find out how companies who are killing it in UA are achieving phenomenal success — without paying through the nose. Register here for free. Most apps fail. That’s the simple, brutal, but honest truth … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Scale Social Media Strategy Quickly and Overcome Any Obstacle

When you learn to ride a bike, you’re bound to encounter the cold, hard reality of gravity. But after hitting the pavement, chances are you’ll get back up and try again. And again. And again. The same principle applies to social media content, only instead of riding on the paveme … | Continue reading


@visual.ly | 8 years ago

Encrypted messaging app Peerio launches on Android and iOS

Startup Peerio today announced the availability of its encrypted messaging app on both iOS and Android. They’re a long time coming; Peerio first launched in January 2015, but it’s only been available on desktop, and the alpha and beta testing for the mobile apps — which support c … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Talk about bad timing: Google just got a bus detection patent for self-driving cars

What's the old saying: "Sometimes you hit the bus. And sometimes the bus hits you"? I know it's something like that.See also: Sorry, Tesla: The world’s fastest electric car is made in... Croatia?Either way, it shouldn't happen to Google's self-driving cars anymore because the tec … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

ARM and TSMC team up to create a 7nm chip

ARM and TSMC are continuing their tradition of teaming up to bring the world a commercially viable 7nm chip. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Medium's new 'collections' curate the best articles on trending topics

Medium is quickly evolving into a powerful, feature-rich platform for publishers, but today the company is taking new steps to surface its best content for readers. With new updates to its apps for Android and iOS, Medium is switching up the home screen to highlight new "collecti … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

US Army hopes a new app will prevent attacks on military bases

Crime reporting applications for smartphones aren’t new, but the US Army hopes that ‘iWatch Army’ can boost its efforts to shore up military installments against crime and terrorism. “iWatch brings the concept of the neighborhood watch to the Facebook generation,” said founder Da … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

The Division has the largest first week for a new game franchise

Ubisoft has another hit franchise in its stable. The publisher revealed today that its online shooter Tom Clancy’s The Division has had best first week ever for a new games franchise. Previously, its opening day sales were the best in the company’s history. According to Ubisoft, … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Now you can book Uber rides right from Google Maps

Instead of jumping back and forth between apps to figure out your ride and where you want to go, Google is combining the two for your convenience.Google Maps is adding a new feature to that allows you to look at information for ride services like Uber right in the app. The new ta … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

War at its Cheapest as 'This War of Mine' Drops to its Lowest Price Ever

This War of Mine [$3.99] put gamers in an awkward position when it came out because while the game is great in so many ways, it was tricky saying that you really enjoyed a game about the despair of civilian population in warzones. This was a game about war at its grittiest, and w … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago

10 ideas that won’t be on the next president’s tech agenda, but should be

Campaign season should be more than just stump speeches; it’s a chance for us to evaluate how our future leader will handle the many tech opportunities and challenges ahead. In the absence of a clear vision from any of the candidates, we’ve laid out a tech agenda that could help … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

New Fetch as Googlebot Option in Search Console, Upcoming?

Andy Kelly, one of our project managers here at Ignite Visibility, noticed a new fetch as Googlebot option today, “Mobile: Smartphone – Upcoming.” Here we see the new option. New Fetch as Googlebot Option in Search Console   This mysterious new option has the SEO community wonder … | Continue reading


@ignitevisibility.com | 8 years ago

Mt Gox Fallout: Lawsuit Against Mizuho Bank Approved by US Judge

A federal judge in Chicago has ruled that a U.S. lawsuit claiming that Japan’s Mizuho Bank inflated customers’ losses directly by limiting withdrawals from their Mt Gox accounts, as the now-defunct exchange’s banking partner, can move forward. Furthermore, the Judge also rejected … | Continue reading


@cryptocoinsnews.com | 8 years ago

I've Been Playing 'Pathfinder Adventures', and I Can't Wait to Play More

So, over the past few days I've been playing an early build of Obsidian's Pathfinder Adventures (formerly known as Pathfinder Adventure Card Game), and if you like RPGs, CCGs, and the feeling of rolling dice for your life, I think you're going to love this one. If you don't know … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 8 years ago