Want a content strategy that gets results? Focus on ‘inspiraction’ (webinar)

VB WEBINAR: Content isn’t just about filling funnel — effective content should push your audience to action that shows concrete results. Join VB’s free webinar and panel of content pros to unlock the secret of creating content that inspires customers to action. Register here for … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

How to Fast-forward with Social Media in Contact Centers?

The contact center is part of the customer relationship management process. Social media is completely upending the contact center process. | Continue reading


@orchestrate.com | 8 years ago

Google Maps adds a taxi tab as it branches out from just Uber

Google first introduced price estimates for Uber rides way back in 2014, and while it’s a useful option if you’re running late to a meeting, the lack of other services can be limiting That’s partly changing today, as the company is adding estimates for several more services: 99Ta … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Android apps are about to look more like iOS apps

Android apps are going to start looking a bit more like iOS apps in the near future. Google updated its Android design guidelines yesterday telling developers that, in some cases, they should place a bar across the bottom of their app that can be used to navigate between differen … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

“Bottom navigation” officially added to Material Design guidelines

Bottom navigation has been added to Google's Material Design guidelines, meaning you'll soon begin seeing it beyond just Google+ and Google Photos. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Google puts presidential campaign finance information and more directly in search

Just in time for “Mega Tuesday,” Google has rolled out new features to Google Search that will allow you to better track the primaries and learn more about the candidates. One new addition provides easy-to-understand campaign finance information, so you can see things like which … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Free apps can cost more than you think: here’s why

An ad here and there may not seem like a big deal when you can get an awesome application for $0, but a new study shows that this model is affecting our mobile experiences much more than we think. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

iPhone 7 rumors, hopes and nightmares: 2 cameras, no headphone jack and more

What will your next iPhone behold? Though the release date is still TBD, there are already a lot of rumors about the possible features Apple might nix or improve in the iPhone 7Mashable Creative Producer Sam Sheffer, Senior Tech Correspondent Christian Warren and Chief Correspond … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Nissan partners with UK uni for football 'excitement index'

Automotive brand Nissan has teamed up with Loughborough University to create an index that measures the excitement of football fans. | Continue reading


@eventmagazine.co.uk | 8 years ago

Unity shows off its highest-quality game projects in the works

Unity Technologies showed off some game porn today at its press event at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. This means that it showed some really cool demos with eye-popping visual effects. The company says the demos show that the game engine that “democratized game … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Fiktion vs. Realität: Manga-Rocklupfer in echt

Fans von Mangas und Comics kennen die Bilder, in denen ein Protagonist so schnell läuft, dass im Windzug die Röcke von japanischen Schulmädchen hoch fliegen. Und wie so oft stellt sich die Frage: Geht das in echt? Eine japanische TV... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

Google Maps goes beyond Uber to aggregate Ola, Hailo, Gett and more car services into its app

Google reportedly is working on building its own Uber competitor, and while some believe that this will come in the form of a fleet of autonomous cars, there is a more immediate option for how Google can position itself more prominently in Uber’s world: by searching and aggregati … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Android N called New York Cheesecake internally, what about the final name?

References to NYC - New York Cheesecake - have surfaced in the AOSP repository. Of course that's just the internal codename. As for the final sweet treat? A new Opinion Rewards survey suggests Google may actually be polling users for their feedback. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Apple Music can now stream DJ mixes and mash-ups

Apple Music has partnered with Dubset Media Holdings to stream remixes, mash-ups, and DJ mixes that were previously unavailable due to copyright issues, according to a report from Billboard.For years, mixes and mash-ups have been kept off streaming services due to the complexitie … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Gears of War 4 multiplayer beta test begins next month

Microsoft wants to show you that it can do cover shooting without Epic. Gears of War 4’s beta is coming April 18 for players who qualify for “early access,” according to Microsoft. This is a test of the first new release in the series for the Xbox One and Windows 10, and this ear … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

6 User Onboarding Flow Examples (With Critiques)

User onboarding flows are key to retention, yet aren't given continuous attention. Here are 6 user onboarding flows and what you can learn from each. | Continue reading


@conversionxl.com | 8 years ago

Unity launches certification and collaboration features for game developers

Unity Technologies is announcing two new versions of its game development software at the Game Developers Conference today. The San Francisco company also said that it has a 30 percent share of the top 1,000 revenue generators among mobile games. Unity is trying to democratize ga … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Google is giving itself an encryption report card

Today, Google added a new section to its transparency report, giving users a running tally of how many Google requests use HTTPS encryption. Groups like EFF have long pushed for wider usage of HTTPS, but implementation can be demanding, particularly for services as complex as Goo … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Twitch to support new wave of games built for streaming

Twitch has announced plans to support developers creating games designed to be played while live-streaming.The initiative will see these titles - dubbed Stream First games - receive promotion and technical help from Twitch itself.Three titles are already in development under the … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

TWRP recovery available for Exynos Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP) custom recovery is now available for the Exynos 8890-powered Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

This self-contained VR headset doesn't need a phone or powerful PC to work

There are varying degrees of virtual reality immersion. At the entry-level, you've got Gear VR powered by smartphones. And then you've got the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, which sit at the high-end of the VR spectrum and require powerful PCs to run them.A new headset called the Sulo … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Planet Alpha 31 is a stunning sci-fi game made without a programmer

"My programming skills suck," says Adrian Lazar as I play his video game, a retro sci-fi romp with an appropriately matinee-friendly title, Planet Alpha 31. Lazar, a professional game artist with experience at a AAA studio, began work on the indie side-project in 2013 using the U … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

The Vampires count in Total War: Warhammer

The Vampire Counts are the last playable race for Total War: Warhammer, which still isn't called Total Warhammer.The in-engine trailer, below, shows off the… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Prêt d’Union is about to launch in Italy as Younited Credit

French startup Prêt d’Union is one of the biggest fintech startups in its home country, but it has yet to expand its crowd-lending services outside of France. Prêt d’Union is about to go all in on European expansion, a source told me. The company could expand to Italy as soon as … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

If college students made the next Angry Birds, who would own the IP?

Pop quiz: If a college student creates the next Angry Birds as a class project, who owns that intellectual property? The student? The entire class? The university? IP ownership for the college projects may sound inconsequential, but in an environment where indie games can become … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Arcade City Uses Blockchain Tech to Take on Uber

Driver-owned ridesharing startup Arcade City, the developer of an open marketplace where riders connect directly with drivers by leveraging blockchain technology has now launched its mobile application for Apple iOS and Google Android devices. Ridesharing startup Arcade City has … | Continue reading


@cryptocoinsnews.com | 8 years ago

Google Maps gets fare estimates and pick up times for 99Taxis, Ola Cabs, Hailo, Mytaxi, and Gett

Google today updated the Google Maps mobile app with support for fare estimates and pick up times for five new ride hailing services: 99Taxis in Brazil, Ola Cabs in India, Hailo in the U.K. and Spain, mytaxi in Germany and Spain, and Gett in the U.K. The new functionality is roll … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Google brings its nifty Smart Reply feature to Inbox on the web

Inbox by Gmail, Google’s next-gen email client for Gmail users, includes a number of features that aim to make handling your incoming messages easier. One of the best of these has long been Smart Reply, which uses Google’s machine learning intelligence to look at your email and s … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Popular ‘blue light’ reducing app F.lux arrives on Android

F.lux, the popular color-adjusting application for computers and mobile devices that reduces blue light emissions for better nighttime usage, has now arrived on Android. Unfortunately, the application for now requires users to have a rooted phone in order to take advantage of its … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Ballaghbema Pass, Glencar, Co. Kerry

Ballaghbema Pass, Glencar, Co. Kerry | Continue reading


@nos.twnsnd.co | 8 years ago

After IronSource merger, Supersonic unveils combined ad monetization for mobile apps

Just in time for the Game Developers Conference, ad tech firm Supersonic is rolling out a new combined product that will make ad monetization simpler for game and app developers. The San Francisco company (which goes by the name Supersonic by IronSource) is launching a new softwa … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

ARM Enlighten creates stunning lighting effects in open world games

Open worlds are proliferating in gaming, but it isn’t easy to do them right. Chip design company ARM is helping developers out with Enlighten, a middleware tool that makes it easier to create open worlds with outstanding 3D graphics and lighting effects. Enlighten is part of a mo … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

‘Smart Reply’ hits Inbox by Gmail for desktop

One of the biggest tools for Inbox by Gmail, ‘Smart Reply,’ makes life simpler by using machine learning to compile one-tap phrases to respond to email. But only those using mobile could get in on the action. That changes today. The company announced via the Gmail blog that the f … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

The Hotaru compact shower can reuse the same five gallons of water for two weeks

The Hotaru compact shower holds five gallons of water and, according to the co-founders, a family of three can each take a five-minute, daily shower using the same five gallons of water for up to two weeks. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Actiongram: Microsofts gemischte Realität für Dummies

Mit seiner kommenden AR-Brille HoloLens will Microsoft ja irgendwie dem Durchschnittsnutzer Augmented Reality schmackhaft machen, weshalb man derzeit nicht nur an der Hardware feilt, sondern auch passende Software entwickelt, zum Beispiel Actiongra... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 8 years ago

The story behind the most-recognizable fountains in the world

A couple months ago, I visited Las Vegas for CES. Few people enjoy playing in CES, but no one enjoys going to the city of sin for work. The loud noises coming from the slot machines, the men flicking cards at you with pictures of naked women, and the general sense that everyone i … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

A live tech talk with Richard Branson at 30,000 feet

Richard Branson is taking to the skies for the inaugural flight of a new route, from SFO to Denver, in the hopes of linking a nascent tech community in the Mile High City with an established one in Silicon Valley. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Sponsored Post: zanox Group, Varnish, LaunchDarkly, Swrve, Netflix, Aerospike, TrueSight Pulse, Redis Labs, InMemory.Net, VividCortex, MemSQL, Scalyr, AiScaler, AppDynamics, ManageEngine, Site24x7

Who's Hiring? The zanox Group are looking for a Senior Architect . We're looking for someon... | Continue reading


@highscalability.com | 8 years ago

What’s your favorite feature in the first Android N developer preview? [Poll of the Week]

For Android Authority's first Poll of the Week, we thought we'd ask our readers an easy question - what is your favorite feature in the first Android N developer preview? | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft Adds 5 New Blockchain Partners to Azure

Tech giant Microsoft has added five new services to its blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) solution. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Everything you need to know about the Hyperloop, a potential transportation game-changer

In 2013, billionaire eccentric inventor Elon Musk announced an idea called the Hyperloop: a super-fast, low-friction transportation system that looked like the prom photo for a subway tunnel and a bullet-train. Musk made the Hyperloop an open-sourced project, inviting thinkers, s … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Signals, messages, clouds… pigeons?

… AKA, how a flock of pigeons is connecting my past, present and future technology interests. If I look back at the past 10 years or so of my career, I believe there’s a continuum of interest – from my passion for / community building around application messaging systems (MQ, MQ … | Continue reading


@andypiper.co.uk | 8 years ago

Google could pay you $100K if you can hack a Chromebook

Google is known for paying big bucks to hackers that can crack its security, but this time its doubling its $50,000 bug bounty. Anyone who can create a recurring hack for a Chromebook or Chromebox that’s working on guest mode – meaning it comes back even after the machine’s been … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

Bitcoin Price Watch; Here’s What’s on Tonight

In this morning’s bitcoin price watch piece, our focus was on two things. The first, an ongoing trade that we entered during the Asian session – one that had tested our stop but not hit it, and at the time of writing, was testing broken resistance as support. We took this testing … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 8 years ago

Hinweis auf Medien-Live-Stream: Die Programmvorstellung für Vivid Sydney 2016 wird am 17. März 2016 um 10:45 Uhr (AEST) per Live-Stream übertragen

Destination NSW: Sydney (ots/PRNewswire) -Was: Destination NSW veröffentlicht das Programm für Vivid Sydney 2016 URL: www.vividsydney.com/media-centreWann: Donnerstag, 17. März 2016Uhrzeit: 10:45 Uhr (AEST) Das offizielle Programm für Vivid Sydney 2016 wird auf ... | Continue reading


@presseportal.de | 8 years ago

AlphaGo's battle with Lee Se-dol is something I'll never forget

Reporting from South Korea on AlphaGo’s matches against Go genius Lee Se-dol over the past week and a half has been intense and fascinating. I’ve written about the results of each game, how Google subsidiary DeepMind achieved them, what they might mean for the future, and more. I … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

‘Moon Shot,’ the story of the Google Lunar XPRIZE, is now in the Play Store

A new nine-part Web series about the Google Lunar XPRIZE had its world premiere yesterday at SXSW. Titled ‘Moon Shot’ and directed by Academy Award nominated filmmaker Orlando von Einsiedel and executive producer J.J. Abrams, follows the journey of the different teams who are com … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

The Economist and Jaguar activate at London's Wearable Technology Show

The Economist and Jaguar have both unveiled activations at the Wearable Technology Show today (15 March), which is taking place at Excel London. | Continue reading


@eventmagazine.co.uk | 8 years ago