The price of bitcoin experienced relative price stability and consistent volume during the seven days through 1st April. | Continue reading
Capcom is going to make a new push to mobile, and it’s using some of its biggest brands to help it succeed. Mega Man and Monster Hunter highlight the company’s new Mobile Business Division, which the publisher announced today. It will release four games by March 31, 2017. These w … | Continue reading
Some users are reporting issues connecting to Apple’s iCloud services this afternoon. The issue affects those attempting to sync files to iCloud as well as services that require access to Apple’s servers, such as email, calendar and to-do list applications. The issue became appar … | Continue reading
The worst of April Fools’ is behind us, and the best part of April lays ahead, but before you erase March from your mind, take a few minutes to check out the best of last month’s new and updated Android apps. As always, only the most interesting apps make it into this roundup eac … | Continue reading
Capcom has announced that they're putting a big investment into mobile gaming, launching a Mobile Business Division specifically geared towards mobile game development. And this isn't just news for Japanese games that will never hit western shores – the games are set to release g … | Continue reading
April is upon us already, and you’ve just about survived the barrage of the worst April Fools’ puns the Web can throw at you, but before you close your browser in disgust, check out the best of last month’s new and updated iPhone apps. As always, only the best apps each month mak … | Continue reading
Bandai Namco is making a Japanese VR installation to help people conquer their fears.Launching in Tokyo on 15th April and lasting through mid-October, Project I Can will feature six different elaborate VR experiences. One of them, Fear of Heights Show, tasks players with donning … | Continue reading
When I reviewed Microsoft's Surface Book last year, I was struck by how badly Windows 10 handled pen support. Windows has supported styluses since the days of tablet edition for Windows XP, but Microsoft hasn't really invested heavily in building ink into every part of Windows. A … | Continue reading
Karlie Kloss made headlines last year when she announced she was not only a high-ranking model but could also code in Ruby. Kloss, who says she’s always been interested in math and science, started learning to program a couple of years ago. The supermodel partnered with the Flati … | Continue reading
Google and Acer have teamed up to release the $799 Chromebase for meetings, an "all-in-one standalone secure video conferencing device" designed for small areas like desktops or office phone booths. Google has other Chromebase devices on the market (made by both LG and Acer), but … | Continue reading
You might not be reading this. Or the blog I sent out early today. And you might not be getting those other newsletters you subscribed to. Google also automatically moves many Mailchimp newsletters to your promo folder in gmail. As... | Continue reading
Visuals tell a story better than text and help your content engage your readers. Here’s a look at how your graphics can boost engagement. | Continue reading
Count one of Alphabet’s investment arms, Google Ventures, to stay out of the state of North Carolina until further notice. According to a report from Re/code, the firm will not be making any investments in North Carolina until its controversial law preventing LBGT persons from be … | Continue reading
BlackBerry put all their eggs in one basket with the Priv, but it seems like the Android-powered device might not be enough to save the company. | Continue reading
BlackBerry's latest quarterly results are in, and they weren't great news for the beleaguered smartphone company. Total phone sales were below expectations, and BlackBerry isn't revealing how many flagship devices it shipped last quarter. | Continue reading
Starting today, publisher Activision is kicking off the finals for the first stage of its Call of Duty World League competition, and the company has a new feature for Call of Duty: Black Ops III on PlayStation 4 to get more people watching. In early March, Activision and develope … | Continue reading
I’m going to start by saying I’m actually a huge fan of SoFi. I think they have a great product, they’ve built an incredible business and their growth in a regulated and complex industry is impressive. And I say this even though I’ve had my student loan refinance denied by them … | Continue reading
The Kialara has fast become one of bitcoin's key collectibles, but it also raises questions about the value of art. | Continue reading
Palaround began its life as one of what’s now many companies attempting to be the “Tinder for finding friends” – a list that now includes Tinder’s dating app rival, Bumble, in fact. But recently, the startup began rolling out a new product focused instead on bringing the Tinder s … | Continue reading
The next time you call for a Lyft car and instead you get a DeLorean from Back to the Future, or a horde of hungry zombies, or a faceful of chicken feathers, you'll have one person to thank: Ethan Eyler, Lyft's resident merry prankster.While other Silicon Valley startups have rec … | Continue reading
Pre-natal genetic testing, VR drones, and fracking nanoparticles were a few of the products featured in Y Combinator’s first Virtual Demo Day. They come from the YC Fellowship, a program designed to let the startup school help idea- or prototype-stage companies, beyond the full-f … | Continue reading
Tesla just had an amazing 24 hours — both ahead of and following the unveiling of its mass-market Model 3.However, the upstart EV automaker has not brought in as much cash as the company co-founder and CEO Elon Musk wants you to think.SEE ALSO: What it's like to ride in the Tesla … | Continue reading
Jan. 17, 1964The Amphicar is used as a fishing boat by its owner at the start of the salmon fishing season on the River Tay, Scotland.Image: Fox Photos/Getty ImagesA vehicle that promised to revolutionize drowning….Dan Neil, Time MagazineDesigned by Hanns Trippel and manufactured … | Continue reading
Two-person Finnish developer Huijaus Studios has announced their first project, an ambitious stealth puzzle game called Mr Future Ninja, and it's looking really awesome. An evil sci-fi corporation has abducted the world's ninjas with plans to clone them and offer them as servants … | Continue reading
A baby takes up a surprisingly large amount of space. Not the actual baby, of course, but the piles of onesies, newborn diapers, teething toys, and bottles that parents buy to go along with that cuddly lump. With all this extra stuff around, I perk up when a traditionally-large b … | Continue reading
The number of people in the world who are obese skyrocketed to 641 million in 2014 from 105 million in 1975, according to a new study published in the medical journal The Lancet. That’s a sixfold increase in about 40 years.The study compared the Body Mass Index (BMI), a measure o … | Continue reading
VIDEO: Kyle Lowry is a nominee for Kia Player of the Month for March By Ben Leibowitz, Special to NBA.com As the calendar flips to April and practical jokers execute their best (read: worst) pranks, the NBA landscape heads to the home stretch before playoffs roll around. For the … | Continue reading
VPNs aren't only for businesses and super tech-savvy users anymore. A Virtual Private Network might be just what you need to make your browsing more safe and secure. | Continue reading
Starman, the old '80s romance film dressed up as a sci-fi flick, is getting a remake with Night at the Museum director Shawn Levy, according to a report today from The Hollywood Reporter. The original starred Jeff Bridges, fresh off the original Tron two years prior, as an alien … | Continue reading
The shutting down of Facebook’s free internet service in Egypt wasn't about net neutrality as was initially believed, according to a new report from Reuters. The social media platform refused to give the Egyptian government permission to spy on users through its Free Basics progr … | Continue reading
Director Richard Linklater's new coming of age film "Everybody Wants Some!!" has some similarities to his classic "Dazed and Confused." WSJ film critic Joe Morgenstern joins Lee Hawkins with his review. Photo: Paramount Pictures | Continue reading
Managed by Q announced today that it closed a series B funding round with $25 million in its pocket. The office cleaning and managing startup, which has swept away some of the common practices of the freelance economy, was backed by GV (formerly known as Google Ventures) and Kapo … | Continue reading
Jeremy Williams, who previously designed light-up video game pixel art, has built a virtual reality pinball controller from scratch. He designed it to work with the game Pinball FX 2 VR, currently available on the Oculus Rift. Williams posted his finished rig to Twitter earlier t … | Continue reading
MealPass, which just launched in New York, offers one lunch every week day from a host of restaurants for $99 a month. MealPass co-founder and CEO Mary Biggins, who also founded fitness start up ClassPass, joins Lee Hawkins to discuss her new venture. Photo: MealPass | Continue reading
We’ve got a Vive in the house. Here’s our unboxing video of the HTC Vive virtual reality headset. HTC will begin shipping the Vive next week to those who preordered it for $800. The Vive is one of the most highly anticipated VR headsets arriving on the PC, hot on the tails of the … | Continue reading
The British Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and its Australian counterpart, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have signed the first-of-its-kind agreement whereby innovative Fintech companies in Australia and the United Kingdom will have more support from f … | Continue reading
Imagine what kind of cultural experiences $28 can buy you. A decent show ticket. Three matinees at a suburban movie theater. A couple ritzy museum admissions. Nine movie rentals on iTunes. Three months of Spotify. Twenty-eight CDs, probably.Now instead of any of those, imagine sp … | Continue reading
The MOBA genre has had some promising moments on mobile in recent years. Mostly, we've either seen games like Fates Forever and Vainglory, which tried to port most PC MOBA mechanics to mobile but with a different UI, or games like Call of Champions, which tried to rethink MOBA me … | Continue reading
Google is testing a conversation app called Spaces that attempts to make group messaging more natural and interconnected. | Continue reading
Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduced prototype versions of the car Thursday night at the company's Los Angeles design studio. Tesla Motors says buyers reserved more than 115,000 Model 3 sedans on Thursday, the first day orders were taken. With a starting price of $35,000, the Model 3 i … | Continue reading
Progress on motorcycle action game Road Redemption has been quiet for some time, leading many to ponder if the crowdfunded Steam Early Access game had been abandoned, but developer DarkSeas Games has issued a Kickstarter update assuring everyone that this is not the case. In fact … | Continue reading
Slack, the fast-growing office messaging tool has finally completed a new round of funding, including new investor Thrive Capital, it said Friday.The funding has been expected for a while and has been much reported. There are other new investors, such as Comcast Ventures and GGV, … | Continue reading
Just over a year after buying struggling streaming service Tidal, rap mogul and titan of industry Jay Z suspects the former ownership group may have misstated the number of Tidal subscribers pre-acquisition. In a letter sent to Tidal’s former owners, Jay Z’s legal team said: “Pan … | Continue reading
The Chevrolet Bolt and the Tesla Model 3 are the first affordable, long-distance — over 200 miles of range — electric vehicles. They've both been announced, and will eventually hit dealerships. The Chevy Bolt, however, has a one-year head start on the Tesla. And because Elon Musk … | Continue reading
Researchers have grown a type of complex, hairy skin tissue in the lab for the first time. The fluorescent skin was implanted in living mice, and although its use in humans is a long way off, scientists think the lab-grown tissue could one day help burn survivors and people with … | Continue reading
Less than a year after raising a hefty Series A, Managed By Q is today announcing the raise of a $25 million Series B round from GV and Kapor Ventures. Former TechCrunch writer MG Siegler is joining the board as part of the deal. Managed By Q is a service that handle all the extr … | Continue reading
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For better or worse, it’s April 1st again. Happy April Fools’ Day! The day when up becomes down, cats become people, and the Internet loses its collective mind for about 24 hours. As is tradition, we’re digging up all the best, worst, weirdest, and most ill-planned April Fools’ j … | Continue reading