Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we reviewed Microsoft exclusive Quantum Break, the Oculus Rift starts shipping, and we discussed how Muslims are portrayed in gaming. Happy reading, and have a great weekend! Pieces of flair and opinion Watch us play Quantum … | Continue reading
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Dear Esther and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs developer The Chinese Room has revealed that its next game will be an isometric RPG called Total Dark. That's a far cry from its previous work that's all more or less fallen under the dreadful "walking s … | Continue reading
The U.S. added 215,000 jobs in March, a sign of resilience despite overseas turmoil. Bankrate.com senior economic analyst Mark Hamrick joins Lee Hawkins with analysis of the March jobs report. Photo: Getty | Continue reading
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Tech giants Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon have submitted a joint brief to the Washington, D.C. Circuit Court in support of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. The CPP aims to empower the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate emissions from power plants … | Continue reading
Hey, this is no joke, it's HighScalability time: A glorious battle in EVE . Tens of thousands ... | Continue reading
If you want to see a great magic show today, take an hour to watch Steve Jobs introduce the iPhone in 2007. Ignore that it already looks insanely dated, and focus on how it's essentially just a 50-minute trick: a person on a stage exploits your optimism with theater, then surpris … | Continue reading
What I find most interesting about the art and science of content marketing is that there are so many different ways to be successful. Although there are some core best practices that all marketers should follow, tactics and approaches can vary based on a number of factors, inclu … | Continue reading
A temporary solution to the ongoing text size debate has been reached, CoinDesk has learned. | Continue reading
So much for Kanye West’s plans to make his new album, “The Life of Pablo,” a Tidal exclusive. The artist, who has changed his mind numerous times with regard to this latest release, has now put the album out on Tidal’s competitors, including Spotify, Apple Music, and Google Play … | Continue reading
Ah, welcome welcome. I see you enjoyed last week’s edition and are back for more. Well we won’t disappoint. For the uninitiated (go back and start at post one, please) the team at TNW has made a New Year’s Resolution to read a bit more. So every week, a select number of our team … | Continue reading
Jason Snell worked at Mac magazines for 20 years and was lead editor at Macworld for a decade. Now he writes about Apple at sixcolors.com and podcasts at relay.fm and theincomparable.com.It's hard to believe it now, but in the early days of Steve Jobs' return to Apple, nobody was … | Continue reading
Slack today announced that it has raised $200 million in funding at a post-money valuation of $3.8 billion. The company has now taken on $540 million in funding, a spokesperson told VentureBeat in an email. Thrive Capital led the round. Comcast Ventures, Accel Partners, GGV, Inde … | Continue reading
Als LG das neuste Flaggschiff LG G5 vergangenen Monat in Barcelona vorgestellt hat, wurde es als "metal-built" Smartphone präsentiert. Auf dem ersten Blick macht das G5 auch einen wertigen Eindruck. Der YouTuber JerryRigEverything hat das Pho... | Continue reading
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betaworks doesn’t often launch games, but when they do, it tends to stick. Just take Dots, for example, which ended up spinning out of betaworks as its own game studio. Today, the startup studio is launching its second game in the form of CHKN. Imagine that Minecraft had a baby w … | Continue reading
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SAN FRANCISCO — HoloLens, Microsoft’s self-contained holographic computer, arrives in developers' hands around the world today, but when they open those exquisitely designed black boxes, the devices they receive will largely be a mystery to them — both how they work and, more imp … | Continue reading
Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) has a new HealthKit program called Feverprints, and it aims to answer an age-old question: what’s a fever? While a fever is typically the harbinger of infection or illness, it can also signal deeper issues, like autoimmune deficiencies or auto-inf … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Back in 2008, there was an app that started a craze and produced a putrid cloud of copycats: iFart. That early start helped the infamous fart app gain the attention of the masses and, today, iFart is available on Android for the first time. Just how big a noise did the … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price continues hovering around $415 and 2690 CNY. The chart’s technical conditions are primed for a break into either rally or decline. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now and receive a $29 disc … | Continue reading
If you're one of the many Baldur's Gate fans, I've got kind of good news for you. Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear, Beamdog's first attempt at developing an original game in the Baldur's Gate universe, has been released for PC, and hopefully iOS and Android releases won't be t … | Continue reading
As an entrepreneur, you master a wide range of skills: You’re resilient, passionate, a leader, and always focused on your company’s success. The vast majority of entrepreneurs also come from a technical background, and the core team they build around them is often comprised of pe … | Continue reading
The Internet is now officially considered a necessary component of American society after a landmark move by the Federal Communications Commission to provide subsidies for broadband access for low-income Americans.SEE ALSO: Mashable House presents: The Internet of the FutureThe F … | Continue reading
Nathan Smith knew that Wink would have to go. It was early in 2015, and the smart home company he'd started less than a year earlier was being held back by the very thing that brought it into existence: Quirky. "We knew that Wink needed a parent other than Quirky to achieve its f … | Continue reading
Forget the trade-offs, enough is enough; join us Android Authority discuss what makes the PERFECT smartphone! Is this, the Smartphone Killer? | Continue reading
Reserve has announced its latest acquisition — Dash — which brings with it the technology for direct integration with Point-of-Sale (POS) systems. This marks the fifth acquisition by the OpenTable rival. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. This news comes on the heels … | Continue reading
Verizon already charged a $40 fee for customers upgrading to a new phone on contract, but now they are bringing a similar fee to its no-contract phone upgrades as well. | Continue reading
A new app called Billy wants to help consumers more easily manage their subscriptions and bills, by keeping track of your fixed costs and recurring payments, and make these accessible via a simple mobile interface. That means tracking monthly payments like rent, alongside subscri … | Continue reading
Taylor Swift starred in a 60-second commercial for Apple Music today, which was uploaded to her own Twitter and Instagram profiles directly. Based on true events. #TAYLORvsTREADMILL @applemusic @Drake @1Futurehttps://t.co/ryUY3Yz7Prhttps://t.co/1eIHjoVIFU — Taylor Swift (@taylors … | Continue reading
Krablr started off as a promising real-time crab pricing engine for amateur fishermen. After a long beta period and a $5 million round with Sequoia leading the round and Scranton Angels also investing, the startup is pivoting to focus on millennials going forward. Read More | Continue reading
Apple turns 40 today, marking four decades of incredible growth and success. It also marks four decades of products that each changed our relationship with technology: the Apple II, the Mac, the iPod, and the iPhone. We asked Verge executive editor Walt Mossberg to show us some o … | Continue reading
It’s that time again – our final bitcoin price analysis of the week. As we mentioned this morning, we have had a pretty up and down week, but today – so far at least – has been relatively flat. Action has remained well within our predefined range, and although we have seen a smal … | Continue reading
Bandai Namco hat sich eine spezielle Form von VR-Spiel ausgedacht, dass man leider nur in Tokyo erleben kann. Kätzchen retten. Umgesetzt wurde das Spiel mit HTC Vive und es ist nicht klar, ob das auch für Nutzer der VR-Brille eines Tages... | Continue reading
Has the digital age gone too far? Companies pour substantial resources into digital technologies in an attempt to create more personalized connections with customers and increase revenue. In their rush to take advantage of all things digital, many companies may have lost sight of … | Continue reading
This week Atari launched RollerCoaster Tycoon World on Steam as an Early Access title - and unfortunately it's a bit of a mess.Fans were already upset with the publisher for launching the game on Early Access in the first place - they'd expected a full release in shops back in De … | Continue reading
Some of the most influential and successful companies in the game have come out of startup studios. Just look at Giphy, Reserve, and Operator. But what makes a startup studio successful? At Disrupt NY in May, we aim to find out. Betaworks’ John Borthwick, Expa’s Naveen Selvadurai … | Continue reading
Guitar Hero Live developer Freestyle Games has suffered a number of redundancies - but owner Activision has said the studio will remain open.Staff entered into a consultation period with Activision in February. This has now concluded and, according to a source familiar with the s … | Continue reading
Kiloo and Funday Factory's Spellbinders was one of the games that got our attention at GDC 2016 because it managed to put what seems like a pretty tactical experience into super short session lengths. Today, the developers announced that the game is coming out worldwide on April … | Continue reading
A co-founder and former CTO of Yammer, Adam Pisoni, quietly raised a $4.5 million first round of venture funding for his new education tech startup in January. This week, he revealed what Always Be Learning Inc., known as Abl Schools, is working on. Read More | Continue reading
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It's no joke — today, April 1, is Apple's 40th anniversary. Founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne on April 1, 1976, Apple has transformed from scrappy upstart to one of the most powerful — and valuable — companies in the world.To commemorate the 40th anniversary, … | Continue reading
Apple turned 40 today — and the iOS App Store turned seven years, nine months, and about three weeks. It's not exactly the same round number, but it did get me thinking about my years and years of really odd downloads. So I decided to look back at my purchase history.Huh. Co … | Continue reading
Am 1. April 1976 wurde Apple von Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak und Ronald Wayne gegründet. Zu diesem Anlass hat Apple am Infinite Loop Hauptquartier in Cupertino eine Piratenflagge mit Apple-Auge gehisst, um auf die rebellischen, wilden Anfangsta... | Continue reading
VIDEO: Utah’s Rodney Hood scores 30 points in first half vs. Lakers By Will Laws, Special to NBA.com Teams are fighting for their playoff lives as the calendar turns to April. This week, two Western Conference sharpshooters helped their clubs keep pace in the frantic race happeni … | Continue reading
The open-source Hyperledger Project led by the Linux Foundation sees 10 new members joining the initiative. The blockchain endeavor also sees the filling of key leadership positions in a recent announcement. In a recent announcement, the Hyperledger Project revealed 10 new compan … | Continue reading
The iPod commercials left an impression on a young me. I don't remember the first time I saw those silhouettes dancing in front of neon backgrounds, but I do know that I can't forget them. They defined a specific iPod-obsessed era: the early and mid-2000s. People dressed up as th … | Continue reading