It's been just over a year since Digit launched its powerful automated savings plan, which painlessly saves a few dollars at a time from your checking account to help you pay down debt or save for major purchases. Aside from adding interest payments, the service hasn't changed mu … | Continue reading
Yik Yak, the anonymous social network popular on college campuses, is asking users to create user names. Starting today, users will be asked to create "handles" that they can optionally attach to their posts. The handles, which do not have to include users' real names, will be tu … | Continue reading
The thing I love about SMS-based money-saving app Digit is that it steals pieces of my paycheck without my knowledge and squirrels it away as a fund I can tap into on a rainy day. For those who are more anxious about the when and where their money is moving, the startup has relea … | Continue reading
The future of Ruffian's Hollowpoint looks troubled as the studio's partnership with publisher Paradox has fallen apart.Ruffian, developer of Crackdown 2, announced Hollowpoint in 2014 as part of Sony's Gamescom conference. It was billed as a co-op tactical action game that rekind … | Continue reading
Hi, I'm Manu Mahajan and I'm a software engineer with Keen IO's Platform team. Over the past year... | Continue reading
How you design a survey or a form will affect the answers you get. This includes the language you use, the order of the questions, and of course the default values and ranges you use. This article will focus on response scales. This could be in a survey (1-5 vs 1-10 scale, etc) o … | Continue reading
Google today announced that it is renaming Skybox Imaging, the satellite startup it acquired in 2014, to Terra Bella. More than just a name change, though, the company says this switch is also about showing that Skybox Imaging Terra Bella is not only about putting small imaging s … | Continue reading
The technology that drives your contact center and specifically the software that you are deploying for call centers needs a complete overhaul if you want to stay relevant today. | Continue reading
In January, office rents in San Francisco eclipsed those of New York to become the most expensive in the country. Two months later, there are signs the San Francisco may not maintain its dubious position for long. The biggest indicator? There’s suddenly 1.7 million square feet of … | Continue reading
My mom has only one story about robots – and it’s that back in the 50s when she was tiny, kids were promised that in the future, you’d basically all have a robot butler. Alas, mother, the prediction was actually a little off, because you can now pre-order a robot that would kill … | Continue reading
Today, the activity tracking service Human released a cool visualization that shows all the physical activity of its users in a few major cities around the world for a 24 hour period. Whether or not you’re interested in being motivated to get a few more steps in each day or not, … | Continue reading
Japan ist ja hartnäckig Vorreiter in Sachen hochauflösender TV-Inhalte und um diese Position zu behaupten, werden bereits dieses Jahr Teile der Olympische Sommerspiele in Brasilien in 8K gefilmt und übertragen - allerdings nur fü... | Continue reading
Amazon Instant Video already offers streaming movies and TVs on demand, but it could also include virtual reality content in the future.A new job listing posted to Glassdoor, first spotted by virtual and augmented reality blog Upload VR, has revealed Amazon is looking for a senio … | Continue reading
How to mobilize your wellness clinic blogging team to produce a thriving blog that attracts new clients and showcases your unique expertise. | Continue reading
Google today announced it is rebranding satellite startup Skybox Imaging as Terra Bella. The name comes with a new vision: “As Google revolutionized search for the online world, we have set our eyes on pioneering the search for patterns of change in the physical world.” Google ac … | Continue reading
Vessel, the video subscription startup headed by former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar, announced today that it’s moving in a new direction in terms of the advertising displayed on its service. In a move that recalls YouTube’s venture into ad-free viewing with the debut of YouTube Red, Ves … | Continue reading
Valkyria Chronicles Remastered comes out on PlayStation 4 on 17th May, Sega has announced.The remake of the much-loved PS3 turn-based strategy RPG includes… | Continue reading
Mizuho has announced that it recently completed a test involving bitcoin that focused on cross-border securities settlement. | Continue reading
Whether you just picked up a brand new Galaxy S7 or S7 edge, or are simply looking to expand the space on your existing handset, now is the perfect time to pick up a microSD card on the cheap with all microSD cards from Samsung on sale via Amazon. | Continue reading
In this series of blog posts, I’ve enjoyed shedding some light onto how we approach marketing at The Next Web through Web analytics, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), social media and more. This piece focuses on what data we use from Google Sea … | Continue reading
Matcherino has figured out a way to get spectators and pro gamers alike more engaged in esports. It has created a platform where fans can nominate players for show matches and then does everything to make that match happen. It essentially formalizes the process of staging grudge … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: For a tech-savvy person like you, dear VentureBeat reader, the magnifying glass icon suggests the presence of a search feature when viewing a mobile website. But it appears that you are in the minority when it comes to knowing what to do when you see that most Sherlock … | Continue reading
Four years ago, Highlight debuted at South by Southwest’s interactive conference during a time when location-based meetup services were enjoying a surge of interest. Today, it has launched its second app, called Shorts, which is based on the same concept but with a twist: iI is n … | Continue reading
No one else ever sees most of your camera roll. But if you’re brave enough, your close friends might enjoy peeking at every photo, video, and screenshot, not just the best ones. So call it creepy or the next frontier in social media, but that’s what Shorts does. It’s the new iOS … | Continue reading
Are you a real gamer? Are you a real hardcore gamer? Do you like games that will punish you and leave you begging for mercy? Congratulations, Lost Socks: Naughty Brothers [$4.99] is the game for you. This auto-run-and-gun game boasts fantastic art, well-done gameplay, and tough d … | Continue reading
Are you ready to share not just your best photo moments, but almost all the contents of your camera roll with friends, family and maybe a few strangers?This is the new vision from app developer Paul Davison, most known for his social "near me" app Highlight that went viral years … | Continue reading
Atlassian, the enterprise software company behind HipChat and JIRA that went public back in December, just released its first-ever diversity report. There’s really nothing surprising nor commendable about it, but I’m all about releasing these reports for the sake of transparency. … | Continue reading
Feminist critic Anita Sarkeesian has risen to fame by dissecting pop culture. Her series Tropes vs. Women in Video Games, which breaks down gender-based gaming cliches ranging from kidnapped princesses to women as prizes, has become both a successful YouTube channel and a linchpi … | Continue reading
Even in an era when social networks are constantly pushing us to share more of ourselves, Paul Davison's projects stand out for their pushiness. Davison's first foray into social apps was Highlight, which broadcast your profile to everyone in your immediate surroundings. Davison' … | Continue reading
Check out these 40 women in marketing, crushing their business goals daily. In celebration of International Women's Day. | Continue reading
Aerospace engineers have dreamed of a spaceship that can launch like a plane, get to orbit, and land on a runway since the 1960s. A British company, Reaction Engines Limited, wants to make that dream a reality. REL’s sleek, winged spaceplane, called the Skylon, looks like somethi … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price continues trading across critical support just above $400. Maintaining this position is the key to additional advance. Losing it, will open a proverbial can of downside toward the lows of 2015. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the fu … | Continue reading
HTC's upcoming flagship, currently dubbed (though the name may change) HTC 10, is not exactly a mystery any more. Known leaker of gadget-related details, Steve Hemmerstoffer (or @OnLeaks on Twitter) last week shared a number of images of a HTC 10 prototype, along with a full set … | Continue reading
Mashable's Product Analyst Raymond Wong unboxes the latest Samsung Galaxy phones — the S7 and S7 Edge.Read the full review for the Galaxy S7: http://on.mash.to/1OYxHHOAnd also check out our review of the Galaxy S7 Edge: http://on.mash.to/1U1ymAi Read more...More about Samsung, Un … | Continue reading
Da haben einige nicht schlecht geguckt, als in der neusten Staffel der Erfolgsserie "House of Cards" Claire Underwood ein Smartphone von OnePlus auspackte. Nun ist das Platzieren von Produkten in Filmen und TV-Formaten nichts Neues und man kennt da... | Continue reading
Mobile security firm Lookout has introduced today what may be one of the more practical applications for Apple Watch. Its new smartwatch app will help you to not lose your phone, by alerting you if you’re about to leave your phone behind, as well as help you locate a lost or stol … | Continue reading
Live this week, it's humanity vs the machines, as Google's AlphaGo AI battles Korean champion Lee Se-dol at the ancient board game of Go. The five-game match is set to be as historic as the competition between IBM's Deep Blue and chess grandmaster Gary Kasparov, and, even better, … | Continue reading
London-based health startup Yomp, which raised $315,000 (£200,000) from five angel investors last year, set out to be a heath and wellness platform which ‘gamified’ company employees into healthy habits, thus increasing productivity, reducing absenteeism, you know the drill. It’s … | Continue reading
It’s been about six hours since published the first of our two, Tuesday session intraday analyses, and a look at action across the period reveals some pretty frustrating movement in the bitcoin price. We managed to get into a trade on a break of in term support, but having bounce … | Continue reading
“The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one’s time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.” — H.L. Mencken “The supreme … | Continue reading
So much for disruption? A new survey says 70% of financial institutions believe blockchain will positively impact their business. | Continue reading
Groupon GmbH: Berlin (ots) - Immer mehr Deutsche verbringen ihren Urlaub im eigenen Land. Eine Umfrage* der Lifestyle-Plattform Groupon anlässlich der Internationalen Touristik Messe (ITB) 2016 ergab, dass 84 Prozent der befragten Deutschen in den letzten drei ... | Continue reading
To celebrate International Women's Day, here are my suggestions for content from women you should be reading: | Continue reading
Even though he's not working there anymore, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak always has an opinion on all things Apple, and he doesn't shy from saying it in public. On Monday, Woz was a guest on Conan, where he shared his thoughts on Apple's firm denial to help the FBI install a ba … | Continue reading
I've worked in the technology industry for my whole professional life, and it has been an incredibly tough place for women to work - that's just not the kind of career or workplace I want to work in, because I'm constantly inspired and influenced by women around me, be that profe … | Continue reading
Last year, Google Ventures launched a website focused on the concept of a five-day design sprint – a process for companies to help focus and define their core product and goals. Today, the site is now followed up with its long-awaited book, appropriately named ‘Sprint: How to Sol … | Continue reading
Amazon’s foray into fashion continues today with the launch of what will be the company’s first daily live show, called Style Code Live, which will feature fashion and beauty tips and advice from style experts and viewers. However, the more interesting aspects to the new program … | Continue reading
Today is International Women’s Day, as I am sure your Facebook and Twitter feeds have told you countless times already. Women in tech is a subject that has gotten an increasing amount of attention, usually to point out where the industry is falling short, but today, crowdfunding … | Continue reading