After months of preparation, Lyft today launched its developer program, opening its API for third-parties to integrate its service into their apps. It’s a move that’s several years behind Uber – but hey, better late than never. Today’s launch is coupled alongside a new Facebook M … | Continue reading
Apple’s new ‘spaceship’ campus is set to debut in early 2017, but the company is showing off one impressive piece of the puzzle (literally) early. The roof of Apple’s new “Theatre” is a one-piece, 80-ton behemoth that is 140 feet in diameter. It’s also made of carbon fiber, and A … | Continue reading
Facebook is now rolling out a new design overhaul that formally brings Material Design to Messenger. | Continue reading
Project Fi is ditching the invite system. 10 months after Google unveiled its own mobile network, which lets consumers pay only for the amount of data they use each month, the company is opening access to everyone inside the United States."With Project Fi, we deliver fast wireles … | Continue reading
You may want to delay updating the drivers for your Nvidia graphics card today. The chip maker’s latest patch for its GeForce line of graphics processing units (GPUs) is causing errors for a number of people, according to complaints on forums and social media. Nvidia just release … | Continue reading
Agency Geek has launched a new online service that purports to algorithmically match service agencies with prospective clients (basically they have a search tool for small businesses to find the proper representation). Read More | Continue reading
Starting today, anyone can sign up for Project Fi – Google’s cellular network – without an invite. The company announced the change in a blog post today, where it also articulated a few statistics it’s noticed from its early users, including their tendency to travel and that the … | Continue reading
One of the great ironies of the cloud computing age is that the five to ten year old laptop gathering dust in your desk drawer probably has more horsepower than a top of the line Chromebook which just hit the market. That means you can take a long dormant unit out of retirement a … | Continue reading
Google today announced that its Project Fi cell service is now available to anyone in the U.S. without an invitation. Google first introduced Project Fi in April 2015. The idea was to blend the best of Wi-Fi access with wireless access from two carriers — T-Mobile and Sprint — on … | Continue reading
VIDEO: Michael Carter-Williams will have surgery to repair a torn labrum in his hip HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — The Milwaukee Bucks will have to finish the season without the services of Michael Carter-Williams. The third-year point guard is scheduled for season-ending surgery on th … | Continue reading
Ryan Leslie gave every fan his phone number. It’s (915) 600-6978. But instead of a million unwanted phone calls, it’s making him money and giving him deeper intelligence about his listeners than anyone in the music business.That’s why A16z’s Ben Horowitz, Betaworks, and more inve … | Continue reading
Dungeon Raid [$0.99] was one of those games where, if it got its hooks into you, you probably weren't going to play anything else for a good long while. There wasn't a lot of mystery behind that, to be honest. The mechanics were familiar and simple to learn, but offered a lot of … | Continue reading
CoinDesk contributor Dan Cawrey argues that the bitcoin ecosystem should embrace and encourage competition in its development community. | Continue reading
In a recent Hangouts chat with backers, Coolest Cooler CEO Ryan Grepper says his company needs another $15 million to fulfill all orders. Should Coolest LLC get its $15 million, Grepper says it will be split evenly between production and shipping of existing orders, building out … | Continue reading
Descent's original creators at Revival Productions have released a playable demo of their upcoming "six-degrees-of-freedom" shooter Overload.This spiritual successor to Descent launched a Kickstarter campaign last month, though it's barely over halfway towards its $300k goal with … | Continue reading
Lyft is now allowing third-party developers to build on its platform, starting with Facebook Messenger today.Uber opened its API to third-party developers more than 18 months ago, announcing a partner integration with Facebook Messenger in December, which allowed Messenger users … | Continue reading
Lyft, locked in intense competition with its larger, better financed ride-hail rival Uber, announced Monday that Facebook Messenger users can now do what they've been able to do with Uber since December: hail a Lyft car from within the Messenger app. Lyft is also expanding its AP … | Continue reading
Anonymous, the hacker collective taking on ISIS, might have a foe even more difficult to thwart than Middle Eastern extremists, Twitter. Since the middle of 2015, Twitter has upped its efforts to remove accounts associated with terrorism by removing some 125,000 accounts linked t … | Continue reading
The Federal Communications Commission announced today that it has reached an agreement with Verizon Wireless.The FCC says it’s been investigating Verizon’s use of Unique Identifier Headers (more commonly known as “supercookies,” which serve as a permanent identifier that tracks u … | Continue reading
You can now sign up for Project Fi, Google’s first foray into offering its own cell phone service, without an invite. The service, which launched ten months ago, was an invite-only project until now — though getting an invite wasn’t all that hard. Starting today, anybody in the U … | Continue reading
Google Cardboard is an amazing idea for bringing virtual reality to anyone on the cheap. Unfortunately, wearing one looks ridiculous, and most versions are either bulky or too complicated to fold. Dodocase, a company that’s primarily specialized in making accessories for Apple de … | Continue reading
Within the next month, a pair of the most highly hyped VR headsets are getting ready to launch. The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are both expensive, powerful pieces of hardware that will likely see adoption among gamers and evangelists of the platform but are not necessarily systems … | Continue reading
The traditional Chinese game of Go has been on the mind of the folks at Google for some time. While the complex game of chess has long been reduced to algorithmic success by computers, Go makes chess look like CandyLand. But this week, the AlphaGo AI powered by Google’s DeepMind … | Continue reading
Instead of going into a theater and watching a movie on a huge projection screen, your next movie experience could be one with a VR headset strapped to your face.In 2015, Samhoud Media experimented with what it calls the VR Cinema, using pop-up theaters around Europe. But last we … | Continue reading
Microsoft-owned Skype today announced new integrations of its messaging and calling capabilities inside more Microsoft services: specifically Office Online (that includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote Online) and OneDrive. “This creates a natural, collaborative experience … | Continue reading
Following a historic 18 years in the NFL, celebrated quarterback Peyton Manning is retiring. What might he do next? WSJ sports editor Geoff Foster and Tanya Rivero discuss. Photo: Getty | Continue reading
UpLabs is a community-powered marketplace that lets designers and developers share ready-to-ship UI resources — like login boxes and payment forms — to build apps and sites.Originally from France, founders Matt Aussaguel and Guillemette Dejean moved to the U.S. after finding thei … | Continue reading
The Assassin's Creed movie won't be out until 21st December, but it's reportedly already greenlit a sequel.According to The Tracking Board, New Regency has already signed with producers Jean-Julien Baronnet from Ubisoft Motion Pictures, Frank Marshall through his Kennedy-Marshall … | Continue reading
Payments startup Qiwi is pushing ahead on a cryptocurrency project despite an uncertain climate for the tech in Russia. | Continue reading
Three common mistakes businesses make with email marketing, and how you can leverage content to both resolve these issues and enjoy greater online... | Continue reading
Skype announced today further integrations into Microsoft’s suite of online tools, with news that access to the communications app is now available while working in Office Online and OneDrive. This is an expansion of the earlier announcement from this past October, which then int … | Continue reading
“Most of us are brave and afraid in the same moment, all day long.” [Brené Brown] We underestimate the power of feedback. It's useful to learn how to provide it, and to understand the types of feedback that are well suited to each situation. When we engage in a creative endeavor, … | Continue reading
The drone business is booming, and companies which manufacture these aerial robots are increasingly trying to produce units that can straddle the divide between the consumer and enterprise market. 3D Robotics, one of the biggest US drone makers, announced this morning that it is … | Continue reading
Verizon is settling with the FCC over its use of an ad targeting technology known as a "supercookie," which tracks the websites visited by phones on its network. Supercookies allow websites to better target ads to visitors with Verizon cellphone service; but those visitors — for … | Continue reading
Microsoft is canceling the upcoming Fable Legends and in discussions to close Lionhead Studios. Microsoft-owned Press Play will also be shuttered. | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: February has come and gone without the highly-anticipated Windows 10 Mobile upgrade for legacy Lumia handsets. In an email to partners, seen by VentureBeat, Microsoft is now targeting a release this month, to occur after the regular monthly service updates for the two … | Continue reading
A new world record for the fastest street legal all-electric car has been awarded to the Genovation GXE, a heavily-modified 2006 Z06 Corvette which hit a top speed of 186.8 mph at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida last month. The GXE is a prototype created by small automotive c … | Continue reading
Peter Panic [Free] is Wario Ware mixed with a musical, and only halfway complete. Seriously, the game borrows its structure and goofiness from Wario Ware almost exactly. You play through levels all with a specific theme, trying to complete a short micro-game to get a point and ad … | Continue reading
Blizzard’s next big game is coming this spring. Overwatch, a team-based shooter that we’ve enjoyed our time with, launches for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on May 24. This will bring colorful, fast-paced gunplay to gamers across all three platforms. But you don’t have to wait … | Continue reading
Supercell chief executive Ilkka Paananen announced today on Twitter that the Finnish company has hit 100 million daily active players who play its four games. That is a huge accomplishment, considering the company has just 180 employees. Supercell has four releases on the top-gro … | Continue reading
The next big thing from Blizzard is coming very soon. The developer announced today that its colorful multiplayer shooter Overwatch will be launching on May 24th on the PS4, Xbox One, and PC. It was previously pegged for a spring 2016 release. A beta for the game will be availabl … | Continue reading
Although HTC posted a pretty big loss in revenue for February 2016, investors are remaining hopeful about the upcoming Vive headset. | Continue reading
Dropbox today announced a new milestone: Half a billion users. The company has thus added 100 million users over the last nine months — Dropbox passed the 400 million user milestone in June 2015. These most recent 100 million users have come from all over the world, with Dropbox … | Continue reading
Data insight and management startup Zaloni announced today that it has closed a $7.5 million series A round led by Sierra Ventures. Based in Durham, North Carolina, the startup said it will use the funds to further develop Zaloni’s software and its data lake management solution. … | Continue reading
At least four major video game publishers have dropped out of the show floor for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the giant gaming extravaganza held each year in Los Angeles in June. This likely forces the Entertainment Software Association, the trade group that organizes … | Continue reading
Confirming reports from earlier this year, which spoke of a forthcoming revamp of the Facebook Messenger application for Android devices, Facebook today began rolling out a new, Material Design-styled version of Messenger on Android to all users worldwide. The updated application … | Continue reading
Gross? Well, that gross idea just pulled in a $4 million Series A round from AccellFoods, existing investor Collaborative Fund and a bunch of angels including Nas and Tim Ferris. The team behind the creepy crawlies as food company previously raised $1.6 million, adding up to $5.6 … | Continue reading