I'm sorry but, "Robots, start your motors" just doesn't have the same ring to it.Never mind. What the all-autonomous Roborace lacks in human personas and engine noise, its cars easily make up for with visual panache.SEE ALSO: Upgrade your 'Insane' Tesla P90D to 'Ludicrous' for $1 … | Continue reading
According to 2015 data, mcommerce transactions in Southeast Asia and India make up 25% of ecommerce purchases among digital retailers in the region. Smartphones, rather than tablets, account for the vast majority of this mobile purchase activity. | Continue reading
While technology can help marketers personalize at scale, a lack of it is also the biggest reason many execs say they don’t personalize their content, according to February 2016 research. | Continue reading
Retailers in markets around the world have a lot of work ahead of them to improve their omnichannel offerings, according to December 2015 research. But more fulfillment options will come with a cost. | Continue reading
Automotive advertisers are the biggest spenders in Germany when it comes to digital ads as of 2015, beating out retail. When it comes to formats, pre-roll video ads are doing particularly well. | Continue reading
Though US internet users are interested in virtual reality and experiencing different types of content via the technology, February 2016 research found that most users worldwide are not interested in purchasing a VR headset. | Continue reading
Nearly half of internet users in Canada surveyed in February said they were at least somewhat uncomfortable making digital purchases. But the other half seems to be doing so enthusiastically. | Continue reading
This week, two different amateur astronomers released footage of an impact event on Jupiter. The separate observations, one in Austria and one in Ireland, show a brief, small flash of light at the exact same time. Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy writer for Slate, said the footage revea … | Continue reading
Tonight, Square Enix held a big event to discuss and show off all things Final Fantasy 15. The long-awaited RPG, previously known as Final Fantasy Versus XIII, will be hitting PlayStation 4 and other platforms later this year, and Square has planned a lot of extra side projects t … | Continue reading
Square Enix held a huge spectacle of an event to announce the release date for Final Fantasy XV — and at the same, it announced more games, an anime series, a feature-length CG movie with an all-star cast, and a lot more. Here's everything you need to know. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Key Highlights Ethereum price was earlier struggling to clear the $11.80 resistance area, but it finally managed to break it. ETH/USD moved above $11.80, which can now act as a support and push the price higher. There is an ascending channel pattern formed on the hourly chart (da … | Continue reading
It's that time of week again when all the new games hit the App Store. Well, not really, they all sort of just come out whenever they feel like it now, but this IS the time that we decide to round them up into a nicely-formatted list for your perusing pleasure. This week has some | Continue reading
Whether it's Triple Triad or Chocobo racing, minigames have been some of the best-loved elements of the Final Fantasy series, and you'll be able to check out one from Final Fantasy XV soon... on your phone, at least. JusticeMonstersFive, a pinball-style game, is getting a mobile … | Continue reading
It's finally happening: the first big Final Fantasy in years has a release date. At a lavish event in Los Angeles this evening, developer Square Enix revealed that Final Fantasy XV will launch on September 30th. It had previously been pegged for some time this year, and the game … | Continue reading
You don't have to wait to get a taste of Final Fantasy XV. At its "Uncovered: Final Fantasy XV" event in Los Angeles tonight, Square Enix not only announced a new demo for the upcoming RPG, but also revealed that it will be available later tonight as a free download on Xbox One a … | Continue reading
In order to really bring value to your readers with your articles, you have to first reach your audience; your content needs to be easily found by your target audience. Now to achieve that, you will have to spent 20% of your time writing and 80% promoting what you wrote. And of c … | Continue reading
(Reuters) – The FBI may be allowed to withhold information about how it broke into an iPhone belonging to a gunman in the December San Bernardino shootings, despite a U.S. government policy of disclosing technology security flaws discovered by federal agencies. Under the U.S. vul … | Continue reading
If you were on the fence about Final Fantasy XV, the latest trailer might just change your mind. The new clip shows the game at its most epic and bizarre, jumping back and forth between awe-inspiring battles and strange, personal moments. There are familiar FF sights like chocobo … | Continue reading
Final Fantasy XV isn't just a game anymore: it's also a movie. Today, Square Enix announced a feature length CG animated film called Kingsglaivee: Final Fantasy XV, which will tell a story that runs concurrently with the main game. It's being directed by Takeshi Nozue, who previo … | Continue reading
Final Fantasy XV is getting its own anime series. Dubbed Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV, the series is somewhat of a prequel, telling the story of main character Noctis and how he came to be friends with the three characters that he'll be traveling with in the game. The series wil … | Continue reading
Nintendo has fired Alison Rapp, a marketing staffer who became the target of a sustained campaign of criticism on social media last year after she was erroneously linked with the removal of certain sexualized sections in Japanese games for their Western release. Rapp announced he … | Continue reading
The FBI, which just a few days ago was attempting to convince the country of its helplessness in the face of encrypted iPhones, has generously offered its assistance in unlocking an iPhone and iPod for a prosecutor in Arkansas Read More | Continue reading
Yao Ming was far more than just another talented prospect when the Houston Rockets made him the No. 1 pick in the 2002 draft. The 7-6 center from Shanghai was a bridge for the NBA to make inroads into China and was a key player in the globalization of the game. Now the former eig … | Continue reading
I’m super excited to announce that my new Charting Change is off to a strong start. People around the world have sent me pictures of the book after they received it via Twitter (@innovate). Keep them coming! Put yourself in … Continue reading → | Continue reading
Nest generated about $340 million in sales last year, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. That’s an impressive figure for a company in the very nascent market of Internet-connected devices.But it’s below the initial expectations Google had set for Nest when it … | Continue reading
Earlier today, former Nintendo employee Alison Rapp revealed that Nintendo had “terminated” her employment. Now, the company is elaborating on why they came to that decision. Rapp, a member of Nintendo of America’s Treehouse localization team, no longer works for the company as o … | Continue reading
For all of the new features introduced with Windows 10 last year, the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) was perhaps the most essential to fulfill Microsoft’s promise of One OS to Rule Them All. The prospect of singular lightweight app that could work on PCs, phones, Xbox consoles, … | Continue reading
Game engine maker Unity Technologies is raising money at a $1.5 billion valuation, according to a report by Bloomberg. No deal is confirmed yet, and a spokesman for San Francisco-based Unity declined to comment. But the deal activity — which one source independently confirmed to … | Continue reading
Safe to say, people are *excited* about the Oculus Rift, and that includes taking it apart.It's a slick-looking device, but there are plenty of intricate bits to check out inside. In this teardown, courtesy of iFixit, you can take a look at the large lenses, the invisible infrare … | Continue reading
That massive sucking noise you’re hearing while checking Facebook or playing with Snapchat’s brand-new messaging features just might be the signature sound of the entire mobile ecosystem, which is now capturing two out of every three minutes Americans spend on digital media. In f … | Continue reading
Today in local news, Los Angeles Assemblyman Mike Gatto has introduced a bill that would allow Californians to cancel their Internet or cable services online with ‘one click’. The bill, which has no official nickname but I am hereby dubbing ‘Ryan’s Law’ for reasons that will beco … | Continue reading
Microsoft officially unveiled the augmented reality headset packaging on Tuesday during the opening keynote for its Build 2016 developers conference. I got a special opportunity to unbox one of the early units.HoloLens BoxImage: Andrew Burton/MashableSeeing the package for the f … | Continue reading
Sure, a while back I said I was done with idle clickers. But I'm done with them in the same way I'm done with match-3 games, for the most part: I'll play the occasional one because I still enjoy the core idea, but I've just played too many of them to want to keep diving | Continue reading
Riptide GP: Renegades is bringing the nail-biting action of high-octane racing to transforming jetskis on your mobile device. | Continue reading
As a former patent examiner, I recognize that the patent system, in its purest form, should protect and incentivize innovation through a limited-term contract, offering exclusive monopoly rights covering a technology, product or design element. In practice, it’s much uglier, and … | Continue reading
“Fresh air” is a concept most often associated with the “great outdoors”. Dyson is looking to make your home nature fresh by ridding it of indoor pollutants with the Pure Cool Link purifier fan. Hopefully, the engineering that went into James Dyson’s new gadget is better than the … | Continue reading
At DigitalOcean, we are making some changes to the recruitment process of back-end developers. We simplified the job description and the interview process, and added a step that asks the candidate to write us some code. This is an account of my experience on hiring processes and … | Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO, California — As HoloLens makes its way from Microsoft’s development labs into the hands of early developer and enterprise customers, the big question remains: What will they do with it?Microsoft has done its best to guide would-be developers with a series of demons … | Continue reading
We’ve been at Microsoft’s Build conference all day, getting up close and personal with the latest and greatest from Microsoft. With announcements about Xbox, Cortana, Windows 10, new developer tools, the introduction of a Bash shell to Windows (!), cool new API tools for develope … | Continue reading
When a new category of gadget appears, it’s understandable when the vanguard devices aren’t the most well designed, or are resistant to disassembly and repair. Fortunately, that doesn’t seem to be the case with the first headset from Oculus, iFixit has found. Read More | Continue reading
You’ve probably heard that story about NPM community and LeftPad package, that broke thousands JavaScript projects worldwide. There was a nice follow-up article titled “Have We Forget How To Program” and one guy even created left-pad.io - Left-Pad As A Service web service. People … | Continue reading
Most mapping companies are pretty good at getting you from point A to point B. They usually optimize for the quickest or shortest route, but rarely take into account the risks of navigating the shady end of town. RedZone, an iOS app launched today, adds a soupçon of street smarts … | Continue reading
Ever since college, the way that I've been told to study computer science was to avoid Windows for writing code. In class, we used Ubuntu, a flavor of Linux to complete our assignments. Students who showed up to class on the first day with a Windows laptop (myself included) were … | Continue reading
Build 2016 has one clear takeaway: Cortana is what matters, at least for now. At almost every product or service announcement at this morning’s keynote, Microsoft made a point to mention that it would also work with Cortana. At a deep dive event for press later in the day, Micros … | Continue reading
Dyson shot to fame for its bagless vacuum cleaners more than two decades ago, and in the intervening years the U.K. company has launched everything from hand-dryers and heaters to washing machines and air multipliers. Exactly a year ago today, Dyson launched its first ever air pu … | Continue reading
Dyson is hopping into the regular-product-turned-smart game with its new Pure Cool Link smart air-purifying fanSmart air purifiers aren't exactly new, but a big name like Dyson jumping on the smartification bandwagon means these types of products could dominate the home air quali … | Continue reading
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has a reputation for dribbling little hints about the company's plans on Twitter — and on the eve of the unveiling of the mass-market Model 3 near Los Angeles, he's at it again. Continue reading… | Continue reading