Microsoft today announced that its Azure Service Fabric cloud service for building and running applications in small building blocks — known as microservices — is now generally available. The news is one of many things Microsoft is announcing this week at its Build developer conf … | Continue reading
Microsoft announced it was previewing a new service today at its annual Build Developer conference that lets programmers create event-driven triggers without deploying any underlying infrastructure. If it sounds familiar, it’s because AWS introduced a similar service called Lambd … | Continue reading
Microsoft today announced at its Build developer conference that it’s now selling five new Azure IoT Starter Kits, which are available for as little as $50 each. “These kits allow anyone with Windows or Linux experience to quickly build IoT prototypes that leverage all Azure’s Io … | Continue reading
Tesla will unveil its mass-market Model 3 to the world Thusday night. Mashable will be front and center when company co-founder and CEO Elon Musk takes the stage at roughly 8:30 p.m. Pacific Time at the company's design studio in Hawthorne, Calif.SEE ALSO: Chevy Bolt EV enters pr … | Continue reading
Samsung+ is getting a major update to version 3.0 today, which will make getting help and assistance much easier. | Continue reading
Microsoft today announced that it’s launching the Azure Functions event-driven computing service in preview. This marks the Microsoft cloud’s predictable entrance into a market that has gotten many developers excited, one that makes it easy to set up rules associated with their a … | Continue reading
Rihanna just released her video for "Kiss It Better," the second single cut from her new album ANTI. It's following in the footsteps of "Work," the smash-hit Drake collaboration she released back in January, and it's being released alongside another new single, the DJ Mustard-pro … | Continue reading
Hitman's second episode, Sapienza, will be out on 26th April, developer Io-Interactive has announced.That's probably a longer wait that you were expecting, but the good news is the developer is staying on top of the current content and has released a new update adding new mission … | Continue reading
Destiny's free April update adds a new reward named Sterling Treasure, which comprises a bag of random items.You can earn three Sterling Treasure packs each week - one will be granted automatically upon reset, another by completing the Level 41 Prison of Elders activity and a thi … | Continue reading
Sometimes you just hit a dead end in troubleshooting what’s going on with your phone. You’ve tried everything you can think of, but no dice. For tech-savvy users this may be messing with carrier settings or navigating file menus, for the less-digitally inclined it might be connec … | Continue reading
Microsoft’s acquisition of Xamarin last month was a big deal, but now we actually know what the company is actually planning to do with it. The biggest piece of news: Xamarin is now free for visual studio users. That includes Visual Studio Enterprise, Professional and even free C … | Continue reading
IBM Bluemix Garage is making its methods for creating apps and services available to anyone, and has released the Bluemix Garage method as a set of best-practices it has learned while helping startups and businesses pave a path to the cloud. The Bluemix Garage Method is a set of … | Continue reading
A/B testing Facebook ad campaigns can be tough, especially if you want statistically significant results. Here's the process and structure you need. | Continue reading
I quite enjoyed Rope Racers [Free] in my review last week, and in fact I’m still playing every day. Flying through each level via ropes and trying to beat nine other people to the finish is incredibly fun, but unfortunately the game has just about every free-to-play mechanic you … | Continue reading
Ticketmaster is officially launching its first set of public APIs and SDKs, which will allow third-party apps to integrate its ticket discovery, purchasing, and management services directly into their app. The tools will be available through Ticketmaster's new developer portal."W … | Continue reading
One of the big advantages to buying an Apple product is Apple's unparalleled support system. Should you have trouble with your iPhone, you can walk into any Apple Store and receive one-on-one help and tutelage. Other device makers don't have Apple's network of stores and support, … | Continue reading
Dreadbit has announced its next game, Seraph, ahead of its launch on Early Access next month.Described as a "skill-based, acrobatic shooter", Seraph is a 2D… | Continue reading
Microsoft acquired the cross-platform iOS, Android and OS X development service Xamarin last month and the new acquisition is already at the center of attention at Microsoft’s annual Build developer conference this week. As the company announced during today’s keynote, the core X … | Continue reading
Microsoft today announced that Xamarin is now available for free for every Visual Studio user. This includes all editions of Visual Studio, including the free Visual Studio Community Edition, Visual Studio Professional, and Visual Studio Enterprise. More specifically, Xamarin’s c … | Continue reading
Life can fall into a familiar routine when you have a full-time job, but what is that routine like when your full-time job happens to be in space? Continue reading… | Continue reading
Microsoft’s Azure cloud services are growing at an increasing clip, and at the company’s Build conference today, it showed off some of the numbers it for the past year. At last year’s conference, Microsoft celebrated that it had 100k new Azure customer subscriptions per month, bu … | Continue reading
Spain’s Glovo, which operates a local on-demand delivery service similar to Postmates in the US, or Jinn and Quiqup in the UK, has acquired Italy’s Foodinho. Read More | Continue reading
Clearpoint Agency and Elevator have been selected to create a new communications program for RISARC. Clearpoint Agency will manage RISARC’s PR strategy, media relations, content development and social media, while Elevator will spearhead RISARC’s digital marketing initiatives and … | Continue reading
Toshiba laptop owners, beware: you might be in possession of a faulty battery. Yesterday the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a recall for more than 100,000 Toshiba laptop battery packs after several hazard reports. So far there have been at least four recorded … | Continue reading
Playbuzz said it has raised $15 million in funding from Saban Ventures and Disney for its business of providing sponsored content. Playbuzz helps publishers and content creators distribute their content in ways that boost engagement and social distribution. For instance, New York … | Continue reading
Kanye West's new album The Life of Pablo should land on major streaming services tomorrow, a change that's taking place despite West's February promise the album would remain a permanent Tidal exclusive. Sources tell The Verge the album should be available on Spotify tomorrow, an … | Continue reading
Und weiter geht es ab 17:30 Uhr mit der Microsoft BUILD 2016 Tag 2 aus San Francisco nach dem Break... | Continue reading
Hajime Tabata wants to put Final Fantasy back on top.As the director of Final Fantasy XV, Tabata has a difficult task ahead of him. While the Final Fantasy name is still well known, over the years it has lost much of its luster, and more recent releases haven’t captured the imagi … | Continue reading
This morning, Amazon announced a plethora of new partners to Dash, its push-and-forget, one-button solution for ordering basic essentials. A majority of the buttons available fall under categories like household supplies, groceries, and diapers. But here's one that caught our eye … | Continue reading
We all want to be in better shape, but the commitment of going to a gym or a yoga class can be costly and time-consuming. Mission 360 is looking to eliminate all of the friction involved with working out, letting users work out right from their home through on-demand video classe … | Continue reading
Microsoft hasn't given up on Windows Phone just yet, but you wouldn't know it from its Build 2016 developer conferenceEach year, the company welcomes thousands of developers to Build to talk about the latest updates on all things Microsoft. This year, the updates included Windows … | Continue reading
Based on the vision of a sustainable and resource-efficient future, clean technology is all about minimizing pollution and making the world’s infrastructure energy efficient. Renewable energy, sustainable chemistry, and recycling are just a handful of initiatives the sector focus … | Continue reading
Microsoft had lots to share in its day 1 keynote at Build yesterday, from bots to augmented reality. What will the best brains in Redmond have for us today? Follow along with our liveblog below. Live Blog Microsoft Build 2016 Day 2 | Continue reading
Auf der Entwickler-Konferenz Build 2016 hat der blinde Microsoft-Softwareentwickler Saqib Shaikh eine App vorgestellt, die ihn per Computerstimme über seine Umgebung informiert und Texte vorliest. Sie heißt "Seeing AI" und funktioniert m... | Continue reading
SPONSORED: Oftentimes, mobile SaaS solutions will tout the number of apps using their platform as a point of validation. The implication, of course, is that more is better. | Continue reading
Which is the best budget-friendly smartphone? Join us as we compare the BLU Vivo 5 and the honor 5X! | Continue reading
In a recent article on Vice’s technology news feed, Motherboard, author Sebastiaan Deetman explores the energy efficiency of Bitcoin. The article begins with a brief and fatalistic assertion regarding the environmental impact of mass migration to Bitcoin (or a similar energy inte … | Continue reading
Following yesterday’s news of Square’s entry into the online checkout space, the PayPal-owned payments platform Braintree today announced news of its own, with the launch of Braintree Auth. The system is designed to allow e-commerce platforms a way to give their merchants easier … | Continue reading
Yesterday at Microsoft’s yearly BUILD developer event in San Francisco, the company had a piece of news that left many wondering if April Fools had come early: Bash is coming to Windows 10. Yes, hell has frozen over and Microsoft is getting in bed with Canonical to deliver ‘nativ … | Continue reading
The latest version of 'Vainglory' has landed with a new hero, skins, and a new streamlined gameplay mode. | Continue reading
Lynda.com has launched a program called Learning Paths to help you land your next job, curating its courses by specific job titles. The idea is to give you a starting point to learn more about a particular profession. To start, the online education company offers 53 job titles wi … | Continue reading
Let’s face it, your phone is a blessing and a curse. Behind its sleek glass front is a whole world of excitement. All your friends, the entirety of the Internet and omg, a kitten video… If you haven’t the self-discipline to keep the phone away when you’re trying to get some work … | Continue reading
Microsoft is holding its annual Build developer conference in San Francisco this week and after focusing on Windows, Xbox, HoloLens, and Cortana yesterday, the company will shine the spotlight on its cloud and developer tools today. You can watch the live stream right here. Read … | Continue reading
One of Disney’s most successful social games to date is Marvel: Avengers Alliance, which debuted on Facebook in 2012 and grew to 70 million players. Now, the sequel is coming out, but in a very different world — with target platforms in the $34.8 billion mobile game market. Disne … | Continue reading
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Mike Flowers in his new role as a What Works Cities (WWC) Senior Fellow. As a What Work Cities Senior Fellow, Flowers will oversee a new Analytics Kick Start Program run by WWC partner the Center for Government Excellence at Johns Hopki … | Continue reading
We've had a lot of posts up on the site regarding Final Fantasy 15 today, following the big live event in the early hours of this morning. You might have read Aoife's thoughts on the demo or enjoyed that GIF with the flying car, but to be honest, we haven't been talking about the … | Continue reading
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