The Google Store is now selling VR headsets, with three models to choose from. You can pick up Cardboard from Google, the View-Master from Mattel or a travel-ready model from Goggle. All three sit under a new heading in the Google Store dedicated to VR, so it’s likely the segment … | Continue reading
Remember way back in 2013, when Netflix put out its first true original show, House of Cards? Remember how shocked you were at how good it was? Remember a year later, when the second season came out — and was equally compelling? Remember last year, when the third season came arou … | Continue reading
The Voxel Agents' long-planned resurrection of their Train Conductor franchise finally comes to frutition this week, as Train Conductor World releases on March 3rd. The game's been given a fresh coat of paint with three-dimensional visuals, but The Voxel Agents says they've also … | Continue reading
Perhaps it’s not surprising that Silicon Valley is apparently praying for the “good billionaire”, Michael Bloomberg, to run for President. According to the Consumer Technology Association president and CEO Gary Shapiro, nobody in the current election is looking after the interest … | Continue reading
In the spirit of individualism linking hand in hand with community, Android has been running a marketing campaign under the slogan, “Be together, not the same.” | Continue reading
Google recently announced it is eliminating text ad impressions on the right-hand side of its results pages. Previously, upwards of 10 or 11 total ads were eligible to show on the first results page with a majority showing up on the right-hand side. Going forward, there will now … | Continue reading
For a limited time, PR 20/20 is offering exclusive resources to help marketers advance their talent and tech, evolve strategy and accelerate performance. | Continue reading
Personalized marketing and advertising programs deliver improved results in digital media, studies show. As a result, highly personalized targeting is gaining a larger share of marketing budgets. To better implement personalization, marketers are also shifting how they measure th … | Continue reading
The Crosley C200 is a great turntable, and I highly recommend checking it out it if you are in the market for a new record player. The design is great, the price is fair, it’s easy to set up, and it sounds wonderful. Read More | Continue reading
Google is finally updating its Maps iOS app with one of the services most useful features.Google Maps on iOS will now allow you to add extra stops along your route without leaving the directions to your final destination. The feature first launched on Google Maps' Android app in … | Continue reading
Remember the Phaeton? In many markets, Volkswagen's big, ultra-luxe flagship sedan is still sold — but sales in the US ended years ago. Now, there's a Phaeton successor, sort of. Except you can't have it, unless you happen to be in China.Meet the Phideon, which will be built in C … | Continue reading
Not having enough time to exercise is a common excuse — and the same goes for doing laundry. But a quirky new concept imagines a stationary bike that doubles as a washing machine, giving users the power to work out and clean their clothes at the same timeBWM, which stands for bik … | Continue reading
If you own a lot of tech (plus an iPhone or iPad), you've probably got at least two cables you take everywhere: an Apple Lightning cable and a Micro USB cable. That's not really a major nuisance; Apple's cable works with Apple things, and the Micro USB plugs into most everything … | Continue reading
Frank Ocean's follow-up to 2012's Channel Orange is something of a modern musical mystery. It didn't get a release date until 2015, and then that July date came and went without so much as a new single. By the time 2015 ended, no one seemed entirely convinced there even was an al … | Continue reading
If you haven't gotten your hands on a Cardboard VR viewer via one of the many third-party companies making them or through one of Google's own time-limited promotions (or you're not interested in clogging your arteries for one from a McDonald's Happy Meal), Google will now sell y … | Continue reading
A new report suggests that bitcoin wallet providers are not providing features that promote consumer privacy and financial independence. | Continue reading
Mediocre Games is the name of a company that makes really good games. It can get confusing, but it also makes sense. Most of the companies that flood the App Store with crappy shovelware are named "Best Top Games Flappy WhatsApp Kim Kardashian Company Limited" so I guess there's … | Continue reading
Darwin. Hawking. Einstein. Tesla. Newton. Curie. Pythagoras of Samos. Each one has expanded our understanding of the physical world. And yet, somehow, we've never honored these luminaries with a 16-bit fighting game, until now.For an upcoming "newsgame" by Superinteressante magaz … | Continue reading
Artificial intelligence seems to have become ubiquitous in the technology industry. AIs, we’re told, are replying to our emails on Gmail, learning how to drive our cars, and sorting our holiday photos. Mark Zuckerberg is even building one to help out around the house. The proble … | Continue reading
Here’s an excuse to play Half-Life 2 again. Gaming hardware and peripheral maker Razer announced today that several SteamVR games, including popular hits like Half-Life 2 and Team Fortress 2, are now available to play in virtual reality via OSVR, an open VR software and hardware … | Continue reading
A 32 year old set a new Guinness World Record recently when he reached 59.55mph on an modified electric skateboard. Mischo Erban, who describes himself as a "human Formula 1 car," set the record at Portorož Airport in Piran, Slovenia, on a NEXTBoard created by the Slovenian start … | Continue reading
VIDEO: Stephen Curry goes down against the Oklahoma City Thunder HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — Adrenaline no doubt carried Stephen Curry through the scintillating finish of the Golden State Warriors win over the Oklahoma City Thunder Saturday night, after he went down with a sprained … | Continue reading
Not since the Concorde have commercial airline passengers been able to break the speed of sound. However, several designers and manufacturers are working to change that, including NASA. The agency announced Monday an award to Lockheed Martin to develop the first 'X-plane' design … | Continue reading
I was starting to believe the magazine industry was being ripped off. Until the past weekend, I hadn’t seen any Trump branded magazines among the many lists of Trump failures appearing. I recalled some as I blogged about them nine years ago. Even better, my friend Dylan Stablefor … | Continue reading
On launch, the iPhone was a brilliant (but flawed) device, but it’s major selling point was a touch interface. Interestingly enough, it inherited its touchscreen from the Mac, which still doesn’t have one. At an event honoring his accomplishments, former Apple employee (and Nest … | Continue reading
Dzień dobry! Kochani, na Waszą prośbę przedłużam ceny przedsprzedażowe olejku z dzikiego oregano górskiego o dwa tygodnie, do połowy marca (do 15 marca). Przypominam,... | Continue reading
The Toronto Raptors' Kyle Lowry and the Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry today were named NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Feb. 22 through Sunday, Feb. 28. | Continue reading
Right now, buying games via the Windows Store is a poor choice, due to limitations on the game engines, graphics settings, and user control. Services like Steam and GOG offer far more features and capabilities for identically priced software. | Continue reading
Google has been pushing the widespread adoption of virtual reality for a few years now, so it's no surprise to see the company has finally created a dedicated virtual reality section in the Google Store. | Continue reading
So let's say you're a giant ogre. You have conquered all in your path. Humans are but a mere annoyance to you. Frankly, you're bored at this point. You've got one life and you're gonna live it up. But you gotta stay in the house. So, what are you gonna do? Well, those humans thou … | Continue reading
Alphabet Inc's Google said on Monday it bears "some responsibility" after one of its self-driving cars struck a municipal bus in a minor crash earlier this month. | Continue reading
It was bound to happen eventually: one of Google’s self-driving cars has gotten into a minor accident – and, for once, it was while the AI was in control. Read More | Continue reading
Fairpixels is giving startups a helping hand, and open sourcing rejected logos for anyone to use. The company, which is a pay-what-you-can-afford design firm, says it has “unused logo design proposals piling up on our hard drives,” so it’s just giving them away, and will be freei … | Continue reading
Grizzlies forward-center Brandan Wright is out indefinitely after an MRI exam found a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee. | Continue reading
That’s right! Android 6.0 Marshmallow is slated to hit the DROID Turbo 2 on March 1. | Continue reading
In a press release shared jointly, Red Hat Software, ConsenSys and BlockApps announced the launch of a new offering called STRATO on Red Hat’s OpenShift container application platform. STRATO offers a single-node blockchain instance which will be where developers can test Ethereu … | Continue reading
Which players are on the rise in our fantasy rankings? @NBAFantasy has you covered on Twitter so you can dominate your league. | Continue reading
Standard Chartered is moving ahead toward "full commercialization" with its blockchain trial for trade finance. | Continue reading
The smartphone market is dominated with hundreds of new phone designs each year, but they all have one thing in common: their rectangular shape. Washington-based startup dToor, aims change that with The Cyrcle Phone, a rounded flip-phone that aims to set women back at least half … | Continue reading
Machine learning isn’t a silver bullet for network security. I know, right now you’re saying “But wait Matt, All I hear is that every hot new company in the space is based on machine learning and that VCs are funding machine learning companies in record numbers, even with the ec … | Continue reading
Watching the rapid evolution of VR technology in recent years has been pretty fascinating. Both the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are now available for preorder, but as we've pointed out before, Google has shipped millions of Google Cardboard viewers. While the Cardboard experience is … | Continue reading
After months and maybe even years of rumors for the Facebook dislike button, let's welcome Facebook reactions. You’ve probably noticed it. It’s not exactly the dislike button, but it does give Facebook users the option to express how they feel about posts. | Continue reading
Here are the best ways to offer customers a great experience on Amazon, maximizing your conversion rates and Amazon search rank. | Continue reading
The RSA security conference is being held this week in San Francisco where security pros come together to discuss strategy. IBM made several security announcements this morning ahead of the conference, headlined by the purchase of Resilient Systems. Instead of trying to prevent a … | Continue reading
Technology has made our lives so much easier. We have instant directions at our finger tips, it has never been easier to find a date, and with a push of a button we can get food delivered directly to usBut could these modern miracles have solved the epic problems found in classic … | Continue reading
It looks like T-Mobile has already begun shipping out Galaxy S7 and S7 edge pre-orders to early adopters. | Continue reading
McDonalds will join the virtual reality party this month with a limited run of Happy Googles, a VR display a la Google Cardboard. The goggles are created in part by deconstructing a Happy Meal box. According to Ad Week, McDonald's will launch the promotion in 14 restaurants in Sw … | Continue reading
Amid headlines about billion-dollars valuations are many employees who remain trapped unless their employers eventually go public or else sell to an acquirer in a cash deal. The problem centers on the option plan structure that startups use. Owing to a decades-old tax provision, … | Continue reading