BARCELONA — Second day in at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and the journalists are nervously staring at their laptop screens, looking for a theme or a topic to wrap up the week’s events and head home. Despite the event’s traditionally huge focus on mobile, it was hard t … | Continue reading
If you’ve ever wanted to speak is a series of buzzes, beeps and whirrs — a la BB8 or R2D2 — Canadian electronics designer AE Innovations has you covered with this amazing helmet. The helmet has a throat mic that detects when you’re speaking and then transmits a series of noises t … | Continue reading
Pocket — the article and video saving service that raised $7 million in funding last year — is getting serious about its monetization model today by introducing new sponsored content. For the first time, the app’s recommended feed will feature sponsored posts in addition to the u … | Continue reading
Branded.me* isn’t just a website builder anymore — it’s adding tools allowing users to connect with other users and publish their own content. CEO Nick Macario said that the site’s goal is to be “the creative platform for professionals” — in other words, it’s where professionals … | Continue reading
Earlier this month we caught a glimpse of an awesome-looking upcoming platformer from Emergency Studios called Chel-Z [Free]. With colorful 8-bit style pixel art, similarly 8-bit chiptunes, one big 36 room map that you could explore and slowly gain access to Metroidvania style, a … | Continue reading
Sometimes, there can be a little too much disruption. So goes the thesis of Joost Schreve, the former head of mobile for TripAdvisor, who left the company last November and started his own startup, KimKim, in December.The nascent company — seed-funded with $1 million from investo … | Continue reading
Far Cry Primal is out today on PS4, Xbox One and PC, and it comes with a day one patch that adds an entirely new extra challenging difficulty level Expert Mode.As stated on the game's official blog, Expert Mode makes the following changes to Ubisoft's latest open-world opus:The n … | Continue reading
If you want new ideas, you may need to come up with fresh ways of soliciting them. And that’s why the University of California at Davis made a game. Envision UC Davis is a massively multiplayer online game that launches at 11 a.m. Pacific time tomorrow. It runs for 36 hours, and … | Continue reading
GUEST: As I read the 100th news article about the impending collapse in early stage funding, I am reminded of the Warren Buffett quote: “You want to be greedy when others are fearful. You want to be fearful when others are greedy. It’s that simple.” ~ Warren Buffett I admit takin … | Continue reading
Jiangsu Water-town Zhouzhuang Tourism Co, Ltd.: Zhouzhuang, China (ots/PRNewswire) - Vom 8. bis 22. Februar fand in der antiken Wasserstadt Zhouzhuang eine klassische 15-tätige, mit traditionellen Kostümen untermalte Feier zum chinesischen Mondneujahr statt. Foto - ... | Continue reading
In December, as fears over hoverboard fires mounted, Amazon removed boards from its online store pending a safety review. Now it seems the company has once again pulled essentially all boards formerly available for purchase.Last week, the Consumer Products Safety Commission said … | Continue reading
Just when you thought you had it all, Land Rover comes out with a luxury SUV that has more than the finest leather and most intricate brightwork; it has a gun case in the rear cargo area.See also: Volvo's all-new V90 wagon is the future hipster car of choiceForget Maybach and Rol … | Continue reading
Apple's iPod shuffle holds a special place in my heart; I've never found another music player so perfect for the gym and outdoor activities. Everything about the shuffle — its clip-on design, dead simple controls, and cheap price — meant you could take it anywhere and not really … | Continue reading
Regulators in Japan have reportedly proposed treating digital currencies such as bitcoin as conventional currencies. | Continue reading
How you view the road behind you while you drive is about to changeThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration approved General Motors' rear camera mirror on Monday, which can display an 80-degree view behind the vehicle. The mirror also cuts out all visual obstructions, l … | Continue reading
There’s no shortage of productivity apps on the market, but many to-do apps end up overwhelming the user with the never-ending list of things to get done. Doo wants to help work you through your agenda, one item at a time. Using cards, Doo lets you add tasks to your list and set … | Continue reading
The newest season of Better Caul Saul is currently airing and it's amazing, so this seems like a pretty good time to talk about this Breaking Bad mobile game that's soft-launched on iOS, right? You may recall that a trademark was filed in June of last year which hinted that some … | Continue reading
The Mega Man Legacy Collection has arrived today on the 3DS eShop for £13.49.Like the PS4, Xbox One and PC versions from August, this anthology bundles together remastered versions of the six original Mega Man games. The collection also includes score-chasing Challenge Modes, a d … | Continue reading
A meeting of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Technology Advisory Committee discussed how blockchain could reshape the derivatives market. | Continue reading
Less than a week after its relaunch, controversial mobile app Famous has been pulled from Apple's App Store. The game, which lets people become other users' "biggest fans" by sending them hearts, reportedly violated a developer guideline forbidding apps that are "defamatory, offe … | Continue reading
Next week, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly will head back to Earth on a Russian Soyuz capsule, completing 340 days aboard the International Space Station. Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Korniyenko have both spent nearly a year on the ISS to help researchers better understand how … | Continue reading
I’m guessing you like free games. Here’s some details about the free game’s you could get in March. Microsoft today revealed what Xbox Live Gold members will receive in March. From March 1 to March 15, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishment for Xbox One and Supreme Commander 2 fo … | Continue reading
First, watch the video above. Don't think too much about it. Just press play, and let the frog scream send a shiver through your bones. Just a normal frog scream, right? That's what I thought, too.This, my friend, is no ordinary frog scream. This is a beautiful instrument, capabl … | Continue reading
You saw a watch online and feel like it is following you online. You might think this is strange or pure coincidence – it is not; this is a retargeting ad | Continue reading
Pocket is toying with sponsored content in your account. Rather than feed you ads, Pocket will forcibly place sponsored content in your reading list, which act a bit like articles you can suggest to friends. The content isn’t banner advertising, but is nonetheless content you may … | Continue reading
Article-saving app company Pocket is finally starting to pick up revenue through advertising. In a blog post today the company announced that it’s beginning to display sponsored posts in the app, which works on web browsers, Mac desktops, and multiple mobile platforms. But Pocket … | Continue reading
The importance of effective customer service has never wavered. Customers and businesses alike know the impact it has on a transaction and the role it plays in brand loyalty. We have all told or heard stories of rude cashiers, offensive comments, or never receiving a response at … | Continue reading
Etsy didn’t have a good 2015, but it was still able to finish on the stronger side. Today the company reported its fourth-quarter results, coming in at $87.9 million in revenue and a loss of 4 cents per share. Analysts were expecting a loss of 1 cent per share on revenue of $86.5 … | Continue reading
Bill Gates' own existential crisis is now out there for all the world to see.The Microsoft co-founder and former CEO now finds himself caught up in the vigorous and ongoing debate over whether or not Apple should be forced to create a special mobile operating system to access the … | Continue reading
In this series of blog posts, I’ve enjoyed shedding some light on 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 how and why we’re working with Goo … | Continue reading
Thankfully, Apple has no plans to cripple its Pencil accessory for the iPad Pro. After the most recent iOS 9.3 beta removed the ability to navigate around iOS with the $99 add-on — marketed as a drawing tool more than a stylus — Apple has confirmed with The Verge that all of thos … | Continue reading
But these aren’t the crappy click-bait you see below lots of blog posts. “We’re being very choosy” Pocket founder Nate Weiner tells me. “We don’t want this to become the bottom of the barrel content.” If Pocket can convince users that these articles would be worthy of appearing i … | Continue reading
Samsung's Galaxy S7 is an impressive piece of kit with a refined set of features, but should owners of the S6 or older devices upgrade? | Continue reading
Over 18,300 people have applied to join NASA’s latest astronaut class, breaking the previous record of 8,000 submissions set in 1978. This year’s turnout was also nearly 3 times higher than NASA’s last call for applications in 2012.Each of these hopefuls is competing to be in the … | Continue reading
Roland Köppel ist Professor für Eventkommunikation an der Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft in Chur und war vorher für das internationale Business bei der Habegger AG zuständig. Für eventlokale.ch hat er zusammengefasst, welche 5 Eigenschaften man braucht, um erfolgreich Even … | Continue reading
Will you have to consider spending another $249 for an Apple Watch accessory this March? There’s now mixed evidence of a Modern Buckle band in a stone color for the Space Gray Apple Watch, Spotted at a ‘premium’ Apple retailer in France named iConcept Toulouse Esquirol, the new b … | Continue reading
Spotify announced today that they have selected Google Cloud Platform as an infrastructure partner for their popular music streaming service. Up until now, it appears Spotify have been mostly managing that hardware burden themselves via multiple providers, however the music compa … | Continue reading
Yesterday Snapchat opened up a new revenue stream in the form of on-demand geofilters. The new on-demand geofilters let anyone pay Snapchat to create and distribute a custom filter in a specific area for a set time. We wanted to see how quick and easy it was to launch a custom fi … | Continue reading
Cartoon Network has been my go-to animated block for years. I remember when it first debuted (complete with plenty of teaser commercials) and hosted master-crafted shows like Dexter's Lab and Powerpuff Girls (which is coming back by the way!) and smiling throughout. Over time Adu … | Continue reading
One of the biggest releases of 2015 is about to get even larger thanks to its community, and for once, this doesn’t only apply to the PC. Mod support is coming to the Windows version of Fallout 4 in April, according to Bethesda director Todd Howard (via an interview with Game Inf … | Continue reading
CloudFlare, the security-focused content delivery network, already protects its customers from DDoS attacks and other attacks, but today, the company is taking another step to ensure its customers remain in control of their sites. CloudFlare is launching a domain registry service … | Continue reading
The process of creating buyer personas involves research and planning for the best possible outcome, making it essential to approach it tactfully. | Continue reading
A group of Japanese financial services and technology companies have formed a new blockchain research initiative. | Continue reading
There's no shortage of ways to store your photos and videos in the cloudAt Mashable, Google Photos has quickly become our favorite online photo and video storage service because it's free and offers unlimited storage, as long as you're OK with photos being no larger than 16-megap … | Continue reading
Virtual Reality is huge, and ever since Google cheekily launched Cardboard at I/O 2014, everyone wants to check it out. Now its Coca-Cola’s turn. While it’s just an experiment the company is showing off, Coca-Cola is nevertheless toying with the idea of turning 12-packs of soda i … | Continue reading
Fitbit has long been the king of wearables and an IDC report released today says James Park and Co. still wear the crown. But Xiaomi is quickly gaining power. A lot of power. Fitbit managed to ship 21 million devices in 2015, up 93.2% over 2014’s amount of 10.9 million units. Tha … | Continue reading
Over the years, Amazon has challenged the traditional brick-and-mortar model, redefined the books landscape, and gone all-in with original programming. Now, the retail giant is foraying headfirst into fashion.Amazon has released 1,800 products, ranging from women’s clothing and b … | Continue reading
Car infotainment systems are slowly improving nowadays, but the vast majority remain unintuitive and quickly grow out of date. So what if, instead of being stuck with whatever your carmaker thinks is right, everything could just run on your smartphone instead? That's partly the i … | Continue reading